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Nation to Give Thanks No Washington, Nov. 17.-Pre Wilson in a proclamation today nated Thursday, November ' Thanksgiving Day and said this the American people have speci; moving cause to be grateful ai joice. Complete victory, he sai( brought not only peace, but con promise of a new day as Wi which "justice shall replace and jealous intrigue among nati The proclamation follows: "It has long been our custc turn in the autumn of the ye praise and thanksgiving to Aim God for his many blessings and cies to us as a nation. This yea have special and moving cause I grateful and to rejoice. God hi His good pleasure given us peac has not come as a mere cessatic arms, a mere relief from the s and tragedy of war. It has com a great triumph of right. Com; victory has brought us, not p alone, but the confident promis a new day as well, in which ju: shall replace force and jealous trigue among the nations. Our gal armies have participated in a triu which is not marred or stained any purpose of selfish aggression a righteous- cause they have won mortal glory and have nobly sei their nation in serving mankind, has, indeed, been gracious. We 1 cause for such rejoicing as rev and strengthens in us all the best sons of our national history. A : day shines about us, in which hearts take courage and look fonv with new hope to new and gre: duties. "While we render thanks for tl things, let us not forget to seek Divine guidance in the performa of those duties, and Divine mercy : frogiveness for all errors in act purpose, and pray that in all we "we shall strengthen the ties of frie ship and mutual respect upon wh we must assist to build the new str ture of peace and good will ame the nations. "Therefore, 7, Woodrow Wils president of the United States America, do hereby designate Thu .day, the twenty-eighth day of Nove ber, next, as a day of thanksgivi and prayer, and invite the peo; throughout the land to cease up that day from their ordinary occu] tions and in their several homes a places of worship to render than to God, the ruler of nations. "In witness whereof, I have hei unto set my hand and caused the SJ of the United States to be affixed. "Done in the District of Columc this sixteenth day of November, the year of our Lord one thousai nine hundred and eighteen, and the United States of America, t! one hundred and forty-third. "WOODROW WILSON. "By the President. "Robert Lansing, Secretaiy of State." Nearly a Million War-Ris Checks Mailed in October In the month of October the B reau of War-Risk Insurance of tl Treasury Department mailed 957 240 cheeks, of which 934,157 wei for allotments and allowances. 6,07 for compensation, and 17,009 f< Government insurance. To date the bureau has sent o\ 7,4SG,434 checks, representing a ti tal disbursement of $230,000,000. More than 15,600 death claim representing $1 IS,000,000 of insui ance, have been paid to. date. Total Near $36,0^0,000,000. The insurance written on the live of soldiers and sailors by thc Burea of War-Risk Insurance'is now clos to $30,000,000,000. Up to Octobc 31 about 4.000.000 applications, rer resenting $35,736,000,000 of insui ance, have been received. Almost $2,000,000,000 of new ir surance was written during Octobe: This is a marked decrease from th figures for recent months and wa caused by the epidemic of influenza which retarded the movement of mei to camps. Nevertheless the Bureau o War-Risk Insurance received durin; October more than six times as mud insurance as the largest commercia life insurance company in thc worh wrote during the entire year of 1917 With the resumption of steady en trainments, the flow of new insurant is now returning to its normal rab of approximately $1,000,000,000 j week. Average Mounting Rapidly. The average amount cf insuranci applied for per man is mounting rap idly. Almost without exception nev men joining the colors arc taking: th< full $10,000 of Uncle Sam's insur ance. The average amount is nov $8,743. According to the best available es timates, the Army and Navy are nov almost 95 per cent insured. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance has received to date about 4,000,00C applications for Government insur ance and 4,000,000 applications foi allotments and allowance, and has re ceived and answered in addition more than 3,500,000 letters. If Germany Had Won-Terms Decided on for "Beaten" Allies. What Germany once thought of demanding of the allies was published June 30, 1918, in the Nachrichten of Goerlitz by Count Roon ,a member of the Prussian house of lords. Ac cording to this German peace pro gram which came through a Havres dispatch from Basel, Switzerland, at that time the following conditions were included: ? Annexation, of Belgium, with ad ministrative autonomy in the interior. Independence of Flanders. Annexation of the entire Flanders coast, including Calais. Annexation of the Bricy and Long wy basins and the Toul, Belfort and Verdun regions eastward. Restitution to Germany of all her colonies, including Kiao-Chau. Great Britain to cede to Germany such naval bases and coaling stations as Germany designates. Great Britain must return Gibral tar to Spain, cede its war fleet to Ger many, restore Egypt to Turkey, and the Suez Canal to Turkey, j Greece must be re-established un der King Constantine, with frontiers as before the war. Austria and Bulgaria will divide Serbia and Montenegro. Great Britain, France and the United States must pay all of Ger- ] many's war costs, the indemnity be ing a minimum of $45,000,000,000. They also must agree to deliver raw materials immediately. j France and Belgium are to remain i occupied at their expense until the , conditions are carried out. Count Roon, the dispatch stated, ] said Germany was entitled to these terms because of its strength, and , that until they were realized there j should be no armistice and no cessa- j tion of submarine warfare. Well Named Destroyer. From the Bellman. 1 The action of the navy department in giving the name of the late Ben- < jamin K. Tillman to a recently com pleted destroyer emphasizes in a !i most striking way, the contribution I which he made to the development, ! of our national life during the last quarter of a century. In a sense, he n was himself a destroyer, though he was much more than that. The vessel ? t bearing his name has the mission to j< help in clearing the world of those age.icies, typified at this time by the < German government, which represent the uses of ruthless power. These ; < must be destroyed, not alone that we may be rid of thom, but that we may build on their ruins the structure cf a saner democracy. il During Tillman's long term of ser- M vice in the senate the country has ii passed through little less than a revo- |i lution, and there have been few of its phases that have not owed something to him. His advent in public life co incided with the populist movement, ? and he was at the tune considered to be one of the most grotesque of its protagonists. "Pitchfork" Tillman he was called, and his savage and ire- , tquently intemperate attacks on his Opponents justified his name, ?orne cf the ideas for which he fought have ( 'lad a natural death, but more of j them have been embodied in construe- ! tive legislation enacted in many cases by the same men who two decades ago, were their most violent oppo nents. Responsibility, as i? always the case sobered him. and while his vision of j democracy "hover grew dim, it became less Utopian. He was willing to pro-1 ceed step by step, to pass from one thing to another, rather than to at tempt to reach the goal at a single bound. E or twenty-four years Senator Till man served as a member of the naval affairs committee, and his part in the building of the new navy was a no table one. He saw it, not as the in strument of an aggressive imperial ism, but as a part cf the police force of the world. It became tho major in terest of his life. Ile visited the ships constantly, and acquired an intimate knowledge, not alone of the details of their construction, but of the life of the officers and men. In no small measure it was due to him that our navy, when asked how soon it could be prepared for active service in the great war, was able to respond, "We are ready now, sir." Lumber for Sale We have lumber of all kinds on hand at our mill. Bills cut to or der from a good grade of yellow pine timbe. W. M. RANSON, JNO. R. BRYAN, Phone 2704, Johnston, S. C. ll-13-4t Fiendish Hun Cruelty. (New York National Humane Review.) The fiendish cruelty of the German Empire has been exemplified time and time again. Nothing shows the full lack of moral qualities displayed by the Hun more than an instance de scribed in the London Morning Post. As the British army advanced to oc cupy a town from which the Germans had retreated, the soldiers discovered a kitten hanging by its forepaws from a door to which it was nailed. "The wretched creature, which must have been where it was found at least an hour or two, was mewing piteously in its agony and struggling desperately with its hind feet to re lease itself. "With a natural instinct of pity for a suffering dumb animal, one of the British soldiers rushed forward to release the unhappy kitten. He pulled out the nails that pierced its paws, but in the moment that he did so there was a flash and a roar, and his mutilated and dismembered body was flung aross the street. "A hidden explosive charge had been set off by the withdrawal of the nails. The retreating Hun had laid his trap and had baited it with the kitten nailed to the door. He calcu lated that such an appeal to British humanity would be irresistible; and he was right." Care of the Eyes. The following excellent sugges tions on the care of the eyes have been issued by the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness. They ire well worth reading and remem bering: Take as good care of your eyes as you would of your watch. You can juy a new watch, but you can't buy lew eyes. Wear glasses if the doctor advises iou to do so. Don't use your eyes in a poor or lickering light. Have the light shine on your work jr book-not in your eyes. Hold your work or book 14 or 15 nches from your eyes. Don't rub your eyes with dirty lands. Don't use other people's towels, vash cloths, handkerchiefs, etc. Have sore eyes and granulated lids , reated promptly, and as long as the j loctor thinks necessary. If you suspect eye trouble, see an )culist at once. Dont let any one but an oculist jxamine your eyes.-Ex. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby warned not o hunt or trespass in any manner .vhatsoever on lands owned or con .rolled by the undersigned. This neans you, so stay off. G. T. Swearingen. Trenton, S. C. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE j Bank of Trenton j Located sit Trenton. S. C.: at the i close oi uusiness November 1, iUlS. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $198,150.59 Overdrafts 1,849.62 Bonds and Stocks owned bv the Bank . 1,500.00 Furniture and Fixtures 2,057.84 Banking House 2?529.00 ; Due from Banks and Bankers 17,997.12 Currency 6,127.00 Silver ami Other Minor Coin 1,451.71 Checks and Cash Items 2?ii?, ?ii Total $231,872.34 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in $16.300.001 Surplus Fund 5,5-i5."i ] Undivided Profits, less Cur rent" Expenses and Taxes 1 aid 4,005.24 Individual Depos its Subject to Check $ 87,230.70 Time Certificates of Deposit 87,998.59 Cashier's Checks 791.28 -170,020.57 Bills Payable, including Cer tificates for Money Bor rowed 30,000.001 Total $231,872.34 State ot South Carolina, * . County of Edgefield. \ b' Before me came W. W. Miller, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true con dition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. W. W. Miller. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of November, 191S. G. T. DUNCAN, [L.S.] Notary Public, S. C. Correct Attest: B. B. Bouknight, A. S. J. Miller, J. F. Bettis, Directors. Hov/ To Give Quinine To Children. FEBRILINEisthetrade-mnrk name trivet? to nn improved Quinine, lt is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas-. nut to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and ?ever know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate not cause nervousness nor ringing in the bend. Try it the jext time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce criminal package. The name FEBRXUXE Ut Mown iu bettie. 2? cents The Best Hot Weather Tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches tht blood, builds up the whole system and will won derfully strengthen and iortify you to withstand the depressing effect of the hot summer. SOc. treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for. the purpose of receiving ? [taxes x'rom the loth day of October, 1918, to th? 15th day of March, 1919. All taxes shall be due and payable I between the 15th day of October, 1918, and December 31st. 1918. That when taxes charged shall not I be paid by December 31st, 1918, the ?County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent, for Janu ary, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1st, 1919, the Coun ty Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent additional, from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all unpaid taxes will be coilecced by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1918 ?are as follows: Mills For Statepurposes 8 Vi. For Ordinary County 7 ?For Constitutional School Tax 3 For Antioch 4 For Bacon School District IVz For Blocker 2 For Blocker-Limestone 4 For Colliers . 4 For Flat Rock 4 For Oak Grove 3 For Red Hill 4 For Edgefield 8 For Elmwood No. 8 2 For Elmwood No. 9 2 For Elmwood No. 30 2 For Elmwood L. C. 3 For Hibler 3 For Johnston ll For Meriwether (Gregg) 2 For Moss 3 For Ropers 2 For Shaw 4 For Sweetwater \4 Talbert 2 For Trenton 8 Va. | For Wards .2 For Blocker R. R. (portion) 15 For Elmwood R. R. (portion) 15 For Johnston R. R. 3 For Pickens R. R. 3 For Wise R. R. 1H For Corporation . ll All the male citizens between the apr?s of 21 years and <>0 years, except those exempt by law. are nable LO a poll tax of One Doilar each. ANcani tation tax ol' 5U cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of IS and ; 55 years must pay 82.00 commuta- ; tion tax. No communtation is includ-! ed in the property tax. .So ask for road tax receipt waua you desire' tc pay road tax. JAMES T. MIMS, Co. Treas. E. C. j Notice of Final Discharge. To Ail Whom These Presents May Concern : WHEREAS. E. M. Whatley has made application unto this ?.'ourt for ? Final Discharge as Guardian in re i he Estate of Mary Watson a minor, on this the 2i)th day of October 101 ;rh THESE ARE THEREFORE; to cite an; and all kindred, creditors, or' parties interested, to show cause be fore me at my offitce at Edgefield: Court House, South Carolina, on the j ^ :;oih cay o? November 1918 at ll o'clock a. m.. why .said or-i^r of Dis-; . barge shoul.i not be granted. W. T. KINNAIRD, J. P. c.., E. C., S. C. October 29th 10J 8. Published each intervening Wed-1 nesday up to November 30 th, '1918 .11 "The EdgLiiwid Advertiser." ARCADE CAFE You can pot what you like and you like what you get at the Arcade Cafe and Restaurant for Ladies and Gentlemen. Regular dinner 50c. $3.50 Commutation Tickets for $3. We invite our Edgefield friends to call to see us (the Edgefield G reeks). JOHN SCAVINS, PETE G lil FALL, Proprietors. Arcade Bld'g, Columbia. Lost: One white setter with liver colored spots, named "Jack." Stray ed from my home Monday morning. Reasonable reward. C. E. COGBURN, Edgefield, S. C. 11-20-lt.pd. FOR SALE.-Two first-class mules 8 and 9 years old, weight 900 to 1,000 pounds. Good work animals. Apply to G. D. Minis or Zeb Clem ent. Clarks Hill, S. C. For Sale. Twelve Buff Orpington Hens, $1.50 a piece. W. E. STOKES. SUCKLED Ci^usrss nu 53 TME OWLY nmmmiwi Large Stock vf Jewelry to Select From 0 We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store when in Augusta. We have the largest stock of DIAMONDS WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY CUT CLASS AND SILVERWARE of all kinds that we have ever shown. It will be a pleasure to show you through our stock. Every department is constantly replenished with the newest designs. We call especial attention to our repairing department, which has every improvement. Your watch or clock made as good as new. Work ready for delivery in a short time. A. J. Renkl 980 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. (Best by Test) . i Slusky's Roofing Materials Mantels, Tiles,vGrates v Builder's Hardware Complete stock of Metal and Composition Roofing, Gal vanized Metal Products, Copper, Zinc, Asphalt and Galvanized Shingles. Prompt Delivery-Low Prices DAVID SLUSKY & SON, 1009 Bradway, Augusta STEWART & KERNAGHAN has been called to the remarkable fuel saving secured with Cole's Original Hot Blast Heaters. Coal prices are soaring-why be a slave to an extravagant heating plant or stove that is a demon for fuel. Join nov) in the great army cf satisfied users who have found relief from high- fuel hills with the great fuel saving ?st Heat? Burns cheapest ?02! clean and fcrigfti. ?sss sny f?e! Everybody is searching for a way to save fuel and food. Here's your opportunity to ^ cut your coal bills square in half and gain a perfectly heated home as well. Investigate now. Our Store is Fuel Savers Headquarters. No. 112 Augusta Packing Ob. Augusta, Ga. On New Savannah Road, on Belt Line Phone 518-P. 0. 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