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tEntah?t?ljp?? i ??35. J. L. MIMS,_Editor. Published every Wednesday in The Advc ri ?sor Building at $2.00 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postofiice at Edge-field, S. C. No communications will be pub lished unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub lished at advertising rates. Wednesday, January 8. Serftt. S. B. Mays Writes Mis Father Co!. S. B. Mays i:rorn France. November 24. 19IS. My Father: In addition to my thoughts that are ! alway? with you, they are especially . so on this day that has bein set aside for all soldiers to writo to their fath I ers. j Now that the fighting is over, there is much speculation among the men as to when they will brj sent homo. They and I among them o'*e '"Il wild for their time to'come as quickly as possible. From the girls' letters I gal her that ail of you have the impression that I am in Belgium fighting on the Flanders front. When we first came over, The ">">th Field Artillery Bri- , gade, of which the 105th Ammuni tion Train is a part, was sent into . France proper, .while the Infantry Brigades of the 30th Division were I all sent, up into Belgium. We thought I then that we would, of course soon . join our own Division but we have never had the chance. We were first sent up into the Toul sector and got our first real ac- 1 tion on September 12, when tho 55th F. R. Brigade opened the St. Mihiel;' divide. I am glad to say that we didi1 our part weil. Our Brigade sine: then ? has been used as a shock Brigade. We r have fought with six divisions and' ! four army corps, each time after ' opening the action and working un- j til the objective is obtained and then j we move on to some other place and , other troops move in to hold the line. That, of course, makes it rather hard, ' but in that way we had the chance to j \ take a good many fights in the re \gions at St. Mihiel, the Meuse River, Argonne Fofest etc. I have ever been sorry that we did not rejoin thc 30th Division, as I j know that with their good fighting we : could have done fine together. Wei have heard every now and then that! we would join them, and only to-day ; that we would join them somewhere j next week and be shipped home. Here ? is hoping that it is true. Tell Sister that I am not in Maj. ' Gen. Lowis' Wiid Cat Division. It is rather funny to see how badjthe re- j porters get things mixed. The clip ping she sent mc spoke of North and , South Carolina men ir. the Wild Cat Division fighting at Cambrai. Well, ? the men are from North and South ? Carolina but they are the Old Hick ory Division (30th) from Camp Sc-: vier. National Guards instead of the . drafted men from North and South: Carolina in thc Wild Cac. (SIst) Di-:' vision from Camp Jackson that fought vi Cambrai. By c'nance I heard that Arthur Colic:i. who, by the way is in the Wild C at Division, was near here, so 1 I rode uver to see him. 1 spent the af- , ternuo.u with him and believe he was very glad to see me. 1 am stire I was glad ta .see him. Wejxad a good many things to talk about. | Since hostilities have ceased, thc i fellows here have been sending up fire works in great quantities and lately have taken un hand grounding, for fish. A hand grenade proves to be ? even belter than dynamite and as the j Meu :e River seems to be literally full of fish, the results are very gratify-j: ing. Tile best hit I know of is 72 fish h ranging from 8 inches to a foot and j a hait in length from ono hand gren-J: ade. This is a true fish story at that, ii N<> doubt Calhoun has, by this time >. gotten out of the army. We are all ? hoping that we will be among the first troops to be sent home, in that,.1 we have seen such continued action, ] I am h pinfe that wc will be fortunate \ > in that way. We have heard all kinds j of rumors about going home but I hardly know when to count on being h there as a soldier never knows just I: what he is going to do and is always kept guessing. j: I only wish it was possible for me li to bc home Christmas and be with i you. At any rate my thoughts will all i be with you all the time. < Give my love to all and the very best wishes for a Merry Christmas ? and a Happy New Year. From Sam. 1 .?lHl StNV?lS SS?I*? (Continued from page One] . fie only perfect way of teachinj contains the best suggestions aching, the best instruction for pils and if the music clubs wouk troduce these pieces on their s< .programmes, they would prove b ficial in many ways. From St. Louis, I went to Ti o visit relatives, of all of whom 1 greatly proud. Mr. Hue McAmis made a wonderful reputation as organist in New York City. He turned to his home in San Antoni enlist for patriotic duty. lie eave a recital compliment i"o soldiers after v/hich was a rei ..?on. and also played in the Ca dral. I copy from the San Antonio per, a description of the organ r tal. "An appreciative audience sponded to the invitation exton by the Scottish Rite Masons fe public hearing of the fine Moe organ installed a year ago in Scottish Rite Cathedral for masc work. The organist presented in citai was Hue 31c Amis, a young i sician of whom San Antonio is ju: proud, and who recently returi from musical studies in New York enlist for military service. Mr. 1 Amis made a remarkable record ring the year spent in Dr. Willi Carl's organ school, and lu's appe ance Sunday evening held no dis; pointment for those who expeci much of the gifted young musici; His program was chosen to g pleasure LO all hearers and disp] well tiie resources and great toi beauty of the organ. "America" a ' La .Marseillaise" were the openi numbers, followed by Bach's "P; lude and Fugue"in C minor, its te? .lical demands being splendidly n by Mr. McAmis, clearness a warmth of tone being added to t perfection of mechanical detai [larker's "In the Twilight" was ma doubly attractive by electrical mani illation? directed by Mrs. F. L. Cc son which stimulated the charm Lhe twilight hour. In this number t chimes of the organ were effective displayed. Two compositions by Bo net, the world's famed French orga ?st, arrested the attention of love of organ music. These were "R manee Sans Paroles" a dclightf number of infectious melody, ai "Caprice Heroigue" played wi much brilliancy by the capable pe former. Mr. McAmis also play? "Chopin's Funeral March" in mer orv of soldiers who have lost the lives on the battlefields of Franc Encores were demanded throughoi the program, to which Mr Mc Am responded with the "Weddin March" from Lohengrin, "The R Miry" and "Nearer My God to Thee The "Star Spangled Banner" w; strikingly given in conclusion. F< (his the organist used the console o the upper gallery, while the stap displayed the Stars and Stripes wai ing over the globe surrounded b beautiful flags of all the allied n: i ions. Electrical elects enchanted th charm of the setting and made th number a stirring finale. Mr. Mc Am i \va< assisted by Sgt. Charles G Bich:, tenor of the Kelly Field Gie Club, who sang "For You Alone" b Glehl, and "Love is Minc" by Gart ner. Mr. Biehl's voice is of excellen range and quality and his song were cordially received. In respons to the warm applause, he sang Bart iett's "A Dream." I feel justifiable in being proud o being related to Hue.McAmis, capa Ide of re' dering such a program, J liandsoii. lad of cniy nineteen year: a grandson of Col. Henry Cobb ,vh< '. ?sited my mother whom some of th< readers met.Ile has inherited an ap predation and duty 'to patriotisn through the wife of Moore who wai surgeon in the Revolutionary army She was an aunt of Patrick Henry I he British were anxious to capture him, she secluded him and fed hin: secretly. ' I greatly enjoyed my visit to this musician's aunt, Mrs. Cain who re sides in Terrell. Texas, and seeing Cousin Henry Cobb and meeting many of their friends who gave many social pleasures and listening to their experience of a recent trip through California, the ladies going by rail and the men in automobiles, meeting them at appointed places, for sight seeing, the car registering seventeen hundred miles over the most pictur esque part of he United States. I accompanied these relatives to Longview, Texas, and greatly enjoy ed from an automobile, viewing this attractive, progressive city and thence to Kilgo to visit relatives, the small town peculiarly but beautifully situated. The homes form a semi-cir cle around a grove of oak and hick ory trees which if not owned by in dividuals would be ideal for a city park. The background of these homes is a rural agricultural district. Mr. M. E. Bradley invented a building for keeping potatoes. There I arc two plank walls- a foot apart. The STK?ce bel ween them filled with saw dust, windows for ventilation. In the center of the building is a space re sembling a hall in which are stoves, above are wooden fans attached to an iron pipe manipulated by a gaso line engine for circulation of air. The stoves are used for drying the pota toes, at the same time the fans being used to prevent them from cooking This is continued from five to ten days. The potatoes can be removed during the winter without any earth about them. We had a beautiful automobile ride, one hundred miles back to Ter rell, stopping to visit many novel places. The disadvantage of impure water is something of the past. We visited a Filteration Plant, a device for taking impurities from tho liquid. For this is used charcoal and sand charcoal made from bones, called an imal charcoal, the best purifier. It removes not only solid matter but any gas which the water may contain, as the water passes between two stone wheels. They are made green by the doposit of the impurities the water contained, thence into the ce mented vats for further purification after which we were handed a glass of clear water, pure as a dew drop, clear as a crystal, so refreshing, we wonder if anyone is tempted to put other than water in a cup or pitcher which make all men happier and rioh er since the Prohibition Bill signed by President Wilson, effective from July until dernobilizatoin. There are many wonderful things to be seen in Oklahoma and Texas but the great fortunes are made with oil, gas, and coal. The land is owned by the government, not for sale. If you wish to invest in a well, you pud chase from the government a lease for a specified time which gives you the privilege to bore the earth con tained in the lease. If you fail to find oil or gas it is your loss, if you strike oil you pay the government one eighth of the profit. There are as many as six different sands, and oil is produced in paying quantities I but the best pay is in the deep sand. ! The first thing of importance before ! drilling for oil is the location and for mation of'the s oil. You pay by the foot to drill. It costs at the present time in Oklahoma to drill a well the depth of 1,500 feet, complete stand ard figures the sum of $7,000. Shal low wells costs in proportion to the depth of sand. Oil is often found in pools which produce a flowing or gushing well. Sometimes pools ex tend twenty miles and others one mile wide. Other wells are brought i^ through veins which usually produce longer. ; The mystery of why some strike ! oil in a pool which brings a flowing well, some strike oil in veins, others strike a dry well my opinion may be better than a woman's reason, be cause though as simple as Columbus standing the egg on its end. As an I illustration you may recall my letter j after my visit through Mammoth Cave, Ky. There is not anything un j usual about the surroundings. Over (the Cave is a natural forest, surround jing it nothing mysterious until you 'enter. Hs walls resemble the Pali sades of the Hudson, some portions lover which you walk dry like a des iert, examine the sand, roll it between i your fingers and you find each prain [round and smooth as a shot. Theorist (anti geologist believe water once flow [ed over this, and it is substance from its walls of apparent stone, I which year by year likewise crumble when water passes over it, other por tions dry. But from her walls you be ! hohl cascades of water, disappearing among the rocks, descend 365 feet to a flowing river. We were rowed on j i his river miles through the Cave, its width usually a half mile but varying considerable I believe should the covering ' c emoved from the Cave, it won'.. embie Wadkens Glen, N. V. a I would not appear any more i mysterious, should we bore a well beginning above this river in Mam moth Cave to the depth of 3G5 feet, we would strike a river of , water. ! Should we likewise bore a well in j Oklahoma and strike a pool of oil the ,gas it contained would force it up ward and produce a flowing well; ?should we bore another well near the first one above Mammoth Cave which would strike the bank of the river, wc would have a dry well; likewise should wo bore a well directly above the banks of the pool of oil we would strike a dry hole. Should we bore a well above the streams of veins form ing cascades of water through the Mammoth Cave, wo would produce a well resembling an ordinary wall; likewise should we bore wells through the surface of tho earth and discover oil in veins, it would have to be pump ed to the surface and these wells would vary as to depth, quantity and quality, as ordinary wells of water. The water producing the pictures que beauly of the State Park of N. V. Wadkens Glen is forme.d in cas cades, rivulets and showers through the gorge from the submarine springs clear as a crystal, the sun's rays re flecting its variegated hues, produ c K \\ n f< f? Ci Ci li h P S f? h t< vi X b P tl Cl t( tl Cl ir lc P is SI a si w is a; di that will enable our customers to get the rest of their winter Needs at a BIG REDUCTION In going over the stock we rind there are odds and ends that w?l have to be cleaned out to make room for the spring goods. SHOES! SHOES!! SHOES!!! Broken Stock and Sizes Twenty pairs going nt $1.50 the pair. Sixty pairs going a? One-half price. Both of these are splendid bargains at the price. All other shoes in the house at One-Third off. A small assortment of children's Bed-Room slippers at S5| cents the pair. Keep your feet o?r'those cold floors in the early morning with a pair of carpefc slippers-ali ? going at 25 cents the pair. HOSIERY SPECIAL-All 75 and 85 cents Silk hose to be closed out at 50 the pair. These hose will soon be advanced fco $1.00 the pair. All Hats, Cloaks, Coat Suits and Dresses at ONE-THIRD OFF. Special Sale on Sea Island-10 yards for $'2.00. Worth to-day's market price $3.00. Ten yards Check Homespun going at $2.50. Just received IG dozen China Cups and Saucers going at $2.00 and $2.25 a set. Although .more of these were ordered this is all we could get at the present time. Better see them before it is too late. Why shiver in the cold weather when you can get a Sweater and Knit Cap afc ONE-THIRD OFF. Prices are not coming down soon, so why not look over these values, and come in and see others that we have, as space won't let us mention them here. All sale prices are for cash only, as we can't afford to charge at these prices. All'customers purchasing over $5.00 worth of merchandise will receive some suitable gift ing myriads of rain bows, as I cribed after my visit to Niag, 'alls. This is wonderful, but not m erious as tho Echo River throv iammoth Cave which flows oxac s a surface river 365 feet below I urface, constantly changing ourse for miles, but mysteriou lunges into the earth, disappear! nd leaving for debate from wher ; came and whither it goeth. Soi iiink it runs into Green River soi ?stance away as it rises and fa rith iL If you recall my description ara toga Springs, N. Y. and the nui er of springs so near together, ea Obtaining diiTerent minerals in se rate strata leading to them, recs ne almost miraculous water of II pring?. Arl:. Ail these wonders i ature impress you with thc Divini f the Creator and the greatness i io ingenujty of man to utilize thei ndowed with power, these bodies < ust, as the clay which healed tl lind man. Therefore give Him tl lory for all creation and ncknow ilge Man His masterpiece, made i [is own image. But the intuition c 'oman is often superior to that c ian as was demonstrated. I was shown a man who had lost ortune investing in wells, each tim ailing to find anything of value, wa ailed the dry hole man . My hos ame hurriedly to tell mc a youn? tdy had struck oil in four wells 01 er lease, and I would have the op ortunity of beholding a flowing well he was offered a half million dollar: ar her investment, but could no ave been more delighted than I wai ) behold the black oil gush from thc rell about thirty feet in tho air in t reat volume falling into an earthen nsin surrounding the well, which is urified in the refiners; if it overflows ie basin, that is a loss. After the oil :ases to flow naturally, it is brought ) the surface with pumps and flows irough tubes placed underground, irrying it' for miles away emptying ito reservoirs where desired, regard as of distance. This saves great ex ense of barrelling and shipping. It the general opinion that oil travels juthwest to northeast. If you draw straight line from thc Kansas fields mthwest to Eocenwood, Texas, you iii find oi! pools all the way. There a much greater possibility in Tex 5 an arra of 10,000 square miles or ,400,000 acrs of possible oil pro ucing territory. Often instead of oil they discover gas in thc weils. Thc aro then covered air tight and tub? connected with the well running int buildings for heating and cookin purposes. In the home in which I was cntei tamed in Oklahoma they had th most beautiful heaters made almos entirely of isinglass thc part that er closed the natural gas, and they coul instantaneously illuminate and a quickly thc heat was thrown out, air as suddenly it could be regulated t the desired temperature, or entirel; extinguished if preferred. It is idea for cooking, judging from the menu served and to behold thc immaculati utensils. I could not refrain from being in inquisitive to know how they kept th< lawns, yards and surroundings st free from anything to detract iron them. JJ y host told me of iron or met al barrels for sale, minus the botton or top. which are placed over a gai jet connected with underground gas pipe. Any.rubbish about the premises can quickly be destroyed without dan ger of fire, I was informed how tc make them of mortar and brick like a round chimney, height of a barrel, having a door through which the con tent;-, can be lighted with an ordinary match, or cleaned out when ashes accumulate. Every yard should have one. My host carried me twenty miles to the Gushing Fields. This was a wonderful automobile ride. I beheld something resembling a burning stump and was informed it was an underground gas pipe which had burst. They connected these gas pipes to others extending above ground for illumination of yards and farms, re sembling burning torches. The light ning set fire te one oil well which re sembled a burning volcano and left the effects similar to an earthquake, destroying a fortune in valuable oil and gas, whioh is now to propel aero planes for distribution of mail which I trust will never again be needed for war purposes. We went in an automobile to visit relatives in Dallas, Texas, which is a railroad center, trolley lines to Fort Worth and other important places. It is there you see the pride of the state thc State Fair Grounds, and it is one of the principia manufacturing cen ters. While there we attende! a lec ture by a returned wounded soldier being so extraordinary in oratorical talents and was furnished wonderful moving pictures to illustrate this lee ture. He exhibited miniature cannon and various swords of war, some of which would inflict incurable wounds by the way in which they weremade. I recall the grandest parade in the history of the United States when th? foreign representatives were enter tained in New York City and the sol diers went to France. It required five hours for this military parade to pass; I have never witnessed any thing more solemn, and when the an nouncement of peace came I was in a position to appreciate the gratitude of those ted by the Star of the East, that mysterious Bethlehem Star, to behold one in a manger bringing "Peace, good viii, on earth to men," to die on a cross that those who fell honorably fighting the battle of life might live eternally with Him. Sue Sloan, Johntson. S. C. Your bicycle can be driven by a light two-cylinder motor that will do away with your pedaling. Something entirely new but altogether satisfac tory. Come in to see it. Stewart & Kernaghan. Lost. A black mare mule, shod all a round, strayed from my farm De cember 25. Reasonable reward. B. L. Still, Saluda, S. C. R. F. D. 6 1-l-2tpd. For Sale One good yoke of oxen. Apply te W. P. Brunson, 1-1-3t Cleora, S. C. Stolen! A new "Continental" bicycle nas stolen from in front of our store Christmas eve by a colored boy. Re ward of will be paid. Stewart & Kernaghan ?low To Give Quinine To Children. FSBRTLINEt?iL^tra?c-tnarfc name (riven to an unproved QU?II?LC. lt is a Testclesa Syrup, pleas ant to take and t?oes not disturb thc stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especial!v nd.-.ptcd 'o adults who cannot Jake ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try lithe next time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. Th* dame FKSRIMNE is blown io hattie. 25 rtvt*