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Office No 61 5 Residence, No. 17 IK Wednesday, January 29 LOCAL AND PERSONAL, See notice of senatorial election in this issue! Mr. Walter L. Rolston spent Wed nesday last in Columbia. Mr. J. T. Harting of Columbia was a visitor to Edgefield the latter part of last week. Mrs. R. T. Barksd?le of Augusta was the week-end guest of Mrs. Mamie X. Tillman. Mrs. Mary Talbert Sm-th of At lanta is here visiting h?r mother, Mrs. Le m ie Talbert Misses Pearl Washington and Mary Bruton were wi ek-end visitors of Hiss Helen Tillman. T. P. Morgan Jr., has had his hon orable discharge from Camp Jack-1 son and will make ins nome ut Cleora. , Mr. W. W. Fuller, our very cana- ! ble county superintendent of educa- j tion. was among the visitors in Co lumu.a ii.uiaaay. Mr. A. E. Padgett attended a meet ing of the executive Leard of the Stale Ba kers' Association in Co lumbia U ednesday. The friends o' Mr. Orlando Shep pard are rejoiced to see him out on ? our streets again and at his accus-j torne? affairs after a long siege of ? influenza. I Lack of space this week has neces sitated the leaving oui of s me inter esting matter, and letters from our soldier boys, all of which will appear next Week. Having discarded tho uniform and returned to civilian ranks, Mr. Steve Scurry, than whom there is no finer ? boy in Edgefield county, has accept ed a position wth Mr. B. B. Jones. ? We are delighted that our young friend (jus Cheatham is again at home, having been relieved of naval duty. Gus made a good record and we are glad that he is again under j the parental roof, Lieut. A. B. Carwile who has been , at Clemson College at the school of Farm Demonstration has returned to Edgefield bringing Mrs. Carwile with him. They are making their home with Mrs. S. B. Nicholson. A trio of good citizens of the Meri wether section, Mr. John Mealing, Dr. J. T. Reese and Mr. Fred Barker, were among the visitors in Edgefield Friday. Ali of them placed orders for government soda while here. Freeman Corley arrived Monday from B - . ha\ ag secured his hon orable discharge from the navy. When ho recently returned to Bos ton from his furlough he was not "hopeful of receiving a discharge s6 early. All of Edgefield has been greatly relie vt ; over the n i ivement of Dr. ano M . B rd, I ? of whom were critically ill when hst week's issue was published, and grave fears were . entertaii : ? r them. The outlook is now very promising for their recov ery About the only way to get over j some ot' Edgefield's roads since the . heavy v. ins is to board an airship1 and ii y over them. The supervisor iSi not to blame for this condition either. ' Red clay and heavy rains and lumber wagons are hard to beat as mud makers. Mrs. Oarroll Gogburn and the chil dren have gone to Atlanta to spend'! a mc cher, Mrs. Lew is, -'vii-. ( o.,! urn spent the week-end her i with, his Mr. and Mrs. W. B. ii. Mrs. Sam Craig and litt Eli ii who is just recover ing fi n-ii Sjienza is also here with! her parents! I Two splendid, young Collier sol-j dior i. ivs, J? hie Miller and Eugene Hiller, came home with honorable discharges in their pockets. Jamie was mustered out of the service at Camp Hancock and Eugene at Camp Jackson. Both of these very popular young men have been very cordially greeted by their friends. Mrs. J. T. Littlejohn was the yuest of Mrs. J. L. Minis on Thursday and Friday, coming over from lied Hill and Rehoboth community on her re turn home to -Scranton. Mrs. Little john had come to Edgefield to nurse her sister, Mrs. R. A. Wash, and fam ily all of whom were ill with influen-. 2a but are now recovered. We received a card to-day from our beloved young friend, Frank Adams who is enjoying a furlough of seven days and is spending the time at a very'popular pleasure re sort in France at the foot of the Alps mountains. He is well and is having a grand time. All of our boys over seas are now having the time of their lives. In another column will be found the announcement of the candidacy of Ex. Gov. J. C. Sheppard for the unexpired term of Senator B. E. Nicholson. Lakefield county is fortunate in having one so capable and acceptable to ?ill the breach at this time of great loss to our people in the death of Senator Nicholson. The citizens of our ocunty will be gratified that Mr. Sheppard has consented to stand for election. Mass Meeting. There will be a mass meeting of the citizens of Edgefield in the Court House on' Friday afternoon at 4 o' clock to consider the purchase of a lot for a cemetary. Let all interested citizens be present. The ladies are re quested to attend. Sloan Watson Ail Right. For some time Mrs. Ida Watson has been greatly concerned about her son, Sloan Watson, as she had not heard from him in about three months. Her anxiety was relieved on Monday by receiving in erne mail, five cards and one letter from Sloan. His friends will be delighted to learn that he is all right. Death of Mrs. Sarah Brooks. Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Sarah Brooks d sd at th-; home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Dow, of pa ralysis. She had reached the advan ced age of 77 years at the t^ne of her death. This good woman was beloved by a large circle of friends and was very active in the life of her commu nity before the weight of her years bore heavily upon her. Td rs. Brooks is survived by five daughters, Mrs. George Doolittle, Mrs. Press Doolittle, Mrs. West Doo little, Mrs. Joseph Doolittle and Mrs. W. A. Dow, and one son, Mr. William Brooks. The funeral was conducted Monday afternoon at Red Oak Grove church, Soldier Boys Return from the Pacific Coast. About six months ago, at a time when our boys were leaving home al most every week to enter some branch of the naval or military ser vice, four splendid young men, Hamp H. Smith, Elliott Padgett, William Brimson and Willie Bush, were in ducted as volunteers under a call for men to go to Vancouver, Washington io perform a special service for the government. The journey of 3,000 miles required nearly a week. After undergoing many and varied experi ences in the military service on the Pacific coast, all of these your.tr men have secured honorable discharges ;?:i i reached their homes safely Sun Jay. They were sent from Vancouver lo the camp near Atlanta to be mus tered out of service, having reached Atlanta about a week ago. The cli mate of tiie north-west and the treat .' which "Uncle Sam" gave them ?as transformed them into strong, ro bust men of athletic build. No young men have been more warmly wel comed upon their home-coming than thi3 quartette of soldier boys from .ne far-off north-west. Carci from Coblenz. Monday the editor of The Adver r rei i iveil a card from one of our soldier boys who L-i now in Coblenz, lated December LC. The card reads, "This is the town I am in at present, un getting on fine and having a great Linio. Dojl't expect to be home for some time yet. Your friend, Johnie." Important Meeting! Come to the Court House Friday afternoon to hear the Rhett plan for better roads explained and discussed by a man sent here for that purpose. Come out to hear hir.i. W. A. STROM. NOTICE! I will be in the office of Mr. B. E. Nicholson on Wednesday of each week to attend to any matters in which he was engaged. W. H. Nicholson. 3t SALESMEN WANTED to solicit or ders for lubricating oils, greases and paints. Salary or Commission. Ad dress THE HARVEY OIL CO., Cleveland, Ohio. Ex. Gov. Sheppard Announces His Canidacy for the Senate. To My Friends and Fellow Citizens of Edgefield County: , It is well known that 1 had retired from politics, and did not contem plate that conditions would arise which would incline me to review my ?conclusion. But since the death of our loyal and faithful State Senator, ?Hon. B. E. Nicholson, I have been ?urged by many citizens to consent to take up his work in the Senate just where he left it. I feel that it is my duty to Sena tor Nicholson, and to the people of ; Edgefield county to undertake to per form the service and discharge the ? obligations which he had assumed; ?and if the people of our county de jsire that I shall perform this service ?and discharge the duties that were incumbent upon him, I will do so to the best of my ability. Therefore, I hereby announce that I am a canidate for the State Senate for the unexpired term of the late Senator B. E. Nicholson, and shall be deeply grateful if the people of the county shall approve of this conclu sion. Very Respectfully, J. C. SHEPPARD. Supervisor Broadwater Re organizes for 1919. To the People of Edgefield County: As Supervisor of Edgefield County I appeal to you to co-operate with me during the present year to put our roads in better condition. It is diffi cult to make the people realize what good roads mean and are worth to i them, besides the money saved in-? preventing wear and tear of vehicles and the hard pulling on their stock. J They enhance very much the val?e j of real estate, promote education, make the county more attractive, and j arc really the greatest civilizers ever known. My ambition is to help the ! people of the County to secure hard surface and properly drained roads ?throughout the County. With this cb- ; ?ject in view, I have discussed my plans with many fellow-citizens, con-' leeming my conclusion to adopt the I following plan for road working for! I lill9: that is to divide all the public highways in the County into sections, j I then will endeavor to appoint some1 public spirited man living near the same as overseer of that section. His ?duty shall be to organize the labor in j the community of said section, and to receive contributions, labor and other I valuable things suitable for road con- . .struction to be used on the roada in Ibis section. My intention is then to , ?confer with the said overseers and to ! (have an appointed time for having1, j the machinery of the County with' ! persons to operate the same on such ? sections, and at thc same time to ask j the overseers of that section to have la certain number of volunteers from J his list for road work, without com jpensation from the County. I favor , the return to the townships money paid as computation tax, and wish :that the law was so written. I will un dertake to make application of this1 tax according to that view. We have a great many miles of public roads in Edgefield County and it is impossible 1 ?to put all of them in proper repair ' with the tax raised by the present?' J method, ami I believe it is better top j have the system above referred to, i' i . ll than a material increase in the tax ?levy to the extent that is necessary i ?to make good roads. Of course, there are people who will oppose this mehod, but knowing: ?the people of this County as well as ?'I do, I feel that we have enough pa-! jtriotic people in Edgefield County; I who will volunteer their service and' j the use of their stock, vehicles and ! hands ten days during the year when- ? 'ever it is necessary to secure good roads. It must be realized that roads can not be made without material and labor. The County is absolutely un able to furnish labor under the pres jent system for this purpose, but I feel ?certain that the labor can be supplied ?along the roads with such help as can ?and will bc given by the convicts without any loss to any one. In the next issue of thc paper, I will divide the principle roads of the County into sections and will expect the people along the various sections to organize and let me know of their organizations by thc 15th of March. The people of the County with means should compete with one an other in their contributions to thc public roads, and of course each con tributor would have the right to say which section of any roads should get the benefit. If any section of any road so divi ded as above suggested do not organ ize and co-operate with me, I will do the best I can for them anyway, but I do not see how we can hope to have as good roads as those who have such organizations. My reason for constructing the Dixie Highway through this County, We have replenish fill your orders for G price, quality consid< anything in heavy ai thing for your pantrj We are also well farm in hardware, ha of all kinds. Wre ca: what vor, want we w ar We invite our fan quarters when m ton a-as to connect it with the adjoin inc: counties and to get the benefit of the Government aid that will come to us, amounting to $12,?0?.??, which would otherwise have been lost en tirely. It is necessary to finish this road by June 1st. In the meantime, it is my purpose to have different squads at work from time to time on j the various other roads. Every per manently constructed road will re- j quire very little more work by the County to keep them in good condi- ? tion-thus enabling me to give my attention to the other roads entirely, j The people of this County are pa-; triotic, as was shown by the liberal response to the various war loans, I and now, Peace is restored to us, we , have a great opportunity and can af- j ford to_ develop the County. There 1 is no better way to do this than by building good roads. In other words, good roads benefit all people irre spective of their walk in life. Don't say that I have done as much as my neighbor on roads, but say that I will try to do more than my neighbor. Remember, that this suggestion is .1 not compulsory on anybody, but watch my prediction, that those who I have done and will do, the least on : the roads, will have the most to say M against this system. It will possibly ?? be necessary to increase taxe s on i property if the plans I suggest are 1 lot successful, but the more your aid i lelps me to make my plans a success, ;? I will sell f ertili patronage of the agent in this sectk made by Coe-Mor formulas which th nized to be the bes . I will sell Acid '. solicit your orders Write me or se< 1919 contract fer J es and Pla Supplies ed every department c roceries of all kinds al ired. Come in to se( ul fancy groceries. V\ j. supplied with every! mes. traces, wagon lia rry a large stock, but: ill get it on short noti uer friends to make o rn. the lc.~s thc increase will have to be. I lun e heard it rumored, no doubt for the purpose of injuring me, that Che cos? of maintaining the chain ..ang and building the roads has in creased ("luring my administration, and that the County will be in debt, .vithout even trying to explain why me increase of cost, which I will not for one moment try to deny. If you will stop for a moment, and think what the prices of everything in con vict line, as machinery, food for man and beast and labor, in fact every thing used in this County has increas ed during my administration three fold, in fact a dollar will only buy as much as 33 1-3 cents wouloVin 1914, so it will take three dollars where it used to take one to meet the same re quirement. Still, the appropriations for the County have not been increas ed. So you can readily see that a debt of three dollars to-day is no more than one dollar in 1914. I ask this question-"What man amongst you. it matters not what your occu pation may be, can say that it has not cost you three tintes as much to ;!o business as it did prior to 1914?" Under these circumstances, Edge field County has received full value for every dollar expended, unless, there has been some imposition by those people filling up holes in the road, and I have given notice that this kind of work will not be paid for unless especially authorized by the Supervisor. [zers for 1919 seas< farmers of Edgefk )n for ' 'Quality Bra timer Company of ey place upon the r it, having been test* Phosphate and Nit for these also. 2 me in person be] fertilizers, ntation >f our stock, and can t tlie lowest possible ) us when you need fe can supply every hing needed for the mess and implements if we should not have ce. ur store their head I will be charitable and say to the ! one or more who are whispering this ' County debt "bugga-boo," that if ;you are doing it through ignorance, land with no intention of creating a ?false impression or injuring my ad ministration in any way, that I for give you and ask that you get busy and help all you can to complete my plans of organizing this County. If 'you are doing it to injure me polit ically, I ask you to come out boldly land not to injure me by any insidious way. Let all join together and substitute work for kicking, and let our slogan be, "GOOD ROADS FOR EDGE i FIELD COUNTY." NOTICE! I State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield. I All persons indebted to the Es tate of Mrs. Eleanor S. Ivey-late ?of said county and state-are hereby ?requested to make payment of the 'same to Messrs. Sheppard Bros., at j Edgefield, C. H., S. C.; and all per isons who hold claims against the said ?estate are requested to present the j same duly attested to my said at I torn cys. Mrs. Eleanor I. Schnell, Executrix. j Only Ons "BROMO QU!N!.r!E'* To pet the genuine, cal! lor full name, L/iXA TIVK I3ROMO QUINIXE. LookforsiRnatureoi ii. W. GROVK. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stops I cou?h asd headache, and works o?f cold. 25c. 311 and solicit the dd county-' I am nds" of fertilizers Charleston. The tiarket are recog ed for many years. rate of Soda and fore making your ims