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Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, January 29 LOCAL AND PERSONAL, See notice of senatorial election in this issue! Mr. Walter I.. Holston spent Wed nesday Last in columbia. Mr. J. T. Harling of Columbia was a visitor io Edgefield the latter part of last week. Mrs. R. T. Barksdale of Augusta was the week-end guest of Mrs. Mamie A'. Tillman. Mrs. Mary Talbert Smith of At lanta is here visiting har mother, Hrs. Le.!..J Talbert. Misses Pearl Washington and Mary Bruton were \v( ek-end visitors of Miss Helen ? ?liman. T. P. Morgan Jr., h~ = had his hon orable discharge from Camp Jack-' son and will make his heme ac Cleora. Mr. W. W. Fuller, our very cana bl? county superintendent cf educa-' tion. was among the visitors in Co lumbia rhursday. Mr. A. E. Pad'rett nt-?nded a meet ing of the execir ve board of the Stale Bai cers! Association in Co lumbia V\ ednesday. . The friends o' Mr. Orlando Shep pard are rej??ci i co see him ouc on1 our str< its again and at bis accus- j tome', affairs after a long siege of influenza. Lack of sr>nce this week hns neces sitated the Laving oui ut some inter est in ". matter, and letters from our soldier boys, all of which will appear next Week. Having discarded the uniform and returned io civilian ranks, Mr. Steve Scurry, than whom there is no liner I boy in Edgefield county, has accept ed a position win Mr. B. B. Jones, i We are delighted that our young friend Cus Cheatham is again at home, having been relieved uf naval duty. Cus made a good record and we are glad that he is again under J the parental roof, Lieut. A. B. Carwile who has been j at Clemson College at the school of I Farm Demonstration has returned to Edgefield bridging Mrs. Carwile with him. They ave 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 amu :- the visitors in Edgefield Friday. All of them placed orders fur government soda while here. Freeman Corley arrived Monday from Bost t, having secured his hon orable discharge from the navy. When hs recently returned to Bos ton from his furlough he was hot -hopeful of receiving a discharge s6 early. All of Edgefield has been greatly relievi ! over the imi covement of Dr. and Mrs. B . I hr of whom were critica . when hast week's issue was published, and grave fears were entertained fox them. The outlook is now verj promising for their recov ery; About the only way io get over som*.' of Edgefieid's roads since the.' heavy r ins is to board an airship! and fly over them. '! be supervisor is . not to blame for this condition either. ' Bed clay and heavy rains and lumber, wa ons are hard io beat as mud makers. Mrs. Carn ll Gogburn and the chil dren : ne to A ta to spend* a m< ., ? her, Mrs. Lew is. J . . . spent the week-end' he r . Mr. and .Mrs. ? W. i;. . Mrs. Sam Craig and little Elizabeth who is Just recover in...- .: ii tUicn?.a also here with I her parents! ; Two splendid, young Collier sol-i dier J? a e Miller and Eugene M . eam< 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 ?uest of Mrs. J. L. Minis on Thursday and Friday, coming over from Reil Hill and Rehoboth community on her re turn home to -Scranton. Mrs. Little john had come to Edgefield to nurse her sister, Mrs. K. 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 lime at a very popular pleasure re sort in France at the foot of thc 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. Edgeiicld county is fortunate in having one so capable and acceptable to hil the breach at this time of great lois 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 thc citizens of Edgeficld 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. Thc ladies are re quested to attend. Sloan Watson Ail Right. For some time Mrs. Ida Watson lias 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 I he is all right. Death of Mrs. Sarah Brooks. Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Sarah Brooks d .". at tho home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Dow, of pa ralysis. She had reached the advan ced agc of 77 years at the tyne 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. Mrs. Brooks is survived by five (laughters, 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 j 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 ? il. Smith, Elliott Padgett, William : Brunson and Willie Bush, were in ducted as volunteers under a call for j men to go to V ancouver, Washington i co perform a special service for the I government. The journey of 3,000 miles required nearly a weeli. After undergoing many and varied experi- j enees in the military service on the ? Pacific coast, all of these young men have secured honorable discharges and roached their homes safely Sun day. ] hey were sent from Vancouver to the camp near Atlanta to be mus- j Cered out of service, having reached ; Atlanta about a week ago. The cli mate of the north-west and the treat ment which "Uncle Sam" gave them has transformed them into strong, ro- i bust men of athletic build. No young I men have been more warmly wei-j corned upon their home-coming than this quartette of soldier boys from i me far-off north-west. Carel from Coblenz. Monday the editor of The Adver- i : rec? ?veil a card from one of our! soldier boys who is now in Coblenz, j dated December 1?!. The card reads, "This is the town I am in at present, j am getting on fine and having a great ! tiine. Do.n't expect to be home for j 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 him. 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 I 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 sire 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 St .te 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 tc 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 j them, besides the money saved hf] preventing wear and tear of vehicles and the hard pulling on their stock, j They enhance very much the val?e of real estate, promote education, ! make the county more attractive, and j are really the greatest civilizers ever : known. My ambition is to help the people of the County to secure hard surface and propel ly drained roads throughout the County. With this ob ject in view, I have discussed my j plans with many fellow-citizens, con cerning my conclusion to adopt the 1 following plan for road working for j 1919: that is to divide all the public I highways in the County into sections, , chen will endeavor to appoint some: public spirited man living near the same as overseer of that section. His duty shall be to organize the labor in 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 roads in I his section. My intention is then to j confer with the said overseers and to j have an appointed time for having' the machinery of the County with : persons to operate the same on such : sections, and at the same time to ask tlie overseers of that section to have ( a certain number of volunteers from his list for road work, without com-: pensation 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 this tax according to that view. We have a great many miles of public roads in Edgefield County and it is impossible to put all of them in proper repair ' with the tax raised by the present method, and I believe it is batter to ? have the system above referred to, 1 than a material increase in the tax ' levy to the extent that is necessary 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 triotic people in Edgefield County who will volunteer their service and the use of their stock, vehicles and hands ten days during the year when ever it is necessary to secure good roads. lt must be realized that roads car. not be made without material and labor. The County is absolutely un able to furnish labor under the pres ent 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 thc next issue of the 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 the 15th of March. The people of the County with means should compete with one an other in their contributions to the public roads, and of course each con tributor would have thc 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 h?ve such organizations. My reason for constructing the Dixie Highway through this County, We have replenish fill your orders for G price, quality consicL anything' in heavy ai thing for your pantr We are also well farm in hardware, ha of all kinds. Wre ca what YOU want we w We invite our fan quarters when m tov was to connect it with the adjoin inc; L-ounties and to get the benefit cf the Government aid that will come to us, amounting to $12,5 OU. OD, 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 difi'erent squads at work from time to time on 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. The people of this County are pa- : triotic, as was shown by the liberal response to the various war loans, : and now, Peace is restored to us, we have a great opportunity and can af ford to> develop the County. There 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. Pvcmember, that this suggestion is ; not compulsory on anybody, but ? watch my prediction, that those who have done and will do, the least on ! the roads, will have the most to say ; against this system. It will possibly be necessary to increase taxe s on property if the plans I suggest are not successful, but the more your aid , helps me to make my plans a success, ? I will sell f?rtil: patronage of the agent in this secti< made by Coe-Mor formulas which th nized to be the bec . I will sell Acid . solicit your orders Write me or se 1919 contract for j Led every department ( roceries of ali kinds a' Bred. Come in to se( id fancy groceries. V supplied with everyt unes, traces, wagon lia rry a large stock, but ill get it on short noti uer friends to make o rn. the less tho increase will have to be. 1 have heard it rumored, no doubt for the purpose of injuring me, that the cost of maintaining the chain ?ang and. budding the roads has in creased during my administration, .ind that the County will be in debt, without even trying to explain why the increase of cost, which I will not for one moment try to deny. If you will stop for a moment, and think what thc 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 would* in 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 tipies as much to do 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 wdll not be paid for unless especially authorized by the Supervisor. izers for 1919 seas* farmers of Eclgefi( )n for "Quality Bra timer Company of ey place upon the r it, having been test* Phosphate and Nit for these also. e me in person be: fertilizers, ?o L )f our stock, and can t the lowest possible ? us when you need Ie 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 j County debt "bugga-boo," that if . you are doing it through ignorance. and 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 politi ! cally, I ask you to come out boldly ?and not to injure me by any insidious way. Let all join together and substituto work for kicking, and let our slogan be, "GOOD ROADS FOR EDGE j FIELD COUNTY." NOTICE! j 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 Irequested to make payment of the I same to Messrs. Sheppard Bros., at ?Edge?ield, 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 ! torn cys. Mrs. Eleanor I. Schnell, Executrix. Only Ona "BROMO QUIIW-'E'' To sretthe ??cnuir.e, cr.11 lor full name. L/iXA TIVK JJROMO QUINIXE. Lookiorsicnature of ii.W.GROVK. Cures a Cold in Oue Day. Stop? coui?h and headache, and works off cold. 25c on and solicit the M county.' I am nds" of fertilizers Charleston. The narket are recog ed for many years. rate of Soda and fore making your ims