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Sstabliabp? 1?35. J. L. MIMS,_--Editor. Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year t& advance. Entered as second class matter at die postofhee at Edgefield, 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, February 26. If you do not cut your acreage one third, you'll cut the price one-half next fall. Still the wonder grows how Presi dnt Wilson does so much work and does it well. The good year 1919 is rapidly passing. We are in the last week of the second month. . Let us hope that the blizzard which has been heralded for this week will be the last of the winter. Don't complain of the roads. Red clay and heavy rains will make mud in spite of all the supervisor can do. And we are all disappointed again. A dispatch from Paris states that the Thirtieth Division will not return un di May. Yesterday Pennsylvania ratified che prohibition amendment, making die 45th State to place its name on che boo or roll. Who would have thought that there lived a ma*n in America who would assassinate President 'Wilson. The Knarchists in and out of the I. W. W. ranks should be deported. Ex-President Taft is working shouhlcr to shoulder with President Wilson in promoting the Lca.eue of Motions. . The truth is. Mr. Taft was always a better man than his party. The yearning desire for the long session to close, on the part of the members of the general assembly, .iocs not mean that they love Colum bia lens but that they love their own xiresid?s more. * At last an act has been passed pro viding for the retaining of their uni forms for discharged soldiers and the payment of five cents a mile for trav .ilinjr expenses home. This should have been done three months ago. Let us give thanks that our Presi- \ dent, has returned from his important mission abroad without suffering in-. jury of any kind, having accomplish- ! ed the most wonderful feat yet re-, corded in the history of statecraft. I Aga:?: : it us rejoice. j Farmers should not be discouraged by th : continuous rains and present ' unfavorable conditions. Old Mother i Natur;' knows what is best. It will not ! be long before the rains will cease and the sun will beam brightly, warming up the earth and making everything favorable for quick germ ination of the seed when put in the! soil. 1 " t?o?p the Boys and Girls. Hov/ is your boy doing at school since his work was interfered with by influenza? The best investment you can make cf your time is to give that boy every possible aid at home in preparing his lessons. This is equally true of your daughter also-neglect them nov/ and they will not only lag behii (1 in the?r classes, but they may form <*. distaste for books of all kinds which would seriously affect their education. Reduce Your Cotton Acreage. Throouediout every State of the cotton belt, even to the remotest ru ral district, a concerted effort is be ing made to induce the farmers to vol untarily reduce their cotton acreage at least one third for the year 1919. It is imperative that the acreage be reduced at this time. Even with a nor mal acreage planted, that portion of the c2-oj! of 1918 which yet remains in the hands of the farmers will bring a much iower price than at present, and the.-!, too, the crop of 1919 will have to be sold below the cost of pro duction. Experience has repeatedly shown that a small crop of cotton sells for as much or more than a large crop. Surely in the face of all the facts, formers will not make the mistake of planting even a normal crop. If they do, those who are yet holding last year's crop will finally be compelled to sell at a very low price and farm ers will have the expense of cultiva ting and harvesting a large crop next fall and be forced to sell at less than the cost of production. An appeal is also being made to farmers to reduce their fertilizers this year, at least the fertilizers that will be used under cotton. It is ex pected that the usual quantity, or even more, will be used under cern and other food crops. Reduce the co?on acreage and reduce the fertil izers used for cotton. Increase the acreage of food crops of all kinds and increase the quantity of fertilizers used under these crops, and then all will go well with the farmers of the South and the "goose will hang high" next fall. Closing Days of the Legisla ture. Columbia, Feb. 25.-It may be said that the legislature is now on the home-stretch. The senators convened Monday night after the week-end at home and the members of the house will convene to-night. The house is well advanced with its work and is doing but little more now than marking time, awaiting the sen ate's action on the appropriation bill and will pass it to a third reading early this week. The senate has yet to take final ac tion on the compulsory education bill passed some days ago by the house. The anti-drug bill which was enacted by the house to curtail alcohol has net been passed by the senate. Up to this time the house has been unable to agree upon any good reads legislation. The senate has under con sideration a good roads bill which ?nay be passed in an amended form when sent over to the house. Surely something will be done, some step ta ken, looking toward the improvement j of the highways- throughout the State. The senate has passed favorably upon a resolution providing for the holding of a constitutional conven tion and has sent it over to the house for concurrence, but the sentiment in favor of a constitutional convention is not so strong in the lower body. All of the lawyers say there is great ; need for a revision and redrafting of ?of our constitution and the house ?may concur in the senate's action be fore the close. A very strong effort was made sev eral days ago to enact a satisfactory i dog law but there were upwards of a ?score-no exaggeration-of amend 'ments offered, some adopted, some j killed, consequently, when the bill was ready fer a final vote on its mer Iits its author did not recognize it be ! cause of the lopping off here and the ?adding on tr?re. The result was, it ?was sent to the junk heap of de ! ceased bills. We need a better dog law but it will not be enacted this session, '"he "yaller dawg" has a host of friends in the house. Comparatively speaking, but few members of the house have arrived fer the session to-night. The tempta tion was great for me to remain at home until to-morrow in order to at tend to neglected business matters of a personal nature, but I responded to the call of duty and came. There will be something like 1G9 disappointed legislators if an ad journment sine die can not be reach ed before the early hours of Sunday morning. J. L. Minis. Some Good News From Mr. and Mrs. Littlejohn. In a letter from Mrs. J. T. Little john written from Scranton wc quote the following which is interesting. ' We had a presentation of the pic ture of Frances Willard at the Scran ton school recently. Prof. Prescott has a fine looking set of pupils, and we often hear complimentary things said of him. All of us like this coun try very much. The people are good folks, and you know if a few more Edgefield and Trenton teachers lo cate down here we will begin to feel that we are not so far away from home. Charlie Bell is married to a very sweet girl. He has opened up a gro cery store at this place. The church here has recently raised. Mr. Little john's salary $300.00 which makes us feel that our efforts are being ap preciated. They also gave us a pound ing a few nights ago. The express also brought us a nice box of fruit, jelly and preserves, canned by our dear Red Hill friends, and you don't know how much we appreciated it. They are a good people, and we will always think of our stay among them with great pleasure." Mr. Littlejohn is pastor of the Scranton, Hebron and Cowards Churches. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HFAUNG OIL, a sur pical dressing: tbat relieves pain and h gals al Oie same time. Not a liniment, ase .""^ijic Remember the Centenary! The Centenary of ths Methodist Episcopal Church, South, has for its object two things: First, a revivified church as proven by the enlistment of 2,000,000 Methodists in a great league of prayer, and second, a church with sufficient financial re sources with which to meet the oppor tunities and obligations of to-day. The campaign for two million pray ing ??lethodists is now cn throughout the length and breadth of the church, and the financial campaign for $35,000,000 will be conducted in an eight-day drive April 27 to May 4. Are you going to be one of these two million souls to pray for this movement in the M.*E. Church South, and help in raising thfi $35,000,000 : ' 1919 GRAND JURY A. S. Clark, Johnston. W. H. Dorn, Edgefield. J. R. Cantelou, Wise. R. T. Hill, Edgefield. M. B. Byrd, Blocker. P. B. Day, Jr., Trenton. L. T. May, Edgefield. J. L. Derrick, Johnston. H. W. McKie, Collier. E. E. Padgett, Edgefield. J. W. Marsh, Ward. H. F. Cooper, Meriwether. HOLDOVERS T. J. Briggs, J. H. Reel, J. W. Stewart, J. D. Mathis, W. B. Maffett, J. K. Allen. FIRST WEEK'S JURY. C. B. Parkman, Collier. W. P. Johnson, Shaw. W. H. Jackson, Shaw. Thomas Hall, Elmwood. W. M. Parrish, Meriwether. M. T. Turner, Johnston. D. G. Derrick, Ward. O. W. Wright, Pickens. H. W. Smith, Collier. J. M. Prescott, Collins. C. M. Clark, Ward. J. M. Edwards, Johnston. J. B. McClain,. Meriwether. P. B. Christie, Moss. W. B. Bledsoe, Johnston. J. W. Bledsoe, Elmwood. J. E. Randall, Johnston. C. V. Holmes, Edgefield. Jas. T. Mims, Jr., Edgefield. N. F. Manly, Blocker. J. T. Grims, Moss. Lewis Holmes, Ward. B. T. Laniiam, Meriwether. F. L. Byrd, Moss. H. W. Hammond, Collier. Cleveland Clark, Johnston. W. H. Timmermai Blocker. E. M. Padgett, Meriwether. J. A. Gibson, Johnston. W. M. Ransom, Elmwood. J. E. Winn, Talbert. W. L. Satcher, Johnston. C. R. Jackson, Edgefield. L. A. Yonce, Ward. F. A. Johnson, Collier. W. W. Adams, Pickens. Second Week Jurors. J. L. Welling, Ward. B. J. Day, Trenton. L. G. Asbill, Johnston. J. T. Barnes, Pickens. L. C. Parker, Pickens. J. L. Scott, Ward. T. C. Carver, Ward. W. M. Harling, Edgefield. C. M. Yonce, Pickens. E. H. Crews, Edgefield. G. D. Medlock, Blocker. .T. C. Busscy, Collins. L. C. Eidson, Shaw. W. E. Harling, Blocker. B. W. Smith, Collier. Joe Clark, Ward. S. I. DeLaughter, Meriwether. W. H. Reynolds, Blocker. J. A. Smith, Wise. J. L. Bussey, Collier. R. W. Christie, Moss. G. W. Miller, Trenton. E. M. Barker, Meriwether. V. E. Edwards, Johnston. J. B. ( Hciirist', Talbert. L. C. .. unond, Collier. A. R. Broadwater, Moss. C. C. Jones, Collier. W. L. Rutland, Ward. J. F. Black, Trenton. A. C. Yonce, Trenton. Earl Dorn, Collins. J. H. White, Johnston. B. C. Bryant, Wise.. R. A. Logan, Blocker. J. T. Byrd, Blocker Stolen Cars! The police are constantly receiving notices of stolen automobiles. At lanta reports the theft of Buick no. 432821, Ford no. 2218307, Chan dler no. 52160, Chandler no.46980, Mitchell no. 82657, Ford no. 1179224 Ford no. 000014, Buick no. 299275. Augusta reports theft of Chandler no. 56697. Charlotte reports loss of Chalmers no. 100639,. Raleigh re ports theft of Dodge no. 181380. Some were stolen in Columbia also. I can insure new cars against Fire, THEFT and Lightning for $1.75 per ? 100.00, One Year. Phone No. 50. E. J. Norris, Edgefield, S. C. Feb. 12. 2-t. ? Advance Spring Announcement We have just returned from the market where we have studied the* new styles, and you will soon behold the results of our efforts along this line when the new goods arrive. While war was at its worst we all thought that a good many places of business would have to close up for a while, but we are all still here serving the public same as usual. It will be the policy of this store to serve its customers to the best of its ability in-the future. While the price of cotton lias gone down there are those who don't see anything but hard times ahead of us. We must remember that those were our thoughts when the war start ed, and as we have reached the shores of peace in safety we should not pause to consider what is ahead of us, but to go ahead and make worth our while. GIVE US A CHANCE TO SERVE YOU NOTICE! State of South Carolina, County of Edgeneld. 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 Edgefield, C. H., S. C.; and all per sons who hold claims against the said estate are requested to present the same duly attested to my said at torneys. Mrs. Eleanor I. Schnell, Executrix. Notice ! Senator Smith lias sent me a sup ply of garden seed for distribution, bean, beet, lettuce, muskmelon, on ion. Call at my ofnce on Mondays or Saturdays, as long as they last. W. W. Fuller, Co. Supt. Education. NOTICE Any parties having boats in my pond will please get them out before Feb. 20th. If not out by that time I will take them in charge. S. E. MORGAN, ?Cdge?ield, S. C. NOTICE-My friends and cus tomers having wheat to grind, please bring it in between now and March 15th, as I expect to shut down at that time in order to put my mill in first class condition for the coming wheat ( crop. S. E. MORGAN, Edgefield, S. C. Formerly the Walter H. Smith Mill. uaw UKI Scrss. ??A? itoM&uiO? ?-VcR't eui?. f'.:e vror?t cases, uortatlei ;io".?lo:itrstnadin;: .ice cured by the rcocderful, oi;i reliable Dr Porter's Antiseptic Heatias Oil. It relieve I .^ia and Heals at the s?m?- 25c. 50c. Sl.C 'Commercial Fertilizers For Nineteen and Nineteen i We desire to notify our farmer friends that we are ready to supply their fertilizer needs. We have ready for delivery reliable brands of fertilizers that have been tested for years by farmers of this county, and have over and over again proven their merit. Besides the mixed goods, we carry a large stock of meal and acid phosphate for mixing any formula you desire at home. Come in to see us and get our prices before you make your fertilizer contracts for 1919.