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Establtslir?i 1H35. J. L. MIMS,_Editor. Pcblished every Wednesoay in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year n advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be pub lished unless accompanied by the writer's name. ' Ci:rds of Thanks. Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub lished at advertising rates. Wednesday, March 5. A two-thirds acreage will bring a three-thirds price next fall. Columbia's "square meals" are all righ', for a well-rounded purse. Mr. William Hohenzolern is now like the most of us in that he is in debt. As the skirts grow longer the time given to selecting pretty hosiery will grow shorter. . The Advertiser urges the sowing of oats-not "wild oats" but spring oats? for the beast of burden. I Even cotton factors are urging a curl ailment of acreage. Let's heed the repeated warnings. What a transformation would be wrought if I. W. W. stood for "In tensely Willing Workers!" After spending the week-end in Washington, President and Mrs. Wil son have returned to Paris. "Bolshcviki reduced to eating dog meat," says a headline. May not it be said to be a case of "dog eat dog." Columbia is all right. I ut one week ht -;h3 capital of Edgefield county is worth seven in the capital of South Carolina. And still the wonder grows why farmers have to be urged to do that wi;ch they KNOW to be to their best interest. If Mr. Taft does not stop irater-1> nizing with President Wilson, his par ty will not consider him as ?a 1920! presidential- possibility. When speculators find that the re- ; duction is not all talk, the price will j BS steadily advance as it has declined for thc past three months. With only a quart a month avail able, it will be difficult for one to j scoi?-* away enough for the prolonged drought that begins July 1. With Western mules selling on j som-.' markets from $(500 to $l?,000i per pair, it appears that tractors are j not supplanting farm animals very j fast. A problem for the arithmetic class: j If a young Chicago woman received j $35,000 for the loss of one ankle, I vhet would her entire body be ! worth? It appears that the number of sour, grouchy people in th 2 world is on the inciense. Will you not be glad when Mr. Hoover raises the embargo on ung. ir? Try goods are cheaper hut "wet. goo is" are higher. Knowing ones <?ay a qiart now sells readily for $15 or| S?0. owing to the acuteness of the : thirst to be quenched. i Twenty-four billion pounds indem- . nrty is a pretty heavy load for the J Germans to cqrry. But the suffering . tie;? brought upon the remainder of . the world can not be measured in , pouuls or dollars. The war is over for everybody in this country except Postmaster Gen eral Hurleson. Practically everybody, from the individual all the way through to the "big businesses," have declared war on him and his admin istration of affairs. Do you regard a young fellow un fortunate who, upon returning from front-line' fighting overseas, finds himself rejected by his sweetheart because of his wounds? No, he is most fortunate in escaping being linked till death to such a heartless woman. Educate thc Uneducated. Irv his charge to the grand jury at this term of court, Judge Maulriin stressed the importance of better schools, better teachers and longer terms. The members of the grand jury echoed the spirit and words of his able charge and expressed their appreciation for the charge. Everywhere, as never before, edu cation is being stressed. The recent session of the legislature gave as much or more time to rife considera tion of education in its different phases +v . to any other one matter. A cor ..-.sory education law passed both houses by large majorities, car rying with it the necessary appropri ation and machinery for its enforce ment. It will not become a dead let ter but a vital force in increasing school attendance. A larger increase was made in the appropriations for education than for any other cause, and we believe the members of the general assembly 'reflected the wishes of the people. In Edgefield county and throughout South Carolina the people are inter ested as never before in education. As a result of thi ??newed interest there will be a steauy decrease in the number of fthite persons over ten years of age who can not read or write, that number now being more than 50,000 in South Carolina. Appropriations for 1919. The legislature was faced with 'an unusual demand for increased ap propriations this year. Just as it re quires a large sum for the support of I an individual or a family, so it re quires increased appropriations for the public institutions and to run the government, if the State it go for ward along all lines. The . ..est in crease was for education, for the Con federate soldiers and for the support of the feeble minded and the hospital | for the insane. We feel confident that there is not a high-minded, right ! thinking man in South Carolina who will object to liberal appropriations for all of the objects. The following interesting editorial concerning the ?appropriations made by the legisla ture just closed, is taken from The State of Tuesday: I The General Assembly appropri ated $3,802,638.78, exclusive of i j $200,000 appropriated last year and not expended and now reappropri ated. This sum is about $2.50 for every man, woman and child, white and black, in the State. Compared with the expenditures of ten years a go, it is large and, as compared with 'those of a quarter of a century ago, ?it is huge. It is scarcely more than the people of the State voluntarily gave to the benevolences associated with the carrying pn of the war last year. It is not so large as to bc bur- ' densome; it is small by contrast with ! what the people will contribute, di rectly and indirectly, in federal tax es. If the taxable values of the com monwealth are one billion dollars (an d they are not less than that probably a prreat deal more) the rate of State taxation' is in fact about four-tenths of one per cent. Were the tax load distributed by a. just an'' wise rule of assessment, there wou.. be no complaint. On the other hand, a much larger fund for the support of public activities might be raised without hardship to the mass of the people and, if we are to keep up with the procession of this civilized world, it will be necessary to spend, in future, more freely than we have spent heretofore. In voting these appropriations, the General Assembly has truly reflected the wLh and pleasure of the people. The disposition to go forward is more general in South Carolina than it has ever been. The people are aware of their resources and confident of their ; ability; they do not mean to live in a State that straggles and they are rap idly learning that the return from revenues collected from the public 1 and honestly and wisely spent is preater thaii from any other form of 1 investment. The appropriation bill 1 undoubtedly carries out the popular ! will and the legislators, had they been 1 parsimonious and niggardly, would 1 not have been representative of their 1 constituents. The vision of the people ' has been greatly broadened in late 1 years, especially since 1014, and the ' self-seeking politicians who stress too 1 much the size of the expenditures will J discover themselves sadly out of tune 1 tvith the times. Without entering upon minute ex imination of the measure, some of its ] Features stand out and tell strikingly of the mind of the General Assembly . working to realize the aspirations of the people. Middle-aged men remem ber when $524,002, the appropriation For public schools, was as much as the whole annual appropriation bill car ried. For cattle tick eradication, $30, 000 is given and that is the equiva lent of the sum not long ago required J to maintain one of the State colleges. . The people are unwilling to neglect j the negroes and they provide $43,500 1 for the support of the reformatory for negro boys as well as $03,209 for the negro State college. The appro priation for Winthrop, $245,000, is two and a half times the amount of the "Clemson Bequest," which 30 years ago seemed of princely pro portions. Boldly the General Assem bly sets out to enlarge the Citadel and, because it proved itself an insti tution of distinguished worth, not one dollar of its $169,619 will be grudged. To the State hospital for in sane persons $695,402 is devoted and the people are not only willing, but resolved that their afflicted' shall be well cared for and protected. Re membering the experiences of the last two years in war and pestilence, when the doctor was needed more,than any other man in the community, the ap propriation of $49,737 to the State medical college will be universally applauded. Never will skilled physi cias be too numerous and the people gladly do their part in multiplying them. The people give an additional $100,000 to the Confederate Veter ans, not forgetting that the heroism of their sons in the late war is the in heritance from thc heroes of the 6 O's. The school for the deaf and blind, the University, the South Carolina Industrial School, the Industrial School for Girls, the school for the feeble-minded, the board of charities and corrections receive the suste nance essential to the performance of their respective missions and tasks. Nearly $140,000 is directed to the protection and improvement of the public health-and ten years ago the expenditure for this object was nom inal. For the salaries of officers, the gov ernor, judges, county fiscal officers and others, for the support of the railroad commission and agricultural department, for the penitentiary, for State policing of every kind, for the expenses of the legislature, for all the ordinary functions of the government including $222,289, interest on the public debt, the aggregate expendi tures are about $750,000. In other 11 words, the State government itself costs the people of South Carolina little more than half a millioa dollars a year, while of every 100 cents ap propriated by the legislature at lf?ast 80 cents goes back to the people in the schooling of their children, the safeguarding of their health, the housing and treatment of their sick and defective and the support of the old soldiers who fought Cor them in war. Were $3,200,000 not raised by taxation for these objects, education and .the care of the unfortunate would be had, if at all, from private be evolence. The duty of the State to sustain the educational and chari table activities has come to be under stood, for the most part, ;in the last hundred years. Always the wealthy look after themselves. Were there no !( State hospitals and colleges, the rich men of South Carolina would not be seriously embarrassed-they would send their sons and their sick to pri vate institutions of other States. Less than half a century ago England had no State supported public schools and the hospitals were pnvat? establish ments-and the very poor people were very miserable. In South Carolina it is the working man who benefits in the main from the State institutions and expendi tures. What the rich need most is t: protection for their property and, hav n ing that, they can buy everything else p with their money-even health, for V they can build homes in the most ti heatyhful surroundings. h The money collected by thc State Ci and honestly and intelligently spent ;g by the State is the great dividend dis- E tributor among the people. tl a P 1 Why Colds are Dangerous. You are often told to "beware of a cold," but why? We will tell you: Every cold weakens the lungs, lowers the vitality -nd paves the way for the more . : ?us diseases. People who con'.?ac?, pneumonia, first take cold. The Icng?r a cold hangs on, the great ?r the danger, especially from the ;rerm diseases, as a cold prepares the system for the reception and devel Dpment of the germs of consumption, liphtheria, scarlet fever and whoop ing cough. The quicker you get rid af your cold, the less the danger of contracting one of these diseases. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has a *reat reputation as a cure for colds ind can be depended upon. It is pleasant to take. NOTICE. After an absence of nearly two nonths from my office, caused by re cent illness, 1 taKe tms means of in arming the public that I am again it my office, where I can serve my matrons. J. S. Byrd. Notice ! Senator Smith has sent me a sup ply of garden seed for distribution, jean, beet, lettuce, muskmelon, on on. Call at my office on Mondays or Saturdays, as long as they last. W. W. Fuller, Co. Supt. Education. 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 has 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 The Corner Store THE BEST PROOF liven by an Edgefield Citizen. Doan's Kidney Pills were used hey brought benefit. The story was told to Edgefield esidents. Time has strengthened the evi ence. Has proved the result lasting. The testimony is home testimony. The proof convincing. It can be investigated by Edgefield esidents. T. J. Paul, Jeter St., says: "My rouble was brought on by being on ly feet so much. There were dull ains in my back and I tired easily. (Then I was on my feet any length of ?me my back would get sore and une. My rest was broken at night be ause my kidneys acted too often. I ot Doan's Kidney Pills at Penn and [olstein's Drug Store and after using lem I was cured of the backache nd other symptoms of kidney com laint." (Statement given June 9, 914.) On February 8, 1918, Mr. Paul lid: "I have had no occasion to use kidney medicine since I recom iended Doan's Kidney Pills some ears ago." Price GOc, at all dealers. Don't mply ask for a kidney remedy-get oan's Kidney Pills-the same that [r. Paul had. Faster-Milburn Co., [fgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Professional Notice. I wish to say to the public that I ?all resume the practice of law a aut April the 1st next; my office will 2 located over the store of Reynolds id Padgett. I will practice in all the )urts and will give prompt attention ) all business intrusted to me. J. H. Cantelou. 3-5-tf. ?ia "After four in our family had died of consumption 1 was taken with a frightful cough and lung trouble, but my life was saved and I gained o? pounds through using ?fc fl F?,3T\ ? f Ww^U fi W.VR. Patterson, Wellington, Tex. g PRICE BOn and S 1.00 PT ALL DRUGGISTS. B HtiiiimiHHHniffiffiw?Fwir,^fi^v,ir77Tr,,",,7 ff To Holders of United States Liberty Bonds of Any Issue For the convenience of our customers and the public, we have opened a LIBERTY BOND DEPARTMENT, and will buy and sell for cash any issue of Government Bonds of any denomination. We will be governed by the market quotations on the prices paid. It will be a pleasure to advise with holders of Liberty Bonds as to the values of tlie difTerent,issues. Hold your Liberty Bonds, but if circumstances make it necessary for you to sell, send us your bonds or write us. Carolina Bond ? Mortgage Company Union National Bank Building Columbia, S. C. nc STOKE rr not IN THE BAN EVERY WEEK CoDTiUlii 190?. if C. E. Zi??erna? Ct.--No. 5J THERE is no doubt about money in the bank, it is sure and positive. Maybe slew, but there is the satisfaction that it is sure. Posi tive in every way, both that it will grow, and that it is safe. . BANK OF SEDGEFIELD OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E.tNitholson, Vice-Preaident E. J. Mirna, Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thoa. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, 5. E Nicholson, A.S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. E. J. Hims. J. H. Allen