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Ca?ablialfe? 1835. J. L. MIMS,_Editor. Published every Wednesday in The advertiser Building at $2.00 per year ai advance. Entered as second class matter at the postofiice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be pub lihed unless accompanied by the ?Titer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub Ished at advertising rates. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. These ar; fine day for growing ^ peas, peanuts and potatoes. If the ex-kaiser has a good lawyer, he will advise him to plead guilty and throw himself upon the mercy of the Allies. The placing of a tax on a dose of castor oil administered at a soda fountain shows that they've taxed a bout everything they could think of. The war was started by the Kai ser'sdesire to rule the world with his sword and it ended by President Wil son ruling the world with his pen. We haven't yet heard of anyone applying for the ambassadorship to Germany. Mr. Gerard will hardly de sire to be ambassador to New Ger many. Everett True should be in Wash ington this week to swat the first sen ator or congressman who raises his voice against the peace treaty or the League of Nations. These record-breaking times bring many changes. When congress last convened President Wilson delivered his message in person, while the mes sage Monday was delivered from overseas by cable.. Senator Dial will live up to his name, having declared that among his first votes in the senate will be one cast for the turning back of the clock. A good beginning for the sen ator. There has been a change in time that hits the average school boy hard er than the change of the clock which gets him up an hour earlier. We refer to the time added- to the school term in order to offset the closing in mid session caused by the epidemic of in fluenza. Allies Can Now Laugh. It may not be quoted literally, but there is an old saying which runs something like this, "He who laughs last laughs best." In their heartless slaughter of the Russians in .1915-10 and in their murderous march to ward Paris eariy in 1918, the Ger mans laughed loud and long. Finally j a turn came in the lane of Fortune, ' bringing the Allies a time to laugh, and the Germans are taking their ' medicine with the ugliest sort of grimaces. EverybodydWUl Be Benefitted. To call our fleet that will transport 1 our products of export and import "the merchant marine" is a sort of I misnomer. The advantages that will j accrue from such a fleet of ships are ! not confined to the merchants. Every I one of the more than 100,000,000 American peopie will be benefitted. On with the building of a merchant marine! Let the number of ships be unconfined! It is gratifying to note that all German ships seized in Amer- j ican ports when war was declared on Germany, will become a part of our . merchant marine. The Allies can lay no claim to them. Extermiante the Flies. We know of no more effective stroke, says Orangeburg Times and Democrat, than a swat that disposes of flies to the number of 4,353,504, 072,000,000,000,000 at one time. Yet every fly living on the first day of ' June will be the great-great-great great-great -great-great- grand-father or mother of that many flies by the 28th of September. Wonder who made the calculation? i Well, at any rate, if these figures be only an estimate and are but half- j wa., correct it will pay to do as much rwatting as possible. We do not like the word, but there is nothing else so NASTY as a fly. If a fly were follow ed on even a portion of its meander ings about the premises during the day, the superlative degree of its filthiness would easily be established. Therefore, let's poison and kill as many flies as possible every day. ' ?snefi'.tcd Physically. Instead of. returning to their h broken in health, the young men j rallied to the support of the " and Stripes" in the world war j back from the training camps from service overseas stronger better men. ?Many of them who from banks, offices, stores and indoor occupations were pale, and flat-chested, but came back the bloom of health upon cheeks, with well developed c and broad shoulders. The official ords show that the average ga: weight of the men who enterec military service was 14 pounds. While the men were at times jected to great hardship, yet "I Sam" took the best care of them jsible. The outdoor life, regular lits, eating of pure and very n itious food made the men in the j vice 100 per cent, physically fit. ' I built up a tremendous reserve f .which enabled them to withstand a time w'^hout ill effects the expo and hardships incident to moi warfare. No country ever called into i tary service a finer body of men 1 the nearly four millions of sole who wore the American uniform, on the other hand no country 'ever sent a finer body of men bac civilian life than the men who 1 laid aside the uniform which 1 wore with such great credit and 1 or. Aside from the victory achie the money expended in training 'American army was well spent, has set a new standard for the j sical manhood of America. In generations that shall follow tl , will be a large percent, of physic flt men than there existed at the t the army was organized. Success Will Come. After many lives have been sa ficed, snccess will come from the tempts now being made to estab a line af trans-ocean airships. Hav accomplished the at-one-time?-see ingly-impossible-feat of trans-coi nental air flight, scientists and perts are concentrating upon the c necting of the continents by airs .transportation. The Advertiser p diets that out of repeated failures, gether with the sacrificing of ma valuable lives, will come a degree success that will be a marvel to 1 world. The war seems to have eng? 'dered a sort of daredevil spirit men; they seem more willing 'th formerly to challenge the impossib being totally unmindful of danger. A year ago when the airplane m service was established betwe .Washington and New York many pi dieted faliure. But the official recor show that the net profits for the ye derived from the air service amour to-$18,000. Encouraged by the su cess of the xperiment between Was ington and New York, a similar se vice will be established between Ne York and Chicago. Who knows but that before tl passing of another decade Edgefield rural routes will be served by carrie in aii'ships? Unless our public roa< be improved, such a service may I undertaken before the passing of te year. Airships have passed the exper mental stage. In fact, considering th very short period in which the flyin of heavier-than-air machines was ur dertaken the results achieved have a ready been marvelous. A large meas ure of success will attend the effort of the scientists who persevere in th development of transportation b, airship. A Hospital For Edgefield. Thc physicians of the county hav< for some time been actively interest ed in establishing a hospital, a count) hospital in Edgefield. It is a county wide enterprise, Edgefield being se lected as the most suitable place foi the hospital because of its central lo cation. No one will question the need of such an institution for this county. Scores and scores of people go to the city hospitals from different sections of the county each year for surgical operation and for special treatment. There is no good reason why they can not be cared for right here at home, this effecting a considerable savin? and enabling them to be near their families. Then, too, there are a great num ber who do not ero to the city hospit als, who are just as much in need of hospital treatment, because they can not afford the expense. This is the class that should be provided for the people who can not now go away from home. It is estimated that to erect and properly equip a hospital of thirty or forty rooms will require an expendi ture of about $40,000. An effort will be made in a short time to raise this sum among the physicians and people from all part of the county, and when a concerted effort is made we trust that there will be a generous and ready response. Edgefield county has good churches and good schools, and i along with these institutions, if we ave to have a well-rounded county, should po a well-equipped hospital to provide for sick and suffering human ity. Let it be borne in mind,, however, that for a hospital locaied in Edge field to fill the need that exists in the J county and in order for it to be the success that it should be, it must re ceive the united support of Trenton, Johnston, Edgefield and every rural 'community of the county. Every 'shoulder must be put to the wheel and kept there, making the institution grow so as to meet this increasing de mand that will be made upon it. Death of Mrs. Ernest E. Padgett. The recently purchased cemetery lot now has two newly-made graves near the entrance, that of Mrs. Er 'nest E. Padgett and her little babe. ?The bab'e was born Wednesday morn ing and Mrs. Padgett died Wednes day afternoon at 6:40 o'clock. The announcement of her sudden death cast a pall over the entire communi ty. The interment took place Thurs: 'day afternoon, the funeral being con 1 ducted by Rev. A. L. Gunter. J Before her marriage Mrs. Padgett ,was Miss Berta Hill, having descend 'ed from an old, honored and widely 'connected Edgefield family. Mrs. Padgett was a devout Christian wo man, having been an active and zeal ous member of the Methodist church from her girlhood. Her influence was I not only uplifting and ennobling but by her gentle manner and sweet dis position she won the love and esteem pf all with whom she came in contact. But few, if any, persons in Edgefield ,were more widely or more genuinely beloved than was Mrs. Ernest Pad Igett. In answering the summons of death, this good woman has been re moved from the stage* of human ac tivities but her influence is still with us. Countless lives have been sweet ened, ennobled, ^inspired by her I Christ-like walk and conversation. In .mourning her untimely taking away I we should not forget to be grateful ?for the blessing of this well-spent life lin the county and in the town even I for a few short years. It has bsen a priceless asset. The father and mother of Mrs. Padgett are both dead but besides her devoted husband she is survived by one sister, Miss Margaret Hill, and three brothers, J. B., J. L. and Baron Hill. Do Your Best. Everyone should do all he ean to provide for his family and in order to do this he must keep his physical system in the best condition possible. No one can reasonably hope to do much when he is half sick a good share of the time. If you are consti pated, bilious or troubled with indi gestion get a package ox Chamber lain's Tablets nnu foiiow the printed directions, and you wut soul be ?.. A ing all right ana ubiv co uu a .la., s work. A woman who was troubled wich chronic nightmare and who frequent ly cried out in her sleep, advertised for a room and board "with a family who would not object to screaming in the night." Among the answers she received was one which asked, "How often would you require us to scream?-Boston Transcript. "That young man stayed very late again, Edith," "Yes, papa; I was showing him my picture post-cards." "Well, the next time he wants to stay late, you show him some of my electric light bills." Boston Tran script. Young Hapeful-My teacher told us to-c'.:. that the tongue is the organ of speech. Henpecked Father-But did she tell you that in women it is an organ without any stops?-St. Louis Globe Democrat. Grist Mill. When you come to Edgefield to haul guano, freight or on other busi ness put a sack of corn on your wag on and bring to my mill. I have just had my mill rocks sharpened and I make better meal now than I have ever made. You can save time by patronizing my mill. Your corn ground while you wait, practically no time lost. Give me a trial. Satisfac tion guaranteed. A. L. KEMP, Edgefield, S. C. FOR SALE: Sows and gilts ready bred. Apply to J. E. MIMS. For Sale-One McCormick binder in good repair, and one milch cow, with first calf. Apply at The Ad FOR SALE: White peas for plant ing. E. S. JOHNSON, Edgefield, S C. 4-16-4t ?Do You Long to be Young Again Foolish question, isn't it? Every one longs^ to be young again to live once more those careless, rapturous years of youth and irresponsibility. Thanks to Booth Tarkington, that joy can be yours. This master inter preter of youth has given us by all odds the funniest book about his funniest hero since he created the im mortal "Penrod." Begin Booth Tarkington's new story now. Get Pic torial Review now. at the pattern counter. How you will laugh and laugh at the two boys and the girl who run a newspaper. Booth Tarkington has never written anything funnier than "The Oriole." It is even better i than "Penrod" or "Seventeen." You'll adore meeting I IHerbert At wa ter, Jr. The "Oriole" will delight you. Don't miss this story for anything. If you want to laugh, go now and get the current issue of Pictorial Review. With the coming of summer fashion decrees all sorts of dainty, sheer, cotton frocks, simple in line and with charming trimming touches. One of the latest novel ties is the reticule pocket which is a smart phase of the popular outstanding pockets. The Pictorial Review patterns have them. See the new Middy snits just in. Also a good line of Middy Blouses just received. Your for Service, I The Corner Store