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ridgefield ^?vttt?tt J. L. MIMS.I-Editor, j Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at ?2.00 per year SB 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. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub Uihed at advertising rates. Wednesday, August 13. Well, its too hot to eat pork any way. _^_ It is always the other fellow who is the profiteer. Saturday will be a RED LETTER DAY in Edgefield. By common consent the ice man is dubbed a nice man. The Stork wants the high cost of baby carnages investigated. The only panacea for lofty living! is a return to the simple life. The man who conducts a still turns a deaf ear to the "still small voice." All honor to our soldier boys. We trust that all of them will come to Edgefield Saturday. The good music, good speeches and a good dinner should attract a large crowd to Edgefield Saturday. As repugnant as it may sound, with ham selling for fifty cents the pound the hog may yet be king. The striking of 120 cigar makers in Charleston is not calculated to re duce the high cost of smoking. Don't price your real estate if you do not want someone else to own it. A buyer seems to be awaiting every offering. The thirty days of vacation left to the erstwhile school boy will seem as short as the thirty days of a promi sory note. They're reducing the cost of living down in Barnwell by milking goats. But we'll prune our expenses in some other way. The young swain who gives a five pound box of candy where he only gave a one-pounder before is just five times as much in love. We opine that it will require a dozen Pinkertons to apprehend one profiteer and then a baker's dozen lawyers to convict him. All merchants return from North ern nuvLets sick, being paralyzed by . high prices of fall merchandise. The i consumer will get his dose later. We'd all get along better, if we had an eye to economy like the follow who bought seven-top turnip seed the other day because he'd get more for his money. Greenwood is welcome to her "Oregon" and Columbia her "Jeffer son." Edgefield will soon have one too that will be a thing of beauty and a joy forever. . Speaking of bed and board, if the price of bedding kept pace with the price of boarding, there'd be many a somnambulist in Edgefield-fellows walking the streets at night or settin' on. the curbing. Now that Edgefield has been res urrected, let's not allow the town to iie again. The outlook at present for he good old town is better than it las been in the memory of man ?ny man living to-day. President Wilson hit the nail squarely on the head as usual when he said: "Strikes only make matters worse." Strikes curtail the produc tion and the great need of the world to-day is increased production. If the Dixie Highway in its present state of evolution is an inducement to so many people to motor to the mountains, why, bless your life, when it is completed the tourists will form one continuous pageant from Savan nah to the pinnacle of the Blue Ridge. Profiteers Prosecuted. In spite of the fact that the passed into history nine months many of the every-day food nee ties h?ve continued ito advance, c ing such an acute condition that government has ben forced to steps to locate the cause. The rt of even - a partial investigation shown that large quantities of 1 are being hoarded, causing a shor whereas the actual supply is al dant. Furthermore, a number of 'stances have been reported in w retailers have charged exc?s profits. Profiteering should not be toi ted. A legitimate profit, one that bring reasonable returns upon the vestment, is all that anyone sh( charge. More than that is profit ing, and it is gratifying to see 1 the government has gone after profiteers with a strong hand, tat steps to prosecute wherever the fi warrant. While this action on the i of the government will not reli the acute situation altogether, ye will have a decidedly deterent eff Germany Unrepentant. After it was too late, the AI realized that the war with Germ? should have been waged seve months longer-at least until [Huns acknowledged their defeat i begged for mercy. As it was, fon ?by depleted resources, they ca: without scarcely a bow or a tak 'off of their hats, and asked for a c sation of hostilities, when they sho have been made to approach the . lies on bended knee and ask : peace. Then there would not hi been the prolonged wrangle arou the peace table and continued parh ing on the part of Germany. Had G many been conquered, had their m tary machine been smashed and t indomitable spirits of the Germ people been broken, then Germa ?would have accepted without a wo: [except a "thank you," any reasonal terms that would have been offer By the other nations of the world. Just as floating straws indicate u ?mistakably the current of a strea so do little things that come to through different sources from Gi many indicate that Europe will ha a New Germany in name only. A d: patch from Geneva a few days a| contained the following utterani from a prominent German which e presses more, as one reads betwe< the lines, than the words actually co; vey: "We are bowing our heads undi the yoke of foreign states, but in ti years hence shall put a monarch bac an the throne who will lead us to vii tory over the Allies. The next tiir the invasion of France will I through Switzerland, not Belgium. Notwithstanding the safeguardin of the future peace of the world b the terms of the League of Nation; the nations of Europe adjacent t Germany will not feel secure or saf without constant vigilance, the Gei mans having shown in countless way that they must be watched. Trenton News Little Felicia Moss made her birth day a happy one for all of her litit friends by asking them co spend th afternoon with her. After a numbe of gai. J r.he asked them into the din ing room, the center of the table wa a glorious birthday cake, iced in pinl roses and burning brightly in the cen tre were seven pink candles. Pinl and white icc cream was served. Th< home was decorated in nink anc white. Miss Julia Wise gave a tea Tues day night in honor of her visiting guests, Misses Mary, Pauline and An nie McKay. The young men of the town com plimented the visiting young women with a dance in Wise's Hall Thursday night. The honorees were Misses Mary Swindell of Columbia and Mary, Pauline and Annie McKay of North Augusta. Miss Fannie Harrison has returned from a visit to the Rev. and Mrs. Hamlin Etheredge of North Augusta A. S. Miller and J. A. Clark ar spending two weeks in the North Carolina mountains. Lieutenant William Bouknight is at home, having secured his honor able discharge from the army. Miss Mary Swindell of Columbia is the guest o'. Miss Sabe Miller. Mrs. O. S. Long of Key West, Fla , and Miss Conya Hardy of Johnston are visitors of Mrs. Walter Wise. Miss Laurie Moore is at home after spending a month with relatives in Madison, N. C. Wright Moore is with his parerjts for a holiday from his studies in Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs. Bess Jones Miller of Ridge Spring is the guest of Mrs. Sidney Miller. Miss Corrinne Clarke and Hugh Clarke are at Waynesville, N. C. Woman's Missionary Union Auxiliary to Edgefield Baptist i sociation Stevens Creek chur August 27-28. The. first session v begin Wednesday morning at ll: o'clock Program. Woman's Mission Society Sessioi Song-"Jesus Calls Us." Devotions-Mrs. J. N. Talbe Bethany. . Greetings-Miss Ruby Ransom. Response-Mrs. T. M. Arringt< Mountain Creek. Review of Woman's Societies. The societies will be seated by visions, and those who have been ; lected by their society to make the ] ports will be invited to take t front seats during singing of the fii hymn. Each one will be expected answer three questions: (1) Ha you met apportionment? (2) Toi amount of gifts? (3) Are you on t Honor Roll? Each society is expected to appoi their representative at their la August meeting, so that they w know in time to make preparatii for the meeting. Introduction of Visitors. Reports: (a) Secretary, Miss Ru ?Salter, (b) Treasurer, Miss Kell Fair; (c) Presidents of Division: 1? Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, 2nd Mrs. Hen: Medlock, 3rd Mrs. J. M. Bussey. Report of chairman of Missu Study; Mrs. B. L. Mims. Message of Superintendent, Mr jj. L. Mims. . . -. I Achievements of South Carolir Union in relation to Southern Unio Mrs. Donald Smith, Antioch. Baptist $75,000,000 Campaig; Mrs. J R. Fizer. Planning Campaign for Royal Se Ivice subscriptions, signatures 1 [ Stewardship and Emergency Pledg Cards and enlistment for servie week. Reading Associational Policy b secretary, Miss Ruth Salter. Offering for Edisto Academy. Thanksgiving for year's blessing: Adjourn. Afternon session in charge of Mis Lanham, Associate Superintendent o Young Woman's and Girls' Auxil: aries and Royal Ambassadors. Song-"O, Zion Haste." Twenty-third Psalm in concert. Sentence prayers by Y. W. A.'s Review of Y. W. A.'s and G. A.'s Report of Y. W. A. Superinten dent, Miss Emmie Lanham. Relating the College Girls' talent to the W. M. U., Miss Florence Mims Special song message, Miss Mar garet May. Report on Training Sch ". Mis Lucile Culbreath. I Plans for Young P o' Missioi Work, Mrs. R. G. Le Song, "The Kin-- easiness," Edgi field Royal Ambassadors. Report of R. A. Chapter. Making the Missionary Appeal v.'. tractive to our boys, Mrs. E. S Rives, j Pageant. Edgefield Girls' Auxiliary, ir charge of Mrs. R. G. Lee. Thursday, August 28. Sunbeam session in charge o? Mrs. Tillman. Opening song, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains." Rainbow Program. Processional of Children. Devotional, Promises of God. Prayer by Red Oak Grove Sun beams. Lake Sunbeam Song. The colors of the Rainbow, exercise by seven girls. Bands in Review. Honor Roll bands. Report of Associate Superinten dent of band?. Mrs. Tillman. Story-Tc-".!ir.;r, Miss Florence Mims. Distribution of Rainbow Charts, and Recommendations. Presentation of Banner. Lucile Chapman Bed, Maizie Kemp. Mr. W. H. Nixon of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage will be present and tell about the Orphanage, bring with him a group of children from the Orphanage. The Woman's Missionary Union as I see it-Mr. O. Sheppard. Morris College-Mrs. S. T. Adams of Clark's Hill. Memorial Service for our boys and Obituary Report, Mrs. T. B. Cul breath. Hymn-"Shall We gather at the River." Afternoon Session. Music. Reports: Personal Service, Mrs. W. G. Wells of Republican. Margaret Fund, Mrs. W. A. Stephens of Hardy's. Literature, Mr3. T. J. Briggs Hardy's. Aged Ministers, Mrs. W. O. 'atley, Colliers. One-n.inute Talks by pastors of the Association. $75,000,000 Campaign, Dr. R. G. Lee, associational organizer. Election of officers. Report of committee on Time and Place and resolutions. While We Are Waiting For our fall goods to arrive we are closing out a few items at 10 cents each. These items will be worth your money at 10 cents, and it will pay you to look them over, as nearly every thing you used to obtain for a dime has advanced and is still doing so. We will add to this window from day to day, so that the arti cle you may want will not be there to-day. Look for it again later on. Our 25 and 15-cent window was a big hit, and we feel sure that this window will hold its own. Our new goods will be in shortly, and they will be placed on display as soon as they arrive. Then we will be glad to show them to you. ) DAMAGE AT SWANSEA Rain Friday Night Caused Heavy Loss. Swansea, Aug 9.-Last night be tween 10 and ll o'cock Swansea was visited by another hard rain and con siderable damage was done. The light r.ing and thunder were terrific and during the storm J. W. Goodwin's barn was struck by lightning and burned. Mr. Goodwin lost 3S bales of cotton, three mules, one milch cow, five hogs, fifty bushels cotton seed, three tons of cotton seed hulls, one ton cottonseed meal, one ton Arab feed, one wagon, all his farm imple ments and anothers mule so badly burned that he thinks it is of no ser vice. He also lost a quantity of corn, fodder and oats. The cotton was covered by insur ance but there was none on anything else. The hard downpour of rain saved his dwelling. The loss was nearly $10, OOO. CALHOUN COUNTY HAS RAINY NIGHT Storm Hits County About St. Matthews With Force-Cotton is Lost. St. Matthews, Aug. 9.-The mill house of Mr. Spigener was washed a way from its foundation and com pletely wrecked. Much damage was done in the town to the telephones and lights and for a while a section of the town was in complete darkness. W. H Whetstone had the misfortune to lose about 140 bales of cotton, which he had stored in a galvanized warehouse on his farm about eight miles south of St. Matthews, which was struck by lightning and fire fol lowed. Reports from various sections of the county are to the effect that the storm played havoc in many parts of the county. Save one-third on gas, tires, re pairs and depreciation by having your car equipped with Hassler shock ab sorbers. Sold by YONCE MOTOR CO. Adoption of Policy. Appointment of standing commit teees. Adjournment. . .. :. J.. . - f- ? . Taught By Stone Age It took our venerable ancestors of the stone age years to dis cover that one could strike a harder blow with a stone on the end of a stick than by holding it in his band. Your modern mechanic did not have to discover his hammer. He profited by the experience of previous generations. It is tho same way with modern business methods. The best sys tems have been worked out and tried lona ago. This bank of fers you the benefit of its experience in all business matters. Cunsult us regarding your plans and we can no doubt tell you by experience whether it will pay or not. The Bank of Trenton, S. C. To the Public Our warehouse having been ?old, we hereby call atten tion to the following articles: 1st. All persons having cotton stored with us will please bring said receipts to us by or before Sept. 1, 1919, and receive new receipts from the new firm, as, after Sept. 1, 1919, we are relieved of all responsibilities of said cotton on said receipts. 2d. This does not mean your cotton will have to be moved from the warehouses, but merely means that the warehouses change hands on the above date, and we hereby desire to give notice that we will not be responsi ble for outstanding receipts after Sept 1, 1919. W. W. ADAMS & CO. By W. W. Adams