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SstabltHlir? 1B35. J. L. MIMS,_Editor. Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the pDstoffice 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, October 22. Let's all try to keep sweet, even if there is a stortage of sugar. * * * ? > Think of it, not an October bride for Edgefield! What has become of Cupid? * * * * It might have been worse-sugar might have given out in the height of blackberry time. * * * * Take a day off and go to that fair in Columbia next week. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." * * * ? While cotton is bringing around $200 per bale it is a mighty good time to get out of debt. Try it and see how it feels. * * * * Two hundred dollars for a bale of cotton makes a fellow feel mighty good, and the Edgefield buyers are making some farmers feel good these days. ? * # . If in years gone by Texans shot to death a horse thief, what should be done, in these days of high cost ol living, with the Columbia thief who stole two boiled hams? * * * * As people's pockets, except news paper people, are bulging withmon ey, nobody will object to the small increase in admission to the State Fair next week from 50 to 60 cents. * * * * The American Legion Growing. There is no finer body of men any where than the American Legion which is composed of young white soldiers who served their country du ring the World War. Already 4,898 .Posts have been organized ov?r the country with a total membership of 650,000 men. We are delighted that Edgefield has a Post and every white soldier and sailor in the county should become a member. It is a dis tinct honor to be eligible to member ship. Judges Dcing Their Best. The distilleries that have sprung up all over the country have proved to be a great nuisance but it will not be long before the prohibition law will be respected and obeyed to a greater extent. The people at large stand for the enforcement of the law, which means that it will ultimately be enforced. Then, too, presiding judges, both in State and Federal courts, have taken a firm stand and are resolved to stamp out this evil. The Federal judge of this district has declared that he will place heavy fines, imprisonment with an alterna tive of fine, upon all persons convic ted in his court, and the judges of State courts are likewise imposing more severe sentences. In Pickens recently Judge J. E. Purifoy gave jail sentences, ranging from two years downward, upon forty-five per sons convicted of violating the pro hibition law. Such a record in Pick ing will have a deterent effect upon Xh'e entire Piedmont section. * * * * Compulsory School Attendance. As piactically all of the schools in the county have begun the session of 1919-20, teachers, trustees and pa trons should co-operate with the at tendance officer in enforcing the compulsory attendance law. It is the duty of the teacher to keep a record of all absentees and make prompt reports to the attendance officer who makes an investigation if he has reason to believe that the law is be ing disregarded or violated. The at tendance officer is charged with the enforcement of the law and not the county superintendent of education, but the law makes it compulsory up on teachers that prompt reports are made by them to the attendance of ficer. However, if the law is to ac complish all that it should, r,he trus tees and patrons should give the teachers and the attendance officer their fullest co-operation. The period fixed for the operation of the law in this county according to a notice published in this issue by tlie county superintendent of educa tion is from November 1 to March 1. Let us see to it that every white child 'between the ages of eight and fourteen in the county attends school regularly during that period. Miss Florence Mims Writes From Boston. Dear Advertiser: Last summer before I returned to Boston, I dreamed that I was here and had forgotten for several weeks to write a letter to you. I was very worried, as I remember and began immediately to write a letter on find ing my mistake. I would never forget in real life. You see that was only . dream. How I would enjoy hearing the Baptist church bell. I would rather hear it than all the best bells that Boston can boast of. 'Tve heard bells chiming Full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in Cathedral shrine. While at a glib rate Brass tongues would vibrate; But all their music Spoke naught like thine." I have seen two Shakespearian plays lately, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare, if done poorly is still enjoyable for the matchless .beauty of the lines, and if well done, it is the acme of delight to those who love excellence. I try to learn from the great actors and interpret the Shakespeare ? am studying better for having heard them, but always I think of how few real voices there are in the world, and how many echoes; how few creations and how many imitations. A play is like an orchestra, the stage director and all the actors contributing their bit to the harmony of the whole even as the flute and the drum complete the symphony. The players act the thought of the written word through the spoken word, and the musicians interpret Beethoven through harp and violin. A great artist once said that if he entered the Symphony Hall in Boston with some problem disturbing him as to the way he should solve a certain difficulty, that he came out of the hall ?with all of his disturbance removed, because in the great harmony of the music he was so inspired that all things seem ed righted. In this time of stress over the world no artist should love art for its own sake, but for the sake of people whom he may cheer, in spire and uplift, for after all the highest art is that of living. FLORENCE MIMS. 142 Hemenway Street, Boston, Mass. Mrs. M. A. Browere Wedded to Mr. P. B. Day. A wedding of unusual interest to the large circle of friends of the bride and groom occurred last even ing at 8:30 o'clock at the Methodist parsonage, when Rev. L. D. Lowe pronounced the words which joined Mrs. M. A. Browere and Mr. P. B. Day in holy wedlock. The bride has been a resident of Lakeland for the past eight years and possesses many friends who wish for her much joy and happiness in her new relation. She owns valuable property holdings here, among the same being the Marion Apartment House at 300 East Oak Street, where the happy couple will make their home. The groom hails from Trenton, S. C., having visited Lakeland for sev eral winters past, and it was on the occasion of his visit here last winter that he met the lady of his choice, their courtship culminating in their happy marriage iast evening. Mr. Day owns considerable pi'operty here as well as in South Carolina, but will make Lakeland his permanent home in the future, we are glad to state. The Evening Telegram. NOTICE I (Jesire to notify the public that I have opened a first-class barber shop over the Mitchell drug store, Miller's old stand, and solicit the pa tronage of the people. I will have a polite and courteous barber always on hand. Walter. L. Holston. See our large assortment of crock ery and glassware. You can find just what you want. QUARLES VARIETY STORE. / BARGAINS IN SHOES. I have on ^and a large stock of shoes that I bought at the old price, rbefore the recent advance, and I ,-can save money for those who buy [their shoes at my store. Call an let '?me prove what I say. J. H. Reel. I 19-22-2tpd. Card of Thanks. In behalf of the Southern Rail road Company I desire to express sincere thanks to all those who had a part in checking and extinguishing the fire which occurred on the cotton platform Friday morning. I desire to extend special thanks to Mr. T. A. Hightower and the members of his fire company for the very valua ble services which they rendered. J. A. TOWNSEND, Local Agent. Petit Jury, Third Week. J. E. Mims, Pickens. W. J. Duncan, Edgefield. C. A. Brunson, Collier. E. A. Woodward, Ward. C. C. Ergle, Johnston. S. A. Holstein, Pickens. L. S. Kernaghan, Edgefield. B. J. Derrick, Ward. G. S. Coleman, Talbert. Eulie Dorn, Collins. W. C. Jackson, Edgefield. J. H. Mathis, Collier. J. S. Cothran, Moss W. B. Berry, Pickens. 0. A. Kinnaird, Pickens. J. M. Mathis, Collins. R. H. Nicholson, Moss. H. G. Eidson, Johnston. Sherod Holmes, Colliers. B. J. Harrison, Trenton. J. D Mathis, Sr., Trenton. C. M. Clark, Ward. G. T. Rearden, Moss. L. Y. Bryan, Edgefield. H. H. Herlong, Pickens. Mike Hair, Ward. Wyatt Hall, Johnston G. G. Morgan, Moss. A. A. Wells, Edgefield. Rufus Mayson, Blocker. W. P. Bryan, Wise. H. S. Gardner, Meriwether. W. L. Franklin, Ward. L. G. Mitchell, Pickens. R. T. West, Talbert. B. L. Mims, Edgefield. Buy Fine Hogs. Trenton, Oct. 17.-A. Sidney Mil ler and J. A. Clark have returned from an auction sale in Louisville, Ga., of 85 head of registered hogs. The 85 head netted $18,000, the largest amount bid on any one hog being $750. A. S. Miller purchased one breed hog at $600 and two pigs at $100 each. J. A. Clark bought two brood hogs, one at $400 and the other at $375, and two pigs at $100 each. The hogs arrived yesterday and were of great interest to those think ing of other methods of living than by cotton. Mr. Miller and Mr. Clark will become breeders of fine hogs. IN A BAD WAY Many an Edgefield Reader Will Feel Grateful for This Information. If your back gives out; Becomes lame, weak or r hing; If urinary troubles set in, Perhaps your kidneys are "in a bad way." Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys. Local evidence proves their merit. Mrs. E. P. Jackson, Edgefield, the following statement April 12, 1911: "Several years ago I used Doan's Kidney Pills when I was suf fering with a weak and lame back. My sides and hips were sore and I could'nt sleep well on that account. Doan' Kidney Pills rid me of that at tack of kidney trouble and I am glad to endorse them." On February 7, 1918, Mrs Jackson said: "Doan's Kidney Pills have prov ed themselves splendid when I have used them in the past. I gladly con firm all I ha. 3 said in my former statement." Price 60 cents at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan'sKidney Pills-the sam^ that Mrs. Jackson had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. FOR SALE: Pair of mules, two horse wagon, buggy, mower and rake; corn, fodder, hay and plow tools. CHARLIE B. LANIER, Modoc, S. C. 19-15-lt. FOR SALE: Registered Big Bone Poland China pigs, ready for deliv ery. Sire weighed 600 pounds at 18 months old. SIDNEY MILLER, Trenton, S. C. 10-15-4tpd. J. H. CANTELOU Attorney at Law Will Practice in All Courts. Office Over Store of REYNOLDS & PADGETT Telephone No 103. Modern Merchandising has taught people how to judge values, and no tricks of the trade, as some merchants practice, are needed in these days to sell goods. The secret of success is to have what the customer wants at the right time, and not to force upon them something that they can't use. It has always been the policy of this store to please its customers in every transaction, and your money is refunded and credit given cheerfully on any sale that is not satisfactory. Then you can trade with us knowing that at all times you are getting a square deal, and at the same time you are trading with a store that always tries to treat its customers right. Many who come to our store and seethe large variety of merchandise we carry at popular prices say it is just what Edgefield has needed for a long time. We highly appreciate the nice things that have been said about us and they will act as an incentive for us to strive harder to merit the good will and friendship of all. We are constantly adding to our already large stock, and our new fixtures will soon arrive, enabling us to show the people what we have. They can see what they want without having to ask for it. We invite the people to inspect our line of staple dry goods and shoes that were bought before the rise, ' In fact we have practically everything that is needed by the family or in the household. Come in to see us. It will be a pleasure to serve you The Corner Store Service Counts PEOPLE FLOCK TO THE Quarles' Variety Store