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Trenton News Letter. The Y. P. B. and the L. T. L. ? ^ere guests of the W. C. T. U. on Tuesday afternoon at which time these young people were invited to furnish the program tor the occa sion which they did with much x -ability, giving pleasure and delight to those who listened with raptur ous attention. The meeting was presided over by the president, Su san Mathis and the program con sisted of a song rendered by Rosa May Miller and Dorothy Miller, with all the children joining in the chorus. Then the L. T. L. presi dent, Eugene Math-is read a Psalm and one of the leaders Mrs. P. B. Day made an earnest prayer. Mar garet Courtuey then gave an in teresting paper on Temperance in all things. . Charlie Day's paper on Chewing gum rjabit was splendid and the true picture he made will surely have a deep impression on the young girls especially, and cause them to abandon this ugly habit. Kathleen Mathis then read, "Touch ?not the sparkling bowl." Lewis Moss spoke from notes on the evil ?of the cigarette, a subject he han dled in a most able and interesting manner. A beautiful piano sclo was enjoyed from Mildred Pardue. It was then that the children sang with much enthusiasm, appropriate temperance verses they put that popular song, Shine Upon reques, Mrs. P. B. Day played a very dif ficult piano selection which was heartily encored, and there was genuine regret that the L. T. L. leader, Mrs. L. C. Eidson's sweet voice could not be beard in a song she was to sing, but was unavoida bly prevented. Delicious ice cream was enjoyed at the conclusion of .the program, Mrs. Janie Moss Field from Albany, Ga., is the attraotive house :guest of Miss Mattie Harrison. Miss, Willie Mae Padgett was "hostess Friday evening at a beauti ful party for her guest Miss Light sey from Fairfax. A guessing con test proved a$) entertaining form of amusement, the prize being award ed Miss Lightsey. Music was also -enjoyed and a delicious ice course at a late hour. Mrs. JJ HV Courtney is at home after a delightful fortnights stay in Atlanta, guests of Mrs. W. M. Lep pard and Mrs. John Courtney. Friends of that beloved lady Mrs. Mike Herlong, will be delighted to know she is convalescing. Mrs. Herlong bas been a very great and .patient sufferer for the past eleven Tveeks. On Friday evening of this week, August 27th there will be a concert at the school auditorium, the pro ceeds to go towards repairs ou the church of Our Savior. The pro gram is ver/ entertaining and we bespeak for the Episcopal ladies a liberal patronage 35 and 25cts. Mrs. Kubye Shealy is comforta bly installed in au attractive bun galow shebas just recently built. The social meeting of the Y. P. B. was entertained by Susan Mathis on Tuesday afternoon. Rook was ^enjoyed and after refreshments were served the party chaperoned by Mrs. Wallace Wise and Mrs. Anna Eidson repaired to Salter's pond where swimming was the culmination of the afternoon pleasure. Miss Debbie Marsh and Miss Lil lian Marsh were hostesses Saturday evening at a delightful supper party for visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Moss and family spent Sunday at Tybee. Mrs. J. D. Mathis, Jr., enter tained at a spend-the-day party for Mrs. H. H. Harmon, on Tuesday. Among the invited guests were Heber Balentine, Mrs.Archie Lewis from Johnston, Mrs. St. Claire Asbil from Ridge Spring, Miss Sue Timmerraan and Mrs. Price Tim merman from Eureka and Mrs. J. D. Mathis Sr. Mrs. W. D. Holland has returned to her home in Columbia after a de lightful stay in the hospitable home of Mrs. Walter Wise. Mrs. John Walker and her chil dren from Savannah are guests of Mrs. Susie Miller. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Marsh are enjoying a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Willis of Gaffney. I Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wise en tertained at tea for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren Jr., on Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Warren were delightful chaperones at a recent camping party on Turkey Creek at which Miss Julia Wiso was an invited guest. Mr. Wright Moore is at home after an enjoyable visit to friends at St. Mathews. Messrs. B. R. Tillman, Frank Bettie, Albert Miller, J. D. Mathis, Walter Wise, Pick Salter, Bettis Bouknight attended the meeting of the cotton association in Columbia on Wednesday. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordin?r* Ouinine and does not cause nervousness nor rinding in bead. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE, 25c. Union Meeting Of Fir9t Division of Edgefield Asso ciation, August 28-29, Baptist Church at Edgefieid. . Program for Satnrday, the 28th. Devotional Exercises at 10:30. Conducted by Bro. J. M. Be?l. 1.0:45 Organization. Enrollment of delegates and re ports from churches. Imperative Elements of Progress in Kingdom work-Rev. J. A. Hunnicut anJ R. T. Strom. Discussion from 11:00 till 11:45. Measures Necessary to Develop New Converts-Rev. C. G. Wells, P. B. Lin liam and J. TTGriffis. Discussion 11:45 till 12:30. 12:30 Adjournment for Dinner. t)ne Hour. 1:30-Reassembling. 2:00-Progress in Kingdom work as manifested by 75 Million' Cam paign-O. Sheppard, A. S.^Tomp kins and J\M. Witt. 2:45-Value of Sunday School to a Church-Douglas Timmerman. Any others who wish to speak may do so. 3:15-Adjournment. .Program for Sunday the 29th. 10:15-Sunday School, J. H. Cantelou, Supt. 10:30-Meeting of Baraca Class. 11:30-Sermon by Rev. W. P. Brooke or Rev. J. A. Hunnicut. 12:30-Adjournment one hour for dinner. 1:30-Reassembling. 2:00-Work of Laymen for Kingdom of God. a-Its necessity, b. Its worth c. Its accomplishment, d. Its Scope. Discussion by W. E. Lott and W. B. Cogburn. All who will speak are asked to get ready and speak on these sub jects whether you are specially ap pointed or not. y . We earnestly hope that all the churches fn the^First Division will send representatives and that much good will be done by this meeting. Union Meeting T,hird Division, Edgefieid Associa tion, Rehoboth Baptist Church, August 28-29. General Subject, The Country Church. Saturday. 11.00 a. m., Devotional Services, O. ,0. Timmermaa. 11.15. Teaching the Church to sing. Prof. W. C. Wilkie. 11.45, Financing the Churoh, J. D. Hughey. 12.15, Business. 12.30, Dinner. Afternoon. 2.00 p. m., Building the Coun try Sunday School, J. G. McKie. 2.30, The Cnurch and the Puplic School, T. G. Talbert. 3.00, The Church and its Young People, E. L. Kugley. 3.30, The Church and Communi ty Health, J. B. Adams, W. G. Blackwell. / Adjourn at will. Sunday. 11:00 a. m., Sunday School. . 11:45, Sermon. Invention a Success. . We trust that Capt. P. M. Fel tham will be made a multimillion aire by his recent invention. He has patented a signal for railroad crossing which he installed ata prominent crossing near Atlanta last week by way of* experiment and it made good from the first signal. It is a very simple devise and meets every expectation. Al ready it has been adopted by the State Highway Engineer of Geor gia. Here's hoping that Capt. Feltham be placed in the Rockfeller class by his practical' and much needed devise that will prove to be a wonderful life saver or preserver. Great Amusement Ahead. 1920 Greater Minstrels will be shown here at ?he Opera House Wednesday and Thursday nighUj September 15 and 16 for the benefit of The Episcopal Church Guild. Rehearsals started Monday night under the direction of Mr. Jas. J. Mathews, of Augusta, for what promises to be the laigest show of the kind ever put on with local talent. All of Edgefield's most talented singers and dancers will appear in this show-the personnel of which will be anuounced later. Mr. James Tompkins will feature this show on one of the ends, Mr. Diomede Hollingsworth will lead a quartette ot dancers. Such golden voiced singers as Messrs. Williams, Tompkins, Lyon, Stephenson, Scur ry and Prescott will render the baiads on this occasion which bids fair to pWk the house on the above two dates. No reserved seats. So the slogan is "Get your tickets now and come early." Adults $1.00. Children un der 12 years 50c. N Visit of Former Citizen. Col. 0. F. Cheatham of Albany, Ga. is ''ere for a visit to relatives and friends. Col. Cheatham was for many years a resident and promi nent citizen and business man of Edgefield and many friends welcome him home again. Mr. and Mrs. Cheat ham reared their family here where their daughters were among the most popular in our county. Had they not not been so widely sought for, perhaps Mr. Cheatham would stilll be a resident of Edgefield, but their marriage in Albany influenced his removal to that place. Mr. Cheat ham says he is over seventy but he looks no more than fifty. Cover Crop Campaign. Clemson College realizes the value attached to growing .cover crops for soil building. Therefore; a campaign is being launched over the State to urge the farmers to get back to clovers and rye. County Agent Carwile has planned a series of meetings to be held over the County in the interest of these important crops. This week he will be assisted by County Agent Shealy, of Lexington County, and will be assisted next week' by County Agent Mills, of Newberry. Mr. Carwile urges all farmers to come to their respective school houses on being notified by him of the meeting. Forage Crops for Hogs Clemson College, August 23. Information Card No. 12, entitled Forage Crops for Hogs in South Carolina, has-rbeen issued by'the Extension Service as a guide to farmers in the planting and use of alfalfa, rape, oats, rye, vetch, clover, peas, beans, peanuts, and sorghum, as grazing crops "for swine. The card gives data on such subjects as when to sow, how to sow, seed needed per acre, stage to graze, period of grazing, carrying capacity, etc. ^ Six of the crops listed may be spwn in the fall, as given below, and famers are urged by C. L. Morgan, Extension Animal Hus bandman, to prepare to put in suf ficient of these crops to care well for their hogs. Alfalfa. Sow September to early October, thirty pounds per acre, broadcast or in drill. Graze when eight to ten inches high. Rape. Sow September- Novem ber,four to six pounds per acre, broadcast or in drill. May.be sown with oats or rye. Graze when eight to . ten inches high, seventy to one hundred and twenty days after ber, fifteen to twenty pounds per acre' broadcast or in drill. May be sown with rape or vetch. Graze when four to six inches high, seventy to one hundred and twenty Abruzzi Rye. Sow September November, one to two bushels, broadcast or in drill. May be sown with rape or vetch. Graze when four to six inches high, eighty to one hundred and twenty days after planting. _-Vetch. Sow September- Novem ber, fifteen to twenty pounds per acre, broadcast or in drill. May be sown with oats br rye. Graze when six to ten inches high, ninety to one hundred and twenty days after sowing. ^ Crimson Clover. Sow September November, fifteen to twenty pounds per acre, broadcast or in drill. Graze when six to ten inches high, one hundred days or longer after sowing. Card No. 12 should ask ^he county agent for a copy. THE . CONFEDERATE COLLEGE 62 Broad Street Charleston, S. C. . A Boarding and Day School for Girls. Begins its session September 28, 1920. Historic Institution situated in a healthy location. Advantages of City life, with large coll?ge yard for out door sports. A Well planned course of studies in a homelike atmosphere. A business course open to seniors, . and elective courses to juniors and seniors. Two domestic courses, giving prac tical and theoretic knowledge of cooking. A well equipped library. For catalog and further informa tion apply to the College. t cures Old Sores, ?tfiei Remedies Won't Cut*. rh e worst cases, uo matter cf how lons: standino .-.re cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing: Oil. It relievu ->aia and Heals at the ?am? ti=c. 25c. 50c. $1.? * i (POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT) ADDRESS OF SENATOR SMITH TO The Democratic Voters of the State of South Carolina .In view of the fact that I missed a number of campaign meetings, being absent from the State in attendance upon the Democratic National Convention^ at San Francisco where I was a member of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions and consequently did not have an op portunity to meer, my fellow-citi zens of South Carolina face to faceNand give them an account of my stewardship in Washington I have de termed to issue this ad dress to the people. I have been a farmer all my life and in common with tha far mers I have had a struggle to. make ends meet and I have no ' large fund at my service that permits me to send others from place to place advocating my re election to the senate. If re elected it must be upon my re cord alone. In consideration of the services rendered by me to the agricul tural interests of my State and the South. I w%s elected to the senate twelve years-^ago. On every occasion I have stressed with all the force in my legisla tion for the benefit of the agri cultural interests. Briefly referring to some of ' the' measures which I have advo cated and had passed in the in terest of the agricultural classes are: AGRICULTURE: (1) Smith Cot ton Futures Act, preventing the depression of prices by the tender of valueless cotton on contracts. (2) Standardization of Cotton Grades. I co-operated in'secur ing this very essential legislation. (3) Government comparison of various grades of cotton, showing much greater discrepancy in price than there is difference in actual value. (4) Resolutions calling on dip lomatic and consular representa tives of the United States abroad to furnish information as to the needs and demands for American cotton in their respective coun tries and the best methods of sup plying it. (5) Government cotton reports. (6) Census Department to fur nish number of bales of spinnable cotton and number of bales of unspinnable cotton on hand. This prevented the counting of unspin nable cotton in the carry-over re ports. F (7) I led the fight v/hich pre vented cotton price fixing during the war with the result that it was defeated. (8) NITRATE OF SODA: Under the Smith bill, originated, mtro duced and sponsored by me, the government has constructed a huge nitrate plant at Mussel Shoals, Alabama, for the manu facture of nitrate from the air. This plant is practically complete and this fall will turn out one hundred and sixty thousand tons (160,000) of 45 per cent pure ni trates, which being reduced to the percentage of nitrate of soda will amount to 480,000 tons, This output will be sold to the farmera at cost at a saving of millions of dollars to them. I am also the originator and author of the law by which ni trate of soda was purchased and sold to the farmers at cost dur ing the war. The Congressional Record will amply substantiate this statement in every respect. This law brought prices down from $110 and $120 per ton to $75.00 per ton. thereby saving the farmers millions of dollars, If it had not been for this piece of legislation there is no telling where the price would have soared. (9) Immediately upon the sign ing of the armistice I secured the lifting of the embargo on potash . from Germany, enabling the far mers to secure this year a partial supply at a more reasonable cost. riO) I am author of the amendment to section 13 of the New Banking and Currency Act. whereby the farmers secured six months' time on' agricultural paper a? against ninety days on commercial paper. This puta the farmer on an equal footing/with other businesses and enables him . to secure the proper credit for the holding and marketing of his crop. Sil) I co-operated in the pas sage of the Farm Loan Act, an Act which placed farm lands for the first time in the history of this country where it was pos sible for farmers to use their land as an asset on easy terms' to make them pay for themselves while supporting his family and helping to support his State. By virtue of my services in the senate I was ranking member of the Interstate Commerce Com mittee and on the death of Sena to Newlands I became Chairman. It was under my leadership at \ the request of the President that the railroads, telegraph, tele phone and cable line* were turned over to the government during the war. ? While serving as Chairman of this Committee I discovered that the lack of growth of the com merce Of the Southern ports in comparison with thr Eastern and Northern ports was not due to natural causes but to the dis criminations of the railroads in their rates to the various ports and the discrimination of the government in the matter of ap propriations for dry docks and harbor improvements since the Civil War. The country does not realize that the government in the last 50 years has expended for naval stations and harbor improvements north of Hatteras, a distance of roughly 750 miles, nearly $700,000,000. while soi?th ,'of Hatteras, a distance of over 2,000 miles, only $70,000,000. The North Atlantic has 18 dry docks; the South Atlantic and Gulf has one. a small one, at Charleston. During the paat session of Congress two billa were introduced by Republican Sena tors which would discontinue the appropriation for the deepening of the channel at Charleston, and the construction of a tremendous dry dock at that place. It was. by my efforts in the Senate that thpse bill's were not pressed and the work in Charleston is now going on. While I was Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee and the railroads were under the control of the government, I in stituted and led the fight with other Southeru Senators for an equalization of import, export and domestic rates with other sec tions of the country. I was suc cessful in this fight. Since the roads hsve been re turned to private ownership they have sought to re-establish the old discriminatory rates against Southern ports. I intend to keep on with the fight to prevent this and at the Democratic National Convention I wrote and had in corporated in the platform that plank which pledges the party to stand for equality of rates, both import and export, for the ports of the oountry, to the end that there might be adequate and fair facilities and rates for the mob ilization of the products of the country offered for shipment. The equalization of freight rates, import, export and domestic, and equal harbor facilities mean more than anything else in the rejuve nation and expansion of the direct foreign trade of Southern manufacturers and Southern pro pucts through Southern ports. I have taken a leading part in se curing the allocation of ship$ by the Shipping Board to Southern ports and 'have had considerable success. With the increase in our for eign trade, the South will be able to take advantage of v the oppor tunities offered, with its conse quent prosperity. It is not gen erally known that' most, of the larger cities of the Middle West are closer to the port of Charles ton and other Southern ports than to the port of New York. In this connection, while dis cussing transportation. I might say that while ranking member of the Postoffice and Post Roads Committee, I collaborated and fought through with Senator Bankhend and others the Good Roads Act which appropriated $200,000,000 for the government to co-operate v illi the States in the construction of good roads. The conatruction of good roads is one of the greatest needs which confront the people of this State as W?ll as the country at large, and I pledge myself for the fu ture as in the past, to fight for any proper measure which will lead to the construction of better roads. One of the very many evils that resulted from the Civil War was our financial condition under the Banking and Currency Act of 1863. This system was in ef fect up to the time of the present Democratic Administra tion. Panics were frequent and the victims of these panics were the wfeak and unbefriended. In 1913 was passed the Federal Re serve Act, the greatest construc tive piece of legislation enacted since the Civil War.. This Act, together with the Farm Loan ct, was passed by virtue of a -ect personal appeal of President Wil son to representatives and sena tors who were friendly to him. With this measure, as well as every other measure, I voted with the President and did all in my power to secure the passage of these Acts. As the result of these measures which enabled the South to capitalize its resources, the bank deposits in the South have increased 900 per cent as against the,Eastern and Western sections' increase of about 300 per cent. These measures spell ed the financial emancipation of the South. While the Federal- Reserve Bank measure was pending, I realized that for the Act to have a direct benefit for the Agricul tural classes, agricultural paper must be recognized the same as commercial paper and that six months' time should be given that paper as against the 90 days given commercial paper. It takes six months for the farmer to produce an asset to meet his liabilities and any shorter time than this period given his paper was a mockery of him. I intro duced and secured the incorpora tion in the law my amendment to Section 13, whereby agricultural paper is made the basis for the issuance of Federal Reserve notes and is given six months' discount While Chairman of the Immi gration Committee of the Senate I introduced the bill and led the fight which resulted in the pas sage of the Smith-Barnett Immi gration Law. This is the law in effect now. It was, by far, more restrictive than even its best friends thought possible to ac complish. I believed then and believe now that, the influx of undesirable immigrants to Amer ica was a source of danger to American labor by the competi tion of ignorant foreigners, used to a low standard of living. ! Fur thermore, I believe that the class now coming in is doing much to undermine the principles and in stitutions of our government I am always anxious and eager to push and support any bill which only lets the desirable immigrant come in and leaves America for Americans. By virtue of my service in the senate I am now at the top of seve?rl very important commit tees, among them the Committee on Interstate Commerce and the Committee on Agriculture, and with the coming victory of the Democratic party, if I am re elected, I will be Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, the committee which controls all appropriations and measures per taining to the agricultural inter ests of the nation. ? study of my record and ac complishments will disclose ,that I have been responsible for much economic legislation /and that if all tends to giving every section a fair show and prevents the dis crimination of one of the sec tions against the rest of the country by cruel and arbitrary laws. It is by virtue of some of ? these laws which I have had passed, that the South has been enabled to partake so large a measure of the prosparity engen dered by the war. I have served the people and my party with a zeal and fidelity since my election to the senate. ? By reason of the wisdom of the South m keeping its men in the senate, I have committee appoint ments and the high rank therein wlp'ch could not be secured.other than by a long term of service. These places would be lost to South Carolina by a change at this time. The time is approach ing when the fight is to be waged by the Republicans and other reactionaries to return to the pre-war and pre-democratic ad ministration of the financial sys tem and the conduct of the gov ernment for thc special interests. I have experience in the senate, I have friends, I have influence and I am in a position in this crucial period to render mbre effective service ta the people than I have ever rendered. Ex perience and training are great assets in politics as well as in business, and every man, farmer, banker, merchant, lawyer and laboring man ?spaying his money for service in the senate, and I am in a better position to render satisfactory service to my con stituents than any of my oppo nents, however able they may be. In conclusion, I wish to call to the attention of the voters of this State that out of our present del- . egation to Congress, two sena tors and seven Representatives, I alone am a FARMER, the oth ers being professional men, and of those gentlemen now opposing me, I alone am a BONA FIDE FARMER, they also being pro fessional men. Surely the agri cultural interests of this State are entitled to one representative out of nine. ; E. D. SMITH, Chairman Conservation National Resources. Ranking Democratic Member of Agriculture and Forestry. Ranking Democratic Member Interstate Commerce. Ranking Democratic Member Patents. Ranking Democratic Member Manufactures. A Member of Geological Survey. A Member ofRailroads. / \