Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Satabli?hf? 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 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 ished at advertising rates. Wednesday, September 8 Weigh Men Before Voting. One of the most momentous days in the history of this country was the day that the national government set its stamp of disapproval on the whisk ey business, making it unlawful to manufacture or sell intoxicants in any form. Everjr unprejudiced man will admit that this was a great for ward stride, ? wo nderful achievement. The old whiskey interests, meaning the distillers, brewers and barkeepers, are chafing under the new order of things and are doing their utmost to make prohibition a failue. The Vol_ stead enforcement act stands as a veritable Gibraltar in their way and they want it modified so as to practi cally nullify prohibition. In order to accommplish this end, they are using every power under heaven to elect men to the national House and Senate frho favor a modification of the Vol stead act. South Carolina has two candidates for the senate in the second primary election, one of whom E. D. Smith had a part in passing the Vol stead act and who stands unequivo cally for its enforcement in its present form. The other candidate, George Warren, stands committed on every stump in South Carolina to the modification of the Volstead act, permitting the manufacture and sale of wine and beer. Should prohibition South Carolina elect a man to the senate who will be a willing tool in the hands of the old whiskey forces who are spending milions, where money will avail anything, to control the na tional law making bodies? The duty is clear of every man who desires to see the national prohibition law made effective, instead of becoming a stench in the nostrils of the people. A change in the Volstead act will not materially affect conditions in South Carolina, but it will practically nulify prohibition in a vast majority cf the states, and certainly in the large cities. Here is what William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, a man in whom the^ South believes, s ays about modifying the Volstead act: A "'modifying clause would make every lunch room, drug store, and soda fountain a saloon, encourage youth to drink and bring a curse up on the country greater than war." "Prohibition means prevention," he continued. "It does not mean license in any form. To permit the sale of light wines and beers is to open a crack in the door of prevention and once the crack is open the door is \wide. It is impossible to administer a 'light wine and beer law in such a manner as to prevent the gravest a iuses. "Brewers and wine merchants know .such a modification would destroy the .prohibition amendment. To restore rthe liquor faction to political power would be to re-establish liquor in the worst form. ? "Every man and woman voter who puts the welfare of children and hu manity above the mere gratification of harmful appetites should see that the next congress does not destroy the prohibition amendment." AS MR. WARREN STANDS FOR A MODD7ICATON OF THE VOL STEAD ACT, CAN OUR PEOPLE AFFORD TO STAND FOR MR. WARREN? Consider well before you ;give':him your endorsement. ?. i ' " Money to Lend. K-'V ? - Por loans an real estate. See CLAUD T. BURNETT, Lawyer. Over store of W. W. Adams & Co. 7-7-20 J. H. CANTELOU Attorney at Law ' Will Practice in All Courts, Office Over Store ft ' of . REYNOLDS Sc PADGETT Telephone No 103. 3EE THE GREAT SHOW Edgefield Theatre, Friday September 10th Anita Stewart IN '-Old Kentucky" SPECIAL ORCHESTRA .:. TWO PERFORMANCES Matinee for School Children 3:00 P. M. Any child admitted for 22 cents Evening 8:30 P. M. _>_ The orchestra will play at both performances (POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT) What Senator E. D. Smith Stands for and What He Has Done in Congress "No man dares question the war record of South Carolina's Senior Senator, E. D. Smith, during the war emergency." He is the greatest authority on cotton, and cotton production in the United States Senate to-day. His , advice and utterances on cotton are closely watched watched by Wall Street. So much so that the gamblers and speculators of the North are fighting him for his advocacy of the cause of the Southern white farmer, and labor in general. SOME OF THE THINGS HE HAS DONE; He is the author or exponent of The Cotton Futures Act, passed by Congress reg ulating the grades of cotton and restraint on the cot ton gamblers and speculators. * The cotton farmers and truck farmers are indebted to him for his untiring effort in having inserted in the Federal Reserve Banking Act as a basis of credit cotton warehouse receipts. Nitrate of Soda is essential to the farmers of this State. His untiring work along with others brought this product to the farmers during the war at cost, and released abundance of nitrates as soon as the armistice was signed. v He fought for the Federal Land Banks and had one of these banks, located in our own State. He fought to restrict undesirable foreign immigration to keep down competition from low classes of South ern Europe in the cotton mills and industrial estab lishments, so that the native workman would not have his wages lowered. LABOR WILL STAND BY HIM. ^ WHAT SENATOR SMITH IS: He is South Carolina's most influential and expe rienced man in,Congress to-day. He becomes head of the great Agricultural Committee of Congress by reason of the recent defeat of Senator Gore of Okla homa. He is the only Simon Pure farmer in the United States Senate, and the only representative of the Southeastern States on the Agricultural Committee of which he will be the head. If South Carolina wants an influential man in Washington, Senator Smith will be re-elected. A vote cast for him is a vote cast for the best interests of the entire South. Senator Smith will be elected next Tuesday, be cause it is to the best interests of South Carolina to re-elect him. VOTE FOR SMITH Prices Are Not High /^JOM PA RED to what you had to pay just after the ^ civil war, and if you will pause to consider what people had to pay for goods and food in those days, and , judging how some people were always crying high prices, if prices were to rise as high now as they did in those days most people would think that the world was coming to an ena\ Why can't we stop crying high .prices and let conditions right themselves. Who wants to go back to the low prices paid for labor before the war and the low prices paid for products. It you buy what you need only and buy in when you need it you will find that the ends .will come nearer meeting-in other words if we stop cry ing high prices our neighbor will do the same and we will soon forget our money troubles. Then there are other things in life to enjoy besides money, money, money. Come in and let us show you the latest in Hats, Dresses, Coat Suits, Skirts, Silk and Cotton Waists & Large shipment of Laces and Collar Points Received The Shoe Department is now ready to serve your wants. Remember that school opens on September 6th and that we can fit the children in Shoes, Hosiery, Hats and Caps, Ties, Percales for making blouses, Ginghams for dresses, Blue Denim and Kakhi, just the thing for the book sacks. COME IN AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER The Corner Store FOR SERVICE TRY US ?Il mm m m I m m m m m m m m -m. GINNING I am now ready with a modem, well-equipped plant to serve the farmers. Our five gins and all other ma chinery have been overhauled and put in first-class con dition, practically good as new, and will give you a good sample and maximum return of lint from your seed cotton. Hundreds of satisfied patrons will testify! to our excellent service. Bagging and ties furnished if desired. HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR SEED .? ? J. G. Alford