Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 06, 1920, Image 4
J. L. MIMS,_"Editor.
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ished at advertising rates.
Wednesday, October 6.
"Made in South Carolina."
Columbia, Oct. 2-In the recent
issue of the South Carolinian it was
.stated that the South Carolina Devel
' opment Board is starting a state
wide campaign to ask South Carolin
ians to buy agricultural products
grown in South Carolina and manu
factured articles "Made in South
Carolina." Several members have
asked the board to make an investi
gation as to the purchase and sale of
food stuffs and manufactured arti
cles not produced in South Carolina
and the possibilities of home con
sumption of the state's products.
<Jeorge R. Wheeler, Manager of the
Board has called attention of the cit
izens to the great sums of money
sent out side the state for purcheses
that could be made at home, in the
following statement: "South Caro
lina is fortunaet in having printers,
engravers and lithographers of the
first class. They deliver the goods
promptly and at lesser prices on ac
count of saving in transportation.
Be sure to see if the checks and other
printed blanks you are using were
."Made in South Carolina.' "At a
meeting several months ago those
present who make a practice of pa
tronizing mail order houses were
asked to hold up their hands and it
developed that over one half were
purchasing merchandise from other
towns. Few people ever stop to fig
ure up the sum total loss to them
selves and their neighbors by follow
1 ing up this practice. When they send
their money to the mail order house
it leaves the home state circle, the
- "merchant, the banker, the farmer,
the clerks and the home labor stand
a small chance of ever seeing the
money after it leaves on its long jour
ney. Communities, counties and
'States grow and thrive just to the ex
tent their citizens practice thrift
and pride and interest the citizens
take in their home industries. The
.South Carolina manufacturer and
merchant pay their taxes to support
-the home government, construct and
maintain public improvements and
.contribute to charitable causes, yet
;some of their neighbors insist on pa
tronizing concerns that pay little
tor no taxes in South Carolina, but on
the other hand pay out a percentage
of the receipts from sales made in '
the state, to build up the large cities :
of the north, east and west. Let us '
patronize the business men that min- '
gie and deal with us." I
As a Woman Thinks.
I know a great many happy, con- J
...tented wives and mothers and I know
.a far greater number of querulous, 1
.dissatisfied, complaining ones.
I know many alert, alive, jolly op- 1
limistic business women and I know 1
a legion of peevish, disgruntled, 1
.whining women who are always *
knocking fate because they have to
<earn their own bread and butter.
Yet the lots of happy and unhappy
-women, of the contented and discon
tented are precisely the same, Both (
have certain joys and perquisites, i
Both have certain cares and burdens (
lo bear. i
The fwhole difference between i
? them lies -in the point of view from
.which they look upon life. To one
Twoman the world seems big and fine
;and worth while. To the other her
daily task is loathed drudgery which
she performs without interest or in- ,
spiration. j
Consequently, one woman is hap_ ]
py and the other miserable, though ]
they walk the same path. For as a ?
woman thinks so is she. 1
Take the case of the married wo
men. To the average woman the holy ?
estate is a vale of trials and tribu?a- '
tions in which she has self-control, 1
where she meets up with disillusion
ments and hardships of which she
never dreamed and is called upon to
perform labor and make sacrifice of
which she wo?ld have' believed her
self incapable.
She find?'that instead of being a
romantic hero who is a combination
of Job and Sir Galahad and Mr.
Rockefeller, her husband is a poor,
weak human man with a dyspeptic
stomach and raw nerves. Also, that
instead of having money coming to
him on wings, he earns it painfully
by the nickel so that she has to
squeeze every penny to get the most
out of it.
Likewise she ascertains that in
stead of being pin feathered little
angels, always rosy and smiling and
ready to be kissed, children are most
ly brats who heed to be spanked and
have their noses wiped, and that they
are prone to measles and mumps,
raiding the jam closet.
Certainly the wife and mother of
an ordinary family has a strenuous
life of it, and whether she is a mar
tyr or the blessed among women, de
pends upon her point of view. If she
loves her husband and children bet
ter than she loves hreself, she gets
pure, joy out of'it. There is nothing
menial in the hours she spends over
the cook stove, preparing the food
that gives them health and strength.
Nor is there anything sordid in the
pinching economics with which she
manages her household, for she is
helping her man build up his fortune.
And there you are. Husbands are
dull or fascinating, children are bur
dens or God's own gifts, making. a
hom? a woman's noblest sphere or j
domestic slavery just as the individ
ual woman thinks it is.
And similiarly, making her own
living a career or a curse accord
ing to a woman's point of view.
The only difference between pleas
ure and work is our mental attitude
towards them. Golf is a sport because
you have to pay out money for the
privilege of playing it. Hoeing po
tatoes is work because you have to
hire somebody to do it for you.
A woman is having a regular pic-]
nie when she spends time, and money I
turning over lovely goods in a shop,
or trying on imported -frocks and
hats io see how she looks in them.
But she regards herself as a poor,
unfortunate when she is hired to
handle pretty things in a store or
serve as a cloak or hat model. In
reality there is no other such fun as
work. It's the big game that calls in
to play every faculty that one poss
esses that keeps one strung up to
concert pitch all the time because its
stakes are real, you are not playing
for counters. All you have and hope
for is staked on the outcome of your j
efforts.
Some women take the outlook on
earning their own living. They are
the bright eyed, wide awake jolly
business women who have an interest
that never palls in their job. There
is always something new for them to
find out about the thing they are do
ing, and there is always something I
exciting happening in the way of
some new trade. They are always
looking ahead, building of the fu
ture; they are always striving to
wards some new goal.
The work may be hard. They never
notice it, so keen are they on results.
They do the same things day after)
day, but they see a myriad new faces
to even the most familiar act. The
hours are long. They are all too short
for what they wish to accomplish.
They are classed as working women.
They glory in it, for it means that I
they are some use in the world, and
50 justified in living.
As a woman thinks, so is she. Hap
py or unhappy, lucky or 'unlucky.
The man she is married to is a king
ar a boor, just as she sees him. Her j
ivork is worth while or not as she
visualizes it. What a pity every wo
nan can't put the good thought on
lerself and see her lot through rosy
'lasses !
Yours,
A. B. CLOER.
Edgefield, S. C.
I shall be out of my office on Mon
lay and Tuesday, October 11th and
12th, as I shall be in Columbia in the
lischarge of my duty as member of
Soard of Examiners in Optometry
:or South Carolina.
GEO. F. MIMS,
10-6 lt Optometrist.
Grip.
Grip usually starts just the same
is a cold with a watery discharge
from the nose. You are much more
likely to contract the grip when you
have a cold. For that reason when
?rip is prevalent you should go to
bed as soon as you feel that you are
takin ga cold and stay in bed until
fully recovered which should not be
long if you take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. Three days in bed
now is better than three weeks later
on.
__FOR SALE: Fulghum oats, Red
Proof oats and early May wheat for
planting.
J. R .CANTELOU.
Motor Industry Leading Way
to Lower Prices.
Studebaker Dealer in Expressing His
Surprise at Reduction in Stude
baker Prices Sees Manufac
turers Desire to Help in
Bringing About General
Decline in Prices of
a!! Commodities.
WAGES AND QUALITY UN
CHANGED.
"The reduction in the prices of
Studebaker Cars came as a complete
surprise to me," said J. P. Bland, lo
cal distributer of Studebaker ; Cars,
referring to the official announce
ment recently made by A. R. Ers
kine, president of the Studebaker
Carporation.
"In taking this action The Stude
baker Corporation was the first quan
tity producer of quality automobiles
to effect a reduction in prices of its
product. When one stops to consider
that Studebaker is the third largest
manufacturer of motor cara. in the
world, and for that matter, one of
the world's greatest industrial insti
tutions, its action in the way of price
reducion may be aecc?. d as indici
tive of a real desire to materially
assist in the lowering of prices of
commodities in an effort to bring liv
ng condtions back to something more
nearly approaching a normal basis.
"As President Erskine has so apt
ly remarked, 'It is highly desirable
^hat the lowering of prices be en
couraged at this time and in reduc
ing the prices of its product, Stude
baker is anticipating its ability to
buy raw materials at lower prices
next year and to increase its labor
efficiency.' "
"Without cheapening the quality!
of its product in any manner and at
the same time maintaining its pres
ent wage scale, it has, in my estima
tion, taken real courage to announce
price reductions.
"Labor too, is showing a splendid
disposition to help in making it pos
sible for the manufacturer to make
these reductons, by its increased ef
ficiency in the shops, and this is a
factor of greatest importance if we
are to bring prices back to a lower
level without further loss of time.
"Although wholly unexpected at
this time I am, nevertheless, grati
fied at the turn things have taken
and I am happy to b'e associated with
an industry that is leading the way|
to lower prices and with a manufac
turer possessed of a vision broad
enough to look ahead to the'future?'
County Treasurer's Notice.
The County Treasurer's office will
be open for the purpose of receiving
taxes from the 15th day of October,
1920 to the 15th day of March,
1921.
All taxes shall be due and payable
between the 15th day of October,
1920 and December 31st, 1920.
That when taxes charged shall not
be paid by December 31st, 1920 the
County Auditor shall proceed to add
a penalty of one per cent, fdr Jami
ary, and if taxes are not paid on or.
before February 1st 1921, the Coun
ty Auditor will proceed to add two
per cent, and five.per cent addition
al, from the 1st of March to the 15th
of March,, after which time all un
paid taxes will be collected by the
Sheriff.
The tax levies for the year 1920
are as follows:
Mills
For State purposes_ 12
For Ordinary County_ 8
For Past Indebtedness_2%
For Special, Good Roads_ 2
For Constitutional School Tax 3
For Antioch_ 8
For Bacon School District_ ll
For Blocker_ 8
For Blocker-Limestone _ 4
For Colliers_ 4
For Flat Rock_ 8
For Oak Grove _ 3
For Red Hill _ 8
For Edgefield_ 10
For Elmwood No. 8_ 8
For Elmwood No. 9 _ 2
For Elmwood No. 30_ 2
For Elmwood L. C._ 3
For Hibler _ 8
For Harmony _ 3
For Johnston _ 15
For Meriwether (Gregg) - 2
For Moss _ 3
For Brunson School_ 4
For Ropers_ 2
For Shaw- 4
For Sweetwater- 4
For Talbert_ 8
For Trenton _.-11%
For Wards .- 8
For Wards No. 33 _r_ 4
For Blocker R. R. (portion 15
For Elmwood R. . (portion __ 15
For Johnston R. R.- 3
For Pickens R. R._ 3
For Wise R. R._.- 3
For Corporation -30%
All che male citizens between the
ages of 21 years and 60 years, ex
cept those exempt by law, are liable
to a poll tax of One Dollar each. A
capital tax of 50 cents each is to be
paid on all dogs.
The law ?scribes that all male
citizens between the ages of 18 and
55 years must pay $4.00 commuta
tion tax. No commutation is included
in the property tax. So ask for road
tax receipt when you desire to pay
road tax. Time for paying road tax
will expire March 15, 1921.
j. L. PRINCE,
Co. Treas. E. C.
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Beginning Oct 1 and Ending Oct 8
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GUESSING CONTEST AND
-TO THE ONE GUESSING THE NEAREST OR
CORRECT NUMBER OF WATCHES
\ IN THIo WINDOW
ONE
Ingersoll Radiolite Watch Given Free
Come in and vote, lt will not cost you one cent. You
may be the lucky one. Who can tell. Any way you
will know Saturday, October 9th who the lucky one was.
We Have Good News for Milady
Just arrived one big shipment of the celebrated De Bevoise Brassiere, pink
and white, in all styles and prices. We feel sure when you see them that you
will make a purchase, for every one that sees them speaks well of them when
making a purchase.
Don't Let the Cold Weather Catch You Without Warm
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Dreesses, Hats, Skirts, Underwear, Shoes, Hosiery, Sweaters, Blankecs and
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A handsome line of men's and boys' suits.
A large stock of men's, ladies' and children's shoes of the best
brands. There is also millinery and dry goods.
WE CARRY ONLY THE VERY BEST
Visit Our Store. We would be glad
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THE ECONOMY STORE
EDGEFIELD, S. C.