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Eatiiiiltahfu 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 cummunioations will be pub lished unless accompanied by' the writer's name. Card of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub lished at advertising rates. Wednesday, December 15. Dixie Highway Hotel Open For Business. Edgefield at last has a hotel that is the joy and pride of her community, and what is better still the hostelry has a manager, the one who will real ly make the hotel, who is second to none in the state. The Dixie Highway hotel was opened for business Sun day, an elaborate turkey dinner Sun day being the first meal surved. A hungry throng gathered to express to Mr. and Mrs. Vause their interest and spirit of co-operation by regis> tering for dinner and supper, 110 be ing served at dinner and about 40 for supper. Without a single excep tion everybody was delighted. Tho menu was elaborate and everything was bountifully served. It was also prepared and seasoned to the king's taste. Notwithstanding the fact that Sunday was the opening day, with the serving force yet untrained, Mr. Vause handled the crowd splendidly, Everybody went away fully satisfied and with words of highest commen Ration of the new management. The Dixie Highway hotel is conceded by persons who know to be the most modern and best appointed hotel in the State outside of the cities and with his executive abliity and past experience there is no doubt about Mr. Vause making a great success of the, enterprise. Long Branch Items.. G. W. Scott attended the State Baptist convention in Columbia. Mrs. Dave Derrick, Mrs. Margaret Claxton and Mrs. Mike Hare motored to Kite, Ga., a few days ago to visit relatives. The following attended the Vf. M. U. meeting at Ridgedale Academy last Saturday: Mesdames Boyd Der rick, G. W. Scott, Kirkland, Thomp son, John Claxton; Misses Lizzie Harvey and Cleo Attaway; Fletcher Derrick, John Claxton, Lawson Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Bunyan McGee and family have moved to Ridge Spring. J. W. and Elizabeth McGee were stu dents at Long Branch and will be ,very much missed. Miss Cleo and Nelle Rhoden of Eureka and Miss Workman visited Mrs. Bolivia Rhoden recently. Rev. Hopkins of Graycourt preach ed at Philippi and Mt. Pleasant re cently. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Salter and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Salter motored to Saluda recently. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Franklin moved to Dillon last week. Fronie and Alon zo Franklin were students at Long Branch. Fred Day was out of school last week on the sick list. Rev. W. L. Britt of Marion visited the Long Branch School Monday and gave a most excellent talk to the pu pils. Rev. Britt preached a splendid sermon at Philippi and Mt. Pleasant churches on Sunday. The teachers and pupils of Long Branch school are planning Christ mas exercises for December 22. Church Announcement. The following schedule of service for the conference year has been ar ranged for the Edgefield and Trenton Methodist churches: Edgefield: Second, third, fourth, fifth Sundays at 11:30 a. m. First, second and fifth Sundays at 7:30 p. m. Trenton: First Sunday at 11:15 a. m.. Third and fourth Sundays at 7:30 p. mr The regular monthly meeting of the Official Board of the Edgefield Ghurch was held yesterday. Only the usual routine business was attended to. The new building lot has been cleaned up. Concrete walks will be put around the property after the Christmas holidays. Georgia Temperance Worker - Honored. Very recently Mrs. Mary Harris Armour spoke in Augusta on law en forcement. The Augusta Chronicle .speaks in highest terms of Mrs. Ar bour, and gives the interesting in formation that Wesleyan College had conferred the degree of L. L. D. up on her. She is a Georgian by birth and ancestry. The Chronicle further states that Mrs. Armour has a fund of knowl edge that is well nigh inexhaustible, being gifted with a tenacious mem ory, she has made herself familiar with history, poetry, biography, ro mance, science, hymnology, philoso phy, economics, politics and above all the Bible. Mrs. Armour is a rapid and pleasing speaker, having had large experience in the temperance campaigns in the United States. FOR SALE: Pecans at 40 cents per pound, delivered at my home. Miss VIRGINIA ADDISON. 12-8-3t. Letters to Santa Claus. Edgefield, S. C., December 14, 1920. Dear Old Santa Claus: I am a little boy five years of age. I will tell you what I want you to bring me for Christmas. Now, Santa, I have been the very best boy I could be, and. I want you to please bring me a little air rifle and four boxes of cartridges; a little tool box and a hand saw and a necktie. Candy, or anges, raisins and chewing gum, also some apples. I, close with best regards. EARNEST SIZEMORE. Edgefield, Si C., Route 3. Edgefield, S. C,, December 14, 1920. Dear Old Santa: / I am a little boy three years of age. I have been a good boy. Please bring me a little wagon with little mules to it, and some sparklers and a cap buster. Also bananas, oranges, and all kinds of good things to eat. Please don't forget little brother, T. V., bring him a rubber ball to roll. With best regard, . LEONARD SIZEMORE. Edgefield, S. C., Route 3. Edgefield, S. C., December 14, 1920. Dear Old Santa Claus : I am a little girl seven years old. I thought I would write and tell you what I want you to bring me for Christmas. Please bring me a doll that will say "papa" and "mama," and a doll carriage, and two dresses for my' doll. I waiyt a tea set and a little set of knives and forks; some candy, ba nanas, oranges, raisins and nuts. I close with best regards. DEALIA MAY SIZEMORE. Edgefield, S. C., Route 3. Prune Your Grapes. It is very important that the Mus cadine varieties of grapes be pruned before the holidays. To wait until af terwards will be too late, as these va rieties bleed very badly when pruned late in the season. The James, Thom as and Scuppernong are the most popular grapes of the Muscadine fam ily. Bunch grapes should be pruned, at present also, but they can be safe ly pruned at any time of the winter. Demonstrations in any phase of or chard work will be gladly given. We expect to make ORCHARD WEEK worth while for the county. Plan to attend at least one of the meetings. . A. B. CARWILE, County Agricultural Agent. Shipping Board Submits Report. Washington, Dec. 10.-The ship ping board made public tonight a "consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 19201," . giving financial transactions of the board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation from their inception in 1917 to that date. It showed total liabilities of $3,537, 380,726.94 and asserts of the same amount, and'it was the first complete financial statement to he issued by the federal agencies which built the great government owned merchant marines. The board apparently did not un dertake to show the total amount which has been expended and fiscal officials when asked as to this amount said it could not be computed with any degree of - accuracy because of the system of accounting in use in the early days of the board. The liabilities given in the "con solidated balance sheet" as made public included appropriations by congress of $3,213,217,110; "re serves" of $735,618,316 and other liabilities of more than $100,000,000, the whole totalling $4,050,746,866. The total liabilities of $3,537,380,726 represented the difference between the $4,000,000,000 total and the ex cess of expenses over revenues, from operations, sales and the like, which was placed at $513,336,139. Revenues from operations, sales, of ships, etc., were given at $1,148, 928,155 and expenses as $1,662, 294,294. Revenues from operating of vessels were $817,271,541 and ex penses of the operations $1,002,396, 750, the apparent net loss from oper ation being $185,125,037. Vessels sold brought $296,515,344 while the cost the board $339,083, 676, making a total loss on these transactions $42,568,331. In its capital assets the board list ed the vessels owned at $2,670,612, 755, this sum representing expendi tures, construction, purchase and re :onditioning. The value of ship yards, property and equipment, fuel, oil stations, real estate and buildings, automobiles, launches and the like was placed at $158,895,243. Expen iitures for construction of all im provements to housing projects and ;ransportation facilities were given is $69,604,977. It was explained that ill of these figures represented war :osts and not the present value. Current assets listed in the balance meet included accounts receivable of 5293,792,558; general cash and cash fund, $96,547,951; investments, $30, 317,587; notes receivable, $70,248, 537, and materials, supplies, ship stores and the like, $143,400,297. Cabbage Plants. Frost Proof Cabbage Plants, Charleston Wakefield, Succession, Flat Dutch, by express. Ten thousand at $1.50 per 1,000; five thousand at $1.75; one thousand at $2.00; by parcel post prepaid, one thousand for $2.50; five hundred for $1.50; three hundred for $1.00; one hundred for 35 cents. Full count and satisfaction guaranteed. Lead ing varieties of Potato Plants in sea son. WATSON PLANT CO, Edgefield, S. C. Ode to the Hotel Dinner. My sympathy goes out to the miser erable shiner, Who misses the .first table at the big Turkey Dinner; He waits and waits; first stands, then ?sits, ' And the louder the turkey smells, the madder he "gits." One hour has passed and with a big whoop, He goes to the door-they're just passing the soup "Gpod Lord, have mercy!" he cries ? with a sigh, "Rush those people to a finish or I'll die.." I And again, after waiting two hours longer, \ With the odor of turkey growing stronger and stronger, He goes to the door and lo, and be hold, They sit there waiting for their soup to get cold! I He rips and snorts and tears at his hair, Jumps up and down in desperate despair, For hunger is gnawing his vitals intQ"|; a thread; His stomach thinks his mouth gone dead. Two hours more of this awful wait, It seems an age since last he ate;? I The turkey most gone-not even a smell, He couldn't feel worse if he were actually in H-! The door is opened, he looks in to | see % - If he can find a man with sympa thy; [He sees a gentleman with a smile on his face, And oh, how he longs for the gen \ tleman's place. The gentleman catches his eye and good man that he is, Gives him his seat so he can get down to "biz;" Then came waiters in white, from ? bountiful source And gracefully served him. with the dainty first course. Then boiled ham, turkey and Cran berry sauce; He cried "Three cheers for our host, Mr. Vause!" I He said with a smile, "This surely is great, I am fully repaid for the time I did wait." W. S. G. HEATH. ^ORSALET^ NO. 1 Ten-room dwelling with ti?|< j roof, almost new, within a short w?lk of post office. Completed with mod ern conveniences, electric lights, etc. ?Has garden, also corn and potato [land at premises. Ail out buildings. NO. 2. Twenty-one (21) acre farm. ( with seven room modern dwelling'.? with electric lights, and all out gu?di i ings. Has plenty of wood, pasture ( with water and -8 acres will make a j bale of cotton to the acre. Conve- ( nient to High School. Partly in, the \ town of Edgefield. ? NO. 2. Twenty-one (21) acre farm with seven-room, modern dwelling with electric lights, and all out build ings. Has plenty of wood, pasture with water and 18 acres will make a bale of cotton to the acre. Conve nierit to [High School. Partly in the j2 town of Edgefield. , ? lt E. J. NORRIS. J. D. HOLSTEIN Successor to Penn & Holstein Prescription Druggist Pure Drugs and Chemicals Our prices are reasonable. Our 75 years of service to the people insure efficiency and We olicit Your Continued Patronage GHR sw THE FEW MAS WILL ! PEOPLE, SUI FAMILIES. MADE EASY ASSORTMEN WE CAN SA Our Great St< in Order tc Goods, WE HAVE C THERE NEV COULD MAI THEIR CHRI COME TO WORD WE S ABLE AS WI EVERY ME? AND THE B MONEY. Abi EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CA Christmas Seals. The money with,which you buy christmas seals goes to help the South Carolina Anti-Tuberculosis Association. Is there any worthien :ause to be found anywhere? When rou go to buy your Christmas pres ?nts for those who are strong and veil think of those who are feeble md despairing and buy Christmas ?eals as a gift of gratitude . Barber Shop. I desrie to notify my friends and he public that I have engaged two idditional barbers and will hereafter >e able to give prompt service. No vaiting to be served in the barber hop over the store of Messrs. Rey lolds & Padgett. WALTER MORGAN. Head( mi SS WE HAV OF HOLIDA THINGS TH/ THE LITTLE WE HA^ FUMERY AI COME IN TO WE HA\ OF ALL KINI THE FACTOF AS BULK GO LARGE < AND HOLIDv TO FILL YOI You can purchase member of the fai Mitel DAYS THAT REMAIN BEFO BE BUSY DAYS WITH THE PPLYING THE HOLIDAY NEE YOUR SHOPPING WILL NO' AT OUR STORE BECAUSE OF T OF DEPENDABLE MERCHA VE YOU MONEY ON EVERY I )ck Redu3tion Si ) Close Out all \ Clothing, Shoes Underwear, etc UT EVERYTHING TO AND BI ER WAS A TIME WHEN T ?LE THEIR MONEY COUNT FC STMAS SHOPPING THAN RIG OUR STORE AND WE CAN PR >AY. SOMETHING USEFUL Ar> ILL AS BEAUTIFUL CAN BE B ABER OF THE FAMILY AT < EST PART OF IT IS WE CAN 'om Dai iROLIN A UNDER Hulls and Meal. We have now and will constantly! keepon hand cotton seed meal and hulls. Send us your , orders. Price in ! keeping with low price of seed. Farmers Warehouse, S. B. Nicholson, Mgr. FIRE!! Insure your cotton in the Seed or in Bales. I can give you insurance for j short or long term-one day up. The same for corn and other farm pro-j ducts. Better Be Safe Than Sorry. E. J. NORRIS, Agt. parters ?FOR Santa < E A LARGE AND WELL SELEC Y GOODS OF ALL KINDS, LT SANTA CLAUS WILL PUR FOLKS AND BIG ONES TOO. HS. A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTME1 VD TOILET ARTICLES OF ; SEE THEM. HE PLACED LARGE ORDERS I )S TO ARRIVE BY EXPRESS Fl Vf. SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL BOX] ODS OF ALL KINDS. JTOCK OF NUTS, FRUIT, FI \Y NOVELTIES. WE SHALL B IR ORDERS, BOTH LARGE AN a suitable Christmas nily at our store at a \Ams RE CHRIST EDGEFIELD :DS OF THE T ONLY BE OUR'LARGE NOISE, BUT 'URCHASE. 1 1 ff? de Continues I linter Dry | ti Hats :LOW COST, HE PEOPLE >R MORE IN HT NOW. OVE EVERY ID SERVICE OUGHT FOR )UR STORE, SAVE YOU J. S. BYRD Dental Surgeon Office Over Store of Qua rles &. Timm :rman Office Phone No. 3 Residence Phone 87 Eyes scientifically examined and glasses properly fitted. GEO. F. MIMS, Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. Claus TED STOCK JUST THE CHASE FOR NT OF PER ikLL KINDS. .OR CANDY RESH FROM ES AS WELL RE WORKS, ;E PLEASED D SMALL. present for every reasonable price