Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S?tablisiyi?ia35. . J. L. MIMS.Editor. Published everv Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at ?he postoffice at Edgefield S. C. "Nb cummunications 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 22. If you would enjoy Christmas .yourself, make others enjoy it. * * * * Where there is no Christmas jug lhere is no Christmas jag. ? * * * . "Make more and buy less" should "be the slogan for 1921. ? * * ? Make 'em, even if you. do break "em. We refer to New Year resolu tions. * ? ? ? No use to make and* resolution along the line of practicing economy. Conditions will force you to do that. ) * * * * ? ? Recipe for Christmas happiness: Urge the children to hang up as large stocking as usual and then do your test to fill it. * * * * Bo you read anything these long evenings? If not, you are losing a good opportunity to derive much real ^pleasure from good books. * ? . . Let the children's stockings be just as large and as well filled as usual this Christmas. They are children but once. ***.' If Christmas candy has declined in proportion to sugar, a* fellow can give his best girl a larger box than last Christmas. ? * * * Isn't it a fine thing that we can te happy even if we have no money in our jeans. It is not what a man has that makes him happy. * * * ? Great is the pity that the acreage of grain in the county is small-much smaller than usual, with the need greater. ? * * . The question right at this juncture with most of us is, "Where will I get the money with which to pay my .taxes?" . * * * * Almost everything for which mon ey has to be paid in Edgefield is marked down, except taxes. We have not yet heard of taxes being cut in half. * ?* * * The sausage season is more wel come than usual. Nothing is compar able to home-made, all-pork,- well seasoned sausage for the breakfast menu these crisp mornings. President Wilson likes Washington better than any of the other ex-pres idents, having purchased a stately mansion there for his permanent home after March 4. * '*."* .'The Lord will not look lightly upon .the wave of crime and unprecedent . ed shedding of human blood now pre railing in South Carolina. It is enough to call down His wrath upon ..so wicked a people. * * * * * * * * Are yon not glad that whiskey is not shipped to Edgefield now by the ?carload as in the old dispensary days? But to go a step further, are you not glad that the gallon a month law is not now in operation? and let's ..ali go still another step and say we .are glad that even a quart a month is prohibited. We are all getting ; along better without it. * * * * ~Ef Congress ever expects to do any thing worth while for the farmers of the country, now is the time. Most of them are "down" and a large por tion will be "out," unless speedy re lief is provided. If the present session preceded an election year, instead of following one, something would be done to relieve the masses of the people of the country. * * * * ^Governor Catts of Florida has threatened to take his shot gun load ed with ?buckshot to one of his politi cal persecutors, which sounds like one or more of South Carolina's for mer governors. Men higher up also make mistakes, and the greater the man th? greater the mistake. The hunter's license law is a gc law and is being enforced in t part of the county. It should be i forced in every nook and corner the county. * * * * Lookout for an avalanche of m riages Christmas, mostly of the m ried in haste and repent in leisi kind. Marriage was divinelyinstitut md is all right, but the relationsl should never be entered into lig] ly br hastily.. * * * * Edgefield people ai-e learning old lesson again to the effect that is mighty easy to vote bonds b mighty hard to meet the interi payments afterwards. The town ta es are something fierce, with no ho of a lighter burden for possibly generation. We have heard it sa that "what can't be cured must endured," but that's mighty co comfort right now. * * * * . More Drastic Law Needed. Hotels and merchants in cities a suffering from the passing of bogi checks, an evil which is tremendous on the increase.. It is very rare th; an honest man draws checks on bank that are not cashed. He eit er knows his balance in bank wa rants the drawing of the check or 1 feels confident that the bank will ii dulge him for a short season in. small overdraft. But the dishone: man, one who knows that he is ii suing a worthless check, is concerne about nothing at the time except ol taining the cash'or merchandise froi his victim for the check. There ls no1 a law on the statute books bearin upon this phase of dishonest dealin but it is not drastic enough. The lai needs teeth in it that will make i a terror to evil doers of this class Victims of worthless checks wi] agree with us in this position. . k ? ? ? ? Japan Preparing For the Future. It is reported that Japan has se cured an option on a tract of land ii Lower California for a naval base which is but another step in the pre paration for war against the Unite< States. Mark our prediction, no many years will pas? before then will be open v conflict between th< United States and" Japan, and unies! war is averted through the interven tion of th^e League of Nations oi some other peace-making promotinj agency, there must be a resort t( arms, if our national honor and in tegrity are preserved. Such a situa tion is not pleasant -to contemplate but, if "coming events cast their shae ows before them" some of the shad lows are already discernable. If it be true that Japan has secured an option on a tract of land in Lowei California as a base for naval opera tions, some means should be devised for thwarting her plans. . * * * Banks Have Dealt Generously. We believe the worst of the finan cial stress is over and the banks of South Carolina, particularly the banks of Edgefield county have weath ered the storm well. Wherever and whenever possible banks have in dulged those whose notes they held. Had banks not adopted so liberal a policsy the blow would have fallen heavier on our people. Possibly many persons would have profited however, if the banks had forced them to sell their cotton when the staple was sell ing around twenty-five cents, instead of permitting them to store it. Our observation has been that the banks of Edgefield county have all along been disposed to meet the people half way and more. While there may be some cases in which they have urged and forced payment, sound business and policy requiring it, yet in the main the bannks have dealt generously with their patrons. * * * * Moral Parasites. There are some people in Edgefield who would be mortally offended if told they were parasites, and yet that is just what they are. We are re ferring now to moral parasites. Edgefield of today is not the same Edgefield of several decades ago. The moral tone and the atmosphere of our community have been changed, and this improvement of moral con ditions did not come without an ex penditure of time, effort and money on the part of a goodly number of our people. There are, some who are sharing the benefits of this moral transformation without giving any thing in return, absorbing everything and giving out nothing. They are thus proving themselves to be morai parasites, living upon the sacrifices and fruits of the labors bf other peo ple. There are parents who are rearing families in Edgefield whose children are being made better men and wo men by reason of the influence of i the churches in Edgefield, and yet some of these men and women are willing in their selfishness to let others bear the burden of supporting the churches. They are satisfied to have a very small part in supporting the churches. Such men and women, wherever you find them,* belong' to the moral parasite class. Edgefield's churches, more than anything else, make Edgefield a fit place to liv-e in and to rear families in, and every father and every mother should have a part in supporting the churches in proportion to their financial ability. In so far as they fail to measure up to? this obligation they become moral parasites. Lovely Occasion. The December meeting of the D. A. R. was held with Mrs. L. S. Ker naghan on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'cclock. Mrs. Frank Warren, Regent, presided and the minutes were read by Mrs. A. A. Woodson for the secretary. The historical program was Tim rod's "Christmas," a poem read by Mrs. Woodson. . # v A sketch of William Pitt and a-his tory of the statue in Washington Park, Charleston, was read by Mrs; Tillman. Miss Margaret May gave Chopin's "Impromptu" for which the chapter was very grateful. Miss May is*a gifted pianist. Mrs. N. G. Evans read a paper on "The Stamp Act Congress" which had been prepared by Mrs. WV, C; Tompkins who was detained from the meeting. At the close the program for next month was read as follows: Vocal solo, Miss Miriam Norris. "Poem to the Old Year," Mitchell Wells. Romance, Mrs. Hollingsworth. Payment of dues. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. J. L. Mims, January 18, 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. James 0.'Sheppard was wel comed as a visitor to the meering? The hostess assisted by Miss Ro sela Parker and Mrs. Yonce served a dainty salad course followed by coffee with whipped cream and fruit cake. i A Dream. "I stood on the b^nks of a beautiful river, The sands of its shore as of gold; My soul1 was enraptured by the thought of the Giver Of all this glory untold. As I gazed on that shining river With eyes that looked from my soul, The sight made my. very heart quiver, As wonder upon wonder did unfold. At last the silence was unbroken By music I'd ne'er heard before, And I saw that this was1 a token To look on the opposite shore. I heard swift wings near me, too,' ' "And a voice whispered softly, "Be hold God's angel band before you; i This the city of which you've been told." In the midst my dear Saviour was standing, There were marks of the thorns on his head; On His hands I saw scars, as uplift ed commanding, He said, "It is I, be not afraid." One by one, they all took their placesj As the procession moved on in re view; I saw hundreds of familiar faces, That in days gone by I knew. Then behold I saw there one other, Her face to me brightest did seem; My heart leaped with joy, 'twas my mother! 1 Overcome, I awoke, 'twas a dream. But dreams like this will come true some day, If you act well your part.' For Jesus will give you a home with out pay, If you'll rent Him a home in your heart! . W. S. G. HEATH. FOR SALE: Pecans at 40 cents jer pound, delivered at my home. Miss VIRGINIA ADDISON. 12-8-3t. Notice. The annual meeting of the policy lolders of the Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance Association will be leid in Greenwood on Tuesday, Jan aary 4th, 1921. J. R. BLAKE, Secretary. Greenwood, S. C., Dec. 20, 1920. Only One "BROMO QUININE" ro get the genuine, call (or full name. LAX? TI VE BROMO QUININE. Look (or Signatare o' E. W. GROVE. Cur? a Coldln One Day." Stopi cough and headache, ?nd works oft cold. 25c WE WISH A Merry Christmas AND Happy New Year To All Our Customers and Friends * TAY the coming year bring them all health, happiness and pros perity. Times just now may be tight, due to market conditions, b. , pause and consider how our forefathers had to do with less after the Civil War. All our money was worthless. Food and clothing had to be purchased at prices higher than they have been during the war times just past. Again we repeat Be merry and happy on Christmas day and forget your troubles for that day, at any rate, and ruminate on the fact that the birth of Jesus Chrisi in the manger at Bethlehem is the true reason of what you are to-day We wish to thank tour customers and Mends for their patronage of the past, and trust that the coming year will merit the trust placed in us in the past Dont forget to be on hand Friday, 3 P. M. As the numbers for the prizes will be drawn for then If you hold three tickets you may win all three prizes-who knows-it is possible. You lose nothing if you don't win, as all our sales made now are bargains. REMEMBER: that HALF Price, ONE-THIRD Off and TWENTY Per Cent on every thing in the house. Come and look us over when you have to make those Christmas purchases. . As a big help to those who owe us on account we will give them a discount of 3 per cent on their account when paid in full between now and Jauuary 2, 1921. The Corner Store