Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Harding Favors Smaller Force. Marion, Ohio, Jan. 7.-The plan of JKepublican leaders in congress to limit the peace time strength of the army to 150,000 was given approval today by President-elect Harding in a conference with representative Kahn of California, chairman of the bouse military committee. "Senatro Harding is in complete accord with our policy," said Mr. Kahn .after a long talk with the pres ident-elect. "He is deeply concerned about reduction of the burden now resting on the shoulders of tax pay ers and he believes much can be saved by reducing the army strength -to 175,000 as soon as possible and then working it down to 150,000 as a continuing maximum. "I am sure Senator Harding does not believe that the millenium has ?come but 1 do not think he is expect ing trouble in the near future. The conference at which were Mr. Harding also indicated his desire for a well organized reserve force, was one, of a series he is holding with congressional leaders in charge of military and navy legislation. Soon he is to see Chairman Butler of the house naval committee to urge re trenchment in that arm of the ser vice and to shape a continuing policy for naval armament. Although the army occupied the president-elect's major attention to day, many other questions were talk ed over by him in the course of a busy' string of conferences. One vis itor who attracted particular atten ion was Andrew W. Melton of Pitts burgh, publicly indorsed by Senator i Penrose of Pennsylvania for secre- j tary of the treasury. He had a long conference with Senator Harding at which he said general conditions wei'e discussed. The qualifications of Sherman P. Houston of Missouri for secretary of agriculture were urged upon the president-elect by a delegation from that state. They brought a formidable array of indorsements by Republican lead ers, farm organizations and livestock men of Missouri. Among other call ers were: E. Finley Johnson, a mem ber of - the supreme?court of the Phil ippines;. Clarence B. Miller, secretary nf t.hp. Rennhliran national comp"*- - Iii *JL ic order, receiving initiation into the Mystic Shrine at Columbus, where on Wednesday he was made a 32nd degree Mason. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7.-With '. 250 other candidates, President- 1 elect Harding today became a mem ber of the Mystic Shrine. He also was given a membership in Aladdin , Country club, a local organization ] made up of Shriners only. Jury of Six Women. At Anderson, in South Carolina, j a magistrate's court jury of four j matrons and two unmarried women ] has just presided in judgment in the ? case of a negro charged with stealing ? two chairs from a kitchen. The ac cused was found guilty and a fine of $10 was imposed. i The press associations have herald ed'the trial-the composition of the jury-as a novelty; have telegraphed { the details over the country. Before the year 1921 shall have expired, we will see many juries of ] women; not only in distant states and cities, but in Georgia and in Augus ta. We have not, as yet, fully real- , ized the fullness of the meaning of , woman suffrage. We are not only to j expect the woman juror, but the wo- ] man member of council, the woman J school trustee, the woman magistrate, . the woman civil service commission- , er, the woman mayor. And there is , every reason to believe that it will . all be for the best.-Augusta Chron- . icle. Not Is As Rich As Croesus. If you were as rich as Croesus you could not buy a better remedy j for constipation than Chamberlain's ] "Tablets. They are easy and pleasant ? to take and when the proper dose is , taken produce a mild and gentle ef- : feet. They also strengthen the diges- : tion. i For loans an real estate. See CLAUD T. BURNETT, Lawyer. Over store of W. W. Adams & Co. 7-7-20 ! FOR RENT: A two-horse farm, 1 good land, near Mr. Darling Jack- ] son's in the Philippi section. Apply to Dr. W. P. TIMMERMAN, l . .. ? Batesburg, S. C. Mrs. Dunovant Urges Regis tration of Women. The names of all women who have registered in Edgefield county are listed below. As you will see, quite a representative body of women from every part of the county. It is now the duty of every woman to register and get herself in shape and have'her power in readiness for future use. The time is not far distant when you will get a new viewpoint of the political life of your country and see the necessity of your taking part in it. The registration books are now open every first Monday.and we urge you to get yourself registered and to see that those of your household who are eligible do not neglect this duty. Edgefield: Mrs. E. E. Adams, Miss Ella Bates, Mrs. J. S. Byrd, Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, Mrs. L. W. Cheatham, Mrs. Kate Cheatham, Miss Sarah Collett, Mrs. W. L. Dunovant, Sr., Mrs. W. L. Dunovant, Jr., Mrs. J. W. DeVore, Miss Charlton Dozier, Mrs. Cattie DcLoach, Miss Ethel DeLoach, Miss Annie DeLoach, Miss Ruth DeLoach, Miss Mamie. Dunovant, Mrs. R. L. Dunovant, Mrs. N. G. Evans, Miss Mary Evans, Mrs. P. M. Feltham, Mrs. Hallie Greneker, Mrs. S. B. Hill, Miss Ina Hill, Mrs. J. G. Holland, Mrs. May Hartley, Mrs. J. E. Hart, Jr., Mrs. B. B. Jones, Mrs. L. B. Jones Mrs. O. D. Lamb, Mrs. J. L. Minis, Miss Sadie Minis, Mrs. Kate Mims, Mrs. I Mukashy, Mrs. L. T. May, Mrs. George F. Minis, Mrs. B. L. Minis, Miss Eliza Mims, Miss Sophie Mims, Miss Katherine Minis, Mrs. S. B. Nicholson, Mrs. E. J. Norris, Mrs. Helen S. Nicholson, Mrs. W. G. Ouzts, Miss June Rainsford, Mrs. T. H. Rainsford, Miss Gladys Rives, Mrs. J. C. Sheppard, Mrs. W. R. Swearingen, Mrs. H. H. Sanders, Mrs. H. A. Smith, Mrs. L. P. Smith, Mrs. M. N. Tillman, Miss Ruth Tomp kins, Mrs. G. W. M. Taylor, Miss Helen Tillman, Mrs. A. A. Woodson, Miss Hortense Woodson, Mrs. R. L. Young. / Johnston: Mrs. J. W. Brown, Mrs. Bessie Bean, Miss Edna Bailey, Mrs. W. P. Brooke, Mrs. 0. D. Black, Mrs. C. P. Corn, MrsJ. W. Cox, Mrs. M. P. Car son, Mrs. Mattie W. Denny, Mrs. J. A. Dobey, Miss Antoinette Denny, Mrs. J. L. Derrick, Mrs. H. G. Eid son, Mrs. Olin Eidson, Miss Mamie Eidson, Mrs. Ida Edwards, Mrs. Sa die Hill, Mrs. Annie Harrison, Mrs. T. R. Hoyt, Miss Ella Jacobs, Mrs. Nettie Jacobs, Mrs. P. N. Lott, Mrs. A. P. Lewis, Mrs. W. E. LaGrone, Mrs. J. A. Lott,. Mrs. L. C. Latimer, Mrs. L. G. Mitchell, Mrs. John Mor ley, Mrs. S. G. Mobley, Mrs. E. L. Mobley, Mrs. W. B. Ouzts, Miss Zena Pavne. Mrs. F. L. Parker, Miss R?ch te Trenton: Mrs. F. C. Black, Mrs. J. H. Court ney, Mrs. P. B. Day, Mrs. S. E. Long, Mrs. G. F. Long, Miss Sadie Long, Mrs. J. W. Miller, Mrs. W. L. Marsh, Mrs. 0. E. Padgett, Mrs. Rudolph Swearingen, Mrs. E. N. Smith, Mrs. A. C. Yon ce. Meeting Street-Elmwood: Mrs. H. H. Bledsoe, Mrs. J. R. Blocker, Miss Flora Ouzts, Mrs. J. J. Padgett, Mrs. J. M. Shaffer. Meriwether, North Augusta: Mrs. F. B. Barker, Mrs. Anna B. Barker, Mrs. J. G. McKie, Miss Ma rnie McKie, Miss Mary A. McKie, Mrs Danice McKie, Mrs. R. E. Mason, Miss Ella Mealing, Miss Susie L. Mealing, Miss Mary S. Mealing, Mrs. 1. P. Mealing, Miss Agnes Rowland, Mrs. W. M. Rowland, Mrs. W. A. Stevens, Mrs. J. T. Reese. Colliers: Miss Essie Bussey, Mrs. E. M. Miller. Cold Spring: Mrs. W. R. Barnes, Mrs. H. W. Ruarles, Mrs. M. H. Talbert. Ropers: Mrs. W. J. Lanham. Bad Cold and Cough Cured by Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. Several years ago C. D. Glass, Gardiner, Me., contracted a severe :old and cough. He tried various med icines but instead of getting well he kept adding to it by contracting fresh colds. Nothing he had taken for it was of any permanent benefit until a druggist advised him to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says "I was completely cured by this remedy and have since always turn ed to it when I had a cold and soon find relief." WANTED: Men or women to take orders among friends and neigh bors for the genuine guaranteed ho siery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75 cents an hour spare time or $36.00 a week for full time. Expe rience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills, Morristown, Pa. For Sale. Cleveland Big Boll cotton seed. Seed from Wannamaker's last year md ginned on private gin. Yield 40 bales on 36 acres in nineteen-twenty. Price $1.00 per bushel in January. B. R. TILLMAN, Trenton, S. C. The I Better Part ' K g By MURIEL LEE q <?. 1920, Weitem Newspaper Union.) Love and charity had played im portant parts lu the career of Mark Wallace, and he had entered into the sentiments of thc- same with earnest ness and faith. U; only one woman had he bestowed li t- fervor of a stead fast affection, had basked in the sun light of her smiles for a brief period, and then she had flitted like some heautiful bird and he was left deso late. Esther Wayne had Irccn very friend ly to Wallace, and had he been of a more venturesome nature he might never have lost her. Unexpectedly Miss Wayne liad become heiress to a fortune. It took her away month, settling up an esrate. Irr^e meantime extravagant stories -of lier wealth carno to the ears of Wallace. She and her young brother, Sidney, were to return and build thousand dollar miinsion,~.'i It placed thc Waynes on. a social and moneyed prestige1 ly daunted Wallace. H obscure-how cou lr! be e! win this rare paragon of fortuno. He decided that/ft1 best for his peace of .mind to\f?p' away and try to forget lier. This in fact-be never did, but he was somewhat buoyed up by his suc cess in securing a position in tho city at thrpj^times his former country town salary> 'He made steadfast progress and this was well, for it took his mind away from sorrow and despair. He settled down to a quiet, steady going life and sought in kindly deeds a com pensation for the loss of love. If he had ouly known it, Esther Wayne had come back to her native town hoping to find him there, and disappointed and more than that when she learned that he had left the* place permanei tly. It was natural that she should decide that be had never cared for her outside of casual aequaintarrc-e ship. For a long time Esther cher ished her own dream of affection, then sought to banish Its memories and married a man, Eris Danvers, who sought her only for her fortune, dis sipated nearly half of It aud left her a widow at the end of a year. Esther had gone through an experi ence that ages the soul, and the old home and old friends too had grown distasteful to her. She removed, to the city where Sidney, then only ten years of age, could receive the benatits of a superior education. They neide .......uScr or our nrm and 1 heard his history today. He has been with the house for five years and his name is Mark Wallace." Esther was startled and a flutter of emotion crossed her face, but she was unobserved by those present. She was eager to hear more. ? "He's the friend of everybody in the establishment and jolly as can be always a word of cheer from the old bachelor, as they call him. One of the fellows at one desk told me that Mr. Wallace was disappointed in love years ago, and that he has never looked at a woman since his first love disappointed him. I just tell you this because he doesn't act like the forlorn pining lover with a broken heart. He just pulled himself together and sought a new line of Interest-being good to others. They say that from the first day he came to the store be faithfully put aside exactly half of his earnings Every Saturday night he starts out to spend this surplus, dresses up in thc most commonplace way, goes down In to the slums and hunts fof poor fara! lies in trouble, neglected children, the sick, the weak, the unfortunate. Makes a. system and a business of it. He has compensated for the loss of the love of one woman by cherishing that of the whole world." Esther managed to see Wrallace sev eral times during the next mouth, but always at a distance. He had Improved with the years. The beneficent ex pression of his calm, yet pleasant face told of an unselfish and a sacrificing soul. There opened up no way - that brought them together, although Es ther looked for that welcome material Ization. Then her constant thoughts of Wallace were broken in upon by an occurrence that distracted her. Sidney Wayne did not return from school one day, and no trace could be secured of him. The police were satisfied that a band of city ruffians had abducted and were holding him in captivity to force his wealthy sister to ransom him. Esther was heartsick with anxiety ami dread. She was mourning over tlie new trouble that had come to her, when one afternoon she heard welcome tones in the hall below her room and she rushed down stairs to fold her losf brother in her loving arms. And with him was Mark Wallace, and soon Esther knew that through his acquaintance with the poor and lowly there had eventuated a clew to the whereabouts of the kidnaped boy. "I have always shared my love with you, Wallace," confessed Esther a month later when reunion had brought a mutual happy understanding. "Let me now olia re your life of good deeds, and hand i,n hand, and soul to soul forget the mistakes of the past/* SUMMONS FOR RELIEF COMPLAINT SERVED. State of South Carolina, C' nty of Edgefield, CoUi ' Common Pleas. rs Bank of Edgefield, S. I .iff, Against Chamberlain Martin and The Peoples Bank of Edgefield, S. C., Defendants. . To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re o.uired to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is here with served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to che said Complaint on the Subscriber at his office at Edgefield , Court House, South Carolina, within Twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of, such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Com plaint. EDWIN H. FOLK, Plaintiff's Attorney. . Edgefield, S. C. Dated December 29th A. D. 1920. V/. B. Cogburn, (Official Seal) Clerk C. C. P., E. C., S. C. To the Defendant Chamberlain Mar tin above named: Take notice that the Complaint in this action, together with the Sum mons of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas at Edgefield, in the County of Edgefield, State of South Carolina, on thc 29th day of December, A. D. 1920. EDWIN H. FOLK, Plaintiff's Attorney. "Attest : ' W. B. Cogburn, (Official Seal) Clerk C. C. P., E. C., S. C. l-5-3t. 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, 1(ini I payable October, .920. -.shall not '- ..J 1920 the ed to add for Janu r", ii lOAca 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- 14 For Blocker_ 8 For Blockev-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 Eimwood 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- 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 the 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 prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $4.00 commuta tion tax or work 4 days on the public roads. 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. Eyes scientifically examined and glasses properly fitted. - GEO. F. MIMS, Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. FRESH TENNESEE MULES Just received a car load of good young Tennesee mules. They are as good as can be raised anywhere, and a whole lot cheaper than last year. BEN. L. ROLSTON Notice to Builders! We have Beaver Board, Beaver Board Strips, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Ceiling:, Siding, Flooring,, Mantels, Store Fixtures and all kinds of high-class mill work. Designing; and estimates carefully furnished. Ju&t received large shipment of Red Cedar Shingles, 100 per cent rift. Car load of Beave: Board just received at a reasonable price. Yours for Prompt Service, Wright Sash Door & Lumber Co, JOHNSTON, 3. C. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Feeds Gloria Flour and Dan Patch Horse Feed Our Leaders Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks > Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. Get Our Drag Saw Prices We have a high power, fast-cutting outfit, forced feed-a complete power plant in itself fer sawing logs to any length. Does the work of 6 to 10 men. Lever control of blade while engine is running. Send for Engine Catalog Showing Gasoline Engines 2 to 12 H. P., Power Saw Rigs and Drag Saws, all equipped with Bosch High Tension Magneto. Columbia Supply Co. 823 Gervais Street COLUMBIA, S. C. Starts and Stops Saw Lever Control BARRETT & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta Georgia Large Stock of Jewelry to Select From We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store when in Augusta. We have the largest stock of DIAMONDS WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY CUT GLASS AND SILVERWARE of all kinds that we have ever shown. It will be a pleasure to show you through our stock. Every department is constantly replenished with the newest designs. We call especial attention to our repairing department, which has avery improvement. Your watch or clock made as good as new. Work ready for delivery in a short time. A. J. Renkl % 980 Broad St Augusta, Ga.