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Establuiljru XH35. 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 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. J.._' . . . . . - Wednesday* January ?9. ^Wouldn't it stun you for a fellow to walk up, voluntarily, and hand you a V that he owed you? * * * * . One of the most violated com mandments today is: "Thou shalt not - '4dll.r' * * * f Put up th? "No Loafing Allowed" sign in Edgefield. There's a job for ?very man and every man should be <m a job. * * * ? The biggest fabrication yet pro mulgated is that you can buy this .or, that every day necessity cheaper than you can raise it. ? * * * Ara you reading anything these ?ong evenings? If not, you are let ting slip by unimproved a fine op portunity for intellectual culture. . * * * * Unfortunately, there is no limited SST restricted season for'sowing "wild oats." They can be sown the year round, night as well as day, Sunday as well as Monday. * * * * Mary Garden, world-famed opera . and movie star, recently said in re gard to prohibition-"I hope the .whole world goes dry. Prohibition is a-good thing for this country, and it will be a good thing for the world. I mean it." * * * . There are two Hardings in the :spot-light : President-Elect Harding .and Governor Harding of the Fed eral reserve board, and of the two , tie latter is the more important fig ure at this time in restoring a nor mal financial and industrial status.. .? * * * At most there are less than a score of men making and selling liquor in Edgefield county. Shall we, the re maining hundreds of citizens, allow . our boys to be debauched by less ? than, a score? Let's be men and stamp r>ut this the most pernicious form of lawlessness. * * * * Doubtless the originators of the . newly organized secret order styling itself the Ku Klux Klan were well naaning but they have been unwise in the selection of a name. The origi nal Ku Klux Klan filled a great need iii .its day but its day has passed and the name should pass with it. * ?''?? Women Elected to Office. Prejudice against women partici pating in public affairs and holding o??ice is gradually being dissipated in South Carolina. Yesterday, a woman was elected judg? of probate of Greenville county and among the candidates in Clarendon county to fill a vacancy in the House of Repre scnatitves one is a woman. .Hereafter in public life the fittest, intellectual ly, will prevail. Sex is no longer a tar io intelligence. In many parts of the country this prejudice against womanhood was broken down years ago, and now women are coming into . thiir cwn in South Carolina. * *' * ? .Cotton Acreage Reduction. "Tn ?his issue will be found an ap peal to the farmers from Mr. B. R. Tillman io sign the pledge to re duce the cotton acreage in 1921. The form of the pledge is also printed in this issue for farmers to sign. Hun dreds and hundi-eds of farmers in JEdgefield county should sign the piege and forward to Mr. Tillman. 'i hose who fail to reduce their acre . age this year and plant even a nor mal acreage of cotton, to the neg jtect of food crops, will be repenting' ..next fall of having made the mis fake, but it will be too late then. Besides, accomplishing a reduction :iin acreage, .the signing of the pledg es in great numbers over the cotton \bfelt will be a considerable factor in causing the price of cotton to ad vance, enabling farmers to realize . a better price for what they are hold ing. We can see no good reason for .-refusing to sign the pledge on the - one hand and can see several possible . ?Jvantages that will accrue' from i signing. Sign the pledge printed on ttne front, pa??e of,The Advertiser this \?w.eek and send to .Mr. Tillman. * * Education the Greatest Need. Tf called upon to. epitomize the .inaugural address of Governor Coop er, what one word, more than any other, would serve your purpose? Would it not be "Education?" which is the mighty safe and solid foundation to build an administra tion on, especially in South Carolina, which is at the bottom of the list from the standpoint of illiteracy. Building public highways,. foster ing agriculture and industrial enter prises ia all right, but the making of men and women of the proper kind ia the first and foremost duty of the nour. No sacrifice is too great, what ^yerit be, if it be made in the inter di Of the proper training and devel pment of our boys and girls. The Advertiser is pleased to hat the budget for 1921 as l'ec nended by Governor Cooper car iberal appropriations for educat 10th the public schools and the eges. We need both, but if eit nust suffer let it be the colleges lot the schools which are attended ;he great masses of our girls ; boys. The budget carries a mill loiters more for 1921 than the b ret of last year. This increase J ..-ound million dollars, is given to public schools. It is well. The Ad\ -iser desires to see large approp] :ions for education. Apply the pr lng knife to other appropriatic lopping off here and there where possible, cutting some of them the quick if .needs be, but again i again we say give every boy ? every girl a chance to get an edu tion.'We will cheerfully pay. our p tion of-the cost. * * * * Law Enforcement. The people are becoming arou? and will demand a better enfor rment of the laws of the land. 1 wave of crime that has shocked 1 sensibilities of the law abiding pi pie everywhere over the country, causing the pendulum to swing ba ?oward law observance. The peo] ere in Edgefield and in Edgefii county have grown tired of the op violations of some laws and are loc ing to the officers to bring about better condition. In two pulpits Edgefield Sunday strong sermo were preached ?upon law enforc ment. Governor Cooper has reque; ed every minister in South Carolii to preach upon this next Sunda which above all other things needs be stressed_ at this time. The law that is most flagrant violated in Edgefield county at tl time is the prohibition law, and tl people are expecting greater vii lance and activity on the part of. tl officers whose duty it is to bring lai breakers to justice. In their efforts, do this fhese officers should recen the moral support and active co-oj eration of the citizenship of tl county. A man may be in every oth< respect a good citizen, but if he unwilling to give the sheriff and othi officers information in his possessio that will lead to the apprehension ar arrest of a distiller or liquor selle he can not be classed as a hundrc per cent citizen. First be sure ye are right,- do not accuse an innocei man, then have the com*age to g ahead. .Your boy or some kinsma in whom you are interested may bi come an unsuspecting victim of tl vampires who distill and deal out i the darkvthe damnable stuff. It time for red blooded men to arous j^from their lethargy and get bus; tfThere is something a thousand tim< worse than low priced cotton an temporary, financial depression, an that is, for your boy, for the youn manhood of' Edgefield county, to b debauched. Should your boy, no: pure minded and innocent, become victim bf the -liquor seller then Will become enraged with righteou indignation. But it may be too lat* Better provide the ounce of prever tion through law enforcement. The Advertiser is writing in th (interest of the bright boys of Edge field county who have not yet forme I the drink habit-in the interest o the sweet pure girls of Edgefiel J county who are in danger of becom ing drunkards' wj&es-in the inter?s of the motherhood of Edgefield coun ty, mothers having always been th greatest sufferers from liquor-in thi interest of the homes of Edgefieh county, and against every devil in hi man form who would put the botth to the mouth of a boy or his fellov man in order to make a few dollars ARE WE NOT RIGHT? If you ans wer in the affirmative, then join u; in the fight against lawlessness ir every form and particularly against the liquor distiller and liquor seller Advertising in the Country Weekly. (Newark, N. Y., Union-Gazette) Advertising in the country weekly is .the most valuable advertisng in the world. Expert advertisers say it is not only the most valuable but the most scientific advertising in the world. Advertising in the magazines has to be general, for the reason that the average magazine you receive today was set in type several weeks ago, and the ad vertising copy was probably prepared several weeks be fore that. This means that advertis ers in the magazines have to antici pate conditions several weeks in ad vance of the time the copy is pre pared. This is not so with advertising in the country weekly, for the country weekly has the advantage over the magazine in that the weekly circu lates in a comparatively small terri tory and the name of the merchant or the business man who is selling the goods can be placed in the advertise ment. This is impossible in the maga zine advertising, which covers some times the whole nation. The Weekly newspaper also is con sidered the best advertising medium in the world by expert advertisers for the reason that it has a more inti mate association with the family than a magazine or a daily newspa per. No local merchant can afford not to advertise in weekly newspapers of the better class. It is a sad commen tary upon small town business men .that they don't see the advantage to them of carrying an advertisement in the small town paper every single week. Such an advertisement is the . msapest salesman that the merchant :an employ. The money spent in ad vertising in the better class,of weekly newspapers is an investment and not an expense; and it is the best-paying nvestment that the merchant can make; but not one in a thousand pub lishers of the weekly papers is com pensated anywhere near what he is worth to the merchants and to the community in which he lives and to whose interests he dedicates his life. Every editor of a weekly newspaper is constantly working in behalf of every merchant in his community, whether that merchant patronizes the' local paper or not; but every mer chant of every community, unfortun ately, does not have the business com mon sense and the business foresight to see that it is to his own personal advantage to help support the coun try editor by advertising-telling the people in the newspaper what he has, how it can be used and what is costs. Death of Little Bennett Tim merman. (Written for last week.) We do so earnestly sorrow with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Timmerman of Horn's Creek section, in their un speakable grief over the real true absence' of their purely white darling baby bud, Bennett, who blossoms in ; the Saviour's ; arms with. his unusual , angel-looking, bright black eyes, del icate face and beaming smiles, its little active, bouncing being, which / was spared to his grief stricken pa rents the stort duration of one year. He passed away January 3, 1921 at his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L, Bennett, Fort Mlil, S. C., and in terred there in the Unity cemetery. He had woven himself so tenderly into the hearts and lives of his fond parents, leaving also a little brother, J. P., who is so carefully trained as to have made little Bennett the. brightestof all his play toys. Dear parents,, for a surety you know just where to find your precious babe! Using expressions of my feeble views as they come to me, there is a voice of mighty power, at all times saying to each of us: "Through my many sun-ray lights, Let your pathway of deeds be right. They will bring you in gladness here; Then you will know the great joy This, my pearly white angel Ben nett boy." *'. ' " . . .. . "Let th?V7.children cb5$Je unto, me." Once ouri blessed . Saviour said. In His arms they will always be; God will give them bread. NEIGHBOR. 1920 Income Tax is Now Payable? * Work has been begun on the col lection of the income tax for the year 1920. Uncle Sam, through the Bureau of Internal Revenue, is ad dressing to every person in the Unit ed States the question, "What was your net income for 1920?" The ans wer permits of no guesswork. Every single person whose net income for 1920 was $1,000 or more and every married person whose income was $2,000 or more is required to file a return under oath with the collector of internal revenue for the district in which he lives on or before March 15, 1921. The penalty for failure is a fine of not more than $1,000 and an ad-, ditional assessment of 25 per cent of the amount of tax due. For willful refusal to make a return the penalty is a fine of not more than $1,000 or not exceeding one year's imprison ment, or both together with the- costs of prosecution. A similar penalty is provided for making a false or fraud ulent return, together with an ad ditional assessment of 50 per cent of the amount of tax levied. : Women Must Pay Tax. i The income tax applies to women as well as men. Husband and wife must consider the income of both plus that of minor children, and if the total equals or exceeds $2,000 a ; return must be filed. A minor who ? bas a net income in his own right of 51,000 or more must file a return. To j be allowed the $2,000 exemption a . married person must be living with husband or wife on the last day of the taxable year, December 31,,1920. ( Divorcees, persons separated by mu tual agreement, widows and widow- , ers, unless they are the sole support 3f others- living in the same house hold, in which case they are allowed 1 the $2,000 exemption granted the head of a family, are entitled to only $1,000 exemption. Tax Rate for 1920. The normal tax rate fer 1920 is ; the same as for 1919-4 per cent on the first $4,000 of net income above the exemption and 8 per cent on the remaining net income. This applies to every citizen-and resident of the United States. In addition to AW Only for are clean silk waist $12.00. ! In cottoi splendid 1 it purcha where-t up the co $1.98*eacl stock. W goods. The abov Wellwort They car workman the normal tax a surtax is imposed upon net income in excess of $5,000. Instructions on the Form. Full instructions for making out returns are contained on the forms, copies of which may be obtained from collectors-of internal revenue. Per sons whose net income for 1920 was $5,000 or less should use Form 104OA. Those with incomes in excess of $5,000 should use Form 1040. Revenue officers will visit every county in the United States to assist taxpayers in making out their re turns. The date of their ai-rival and the location of their offices will be announced by the press or may be | ascertained upon inquiry at the of fices of collectors .This advisory ser vice is without cost to taxpayers. Report of Near East Relief Work. Columbia, Jan. 17.-Miss May B. Meetze, executive secretary, and N. A. Boyajian, field secretary.for South Carolina of the Near East Relief have returned from New York where they attended a meeting of the Near East Relief workers. They report that representatives were present from practically every state. Miss Meetze said that a report of the achievements of the Near East Relief was submitted at the meeting. "This report showed that much has been accomplished," she said. "One million Armenians are now living who would have perished had not America gone to the rescue. "Five hundred thousand would have starved to death last year had not Near East Relief been there to represent the American people. "In Harpout, 6,000 children are jared for in comfortable dormitories. "Ten thousand homeless children are well housed in Alexandropol. "There are 227 other orphanages. "Altogether 110,000 children are under Near East care and are being [riven vocational training which wijl enable them to become self support in. "One Near East bakery located at Constantinople, alone produces two tons of bread each day. "The 63 Near East hospitals con tain 6,552 beds which are constantly full. "There are 128 clinics where all who apply are given treatment. those who wear wai lng up our entire ;s at $8.39 each, vak Season's latest styles i waists we offer values for that dolla se more than it will here are two lots, tton waists at C3 c % values up to. $4, 75, e are making room f e waists include f h< h and Worthmorc ft be beat for mat iship. ]ES FOR CASH a "Eleven homes are maintained for girls rescued from Turkish harems. "Five hundred and thirty-eight men and women, chosen in Americo are devoting their lives to salvage a nation.". Indications Are That Cotton Acreage Will Be Reduced. Columbia, Jan. 17.-Requests for additional farmers' pledges which are being received daily at the head quarters of the South Carolina di vision of the American Cotton asso ciation in this city would indicate officials say, that the pledges are be ing very freely signed. It was said yesterday by officials of the associa tion that practically no instance of j farmers refusing to sign the pledges j had been reported to headquarters. "You may rest assured, that old Abbeville county will de her full duty in the matter of reducing cotton acreage for the year 1921," says Capt. G. N. Nickles, president of the Abbeville county branch of the asso ciation in a letter to state headquar ters yesterday. He said that the meet ing at Abbeville last Monday was well attended and that the acreage reduc tion plans met with approval of the farmers and business men. George C. Price, president of the Lexingfton branch, reports that far mers of his "county are enthusiastic for the movement. F.- C. Thomas, president of the Clarendon branch, has written for additional supply of pledges for Clarendon county saying that the far mers were signing them freely in that county. * W. D. Morrah, president of the Mc Cormick branch, wrote that the mer chants and banks in that county had agreed to take the initiative in se curing pledges from the farmers. Stressing the necessity for a sharp ' reduction in acreage this year, the 1 South Carolina division of the Ameri- 1 can Cotton association has issued a - statement which says: "There are today about 19,000,- ; OOO bales of American cotton on hand, with consumption requirements 1 now indicated for less than 10,000,- ; 000 bales by August 1, 1921. With a : prospective carry over of 9,0000,000 ! bales next year, the planting of a : normal acreage in cotton this year : will be simple suicidal business polU ALE sts. We stock of ?es up to you two r. Make > buy else Cleaning ents and . all fresh 'or spring ? famous ? waists, erial and NLY cy, not alone for the farmers but for every business interest in the South. "There is but one sensible solution of the problem under such conditions and that is to reduce the cotton acre age on every farm so that npt exceed ing half a crop-or 6,000,000 bales will be harvested in 1921. "The American Cotton association is waging an intensive campaign in every cotton growing state through out the belt to reduce the cotton acre age 50 per cent by signed pledges from farmers, bankers, merchants cotton factors and fertilizer dealers. The business interests of the South are squarely behind the campaign and thousands of farmers are daily sign ing up the pledges and are determin ed to cut their cotton acreage half in two. " "The future of the South is at stake. Thc only way to prevent dis aster is to cut the acreage in half, increase food and feed crops and ad vance prices to cost of production plus a reasonable profit," It is sa al at the headquarters of the . South Carolina division yester day that the merchants of the state were signing their pledges very lib erally and that the bankers were also signing pledges very freely. ~^FORSALE. Extra Early King Cotton seed, grown by me. $1.50 per bushel f. o. b. Clark's Hill, S. C. Cash with order, or $1.25 to those who call with sacks at my home and get them. Come on Ruben and be ready to plant early. G. D. MIMS, Clark's Hui, S. C. ' l-12-8t. . For Sale. Cleveland Big Boll cotton seed, i Seed from Wannamaker's last year and ginned on private gin. Yield 40 bales on 36 acres in nineteen-twenty. Price $1.00 per bushel in January. B. R. TILLMAN, WANTED: The people to know that I now have Giles Butler, who is an expert horse shoer in my employ ment. Let us shoe your horses and mules. Satisfaction guaranteed. Don't forget also that we do all kinds of repairing in wagons, buggies, etc. M L. KEMP.