Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 11, 1921, Page FOUR, Image 4
E0tablial?*iUa35.
J. L. MIMS,~.Editor.
gfs -
Published every Wednesday in
The Advertiser Building at $2.00
..per year in advance.
Entered as second class matter at
. ?he postoffice at Edgefield S. C.
No cummunications will be pub
Sshed unless accompanied by the
writer's name.
Card of Thanks, Obituaries, Res
olutions and ' Political Notices pub
lished at advertising rates.
Wednesday, May ll.
Says a headline: "New York Bank
ers Will Help Export Cotton." That
sounds good.
? * * ?
Things are getting better. The
. -courts of Georgia have denied Herod
Nero Williams a new trial.
* . . .
Weevils hold high carnival when
-cotton is plowed up and replanted
shis late.
* * * *
The fellow who has been gold
bricked by a vender of oil stock de
serves but little sympathy.
* * * .
As soap can again be had two cakes
for a nickel, this deflation business is
not altogether bad.
- * * a
The way wives are shooting hus
fcands over the country, it's getting
io be doubly risky to get married.
" * * * ?
The decline of interest rate of the
Reserve Banks hasn't made it any
?better for us yet but we are hopeful.
? ? * .
Those in authority, financially, tell
xis that the worst has been reached
and that the country is again on a
.sound financial basis.
* * * *
That was speedy justice in Green
ville-the sentencing of a negro who
Hailed a policeman to die in the elec
tric chair within seventy-two hours
after the crime was committed.
? * ? *
Count Tebaikowsky, whoever he is,
says that . within ten years America
will be running Russia. Unless the
Russian Reds are kept out, Russia
?will be trying to run America in less
time chan a decade.
* * * *
' Did you ever see so many people
?wearing old clothes, old shoes and
"old hats before? It's a fine thing to
clean up as well as clean out one's
wardrobe occasionally. Better wear
old ones than to buy new togs and
.not pay for them.
?aaa.
They say gold is coming into this
country in such great quantities that
Uncle Sam hardly has storage room
for it. Would that his coffers would
, overflow and spill some of it down
this way! When did you last see a
piece of the yellow metal?
? * * .
"How wonderful is the transforma
tion wrought by a college course ! It
not infrequently happens that a girl
enters college with the simple name
of her grandmother and graduates
? with some Frenchy or finicky spelling
. of the beautiful old ancestral name.
How foolish!
* * * ?
Committing a crime and then at
tempting to run away from justice is
about like an ostrich hiding its head
in the sand. The means of apprehend
"ing criminals are too numerous and
' too varied for a fellow to make a
successful get away: Better face the
crime at once and get it off your con
science.
-* -* ?
t -Germany 'Taking Her Time.
Tt ?appears to ?us?that Germany has
been winning one long, continuous
victory since their suggestion of an
armistice was accepted. When thoy,
the Germans, wanted to lay down
-arms and quit fighting, the Allies
. agreed upon the terms of peace, at
least what amount Germany should
; pay by way of -partial reparation for
'.the devilment she had done, and now
for one flimsy reason and another she
in taking her own sweet time about
complying with it. Suppose for a
moment conditions were reversed.
Wtere .the Allies dewn Germany would
issue .a decree or mandate and it
would have to be complied with to
the letter within twenty-four hours
or less. Germany is putting off com
pliance with the Allies' terms until
it suits her to comply. It appears to
ns that England and France are lack
ing in real Red Blood. It will be a
lon, long time before order is fully
restored if the present dickering
.continues. y
Taxes Already Too High.
These who recently paid theil
as felt very keenly the increase
burden, being about double th:
the previous year. For 1920 th
levy in the town of Edgefield
more than 70 "mills and the lev;
1921 will probably be gre?ter
cause of the county bond issue
are informed- that at a meeting
yesterday the town council was
ed to pass an ordinance increi
the town levy for this year. To i
further increase at this* time Vv
be a great mistake. Already the
is too high and the town is suffc
because of this great burden of
ation. Outside capital will be slo
.come to Edgefield under even ]
ent conditions.
We knpw of several persons
are contemplating building ?ho
but they are hesitating becausi
the high taxes that have to be
on property in the town of Edgef
Whether it be due to high taxe;
not we do not know, but it is a
that the Standard Oil Compan:
planning to move its supply sta
beyond the town limits. It is but :
ural for people, whenever possi
to get their property out from ur
the enormous levy that we are
ready paying.
The Advertiser would like to
the building boom of a year ago
sumed in Edgefield, but until th
is a reduction of the present levy
say nothing of an increase, we can
reasonably expect it. What Edgefi
needs most now is retrenchment
curtailment of expenses, so the pi
ent levy can be decreased. Certaii
if retrenchment be made, a furt
increase should not be necessary.
.?**.'
Edgefield Boys Making Good.
As Edgefield's oldest business la:
mark, now in its 87th year, The i
vertiser is always pleased to learn
and record the professional and bi
ness achievements of young n
who go out from Edgefield to. larj
fields in order to give full play
their several talents. Just this wt
the achievements of two Edgefi<
boys-cousins they are, by the way
have come to our notice. One is
lawyer and resides in the capital
Georgia; the other a real estate de
er and business man of broad cali!
who resides in the national capita
It caused our heart to well up wi
pride yesterday when we read of h<
Solicitor General John Boykin li
completely overthrown, root a
branch, the incompetent and corm
police force, together with the poli
cal ring, which has shocked the o'
cency of Atlanta for several yeai
As a result of his able and determine
efforts the grand jury has returm
fifty indictments against men wi
have unblushingly sold out to tl
violators ''of law in Atlanta and .
Fulton county. This great victoi
was not accomplished without hai
work and much that was personal
disagreeable to the prosecuting a
torney, whose good name the vii
lators of the law made a futile effo:
to besmirch. Undismayed by hand
caps and discouragements, Solicite
General Boykin forged ahead unt
he aroused the public conscience c
Atlanta and gained a victory for goo
government and civic righteousnesi
which is without precedent in Fulto
county. The Advertiser offers heart
congratulations upon so signal a vic
tory, which is but another instance o
Edgefield's red blood being un
daunted.
A success of as great proportion
as the one above referred to but in ?
different field of endeavor, is that o
Mr. Felix Lake, another Edgefieh
boy whom we, and all Edgefield
love and honor for what he has dom
and is doing. Since Mr. Lake locatec
in Washington several years ago h<
has steadily forged his. way to th<
front. Besides being immenselj
wealthy is recognized today as on?
of the leading, if not the leading
authority on real estate values ir
Washington, his transactions mount
ing up into the millions. A clipping
from a Washington paper received
by a gentleman in Edgefiaid a fev?
days ago showed the cut of a large
apartment house, desirably located ir
Washington, for which Mr. Lake has
just paid ?3,500,000. When he walk
ed the streets of Edgefield a bare
footed and short trousered boy, seem
ingly but a few years ago, no one
thought that there was so much lat
ent force and power wrapped up in
his slender form. Many of his Edge
field contemporaries had more aus
picious beginnings but they haven't
made good as Felix Lake has. His
success and wealth have been achiev
ed with the Golden Rule constantly
before his eyes, and not through
trickery and short cuts. All honor to
him! It gives us pleasure to raise our
hats very high and bow very low to
this Edgefield boy who has made
good and who deserves the same
measure of honor as the men in the
' Senate or House but a short distance
from his office. Let us not think that
fame and honor come only through,
political channels. Frequently such j
fame and honor are cheaper and les
meritorious than that which comes
from other sources.
Miss Florence Mims Writes of
"The Playgoers" and "The
Florist Shop."
Dear Advertiser:
If anything could have been writ
ten on my heart for the past month,
the words would have been Senior
Plays. I, being the coach, have felt
like a mothef bird teaching her
I young ones to fly, or to be exact,
teaching the students how to con
duct themselves under the sway of
certain given emotions on the stage.
I well remember how I felt whe^
II first began rehearsing for our big
play at the Leland Powers School in
Boston last spring. It seemed to me
as I stood behind the footlights, that
I was a large oak or pine growing up
between the boards on the platform,
so well rooted that I could not move.
All I could do was to stretch my arms
and hands as my branches and twigs,
but soon found that I was as free J {
there as elsewhere, when I had once
gotten my sense of direction fairly]
fixed in this place -to wjiich I was
newly transplanted.
So the students here must have
felt, though behind their masks of
paint and^powder and their more ef-.g
fective masks of character, they re
vealed the thoughts of other people
whom they were impersonating, and
kept their own fears concealed.
It all depe> ds on the clay which ?
the potter has' to work with, as to
whether he deserves a great deal of "j |
credit or not in succeeding. If the'*
clay is soft and pliable he is but the
motive power back of it, and if the
clay is unyielding, he then deserves
double credit for making a thing of
beauty.
In my case, I had but to speak,
and the thing was done; but to sug
gest and the suggestion was taken;
but to work, and the students worked
with me, so the credit goes mostly to
the thirteen characters who were
wise enough not to mind giving two-.J
performances on Friday afternoon
and evening.
If I could have been in a dozen
places at once, invisible, I would have
been there, behind the scenes- (where
I was'in reality, book in hand) or out
in the audience clapping, for I knew
they deserved it, or out on the stage
spurring them on with a smile, for j
they knew also that I believed in, \
them everyone.' . .- "
In a way, it is more interesting to
see an amateur performance than a *
! professional, for though the profes
sionals may give perfection, the ema- .
teurs are so evidently trying that we
enjoy watching them. Their acting is *
a process of development, the other
is a polished product.
The first play was English. "The .
Playgoers,"' written by Sir Arthur ^
Pinero, and the leading man, *by A
chance, was an Englishman with a t
really good English name, Clarence (
Mitchell, while his wife, who to all j
intents and purposes should also have ?
been English, since they were sup- ?
posed to live in.London, was an Aus- s
trian, and would more properly have j
been a Viennese, but those are stage'
secrets that should not be revealed ^
for fear that you might think the do- j
mestic warfare was also a war of na- (
tions.
The six servants who were*the
other characters were mostly Finns,
and this isn't a fish story, but clearly i
the truth. i
I behaved myself very well, that is
I was calm and controlled on the out
side, as a school ma'am should be,
until the orchestra began to play and
nobody knew it then, but I was very,
very thrilled that the Red Sea cur
tain would soon part and my foreign
children might or might not embark
and arrive safe and dry on the other)
side.
But I came to from my good
dream, when the cheering of the au
dience informed me, not through |
words, but by a more intelligible
sound just then, that all had gone
well.
There is no other reward that can
be truly called a reward for labors
well done except the inner knowledge
and humble satisfaction that follows
fast on the heels of success, for after
all, success to me was the joy that
surrounded the achievement and not
the achievement itself.
After this first play had gone well,
I felt safer about the next one, "The
Florist Shop."
This time the curtain parted on a
scene of springtime, a florist shop)
with a show case filled with orchids,
violets, carnations and roses. There
were five characters in this play, an
Englishman, a Swede and three
Finns. One of the Finns took the part
of a Jew, and people are still talking
of his good Jewish speech.With the
aid of curling irons he made his hair
look quite Jewish, and a little paint
heel0F Progress
is kept rolling by the efforts of the multitude. The wheel of bargains has to be.
kept rolling by the efforts of the merchants making them. For this week we want
you to know of the effort we are making to do our part in keeping the wheel
moving.
...
We are -closing* out a special Igt of Ladies' Georgette and
Crepe de Chine Shirt Waists, assorted colors <^5^ Q&
and sizes, values up to $14.00, now going at f
EACH
$3.50 value at
$4.00 value at
HOUSE DRESSES
. $1.69
. . $1.89
$8.00 value at
$1.75 value at . . . ' . . 79c.
$2.OG value at.89c.
. . $3.98
ff For those who are in need of the above goods we only request that they come
H early and get their size before it is gone, for we hate to disappoint any one, but
8 first come first served.
if
? KEEP AN EYE ON OUR ADVERTISEMENTS FOR OTHER
I GOOD BARGAINS AND GOOD NEWS
Corner Store
jave him a realistic mustache.
The story centered around an old
naid and an old bachelor, who had
jeen in love for lo! these fifteen
fears. Through the clever scheming
>f the office they were brought to the
dtar together.
After the plays were over, the Se
nors gave a party and presented me
vith a lovely bouquet of roses, which
vere sweeter and bloomed brighter
;han almost any I have ever had giv
?n me. My heart was too full for
nany words, so I threw a kiss and
;old the thirteen they might share it,
;o they all jumped up into the air
simultaneously, to get the kiss whjch
! had thrown almost to the ceiling. I
As I left the building, after the af
?air, I heard many voices from an up
jer story window and it was the
?haracters in the play, and the other
leniors giving a yell for me in the
:haracteristic school way.
I have been a party to many yells
:'or other people before, but, I had
lever had one given for me.
So many joys were crowded into
me small night, that I shall have to
?ort them out and live them all over
igain, one by one through the years.
FLORENCE MIMS.
Aurora, Minnesota.
May 4, 1921.
U. D. C. Meeting.
(Written for last week.)
On Tuesday afternoon the U. D.
C. held the May meeting with Mrs.
P. M. Feltham, at her lovely old Co
lonial home in Bunlcombe, where in
spite of the inclement weather a
large number of the members gath
ered and enjoyed the gracious hospi
tality of the hostess. Mrs. J. M.
Wright called the meeting to order
and presided over the business ses
sion, the principle "feature of which
was a discussion of plans for Mem
orial Day on next Tuesday, May 10th.
Much interest was shown'in this oc
casion which the U. D. C. holds in
sacred remembrance of those who
gave their lives for the Cause and for
those who still live and are honored
Confederate Veterans in our midst.
The exercises will be held in the
Court House, beginning at 12
o'clock, where an interesting program
will be arranged,, with an invited
speaker and attractive music, Special
reserved seats will be provdied for
the veterans and the Daughters of
the Confederacy and school children
will march- in a procession to the
. liv VI*.
EXTRA !
FOR
0
COATS' SPOOL CO
TON AT.
With each cash purchase of i
Spools of Coats' Thread for 2
Remember that we have I
VOILES, ORGANDIES and
STANDARD PATTI
Trentoi
Phone
Court House after placing wreaths T
on the graves of the Confederate 1
dead. i
Committees were appointed to at
tend to all necessaiy details to make
the occasion one of interest and
pleasure to all who come on Memo
rial Day, written invitations having
been sent all veterans and their wives
and the honorary members of the 1
U. D. C. to be the guests of the Edge
field chapter at dinner at the Dixie j
Highway Hotel immediately after ,
the morning exercises.
The historical session, conducted
by Mrs. A. A. Woodson, historian,
was cf peculiar interest as she had
compiled from the old files of the ]
Edgefield Chronicle the history of j
the origin of the first U. D. C. chap- 1
ter, organized by Mrs. L. H. Pick
ens, the first president, and the pre
ceding events for several years. Mrs. .
Woodson deserves great credit for :
this valuable research work and hopes ?
later to' complete the history up to 1
the present time, giving a continued <
record of the work of the Edgefield :
Daughters of the Confederacy. i
Mrs. Feltham served delightful re- :
freshments, consisting of pink and I
white block ice cream and delicious 1
iced cakes, which her guests enjoyed J
in the warm and. inviting parlor, dec- <
orated with bright colored flowers, 1
a sharp contrast, ta the cold outside, <
?PECI?L
MAY
T: 5 cents
one dollar we will sell Five
5 cents.
JNUSU?L BARGAINS in
SWISS.
SRNS IN STOCK
' THE
9 LEADING STORE
le Se do
No. S
vhich was forgotten in the pleasant
lours spent under such charming
luspices and pleasant surroundings.
Injured on Clemson Athletic
Field.
Saturday morning Mr. J. R. Tim
nerman received a telegram from
Clemson College stating that his son,
Mr. Rhae Timmerman, was seriously
injured in an athletic contest Friday
afternoon. He, accompanied by Mr.
B. E. Timmerman, left at once in an
automobile for Clemson. Mr. B. E.
Timmerman returned Sunday after
noon, but Mr. J. R. Timmerman is
not expected home until today. While
the injury of Rhae was of a serious
nature yet not so serious as was ap
prehended when the telegram was
received, here. While he and about
fifty other cadets were playing push
ball, he fell and was seriously bruised
an the head and chest by other boys
Calling on him. He was unconscious
for nearly twenty-four hours, but
regained consciousness just before
dis father reached him. His friends
tiere greatly deplore the injury but
felt greatly relieved when they learn
?d that it was not of a fatal charac
ter. It is not believed that it will
:ause any permanent injury.
i'Yir'f'?TWWTBIJW?VI'' *.: r!r- .-.?.'