University of South Carolina Libraries
Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, May ll. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Laliah Wyman of Aiken is ;the guest of Mrs. J. H. Nicholson. Mrs. David Britton of Sumter is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Peak. Mr. C. J. Ramage of the Saluda har is among the visitors in Edgefield today. Mrs. Ida F. Sheppard has gone to Blenheim to visit her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Rogers. Mr. Orlando Sheppard attended a meeting of the Connie Maxwell Or phanage in Greenwood Friday. Mr. nad Mrs. Joe Trif eld of Aiken are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rubenstein. . Mr. George B. Harris of Hender son, N. C., is here visiting his daught er, Mrs. W. C. Lynch. Dr. W. E. Gibson of Richmond, Va., will preach in the Baptist church . next Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Alstock of ( Saluda - were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Mukashy Sunday. A meeting of the Civic League will ?he held in the room of the public li brary Monday afternoon aj^ five o'clock. Mr. Frank Suber of Union is the guest bf Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Yonce this week, being an uncle of Mrs. Yonce. / A musical comody entitled "The Microbe of Love" will be given in the Opera House Friday night under the auspices of the American Legion. Ad mission: Adults, 75 cents, children .50 cents, gallery 50 cents. Mr. Louis Weiner and Mr. ilarry 'Weiner of Barnwell, Miss Gussie Polikoff, Misses Dorothy and Mildred Sorasky, Miss Nellie Polikoff of Aiken spent Sunday in Edgefield as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ru fcenstein. ; . The attention of our readers is di rected to the following new advertise ments this week: The Corner Store, Israel Mukashy, A. J. Day of Tren ton, Stewart & Kernaghan, Collett Drug Store, United States Tires, Yonce & Mooney and R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The Standard Oil Company has purchased an acre of land from Mr. L. G. Quarks on the railroad beyond the trestle and will move their stor age tanks to this site. Mr. Howard Patterson of Columbia was in Edge field Monday surveying and making a blue print of the lot. Mr. John D. Hughey was among the visitors in Edgefield Saturday and his face was wreathed in smiles because of two things. First, a dear little girl, Edith Rowena Hughey, left in his home by the Stork and second, because of the good roads that now connect his home with the other parts of the world, Edgefield included. Much Tax Uncollected. County Treasuer J. L. Prince re ports that he collected up to the night of April 30, $172,691.65 in taxes, leaving about $37,000.00 un collected up to that tim?. Owing to the financial conditions, many per sons are finding it difficult to raise the money with which to pay their taxes. Have You Ever Been Real1 Mad? Have you ever been mad, real "mad? You may think so but you haven't unless you had a large sweet potato bed filled with plants ready to he set out and had five shotes break out of the lot at night and root the potato bed bottom side upwards. That's an experience The Advertiser man had this morning. Nothing was said but what was thought is not al together printable. Shoe Repair Shop. I desire to notify the public thai I have opened a shoe repair shop in the front room over the store of Dun ovant & Co., and solicit their patron age, guaranteeing all work sent out to be satisfactory. M. H. FULLER. A. 5-11-ltpd. Taxes Should Be Reduced. d:Ou!eh d.fqoCr uuRi fflxzfiflffffi xffl Instead of increasing the tax levy of the town of Edgefield, an effort should be made to reduce it. Every home owner who recently paid taxes is feeling and groaning under the levy of last year. On account of the heavy tax we are already paying, some people who want to build homes in Edgefield can hardly afford to do so. Dobson-Dobson. Mrs. John Calhoun Palmer an nounces the marriage of her daught er, Mrs. Harriet Palmer Dobson to Mr. Charles R. Dobson, of Greens boro, N. C., Friday, May 6, in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Dobson will spend the next two weeks in New York and then return to Greensboro, N. C., where they will locate permanently. -Augusta Chronicle. New Expressions. The English language is indeed a living language and constantly new words and expressions are being add ed to it. For example, the one who wields the sceptre in The Advertiser household says she has one hundred and forty-three chickens plus. Just how many chicks that means we do not really know,1 but what we want is, to see them get large enough for the flock to become minus one by one or, preferably, two by two each day. Bonds To Be Issued. Following up the action taken at a recent meeting of the stockholders of teh Dixie Highway Hotel Company authorizing a bond issue of $50,000 on the hotel property in order to li quidate all outstanding indebtedness against the company, Tuesday the board of directors engaged a leading and reliable firm of Chicago who deals in securities of that kind to sell the bondi. Tney feel confident that wealthy people of the North and West will invest their money in the j bonds. Attempted Escape From Jail. Sheriff Swearingen told The Ad vertiser's representative this morning that he went up in the jail Monday and found in the room of Elmer Hays, the white man accused of breaking into the stores at Trenton, a large hole in the-wall, made by re moving bricks. It was Hays' evident purpose to make his escape by this means. The county really needs a new jail and a new Court House, but the town and county are both so debt ridden and bond-ridden and tax-rid den that no improvements like that .pan be expected for a generation. .. - Masons' Banquet. The Masons of Concordia Lodge No. 50, A. F. M., will entertain their wives, daughters and sweethearts with a banquet at the Dixie Highway Hotel on Friday night, May 20th at 8:30 p. m. Present indications are that a large number of Masons will attend the affair. It is planned to have a few short talks during the evening. Several prominent Masons from other parts of the state have been.invited to at tend. Persons desiring to attend will please see any member of the follow ing committee : J. W. Stewart, James O. Sheppard, N. M. Jones, James Tim merman, Jr., and S. B. Nicholson. Interesting D. A .R. Meeting. The May meeting of the D. A. R. met on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Bettis CantelouXat 4 o'clock. This was one of .the most largely attended meetings held in some time, and sev eral visitors were present. Mrs. Ben" Miller, Regent of the Trenton. D. A. R., Mrs. J. D. Mathis, Mrs. Frank" Miller, Mrs. Susie Miller and Mrs. Wallace Wise were present from Trenton and Mrs. David Briton from Sumter. Mrs. F. M. Warren, Jr. presided over the business session and Mrs. J. L. Mims over the historical pro- : gram. An article on the first battle of the Revolution was read, and Mrs. : B. E. Nicholson read a paper on : "South Carolina, a Tree and Inde pendent State." The next meeting was announced ; to be held with Miss Emmie Lanham ; in 3une, this being the last meeting ? for the summer. The visitors were ] cordially welcomed and at the close ? of the program Mrs. Cantelou,. as sisted by Mrs. P. P. Blalock, Jr., : served sliced cream and caramel i cake. 1 The home was beautifully deco- : rater in Dorothy Perkins roses and : nasturtiums. i Death of Mr. John R. Tompkins. - John R. Tompkins died at his res idence, 1020 Henderson street, yes terday morning at. 4:15 o'clock fol lowing an illness of several months: Mr. Tompkins was a native of Edgefield, the son. of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tompkins, and spent the greater part of his life in Edgefield, moving to Columbia from Edgefield in 1917.lHere in Columbia he worked for a time with the governmennt and with the Southern railway, until forced by ill health nearly six months ago to retire from active business. Mr. Tompkins, up to the time of his illness, was actively interested in fraternal orders, being a member of the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Tompkins was also a faithful and consistent member of the First Baptist church. A public spirited citizen, Mr. Tompkins was well known both in Columbia and Edgefield, and leaves many friends in both counties, who regret his death. Surviving him are his wife, who, before her marriage, was Miss Eula-' lie Harris of Henderson, N. C.; three children, Miss Anna Elizabeth Tomp kins, George H. Tompkins and J. Robert Tompkins, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Warren and Mrs. Maggie T. Hill of Edgefield and Mrs. Ar thur Dean of Greenwood. Other rel atives in Columbia and Edgefield al so survive him. The funeral will be held at the residence, 1020 Henderson street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the funeral survices being conducted by the Rev. T. Claggett Skinner. Interment will follow in Elmwood cemetery, the services at the grave being in charge' of the Masons. Acting as pallbear ers will be a number of Mr. Tomp kins' friends from Edgefield.-The j State. ! It is needless to say that the people of Edgefield were deeply saddened by the announcement of the death of Mr. John R. Tompkins which occur red early Friday morning at his home : in Columbia. However, the announce ment was not altogether unexpected because of the long illness of which Mr. Tompkins has been a victim. He was a great sufferer, but received the closest and most devoted attention during his long illness. We was born and reared and pass ed most of his life in and near Edge field, being descended from the Al len and Tompkins families, two old and honored pioneer families of Edgefield county. Mr. Tompkins was an active factor in the community life before he removed to Columbia about four years ago. He served the town of Edgefield one or two terms as mayor, giving the people a very business like administration. Mr. Tompkins was am active member of the Baptist church while here and carried his church .letter to Columbia when he decided to make that city his home. Mr. Tompkins was an active mem ber of the Masons, both in Edgefield and in Columbia, and was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. Acting as pall bearers were a number of Mr. Tompkins' Edgefield county friends, several of them Ma sons: N. M. Jones, Paul L. Cogburn, M. P. Wells, C. E. May, C. A. Griffin and S. M. Smith. Surviving him are his wife, who, before her marriage was Miss Eula lie Harris of Henderson, N. C.; three children, Miss Anna Eilzabeth Tomp kins, George H. Tompkins and J. Robert Tompkins, and three sisters, ' Mrs. Frank Warren and Mrs. Maggie T. Hill of Edgefield and Mrs. Arthur Dean of Greenwood. , FOR SALE: Several good milch cows fresh to pail , half to three fourths Jersey. Apply to ' T. J. CALLIHAM, 5-l?-2tpd. Modoc, S. C.. Thick Spacing of Cotton. Clemson College, May 9.-Much interest is being shawn this season, says Prof. C. P. Blackwell, xagro nomist ,in the question of the "spac- ' ?rig of cotton for boll weevil condi tions. Many inquiries are being re- .' ceived by the agronomy division as to the best spacing of cotton. Prof. \ Blackwell's answer to such inquiries '. are that the observation and experi ment of our agronomists are in har- ' tnony with the experiments from Mississippi and other states tb the I ?ffect that thick spacing is best. "We have gotten larger yields 1 from thick spacing, and we believe that it is quite universally true throughout the country that thick spacing is best. We-believe that far mers generally have not been leav- j ing their cotton thick enough, and we have for several years been recom mending thick spacing of cotton. The Progressive Farmer states that eighty-four farmers have written for publication of their experiences in spacing cotton. Of these seventy-sev en have found that thick spacing in creased their yield, one is still ex perimenting, one gives his opinion without experimenting, that thin spacing is best, and five report better results with thin spacing. These far mers who have conducted . experi ments of this kind have in nearly all cases gotten best results from thick spacing. Miss Kate Mims- Is a Real Athlete. For the second time in succession the junior class won first place and the banner in the annual athletic meeting of the Greenville Woman's College, which was held Monday morning on the campus, and Miss Kate Mims made the highest individ ual score. The students and a number of friends witnessed the contests and the competition was keen at all times. The girls made splendid rec ords in running, jumping and throw ing and at least college records were broken. This afternoon the annual May Day exercises will be held on the green in front of the college. In the track meet the Junior class scored a total of 74% points; the Freshman class came second with 63 points and the Sophomore finished a close third with 62%. Miss Kate Mims, with the highest individual score, made a total of 49 % points; Miss Rene Joyce came sec ond with 31 and Miss Frances Moore, third with 26%. These girls were awarded block letters. The results follow: 60-yard dash-IMiss Lucille Wyatt and Miss Kate Mims tied for first place. Time 8 1-5 seconds. Running high jump-Migs Kate Mims; S feet 10 inches. Standing broad jump-Miss Kate Mims'; 7 feet 3 1-2 inches. This broke the college record of last year by five inches. Fifty-yard dash-Rene Joyce and Kate Mims tied; 7 1-5 seconds. Standing high jump-May Jones, 3 feet 10 inches. This broke the col lege record of last year. . Baseball throw-Miss Childers, 120 feet 10 inches. Basketball throw-Miss! Childers, 59 feet 6 1-4 inches. Running broad jump-Miss Fran ces Moorehead 12 feet 7 1-4 inches; -Greenville Piedmont. Is the Young Man Safe? "Is the young man safe?" The heart wrung cry Has an age-long ring that brings it nigh. 'Tis the nameless dread at the. fath er's heart, Ag he sees his son from the home depart; * 'Tis the burden of many a mother's prayer For her boy who wanders she knows not where; 'Tis the harrowing fear that will not sleep Till it plows in the forehead its fur rows deep. "Is the young man safe?" Can he safely tread In a patlv with crime and pitfalls spread? Can he pass unscathed through the devil's snares That are clustered thick in the city's squares? Can he rest secure when he little knows That his seeming friends are his subtlest foes? ? "Is the young man safe?" When in very truth His path is strewn with the wrecks of youth ! Safe? When the State protects the den That gluts it still with the lives of men? > Safe? When a man for a paltry toll May set a snare for a fellow soul? "Is the young man safe?" When our laws condone The "Thou shalt nots" on the slab of stone? . Is the young man safe? Let the Church ?nd State Heed D.avid's cry at the city gate; Let the city guard as its choicest wealth The young man's vigor and moral ; health. God make us wise-for the hour is near 1 When the youth is gone and the man ? is here. -Record of Christian Work. WANTED: 2 young hogs weigh ing 80 to 100 pounds, market price. A.pply\ at The Advertiser Office. WE CREDIT YOU With the good judgment and discrimi nating taste that will enable you tor recog nize our house as one of Fine Quality and Satisfactory Service PHONE US YOUR SUMMER WANTS WE ARE PREPARED COLLETT DRUG CO. Telephone 127 THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. V Capital and Surplus Profits - - - $190,000.00 Total Resources Over ...... $800,000.00 SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC Open your account with ns for the year 1921. Invest your savings in one of our Interest Bearing Certificates of. Deposit. Lock boxes for rent in which to keep your valuable pa pers, etc. All business matters referred to ns pleasantly and carefully handled. We Solicit Your Business. Consult Your Own Interest by Consulting Us When Buying ? . Metal or Composition Roofing Mantels, Tiling. Grates Trim Hardware Wall Board Doors, Sash, etc. FROM Youngblood Roofing and Mantel Company 635 Broad St. Telphone 1697 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Farmers Can Borrow Money Now The Federal Loan Act has been declared constitutional. The Federal Land Bank at Columbia will begin business soon. We have been author ized by the secretary of the local as sociation to take applications .from farmers for loans on real estate. All farmers who svish to borrow money j can procure application blanks at our office. Avail yourself at once of this opportunity. N. G. EVANS. C. T. BURNETT. Lombard Foundry, Machine, Eoi'er Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA" - , I Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane, Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and Repairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing Hose, etc. Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES Pumping, Wood Sawing and Feed Grinding Outfits. ' Most of the pain, we suffer is unnecessary. -Why continue to endure it-to sacrifice your youth, beauty, and enjoyment to it? The combination of simple harmless medicines found in . Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pifl? is especially effective in re lieving pain without ?ad after effects. For more than thirty-five years sufferers from headache, neuralgia, backache, tooth ache, sciatica and pains from other causes have found re lief by taking these pills. Why don't you try them? ASK YOUR DRUGGIST