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fdgefidd %kt?mt, J. L. MIMS,-_..Editor. U . _ -555555 !* Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year in advance. Entered as second elass matter at the postoffice at Edgefield S. C. ?Zo 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, August 3. A dollar seems to have more cents than it had a year ago. ? ? * * If it is yet written Great Britain, it should be. written Greater United States. * * * * King Cotton seems to be in about ? as bad a fix as a certain ex-kaiser in Europe. * * . m Put pretty silk stockings under the ban and skirts will be length ened. * * ? * If we are to judge from pastorless churches, the devil's havin' his day. in Edgefield. ' A bathing-beach established for1 men only would soon be forced into iwinkruptcy. *. * * * South Carolina's cotton crop is re-1 ported at about half of last year's and we'll do well to get that. * * ? . Have you ever heard of anybody I complaining of getting too big a watermelon for his mon?y?-not in Edgefield. I * * * * England's premier journalist may yet prove to be a greater man with the people of England than her Prime Minister. * * * * JBefore some men can consistent ly discuss dress reform this swelter- _ ing weather they will have to lay. aside some of their heavy togs. * * * * And still the wonder grows, with many a young swain, why candy has not declined in price along with sugar. * * * ? With the mercury registering 103 in Newberry, that city is nearer a \ "certain rich man's" place of abode ; than vre thought it was. About the stingiest man we know. of is the fellow who carries his false J teeth in his pocket most of the time j to keep from using them. Can you name him? * . * . The Columbia Record never pen ned a truer statement than when it said : "Bettter times will come when the world quits planning battleships and starts planning more schools." a-*'** Those of us who have suffered from Governor Harding's maladmin istration enthusiastically exclaim, "Lay on, MacDuff," when John Skel ton Williams flays the doings of the Federal Reserve Board. * * * * While the South is not famine stricken, yet this section is not get ting a square deal. When cotton glowers receive less than twenty cents per pound for the staple they are not getting what is due them. m m * m The State's chief health officer says small-pox and typhoid fever are increasing in South Carolina. Better clean up your premises. Con cerning typhoid fever, an ounce of prevention is worth a million pounds of cure. . * ? * Dearth >?f Ministers. "The harvest truly is plenteous T>ut the laborers are few," these 'words which were penned nearly two thousand years ago apply with equal force to conditions of the pres ent day. If not the decrease in the number of Christian ministers, cer tainly the lack of sufficient increase to supply the present demand is causing very serious concern. This is not peculiar to any particular de nomination, but all alike are suffer ing from a dearth of ministers. . It is stated upon authority that about sixty white Baptist churches in South Carolina are without pastors and are finding it very difficult to secure any one to .fill their pulpits. There are three churches in Columbia-Pres byterian, Episcopal and Christian without pastors and the vacancies in Edgefield are not easily filled. Just as the opening words of this editorial, taken from* Holy Writ, are apropos, so is the petition of the Apostle likewise peculiarly timely: "Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth la bourers into his vineyard." ? . * * Farm Demonstration Work. It is difficult to understand why a considerable portion of Edgefield county's citizenship are blind, at least apparently so, to the numerous benefits derived from farm demon stration work. Such a condition more than anything else emphasizes the need of this work in Edgefield county. The more progressive our farmers become, the more they un derstand and appreciate the value of the services of a county demonstra tion agent. Politics and demagog uery have had much to do with keep ing alive the opposition, it having proven in some quarters to be a pop ular string for false economists to harp upon. Practically all of the counties of the State, if not ?all of them, have a county demonstration agent. But Edgefield county has a demonstra tion agent only because a progres sive element of our citizenship, real izing the value and great need of this work, have contributed from their own private funds to supple ment the amount appropriated by the Federal government. The work of the county demonstration agent being promotive of the common good he should be paid out of the funds of the- county instead of by compar atively a few of our people. The Atlanta Constitution states the case-clearly in its appeal to the Georgia legislature to support the farm demonstration work. In a strong editoral along this line, the Augusta Chronicle quotes as follows from the Atlanta Constitution: "The house committee on appro priations acted wisely iii restoring to the general bill the state, aid for the farm extension work so as to make available the Smith-Lever, and other federal funds for the same. It is hoped the members of the assembly will see the wisdom of this item when the bill reaches the floor. "To shut down the extension work in Georgia, through county demonstrators and instructors in do mestic science, would be Jittle short of a calamity. It is the one system of schooling that is carried direct to the field and to the home. It has saved farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars in teaching them advanced methods of fertilizing, harvesting, packing and marketing. It has stim ulated community pride; competition among the boys and girls; and has served a great purpose , in making farm life attractive and inviting, so cially, as well as more remunerative, financially. "All of this will have to be stop ped if the state fails to provide a state aid to make the federal funds available. For every dollar spent in this work only twenty-five cents actually comes out of the state treas ury. Surely Georgia is not going to be penurious enough to tum down $?00,000 a year from the govern ment, for practical education in Georgia, rather than match it with a $130,000 appropriation." Lieut E. P. Gaines Assigned to Duty at Georgia Camp. Lieut. E. P. Gaines of the United States air service left Columbia yester day under orders to report to Camp Benning, Columbus, Ga., for aviation duty. Lieutenant Gaines has been stationed in Columbia since receiving his com mission in November, 1920, being al lowed to remain here to complete his studies at the University of South Car olina, from which he received hts de gree in June. He was also a pilot with the Carolina Aircraft corporation for one and a half years, proving himself as excellent a commercial flyer as he had proved himself during the war an excellent fighting pilot. Lieutenant Gaines is a veteran of the world war, leaving his studies at the university to volunteer for the first of ficers training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. He received his air commission January 2,1918, and completing his training as a flyer entered active service, going overseas as a member of the One Hun dred and Eighty-six aero'squadron. He also saw service in America as an in structor in stunt flying. At the close of the conflict -he returned to Columbia to resume his work at the univer sity.-The State. Barbecue at Colliers. The Colliers Base Ball Team will give a barbecue at Colliers Saturday Au gust 13, and will play two games of ball. The public is cordially invited to attend. JOE HAMMOND, Manager. Miss Matalee Lake Won Fa Through Writing a Shor Story. Wher? a certain teacher at Wes High school instructed members the freshman class to prepare arti dealing with the Persian history w they had studied since the begim of the present school term, it is tain that she did riot realize that was providing an outlet for the bition and unusual literary talen a 15-year-old girl.. Year after : the same routine is followed a means of demonstrating just how ' the girls and youth of the fresh] class have mastered the details of cient Persian's intricate history. But this year the unusual hap] ed, for as a result of the terse structions given by the teacher Western High school, there has . appeared through the medium of Terminal Press, of Washington novel that for rare literary simpli pure English and thrilling roma cism is likely to stand for many ye as a model for present and fut authors of Washington and e where. "As Strong as the" Hills," by M? lee T. Lake, daughter of Felix L a Washington real estate operator, 2800 Wisconsin avenue, can corn ly be termed a book of surprises, : only to the staid, practical sch teacher at Western, and Miss Lal family and friends, but even to M Lake herself. Always Longed to Write. It is true that the 15-year school girl has dreamed as only girl can dream of that wonder "some day" when she would see 1 name on the title page of a real ni el to^ be read by those who love 1 erature as she, despite her you loves it. But from her own lips con the admission that she did not belie for an instant that the wonder woi be performed for years to come. "I have always longed to writ? said Miss Lake, as she gazed wi the happiness gleaming from h bright eyes, at the first volume her book to come from the print? "But I didn't dream" that this j should come to me so soon. In fai I always^ have believed that o: should learn to write by constant ? fort and practice, just as one lear to do\ anything else that is useful^ "When my teacher told us ' o wri something of the Persian histo: which we had studied, I decided th it was a chance for me to begin n apprenticeship, so I began to wri the story. I know I worried dad ai the other folks at home, for as tl story gradually unfolded itself in n mind and I put it on paper, I insist? on reading it to them. I even toe the partly completed story to n teacher and though she praised and told me to go ahead, she seemc to believe that in the final analys a novel would be. too great a ta? for me." Persia's War With Greece. The story unfolds a realistic tal of Persia's war with Greece, th death of the beloved mother of th hero, a Persian nobleman ;^he fligl of a princess from bondage^ in Greek nobleman's household, her mai riage to the Persian nobleman whil incognito, the kidnapping of th bride, a battle between the Persian and the Greeks, the rescue of th princess from the clutches of th Greek nobleman by her husband am the final triumph of marital love am peace between the peoples of the war ring nations. Strange, though it may be, Mis Lake has one of the characteristic: which one would expect to find in i writex*, however young who could s( successfully handle situations involv ing the emotions engendered by war love and villiany. She was left moth erless seventeen days after her birt! in Tazewell, Va., and since that tims has been under the sheltering care of two maiden relatives of her mother the Misses M. A. and N. T. Talbutt. Indeed, she saw little of her father until a few years ago, for his busi ness made it necessary for him to spend much of his time out of the city. She was brought to Washington when five years old, and three years later was entered as a pupil at Em ery school. There she pursued her studies until she reached the seventh grade, when she was transferred to the John Eaton school, from which she was graduated to Western high school. Twice during her years in common school she skipped grades, the third and sixth, and as a result will soon be ready for her sophomore year in high school, although she still has to see her sixteenth birthday. Some Excerpts From Her Book. Indeed, where worldly experience was lacking in this unsophisicated, happy school girl, imagination and ambition mist have provided the tal ent which made possible such pas sages in her book as the following, which describes a brief discourse be tween the lovers immediately pre ? Omura ('TC (( The Hunting Season For Bargains at this Store is Never Closed For here and there in any store, no matter where it is lo lated, one will find' bargains of different kinds, such as hard stock, broken lots and sizes. Also here and there may appear a bargain that a store may be closing out of. lt pays to read the advertisements of your home paper, then look around when you are shopping. Here are a few articles we will mention this week that will save you money. How's this? One lot of Lace at 3c. One lot of Lace at 5c. One lot ot Lace at 10c. Strictly speaking lace is imported, and for that reason has not dropped one bit, but we are saving you money on a few odds and ends. Lace is always in demand. Keep an eye on our windows and you will be able to pick a bargain that, you can use when it is placed on sale. People are forgetting the hard times of yesterday and are working hard to make to-morrow brighter. So are we. Are you with us? e Corner Store ceding their wea.a. ig: So fascinated with -this being beauty is Albert that he impulsive clasps her to his breast, saying: "Now that we stand on the ve threshold of this temple, where in few moments we shall be united marriage, may I not insist that y< tell me something of your past whom you are and whence y< came?" "Rustrab," whispers the maide "se yonder dark cloud illuminated c two sides by different powers. Kno that for us the darkness of life ca be enshrouded by faith an'd lov< from you the greater light-the sui and from me the lesser light-th moon. I have asked no questions c your past. I will answer none o mine. But when we are united i marriage, then will I reveal the whol truth; then shall the clouds be, in deed, dispelled by the perfect ligh of understanding." And again as she dwells upon thi (bride's forebodings, Miss Lake dis Inlays a philosophical grasp, which ii ?far from consistent with her youth "As'the darkness follows the day so does deep trouble come after greal joy." Miss Lake's Philosophy. "There is something in a woman's heart that is ever whispering, 'Make the most of it.' Somehow she has a premonition ?f the evil that is ahead and clings desperately to the present happiness. The man is not so af fected by intuition, but depends al most solely on his ability to reason." One would imagine that a passage such as the following might come from the pen of a Robert W. Cham bers, so smooth is its diction, so gen tle is its sentiment, not so clear is its description: "Over many a rugged passage they ride to the very top of Blank moun tain. Upon reaching the summit she seats herself in the great stone chair that nature has carved and gazes with admiration at the rugged ^eauty of the surrounding peaks ana fertile valley below. He lazily lounges at her feet, and she listens while he speaks of the mysteries of death-of how their loved one had been taken away and" of how the fingers of time would some day crumble to dust even the , rock-bound hills. "She turns her gaze from the dis tant silver lake that now glistens ? like a diamond in the bosom of th valley to the wonderful castle tha stands like a guard proudly protectin this precious gem." "She no longer looks at the lake or the castle, nor does he at thc gild ed hilt of his sword. He still speak of the mysteries of death whil piercing brown and soft blue eye in their own language converse o life. Husband and wife have agreei that without love there is no life but with love there is no death am all is life-one great, grand eterna life." Young Authoress Honored. In her concluding paragraphs Mis: Lake brings forth in its cleverest most simple, yet most forcible as pects the idea of peace among mer and nations when she writes: "Upon their arrival at the castle they find a great throng of people who have come to get Rustrab's ad vice as to the breaking of Persia's contract with Greece. "Albert, standing in his doorway, addressed them: " 'Fellow Countrymen, this day 1 stood on yonder peak and looked out over your marvelous country. I saw your towering mountains, vine clad hills and sweeping meadows and in my own heart I decided that Per sia was good enough for the Per sians. Let us be done with con quest. You have come to ask my advice. I now give it to you. Go back to your homes and spend the remaining years 'of your lives in building up this great country.' " Indeed, Miss Lake's cup of happi ness has been filled to brimming, for besides the pure joy in the accom plishment of her great ambition she las awakened to fin^ rf rself at the pinnacle as the most famous girl author of the nation's Capital. A lay after her book was placed in cir mlation she received an invitation from the Writers league and appear ed before that organization at Car legie library, reading brief excerps from her book and delivering a short address. On Monday she was re lived by Mr. and Mrs. Harding, pre sented an autographed copy of "As Strong as the Hills" to the president spent an'hour with the first lady of ;he land and posed with the wife of ;he chief executive, before a score >f cameramen in the White House gardens. Each mail brings to her many more invitations from individ uals and organizations of many kinds, but none seem to stir the lit tle authoress as the anticipation of her next book, for which she already is planning.-Washington Post. NOTICE! Concordia Lodge No. 50, A. F. M. will hereafter hold its regular communica tion on the SECOND MONDAY night of each month in stead of Friday night as heretofore. All members are kindly requested to observe the change and be pres ent accordingly. J. H. CANTELOU, W. M. Edgefield, S. C., August 1, 1921. Citation. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. By W. T. Kinnaird, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, C. F. McDaniel, of above County and State made suit to me to grant him letters of Administra tion of the Estate of and effects of W. L. McDaniel, late of said County and State, deceased, * These are therefore to ,cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said W. L. Mc Daniel, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate to be held at my office at Edgefield, S. C., on the 4th day of August, 1921, next after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 18th day of July, Anno Domini, 1921. W. T. KINNAIRD, (L. S.) Pr?bate-Judge, E. Co. ^NOTICE. " We having organized the Edgefield National Farm Loan Association in connection with the Federal Land Bank, I shall be glad to file your ap plication for a loan. J. H. CANTELOU, Secretary-Treasurer. Edgefield, S. C, To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEADING OIL. a s ur. e?cal drtssine tbat relieves pain and heals at vbe same tinje Not ? linijaent. ISe- **^Knp