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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 ?shed unless accompanied by the writer's name. Card of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub lished at advertising rates. . Wednesday, Sept. 7. "If thou faint in the -'day of ad versity, thy strength is small." * . . ? Cars are getting so cheap the temptation to steal them is small. * * ? * Why are some men like lillies of the field? They toil not neither do they spin. * ? * * Have a thought for the comfort of dumb brutes these wilting and with . ering days. * ? . . Judge Hammond's wrath is yet unappeased but if he lives long enough he may survive it. ? * . M For people to rest on Labor Day is only ene of our numerous nation al contradictions. * * * * Monday, Labor day, did not1'differ from any other day in the Advertis er office. ? m * m Timely paraphrase: "0 Self-de fence! Self-defence! how many mur ders are committed in thy name!" V . . . Judging from the number of em bryonic gubernatorial candidates grooming for the arena, voters are in danger of being "gassed" next summer. . * . ? AH honor to the "World War vet erans who gather in annual conven tion in Newberry today! The Adver tiser ihas but one word to offer and that is, "swat" the unworth poli ticians in your ranks. "We rather opine that were a hand primary taken in Georgia on this Carolina- mob -invasion -proposition, condemning the Palmetto state, only two would ascend-those of His Honor. . * * . The Pistol Menace. Fink Griffin, who was- electrocu ted Friday for recent killing of Dr. Lipscomb of Ninety Six, left, among other things, this parting injunction to young negroes: "Leave your guns at home." Were it not for the pistol the record of crime in South Carol ina, especially with reference to tak ing human life, would be far less shameful. Hasten the coming of the day, as surely it will, we believe, when pub-, lie sentiment will crystalize into a law which will not only prohibit the j sale of pistols and pistol cartridges but will provide a prison sentence, without alternative of fine, for per sons who carry pistols. Not until a law with teeth in it is enacted and enforced will the practice of carry ing pistols be discontinued. Public sentiment should be aroused upon this increasing menace. . * * . Blore Maximum Sentences Needed. J _ Although a defiant spirit and dis-1 regard for law seems to permeate! the atmosphere, and crime more ag gravated and more offensive to hu man sensibilities are being committed than ever before, yet how infrequent ly do we see presiding judges impose maximum sentences. One of the most effective ways of rstraining crimi nals is to make them feel and fear the consequnces of violated law. Pre siding judges can apply this means by suiting the punishment to the crime. In very aggravated cases heavier sentences, the maximum pro vided under the law, should be im posed. If memory serves us right, two of the three white men who recently so brutally murdered.the young chauf-j f eur near Leesville, had served one or more terms on the chaingang or in the penitentiary. While we do not know their record, yet it is pro bable that both received light senten ces. Were men who are bent on com-.! mitting crime, made to feel the con-{ sequences of violated law, doubtless a greater number would face-about in their criminal record. Had these two criminals received heavier sen tences for crimes committed in the past, the young chauffeur might be living today. First, be sure the accused is guil ty, then suit the punishment to the degree of the crime. Not until this is done by those charged under the law with fixing the punishment, will there be any perceptible de crease in crime. Strong Appeal For Disarma ment. It would seem that what was cost in bloodshed and agony would be enough to bring men to their senses, but not until co3ts in money began to stagger them did they begin to seriously consider the abolition of it. To play on the money string car ries further than most any other. At least that has been struck. Taxes for war has almost ruined the most of us. The late war has cost us in money 22,625 millions, which is 22 billions. Do either of those figures mean anything to you? They are beyond comprehension and yet that is what the war cost us in money alone. Now add, still'dealing in mon ey values, all the destruction, and de pression in business for years to come and what have we? Ours was no victory. We were said to. be vic torious, but in truth we all quit from sheer weariness, from exhaustion. We all knew then when we had enough. And today the people are outspoken against war, and will sooner or later demand disarmament of congress; and ye?, our represen tatives in congress are talking about air armies, amphibious things that bigger and bigger deadnaughts and can sail out of sight in the etherial blue and drop bombs on the unsus pecting, or skin the waves or sink beneath them at will. And while they build we groan, groan, groan under a burden pf tax that is grievous. So grievous that it takes away, not only the education of our children, but their very bread. Before anoth er year there will be land for pub lic outcry from the steps of our and demoralization will be only some more of the results of the late war; and yet our president and congress play at peace. The Republican party promised a reduction of taxes, econ omy! economy! was their watchword. There is no hope of reduction of taxes until some of the expenses are cut off. What about public health and development? What about gov ernment expenses, agriculture, high ways education and research? Can we ?ut any of these ? If we should wipe them all out, after all we would have 92 per cent, of our taxes left, for that is the demand of past and future w?.rs. Our govern ment is contemplating building.what they choose to call Capital Ships, in fact the contrasts have been al ready given. There are to be 16 of them. The cost of one, of each ?ne, of these is equal to the cost of . two or three of our largest universities. For the 16 ships costing around 30 to 40 million a piece we could erect ?50 universities, we could graduate ?50,000 men and women a year, and enroll no less thar 500,000 pupils, ive could build high schools and equip them with everything needful to advance civilization. We are instead to leave our ambitious youths large ly to scuffle for themselves and build ships that at best can not meet the demands of the navy lon ger than five years if that. Write your- representative in Washington that you are for peace, that you see no solutions to the pres en; problems except disarmament. The women of the whole world are organizing peace organizations, and expressing themselves as wearied of war. The American men and women must lead off for disarmament, and to do that we shall have to make congress feels the pressure of our ar gument, by letters and telegrams and personal interviews. Every man and woman in America has a part in bringing this to pass. Don't let it be said of you that you failed to do your part. E. A. D. The Bridal Chamber of Soilver Springs. The Following Story Combines the Accuracies of Fact With the Ro_ * manee of Fiction. Near Florida's celebrated Silver Springs lives an old negress, known to the entire surrounding country as "Aunt Silly" whose claim to be 110 years old is borne out by her appearance. Aunt Silly is wrinkled and decrepit,' and the wool peeping from her bandaged head is as white as snow, and the blackness and weirdness of her face is intensified by a heavy crop of snow-white beard. Aunt Silly has always been identified with Silver Springs. That she was a participant in a tragedy is known only to very few of Ocala's oldest citizens, and seldom referred to by any of them. In .the, near vicin Ocala, when first it was settled, a splendid old mansion owne Captain Harding Douglass only child was a son who,, his mother's beauty of countei had inherited her timid shri nature, and like herself was a to the old man's iron will. Ii beautiful little city of Ocala, Bernice Mayo, whose blond b won at first sight, the heart of I Douglass. Although cf Virginia] cestry, Bernice was a true chi the "Land of Flowers," passi and impulsive. Her eyes were and clear as the waters of Lake roe, beside which she had spen childhood in the fair little eil Sanford. Her hair was as goldi Florida's own sunshine, and FJ< own sunshine, and Florida's tn spjendor run riot in her blood. For six months Bernice Maye Claire Douglass were constant panions, and Silver Springs was favorite resort. For half a day time they would drift about or bosom of the splendid, placid ci ity of the nation. Bernice sei never to tire of going into the d< of the subterranean world. "If I a mermaid, Claire," she would "and lived in yon crystal cavern, some fair day I should wander j among the palmettos and mosse the springs, and sitting on yo ledge of rock, should comb my gc hair with a shell, and your boat should come drifting by, you were to see me in the water neath, would you love me wei nough to plunge to the depths neath to woo me?" '"hen w Claire stop her merry chatter kisses, and pledge to her his etc love, As they drifted over the tr parent mirror of water pausing and then to study the rocks, shells, the mosses, palmettos, fish which were visible eighty below the transparent water as i the trees and woodland about tl There is nothing fairer 1 Ocala's "Lovers Land" and yet spot held for the young people attraction of Silver Springs. But there came a fatal day, c tined to separate them, a day wh< in Claire Douglass declared to father his love for beautiful, pei less Burnice Mayo and his dei mination to make^ her his v? Stormily his wife vowed it sh( never be, and secretly planned a a aration. When Claire Douglass been suddenly dispatched abroad important business for his fat! then it was that Bernice learned truth, and her proud d?licate nat lay crushed and bleeding beneath cruel blow and still more cruel si aration. Vainly she strove to rh! all life seemed an empty blank her. A year dragged wearily and the scenes rfequented by me (Bernice Mayo knew her no mc pailer and thinner she daily gr< Fragile she was as the white -bl< soms of her well-loved springs. 1 little chain of gold that Claire I locked on her arm would have sli ped across the wasted transparc hand but for the ribbon that hi its links. One day (her last upon earth) t girl,, by dint of desperate energ crept to Silver Springs. Even Au Silly was unprepared for the whi emaciated little creature who torte ed into her cabin door and fell fain ing in her arms. Consciousness soi returned but it was apparent even the old black woman, that death hi set its gray unmistakable seal upc the young face. "Aunt Silly," gasp< the girl, "I have come to you to di and you must obey my last reques the grave divulges no secrets. El to .night's sun sets I shall be i: heaven. This separation from tl man I love has been my death, bi in that death we shall be united, have asked God, and He has hear me. But you must obey my reques You love me you will do as I asl To-night when the moon comes ou row my body to boiling Springs an bury me there. You know the spol make no mistake. Do this and Go will attend to the rest. "Good Lord A'mighty, Chile, yo| think Aunt Silly'm gwine tote dad body Off in de lonesum night?3 asked the old woman, her teeth chat, tering with superstitious fear pecu. liar to her race. The girl realized the risk of he: plans being thwarted, and raising herself to a sitting posture she seizec the old womans hands and fixed hei dying eyes full on her face. "Auni Silly," she gasped," "I am a dying woman; 1 am very near to God; .] have talked with Him, and He has answered me. My will has been crushed in life, I sware it shall not in death. Before twenty-four hours Claire Douglass shall join me in the crystal caverns of Silver Springs. If you do* not grant my request every * READY POR COLLEGE ealls for a long list of articles to be purchased. We can help fill part of that list with such arti cles as Middy Blouses, Dresses Shirt Waists, Suits Hosiery, Shoes Sheets, Pillow Cases and Towels Also there are plenty of other articles too numerous to mention. The Corner Store Here's to a good school year for all the pupils spirit of evil shall surround you. Pal sied and blind you shal be, and deaf to every sound, save < "ho3ts of the dead, which shall p e you by day and haunt you b'' ' >o you swear to obey my o.. st, or will you refuse me, nu.. ? .p the prophecy of a dying woman, which shall rest upon your cowardly head for refusing to obey Good's will. The old woman was shaking like an aspen. Her eyes protruded with fear, and great beads of perspiration rolled down her cheeks. The strength of the dying girl's will had prevailed, and the old woman answered, "I promise Honey, I promise." (To be continued next week.) J. RUSSEL WRIGHT. O CALA, FLA. Good Neighbors. An elderly man whose opinion is considered worth something to the ommunity was asked the other day what he thought wore proper attri butes of "the people next door.' And he said: "I have been living here for nearly forty years. Folks on each side of us have come and gone. The people I like best for neighbors are those who do these things: They keep the place neat and clean, favor painting once in a while; hang out a washing every monday morning; Tuesday is ironing day. They'll lend a lawn mower if you'll bring it back. They'll do the sanie with a pinch of salt or an egg or a cup of flour. They will go out of their way to do a favor. They keep the garbage can covered and keep the chickens in their own yard not in ours. They are not too curious a bout who comes and goes at our house. They mind their own business, an excellent trait. What the grocery man brings in or the laundryman carries? out, doesn't interest them They are not snoopy. If, once in a while there's a good deal of noise at our house, they don't telephone that they were about to call the police. They are appreciative, kindly, com panionable, neighborly. They live as nearly by the Golden Rule as is hu manly possible I guess. And that be ing so, we do the same. It is a good plan; don't stone your neighbor's dog; it reduces the likelihood that he will stone yours." Seems as if the wise old gentle man preached a pretty goo/i-sized sermon and in not so many words,' either.-Taunton Gazette. Herastreet & Alexander! 647 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. Dealers in Guns, Revolvers^and Fishi ng Tackle. Repairing of Fire Anns, Bicycles, Safes, etc. Key Fitting a Specialty. Telephone 679 Creditors Jewelry Auction Sale --i-AT-; The Guarantee Jewelry Co. 974 Broad Street-Augusta, Ga. The creditors are demanding their money because they are short of money-same as every one else-and we are compelled to sell any or all of our fine and popular priced jewelry for what it will bring to the highest bidder regardless of the cost or value. Fine Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass and Fancy China Sales Daily at 4 and 8 P. M. Valuable souvenirs given away FREE during each sale, as well as a beautiful dia mond each Saturday night. , \ THE GUARANTEE JEWELRY CO. 974 Broad St. Augusta,- Ga.