Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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! Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, September 21. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. W. D. Allen and Mr. John Webb motored to Edgefield Monday from Chappell. "Mr. John W. Holland of Chappell is here visitnig his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Kinnaird. Mr. C: J. Ramage of the Saluda - bar was among the visitors in Edge neld Monday. Mrs. B. B. Jones entertains for the popular bride-to-be, Miss Miriam Norris this afternoon. Mrs. William M. Griffin of New berry is here visiting her. daughter, Mrs. James 0. Sheppard. Mr. Gill Dunovant will leave Fri <iay for New York to resume his course in medicine in Cornell Uni versity. Mr. James Cothran of Greenville Ibas been spending several days in Edgefield with his sister, Mrs. J. D. Holstein, Jr. Miss Alleen Dozier came over from Columbia and spent the week-end 1?re with her sisters, Mrs. H. A. Smith and Miss Charlton Dozier. Mr. T. A. Hightower is away on a vacation trip of ten days. He left for Charlotte and from that industrial center he wil- hie himself to some re sort for a few days.. .Dr. J. S. Byrd, accompanied by Master Fitzmaurice Byrd and Mr. S. McG. Simkins, motored to Columbia Sunday morning and returned Sun day evening. Edgefield boys at the B. M. I. are making a good record. Elbert Mundy is now sergeant and Amos Moore and Edgar Padgett have both been ap pointed corporals. It is no more a disgrace to wear half-soled pants than half-soled shoes. -Eather regard the bull's eyes on your trousers as badges of honor than be humiliated by them. Miss Lucile Reel has accepted a place as teacher in the Antioch school for the ensuing session. She taught in this school last year and the pa trons were greatly pleased with her services. Dr. J. N. Crafton was in Edgefield Monday and while in conversation with The Advertiser's representative spoke in the highest terms of Mr. Ed Cheatham, who d;.ed suddenly at his home Friday Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Tompkins, Jr., accompanied by Mr. Paul Cooper, ^motored to Edgefield from Columbia and spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Tompkins. Mrs. Tompldns re turned to Columbia with them. Miss Ruth Tompkins is in the hos pital in Columbia where she under went a minor surgical operation to remove a slight obstruction of the nasal passage. She will be able to re turn to Edgefield inn a short time. Better put your fertilizer plant on the farm in operation now and keep it running day and night until plant ing time next spring. Then the fer tilizer bills of Edgefield county for next year will not be so large. Messrs. Qua rles and Timmerman tell the people this week in The Ad vertised that every department of their store has been replenished with new fall merchandise which was bought early in the summer when. prices were at their lowest. Mr. C. A. Griffin, accompanied by Mrs. Griffin, came home from the hos pital in Coulmbia Monday afternoon. He stood the trip splendidly and is improving slowly but steadily. His friends are delighted that he was able to return to Edgefield. A meeting of the board of trustees of Ridgedale Academy at Seivern, Saluda county, will be held at John ston to-morrow, Thursday. Important matters concerning the welfare of the school must be decided at the meet ing to-morrow. Rev. J. A. Hunnicutt, pastor of Bethany, Mountain Creek and Bold Spring churches, with his residence near Bold Spring, was among the visitors i:n Edgefield Monday. He was accompanied by Mr. W. E. Callison, who is a member of his Bold Spring flock. Mrs. W. Bewer Gordon, who has been the attractive guest of her cousin, Mrs. Bettis Cantelou, has re turned to her home in Charleston. Mrs. J. Maner Lawton entertained with an elaborate tea Thursday after noon in honor of her sister, Mrs. An son J. Ives of Savannah. Miss Patti Major is the recipient of many attentions from her Edge field friends during her visit to Mrs. Helen S. Nicholson and Miss R?sela Parker. Mr. Rubenstein announces this week that his fall millinery has ar rived and that this departm?nt is ready- for the inspection of early shoppers. Read the "Six Common Sense Rules" published by the Corner Store this week. This popular store always has attractive prices on staple mer chandise. Miss Catherine Darlington arrived Tuesday from West Chester, Penn., and will be an attendant at the mar riage of her brother, Mr. Stephen Paxson Darlington and Miss Miriam Norris on October the eleventh. Miss^ Ouida Pattison left Friday for Anderson to accept a position as teacher of music on the faculty of Anderson college. To be employed as a member of the faculty of the col lege from which one graduates is a very decided honor. Mr. Butler Thompson accompanied by Miss Katherine Thompson and Thomas Mann Thompson, who are to resume their studies under their aunt, Miss Mary Butler, arrived in Edgefield the first of the week from Southport, N. C. Miss Helen Dorn will leave tomor row for Medina, Ohio, to spend the winter with her cousin, Mrs. E. W. Barnes, and will teach a large music class while in Medina, the class hav ing been arranged for her before she reaches Medina. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Preston Wright, Saturday night, September 17, a little daughter, Mary Norris Wright, being named for her grand mother and great-grandmother. Edge field friends send ? affectionate greet ings. Off for College. In addition to the list of college boys and girls mentioned last week, the following will leave this week: University of South Carolina: Ed win Folk, William Folk, William Thurmond, Mitchell Wells and Fred Adams of Colliers. Randolph-Macon Academy of Bed ford, Va., Robert Taylor. Mercer University of Macon, Ga., George Evans. . The Citadel: Ralph Byrd, Elwyn Moore and Clarence Boyd. Advertisements Bring Results. Place your "Found," "Lost," "Want" and "For Sale" advertise ments in The Advertiser. A gentle man from Savannah lost a leather bag between Edgefield and Pleasant Lane and inserted an advertisement to that effect in The Advertiser last week. Dr. J. T. Pattison fou-id the bag and the advertisement will en able him to restore the bag to its owner. Had the advertisement not been published, Dr. Pattison would never have known the owner of the bag. Let The Advertiser help you out of your troubles. That is part of its mission. These small advertisements bring results. Let's Avoid Low Water Pressure. Friday, Batesburg was visited by a very disastrous fire entailing a loss of around $100,000, and Saturday Columbia has a conflagration of around $300,000, both occurring in the business center of the stricken cities. Strange to say the reports of both fires in the newspapers stated that the water pressure was low. Just why and who was to blame for the low water pressure, whether anybody or not, is not stated. Let Edgefield profit by the misfortunes of these two cities and never, if it can possibly.be prevented, allow the water pressure to be lower than customary or nor mal. It seems to be the irony of fate, for a great conflagration to occur when the water pressure is low. Just like a fire frequently occurs after a policy has been canceled or a death occurs soon after a life policy has lapsed. Let's bear in mind that the "fire-bug," whatever that is, usually seizes the favorable moment when the water pressure is low. Send Them the Home Paper. .Several parents have come in and subscribed for The Advertiser to be sent to their son or daughter at col elge. Have you a son or daughter away at college? The absent one would appreciate a home paper. You may undertake to send the copy of The Advertiser which goes into your home every week, but you will over look it half the time. The paper will go regularly to them', if you have their name placed on The Advertis er's subscription list. Unveiling of Monument by Knights of Pythias. The Knights of Pythias of Augus ta will unveil the monument erected by them to the memory of W. C. Yonce at Johnston, S. C., on Sunday afternoon, September 25, 1921, all of the Augusta lodges participating, as well as the Grand Lodge Officers of South Carolina and Georgia. They have also invited the Lodges at Aiken Edgefield and Johnston, S. C. to par ticipate, and we trust that a large attendance will be present. W. C. Yonce lost his life in the war :v.id this monument is a fitting testi monial to his memory. Live Within Your Means. No, we are not all going to the bow-wows on account of boll weevils. Those who have practiced and are still practicing economy will emerge from the "hard times" somewhat dis figured but still in the ring, while those who are prodigal with their earnings will have a rather pinched existence. True, it will be hard enough on us all but not so hard on those who live within their means. It is astonishing how little people can live on when they have to. Don't try to butter*-your bread on both sides, if you are only able to butter it on one. Following the prodigality of the past few year, many of us actually need the discipline we are now ex periencing. Automobiles Little Used. * One day last week the writer had occasion to observe how little auto mobiles are used now as compared with, say a year ago. Early in the week we took a buggy ride, not own ing a Ford or automobile, up the Ninety Six road several miles above Meeting Street, and not after leaving the town limits did we meet or were we passed by a motor driven vehicle, of any kind while "goin' and comin'." One or two years ago we would prob ably have been kept in the ditch much of the time while driving .26 miles in Edgefield county. It seems then, that money makes the automobiles, as well as the mare, go. Cotton Crop Short. Not until within the past week have many people realized how short the cotton crop will be. The rank growth of the stalk has in many places misled farmers and only af ter the harvesting season is over will it be known how very short the yield will be this year in this section. Last week the writer went through some cotton growing on land above the average in fertility and yet it will take ten acres to produce a bale. Fre quently in cotton as high as a man's shoulders a single boll would not be found in a space of ten feet in a row. The wet weather was favorable for thu weevil and the little pest im proves his golden opportunity. Teachers* Examination. By order of the State Board of Education the next regular teachers' examination will be held Friday, Oc tober 7, and Saturday, October 8. This examination is given under cer tification rules adopted July 1, 1921. It embraces three groups of ques tions, first, for Primary Certificates; second, for General Elementary Cer tificates and third for High School Certificates. The primary examination embraces English Grammar and Langahjge, Arithmetic, Playground and Commu nity Activities, S. C., U. S. and Gen eral History, Geography, Civics and Current Events, Literature, Peda gogy, Health, Nature Study, School Law and Manual Training. The General Elementary examina tion embraces English Grammar and Composition, Arithmetic, Reading, Pedagogy, Physiology and Hygiene, Nature Study and Agriculture, School Law, Algebra, Civics and Current Events. The High School examination em braces Grammatical Analysis and Composition, Literature, Principles of Teaching, American History and' Civics, General Science, Physiology, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Agrip Our n with us ready to styles in Practi stock hs pleased i the new trimming lt wil RU culture, Home Economics, (seven of fered, two required), Arithmetic, Al gebra, Geometry, Foreign Language (fiatin, French, Spanish, German four offered, one required), Ancient and Modern History, School Law. Each applicant may choose the ex amination he or she prefers in ac cordance with his certificate he or she desires. Every teacher in the county must present a State certifi cate with first pay-warrant. White applicants report at Court House Friday; High School building, Saturday. Colored applicants, Mace donia school both days. Work begins at 9:30 and closes at 4:30 both days. W. W. FULLER, Co. Supt. Education. 9-21-3t. _ One Farm Out of Three in - United States Has Motor Car. Nearly every third farm in the United States had at least one auto mobile on the first day of last year. Of the 6,448,366 farms in the Unit ed States, 1,979,564 or 30.7 per cent reported having automobiles to the number of 2,146,512. Although Iowa led all other States in the number of automobiles on farms, having 177, 558, Nebraska with 104,453, showed highest percentage in relation to the number of farms, heading the list with 75.6 per cent. Motor trucks were reported on 131,551 farms in 1920, or about 2 farms out of every 100 in the United States as a whole. The number of mo tor trucks on these farms was 139, 169. The States leading in the num ber of motor trucks on farms are: Pennsylvania, with 9,372; New York, with 9,259; Iowa, with 8,910; Ohio, with 7,319; Nebraska, with 6,548; California, with 6,416; and Illinois, with 6,154. Three and six-tenths per cent of the farms in the country were report ed as having tractors on January 1, .1920. This is about one farm out of every 28. The 229,334 farms thus represented had a total of 246,139 tractors. Telephones were reported on 2, 508,002 farms or 38.9 per cent of all farms in the United States, in 1920. More than one-half of the farms in the following states had telephones: Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, In tfEW FAL! LLIIMEI lilliner, Miss Eskew, ? last spring, has arrive* i show the ladies thi Pall Millinery. cally all of pur new ir is arrived and we s X) have the ladies call styles, new shapes a ?s. . I be a pleasure to sho^ BEIMSTE diana, Missouri, Ohio, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Ore gon. Iowa, with 183,852 showed the largest number. Farms reporting water piped into the house in 1920 numbered 644,088 or about 1 farm out of every 10. The percentage was highest in New Eng land States and in California. The States leading in numbers were as follows: California, 65,928; Pennsyl vania, 46,402; New York, 45,487; Ohio, 411,531; and Texas, 38,580. Gas or electric light was reported on 452,809 farms or 7 per cent of all farms in the United States. Summer Feeding I Eggs pay any ti me, Lut when o flocks fall off yours pay best F plenty of protein now. Hens r it for eggs an J for the cor moult If they don't get eno they will rob their body-tissue get it Then it will take twice feed to get them back. Keep Purina on the Job It's rich in efig-malring, bod] building protein. Get a s hort? moult and more winter egg More Eggs or . Money Back K Just step to the tele- V phone and askus about ' this guarantee, NOW. * J. D. KEMP & CO ss vho was cl and is 3 latest millinery hall be and see ind new I j you, IN Hemstreet & Alexander 647 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. Dealers ID 0".ns, Revolvers and Fishing Tack IC. Repairing of Fire Arms, Bicycles, Safes, etc. Key Fitting a Specialty. Telephone 679 anpiri CM'Q is THE ONLT SINE ARKICA SALVE ., Edgefield, S. C.