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1 Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, February 1. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. Bettis Cantelou motored to Aiken on business Tuesday. Miss Mae Tompkins left Friday for Washington, D. C., to visit Mrs. Lucy Dugas. Mr. J. M. Mays, Jr., motored to Aiken yesterday to visit his father, Mr. John M. Mays. Miss Hortense Padgett came down from Greenwood to spend the week end in Edgefield with relatives. Hon. M. P. Wells and Hon. James 0. Sheppard came home from their legislative duties for the week-end. Mrs. W. C. Madden, Miss Margaret Madden and Miss Mattie Saunders will leave for Columbia this morning to spend a few days. Mr. J. M. Wright bas definitely . stated that he will not be a candidate for the office of clerk of court in the campaign this summer. It will pay farmers more than, ever to give thought to their seed selec tion, especially in planting cotton. An early maturing variety should be planted. The Corner Store announces that it has just received a stock of stamp ed goods and thread for the ladies This popular store also has ? large assortment of valentines. Judge J. W. DeVore will soon be gin the erection of a modern resi dence on his beautiful lot in Bun combe. His new home will be located in the grove near the street. Miss Sophie Nicholson is visiting her sister, Mrs. Johnstone in George town and from there she will go to West Chester, Pa., to visit another sister, Mrs. Wayne Darlington. Sunday Mrs. E. S. Johnson gave an elaborate dining in honor of Miss Zeleme Yates, a beautiful young lady from Trenton. The occasion was one of unusual pleasure for all present. Mr. William Bouknight advertises Wannamaker-Cleveland cotton seed in this issue for planting. Read what yield was made on the Bouknight farm last year, in spite of the boll weevil. Mr. Edwin Folk is making a fine record at the South Carolina Univer shy. He was recently chosen as edi tor in chief pf "The Game Cock," the university journal published by the student body. The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union will hold their February and Frances Willard meeting on Monday at 3:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. R. Scurry. All members are urged to be present. Maj. W. A. Collett has engaged Mr. M. D. Lyon, Jr., and Mr. P. P Blalock, Jr., as additional salesmen Two better selections could not have been made. Mr. Lyon will be in the drug store and Mr. Blalock in the grocery store. . The rain wiH refresh the wheat and oats after the recent severe spell of weather. Some farmers who failed to sow large acreage should risk a few acres in spring oats. Some times almost as good oats are har vested from spring sowing as from fall sowing. The students of the high school will give ia minstrel in the school audito rium Friday night. The curtain will be raised promptly at 7:30 o'clock. The proceeds will be divided between the athletic association and the piano fund. The entertainment deserves to be largely patronized. Messrs. Warren and Cantelou is the style of the grocery firm which has opened a new stock in the store formerly ocupied .by Mr. L. T. May. These two very popular young men will carry a well selected stock of heavy and fancy groceries and will leave no stone unturned in their ef forts to make a success of their new enterprise. Success to them! Major W. A. Collett, encouraged by the success he has achieved with his drug sto. e in the Dixie Highway hotel block, has rented the store next door and has opened a first class stock of groceries. Everything is fresh from the mills and jobbers. In addi tion to the usual stock of groceries. Maj. Collett will make a specialty of garden and field seeds. Make your wants known to him. The recently organized Edgefield Produce Exchange has opened the :yes of a number of 'persons to the tdvantage of co-operative buying and ve belive that co-operative selling ;hrough the Exchange will prove to )e as helpful to those who avail them ?elves of that means of selling. Mr. John Bartley, a son of Mr. and V?rs. S. A. Bartley, is enjoying his furlough of thirty days. He enlisted 'or service in the army for one year ?oon after the close of the war and at ;he expiration of the twelve months ie re-enlisted for a term of three fears. He is stationed at the Walter Eleed Hospital in Washington, D. C. f?e will return to his post of duty ibout the middle of February. Strong and Timely Sermon. A large congregation assembled in ;he Methodist church Sunday morn ng and all who were present were ibundantly rewarded by hearing the iarnest, forceful and timely sermon iy Rev. G. W. M. Taylor .The uncom promising life of Daniel, one of the nost pronounced Old Testament char icters, was held up as worthy of eniu ation by the people of this' day and reneration. Just as Daniel was un compromising before the court of the ting, never lowering his stardards, lor swerving from the path of recti ;ude, so Mr. Taylor urged his hear ds to be as uncompromising and as nsistent upon the right. In making local application, Mr. Taylor related an incident which re cently came under his observation vhich was a strong arraignment of ridgefield. Not many months ago a foung man came to Edgefield and ?ccepted a position. He fell into bad company and yielded to the tempta ;ion of strong drink. This grew upon lim to such an extent that his em >loyer had to prevail upon him to ab >tain from drinking. Finally it be came necessary for his employer to nform the young man that unless he changed his manner of living he vould be asked to give up his posi ;ion. Then the young man frankly ;old his employer that he could not .emain in Edgefield and keep sober. Nhat a severe arraignment of a com nunity! Has the often-boasted 'strong arm" of the law become weak md impotent? Has established au hority been deposed and a surrender nade to violators of the law? Our jeople should hang their heads in ?hame when it is said by a young nan that he can not keep sober and .emain in Edgefield. We need a bet ;er enforcement of the prohibition aw in the town of Edgefield and in he county of Edgefield. Fathers and nothers, if a young man who came to Edgefield to make his home could not :eep sober and remain here, what ibout your boys who are now or will >e exposed to the same temp'cation? Something should be done and done peedily to improve the situation. Mr. Taylor also referred to the ale of cigars and soft drinks in Sedgefield on Sunday. He said no bus ness man should violate the Sabbath n order to reap the profit from the ale of merchandise, the sale or pur :hase of which is not necessary on he Sabbath. Mr. Taylor has been very generally ?ommended for /the sermon cn Sun lay morning. Would that every man md woman in Edgefield could have leard it! Church Notices. Rev. G. W.' M. Taylor, the Metho list pastor, will preach Sunday morn ng at~ll o'clock at the Trenton Methodist church,- Sunday night at r:30 at Edgefield. Mrs. L. P. Hanner, Elementary Su ?erintendent, Sunday School Work or the Upper South Carolina Con erence, M. E. Church South, will told an Institute for Sunday school yorkers, at the Edgefield Methodist :hurch Thursday, February 2. There viii be three sessions. One at 10:30 i. m., 3:30 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. The norning and afternoon sessions will >e devoted to special phases of the Sunday school for officers and teach es only. At night the lecture will be pven on the general work of the sunday school and the public is in rked. We would be glad to have the eachers in the various Sunday ichools of the town attend this insti ute and hear Mrs. Hanner. COMMITTEE. FOR SALE: One very fine, young Bourbon Red turkey gobbler. Apply ;o Mrs. L. R. HAMMOND, 2-l-2t . Colliers, S. C. Do You Want a Job? If you' are out of employment, or ?vould like to make a change, consult is. Standard Employment Serice, Spartanburff, S. C. Went for Wrestling Match and Got Religion. Spartanburg, Jan. 27.-One of the most beautiful of stories that has yet come out of the Sunday tabernacle took place last night when Mr. Sun day called for people to come up and take the stand for a newer and better life. The story is of a young man who was raised in a Christian home, who gradually took up evil habits and companions and then last night, came back to Jesus Christ, follow ing Mr. Sunday's invitation. Yesterday morning there came to this city a young man, boastful, criti cal of Mr. Sunday and his methods, and with the confessed intention bf promoting a wrestling match here, wagering money on one of the wrest lers. It was a framed match. In a pool room yesterday afternoon the conversation versed to Mr. Sunday and the young man sneeringly stated that he would go to hear him and that he would see "what that duck had to say." . , He went to the tabernacle with the idea in mind of criticizing Mr. Sun day and his methods. Toward the end of the sermon he was seen to be in deep thought. When the invitation came to "hit the trail" a personal worker went to him and asked him to go up. The young man with tears in his eyes and his voice trembling then told the story of the wrestling match the critical viewpoint and the follow ing : He had been educated for the -iin istry at Wake Forest college, after graduation he had fallen in with evil companions and had gone down the route. In his own words to the per sonal worker, a minister of the gospel and another person. "Is there any hope for a man like me? Can I be saved? I have committed every sin but murder." He then told of a Christian father and mother, who had never done an evil thing in their lives and pf the wasted life he had led. The worker promised him salva tion, the minister gave him all the consolation he could and then the young man went up, head high, a new light in his eyes and a self-made promise to live a new and cleaner life. Gave Outline of Plan for Ship ping Cotton Direct to - Europe. Having learned that Mr. J. J. Fret well, one of the leading farmers of Anderson county, shipped 800 baies of cotton direct to Central Europe, and believing that there are great possibilities for the. cotton growers in this direct shipment of their staple to foreign spinners, eliminating the profits of brokers and other middle men, some of our business men ex tended an invitation to Mr. Fret well to visit Edgefield and lay be fore our people the details of the new plan of selling. Mr. Fretwell ac cepted the invitation and Tuesday morning met with some of our farm ers and other business men. He is a practical farmer and business man who has made a success of life and at once inspires confidence on the part of his hearers. Mr. Fretwell stated that on Decem ber 17 he shipped 510 bales of cot ton abroad and that on January he made a second-shipment of 300 bales, all of which he grew upon his farms in Anderson county. The cotton is consigned to the Warrant Export Corporation, whose president is Mr. Samuel C. Dobbs, a leading banker of Atlanta. This corporation advances $40 per bale on the cotton at the time it is shipped and makes settlement in full when returns are received from the sale abroad, which will be about six months after the cotton is shipped. Mr. Fretwell stated that a profit of from six to ten cents above the price paid when sold through the usual channel, will be realized. Cotton that is exported from South Carolina is first shipped to Columbia to be compressed and then re-shipped to Charleston, where it is loaded on vessels for Hamburg, Germany. At Hamburg it is re-shipped into Czecho-SlovaUia to the Mautner Kuffler Mills which operate about 750,000 spindles. The Warrant Ex port Corporation has a contract with Mr. Kuffler, who is reputed to be the Rothchilds of that country, for 250, 000 bales. The cotton is not sold to the mill but consigned to it to be manufactured into cloth. The cloth is shipped back to Hamburg where it is put on the market by selling agents of the Warrant Export Corporation. Mr. Fretwell is very enthusiastic over the direct exporting of cotton, being of the opinion that it will ul-, timately revolutionize the plan pf marketing cotton and will also free the cotton growers from the domina tion of the New York Cotton Ex-< change. Mr. Fretwell vail soon make another shipment of 600 bales for other farmers of Anderson county. He stated that interest in the new plan is now becoming state-wide. He receives frequent invitations fr|om individuals and organizations in dif ferent sections to come and explain the export plan to them. Before making the initial shipment of his cotton inJDecember Mr. Fret well made a thorough investigation of the Warrant Export Corporation and found it to be headed by men of great financial strength and of un questioned integrity of character. In deed he was so favorably impressed with the corporation that he became a stockholder and has since been chosen a director. Tax Levy and Assessed Value of Property. Editor Edgefield Advertiser: . One of the most important .ques tions before the people of our state is the question of taxes. This article is not being written for the sake of argument for or against any plan or suggested settlement of our tax problem. The only excuse that can be offered is the desire to call the at tention of our people to a few vital facts. Everybody wants lower taxes, but do we want to pay for lower taxes? Low taxes mean low-grade ser vice. Low taxes mean a less efficient state government. (Do you fhink ours in South Carolina is too good for us?) Lower taxes mean lower health rate and higher death rate. (Do you think South Carolina has too few ep idemics and too few dead babies?) Lower taxes mean rougher, mud dier, sandier roads. (Do you think we have too many good roads?) Lower taxes mean that the "door of the school house will be shut in the face of some child or adult il literate who has not had your chance at life's opportunities. (Do you not know where South Carolina stands in illiteracy among her sister states?) Low taxes mean a low South Caro lina. ?Can we afford it? Did you know that South Carolina has the smallest number of citizens who can read, with the single except tion of Louisiana? That South Carolina spends the | smallest amount per capita for the education of children in the public schools? That South Carolina has the smallest percentage of boys and girls attendnig the high schools, 2.2 per cent? That in all educational lines South Carolina averages the lowest in the country, occupies 48th place? The Palmetto flag flies over more mental darkness to the square inch than ex ists in any other state in the union, save possibly one. f Did you know that South Carolina has the cheapest government in America? which is just another way of saying that South Carolina spends less and less for its citizens than any other state. In 1919 the average per capita cost of state governments in the United States was $6.05; the av- ' erage for South Carolina was $2.50. Of the one hundred million people in the United States the million and a half in South Carolina1 pay least and lowest of all. There is no reason to be surprised or disappointed. We get what we pay for. The truth is, our tax system has broken down. The state constitution of 1895 pro vides that "all taxes upon property, real and personal, shall be levied up on the actual value of the property taxed.' 'Our law requires" that our property be'returned at 42 per cent | of its value. According to the last United States census the highest val ue of land in South Carolina was 22.9 per cent. The average for the state was 11.3 per cent. In Edgefield county the census value per acre (average) was $43.58. The assessed value was $5.72, the ratio of assess ed value to census value being 13.1 per cent, just 1.7 above the average for the state, and 9.8 below the aver age for Jasper county. Therefore, the conclusion is reach ed that it is not the mill levy, but the return value of property that chiefly matters. In twelve states of the union property is returned at 100 per cent. In Ohio, one of the states that require a 100 per cent return, a 3 mill levy will be exactly equivalent to a 12 mill levy must be. The plans suggested by the Joint Special Com mitte'e on Taxation (a committee ap pointed at the last meeting of the 1 Legislature) are in most cases practi cal and offer relief in the future, but it is not my purpose to discuss plans. I would simply remind you that "you can't get an automobile for the price of a wheelbarrow," and leave this question-What part shall South Carolina, first among the states in chivalry, honor and courage, assume at the council table of the nation? CITIZEN. , NOW READY! SEED IRISH POTATOES ONION SETS CORN, PEAS, BEANS GARDEN SEED . GROCERIES For Family, Farm and Mill CANNED GOODS FRUITS, VEGETABLES STATIONERY, TOILET ARTICLES CANDIES, CIGARS, TOBACCO MEDICINE FOR ALL USE COLLETTE Dixie Highway Hotel Block Telephone 127 Quality Fertilizers Reliable crop growers for ' sixty years Formulas for all crops SEE W. P. CASSELS, Johnston, S. C. EDGEFIELD WAREHOUSE COMPANY Edgefleld, S. C. Youngblood Roofing and Mantel Company AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Agents for FLEXATILE House Tops, the roofing* with a guarantee, and "the Famous RICHARDSON WALLBOARD. Samples for the Asking THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. 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