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Established 1835. J. L. MIMS,.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's Baas. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. The Lar jost Circulation in Edgefield County. WEDNESEAY, JAN. 3, 1912 Let ns be of good cheer, remember ing that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen. LOWELL. 1 J May this be your best year yet! Only 356 shopping days till Christ mas. How many New Year resolutions have you broken? The legislature convenes in annual session next Tuesday. As this is leap year, there is yet hope for some of Edgefield's bachelors. When everybody is talking bad roads ii an auspicious time to launch a good roads campaign. The farmer who attempts to grow two bales of cotton in 1912 where only one grew in 1911 should be turned over to the mob. Strange to say, some of that type can be found. The celebrated "label" case is soon to be tried again. With the pardoning power so freely and indiscriminately exercised it is scarcely worth while to try any more of the old dispensary graft cases. A certain'Ohio town will hereafter exclude Santa Claus. The high cost of living and a growing sentiment against the Christmas myth are said to be the reason. A town that does not extend Santa Claus a cordial wel come is an undesirable place to live. Picture Edgefield, if you can, without the annual visits from Santa Claus. When a horse is injured, an axle sprung, a single-tree split, a shaft bro ken or harness damaged while travel ing over the ^ jblic roads of the county you are paying a road tax without getting better roads in return. Doubt less our people would be amaz ed if they only really knew what bad roads cost them annually. Salud? has been injured in two ways by the rainy season. Besides render ing the public roads almost impassable, considerable damage has been done to the railroad by heavy rains. The Ad vertiser had hoped that the Saludians could celebrate the New Year with the advent of the first train, but it seems now that they will have to be patient for awhile longer. Dr. Frederick Cook, the pseudo-ex plorer, has brought suit against a New York paper for libel, asking for $100, 000 damages, but his chances forjwin ning are said to be very slim. Dr. Cook would have to press his lips to the Bible more than once before the average juror would accept his state ment as being |"the truth, thelwhole truth and nothing but the truth" State Press Sustains Loss. f? The announcement that Mr. James A Hoyt had severed his connection with the Columbia Record caused much genuine regret among his friends throughout the state. Under Mr. Hoyt's management and editorship, The Record has steadily grown in influ ence and power until it has become one of the leading factors in South Carolina journalism. So well fitted is Mr. Hoyt for newspaper work by nature and training that even fa temporary with drawal from active journalism is to be regretted. The press of South Carolina can ill afford to lose men of the James A. Hoyt type-men of character, con viction, courage. More Money Than Common Sense. A wealthy young heiress whofresides in one of our large cities spent more than $25,000 on the decorations alone for a Christmas ball, the occasion marking her debut into society. Art ists and decorators were many days preparing the hall for the dance, omit ting nothing that would add to its adornment A unique feature were the canaries that were ordered from Florida and the live butterflies from California, these being allowed to flit about the hall during the dance. It is only a mild criticism to say that this young woman has more money than common sense. Nobody condemns those ? who are overburdened with wealth for a lavish expenditure of money within reasonable limits, but to wantonly waste such an enormous sum just to gratify a fleeting fancy should be con demned. Such extravagance estab lishes harmful precedents and sets up social standards which those less able financially strive to attain or imitate, meeting financial ruin in the attempt. How much better it would have been I had this young woman spent a reasona ble sum for her private ball and used the remainder of these many thou sands to fill the empty stockings in that city. Well Done, Mr. Lott. The Advertiser congratulates Mr. P. N. Lott, the agent for the farm demonstration work in Edgefieid county, upon his splendid achieve ments during the first year of his work. Considering the lateness of his appointment last year, his sue cess is all the more notable, causing him to be more worthy of commen dation than had he paunched this im portant work under the most favor able auspices. In, a personal letter to the editor of The Advertiser a few days ago, Mr. Lott stated that the ^"increased yield of corn and cotton under the demonstration plans for 1911 is an average of 85 per cent over the ordinary methods of preparation and cultivation." We are very much gratified to learn also from Mr. Lott that practically all of the demonstrators will put their whole farm into the work next year-this year now. If the farmers generally will ral ly to the support of the county de monstration agent, very marvelous I results will come from his efforts. i Just as the signal success of his first year's labors will encourage him to undertake even larger and greater thing?, in like manner it should stimulate the rank and file of far mers to get out of the old rut adopting new ideas and methods The farmers of Edgefieid are just now awaking to the practically un i i mi ted possibilities that lie before them as tillers of the soil, and the demonstration work has had much to do with their catching this new vision. To the Survivors of the 24th Regiment. . Editor of The Advertiser: I have received a communication from s gentleman now living in the city of CinCLgo, who was a member of the 72nd Regiment-Illinois Infantry. The Regiment was also known as "The First Chicago Board of Trade Regiment." This gentleman desires to com municate with any survivor of the 24th Regiment, S. C. Vol., who participated in the Battle of Frank lin Tennessee on the 30th day of November, 1864. This gentleman writes that his Regiment "held the position imme diately west of Columbia Pike, at a small locust grove ?ear the Carter house, where we had thrown up defensive works. In the confusion of one of the terrific onslaughts by the Confederate forces, after dark ness had set in, our National flag was dropped between the trenches of our works, and in the struggle our men were unable to recover it." This gentleman desires to com municate with .iny survivor of the 24th Regiment who participated in that battle; and I shall be thankful if there are any survivors of that Regiment in our county, if they will come to my office, so that I can furnish them with this commu nication from that gentlemen, in or der that they may correspond with him. Very respectfully, J. C. Sheppard. Students Return to College. After spending the holiday sea son very pleasantly at home, the following Edgefieid young ladies and young gentlemen returned to their college duties Tuesday: Mines Mary Strother, Elise Lake and Charlotte Strother to the Confed erate Home; William Oazts, Willie Adams, Floyd Rainsford and Fran cis Sheppard to the Cidadel; D A Lynch to the South Carolina Uni versity; Misses Elizabeth and June Rainsford to the College for Wo men; Miss Bessie Parker to Lander; Benjamin Greneker to Wofford; Misses Emily and Lillie Adams to Ch icora; Rufus Hart to Fur m an; Misses Maud Rives, Marie Key, Helen Tillman, Natalie Padgett, Annie Cantelou and Marion Bla look to the G. F. C. ; Misses Emmie Tompkins and Alleen Smith to the Convent in Washington; Willie Dunovant and Edward Lynch to Davidson; Misses Mamie Dunovant and Mary Hughes to Winthrop; John Hollingsworth, Andrew Covar, Julian Strother and Hammond Car michael to Clemson. Mammoth Country Store With Annual Business of Fifty Thousand Dollars. The editor of The Advertiser vis ited Onztsville last Thursday for the first time in nearly a score of years, and we were amazed at the wonderful changes and improve ments that had been made in that time. Ouztsville is in Greenwood county and is located on the Martin Town road about midway between Mountain Creek church and Kirk sey. The Ouzts premises are the best equipped for the business that is conducted thereon that the writer has ever seen. On the left of the road, going north, is the large mod ernly appointed country residence, with the tall steel tower and wind mill silhouetted against the sky, standing as a token or unmistakable indication that, although in the heart of the country fifteen miles from a railroad, a progressive spirit abounds and that more than an or dinary measure of success is achieved. Some distance from the residence but on the same side of the road are large barns, stables, and other nec essary outbuildings that supply the needs of the farm. That which overshadows all else, however, is the mammoth store building on the right of the road, obliquely across from the residence. The main building is 30 feet wide, 100 feet in length and two and a half stories high. The front has large glass windows that are pro tected by an awning. The building is painted snow-white and stands out boldly as a fitting monument to the pluck, prosperity and progres siveness of Mr. William M. Ouzts and his son,Mr. Jesse F. Ouzts. The Advertiser ventures the assertion that the plant at Onztsville, with its two-and-a-half story building, ware-rooms adjoining, large cotton platform, seed house, accommoda tions for country produce, presents tout ensemble the most complete country mercantile establishment in the state. On the first floor,"dry goods, shoe.", notions, clothing, millinery, house furnishings, hardware, plantation supplies and fancy groceries are kept, the heavy groceries being stor ed in the old store-room adjoining. On the second floor, which is reach ed both by stairway and elevator, is kept the stove, furniture, buggy and wagon departments. The half-story above is used for storing the reserve itock of furniture. That the W. M. ?s J. T. Ouzts Co. purchased four ears of furniture for flt*~fall ;r?de, most of which has been sold, rires some idea of the magnitude of .heir business. By the close of the season the irm will have handled about 800 jales of cotton which is hauled to Greenwood by their wagons. Many housands of bushels of seed are ilso bought by them. During the jast year, exclusive of their cotton ind cotton se?d, the volume of bu tiness do ne by this large firm has >een upwards of $50,000. Believing .hat he could increase his business >y aggressive newspaper advertis ng, Mr. Ouzts investigated The Ydvertiuer's circulation and began o advertise in our columns early in September. The results have been nost gratifying to him. Notwith itanding the low price of cotton ind the generally depressed condi ion of the country ?fduring the fall >f J 911, as compared with 14 cents ;otton and better conditions prevail ng in the fall of 1910, the W. M. fe J. T. Ouzts Company's sales were &3,815.51 more from September 1st ;o December 31st, 1911, than they flere daring the same period of 1910. Those who have been wondering ?vhy thin country store has patron zed our columns so liberally will low understand. Even in this isnue, luring a generally accepted dull season, they are using a full page, paying our regular rate therefor. They would use more space but the srowded condition of our columns ioes not permit in this issue. We have gone somewhat into de bails to show how push, pluck, per le ve mn ce and progressiveness count in modern merchandising. Had the alder citizens of the Ouztsville com munity been asked fifteen years ago were it possible to build up such an enormous mercantile business there, they would have answered eery emphatically in the negative. But th? limit has not been reached. Encouraged by the very substantial increase in the volume of last fall's business, even in the face of adverse conditions, Mr. Jessie Ouzts, the manager, who as a young business ! mai is about the "livest wire" we ever saw, says he is going to press forward until the $100,000-mark is reached. Drs. J. S. & F. P, BYRD, Dental Surgeons Edgefield and Trenton Edgefield Office over Postoffice I \ Office'Phone 3 Residence 17-R . Thanks the Public (i Our first year in business in Edgefieldhas been very satis factory, the volume showing a steady increase. For this we are very grateful to our friends and the public generally. We expect to greatly enlarge our stock for the new year and'will be in a still better position to serve you. We will rot only appreciate a continuanoe of *7our patronage bu.t will always do our utmost to make it to your interest to spend your mom*y with us. Wishing you one and R.11 a prosperous year, we are, Yours truly, Israel Mukashy Bargain House Best Year Yet We have been in business now for thir teen years and the the year 1911 has been the best of them all. We are grateful for this generous patronage and shall strive to merit its continuance. We sell goods of the best quality at rea sonable prices and stand squarely behind everything we sell. What more can we do? Come to see us and let us supply your needs for 1912. Again we thank our friends and the pub lic generaly for a liberal portion of their business. Dorn & Minis S. Cheatham's Auction Sale On The 30th Day of January 1912 I will offer at public outcry ali my household and kitchen furniture, also my wagons, buggies, cut-away harrows, mower, corn and cotton planters horse rake and all other plows and farm tools, 300 bee hives,coiu in shuck, 200 bales hay, 1,000 bundles fodder, 300 bushels cotton seed, 25 bushels peas, 50 bush els good seed oats, 3 fine oxen, 3 fine milk cows, 1 Devon bull, 20 head fine Berkshire pigs and hogs, some fine brood sows, shop tools; a 70-dollar kero sene tank as good as new; a fine pair computing scales, wagon scales, platform scales and general merchandise. In fact I will sell Out to the highest bidder all my personal belongings, except my horses and mules. Remember the Date January 30th FOR SALE. Large two-story dwelling with ll acres land and all oat-buildings n Buncombe at a bargain. E. J. Norris, Real Estate. Farm For Sale: In Ridge seo ion, Ask for free list, fohnston, S. C. Y. May. Steam Laundry Notice. M j patrons are requested to leave their Laundry at Jas. E. Hart's old stand, with Smith-Marsh Co. Work sent on Tuesdays and return ed Saturdays. First-class work guaranteed. Respectfully, JAKES E. HABT. 4-6-11. James A. Eobey, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C Office Over Farmers' Bank. AH. CORLEY, Surgeon . Dentist. Appointments at Trenton on Wednesdays. \ Crown and Bridge work a specialty. f