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A Pleasant Surprise.
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Bailey on
last Thanksgiving day were the re
cipients of a generous gift by some
Trenton friends. As yet we have
not been able to apprehend all the
guilty parties, but as soon as we
-do, we will have them arrested aud
imprisoned for life in love and
gratitude. The bills all had denomi
nations on them, but the gift seems
to be inter-denominational. Many
thanks to you all.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey.
Big Reduction Sale.
In order to close out the heavy
stock of winter goods that he has
on hand and in order to raise funds
with which to meet large bills that
he has falling due, Mr. Runenstein
is arranging for a big cut price sale.
See what he says in his full page
advertisement in this issue. He
has issued a page circular also in
which he quotes many prices, and
urges that all patrons take the cir
cular with them to the store and
compare the prices actually quoted
on the goods with the prices named
in the circulars. Mr. Rubenstein
will make good every statement
that he makes concerning this sale.
Episcopal Bazaar.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
desire to call especial attention to
their annual bazaar in Adams ball
on next Friday, December 6. The
bazaar will open on that morning
and remain open all day and during
the 'evening. Delightful lunches
and oysters will be served during
the day and evening at very reason
able prices. The bazaar will be the
best evergiven by the ladies. There
will be on sale many useful and
fancy articles that will make good
Christmas presents. The doll booth
will be a new feature. There will
be well dressed dolls for sale from
the rag doll up to the handsome
ones. Just come to the bazaar and
judge for yourselves. You will be
pleased and then you will meet
everybody there and have a real
good social time.
An Independent Farmer.
It will be a glad day for the far
mers of Edgefield county when
they become as independent as Mr.
Whit Harling of ?the McKendree
section. Upon being questioned
Saturday by The Advertiser's rep
resentative as to the success of his
farm this year, Mr. Harling stated
that he has not sold a pound of this
year's cotton yet. Suppose there
were thousands of farmers who
were as fortunate, cotton would now
bring 14 or 15 cents. Instead of
being forced to market their cotton
during the rush period, say within
60 days of the beginning of the
harvest, sucn men as Mr. Harling
can sell their crop along during the
entire year, just as the price suits
them.
Message From Santa Claus.
Little children, just three weeks
from to-day Santa Claus will make
his annual visit to fall of the homes,
filling che stockings of all of the
good little boys and girls with nice
things. The Advertiser received a
"wireless" message from him yester
day in which he stated that in spite
of tbe8hort crops and low price of
cotton in the early fall he will have
his big pouch just as full as usual.
He wants his deserving little folks
to have just as much fun and hap
piness as possible. Now, girls and
boys, you must be good and sweet
and study hard till your school
gives holidays for Christmas. If
you do not, some one may write to
Santa Claus and tell him that you
do not deserve all of the nice things
that he has brought for you.
"Will Come Home to Roost."
We have been informed that our
friend Jim Gilchrist is making/all
sorts of money in thedairy business
near Augusta. He and another gen
tleman recently paid 83,000 for 10
high-bred dairy cows. When we last
saw Jim he was, as usual, "putting
up a poor mouth," but we were
keen-eyed enough to see that he was
half way fibbing. While The Ad
vertiser is always glad to hear of
the success of Edgefield men, it
matters not where they have cast
their lot, yet we do not like to be
everlastingly recording the success
of some Georgia fellow. The im
pression, erroneous of course, will
be shed abroad that on the southern
bank of the Savannah is better than
on the northern bank. We'll wager
dollars to doughnuts that when Jim
Gilchrist becomes weighted down
with wealth and wants some place
to pass the remainder of his years
in blissful retirement he will seek
the rugged hills of Rehoboth. Isn't
that true, Jim? Like chickens, our
Georgia friends will yet come home
to roost.
Corn Prizes Mutt be Awarded.
The committees who were ap
pointed to measure the land and
yield of corn are unusually late this
fall in filling their reports. We
must urge that they be sent in at
once, so the prizes can be paid to
the winners. The Advertiser has
$30 in cash to be paid to the three
farmers i,n the contest who, accord
ing to the reports of the judges,
have made the three highest yields.
In order to close up the 1912 con
test we have set December 15 as
the final day for sending in these
reports. Those that are nat sent in
by that time will be debarred. Up
to this date only one report has
reached this office. Contestants,
tell the committee that judged your
corn to send the report in at once,
this is the last. All reports not
filed by Decembei will be ruled
Tut. Understand us, The Adverti
sei does not wish to debar any con
testant, but in justice to the editor,
to the reputation of the paper, con
testants and to interested friends,
the matter must be closed and the
prizes paid.
Subscriptions Must be Paid.
' The Advertiser seldom makes an
appeal through its columns to those
who are in arrears, but it requires
considerable work as well as ex
pense to mail a notice to each one
who is in arrears with their sub
scription. However, this should not
be necessary under our modern sys
tem of mailing. The label on your
paper shows to what time you have
paid. If the label has Jauary 19 on
it that means that you have paid to
the middle of January 1912. If any
error has been made in crediting
your account it will be promptly
corrected. It is practically impossi
ble to keep more than 1,500 ac
counts without occasionally making
an error.
Those who are in arrears must
pay up at once. The Advertiser has .
carried them through the dull sea
son and further indulgence should
not be asked or expected. Quite a
number have come forward this
fall and moved their dates up a year
hence but the number should have
been ten times greater. It requires a
large sum of money every month to
publish such a paper as The Adver
tiser, and the hundreds of small
amounts that are outstanding are
needed to meet these bills. We will
begin in a short time to revise our
mailing list and all who have neg
lected their subscription will be
dropped. Should your name be
among them you have no one to
blame except yourself, having had
ample notice that such action would
be taken. With the close of Decem
ber a large number of names will be
erased from our list. Will yours be
among them?
Students of The S. C. C. ?. En
joyed Their Thanksgiving. ?
Thanksgiving day was very pleas
antly spent by the students of the
South Carolina Co-Educational In
stitute. After religious exercises in
the chapel the students were given
general leave ior the day. On ac
count of the snow which fell the
night before, the football contest
which had been arranged between
the S. C. C. I. cadets and the cadets
of the Richmond academy of Au
gusta had to be called off, which
caused much disappointment among
the cadets as well as among many
people of the town who enjoy wit
nessing football. Having cancelled
the football engagement, the boys
had tc content themselves with a
snow battle on the campus, which
raged furiously for some time.
Probably after all this was best, as
there were no broken heads or
bruised shins resulting from this
bloodless battle.
The climax of the dav was reach
ed at G o'clock in the afternoon
when the students assembled in the
large dining hall and partook of the
annual turkey dinner. The menu
was very elaborate and everything
was beautifully served in spite of
the very large number who partici
pated. President Bailey spares no
efforts or money in providing every
possible delicacy for the annual
Thanksgiving feast, for which the
S. C. C. I. has become famous.
The menu was in part as follows:
Turkey,
Cranberry sauce, Dressing,
Pickle,
Rice, Gravy, Macaroni,
Candied Yams,
Baked beans, bread, jelly,
Coffee,
Ambrosia, Cake,
Confectionery.
Immediately after leaving the
dining hall the girls and boys pass
ed a pleasant social hour in the col
lege parlors. Then they assembled
in the auditorium where they listen
ed to a splendid address by Mr. A.
S. Tompkins. His good, sound ad
vice and timely exhortations were
interspersed with characteristic hu
mor, which gave added interest and
zest to what was said.
The students have never expe
rienced a more pleasant day than
Thanksgiving Day of 1912. The
social feature, the great feast and
the magnificent address all com
bine to make it a day that will lin
ger in memory's halls through the
years to come.
Fair at Bettis Academy a Suc
cess.
Editor The Advertiser: The wri
ter had the pleasure of attending
the colored fair at Bettis academy
in a community where the white
and colored always agree. The fair
was a "?markable one. The colored
people came rushing on the ground
with large hogs and home-raised
hams and large cases of home-raised
lard and many other farming and
agricultures that apace will not ad
mit me to mention. Prof. A. W.
Nicholson is at the head of the af
fairs. Horse races was generally
had on Thursday. We were surprised
to see that the colored people had
horses on the race track that would
very closely imitate that of white
people's horses.
There were several noted white
people who attended the fair, both
ladies as well as white gentlemen.
Several very interesting speeches
were made by those white gentle
men who encouraged the colored
people to continue in their efforts.
Prof. Nicholson and his wife wel
comed the white friends, giving
them a hearty reception. Nichol
son's wife is a hostess of the high
est type, being a colored worn in
who knows how to make things
pleasant
While at the fair we
saw on exhibition a whole quilt that
was made of the smoking tobacco
sacks. Also tobacco that had been
pressed as if it had been manufactur
ed. All this was colored people's.
When all of the colored people
in the United States learn to imi
tate the white people aud to obey
and respect them as the colored in
that vicinity I believe that God will
smile and then the earthly work
will be accomplished. I am yours
for the paper.
P. L. Anderson.
Leesville Bank Closed Doors.
Leesville, Dec. 1.-The directors
of the People's Bank of Leesville,
which has been closed since Wed
nesday last, will meet tomorrow and
decida what shall be done and to
issue "a true statement of the af
fairs of the bank." It was said by
those connected with the bank that
the institution had been closed
Wednesday because of the sickness
of the cashier, W. Aug. Shealy,
and the absence on a business trip
of Dr. E. J. Etheredge, president
Since the bank closed its doors
Wednesday there has been muoft
uneasiness among those who had
intrusted savings to its keepings.
The bank is said to have had
trouble recently in making collec
tions on paper it had accepted. The
State bank examiner, it is declared
on apparently reliable authority,
has not visited the bank since last
February.
The total deposits of the bank,
according to its books, amount to
only $20,000 and it is probable that
the depositors will be paid dollar
for dollar. The liabilities are un
officially stated to be about $50,
000. The bank is capitalized at
$25,000,
The People's Bank of Leesville
has been organized only a fei\
years. Its board of directors as
follows: Dr. E. J. Etheredge, Dr.
L. B. Etheridge, W. Aug. Shealy,
J. P. Able, Jacob Austin, Carwile
Shealy, A. L. Eargle and J. P.
Copeland. Dr. E. J. Etheridge is
president and W. Aug. Shealy is
cashier.
Dr. Etheridge, the president, is
also president of the board of trus
tees of Summerland college and is a
trustee of tho Seminole Securities
company. Dr. Etheredge, it was
stated by a member of his family,
is on a business trip, collecting
money and disposing of certain
goods he wishes to sell. He went
first to Charleston, intending to go
thence to Spartanburg. His exact
whereabouts could not be given.
National Corn Exposition School
For Boys.
A great deal has been said and
written regarding the National
Corn Exposition School for boys to
be held in connection with the Na
tional Corn Exposition, Columbia,
S. C., Jan. 28-February 8th, 1812,
but there are probably many people
who are not familiar with the de
tails.
The fii st question to consider is
what is this school to be? It is to
a source of information and inspira
tion and at the same time an outing
for the prize winning boys of the
Boy's Corn Club of the entire south.
.An effort is being made to have
every county in each southern state
send the two boys making the best
records. These will be properly
cared for and well supervised ip Co
lumbia. Each day they will be di
vided into squads and given in
j struction by the experts in charge
of the exhibits from the different
States. A pleasure trip to Charleston
and a cruise 'around the points of
interest at the city has been planned,
thus giving the boys an opportuni
ty to see the historic place. At the
! close of the week's school, the boys
will be given diplomas or certifi
cates showing that each boy has
taken the work prescribed. On the
last night of the school, the city of |
Columbia will give a banquet tu all
the boys attending, where the toast
master will be the boy holding the
best record in the entire south. Here
they wiil have an opportunity to
meet boys from all the southern
states aid many of the northern as
well. They will study the exhibits
of all the states represented, thus
getting direct information as to the
products of these states. The prob
lems being worked out by different ?
Experiment Stations will be studied
and the importance of each problem
stressed. These are only a very few
of the things the boys will get from
tnis school. The inspiration given
the boys here will be worth fully as
much as a year's work in the ordi
nary schoo'.
The school will be conducted
along semi-military lines, members
of the senior class of Clemson Col
lege acting as officers. The school
be under the direct charge of Mr.
J. B. Hobdy, an experienced man
from Alabama. A regular schedule
will be made out and every boy ex
pected to follow same details of
this schedule will be published later.
Many of the counties in South
Carolina have already arranged for
the two prize winning boys to at
tend this school. Those having no
tified this office are as follows: Ab
beville, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell,
Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Darlington, Edgefield,
Fairfield, Florence, Greenville,
Hampton, Horry, Laurens, Lee,
Marlboro, Orangeburg, Oconee,
Richland, Sumter, Union and Wil
liamsburg. Other counties may have
arranged for the boys bat have not
reported to this office.
In making the arrangements all
that is necessary will be to obtain
funds for transportation both ways
from the county seat to Columbia
and a fund of one dollar per day
while the boys are in Columbia. The
boys will be required to bring blan
kets, towels, etc. Rates from each
county seat may be obtained by ap
plying to Geo. H. Stephenson, Gen.
mgr. Palmetto Bank Building, Co
lumbia, S. C. As soon as arrange
ments are made the special agent in
charge of Boy's Corn Clubs, Clem
son College, S. C. should be notified.
Any further information regarding
this school may be had by writing
the above agents.
C. B. Hadden,
Special Agent.
Gone To Rest.
On Tuesday afternoon at 5:30
o'clock, Mrs. Sophie Killebrew
passed away at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. B. B. Jones. Mrs. Kille
brew is affectionately remembered
as Miss Sophie Jones before her
marriage to the late J. F. Killebrew,
who preceded her to the grave
about eight years ago.
Since that time Mrs. Killebrew
has lived in Edgefield, making her
home with her sister, Mrs. B. B.
Jones, and brothers, Messrs. L. B.
and N. M. Jones. For thc past five
years she has been an invalid, spend
ing most of her time in a rolling
chair, and gradually becoming more
helpless each day, but the recipient
of faithful and loving care from
her loved ones and many friends.
She was a member of the Edge
field Baptist church, and always de
lighted to be at the services. Even
I-"?Ladies
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WEDDING
Our stock of silverwari
glass, gold and silver jew
and silver novelties was ne
Designs I
Everything is from the ]
manufacturers in the counl
Let us supply your neec
better equipped in every d
best our prices are very
guaranteed. Will be a plea
our stock.
A. J. R
706 Broad St., A
after she was unable to walk alone
she would go, having the kindly
and solicitous aid of her brothers as
long as she was able to listen to the
gospel message.
Now she has gone to her reward,
which is greater than mortal pow
ers can conceive, for that is the
promise to those who suffer for
Him-"they shall also reign with
Him."
At ll o'clock Wednesday morn
ing this faithful Christian and pa
tient sufferer was laid to rest in the
village cemetery, after the last trib
ute to her memory was made by her
pastor Dr- M. D. Jeffries in the Bap
tist church as her loved ones and
friends had gathered to show their
esteem and affection.
William J. Bryan on Educa
tion.
What would we do if we should
see a father deliberately cut off one
of his boy's arms? asked William
Jennings Bryan in a speech in Ra
leigh last week. And yet, the great
Nebraskan rightly went on to say,
in this day, when no illiterate man
can successfully compare with an
educated one in anything, a father
who cuts off one of his boy's arms,
sending him into life with onlv one
instead of two, would be doing his
child no more serious an injury than
the father who deliberately neglects
to give his boy an education. The
simile is a good one indeed,
and one that we wish to em
phasize in connection with our
campaign for a ''Six-Months'School
Term for Every Country Boy and
Girl." A man's physical strength
is Hot even half his strength in the
world to-day; an education counts
for more than half in every line of
work-in farming and in everything
else. In the fierce industrial strug
gle of today, a strong well-trained
body may be compared to one's left
hand, but a strong, well-trained
mind is one's right hand. In cut
ting off your boy's chance for an
education, therefore, it is almost as
if you were cutting off his right
hand.
"It's a mighty poor sort of law
and civilization," Mr. Bryan con
cluded, "that will go out after a
man and compel him to pay back
$2 he borrowed, but will let him
send his own flash and blood out
into life hopelessly handicapped for
want of schooling they might have
had." And in our opinion Mr.
Bryan was right.-Progressive Far
mer.
Work panta from $2.00 up.
Write F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga.
and Gen
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reasonable. Satisfaction
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ugusta, Georgia.
Fruit Cake Ingredients.
Seeded raisins 1 pound pack
! age 15 cents.
Seeded raisins ? pound pack
age 10 cents.
Currants 1 pound package 15cts.
Currants $ pound package 10 cts.
Citron 25 oents per pound.
Figs 20 cents per pound.
We also carry the National Bis
1 cuit Co's, fruit cake in 1 pound and
5 pound packages.
W. E. Lynch & Co.
Fair Pants
Free
Elk Tailoring Company
offer s free extra pair pants
with each order for Suit or
Overcoat, this offer good
until December 25,
0. P. Bright,
Agent
Elk-Knickerbocker
Lukort and Scotch
Woolen Mills
A nice line saddles, prices right.
Wilson & Cantelou.
Boys suits, overcoats, pants and
hats a full line, 25 per cent less than
elsewhere F. G. Mertins, Augusta,
Ga.
FREE, FREE, FREE. A nice
present to any one that brings in
the seven advertisements that I have
in this paper mentioning paper be
fore December 1, 1912 or we will
send present with any order of Si.00
or more. F. G. Mertins, Augusta,
Ga.
Stetson hats and other makes, a
full line for ?2.50 up. Welours hats
?4.00 all shades. F. G. Mertins,
Augusta, Ga.
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