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t??geftdif Redises J. L. MIMS,_Editor. Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at file postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be pub lished unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub lished at advertising rates. Wednesday, November 20 Something new under the sun: Elections in Germany. TV>^ most popular woman in all the wc rid is Miss Red-Cross Nurse. Tho only item on the menu for the Peacr Table agreed upon thus far is Turkey. Th? two most popular men in the world are your "Uncle San:" and Woodrow. Wilson. The "Yanks" have chanced Ger mai . "iron heel" to one of rubber, the softest, most pliable kind. L ' us not forget the loyalty of Gu The little Republic declared war . ?? Germany the day after the United States did. What are you going to do for the hom coming of your boy? It is not enou^ii to kill the fatted calf or the biggest gobbler in the yard. The Advertiser has been "shower ed" with large sweet potatoes this fall but we haven't yet had a sample of tha 'possum crop. Things have gotten somewhat aw ry. Instead of compulsory school at tendance, we have compulsory school closing in South Carolina. Among the "ex's" soon to be re corded will be some ex-camps, but than.:? to the War Department Camp Jackson is to be a permanent insti ' tution. Personal mention: After a visit to the Fatherland of more than 40 years M..-.; Alsace-Lorraine has returned homo, much to the delight of her Pa risian friends. ?? . Yas the Germans are an educated pei , but as it is all in their heads and ie in their hearts they bi't?me : top-h . vy, nationally unbalanced a,;.: ... ?at was the fall. They tell us that the day of auto cv:. . ale has passed, but old man '.-Jh .. and seme of hhs brethren in g ma v oniai bondage Co not sub sc . ;o .?his statement. T" have this too. to bc thankful fy:'-- ?at cotton has not declined in ts much as uniforms. Since j was declared most anybody can .... .,rd a pair of puttees. On with the ship building! Ameri ca * ids should be shipped in Am er: ? bottom.-. It is only through sil ? policy that America will hold ci.cial primacy of the serb. he ex-Kaiser will have to be gra il for this Thanksgiving season :.everything is well with him as it .s. It might have been (and may bp yet} a thousand times worse with him. The vessels that sweep the mines fr?m the ports and high seas should 02 manned by Germans. If anybody ir VJ i>3 killed in this hazardous un Mertaking, let them be "hoist upon ihtir own petard." Winiam Hohenzollern has run a..; "rom Berlin but he can't run away from his conscience and the ipointment of becoming the em ; . . f a world-wide domain. He is the most miserable of men. Ad of the girls can soon have a soldi sweetheart. Under the rules t-f ?he War Department all honorably d..st harked soldiers can wear their uniforms for three months after be ing mustered out of the service. It is generally conceded that, next 1> n . dent Wilson. Secretary of the u.'y-Director General McAdoo is the biggest man in America, but he will have to step down to third place when General Jack Pershing sots foot cr. American soil again. Premier Ebers of New Germany may be all right but, in truth, we dc not altogether like his "looks." How ever, he is not nearly so repulsive as the brutal Hindenburg who should be hanged as high as Haman. No chimneys stand upon former sites of hundreds and thousands of homes in Belgium and France. There are no firesides around which the Christmas stocking can be placed* But America should see to it that Santa Claus visits the children-hun dreds of thousands of them orphans -of these homes. The monthly "outlay" of the av. erage family in these belligerent times is something fierce, and thrice i happy is the man who can make "tongue and buckle meet." We've had to buy everything under the sun this year except an auto number plate, and judging from "rumblings" heard in The Advertiser home we may have that to buy before another year passes. Huns Should Pay The Price. Tell the Huns we'll feed their hun gry women and children but they must pay for the demoralization, de pradation, devastation and damna tion they have wantonly committed, ?and settle, too, on a full 100 -per cent, basis. Their maudlin appeals for sympathy should avail nothing. How can people whose hands are j yet dripping with the blood of inno cent women and children have the nerve to ask for sympathy. They not only needlessly precipitated the war but made it the most unspeakably terrible conflict that the world has ever seen. Now let them pay for it in part at least. Full compensation and reparation will be impossible. Honor to Whom Honor Is Due. Not all of the bouquets should be handed to Gen. Pershing. Every man under him who did his duty, it mat ; ters not what his rank may be, is en titled to a share of the glory. Had Gen. Pershin. been sent to Europe alone, the Huns would now be vic tors, dictating the hardest and harsh I est peace terms conceivable. But, in ! stead of sending him alone to combat 'the Germans, America has sent more ;than 2,000,000 men and they, to gether with the men higher in com I'mand, made victory for the Allies ! possible. Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's-Render un to Pershing the honor that is Persh mg s-Render unto the subordinate ;ohicers and privates the honor that j is rightly due them. Tangible Appreciation. j The erection of a monument re cently io perpetuate the memory of [the three first Americans who fell in : action in France by the citizens of Nancy was a gracious and beautiful act. The men sacrificed their lives for the safety of the world, as well as for tho safety of their own homes, and richly deserve the honor that France has,shown the^?. They fell in the kattie of Nancy about a year ago and the French were unwilling for their memory not to be perpetuated. Public exercises were held on thc oc casion of thc unveiling of the monu ment and speeches praising the Am erican soldiers for their bravery and vor thc services that they are render ing the French people. The sacrificial ! blood of the American soldiers will [henceforth make one of France, Eng land and America. ;A Thoughtful and Wise Suggestion. j Somebody, we do not recall who, j has made the suggestion in one of thc daily papers that the question ol' j supplying potash be settled by thc ! peace conference. Germany holds I practically a monopoly of the world's j .supply of potash and after order has ?been restored from the present chaos . . . ? those people should not oe permitted to charge exorbitant and unreason able prices for this much-needed and widely-used article of commerce. Some definite terms bearing upon the ( exporting of potash should be agreed upon. The Advertiser does not a i vo cale an unreasonably low prie: Cor potash. Allow them to mine and sh at a profit, SVen a larger profit tiwi! that which was realized before the war. America can afford to pay sume more than was formerly paid. But our people should not be robbed sim ply hut-use Germany ho*lds a monop oly of the world's supply of potash. War Savings Stamps to Be Soid After Peace. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. l?.-War Sav ings stamps will continue after the conclusion of peace, according to an official announcement which has been received by Hugh Richardson, State director for Georgia, from Secretary McAdoo. The stamps to bc issued after Jan uary 1. 1919, will be blue instead of the present trreen, and will bear a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, one of this country's greateit advocates of thrift and economy. Thousands of Georgians signed a Interesting Letter From Mr. A. A. Glover. North, S. C. November 18, 1918. Edgefield Advertiser: I am just up from an attack of in fluenza but am not yet able to leave the house. Our little town has been hard hit by this terrible disease, and the doctors have been unable to con trol it. Seven of my neighbors have died within the last week and many others are criticallydll. I found a ne? gro cemetery on my mail route the other day and I counted ten fresh graves, all having been buried in three days. One of them was buried at ten o'clock at night. Not in the history of North has the town and community been visited by such a scourge. The Red Cross, and the min isters of the town have" been tireless in their efforts to relieve the suffer ing and care for the sick and bury the dead. God bless such an organiza tion and may we revere and hold sa cred the memory of Clara Barton, the founder of this gr?a!" society. There is another class of ministering angels who should ever be encourag ed and commended for their faithful service. I have reference to the grad uate nurses. These noble \yomen have not held back but have rendered faithful service, not once thinking of their own safety. Many of them have succumbed to the dreadful malady. Let there be no sneering remarks about these dear women-they are a blessing to our country. And right here let me say, I believe our legis lature ought to provide means for training more of our woiuen as nurses. Mr. Mims, there is a matter I should like to mention that may be of int?r?t to some of your readers. About two years ago I undertook the difficult task of preparing and having published a genealogical record of the Tillman family, some of whom were my mateVnal ancestors. In my research I have received many nice letters from descendants in many states-among them one let ter from Col. John Tillman, a promi nent lawyer of Birmingham, Ala., and Hon. George N. Tillman of Nash ville, Tenn., one of the most promi nent lawyers and distinguished citi zens of that state. John Tillman is a grand-son of Jacob Tillman who mar ried a Mosley and moved to Alabama, a brother of Benj. Tillman, Sr., fath er of late Senator Tillman. George Tillman is the grand-son of John Till man who married Rachell Martin, whose mother was a Marshall and first cousin of Chief Justice Marshall of the United States Superior Court. In Mr. Tillman's letter to me he says, "Doubtless you and I are de- f scended from and have a common an-1 cestor in Rodger Tillman, of Prince George county, Va. My great grand father, Lewis Tillman, son of George Tillman and wife Frances of Edge- ; field district, married Polly Huff. His son, Dan Tillman, taught school at! Martintown about 20 miles from Augusta, Ga. His brother John and ! Rachel! Martin, daughter of Mat Martin were among his pupils. Lewis Tillman moved with his family to Bedford County, Tenn., so did Mat Martin and his family John and Roc hell married' and rode horse-back j to Edgefield on their honey moon to ; visit relatives. Lewis Tillman was ! killed in the Revolutionary war. Ab ram Martin, father of Mat, was also killed at Augusta, Ga. The Tillmans, Martins, Ryans, Mil lers, Hancocks, Glovers and Lanhams all came from Virginia and settled in the lower part of Edgefield county before the Revolutionary war and played an important part in its de velopmc.it. In all the wars in which ' our country has been engaged thc j blood of these people has been spilt : on the battlefields. This Martin family evidently lived j ?ul where Tuck Mathis now lives.! Vir. Tillman is anxious to know if i lie oil Martin settlement still exists so w dd li to .'.ave it photo apb :. If anybody knows whore' the place is please ?rite me. In a w ni nths I h( ? to have my rec c-rds-feady for the press. If there is any one who knows the whereabouts f any ol eorge Tillman's descer?d .i nd \ bri Stephen Tillman .lodge last. June to buy a certain stip ulated amount of war savings stamps during 1918. Some of these pledges have been redet med but others have, not. Presently the victorious Ameri an soldiers will be coming home to find members of their family and friends who were not as punctual in discharging the obligations of duty as proved themselves on thc battle ,;ne in France. FOR SALE: Eighty bushels of May wheat for seed ,grown on my own farm. $2.50 per bushel. M. C. ?'ARK ER. 11-20-tf. \ NOW THAT PEACE HAS BEEN DECLARED it is up to the people of this country to get business back on a sound footing and to re duce the high cost of living. We are going to start the ball rolling in that direction by offering all hats in the Millinery department at ONE-THIRD OFF * for November and December. Come in and get a hat before they are picked over. Just received a shipment of Outing Gowns, Sweaters, Middies, Blouses, and for the baby Wool Caps, Booties, Wool Socks and Sweaters. Another shipment of Enamel Ware just received. . THE CORNER STORE t L iL Supplie* We placed large orders carly for the several departments on our second floor and invite our friends, the Indies especially, to inspect these attractive goods. We are showing some good values in bed-room suits. Also see our sideboards, hat-racks, solas, dining tables and china closets. A beautiful assortment of rockers to selet-t (rom. We have a large stock of iron and enameled beds and the best bed ?springs on the market. A large stock of cotton and felt mattresses. We extend a special invitation to the ladies to come and see our beautiful assort ment of rugs and art squares. .Many attractive designs at very reasonable prices. We have bought a large slock of stoves, ranges and heaters. Now is the time to discard your old one and purchase a new one. Wc were never better supplied than now to fill the needs of our customers in har ness, bridles and saddles. Large assortment to select from. Our undertaker's department is well supplied with coffins and caskets of all sizes | and prices. A share of j'our patronage is solicited. Our hearse responds to all calls promptly. On our first floor witt be found a large stock of heavy groceries and plantation supplies. We buy in large quantities and can make very satisfactory prices. Large shipment of Texas oats for seed-no better quality on the market. Let us hil your orders.. dgefield Mercantile Company