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J. L. MIMS,_"Editor. Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at fte 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 ished at advertising rates. Wednesday, October 6. "Made in South Carolina." Columbia, Oct. 2-In the recent issue of the South Carolinian it was .stated that the South Carolina Devel ' opment Board is starting a state wide campaign to ask South Carolin ians to buy agricultural products grown in South Carolina and manu factured articles "Made in South Carolina." Several members have asked the board to make an investi gation as to the purchase and sale of food stuffs and manufactured arti cles not produced in South Carolina and the possibilities of home con sumption of the state's products. <Jeorge R. Wheeler, Manager of the Board has called attention of the cit izens to the great sums of money sent out side the state for purcheses that could be made at home, in the following statement: "South Caro lina is fortunaet in having printers, engravers and lithographers of the first class. They deliver the goods promptly and at lesser prices on ac count of saving in transportation. Be sure to see if the checks and other printed blanks you are using were ."Made in South Carolina.' "At a meeting several months ago those present who make a practice of pa tronizing mail order houses were asked to hold up their hands and it developed that over one half were purchasing merchandise from other towns. Few people ever stop to fig ure up the sum total loss to them selves and their neighbors by follow 1 ing up this practice. When they send their money to the mail order house it leaves the home state circle, the - "merchant, the banker, the farmer, the clerks and the home labor stand a small chance of ever seeing the money after it leaves on its long jour ney. Communities, counties and 'States grow and thrive just to the ex tent their citizens practice thrift and pride and interest the citizens take in their home industries. The .South Carolina manufacturer and merchant pay their taxes to support -the home government, construct and maintain public improvements and .contribute to charitable causes, yet ;some of their neighbors insist on pa tronizing concerns that pay little tor no taxes in South Carolina, but on the other hand pay out a percentage of the receipts from sales made in ' the state, to build up the large cities : of the north, east and west. Let us ' patronize the business men that min- ' gie and deal with us." I As a Woman Thinks. I know a great many happy, con- J ...tented wives and mothers and I know .a far greater number of querulous, 1 .dissatisfied, complaining ones. I know many alert, alive, jolly op- 1 limistic business women and I know 1 a legion of peevish, disgruntled, 1 .whining women who are always * knocking fate because they have to <earn their own bread and butter. Yet the lots of happy and unhappy -women, of the contented and discon tented are precisely the same, Both ( have certain joys and perquisites, i Both have certain cares and burdens ( lo bear. i The fwhole difference between i ? them lies -in the point of view from .which they look upon life. To one Twoman the world seems big and fine ;and worth while. To the other her daily task is loathed drudgery which she performs without interest or in- , spiration. j Consequently, one woman is hap_ ] py and the other miserable, though ] they walk the same path. For as a ? woman thinks so is she. 1 Take the case of the married wo men. To the average woman the holy ? estate is a vale of trials and tribu?a- ' tions in which she has self-control, 1 where she meets up with disillusion ments and hardships of which she never dreamed and is called upon to perform labor and make sacrifice of which she wo?ld have' believed her self incapable. She find?'that instead of being a romantic hero who is a combination of Job and Sir Galahad and Mr. Rockefeller, her husband is a poor, weak human man with a dyspeptic stomach and raw nerves. Also, that instead of having money coming to him on wings, he earns it painfully by the nickel so that she has to squeeze every penny to get the most out of it. Likewise she ascertains that in stead of being pin feathered little angels, always rosy and smiling and ready to be kissed, children are most ly brats who heed to be spanked and have their noses wiped, and that they are prone to measles and mumps, raiding the jam closet. Certainly the wife and mother of an ordinary family has a strenuous life of it, and whether she is a mar tyr or the blessed among women, de pends upon her point of view. If she loves her husband and children bet ter than she loves hreself, she gets pure, joy out of'it. There is nothing menial in the hours she spends over the cook stove, preparing the food that gives them health and strength. Nor is there anything sordid in the pinching economics with which she manages her household, for she is helping her man build up his fortune. And there you are. Husbands are dull or fascinating, children are bur dens or God's own gifts, making. a hom? a woman's noblest sphere or j domestic slavery just as the individ ual woman thinks it is. And similiarly, making her own living a career or a curse accord ing to a woman's point of view. The only difference between pleas ure and work is our mental attitude towards them. Golf is a sport because you have to pay out money for the privilege of playing it. Hoeing po tatoes is work because you have to hire somebody to do it for you. A woman is having a regular pic-] nie when she spends time, and money I turning over lovely goods in a shop, or trying on imported -frocks and hats io see how she looks in them. But she regards herself as a poor, unfortunate when she is hired to handle pretty things in a store or serve as a cloak or hat model. In reality there is no other such fun as work. It's the big game that calls in to play every faculty that one poss esses that keeps one strung up to concert pitch all the time because its stakes are real, you are not playing for counters. All you have and hope for is staked on the outcome of your j efforts. Some women take the outlook on earning their own living. They are the bright eyed, wide awake jolly business women who have an interest that never palls in their job. There is always something new for them to find out about the thing they are do ing, and there is always something I exciting happening in the way of some new trade. They are always looking ahead, building of the fu ture; they are always striving to wards some new goal. The work may be hard. They never notice it, so keen are they on results. They do the same things day after) day, but they see a myriad new faces to even the most familiar act. The hours are long. They are all too short for what they wish to accomplish. They are classed as working women. They glory in it, for it means that I they are some use in the world, and 50 justified in living. As a woman thinks, so is she. Hap py or unhappy, lucky or 'unlucky. The man she is married to is a king ar a boor, just as she sees him. Her j ivork is worth while or not as she visualizes it. What a pity every wo nan can't put the good thought on lerself and see her lot through rosy 'lasses ! Yours, A. B. CLOER. Edgefield, S. C. I shall be out of my office on Mon lay and Tuesday, October 11th and 12th, as I shall be in Columbia in the lischarge of my duty as member of Soard of Examiners in Optometry :or South Carolina. GEO. F. MIMS, 10-6 lt Optometrist. Grip. Grip usually starts just the same is a cold with a watery discharge from the nose. You are much more likely to contract the grip when you have a cold. For that reason when ?rip is prevalent you should go to bed as soon as you feel that you are takin ga cold and stay in bed until fully recovered which should not be long if you take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Three days in bed now is better than three weeks later on. __FOR SALE: Fulghum oats, Red Proof oats and early May wheat for planting. J. R .CANTELOU. Motor Industry Leading Way to Lower Prices. Studebaker Dealer in Expressing His Surprise at Reduction in Stude baker Prices Sees Manufac turers Desire to Help in Bringing About General Decline in Prices of a!! Commodities. WAGES AND QUALITY UN CHANGED. "The reduction in the prices of Studebaker Cars came as a complete surprise to me," said J. P. Bland, lo cal distributer of Studebaker ; Cars, referring to the official announce ment recently made by A. R. Ers kine, president of the Studebaker Carporation. "In taking this action The Stude baker Corporation was the first quan tity producer of quality automobiles to effect a reduction in prices of its product. When one stops to consider that Studebaker is the third largest manufacturer of motor cara. in the world, and for that matter, one of the world's greatest industrial insti tutions, its action in the way of price reducion may be aecc?. d as indici tive of a real desire to materially assist in the lowering of prices of commodities in an effort to bring liv ng condtions back to something more nearly approaching a normal basis. "As President Erskine has so apt ly remarked, 'It is highly desirable ^hat the lowering of prices be en couraged at this time and in reduc ing the prices of its product, Stude baker is anticipating its ability to buy raw materials at lower prices next year and to increase its labor efficiency.' " "Without cheapening the quality! of its product in any manner and at the same time maintaining its pres ent wage scale, it has, in my estima tion, taken real courage to announce price reductions. "Labor too, is showing a splendid disposition to help in making it pos sible for the manufacturer to make these reductons, by its increased ef ficiency in the shops, and this is a factor of greatest importance if we are to bring prices back to a lower level without further loss of time. "Although wholly unexpected at this time I am, nevertheless, grati fied at the turn things have taken and I am happy to b'e associated with an industry that is leading the way| to lower prices and with a manufac turer possessed of a vision broad enough to look ahead to the'future?' County Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1920 to the 15th day of March, 1921. All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1920 and December 31st, 1920. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 1920 the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent, fdr Jami ary, and if taxes are not paid on or. before February 1st 1921, the Coun ty Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five.per cent addition al, from the 1st of March to the 15th of March,, after which time all un paid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1920 are as follows: Mills For State purposes_ 12 For Ordinary County_ 8 For Past Indebtedness_2% For Special, Good Roads_ 2 For Constitutional School Tax 3 For Antioch_ 8 For Bacon School District_ ll For Blocker_ 8 For Blocker-Limestone _ 4 For Colliers_ 4 For Flat Rock_ 8 For Oak Grove _ 3 For Red Hill _ 8 For Edgefield_ 10 For Elmwood No. 8_ 8 For Elmwood No. 9 _ 2 For Elmwood No. 30_ 2 For Elmwood L. C._ 3 For Hibler _ 8 For Harmony _ 3 For Johnston _ 15 For Meriwether (Gregg) - 2 For Moss _ 3 For Brunson School_ 4 For Ropers_ 2 For Shaw- 4 For Sweetwater- 4 For Talbert_ 8 For Trenton _.-11% For Wards .- 8 For Wards No. 33 _r_ 4 For Blocker R. R. (portion 15 For Elmwood R. . (portion __ 15 For Johnston R. R.- 3 For Pickens R. R._ 3 For Wise R. R._.- 3 For Corporation -30% All che male citizens between the ages of 21 years and 60 years, ex cept those exempt by law, are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar each. A capital tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law ?scribes that all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $4.00 commuta tion tax. No commutation is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax receipt when you desire to pay road tax. Time for paying road tax will expire March 15, 1921. j. L. PRINCE, Co. Treas. E. C. mm mMMM Get FREE Beginning Oct 1 and Ending Oct 8 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GUESSING CONTEST AND -TO THE ONE GUESSING THE NEAREST OR CORRECT NUMBER OF WATCHES \ IN THIo WINDOW ONE Ingersoll Radiolite Watch Given Free Come in and vote, lt will not cost you one cent. You may be the lucky one. Who can tell. Any way you will know Saturday, October 9th who the lucky one was. We Have Good News for Milady Just arrived one big shipment of the celebrated De Bevoise Brassiere, pink and white, in all styles and prices. We feel sure when you see them that you will make a purchase, for every one that sees them speaks well of them when making a purchase. Don't Let the Cold Weather Catch You Without Warm Wearing Apparrel PH We are well stocked to take care of your wants in such as Coat Suits, Dreesses, Hats, Skirts, Underwear, Shoes, Hosiery, Sweaters, Blankecs and {g? 1 Dress Goods. If WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU The Corner Store m m m m mm fe ^MMMMMM ?&m% H The New Store The New Store AT THE New Hotel Building WE ARE READY FOR BUSINESS WITH A LARGE Stock of brand-new up-to-date merchandise. We have a beautiful selection of Coat Suits, Coats and Dresses. A handsome line of men's and boys' suits. A large stock of men's, ladies' and children's shoes of the best brands. There is also millinery and dry goods. WE CARRY ONLY THE VERY BEST Visit Our Store. We would be glad to show you our line THE ECONOMY STORE EDGEFIELD, S. C.