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A Poem.
They say true love is pleasure.
But what pleasure do I see,
Since the only girl that I ever loved
Has turned her back on me?
Since she's gone, let her go, God
bless her;
She is mine wherever she may be.
She may travel this wide world over,
But she'll find no boy like me.
I would pawn my watch and chain,
1 love;
I would pawn my diamond ring:
I would pawn this heart in my bosom
Just to win her back again.
There is many a change in the ocean,
There is many a change in the sea;
There is many a change in the heart,
love,
But you will find no change in me.
F. B. P.
Bed Hill.
Honor Roll Edgefield Schools
For Month Ending Feb. 3.
First Grade: William Yonce, James
t Powell, Dorothy McClendon, Homer
Jackson.
Advanced First: Lucile Turner,
Horace Mellichamp, M. L. Mauney,
Henry Quarles, Hugh Gilchrist, Earle
Cogburn, Sarah Nicholson, William
Hudgens.
Second Grade: Albert Allen, Rob
ert Holston, Milton Quarles, Kath
ryne Burnett, Mary Sue Massengale,
Margaret Mooney, Rhette Powell,
Helen Franklin, Raymond Quarles..
Distinguished: Mary Anderson, Sal
lie Anderson, Addie Sue Covar, Lina
Jones, Mary Ouzts.
Third Grade: Marie Bussey, Mary
Gibson, Cornelia Holmes, Hettie
Jones, Gertrude Lanham, Kathryn
Mims, Annie Nicholson, Gladys Parks,
Carrol Kemp, Floyd Nelson, Benja
} min Ouzts. Distinguished: Ruby Ber
s ry, Esther Daitch, Helen Deal, Mar
tha Gibson, Ruth Kemp, Elizabeth
Posey.
Fourth Grade: T. A. Broadwater,
Charles Byrd, Jim Covar, Mary
Holmes, Frances Pail, Esther Ruben
stein, Floride Turner. Distinguished:
Helen Dunovant, Emma Perrin Mims,
Elizabeth Nicholson. .
Fifth Grade: Janie Edwards, Car
rie Louise Cheatham, Ralph Morgan,
Martha Stewart, Walton Mims, Har
ry Paul, Mary Lorene Townsend,
Elizabeth Kemp, Clara Morgan, Mary
Cantelou, Constance Talbert, William
Byrd, Arthur Timmerman. Distin
guished: Dorothy Marsh.
Sixth Grade: J. R. Timmerman,
George Edward Sheppard, John Nix
' on, Ned Nicholson, Fitzmaurice Byrd, I
Allen Samuel, Tem Timmerman,
Byrnes Ouzts. Distinguished: Emily
k? Talbert, Mary Thurmond, Mazie
Kemp. ^
Seventh Grade: Perry McCarty,
Eugene Sparks, Charlton Talbert,
Ernest Quarles. Distinguished: Effie
Allen Lott, Margaret Strom, Martha
Thurmond, Frances Wells, Elzie Co
^ var, June Nicholson.
Eighth Grade: Thomas Ellis, Fair
Nicholson. Distinguished : Albert
Rainsford, Mary Lily Byrd, Carrie
Dunovant, Kathryn Stewart, Eliza
beth Timmerman.
Ninth Grade: Addie Sue McClen
don, Alice Prescott, Magdalene Redd,
May Rives. Distinguished: Robert
Strom, Willie ??ac McCarty, Felicia
Mims.
Tenth Grade: None.
Eleventh Grade: Eleanor Mims,
Elyse Hudgens, Dixon Timmerman,
Bessie Dunovant. Distinguished : Rob
ert Ouzt?, Corrie Cheatham.
Mill School: Talmadge Adams, Jes
sie Ouzts, Albert Ouzts, Helen Pad
gett, Elzie Berry, Annie Billou, Es
teen Coward, Fred Stalcup, Sybil
Sharp, Fay Turner, Grace Ouzts, Bax
ter VanBuren.
Term Honor Roll: Pupils who have
averaged above 90 on every subject
for term ending Feb. *3, 1922 :
Fifth Grade : Dorothy Marsh, Mary
Cantelou, Janie Edwards, Carrie
Louise Cheatham.
Sixth Grade: J. R. Timmerman,
Geo. Edward Sheppard, John Nixon,
Ned Nicholson, Fitzmaurice Byrd,
Allen Samuel, Emily Talbert, Mary
Thurmond.
Seventh Grade: Perry McCarty,
Eugene Sparks, Charlton Talbert,
Effie Allen Lott, Martha Thurmond,
Frances Wells.
Eighth Grade: Elizabeth Timmer
man, Mary Lily Byrd, Kathryn Stew
art, Albert Rainsford.
Ninth Grade:: Robert Strom, Wil
lit Mae McCarty, Felicia Mims, Mag
dalene Redd, May Rives.
Tenth Grade: Allen Edwards, Isa
belle Byrd, Gladys Lawton, Elizabeth
Lott, Sara Reeves, Amos Moore.
Eleventh Grade: Robert Ouzts,
Dixon Timmerman, Corrie Cheatham.
Thirty per cert of enrolment on
honor rolls.
\ W. 0. TATUM, Jr.,
Superintendent.
Let us have .VOUE grocery account.
You will be pleased.
COLLETT'S.
Long Branch News.
The most striking event of late in
the community was the marrigae of
Mr. William Ripley to Miss Thelma
Derrick i which took place the fifth
Sunday in January. It was quite a
surprise to their friends and neigh
bors. Mr. Fletcher Derrick and Miss
Ruby Ripley were the only ones who
went with them to Johnston where
they were married .by Rev. W. S.
Brooke.
Miss Mary Adams spent a few days
with Mrs. Luther Yonce last week.
There were several absent from
school last week on account of colds.
Little Frank Yonce is still sick, but
we hope he will be able to be in
school soon.
.Mrs. Joe Clarke is quite sick. We
hope for her a ?pedy recovery.
Mr. Raymond Derrick was at home
the fifth Sunda3^.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ripley took
tea with Mr. and Mrs. Bomar- Scott
one evening last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clarke and
family spent Sunday at Mr. T. F. Ly
brand's.
Miss Evelyn Scott spent Sunday
with Miss Pansy Derrick.
Miss Ethel Clark spent Sunday
with Miss Azilee Salter.
Miss Chloe Rhoden spent the week
end with Miss Janie Rhoden at John
ston.
'Miss Farra Salter is spending this
week with her sister, Mrs. Bruce
Cromer of Saluda.
Miss Lizzie Harvey spent last week
end at Saluda. ,
Mrs. Kate Clark, Miss Julia Clark
and Mr. Butler Clark went to Augus
ta last Saturday.
Red Hill News.
Will you find space in your paper
for a Red Hill letter?
We have been having some rain
and muddy roads.
Miss Daisy Gardner of Antioch
spent the week-end with Miss Belle
Prince.
Misses Thelma and Ruby Wood,
and Mis? Helen Stone spent last Wed
nesday night with Mrs. Lizzie Prince.
Miss Esther Dorn was the guest
of Miss Eileen Youngblood Saturday
night.
Miss Dorothy Mae Prescott enter
tained a large number of her friends
Friday night.
Miss Lola Youngblood was the
guest of Miss Mattie Belle Mathis
Friday night.
Miss Kathleen Prince spent Sun
day night with Miss Helen Stone.
Misses Lida and Mamie Holmes and
Miss Henrietta King spent Sunday
with Mrs. Ola Prince.
The Red Hill children are glad to
have Mr. Claude Hamilton of Fl?t
Rock with them now.
BLUE EYES.
Selection of Good Poultry
Breeding Stock.
Clemson College, Feb. 6.-In the
breeding of poultry, it is very essen
tial to mate well developed males
with the breeding females. The
breeding males should conform to the
standard for that particular breed,
including color pattern and shape.
Breeding males should be vigor
ous and healthy. When selecting a
male bird for your breeding pen,
says N. R. Mehrof, extension poultry
specialist, select one whose every ac
tion bespeaks of life. Know his an
cestry, so that you know what he will
produce. Use only males out of h^h
producing females. Unhealthy and
non-vigorous males are unable to
transmit their desirable characteris
tics to their offspring.
A good breeding male has the fol
lowing characteristics: Carries his.
body erect, head up, breast out; has
a large heart girth as well as a deep,
long body, all of which are evidences
of abundant capacity; has /great
width of back and breadth between
the legs; has fineness of head parts
and color markings; shows vigor and
health.
Good Breeding Females Necessary.
It is just as necessary and impor
tant to select good breeding females
as it is to select good breeding males
The breeding females should conform
to the standard in regard to shape,
color, and weight for that breed, and
should show all indications of health
and vigor.
Select females that are high pro
ducers. If you do not have hens that
have the ability to lay a maximum
number of eggs, purchase a few and
improve your flqck in that method.
Mate these females with desirable
breeding males.
A good breeding female has the
following characteristics: Clean cut
head, long back, large abdominal ca
pacity, well developed breast, good
color markings, vigor and health.
WANTED: Good, sound corn, for
milling purposes, fifty cents paid for
same in shuck or sixty cents shelled.
J. G. ALFORD.
1-25-1Ot.
SEES GOOD IN THE TEA CUP
Doctor Eliot, Aged Educator, Goes on
Record as Having Faith In That
Moderate Stimulant
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, now In his
eighty-sixth year, confesses to a devi
ation from the strict rule of abstemi
ousness which canner but cause con
cern In the inner circles of moral re
form, says the New York World.
Though he has always indulged In
"stimulants like tea, coffee and al
cohol," and in tobacco not at all for
more than half a century, he yet finds
a certain virtue In tea drinking. X>*T
have, used tea most," he says, "because
lt seems to me to facilitate the men
tal effort of writing and speaking." *
If the venerable ex-president of
Harvard university had merely said
that he derived some dletlc benefit
from tea, no exception would betaken
to the statement. It Is his frank ad
mission that he uses t?" n stimu
lant and finds that lt helps ina mental
processes which will be challenged.
Can there be good In cny stimulant?
Can the willful excitation of the mind
by any kind of brew be other tha?
Immoral In its essential nature? All
simon-pure reformers of the drink evil
will feel sure that the use of tea has
drugged Doctor Eliot's Intellect and
robbed It of Its highest productivity,
But what the world has lost In that
particular will' count as nothing to
the self-revelation that this distin
guished champion of temperance ls
not 100 per cent perfect In his pro
hibition views.
NEW ROUTES OF NEAR EAST
Railroad Lines Will Be Materially E?
tended as the Result of Op?r>
atlons of the Great War. .
riiie military operations of the wat
gave a material boost to railroad do?
v'elopraent In the near EasL says Lew.
ls Heck, In Asia. After their success
ful campaign at the end of 1917, th?
British extended their track line from
Egypt to Palestine, connecting at
Ramleh near Jerusalem. The line then
went on to Haifa. whltA the British
are planning to make their great port
In thc East -and the principal terminus
on the Mediterranean for a new short
line railroad to Bagdad and India, con?
uectlng Egypt and the African posse?
slons with India. The war gave, the
Bagdad railway extensions In CHIcla,
northern Syria and Mesopotamia- j
British prisoners of war furnishing,
much of the labor. The tunnels
through the Taurus mountains were
completed. Trains now run from Conn
stantinople through Aleppo to Nlsbln.
At the eastern terminus of the line
Bagdad-trains run northward as fat
as Tekrit Between Nlsbln and Tekrlt
is an unfinished section of a few hun?
dred miles. Before th.? war, trains
did not run at night on this line, but
this was changed by stern necessity.
When normal traffic conditions are re
established, the journey from Constan
tinople to Bagdad and on to the Per
sian Gulf can be made In a few days.
Shakespeare Farm to Be Sold.
Among the numerous randed prop?
9rties which are coming Into ttcrket
during the next few months Is one of
more than ordinary Interest, namely,
the Grendon Underwood estate, Buck
inghamshire, says the London Tele
graph. This belongs to Mrs. Pigott, a
member of a family resident In the di?
trlct for centuries, who has decided to
sell. This village has mnny historical
and literary associations, which chiefly
center round its westerly portion,
where stands the old Elizabethan hab
ita tion now known as Shakespeare
farm.
It was here, when the house was
a wayside hostelry, then named the
Old Shippe. that Shakespeare, it Is
affirmed, used to stay when Journey
ing to and from Stratford-on-Avon.
Find New Fertilizer.
An Important addition to the fer
tilizer supp!? of tlie United States ls
to be made.
About 2,."0o.000 ncres of lands In
' Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Montana,
containing valuable phosphate depos
its have been divided Into areas
not exceeding 2,500 each, according to
the Journal of Industrial and Engi
neering Chemistry. %
For years these lands have been
awaiting congressional legislation In
regard to the leasing of phosphate ?&
posits In public lands. Regulations te
this connection have now been ap
proved by Secretary of the interior
Payne. Applications for leases are
to be filed with the local land office
for transmission to the secretary of
the Interior.-Chemical Round Table.
Peanut Production.
Alabama' ls the leading state Sw.
peanut production, with 6,840,000 bush?
els to her credit in 1910, while five
rMher states produced from 3,400,000
bushels . to 6,500,000 bushels each,
The total production of peanuts In
the United States last year was 33,
863,000 bushels, having a cash value
of. $80,000,000. Last winter the aver
age price paid for peanuts was $2M
per bushel.
Truck? Grow In Favor.
There were 953,093 trucks lo use at
the end of the year 1919, as compared
with approximately 700,000 for the
preceding year. This Is a gain of 27
per cent, 16 per cent greater than th?
increase shown by passenger care.
Only eighteen states make compila
Hons of truck re-isinition. Now Torr
l*A(is with others follr.vir.g In 'lila or
Jer: ??l'r.ois. Ohio, Penngyh-Miila, Cal-'
.i*ala Iowa and Texas. Ncwl* ititi*
VOO ls nt the ?pot of the Hst
Polly and the
Ouija Board
By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD
(Copyright.)
The position of flagman at Saunders
Crossing, which the railroad company
gave John Peters when he Injured his
foot while acting as brakeman on one
of -their trains, had Its delights and
Its torments. It was an easy -job with
considerable leisure time attached, but
it afforded him too frequently ' the
sight of -Polly Carr, who lived in
the little red house at the top of the hill
Not that Polly was disagreeable to ,
look upon. Quite the "contrary. Any j
girl ls pleasant to see whose eyes I
sparkle with the joy ot living, whose i
curving mouth turns upward at the
corners and in whose cheeks shines
the glow of health and youth. But
when John hurt his foot he gave up
the thought of Polly. Ask a girl to
marry a cripple, with nothing better
than the job of flagging trains? Well,
he should say not. And Polly, who
bad been on tip-toe for the question
to which she could so truthfully say
"yes," was left to wonder if she had
been mistaken in thinking he cared.
Now Polly, otherwise eminently sen
sible, was the most superstitious little
body Imaginable. j
Then one bright May morning the i
north-bound train slowed down and |
stopped at the crossing. Out stepped j
Polly's up-country aunt with umbrella
and traveling bag.
Polly was glad to see her aunt, part
ly because she was fond of her, and
a very great deal because nov?\ it
would be quite all right to Invite John
Peters to supper. If she had known
that Aunt Susan carried in her bag
something which would prove more*
efficacious In John's case than any
love philter, she would have fallen on
her aunt's neck and blessed her. That
something was an ouija board.
When John received from Polly the
Invitation to supper he had half a
mind to refuse. '
"I'll initiate you Into the mysteries
of the ouija board," she promised.
"Aunt and I work at lt every eve
ning. And every single thing it says
is true!" she added solemnly.
Ordinarily John had three hours at
supper time when neither north nor
south-bound train was due at the/
crossing. On the very night of Pol
ly's Invitation, however, he was no
tified by the dispatcher at the junction
to throw the switch for a freight
I Throughout the meal, delicious evl
denct of Polly's ability to cook, he
kept his brain working at the words,
i even as he praised with masculine ap
preciation the featherweight biscuits,
steak done exactly right and flaky
plc. Airer supper Aunt Susan gave
Polly little- push. 'Tm going to wash
.np, child. You run along in the parlor
and ?ntertain Mr. Peters." And Polly,
after one dutiful but weak protest,
obeyed. 1
"Let's get out the ouija board," she
suggested. "You ask It the first ques
tion and see what happens!"
So John, thinking how pretty Polly's
pink cheeks were, wanted to know ff It
would rain ia the morning. Heade
close together, Angers resting lightly
on tire triangular blt of wood, they,
waited for the ouija spirit tc start
working. Polly pouted when John
didn't seem Impressed at the vaguely
indefinito reply of "Maybe." Question
followed question, turn and turn about,
with more-or less-marvelous re
sponse. Then Polly, her color docp?
enlng a bit, inquired if she would
ever marry.
"Some day," came the answer,
tb "Who?" dared Polly.
John, his fingers trembling In spite
of himself, awaited the answer with
trepidation. What was Polly-or the
ouija board-up to?
Slowly the letters spelled ont into
a word:
"A s-w-I-t-c-h-m-V
John sprang up as If shot. Down
clattered the board and planchette.
Seizing his cane, the man leaped to
the front door, opened it and was gon$
Polly, thunderstruck, stood where she :
had risen, her cheeks drained of their
rosiness. What wat it? It couldn't
I be-how silly of her even tc think of
I IL John wouldn't leave like thsit
Just because he thought he was be? !
ing proposed to. But there was some
thing wrong.
Quickly she went out to the little
porch. Far down the hill sounded 1
the tap-tap of John's cane and his \
swift footfalls. There was another 1
sound-slow, monotonous, rumbling- !
then a whistle for the Crossing.*
She must find out if he got there in
time. Hatless, coatless. she ran down
the hill, only to meet John, breathing !
heavily, on the way back.
I "Were you In time?" she cried. !
"Thank heaven, yes!" he answered [
Then, "Polly," he demanded qqickly, I
"what was that answer going to be?" \
Polly gulped down a little sob. "G- '<
can't you- guess?" she asked. ?
"A switchman?" lie sa"id slowly. .
Me?" And as Polly W3S silent he con- j
.tinned, wonderingly: "Would you i
marry a cripple?"
"I wouldni call any man a cripple <
that could get down the hill like ?
that!" flashed Polly.
With a happy sigh John yiofeied to ?
temptation. "I have wanted you so. I
?olly, dear," he whispered.
"Isn't the ouija boari wonderful?" <
said Polly a minute later,from the j
def*:h nf John's shoulder.
.Tnhn patted her henri lovingly, j
.'Well, ir '.fruldn't Cn much trn^c for <
a mh.t liian ?ave his r^putritton an? <
give him his best girl, Gow could itS* j
he said* <.
Prescriptions Compounded
We carry a large and well selected stock of drugs at
all times and solicit your prescription business.
All prescriptions compounded with the utmost care.
Our stock of Perfumery, Toilet Articles and Sta
tionery is complete. Let us supply your needs. If
we haven't what you want we wfll get it for you on
short notice. ;
We solicit a share of your, patronage.
MITCHELL & CANTELOU
PHARMACY
PLUM BRANCH, S. C., February 6, 1922.
, SPECIFICATIONS :-QUALITY : All Ties shall
be free from any defects that may impair their strength
or durability. rJ?ies shall not have sap wood more than
two inches wide on top of tie between twenty and forty
inches from the middle. All ties shall be straight, well
manufactured, cut square at the ends, have top and bot
tom parallel and have bark entirely removed.
.All Ties must be 8 feet and 6 inches long.
White and Post Oak
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Size 6x6 Size 6x7 Size 6x8 Size 7x8 Size 7x9
30c. . 40c. 60c. 70c. 80c.
Your particular attention is called to the fact that a
piece of timber must square the above sizes in order to
make the grades, and that it will be more economical in
getting all grade fives, if possible, and by all means cut
out ones and twos.
Inspection will-be made and cash paid as tieS are hauled
in and properly placed on Charleston & Western j Caro
lina Railway Company's Right-of-Way at Plum Branch,
s.e.
Prices subject to change without notice.
R. M. WI NIM
Plum Branch, C.
--?-?- I -I
Biloxi and Otootan Soy Beans
FOR SEED
Absolutely the best Soy Beans grown. The Biloxi
for seed production and forage, and the Otootan for
hay and soil improvement. The root system of the
Otootan is the greatest nitrogen gatherer of all beans.
. From four quarts of Otootan beans planted in 3 1-2
foot rows I actually made three tons of cured hay per
acre last year. The hay ranks higher than Alfalfa in
feeding value. These beans do not shatter in the field
like the Mammoth Yellow and others.
? Price $2.50 per peck, or $8.00 per bushel.
P. B. DAY, Jr.
TRENTON, S. C.
Large Stock of
Jewelry to Select From
We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store"
when in Augusta, ' We have the largest stock of
o
DIAMONDS
WATCHES
CLOCKS 8
JEWELRY S
CUT GLASS S
AND SILVERWARE 5
of all kinds that we have ever shown. It will be a pleasure to show g
you through our stock. Every department is constantly replenished 2
with the newest designs. g
We call especial attention to our repairing department, which has ?
every improvement. Your watch or clock made as good as new. ?
Work ready for delivery in a short tidje. g
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