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. L. MIMS,
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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
f WEDNESEAY, FEP. 14, 1912
Editor
Our grand business in life is not to
see what lies dimly at a distance, but
to do what lies clearly at hand.
CARLYLE.
The gallows is so little used in South
Carolina that the legislature has deci
ded to abolish it altogether. However,
in lieu thereof, as the lawyers say, an
electric chair will be provided for exe
cuting the death sentence.
Instead of letting the governor's ve
to stand for a year, the Senate and
House are contemplating receding from
business for a short period and then
reconvene for action upon measures
that demand their attention, which will
include laws that are not approved by
the governor.
It seems almost impossible for a ses
sion of the South Carolina legislature
to be entirely devoid of bickering and
strife. For several years, there was a
lack of harmony between the Senate
and House, but this year their deliber
ations have been in perfect accord. The
attitude the governor assumed at the
opening of the session has been resent
ed with increasing intensi ty by both of
the legislative bodies as the session
has progressed. This difference, large
ly political, has given rise to much
useless debate, and occasional loss of
time.
Eschew Politics.
Just as The Advertiser has always en
deavored to be perfectly fair to all can
didates for public office, it is the edi
tor's purpose to continue to adhere to
that policy. For that reason all cor
respondents are requested to make no
reference in their letters to either
avowed or prospective candidates. In
fact, it is always better to eliminate
politics altogether from news letters.
However, when a citizen desires to
discuss public matters and political
questions in a way that tends to the
betterment of society and the uplift of
humanity, The Advertiser will cheer
fully give space to such communica
tions.
Where two men are candidates for j
public office, and one of them happens
to have a friend who contributes arti
cles to the press to write favorably of
him it places the candidate who has no
friend at coure at a decided disadvan
tage.
Has Lost Ground Politically.
By persons who are observing and
who are informed as to the trend of
affairs, it is generally conceded that
Governor Blease has lost ground po
litically all over the state. Dissension
seems to have arisen even between him
and his strong ally. Mayor Grace in
Charleston, his great stronghold. The
repeated over-riding of his vetoes by
the legislature has contributed to this
revulsion of sentiment. The people
have confidence in the men whom they
elected to the legislature, and believe
that they have acted with wisdom and
discretion in casting their ballots
against the governor.
The Columbia correspondent to the
Augusta Ghronicle analyzes the situa
tion as follows:
"This has been one long continual con
test between the members and the gov
ernor. The members have asserted
their rights and have won in the con
test. The action of the General As
sembly in South Carolina has caused
many friends of the governor to turn
away from him.
"Here is the situation: The election
will be held next summer in the vari
ous counties of the state. Many of the
members of the present General As
sembly will go before the people and
ask for re-election. These same mem
bers must explain to the people their
lessons for over-riding the objections
of the governor in almost every in
stance. They will have to give their
reasons and in doing so must necessari
ly show the real C. L. Blease to the
voters of South Carolina. All members
of the General Assembly have many
friends in their home counties, or they
would not be in Columbia as represen
tatives. These friends have confidence
in them and when they tell the people
that the governor of South Carolina is
not the right sort of man it is certain
to have a wonderful effect on the boast
ed strength ofjthe governor."
Fifth National Corn Exposition
to be Held in Columbia.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. V.- The
Fifth National Corn Exposition
will be held in Columbia, S. C.,
January 27th to February 8th,
19.13. The four previous expositions
were held in the not them states and
the selection of a southern state for
the next is an acknowledgement of
ihe fact that the south is no longer
looked upon as purely a cotton pro
ducing section.
For the first time in the history
of the country, all sections, east,
north and west, will have an oppor
tunity to meeton the south for the
holding of a great National Expo
sition.
Those who are familiar with the
past history of ?this movement and
what it stands for in its relation to
agricultural education and develop
ment know that it ?3 more than a
mere corn show. The competitive
ex ti loi ts ol corn, other grains and
grasses is only a minor part of the
exposition. The great feature will
j be the exhibits and demonstrations
I of the various state agricultural col
leges and experiment stations and
the United States department of
agriculture. These exhibits will de
pict in graphic and forceful man
ner the various lines of agricultur
al experimentation aud investiga
tion being carried on by the United
State3 department of agriculture
and the different state agricultural
institutions. Each exhibit will be in
charge of experts, who will explaia
the details to the visiting farmers
and point out how the results of
this work may be applied to their
own farm conditions.
In addition to this there will be
a display of farm and dairy equip
ment and machinery, more exten
sive than 'anything? ever assembled
tn the south before. In the dairy di
vision there will be representative
animals of the various dairy breeds,
brought together under the auspices
of the national dairy cattle dabs;
also a modern milk handling plant
where cheese and butter will be
made.
Conservation, country life and
rural school problems will be treat
I ed in a fundamental way both
through exhibits and by speakers
of national reputation.
There will be competitive classes
for all kinds of grains and grasses
and cotton. As this exposition is
national in scope it is necessary to
limit the number of competitive ex
hibits to the prize winners in their
respective state shows. In this way
only the best that has been produced
by each state will be exhibited to
compete for Zone, National and In
ternational sweepstakes t ophies.
Two years will intervene between
thia exposition and -the one held at
Columbus, Ohio in 1911. This
length of time will enable the man
agement to put on a show at Co
lumbia that will far surpass any ex
position of this kind previously
held.
The National Corn Exposition is
a grand round up of all state ag
ricultural meetings and shows, the
best in thought and the best in ex
hibits. It summarizes, in graphic
form, the agricultural progress of
the nation.
Geo. H. Stevenson, |
Sec. and Gen. Mgr. National Corn j
Exposition.
Kemp-Kemp Marriage.
A very happy occasion was afford
ed all those who were fortunate
enough to be guests at the mar
riage of Miss Bertha Lucile Kemp
to Mr. James Lewis Kemp on Wed
nesday evening last at the home of
Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp in west Edge
field.
There were, many friends and
relatives from various sections of
our county present, and all the
neighbors, and many Edgef?eld
friends, who were most hearty in
their sincere congratulations to both
these highly esteemed j'oung peo
ple. Mr. Kemp was well known in
Edgef?eld as a student in our school,
the South Carolina C /-Educational
Institute. Miss Bertha has won
many friends for herself since her
residence in Edgef?eld by her kind
ly manner and sunny disposition.
At seven thirty o'clock, music,
"Wagener's Bridal Chorus from
Lohengrin" was commenced by
Miss Lura Mims, and the bride and
groom, unattended, entered the par
lor, preceded by Rev. J. E. John
ston who performed the ceremony.
Beautiful decorations of white roses
and Southern smilax, artistically ar
ranged, gave a festive air to the oo
dasion, and under a bower of white
and green, the pretty bride and
manly groom, received many heart
felt and sincere congratulations.
After the ceremony had been per
formed, the guests spent some pleas
ant moments in examining the many,
and varied, useful, and ornamental
gifts which were laid upon tables
in an opposite receiving room.This is
always one of the pleasant pastimes
of a wedding occasion. Cut glass,
silver, china, rugs and articles of
furniture were conspicuous for their
PLANT GO
Seed Selection Counl
the Corn Con
There was a time when farmers'^
thoughlle>s enough to plant corn fro
even takt
First, send in your name ft
set about to get thebes
Gold will be yours next
use and value. While the guests
were making pleasant friendships
and renewing old ones, a most
elaborate and tasteful menu was
being served. A salad course with
turkey, was followed by a sweet
course and delightful cake of sev
eral kinds.
A congenial and pleasant gather
ing made the time slip rapidly
away, and the hour of parting seem
ed to come only too soon. The Ad
vertiser prophecies for Mr. and
Mrs. Kemp a successful and happy
life. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp will begin
their life together in a home of
their own, just completed, in the
Mountain Creek section.
The following were among the
out-of-town guests w ho attended:
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Clegg, Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Ouzts and family,
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Kemp, Mr and
Mrs. G.?M. Williams, Mr. P. C.
Polattie, Misses Tabbie and Lena
Ouzts, Messrs. W. M. and J. T.
Ouzts, Mr. J. E. Timmerman, Mes
srs. J. D. Callison, and Beattie
Kemp, Mr. Warren Reel, Mr. Joel
Powell, Mr. Harris Mathis, Misses
Leila and Ruth Kemp, Mr. and
Mrs. Goode Williams.
Tri-County Convention of the
Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union.
i
Great preparations are being made
for the TriCounty Conven
tion of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union at Johnston on
March 3rd and 4th.
The programme in detail is not
yet ready for publication, but some
of the interesting features will be
splendid music with Mrs. M. E.
Walker of Johnston as organist
and a choir busily preparing for
the occasion. There will be vocal
solos, male quartettes and choruses
specially adapted to the subject
which will be the theme of the two
days' meeting.
Among the speakers will be Mrs.
Florence Ewell Atkins of Tennes
see, whose eloquence and beauty of
person have won thousands to the
cause of temperance to which she is
giving her time and unusual talents.
Mrs. Atkins will arrive in Sputh
Carolina on next "Sunday and will
visit our larger towns and cities in
the interests of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, of which
she is a national organizer and lec
turer. Mrs. Atkins was a conspic
uous figure in the Tennessee cam
paign for prohibition, and more re
cently in the Maine agitation, which
resulted in the retention of the prohi
bition amendment. Her extreme cul
ture and refinement give her unusal
prestige among tho temperance lec
turers. She begins her work in
South Carolina at the Greenville
Female college.
Another speaker will be Miss.
Roena Shaner, vice-President of;
the W. C. T. U. of Missouri, and a
national organizer. Miss Shaner
has been in South Carolina since
the middle of January, visiting va
rious unions, and lecturing in the in
terests of the organization. She
has already won the hearts of Edge
field county women by her delight
ful visit among us several yean
ago, when she made an itinerary pf
our county. Miss Shaner will visit
a number of places in the county
just after the tri-county convention.
There will be a gold medal con
test, and on Monday an Institute
for temperance workers, at which
Miss Shaner and Mrs. Atkins will
assist. The state officers and W
perintendents who reside in the
boundary of the three counties of
Saluda, Edgefield and Lexington,
will be invited to be present and
take part in the Institute: Mrs. C.
OD VARIETY
;s Much in Prize Win
test set About to Find
Best Variety of Corn.
ere careless and
in "nubbins" or
; their seed from
western corn,
day has passed.
re now become
ligent to con
ch a practice.
have learned
as it is impor
rder to win a
ce a thorough
d must be en
d just as pure
mst be expended
to win prizes at.
i show, BO must
1 corn be planted
ost satisfactory
.c obtained.
>r enrollment in The Adver
?t variety of seed corn. The
fall.
P. Robinson state treasurer, of Cha
p?n, Mrs. Henry, of Chapin, State
Superintendent of jOfficial Organs.
Mrs. May Kreps of New Brookland
Superintendent Scientific Temper
ance Instruction, Mrs. Lena Smith
of Leesville, Miss Leila Attaway of
Saluda,and Miss Cleo Attaway, who
has recently taken up the work of
state organizer. On Monday night
Mrs. Atkins will deliver an address.
Priae essays will also be read, and
prizes awarded.
Besides these who will take part
on the programme, it is hoped that
every white ribboner in these coun
ties will try to be present at as
many of the services as possible to
prepare themselves, in mind and
heart for the coming year's activi
ties. Send your name to Mrs. M.
T. Turner chairman committee on
hospitality.
$100 Per Plate
was paid at a banquet to Henry
Clay, in New Orleans in 1842
Mighty costly for those with stom
ach trouble or indigestion. To-day
people everywhere use Dr. King's
New Life Pills for these troubles as
well as liver, kidney and bowel dis
orders. Easy, safe, sure. Only 25c
at Penn <fc Holstein's, W E Lynch
&Co.
"The bluff, cherrj' optimism of
the late Senator Frye," said a Lew
iston divine,, "could not brook a
whiner."
'Once, at a dinner here in Lewis
ton, a whiner seated opposite Sena
tor Frye said dolefully:
"I have only one friend on
earth-my dog.
"Why don't you get another dog?
said Senator Frye."
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR FINAL DISCHARGE
j Notice is hereby given that I will
apply to Hon. W. T. Kinnaird,
Judge of Probate of Edgef?eld
County, South Carolina, for final
discharge as Administrator of es
t?te T. R. Rusk, deceased,on March
?6th, 1912.
R. H. Middleton,
Feb. 12, 4t.
The Ed
F?rtil
We now have on 1
foi mixing. We re]
extend to our custon
Kaimt, 1
E
Mixed goods of e
facturers. Armoui
Royster, Georgia C
motto is the best go
Those who ha
making actual t
r OF CORN
ning. After Entering
out the Very
,ve given the matter careful attention
ests with a ur ber of varieties of
irn, advise planting some prolific va
sty in order to make a maximum
eld. This, however, can be carried
o far, in that the attempt to grow
ur and five ears to the stalk lias sel
im brought satisfactory results. The
iriety of com that makes two (not
ore than three) well formed ears
snerally puts more actual corn in the
ib than that which makes a greater
imber of light ears, much of it being
tick. Another thing, do not send
o far away from home for seed corn,
xperts with one accord advise pro
icing seed corn as near home as pos
ble. If imported from too remote a
titude it requires at least one year to
?come acclimated, so to speak.
User's Cowl Contest. Next,
m probably some of the
HANDICAPPED.
This is The Case With Many
Edgefield People.
Too many Edgefield citizens are
handicapped with bad backs. The
unceasing pain causes constant mis
ery, making work a burden and
stooping or lifting an impossibility.
The back aches at night, preventing
refreshing rest and in the morning
is stiff and lame. Plasters and lini
ments may give relief but cannot
reach the cause. To eliminate the
pains and aches yon must cure the
kidneys.
Doan's kidney pills are for sick
kidneys-thousands testify to their
merit. Can you doubt Edgefield
evidence?
Mrs. V. C. Addison, Edgefield,
S. C., says: "Last year I had an at
tack of kidney complaint. When
ever I caught cold it settled in my
kidneys and caused pain and lame
ness all through ray back. I found
it almost impossible to stoop and I
lost sleep at night, owing to pains
and other kidney disorders. Final
ly, Doan's kidney pills were recom
mended to me and I began using
them. They did me a world of good,
driving: away the backache and im
proving my health. Of late I have
again used Doan's kidney pills to
great advantage. I endorse this
remedy for the benefit of other kid
ney sufferers."
For ?ale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Mil burn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
Round Trip Tourist Fares
Now in effect Via Southern Rail
way-Premier Carrier of the
South.
Tickets on sale daily including
April 30, 1912 with final limit re
turning May 31, 1912. For com
plete information as to schedules,
sleeping car service etc., call on
nearest Southern Railway ticket
agent, or
J. L. Meak, AGPA.,
Atlanta, Ga.
F. L. Jenkins, TPA.,
Augusta, Ga.
gefield Mercantile C
izers for
land a full line of fertilizers ar
present the best manufacturers
?ers the best service and goods
k.cid Phosphai
teed Meal, Sod
?very formula made by the mo
., Swift, American Agricult
hemical works and other well
ods on the market.
Confederate Re union in Macon.
The next re-union of Confederate
soldiers will beheld at Macon, Ga.,
and elaborate preparations are be
ing made for their entertainment.
The Advertiser has received the
following for publication which
shows how actively interested the
ladies of Macon are in planning the
social side for all daughters who
attend:
The social sir!*? of the cora in er re
uni?n of the United Confederate
Veterans at Macon, Ga., May 7-8-9
1912, will be very interesting to the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, for Mis. Walter D. Lamar,
as chairman of the Woman's Aux
iliary is making a special effort to
eclip8Pin a social way any previous
re-union, as far as the Daughters are
coucerned in the coming event. ,
Mrs. Lamar has appointed the
following well known ladies to as
sist her in this important part of
the work:
Hospitality-Mrs. E. J. Willing
ham.
City Beautiful-Mrs. Walter
Grace.
Entertainment of maids and
sponsors-Mrs. Chas. ll. Hall.
Decorations-Mrs. John A. Sel
den.
Finance-Mrs. A. Flew Holt.
Music-Mrs. James W. Callaway,
Jr.
Press-Miss Ida Holt.
These committees are meeting
quite frequently and they are doing
a wonderful amount of active work.
Mrs. Lamar has also the city di
vided into 25 seciions, each of
which has a sub-chairman and the
same sub-committees, the whole
working under one head, that of
Mrs. Lamar.
The U. D. C's. will work in con
junction with the Sons, and those
who attend the re-union will find
a real Georgia hospitable welcome
awaiting them upon their arrival in
"The Magnetic Center" of Dixie.
Information of any kind desired by
the Daughters will be cheerfully
given by addressing the General
Secretary, E. H. Hyman.
EYE TALK NO. 3
REST GLASSES
Do you feel now and then as
though you just MUST close your
tired, aching eyes, while duty com
pels you to continue using them?
Do you know that GLASSES
REST THE EYES AS A CHAIR
RESTS THE BODY if they are
correctly fitted?
Let me prove' to ' you that' my
glasses will relieve your eyes.
GEO. F. MIMS,
Optician, Edgefield, S- C.
A Girl's Wild Midnight Ride.
To warn people of a fearful for
est fire in the Catskills a young girl
rode horse back at : i id nigh t and
saved many lives. He.* deed was
glorious but lives are often saved
by D-. Iling's New Discovery in
curing lung trouble, coughs and
colds, which might have ended in
consumption or-pneumonia. It cur
ed me of a dreadful cough and lung
disease, writes W R Patterson,
Wellington, Tex., "after four in
our family had died with consump
ton, and 1 gained 87 pounds."
Nothing so sure and safe for all
throat and lung troubles. Price 50c
and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by Penn & Holstein, W E
Lynch Ss Co.
$25.00 up suits to order, write
for samples, to F. G. MERTINS,
Augusta, Ga.
ompany
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