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White Town School First.
Among- the schools that have
responded to the appeal for a con
tribution to the Arlington monu
ment fund, the White Town nchool,
which is taught by Miss Carrie Tal
bert, holds first place. Recently
through the efforts of Miss Talbert
a patriotic entertainment was given
and an admission fee of 70 cents
was charged. By this means the sum
of $6.70 was raised and forwarded
to Mrs. J. D. Holstein, the presi
dent of the Edgefield chapter, U.
D. C. Miss Talbert is ambitious,
energetic and a real Woodrow-Wil
son progressive in h?r school work,
and consequently can always be re
lind upon to do her full part in
every undertaking of a patriotic na
'ture or that is promotive of the
public welfare. This is not only a
good example for other schools but
it likewise has a wholesome influ
ence upon her own pupils.
Two Elections To-morrow.
The trustees of the Edgefield
school district will in compliance
with the notices that have b *en pu b
lished hold two elections to-morrow,
March 20. One will be held to de
termine whether or not an addition
al levy of two mills will be made
on all property in the Edgefield dis
trict, for school purposes, and the
other will be held to decide the
question of establishing a High
School in Edgefield as provided for
by an act of the legislature. It is
not expected that there will be any
opposition to either the extra levy
or the High School, yet a large
number of patrons and taxpayers
should cast affirmative ballots in
order to give expression to their
interest. Tell your friends about
the two elections tq-morrow. Re
member, too, that it is not confined
to the town but includes the entire
Edgefield school district.
Notice To Teachers.
I wish to call attention of all
teachers to following account of
last general assembly.
W. W. Fuller,
Co. Supt. Ed.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the state of
South Carolina: Any teacher, prin
cipal,or superintendent employed in
the schools of this state, supported
in whole orin part by public expense,
shall file within two weeks after the
close of the session of such school
a full and accurate report as now
required by law. Any person neg
lecting, refuging, or omitting to
file sue h report when requested by
the county superintendent of edu
cation shall be liable to the cancel
lation of his or her certificate to
teach, ?nd toa fine of not more than
twenty-five doll irs, to be imposed
at the discretion of the County
Board of Education.
The Pantry Sale.
While pantry sties are quite fre
quently held at other places, they
are something n**w for Edirefield.
Such a sale will be conducted to
mo.row, Thursday, in the rooms of
the public library under the auspices
of the Woman's Christan Temper
ance Union. Each member of the
organization will c >ok or prepare to
be served such articles of food that
she is most skilled ia preparing and
send it to the library rooms to be
sold. No plates will be served, nor
will any dinners be sold to individ
uals. The articles of food, such as
baked fowl*, hams, salads, cakes,
etc., will be sold in bulk or just as
they are sent to the rooms. The
housewives or other purchasers
some may be hungry bachelors
will serve their purchasers in their
homes, just as if they were prepared
there. Everything that will be
offered for sale will be the best of
its kind. The best cooks in Edge
field will do their very best in pre
paring their several donations to
the sale.
Extends Congratulations in Ad
vance.
Our young friend Carroll Cog
burn, the youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, will be mar
ried to Miss Lollie Lewis of Atlan
ta on ti?e afternoon of the 10th of
April at the home of the bride.
Carroll's friends are congratulating
him over his good fortune in win
ning so charming a young woman.
She is a consecrated Christian, an
active church worker, being the
president of the Young Woman's
Missionary society of her church.
Carroll has developed into a suc
cessful business man, having for
some time filled the position of
cashier for the Texas Oil Compa
ny. Since his connection with this
lar pe company he has been pro
moted several times, being held in
the highest esteem by his employ
ers. Soon after their marriage Car
roll will bring his bride to
Edgefield. An affectionate greet
ing awaits them. We extend con
gratulations in ad vanes to oar yoong
friend.
Do Not Relish Buying Corn.
We see farmers hauling western
corn home who probably never
bought corn before. Their haviog
to buy it now is due to the un
favorable conditions that prevailed
practically all over Edgefield coun
ty last year. But you can bet your
boots that if brawn and brains will
make corn this year, farmers who
belong to the live-at-home class will
not get caught airain. It ''goes
against the grain" for a farmer to
be compelled to buy inferior west
ern corn who has been accustomed
to having an abundance of corn
in his crib the year round, that of
the best quality too.
Interest in The Concert Grows.
Interest continues to grow in the
Scotch concert that is to be held in
the opera house Friday night,
March 28. While an exceedingly at
tractive musical program is being
arranged, there are other featur3s
tbat will delight and entertain ibe
audience. A play by a number of
little children will be a pleasing
feature. The piece de resistance of
the occasion .will be several vocal
selections by the sextette from John
ston. In addition to the quartette
and sextette, there will be several
solus by ladies and gentlemen from
Johnston. The musical program
alone will be easily worth the price
of admission.
Letter From Edgefield Graded
School.
Dear Mr. Editor: We have only
about two months to go to school,
but I do no% think we mind that
very much, although we shall miss
our teachers.
Washington's birthday coming
on Saturday, we did honor to him
on Friday,the 91st.Thirteen children
represented the thirteen colonies.
On the board was drawn a flag,
minus the stars, and, as the chil
dren recited, they put on a star.
Very interested compositions were
read on the life of Washington.
We ended thc occasion by singing
patriotic songs.
A plan has been adopted by the
officials of our school to make the
lazy boys and girls rise earlier. Miss
Minnie tells us if we are late, the
train will leave us, so we all try to
catch our train at a quarter of nine,
after which the doors are locked,
and those who fail to bring a good
excuse are sent home. This is a very
good rule and prevents us from
loitering along the way.
Miss .Minnie believes in and in
sists on cleanliness of the body and
soul. Our mark on neatness comes
out on every month's report.
Not only this but we are marked
on "duty." Boys and girls are ap
pointed each day to help keep the
room neat. Of course we always get
good marks, as we like to have our
room look nice.
We were so much interested in
the inauguraten that our teacher
secured Washington papers, which
we all enjoyed. The pictures we are
k.-eping.
.Special interest is taken in ourlittle
paper, "Current Event*1," for which
each of us subscribes. The news
of the week is condensed for school
t se. Twice a week we read it, then
stand examination every Thursday.
Some of the auswersare very amus
ing. In regard to Steffinsson's ex
ploration in search for an unknown
continent the question was asked,
What is Steffanson intending to do?
One answer was, "He is going to
hunt for a lost continent up the
Hudson river."
Our assistant teacher, Miss Bla
lock, we welcomed back Monday,
after a week's illness. Miss Grace
Etheredge from the C. L creditably
filled her place while she was ab
sent.
As we said before, our school is
preparing to give an entertainment,
we think about April the first. The
date signifies an "April Fool"
affair, but come and let ns show
you that it will be worthy of your
attention and appreciation. The
numbers will be marches, songs and
plays.
We are looking forward to Eas
ter. Our last drawing was an Easter
design.
Wc hope the rabbit will be kinder
to you this year, Mr. Editor, for
your i.indness in allowing school
children space in your paper.
Eighth Grade.
Union Meeting.
Programme of the union meeting
of the 1st division of the Edgefield
association to be held at Stevens
Creek church Saturday and Sun
day, March 29 and 30.
Saturday:
11:00 Devotional exercises by
Mr. W. L. Collins, Mr. W. Har
ling alternative.
11:30 Enrollment of Delegates
and short verbal reports from the
churches.
1st Query-To what extent
should a church allow its members to
engage in sin without disciplining
them? A. S. Tompkins, Rev. P. P.
Blalock, R. T. Strom and F. N. K.
Bailey.
2nd Query-The host methqg of
training and developing oar mem
bers in missionary interest and ac
tivity? Dr. M. D. Jeffries, 0. Shep
pard and R. B. Curry.
3rd Query-The need of a bet
ter financial system for our j
churches? J. L. Mims, M. B. Byrd.
S. A. Brunson and Rev. Mr. Mc
Kittrick.
4th Query-Relation of the home
and the church? Rev. J. S. Harris,
W. W. Fuller and C. M. Melli
champ.
5th Query-Some advantages of
the envelope system? Rev. J. E.
Johnstone, J. H. Cantelou and
Rev. H. B. White.
Sunday:
10:00-Sunday school, followed
byan address by F. N. K. Bailey.
11:00-Missionary sermon by
Dr. M. D. Jeffries; Rev. J. E.
Johnstone alternate.
"The Harp of a Thousand
Strings."
The Advertiser was honored
Tuesday with a visit from Mr. G.
W. Medlock who resides in the
lower part of the county near the
Savannah river in the hora? which
was built by his grandfather. Mr.
Medlock brought along with him a
copy cf the old Weekly Constitu
tionalist which was published in
Augusta many years ago. From
this old paper we republish the
following sermon for the benefit of
our readers who are humorously
inclined:
? Hard-Shell Sermon.
[By J. S. Morris, of Mississippi.]
I may say to you, my brethring,
that I am notan eddicated man, an'
I am not "ne of them as believes
that eddication is necessary for a
gospel minister, for I believe the
Lord eddicates his preachers just as
he wants 'em to be eddicated, an'
although I say it that oughtn't to
say it, yet, in the State of Iudian
ny, whar I live, thar's no man as
gits a bigger congregation nor what
I gits.
Thar may be some here to-day,
ray brethring, as don't know what
persuasion I am uv. Well, I must
say to you. my brethrinir, that I'm
a Hard-Shell Baptist. Thar's some
folks as don't like the Hard-Shell
Baptists, but I'd rather have a
hard-shell as no shell at all. You
see rae here to-day ray brethring,
dressed up in fine clothes; mou't
think I was proud, but I am not
proud, my brethring, and although
I've been a preacher of thc gospel
ior twentj' years, an'although I'm "
capting of the flatboat thac lies at
your landing, I'm not proud, my
brethring.
I'm not gwiue to tell edzactly
whar my tex may b?j found; suffice
it to say, it's in the leds of the Bi
ble, and you'll find it somewhar be
tween the first chapter of Genera
tions and the last chapter of the
book of Revolutions, and ef you'll
search the Scriptures, you'll not
find ray tex thar, but a great many
other lexes as will do you good to
read, and ray tex, when you shall
hud it, you shall find it to read
thus:
"And he played on a harp uv a
thousand strings-sperits of jest
men made perfeck."
My tex, my brething, leads me
to speak of sperits. Now, thar's a
great many kinds of sperits in the
world. In the fuss place, thar's
the sperits as some folks call ghosts,
and thar's the sperits of turpentine,
and thar's the sperits as some folk"
calls liquor, an' I've got as good
an artikel of them kind of sperits
on my flatboat as was ever fotch
down the Mississippi river; but
thar's a great many other kinds uv
sperits, for the tex sa.vs, "He play
ed on the harp of a t-h-o-u s and
BiriugS, sperits of jest men made
perfeck."
But I'll tell you the kind uv
sperits as is ment in the tex, is
FIRE. That's the kind uv sperits
as is meant in the tex, my breth
ring. Now thar's a great many
kinds uv fire in the world. In the
fuss place thar's the common sort
of fire you light your ??egar or pipe
with, and then thar's foxfire and
cam phire, fire before you're ready
and fire and fall back, and many
other kinds uv fire, for the tex says,
"He played on a harp uv a thous
and strings sperits uv jest men
made perfeck.''
But I'll tell you the kind of fire
as is meant in the tex. my breth
ring-it's HELL FIRE! and that's
the kind uv fire as a great many uv
you'll come to ef you don't do bet
ter nor what you nave been doin'
for "He played on a harp uv a
?Aousand strings, sperits uv jest
men made perfeck."
Now, the different sorts of fire in
this world may be likened unto the
different persuasions of Christians
in the world. In the first place,
we have the Pisoopalians, an' they
are a high sailin' and a high-falu
tin' set, an' they may be likened
unto a turkey buzzard, that flies in
the air, and he goes up, and up,
and up, till ho look?; no bigger than
Smith
When every lady wa
Easter wants can be ea
goods.
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We have the most co
sonible prices. We Wi
We will se!
sizes in low c
Smith-N
your finger nail, and the fust thing
you know, he cums down, and
down, and down, and he is a fill i n'
himself on the carkiBS of a dead
hess by the of the road, and "He
played on tne hard uv a thousand
strings, sperits uv jest men made
perfeck."
And then thar's the Methodis,
and they may be likenen unto the
squirrel runnin' up into a tree, for
the Methodie believes in gwine on
from one degree of grace to a oth
er, and finally on to perfection, and
the sqirrel goes np. and up, and
up, and he jumps from limb to
limb, and branch, and the fust
thing you know be falls, and down
he comes kerflumix: and that's like
the Methodis, for they is allere fall
en from grace, ah! and "He played
on a harp uv a thousand strings,
sperits uv jest men made perfect!"
And then, my bretbring, thar's
the Baptist, ah! and they have been
likened unto a possum on a 'siin
mon tree, and thunders may roll,
and the earth may quake, but that
possum clings thar still, ah! and
you may shake one foot loose, and
th? other's thar, and snake loose
that one and his tail's thar and he
clings and clings forever, for *'He
played on the harp uv a //?o??sand
strings, sperits of jest men made
perfeck."
Union Meeting.
The union meeting of the third
division of the Edgefield association
will convene with the Clark's Hill
Baptist church on Saturday March
2930.
11:00 Miscellaneous business.
11:30: Enrollment of delegates
and verbal reports from churches.
1st Query-do a Christian be
positive that he is saved? If so,
hov? C Y D Freeland, J M Bussey.
2nd Query-Do church members
strife to have unity Hmong them
selves as they should? .1 C Harvley,
Lutier Timmerman, J P Nixon.
Adjournment for dinner at 12:30.1
Sid Query-What can we as
Christians do, or what ought we do,
to avaken more interest in religious
worl? P H Bussey, W J Talbert.
4ta Query-Explain Matthew
7 chipter 18th verse. Will Agnew,
S T \dams.
Sunday Morning.
1100-Missionary sermon by
Rev. Sexton.
Acjourn for dinner.
Address on Sunday school work
by T Garrett Talbert.
J no. G. M clue,
For committee.
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Chinning hats for Easter wear.
We lave a lot of hats ready in the
latesteffectb for Easter wear. In
fa ot ve are showing the largest as
sortirent in ready-to-wear and dress
hats s we have ever had before. A
wonderfully complete assortment of
ribbois and flowers and hats in a
variety of styles, becoming to every
face. Miss Lassater will take pleas
ure ii showing you around.
Hubenstein.
For Veakness and Loss of Appetite
The Ci Standard general ctrcn^theninjj tonia,
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Malar] and builds up Ute qratem. A true tonio
I ?od nt Appetiser. For adulu and children. Mc
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nts the new, the new is here
sil y satisfied from our showing
Easter Parasol
Easter Hosiery
Easter Dress G<
Linen Foulards C
it us Fit You Up in Easter Sh
mplete line of oxfords ever sh<
fiat to show you. Come in and
ll anything in high cut shoes an
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-AT COST
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Scotch Concert and Play.
On the evening of March 28, the
following program will be carried
out in the Edgefield opera housf?:
Humorous children's play-"The
sick Baby."
Scotch concert, in which the best
trained voices of Johnston and
Edgefield will take part.
Full chorus, "The Heather of
Scotland."
Solo, "Flow Gently Sweet Afton"
Mrs. J. R. Tompkins.
"Coming Thro the Rye," Eleanor
Mims and Dozier Tompkins.
"Within a Mile of Edinburg Town"
solo and chorus, Mrs. R. G. Shan
nonhouse.
Bass solo, "Loch Lormond" Mr.
F. M. Byod.
Blue Bells of Scotland, children's
chorus.
"Annie Laurie", Mrs. J. Maner
Lawton.
"The Campbells are Coming"
Johnston Quartette.
Bonnie Swent Bessie, with flute
accompanied, Mrs. F. M. Boyd.
Duncan Gr&y-Edgefield chorus.
"The Red, Red Rose," Mrs.
Shannonhouse.
Tenor solo, We'd Better Bide A
Wee, Prof. J. F. S?ott.
Full chorus, "Auld Lang Syne."
The orchestra of the S. C. C. I.
will also furnish music during the
entertainment. This orchestra is
one of the best in the state, having
besides other instruments five vio
lins.
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Long Staple Cotton Seed
FOR SALE
'Mr. W. W. Adams,
Edgefield, S. C.,
; Dear Sir:
I It is with pleasure that I write to
I advise that the long staple cotton
Mr. Smith and I bought of you the
past season 12 bales, which was
crown o' your farm within the in
corporate limits, was the best of
any cotton we bought grown in this
county. For which we paid you 16
cents per pound, and on whioh we
made a reasonable profit. And
there was not an objection by the
buyer to a single bale of yours in
this shipment.
Would unquestionably advise our
farmer friends if they would care to
plant long staple cotton, that I
know of no seed that can be had
locally that are better than those
of Mr. W. W. Adams.
Yours very truly,
B. F. Zimmerman.
The above letter from Mr. Zim
merman ia self explanatory. This
cotton was ginned by Mr. L. Y.
Bryan after thoroughly cleaning
his gin for the purpose of keeping
the seed pure. Seed for sale at $ 1
per bushel.
19-26-2?.
W. We Adams.
wmpimy
for every lady. Your
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jj Church Notices s
Sermon for young people by Dr.
Daniel at Methodist church next
Puiday night at 8 o'clock.
Dr. W. W. Daniel, president of
Columbia College, Columbia, S. C.,
will preach the annual sermon for
the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Edgefield Methodist
church next Sunday morning at
11:30 o'clock. There wiH b9 special
Easter music in addition to the able
sermon which Dr. Daniel will give
us.
On next Snnday March 23rd there
will be services at the Baptist
church at 11:30 a. m. and 7:45 p.
m. Pastor M. D.Jeffries will preach
on "Our attitude toward the king
dom" and "Going up and down."
No services except the Sunday
school on the fifth Sunday, March
30. The pastor will be in attendance
upon the union meeting at Stevens
Creek. Special missionary rally in
the Sunday school that day.
FRAUD PAINT.
The worst mistake one is likely
to make in painting is wrong paint;
it is easy to make.
We all say "Ours is the best,"
and there are 1,000 of us. One is
best; but a dozen are so near on a
level that no one knows, for sure,
that his is the one.
There worst paints are liars; they
knows what they are, put-on on a
bold face, and brazen it out.
Their one true argument is low
price; but low price paint is always,
must be, a fraud; it is made to cheat
cheatable people.
The Edgefield Mercantile Com
pany sells it.
Street Compound Notice.
Notice is given that the annual
commutation tax for street duty for
the year 1913 has been fixed by the
town council at $2.00, the same to
be due and payable at ray office
during the month of April 1913.
Persons liable thereto failing to pay
same must work on the streets of
the town for the period of four days.
See ordinance.
E . J. Norris,
Clerk of Town Counoil.
Come to us for household paints,
oils, varnish, brushes, etc.
Timmons & Morgan.
Comfortable, durable, stylish, and
latest patent suspenders 40c.
Bright's Cash Store.
Now is the time to put out onion
sets. We can furnish you with'
fresh sets.
Timmons Ss Morgan.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVX BROMO Quinine It stope th?
Cern gb ind Headache and work- off tie Cold. ,
JJrunistt refund soo?ey if it fafli to dire?
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