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Satafaltafjr? 1S35. /. L. MIKS.....Editor Published every Wednesday in The Aivertiser Building at $1.50 per year lil advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied,, by the writer's name. Cards'of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. Men show their character in noth ing more clearly than by what they think laughable.-GOETHE. Wednesday, Nov. 4th. The most modest of modern imlitants | are mightiest. At any rate, Turkey holds the key | to the situation. Let's all be "Hayseeds" nest year instead of "Cotton to ts. " |' Cotton bonds may mean bondage for j the taxpayers of South Carolina. * Was your ballot lost yesterday? Not j if you cast it against the bond issue. Even Mount Vesuvius is on the war path, belching forth smoke and lava. Young mac, it's a mighty good time to curtail the acreage of "wild oats, ?? 1 When the Turks retreat will it not be apropos to speak of it as the "Tur key trot"? It is but natural that Turkey should | become militant on the eve of Thanks giving. There is at least one advantage: when a cotton fire occurs now the loss is not so great. It will be a long while before Colonel ; Roosevelt and the suffragists break the'solid South. As no money waa passed, it must not nave seemed like election day in Char leston yesterday. In speaking of the l?gislature, Mr. McLaurin can say with pardonable ex ultation: Vent, vidi. vicL lt c The Carnival has come to ctrry off | < even the nickels and dimes that are left Surely the Fates are against us. ---*-? Experta tell us that pellagra ig caus- ], ed by a one-sided diet Then Colura- fc bia's "square" meals ought to render t one immune. ? s When you .fail to put corn in your v crib and oats in your barn you are put- Q ting dollars in the pocket of the wes- c tern corn grower. p P It has been announced that no cot- p ton will be grown on the State farms n next year. That plan should have been n .adopted in times of peace. 8 Providing for a warehouse system o for storing cotton after the acreage y had been curtailed, reminds one of the p man who locked the stable door after c his horse had been stolen. ti I tl Some members of the generally as- j e sembly may dub the extra session an j s utter failure. But we do not expect to hear any lamentations from the Hon orable John Lowndes McLaurin. I p lb What's the use of teaching children n the present-day geography of Europe? 1 The after-the-war edition will show a many radical changes. Better let them 1< mark time, so to speak, until the war a is over. a h The most pleasing announcement v The Advertiser has this week is o that the teachers of Edgefield county ti will not have to discount thair pay z warrants. They are paid little enough f at best. o Start your farming operations with a p larg,e acreage in oats now to be follow- t ed by a considerable acreage in wheat n later, and you will not be worried so much about the price of cotton a year hence. The legislature made provision for r cotton growers who are in distress but c failed to provide for automobile own- c ers who are "hard up," Why not ar- i range for storing automobiles in order f that money might be borrowed on them? < Every debt you pay, or every pay ment you make on a debt, however small, will enable some one else to make a little payment on another debt. Start a bill or check on a debt-paying mission as early as possible. The corn and rye that are consumed by distillers for making that which tends t? destroy the body could be bet ter used to feed needy humanity in these trying times in different parts of the world. Would that these food pro ducts could be diverted into other] channels. The legislature adjourned Monday night. The members of the general assembly did their best to relieve the situation, but, in truth, there was nothing that could be done. In an exi gency like this, no human law can set at naught the inexorable natural law of supply and demand. Belgian Farmers Needed. An effort is being made in Georgia to j induce Belgians who have been driven | from their homes by the .Germans to come to America and locate in Georgia. Belgians are a sturdy, thrifty people, and would make desirable citizens for j the South. Edgefield could easily make room for a thousand small, industrious j farmers. We need an iuflux of for- j signers of the right type to cultivate ] thousands of acres of our idle and un productive land. Perhaps it would be well if our agricultural department in ? Columbia would look into the matter. Guards People's Interests. It appears to us that the present ad ministration is keeping constant vigil over the national banks, lest they with hold money from circulation on the one j hand or charge an excessive rate of in terest on the other. In other words, the administration is bent on serving | the people in this crisis, rather than j the banks, which is as it should be. in past crises, [at times it appeared that j the government took care of the banks Brat. Do you recall an administration that has so persistently safeguarded j the people's interests as the Wilson ad ministration has? He is indeed the President of and for the people, and it is the pursuance of such a policy that will keep him in the White House four more years. lohn Brown and Charleston. The people of Charleston are in a quandary as to whether to accept the mm of $5,001 which, has been, be raeathed to the city by a West Virgi iia woman, a former Charlestonian, for the erection of an ornamental lr inking fountain to perpetuate^ the nemory of John Brown who possessed m unsavory reputation in the days of ;he Civil war. The Confederate vete ?ans ef Charleston are urging the city : cu neil not to erect a fountain to the lonor of an old arch-enemy, while the younger men of the city are said to ;are very little either way. The preponderance seems to indicate hat the generations to follow will not lr ink to John Brown's memory in Charleston. Improve Spare Moments by Reading. Men and women with trained intel ecto are sought more to-day than ever .efore. Times have so changed that here is no place in the business world br the dull, undeveloped mind. In tead of moving at a snail's pace, the /orlo! is marching at electric speed. Jonsequently old ways and methods of onducting business are too slow andun rofitable. In order to fill a desirable lace in modern business life one must ossess a quick, alert, well-trained lind. Therefore, it behooves our young len to be constantly engaged in the bu iness of Self-improvement. When the writer was in college one f the professors frequently urged the oung men to be each day self sur assed, meaning that with each suc eeding day they should be stronger in ellectually and better equipped than on tie preceding day. There is no more ffective way to become each day self urpassed than by reading good books. If one is constantly on the alert for pportunities to read, it will be sur rising how much in the aggregate can e gained by improving the odd mo lents of a day or week or month 'hen, too, these long autumn evenings fford a golden opportunity for intel ;ctual culture and development. There re but few persons who, if they make desperate effort, cannot read two ours every evening during the winter, diich will practically amount to a day f twelve hours in a week. Try it for his winter and see how many maga ines and good books can be read be ore the "tired feeling" of spring vertakes you. We appeal especially to the young eople. With life yet before them, hey need intellectual development nore than their seniors. Baptist Conference. Immediately after the sermon text Sunday morning a conference . f the members of the Baptist :hurch will be held. As business of raportance will be considered, a nil attendance of the membership >f the church is desired. 1 .jvivi,. -v-vV'i?isiti?i What Others Say Poor "Uncle" Andy. Sister Pankhurst's belligerent ad dress was delivered in Carnegie hall Everybody cwats poor old Andy now adays.-The State. Italy is Restless. Italy is still on the fence but from the way she's fidgeting it appears that the fence must be barbed-wire.-News and Courier. Should Work Both Ways. We hear so much about young wo men marrying old men just to get them in their coffins and get their coffers. It would be interesting to know why young men don't marry old women for the same reason.-Anderson Intelli gencer. Something to be Thankful For. Among other things to be grateful for on Thanksgiving Day is the fact that we had only one extra session of the legislature this year. It might have been worse. Texas has had two and is threatened with a third.-Green ville News. Economy Tells. We know a man who once drew a salary of $10,000 a year, with little or nothing to do, but he did not save as much of it as another man of our ac quaintance who was making but $600 a year. After all, it's the fellow who saves a portion of what he makes that climbs the financial ladder.-Gaffney Ledger. Way With All Babies. We know a baby that is two years and four months old. During those two years and four months he has been told exactly 418 times that he looked exactly like his father, 416 times that he favored his mother, 324 times that he favored some one of his grandpar ents, 278 times that he favored some one of his uncles and 266 times that he favored some one of his aunts.-Spar tanburg Journal. Do Rot Plan to Surrender. As a rule we are about as prosperous as we think we are. Nobody except those who feel discouraged and are ready to give up are to be pitied. The brave and courageous need no help, nor are they in danger of failure. So long as we are determined and hope ful we are safe. The brave soldier does not look for a favorable time to surrender. He does not surrender.. " It ts the coward that deserts or surren ders without fighting.-Farm and Ranch. Smile Provokers "Your daughter seems to have a great many suitors." "Yes, at least four or fire. "Which one does sho favor?" ' "I don't know. She seems to be observing a strict neutrality. "-De troit Free Fres?. "At the place wher? I was spend ing ray vacation this summer, a freah young farmer tried tokiso rhe. Ethel-"What did you say to aim?" Marie-"I told him that I was io agricultural experiment station." ?-Boston Transcript. A clergyman, having performed ?he marriage ceremony for a couple, indertook to write ont the usual certificate, but being in donbt ai ?o the day of the month, he asked: "This is the ninth, is not?" "Why parson, said the blushing >ride, you do all my marrying, and rom ought to remember that this is >nly the third." . "I don't see why horses scare it automobiles," said Dick. "Well, I do, replied his ten-year >ld companion. They look like bug gies ?-going without horses." ""What if they do? That ?no eason," replied Dick. "Now look here, Dick, you know ron'd get seared if you'd see my >ants and coat a-walking down the treet and me not. along to make hem go." An old lady visiting the prison ?rs in a ce rtain prison was chatting >leasantly with a burglar who "had )een sentenced to serve along term ?he thought she detected signs of ?eform in bim. uAnd now she said,, have you any ))ans made for the future, on the ixpiration of your sentence?" 'Oh yes, madam, he said, hope ?nlly, I've got the plans of two >anks and a postoffice." The old lady collapsed. A man after the lapse of a few months meeting an old .friend ac costed him thus: "Say, old man, why is it we lon't see you any more?" "I've joined the army was tho ?conic rejoinder." "What army?" asked the amaxed friend. "The army of the Lord." "And the church?" '^Baptist." "Well, it's not the army you aaean then, it's the navy." This is a rare c ginning of a sea any Suit or Over Schaffer & Mar already low price a stock and mue 25 On any Suit or Overcoai $30.00 Suits or Ouercoats I $25.00 Suits: or Overcoats $20.00 Suits or Overcoats $15.00 Suits or Overcoats ? 10 ? On anything else in the is for $1.00 or more, Ca CASH ONLY. Cpme ir F.G CL 854 BROAD STREET Statement of the condition of Bank of Parksville heated at Parksville, S. C., at the close f Business, October 21st, 1914. Resources. oans and Discount $52,856.01 Hterdrafts 471.50 urniture and Fixtures 1,350.00 'anking House 1,973.20 ve from Banks and Bankers 4,582.36 urrency 213.00 ?Iver and Other Minor Coin 72.69 hecks and Cash items 158.00 Total 61,676.76 Liabilities. apital Stock Paid In $18,035.00 ur plus Fund 3,750J)0 hdivided Profits, less Current xpenses and Taxes Paid 2,403.94 ue to Banks and Bankers 646.16 .dividual Deposits Subject to Check 6,20330 ?me Certificates of Deposit 5,414.29 ashler's Checks 224.07 ills Payable, Including CertiH ites for Money Borrowed 25,000.00 61,67f.76 tate of South Carolina, ) County of Edgefield \ Before me came W. P. Parks, Cashier f the above named bank, who, being dy sworn, says that the above and fore oing statement is a true condition of lid bank, as shown by the books of said mk. W. P. PARKS. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3th day of October, 1914. J. R. BLACKWELL, Mag. E. C. CORRECT ATTEST: W. R. Parks, \ I- C. Parks, (. Directors. R. N. Edmunds. j Better Times Coming. Witn very favorable weather for ill breaking, sowing cover crops ad small grain crops, and making reliminary preparations for diver ged planting and iutensive cultiva on, it is not surprising that splen ia progress has already been made, 'he people of the Southwest may e depended upon to meet condi ons as are made necessary by the ?urooean war. Our people cheer ily have borne the loss sustained y injured markets and close finan ial matters made possible because f European conflict in arms. But it seems from reports that ie end of gloom and disappoint ?ent is nearly in sight. The large nra of money promised as loans to ssistia holding cotton has increas d confidence. The regional reserve anks are to be established soon, .'he opinion prevails that the cot opportunity, unusual at the very be son, to be able to get your pick of coat in the store, including all Hart k Clothes, at one-fourth off the ?s. The truth is, we have too large ;t reduce-all reductions for CASH. Per Cent. Off t in our entire Store : at. at at at $22.50 $18.75 $15.00 iii 1.25 Per Cent. Off For Cash Only store-Hats, Caps, Furnishings-provided the purchase rhart's $1.00 Overalls excepted. These prices are for i and see about it. . MERITOS 0THIER-FURNISHER AUGUSTA, GEORGIA #mtij Serital EDGEFIELD OPERA HOUSE Qctabtt 3011?. 1914 GIVEN BY Signora karolina Se ^ahr??e, ^550 ?>a?tmw ASSISTED BY Mm Hara ?mt?, tiamat PROGRAM I La Serenata.Tosti Nissan lo sa.Vannuccini Mattinata_._._Leoncavallo Pour quoi-Reiter-Seulette._Saint Saens Ouvre tes yeux Bleus_._.Massenet Signora De Fabritiis II At Parting.Rogers Like the Rosebud_....La Farge The Night Has a Thousand Eyes._.Foote Thy Beaming Eyes._.._MacDowell Not From the Whole Wide World....Rogers How Many Tirae3 Do I Love Thee..._Manney Sweetheart Thy Lips are Touched with Flame_....Chadwick Signora De Fabritiis Good-night. .Nevin III Miss Mirna IV Away on the Hill..-._Ronald Good Night, Dear Heart_._._.Leach Absent.-.__.Tirindelli Memories.-._._._Gibb From the Land of the Sky Blue Water._.Cadman The Years at the Spring.-.Mrs. Beach Signora De Fabritiis on crop will be reduced considera >ly next year. Many have sown 7heat, oats, rye, barley, etc., on and usually planted in cotton. Re torts have been received from large and owners who have asssisted heir tenants to plant more small jrain, hay crops, corn, kafir, milo, ?eanuts, etc., and thus reduce the otton aoreage. What we need in this ehange or onditions, as in all others, is close o-operation and the greatest oon idence in each other. Let each re size that he must do his part, ren ier whatever assistance he is able o those who need help and be heerfnl and hopeful. This is no ime for discouragement and dis ontent. Discouragement never milds; it destroys. We need the ounsel and help of the hopeful and heerful. We are entering upon nore prosperous times and a great er era of financial indeoendence than has ever been known in thia country. Let us get ready to en joy it.-Farm and Ranch. OVER 65 YEARS EXPERIENCE PATENTS AK&IIB WHS* I HADE m?nno *rm Bran DISIONS ff7vT^^ COPYRIGHTS &C. 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