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LOCAL AND PERSONA! Mrs. B. B. Jor.es is spending some time in Columbia. James T. Minis. Jr. bas been spend ing several days at home on a fur lough. Miss June Rain s "ord is in Aiken visiting a fermer college friend, Miss Meta Henderson. The County Service Flag will be raised Friday afternoon, December 13. Tell your friends about it. Lieut. E.F. Jones came home on a Thanksgiving furlough of several days, returning to Camp L?C, Virgin ia, Sunday. Mrs. C. H. Schulken and son, Carl of Johnson City. Tenn., have arrived to spend the winter with Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson. Mrs. Manly Timmons and little Jeanette have returned from Winter seat where they have been since the school closed. J. Glover Tompkins, Jr., came down from Washington for the Thanksgiving season, returning * to his duties in the naval service Sun day. The raising of the County Service Flag at Edgefield Friday. December 13, should cause several thousand people to come to Edgefield that day. Let's show our soldier boys tho hon or they deserve. Tell your friends about, the raising . of the service flag at Edge field Fri day afternoon, December L3 at three o'clock. A military band from Camp Jackson will dispense patriotic mu sic for the occasion. That Rev. Arthur L. Gunter has been returned to Edgefield to serve as pastor of the Methodist church has caused general rejoicing among all ihe people of Edgefield; We are ALL Methodists in welcoming Mr. Gunter upon the third year of his ministry in Edgefield. The Edgefield people will welcome the coming of the Kellam Quartette about the middle of the .month as the first lyceum entertainment of the season. The influenza has interfered with the "original schedule of the ly ceum attractions. Further annouce ment will be made next week. Rev. R. G. Lee. the newly-installed and already much-beloved pastor of the Baptist church, yielding to the earnest solicitations of the trust?es of the Trenton schol,. has decided to teach for them until Christmas. The * place on the Trenton teaching force was made vacant by the lamentable death of Prof. Long. The papers have announced that the 92nd Division, now in France, has bpon ordered to a port to em bark for America. Lieut. R. C. M. Dunovant is a member of this divi sion and will doubtless sit at thc fam ily table for Christmas dinner. How glorious the thought! Lieut. Duno vant has recently been in some of the fiercest fighting. Episcopal Services. Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse will preach at Trenton on Sunday next at 11:30 A. M. and at Edgefield at 3:30 P. M. Paper Delayed. Wc beg the indulgence of our read ers for the delay in issuing the paper this week. Our linotype machine has been unusually obstreperous, causing considerable delay in setting type. In fact, we have been unable to set the usual amount of type and on that account have been forced to carry over much matter to next week, in cluding several of our soldiers' let ters. We hope for better things next week. Miss R?sela Parker Entertains On Friday evening, Mis R?sela Parker entertained about a dozen of her friends at a delightful turkey dinner. The tables were tastefully and beautifully decorated with car nations. Lovely music added pleasure to the evening. The following young people were Miss Parker's guests: Misses June and Elizabeth Rainsford, Marjorie Tompkins, Miriam Norris, .Mae Tomp kins, Gladys Rives, Sadie Minis and Patti ."Major; Messrs. George Adams, Mitchell Reynolds, Leon Warren, I Wallace Hilton and John Addison. Questionnaires Must "pe R? turned. I There are a considerable number of questionnaires which were sent to the IS year old boys yet unreturn ed to the local board. This is probab ly duo in part to the impression pre vailing among some that it is now unnecessary to return the question naires. It is .HIGHLY IMPORTANT that those questionnaires be filled out and returned at once. Unless they are i returned, the young men will of nec I'essity be recorded at the office of the board as delinquents. Every ques tionnaire must be in thc office of the local beard by December 9th. If you know of anyone who has not return led Iiis questionnaire urge, him to do j so at once Watch Your Labe! The label on your paper shows to ?what time your subscription is paid. (just before thc time expires please call in person, or forward a check or money order so you will not miss an issue. All papers are stopped up on the date of expiration. No excep tion is made of anyone. The*Adver tiser's subscription rate is ?2.00 per annum payable strictly in advance. ! Please do not ask or expect us to de viate from this rule. Watch your la bel. Should you miss an issue, it may !be that that particular issue would ! contain just what you would most ?like to soe. ! Service Flag to Be Raised Fri day Afternoon, Dec. 13. On Friday afternoon, December 113, at 3 o'clock the County Service (Flag will be raised in honor of all jour boys who have served their coun try at home or abroad. ! "Hope deferred maketh tho heart ?sick," and it has been so with the raising of the flag, for there have Ibcen so many unfortunate and seri jous causes of delay. Now there will I be no more postponement. The flag will be raised, even if health condi tions forbid the assembling of the people. ! The same programme which ap ! peared in The Advertiser several ?weeks ago will be carried out as far 'as possible. We hope, in full. Next .week the programme in detail will J be published. Tho flag pole is up and the stand already erected on the public jiari: for the speakers, so let all our people 'throughout the county prepare to ?come and help the town of Edgefield ?do hojior to our splendid boys in rais ing the flag before many have re turn'?!!. Alas! Some will never re turn! Dut glory be to them and their memory! The Local Board. j The work of the local board which has been more or less strenuous dur ing the past 18 months is gradually drawing to a dose. Thc members of ?the bonni hope to be "demobilized" :by the 1st of January. All records of ?the government in the office of the board will be packed in cases and sealed up on December 9, according ito orders received from thc adjutant ?genera!. The classification of the 18 year old boys has been completed in so far as the questionnaires have been returned. There are question naires yet out that should be return ed at once so as to prevent the men to" whom they were mailed from be ing recorded as delinquent. It is probable that John-Fleming : Marsh, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Marsh, who has been serving [very efficiently, as assistant clerk of the board since he was inducted into the military service, will return to civil life in a short time. Miss Sophie Minis, the very capable chief clerk 'of the board who has rendered faith ' ful and painstaking service for more ?than a year, will retain her position j until further orders from the gov ernment. She will be needed on duty at the oiTice of the board until the ellice is closed, records sent to Wash [ ington and the board mustered out. Church Notice. Preaching services at First Bap tist Church Sunday morning at 11:30 ?and Sunday evening at 7:.')0. Sunday j school at 10:l?. Prayer meeting at 7:30 Wednesday night. ROBERT G. LEE, Pastor Notice. All persons having work out for the Junior Auxiliary of the Red Cross are requested to bring it in at once as Miss Rives wishes to get. it oil" right away. Trespass Notice Hunting, iishing and trespassing in every form is hereby forbidden on lands of the undersigned. This means everybody and all who fail to heed this notice will be indicted and pros ecuted under the law. MRS. M. J. NORRIS. Womans Christian Temper ance Union. On Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock th? Womans Christian Tem perance Union will meet with Mrs. W. A. Byrd, with the f ollow ing pro gram : j Devotions, Thc Crusade Psalm and ?Hymn, Mrs. E. J. Norris, j "Best Medical Opinions on Failure I of Alcohol i:t Influenza." Mrs. Abner Broadwater. "Somo Victories Since* Our Last ! Meeting" j "Home's Lovel Light," vocal solo by Miss Anna A. Gordon-Miss Miri i-am Norris. j "A France Land Lullaby," Read ling, Mrs. W. C. Tompkins. The second quarter's payment is due fer thc support of our little, or phan, Marie Olivier, who lives in Fin ist?re, France. Wiihout the aid of thc Edgefield Woman's Christian Temperance Union this little father less child of Franca will not have adequate support. j "Sleep, thou little child of sorrows, ?War's harsh din fright not thine ear; , Sleep, and dream of happier morrows ?Rest thy heart and feel no fear. Bends thy mother's loved form o'er j thee, Leans thy father's spirit near. We with mother heart will love thee, We'll defend thee, baby dear, j Collection for French Orphan, j All who are behind with dues will 'please bring in the amsunt and also a contribution for the last Liberty Loan, lhere being a deficit. This is also our iast meeting for the year 1918. and on this occasion our box for the Door of Hope is al ways packed. Will each member bear ; this worthy cause in mind and bring articles of clothing for women or ba bies or any kind of household arti cles or transportable groceries which must be shipped early this year. We have missed several meetings, but hope to make up all deficits and begin ibo New Year with something in the treasury and with hope and enthusiasm for there is much to do. Frances Willard said: "We all be lieve that one of the choicest fruits of Christianity will be the growth of brotherhood and sisterhood so close among ail nations, races and peoples, that we shail become truly kindred each to the other, and that great word Humanity, like a roliing wave of the ocean of God's love, shall wash out from the sands 'of time caste, cree'!, sex and even that good word patriotism, because we shall feel the whole world is our country and all men arc our kin. Every utterance of appreciation, affection and friend ship; every token of mutual co-oper ation; every stroke cf honest hard j work undertaken side hy side; every [sincere prayer, helps forward this beautiful day that we call the coming of the Kingdom of Christ." A Sad Tragedy. A lit!:- more than a year ago, Sep tember 1 :>'". William Warren Hill with others of our'Edgefield county boys, boarded the train and left the old depot amid cheers from many friends and relatives and interested spectators, going to Camp Jackson to begin the life of a soldier, a hero whose first duty would be the honor and defense of home and native land. Warren remained at Camp Jack son a short while and'was transferred Ito Camp Sevier, where his gifts as an electrician were so decided that he remained there and became the 'Cam;) Electrician, and for that rea son the military authorities had nev er ordered him overseas. On Saturday evening, after hav ing spent the whole day on duty, he went over to Greer near Greenville, where his sister, Mrs. Childrens, lives, and went into a Greek restaurant for the evening meal. As he entered or soon after, a shooting affray took place in the cafe, and Warren, an innocent party, was accidentally shot through the lungs. He wa? immediately taken to the Base Hospital at Camp Sevier ac companied by Mr. Childress, and ev ery elfort was made to save his life, but in vain. At three o'clock Monday morning he passed away, having served his country as faithfully as if he had fallen on the fields of Flanders or had been buried by a submarine in the watery deep. As soon as the news reached Edge field Henry Hughes Hill and Mr. S. B. Nicholson went at once, so that with Mr. and Mrs. Childress, four of the family were with him just before and after the sad passing away. William Warren Hill was born September 28th, and was 29 years of age. He was born in the residence now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Rainsford and had been a familiar figure in our town and on our streets and in our churches since his child hood. About thc time of his going to camp, perhaps on his first furlough home he became a member of the j F are pr The dir "I will say that a survej us to believe that at least 2 from lack of potash. In so; light land that is very defici? what is known as potash hu fore, recommending that lib year. At the usual rates of , of potash at the present prie quire F. S. Methodist church of Edgefield, and on the flag which hangs on thc wall ?of the Methodist church was a blue star for him, but alas! this blue star has turned to gold as it hangs there in his memory, the first gold star on any Hag which hangs in an Edgefield church. Warren Hill leaves his mother, Mrs. Sadie Hill, brother, Henry Hughes Hill, and sisters, Mrs. Wil liam Ready and Mrs. John Mobley of Johnston, Mrs. Arthur Childrcss, of Greer, Mrs. S. B. Nicholson and Mrs. Floyd Rainsford of Edgefield, his father, Mr. John Hill and sister, Mrs. E. J. Minis having been the only members of this large family to have j preceded him to the grave. At the time of this writing, it is not positively known at what time the body will reach town, but there will be a military escort and the fu neral will be attended with military honors. The heartfelt sympathy of all our community goes out to the bereaved mother and large family. Sale of Duroc Pigs On Monday, December 16 at ll j o'clock, I will sell at auction before Court House at Edgefield seven tho ! rough-bred Duroc-Jersey pigs-three ?males and four females. Registration papers furnished free. Reference, the Bank of Edgefield and county dem onstration agent. J. F. WALKER, * Edgefield, S. C. R. F. D. No. 2. Wood Wanted We are in the market for some I pine cord wood. See us or write us lat once. ADDISON MILLS, T. A. Hightower.Supt. -Adv. Money to Loan Farmers. The Federal Land Bank of Colum bia makes loans to farmers on first Mortgages at 5% per cent interest for 35 years through "Thc Johnston National Farm Loan Association." Thc interest and one per cent of the principal to be paid annually. The loan can be cancelled after five years. Apply M. 0. NORRIS, Secty.-Trcas. br the 1919 aron eparca to supply users of ade of Potash goods desired ector of S. C. A. gr?cultural oeriment Station Says: T recently made of the cotton situation in South Carolina leads 5 per cent reduction in th<= cotton crop has resulted this year me cases not more than half a crop has been produced on ?nt in potash. The appearance ot the plants indicates that nger is responsible for the decreased yield. We are, there >eral amounts cf potash be used in fertilizers for cotton next application I feel that it will pay to use as much as 3 per cent es." ster Dealers. Place orders early. .OYSTER GUANO CO1. NORFOLK, VA. 66 Special Return Engagement The World's Greatest Picture The Birth of a Nation RIALTO THEATRE AUGUSTA Entire Week December 9th Four Performances Daily ll A. M., 2, 5 and 8 P. M. 55 Adults Children 50c. 2.5 c. (Including war tax) YOUR LAST CHANCE Large Stock of Jewelry io Select From We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store when in Augusta. Wc have the largest stock of DIAMONDS WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY CUT CLASS AND SILVERWARE of all kinds that we have ever shown, lt will be a pleasure to show you through our stock. Every department is constantly replenished with the newest designs. 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 time. A. J. Renkl 980 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.