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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-11-05
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

vet held, is ready for the great
throng of visitors that will attend
shis week.
Miss Mamie Addison of Colum-
bia has arrived for the fair, having
come to spend some time with Miss
Virginia Addison.
The great parades of tomorrow
and Friday are the CHIEF topic of
conversation. The people know they
will see something good, the equal
of the large city parades.
, If you have young lady friend
IN The Advertisers contest give her
your subscription. 1t will not only
encourage her but assist her in win
ning a valuable prize.
Exhibits are coming in to-day.
fTuesday) for all departments Of
the fair. Surely every man, woman
and child will come IN at least one
eff the three days to see the fair.
One and two horse plows for sale
at special prices.
L. T. May.
The Golfers band is coming Fri
day and will escort the parade to
she fair grounds. Everybody is
eager to hear the Golfers boys play.
The band is the pride of the county.
Use Vo,an or Lord Calvert coffee
and you will use the best.
L. T. May.
The carnival is here. George Muir
sphey has Edone his best for Edge
Held. He was pleased with the fair
last year and has brought this year
the largest aggregation of attrac-
9ions ever seen here.
The handsome piano which is to
be given some young lady in the
county by The Advertiser has been
shipped from the factory and if 1t
arrives in time will be displayed III
one Of the fair buildings.
The ladies of the cemetery asso-
station have made large purchases
of turkeys, hams, oysters and other
nice things for the bountiful din
1ers which they will serve at the.
county fair.
The Edgefeld chapter U. D. G.
will be entertained by Mrs. II. A.
Smith and Miss Charlton Dozier on
Tuesday afternoon, November IL.
at o'clock. All members are re-
auested to r. S. V. P. to hostess.
Canned apricots and cherries for
35c quart
L. t. May.
One of the automobiles which
will appear in to,morrow's parade
had to be decorated twice. After
the finishing touches had been put
apon the fret decorations, an om-
.siverous mule came along and ate
an the flowers.
DR.. NJ. D. Jeffries stated Sunday
morning that up to this time sub
scriptions to the amount of about
$4,000 have been made on the
building fund of the Baptist church.
The necessary amount will be raised
without difficulty. 1t is probable
shat the contract will be let in
few d lys.
The largest and most complete
]ine of fancy groceries in Edgefeld
county. Come in and see what we
earry.
L. T. May.
The merchants of Edge6eld need
ed extra salesforce last Saturday.
Sume of them say the volume of
business equalled Christmas eve
There was a larger crowd in town
than usual and the order was splen-
did. 1t is very rare indeed that
man is seen on the streets of Edge
field under the influence of whiskey
The beautiful piano that is offer
ed as the grand prize in The Adver
siser's subscription contest would
be valuable acquisition to any
home in Edgefeld county. That is
Why interest in the contest contin
ues to grow. Other valuable prizes
shat will be awarded will also com.
pensate the young ladies for their
efforts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-11-05

You're as good as man in a Hart
Schaffner g. Marx suit from F. 6.
Mertins, Augusta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-11-05

1t matters not how large the
crowd that attends the fair each
day the ladies of the cemetery asso-
citation are prepared to feed them
all.
A good warm Overcoat, special
quality for $500, F. G. Mertins,
Augusta. Ga.
1t is not too late to enter the con-
test. Send in your name and re-
ceive the 1000 nomination ballots.
Send in the name of your daughter,
sister or sweetheart. Actual work
has not begun, 80 you start with
those who have already been nomi-
mated.
Never was better suit for
$500 than we are selling now, F.
e. Mertins, Augusta, Ga.
The parade will be held at the
fair grounds at IL O'Clock Friday
morning. 1t will be formed in the
grove of Mrs. Evans and march to
the fair grounds. All whs enter
Che parade are requested to assem-
BILE in the grove promptly.
Fresh graham -four.
L. T. May.
IF you need a gun see our double
and single barrel shotguns. We
have the L. G. Smith, Parker and
other makes.
Ramsey & Jones.
Large supply of .Apples and Red
Rust Proof Oats for seed.
Edge6eld Mercantile Co.
Ssetson Hats, q full line, F. G.
Mertins, Augusta, Ga.
FOR SALE: 400 bushels of ,Ap-
pier oats for seed, three good milch
COWS and a good young horse. Ap.
ply to M. c. Parker, Edge6eld, S.
G. ll-5-3t.
Bed lounges in many varieties of
at reasonable prices
Ramsey & Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Talbert will
come over to-day from Parksville to
attend the county fair, spending the
time with Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Par
ker.
The prettiest silk lined Overcoat
you ever saw for $500, at F. G.
Mertins, Augusta, Ga.
Large assortment of sterling sill
YER fat ware in single pieces and |
sets direct from the manufacturers.
Ramsey & Jones.
Mr.. P. B. Whatley will have a
sale of valuable personal property |
at his home Tuesday, November
IL. This affords farmers to make
purchases of valuable property that
is needed on every farm. See Mr..
advertisement in this |
issue.
Come to us for window shades,
curtain poles, etc. |
Ramsey & Jones.
Satisfaction, your money back !
Or a new wagon"-that's the glst Of
the guarantee that goes with every
''THORNHILL" wagon.
Wilson & Cantelou.
Mr.. r. G. Jeffries of Knoxville,
Tenn, is here visiting his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. M. D. Jeffries. He is
engaged in the hardware business
in Knoxville.
Don't miss getting one of those
sl.75 Hats that are worth up to |
$3.50, from F. G. Mertins, Angus.
Ia, Ga.
Large assortment of mattings,
art squares and rugs.
Ramsey & Jones.
Many farmers throughout the
county are using our White Hicko-
ry and Hackney wagons. Ask those
who run them what they are. Moth
ing better on the market for the
Ramsey g. Jones.
Every "THORNHILL" wagon
is made by the most improved meth !
DDS, in the most modern plant in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-11-05

A big lot of warm Gloves, soc
up, at F. g. Mertins, Augusta, Ga.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
ROOT WON'T RUN.
Wouldn't Take Republican NOmina-
ton if offered.

Washington, Dec. 16.--During the
currency debate in the senate today
Senator Root, replying to Democratic
criticism, announced that he had no
presidential aspirations, and would
not take the Republican nomination
if it were offered to him. Senator Root
renewed his declarations of Saturday
that the administration currency bill
did not provide proper safeguards
over an over-eXpansiOn Of money.
Throughout the afternoon the fight
ragged again around this phase Of the
bill. Democratic senators insisting that
the measure carefully guarded against
any danger of imitation or consequent
panic. Administration forces defeated
another attempt to amend the bill
when they laid onsthe table an amend
ment by Senator Hitchcock, proposing
to increase the federal reserve board
from seven to nine members. The
motion carried 35 to 80.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20

term of two months and winter term
OF six months with a fall and spring
vacation. When the school itself is
not in session the teacher will still
live in the community and will have
charge OF the boys and girls agri-
cultural and club work.
"The school will be a community
centre. In it's auditorium the COM
munity meetings Of fathers, mothers
and young people will be held. It's
library will expand into the commu-
nifty library. The school will utilize
the knowledge and experience of the
whole district in it's daily work.
In many cases q teachers home
Will be built at the school house and
his garden and the school experiment
plot will serve as the central agency
Tor the dissemination of agricultural
knowledge throughout the commu-
nifty.
Though the universal attainment
of these ideals must be placed indef-
nitely in the future, there are now
many schools in South Carolina which
are steadily approaching them"
ing, and manual training designed to
secure a better adaptation Of the
school to the needs of the commune
ty. An efficient country school will
gradually acquire some of the follow
ing distinguishing characteristics.
THE teacher, or at least the princi-
pal, will remain for a term of years
in the same position. He will be elect
ed for period of ut least three years,
ana the country school will follow
the lead of our best city systems and
adopt n salary schedule under which
the teachers salary will be increased
with increased experience and etii-
cheney.
The school term and the vacations
will be arranged TO meet the COM
munitN necessities. The minimum
term will be eight months. The
teacher will be employed for the year
and will be given n vacation OF six
weeks. In sections where it is neces- !
sary for the children to work on the
farm the school will have q summer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
GLASS ATTACKS ROOT.
SAYS NEW YORK SENATOR IS
SOUNDING n FALSE ALARM
Replying to Charges. lie Declares
That Currency Bill Now i'm Con-
gress is Far From HOdgepOdge of
Errors as Claimed by Root.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 16.-Represen-
tatiVe Carter Glass, chairman of the
house committee on banking and cur
rency, in an address here tonight
warmly defended the administration 8
currency bill against the "greenback-
ISM and fiat money" charge launch
ed by Senator Root in the senate on
Saturday and retaliated with a sharp
attack on Senator Root.
''On the floor of the United States
senate last Saturday, said Mr.. Glass,
Senator Root Of New York charac-
teriZed the measure as 'greenbackism
run mad and unacQuainted with the
subject which he undertook to dis
cuss, he described it as proposing
return to the reserve issues of 1896.
Il take it that the duty of a SEN
ator to preserve the public from ma
tiOnal harm is more than overbalanced
by his moral obligation never TO
sound false alarm and never to
permit himself to be DETECTED from
the path of strict truth to gain a
point Of vantage. And yet he did
sound a false alarm and sounded it
upon information which he himself
admits he secured second hand fror:
another senator.
when to ones reputation is added
his renown as a great lawyer and his
fame as an international statesman,
and the subject involved relates to
the tender fabric OF national credit,
when such a man trifles with a SUBJ
ject Of this moment he is guilty not
only Of grave indiscrction, but Of
downright treason to his country"
"All that I have said OF Frank A.
Fanderlip," said Mr. Glass, summing
up sharp reply to the statements
made by the New York banker, may
be accentuated and applied to Mr.
Root. God alone knows how men who
understand the currency bill SO little
as to charge it with greenbackism
have ever gained control of banks
with a capital of $25,O0O,OOO or have
ever attained to a seat in the United
States senate"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
HUERTA LOAN REJECTED.
OFFER TO PLEDGE PRIVATE FOR.
TUNE DECLINED BY FRENCH
BANKERS.
Mexican Dictator, Hard Pressed for
Funds Appeals in Vain to French
ffnanciers Who Are Advised by

Paris, Dec. 1.-THE offer of Gen
Huerta, the Mexican dictator to
pledge his private fortune and the
fortunes of the members of his cab
met as security for a loan to Mexico
was rejected by French group Of
financiers today.
1t is understood the French govern
ment advised the group to take this
action because of the attitude of Presi-
dent Wilson towards Gen. Huerta.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
FEDERALS HARD PRESSED,
ZAPATA WITH LARGE FORCE At
TACKING FEDERALS NEAR
CAPITAL CITY.
Fedcrals Send Urgent Appeal to City
for RcinfOrcements.-M of
War Blanquett Announces Federal

Mexico City, Dec. ia battle is
raging today near Lake FOchimilge,
between Federals and Zapatista
The Federals have sent an urgent ap-
peal to Mexico City for reinforce
ments.
War Minister Banquet today re-
ported that the Federals have defeat
ed the Rebels attacking Mazatlan.
The Rebels have also been repulsed
at Topic.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
MISSIONARIES IN PERID.
Revolt I'm China Threatens Lives of
Foreigners.

Hongkong, China, Dec. 16.-Many
foreign missionaries are in peril from
a revolt in Southeastern China.
British officials were notified today
that hundreds Of natives have armed
themselves and, led by agitators
preaching death To Foreigners" are
burning isolated villages.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
BIG PARCELS POST BUSINESS.
Two Hundred and Fifteen Tons a
Day i'm Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE parcels post
business originating in Chicago this
month averages two hundred and
fifteen tons daily and the stamp sales
during the last ten days at the Chi
cago office have been over a million
dollars.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
MRS. PANKHURST FREE AGAIN
Refuses to Eat and is Released from
Holloway Jail.

London, Dec. 17.-Mrs. Emmerline
Pankhurst, the suffragette leader
who was re-arrested Saturday was
again released from Holloway Jail to-
ment, and was in a state Of collapse.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
KING MENELIK DEAD AGAIN.
Latest Report He Passed Away Last
Friday.

London, Dec. ia dispatch from
Jibuti, Africa, says that Emperor
King Menelik, who was born in
1874, has been reported dead on sew
eral occasions. Special dispatches
from Adds Abea last February an
nounced his death and the succession
Of Prince Didji Jeassu, one of his
grandsons.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
TEDDY IN BRAZIL.
ThOdOrc Roosevelt and Party Arrive
Aboard Paraguayan GunbOat,

Corumbia, Brazil, Dec. 16.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt and his party arrived
here today from Porto Murtino
aboard Paraguayan gunboat. He
leaves shortly for the interior on a
hunting expedition. A large crowd
greeted the party on it's arrival.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
RAILROAD PRESIDENT DEAD.
j. w. Thomas Of Nashville Victim OF
Pneumonia.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. Iii. w
Thomas, president and general man.
ager of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis railroad died early this
morning of pneumonia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20

borders. There are many districts in
South Carolina in which the railroad
pays half Of the total school tax 1t
is comparatively easy for such
district to maintain a school, while an
adjoining district which the railroad
doe not touch is placed at a great
disadvantage.
For this reason many school dis
tricts in the State have been gerry
wandered so as to take in the great
est possible railroad mileage. A dis
trict which is blessed with a large
railroad mileage running through a
swamp where nobody can live has
ally blessed A minutes thought will
convince one that railroad, a power
plant a telegraph line, telephone
line, or any other form of public util-
ity should not be considered an object
Of exclusive taxation by the school
district through which it passes. On
the other hand, it should be an asset
OF the entire territory which it serves
and from which it obtains it's reve-
nues.
"In practice the present condition
works disastrously both for the gem
eral public and for the public utilities.
The more abundant revenue and the
better school facilities which are
made possible for the towns on the
railroad have a tendency to attract
the people from the surrounding
farms and consequently to decrease
farm productivity and the earning
power Of the railroad which pays the
taxes.
The only solution which occurs to
me is to segregate the property be-
longing to the railroads. power plants.
telegraph lines, telephone lines, ana
other public utilities and to levy on
all this property State tax which
will pro. ,de for the expenses of the
state government, including the state
school taxes already mentioned. These
forms of property should then be ex-
empt from local taxes. This, however,
is phase of the whole tax question
which now demands the best thought
of our people.
The School. =
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20
The School.

while it will be many, many
years before the one teacher school
becomes thing of the past i'm South
Carolina, the inevitable tendency in
Will be IN the direction of n school
employing at least three teachers
Such II school affords a better classi-
iication Of the pupils, stronger So
cial incentives to good school work,
ana an opportunity To introduce spe-
clal work in agriculture, homemade
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20

which we are willing to pay to those
whom we have chosen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-12-20

'In addition To an adequate ONCE
force, the state superintendent should
have the following assistants:
~ state Inspector of IIigh Schools
This officer has already been sup
piled i'm South Carolina and in the
other Southern states through the as
sistanCe of a friendly outside agency.
~ state supervisor Of Elementary
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-09
ANAcHRoNIsTIc ROME

Rome exists for the confusion of
the sentimental traveller. Other cities
deal tenderly with our preconceived
ideas of them. There is one simple
impression made upon the mind.
Once cut of the railway station and
in a gondola, and we can dream oA'
dream of Venice undisturbed. There
IS no doge at present, but II there
were one we should know where to
place him. The city stii furnishes
the proper setting for his magnific-
ance. And London with al; its vast
ness hos, at first sight, raa;iiial
seeming. The broad and simple
outlines Of English history make
II easy to reconceive the past.
Rome is not favorable to historic
actual refuses to make terms with
the ideal. 1t is vast storehouse of
Historical material, but The inaG.na-
ton is baffed in the attempt to put
the material together
Rome is not favorable t. hi5etoric-
al romance. Its atmosphere Is er'n-
emily realistic. The historical roman
Ger is flying through time as the all
men. fly through space. b. he air
men complain that they sometimes
come upon what they call "airholes,"
The atmosphere seems suddenly to
give way under them. [, Rome he
element of time on which tho imari-
nation has been flying "ecr.s 20 'csc
its usual density. W. drop through
time hold and find ourselves in an
inglorious anachronism. x. " Gro
Tiers in Atlantic Magazine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-09
Use of Water is Subject
OF Work BY DR.. Widtsoe

pose of irrigation is to supplement
the natural precipitation and thus
procure larger crops. Irrigation Is
not a primary art; It should always
be practiced with reference to the
natural precipitation.
In experiments with different crops
il was found that they averaged with
out irrigation about rs per cent OF
what would have been grown with ir
rigation to aid. The percentages are
wheat So. s; oats, s6.2; corn, SOL;
alfalfa, 72.O; potatoes, go.
Special attention is called to the
fact that the experiments although
carefully made were done on one
farm and in one locality, and that the
crops might vary with different local
tiles. 1t is proven, however, that gen.
orally speaking the ratios would re-
main much the same. The unproduc-
tive land would be little more I'M
productive If no irrigation is used,
the productive land would be even
more productive II irrigated to rein
force the waters lying in the soil.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-09
RVP1Y RREEREE,1 EXPERT
Seeley, Who Fitted Gar Of Russia,
Called TO Logan

F. H Seeley Of Chicago and Phila-
delphia, the noted truss expert, will
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-09
AN EMBARRASSING siTUA-
TON FOR A MERCHANT

The following story is taken from
an article entitled, Behind the
Scenes at the Bargain Sale" publish
ed in the January Woman's Home
Companion:
In one of the exclusive shops OF
Boston when 1t became question
OF tightening the burden Of carrying
a large stock of high priced garm-
ents by having clearance sale, the
point Of price reduction became ac-
tually embarrassing; not that the
firm was unwilling to cut the price
low enough, but they feared that the
skeptical public would actually doubt
the legitimacy Of the mark-down, and
so lose faith in the published an
nouncements of the firm.
The head Of the house approached
the advertising manager, who was in
the act Of tabulating the regular sell
ing prices and the reduced sale pri-
ces for the next two weeks advertise
ments, and said:
II see you have some s115 gowns
and dresses marked down to s3S
and $40; is that according to the wish
es of the head of that department?
Yes, strand the valuations are
absolutely accurate.
But If you announce such a cut
as that, won't the public question
the enormous first profit, and rightly
too, the disproportionate first profit
We apparently derive If your compar-
isons are to be any criterion for reg
ular business?
Il don't think II will hurt our rep
utation for moderate profit taking
answered the advertising manager.
We explain in our "ad" that this an
unusual cut, much below cost.
1T is too dangerous a thing to ex-
perience with. Take those s115
gowns sell them at $3S and $40 If
equal selling price of SIS and make
equal corrections throughout the list.
Do not have any one cut approxim-
ately more than a one-half reduction,
at most
This merchant was undoubtedly
right. Those gowns had actually cost
$50 or $50, but he did not wish to
imperil that intangible asset of his
house-the unquestioned faith of his
| customers
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-09
Agricultural Expert Completes Treat
ise On Proper irrigation
Methods

THE Production Dry Matter
With Different Quantities of Water"
is the subject of treatise by DR.. j.
A. Widtsoe, president Of the Utah
Agricultural College, who has been
working in cooperation with the cx-
pertinent stations with the United
States department Of agriculture.
The treatise, the result of several
years of persistent study, is valuable
to the farmer in that 1t lays partic-
ular stress on the crop yield Of acre.
age where limited supply of water
is procurable as against the yield OF
one acre upon which that water sup
ply is concentrated. The dry matter
producing power of thirty acre-inches
of water, for instance is thus shown
in tables comparing the yield of one
acre where the water is concentrat-
ed and four acres where the water is
distributed:
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-09

be at the Lincoln Hotel and will re-
main in Logan Thursday only, Jan.
uary 0. Mr.. Seeley says: 1.-THE Sper-
matte Shield Truss as now used and
approved by the United States Gov.
eminent will not only retain any case
of rupture perfectly, affording imme-
date and complete relief, but closes
the opening in ten days on the aver
age case. This instrument received
the only award in England and in
Spain, producing results without sur
gerry, harmful injections, treatments
or prescriptions. Mr.. Seeley has
documents from the United States
Government, Washington, d. c., for
inspection. All charity cases without
charge, or II any interested call he
will be glad to show the truss with
out charge or At them II desired. Any
one ruptured should remember the
date and take advantage of this op-
portunity. ADVERTISEMENT 10