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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07
Best Time to PIow under Pea
Vines.

A reader asks, when is the best
time to turn under pea vines for
fertilizers SD
This is an ever present problem
and there will also always be differ
ences Of opinions regarding it.
Moreover, conditions, which vary
greatly, will always influence cor
rect answer to the question.
BY all means the best time to
plow under pea vines is as soon as
they have completed their growt..,
provided another crop is to follow
Immediately. But if the pea crop
does not mature until fall aud no
winter cover crop is to be sowed on.
the land, and this land lies so that
it will wash away badly, it is prob
ably equally certain that The land
had better not be broken-the peas
plowed under-until late winter or
early spring, or not until few
weeks before sowing the next crop.
On the other hand, if the land is
reasonably level, SO that it is not
washed away badly by the winter
rains, the pea vines may be plowed
under at any time during the late
fall or winter, or at least the pea
vines had better be plowed under
sufficiently in advance of the plant
ing of the next crop to allow them
to partially decay and become easily
and thoroughly mixed with the soil.
In other words, the time the pea
vines should be plowed under de-
pends more on the cropping system
and the way the land lies, than on
the condition of the pea vines. But,
we repeat, if another crop is to fol-
low Immediately, as is always de-
then the sooner the pea
vines are pIowed under after they
have completed their growth, the
more good that will be obtained
from them. Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07
Notice to Veterans.

All Confederate Veterans Of
Edgefield county who have not a.
ready sent in their record during
the war between the States will
please do so at as early a date as
possible, also give short sketch Of
their lives.
Miss Mary E. Lake,
Historian Edgefield Chapter U. D.
c., Edgefeld, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07
Rev. Maxcy G. White and His
Bride VIII go as M:cn;ona-
ries to Brazil.

Rev. Maxcy Gregg White, an
Edgefeld boy who has made fine
record, has been appointed a mis-
sionary to Brazil. He was married
early in September, and his bride
will also 60 as missionary. The
current issue of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Journal contains the fol-
lowing sketches of Mr.. White and
his young wife:
Maxcy Gregg White was born in
Edgefeld county, South Carolina,
December II, 1888. His father died
November 30, 1896, leaving his
mother with FIVE little children, he
being the oldest. Her health was
not good, consequently on Septem-
Der 9, 1899, she put four of the
children in Connie Maxwell o.
phanage, Greenwood, keeping the
baby with her.
Maxcy lived as an inmate of the
orphanage until he left there to en-
ter the freshman class of Furman
University in September, 1906. His
own personal possession at that time
amounted to the handsome sum OF
swenty dollars. Ely the aid of some
friends he got along until at the
commencement in June, 1910, he
graduated with the a. B. degree.
During the next yeal he taught
school as the principal Of the Stale
High School at Plum Branch, 5. q.
The first Of October, 1911, he
enteiel the Southern Baptist Theo.
logical Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
and jane :, 1914. gradual / with
the tn. VI. degree.
He decided to enter the minis
try during his freshman year at
$nrG@n.
lie became Student Eolun.ec:
for Foreign Missions in Columbus,
Ohio, while attending he inler-
national B:oie Conference, October
% .. 1908.
tie was licensed to preach III
September, l9ll. Ordained in
>;cp,cmbe:, 1913. Appointed 8
missionary to Brazil May Il, l9l+.
Mrs. u. q. White was Miss kate
VI. Cox. She was born in Bona
parte, Iowa, June II, 1891, and was
reared and educated in Kansas City.
No. While III the High School she
took some extra work in order to
enter the university, but when tn"
time came the way was blocked
and it was not her privilege to en-
ter college. She blavely went TO
work, securing a position as book
keeper in Kansas City, which size
held two years. During the last
two years she has attended the w.
VI. L. Training School at Louis
Vile, where she graduated in June.
She has been active in church work
for several yeals and worked in the
Settlement in Louisville. She was
married to Rev. NJ. &. White on
September i, 1914, and expects to
sail with him for his field in Brazil
as soon as the Board can afford TO
send them out.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07
Raptist Conference.

Immediately after the Sunday
school next Sunday morning con-
ference of the members Of the Bap-
tist church will be held. A full at
tendance of the membership is Is.
sired as matters of importance will
be presented for consideration.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07
No; ce OF Stockholders

Richmond, Va, September IL. =
The next annual meeting of the
stockholders Of Soathern Railway,
to be held at the principal Office Of
the Company in the 1'irles-Dispatch
building in Richmond on October
18th a. 10 a. H., vii mark a new
era in the history Of the Company
as it will be the first meeting AZ
which the $4,000 stockholders have
had the opportunity to vote direct
ly, the voting crust. in existence
since the organization of the Com.
pany in 1899, now being il process
of dissolution.
AN effort will be made to make
of this meeting more than the con-
ventional routine which current
criticism finds to be characteristic
of the meetings of the stockho' ders
of American railway companies, "
says President Fairfax Harrison in
a letter addressed to all stockhold-
ers, and the cooperation Of the
sto ,kholders is necessary to that
end. The principal officers will be
in attendance to any questions dl-
rected to the policy of the manage
ment,o or to anv detail of its business,
and the report of the operations
during the past year will be before
the stockholders for discussion"
The principal business to be
transacted will be the election of
five directors, four to fill vacancies
due to the expiration of terms of
directors oe the 1914 class, among
them Messrs. Finley and Fannstock
who have died during the past year,
and one to fill vacancy in the 1916
class due to resignation.
1t is expected that this meeting
will be largely attended and that
the gathering of the stockholders
of Southern Railway Company will
become an annual event of great
Importance in Richmond.
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Our stock of dress goods this sea-
son is larger and better assorted
than ever before. We have anything
YOU can mention in cotton and wool
goods and silks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07
An Unsettled Problem.

The whiskey question will always
be like the tides of the sea, until the
Millennium comes, rising and fall
ing. 1t is very difficult to secure an
impartial hearing upon this, as upon
other subjects. But after all is said,
the final test of anything is the
kind Of fruit it bears. And we think
it will generally be conceded, that
whether prohibition be the cause Of
public sentiment or public senti-
ment is the cause of prohibition,
both have contributed to the better
ment of Our country. And the mere
fact that good thing may be badly
abused is no argument against 1t.
We were reading some statistics re-
Gently, copied from the OMAHA
News, which if accurate, shed abun-
dant light upon the unsettled prob
lem. 1t is said that Kansas has an
hundred and five counties with
population of 43O,274. Of the hun
dred and five counties, forty-eieht
of them did not send a single pris-
oner to the state penitentiary dur
ing the past year. The author goes
on 10 say that ffty-seven of the
hundred and five counties had not a
single pauper; eighty seven of the
hundred and five counties did not
send single insane patient to an
institution: and it is reputel that
Kansas death rate is the lowest in
the world. seven and a half in
thousand persons. That state still
boasts of the lowest percentage of
illiteracy. The bank deposits have
increased fcom seventy millions TO
an hundred and ninety millions.
This marvellous growth anu phe-
nomenal conditions is supposed TO
be traceable to ten years of prohibi-
tion. Even if only half of this were
traoeable to it. surely we would be
encouraged in the warfare against
liquc-. Some of it, of course, is due
to the enforcement Of law and the
execution of crime. But we could
have neither if our officers of state
were miserable drunkards. 1t is
easy to see how such favorable con-
ditions would prevail where sobrie-
ty reigned supreme and public SEN
timent was queen of the palace.
However, we must not imagine that
liquor is the main cause of all
crime. 1t simply unbridles crime and
allows it to go free like mad dog.
Sin is the cause of crime, and IL
quor is the fertile soil in which sin
is developed into its enormity. Nor
should we make liquor the scape
goat to bear all the other crimes
we, as a nation, commit against
God 1t is absolutely unfair to make
sobriety and enthusiasm for prohi-
bition. atone for all the other
crimes, many of which are not as
sociated with liquor at ali. But fol-
lowing the principle of iustifying a
tree by its fruits, we should be 10y
al to the ause of prohibition, prac-
ticing the principles in our lives;
but enforcing the laws through civ
ic (uot church) channels. Those of
us VINO love this dear old state of
South Carolina feel a deep sense CT
shame when we compare existing
conditions with Kansas.
Z. G. Bailey.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07
A Good Drug Store.

1t takes more than a stock of
drugs and good intentions to make
a good drug store. 1t requires an
intimate knowledge Of weighing,
measuring and mixing, which comes
only after careful study and expert
ence. Your prescriptions will be
properly filled at our store. We
have every modern facility and--we
know how.
Penn 81 Holstein.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07

Mrs. Arthur ChildreSs Of Ridge
Spring spent Monday here with
relatives.
Services in the Presbyterian
church at Johnston this Sunday al
ll:l5. No afternoon or night ser,
vice.
1t seems that Ford cars do not
have to 60 in winter quarters. They
are being used on the Edgefeld
roads IN spite of the mud.
The recital that viii 6e given by
Signora Carolina Da Fabritis i'll
the opera house has been postpone.
until Friday exening, October 80.
The fall session of the court OF
general sessions will convene next
Monday, October -, with the Hon.
George E. Prince as presiding
judge.
The committee recently appointed
to beautify the Baptist church
grounds has commenced active work
and very soon the result of their la
bors will be observed.
After the rains cease it will be a
splendid time to begin to put ln'
large grain crop. Forget all about
next years cotton and sow your
very best land.
At meeting of Congaree Pres
bytery last week Rev. P. P. Bla-
lock was requested to take charge
of two mission churches, the Pres.
bytery paying the salary. B..
Miss Evelyn Edmunds who is at
tending leading business college
in Columbia is here spending sever
al days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Edmunds.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Edgefeld chapter, U. D. c.,
will be held Tuesday afternoon,
October l3, at the home of Mrs. j.
L. Minis at 4:30 o'clock. All menl-
bers are requested to be present.
Preaching Sunday morning and
night az Methodist church. Hours
1850 and s. You are invited. Sun
day school at lO:30. Be one Of
hundred. Special for young people
Sunday night.
Cotton insured $4,000 per bale
at your house, 56c per bale 3
months, roc bale 4 months, Sac per
bale ) months, Csc per bale =
months. Optional with company tc
replace cotton or pay the insurance.
E. j. Norris.
Cotton is being marketed slowly.
1t is probable that the maturity OF
bank notes will cause it to be
brought forth in larger quantities.
The majority Of farmers will have
to sell at least portion Of their Coz
ton when their obligations become
due. After they have satisfied lheir
creditors by paying at least part
they can then hold the remainder Of
their crop for q higher price.
Mrs. T. p. Salter and her Aaueh.
ter, Miss Ruth >4iter, spent Friday
in Edgefe!d as guests of Mrs. J.
L. Minis. While here Miss Ruth
stood the examination for q teach
er's certificate. She Is well equipl eG
for teaching, having graduated
from the High School in Portland.
Maine, and also took a course OF
one year at Coker college, this
state.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07
A Card.

We have received most compe-
tent lady from Asbury Park, n. j.,
to take charge of the boarding de-
partment at our Electric Springs
(Hillman Shaft Hillman, Ga.
Write for particulars.
JNO. Z. CLOTWORTHY,---
Proprietor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07

Mr.. Charles Hall of Aiken is
spending few days in Edgefeld
with Mr.. and Mrs. James a. Tim
tnerman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-10-07

Our stock of dress goods this sea-
son is larger and better assorted
than ever before. We have anything
YOU can mention in cotton and wool
goods and silks.
Rubenstein.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-05-23
SOME DETAILS FORGOTTEN
Negro Who Was Charged With Beat
lag Wife Remembered skillet
Not Sure About the Hand.

When Joseph w. Bailey, now prac-
Using law in New York, began his ca
reer in Texas, he was approached by
a negro with a request for legal as
sistance. The negro was accused OF
having beaten up his wife in a manner
that endangered her life.
Bailey Immediately went after the
facts.
What did you do to herr" he asked.
II amt done nothin' 'cep' hit her
cross de haid," explained the offender.
Nov, look here, Jack" said young
Bailey, you must have hurt her pretty
badly. What did you hit her with /?
Didn't you have something in your
hand?"
Il sw'ar to goodness, boss" said
Jack" solemnly. II didn't have moth
in my hand"
After few minutes Jack" re-
turned.
Il done been thinkin' of 1t, an sense
| done tried to ricollect all de de-
tails" he replied slowly, Il b'lieve
does remember dat l had hold of
skillet-but l amt noways sartin-no-
ways sartin which hand 1t was in
Popular Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-05-23

a wire toward the tabernacle. Their
is great cracking and noise. and
when the smoke has cleared away one
sees all the holy apostles kneeling
with lighted flames upon their heads.
1t is. of course, especially important
for the contadini."
Observe the Wind.
why for them above the others?"
l ask.
They come up in crowds, signora,"
answered he; for they all believe
that in whichever direction the wind
blows while the dove is in flight will
be the prevailing wind during the
harvest. and 1t Is very important that
they should know. You will see, sig
nora. The contadini will not be watch
ing La Palomba at all. They will be
watching the wind"
They came in crowds, as he had
said, and encamped in the piazza ali
day, eating their food on the cathedral
steps, wild looking men and handsome
women. the elaborate structure of re-
ligion and dogma embodied In the
church behind them having touched
them but little. 1t is neither the
mystery" within the Duomo nor the
thought of Pentecost that has urged
them from their farms. 1t Is the wind
they have come to watch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-05-23
MAKING A START IN SCIENCE
Burned Thread May Be Prepared to
Hold Up Some Light Weight
Explanation OF Trick.

When we speak of matter we usual
ly mean something that can be seen or
felt, anything that has form or weight
or color. We say that matter has GER
tain properties. It Is a property of
glass to be brittle and of rubber to be
elastic.
The properties of some kinds of mat
ter can be changed by the application
Of fire or water or both. We can
change iron into steel. we can make
brass with a spring to 1t or without
There are some things that will re-
sist the action of fire or water to a
certain extent. You can hold up a
pretty good weight at one end Of a
slice Of bread II 1t Is dry or stale, bu.
II you soak the bread In water 1t will
hardly hold itself up.
You can hang a good sized weight
at the end OF very slender piece of
thread. but the moment you set fire
to the thread the weight will fall to
the ground. Every one knows that,
you will say. but with little prepare
ton you can convince them that this
will not always hold true. 1t is pos
sible to make a thread hold up q
light weight even after the thread has
been set on fire and is apparently all
burned up.
II you will take a piece of stout
thread about foot long and twist It
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-05-23
Burned Thread Holding Weight.

AZ much as you can and then double
It It will twist upon itself and you will
have q double thread, twisted through
It's entire length. II you tie one end
Of this thread around lead pencil
and hang some light weight, such as q
paper fastener. to the other end 30
that 1t shall swing freely above .
small dish you may try the expert
ment of putting a match to 1t and see
how long it will hold up the weight
But II you stand two books on the
table to support the pencil steadily 1t
Is possible to burn the thread ccm-
pletely from end to end and still
have 1t hold up the weight provided
you have in the thread some substance
that is not changed In its properties
so much as the thread itself when you
burn 1t.
This substance Is common salt, with
which 30 many interesting expert
ments may be made. Prepare a satu-
rated solution of salt and water, which
we call brine, and soak your twisted
thread in It. Then hang 1t up to dry.
When 1t is dry soak it again and let 1t
dry again. After you have done this
two or three times the thread will not
look any different from ordinary twist
ed thread, but when you hang your pa
per fastener or some very light weight
to 1t with the pencil to hold 1t up 1t
will astonish your friends when you
set fire to 1t.
By applying the match to the bot
tom you will see small flame run
slowly from there to the top OF the
thread, where 1t is tied round the PEN
ell, and at that point 1t will go out.
There will be nothing left but black
cinder which looks very much like
very thin burnt match. but 1t will be
quite strong enough to hold up your
little paper fastener
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-05-23
MAKE WIGS OF SPUN GLASS
DuccessfuI Experiments Made In
France and semblance to Human
Hair 10 Almost Perfect.

France seems to be the land where
most experiments for making artificial
hair are carried on. Not long ago at
tempts were made to form wigs from
certain hbrous plants, the same kind
that have served to furnish material
tor rugs and blankets. By splitting
nhers extremely fine and then treating
them chemically 1t was possible to
make an artificial hair. But the price
was high, and the results not satisfac-
tory.
Now successful experiments have
proven that 1t Is possible to use spun
crystal and reduce 1t to any shade and
degree OF fineness.
And the resemblance to the human
hair Is almost perfect 1t Is light. also
lnstrous and absolutely hygienic.
A German engineer has invented a
way to transform ashes into marble OF
rare beauty and which viii take the
highest polish. But he absolutely re-
fuses to reveal his secret, although sew
eral owners of large quarries have
made him splendid offers for his Sc
cret.
His method seems simple as far as
his apparatus is concerned. He has
small gas stove and kettle. 1t Is
known. OF course. that his process Is
batter of chemical synthesis. and
with these few implements and his Sc
cret he has been known to manufac-
hre medium-sized slab # marble in
half an hour
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-05-23

children, of lighted and frequented
shrines, add good deal to the settled
and companionable air of an Italian
town. True, there is no kindly and
gracious Madonna presiding over the
cathedral at Perugia, only the high
mystery Of the Corpus Domini, and l
suspect 1t to be rather comment on
human nature In general than Italian
nature In particular that the shrines
of Our Lady Of Pity, of Succor, of Sor-
row, Of Comfort should be thronged
with worshipers while the churches OF
should be empty save for an occa-
sional religious who seeks the aus
terities rather than the consultations
of religion. For the great Duomo of
Orvieto Is almost always empty, save
for tourists and intoning priests. Built
on the tide of one of those waves of
inspiration which visited Italy. 1t
would seem as though with the ebbtng
Of that wave the peoples interest In
their treasure slackened and they re-
turned to the half-pagan beliefs which
sustained their ancestors. At Pente-
cost wild crowd of peasants comes in
from the hills and fills the piazza and
the Duomo, on the steps of which Is
enacted mystery" "Signora, come
at 'Pentecost itself, and you will see
It," said one of those loquacfous and
genial Italians whose business 1t is
to awaken his own enthusiasm with
that of the foreigners. There Is a
tabernacle similar to this In the mu-
scum Zone of the first models for the
shrine of the corporate venerated in
the Duomo) set up on the steps of the
Duomo. On the opposite side of the
piazza are the clouds Of heaven: with
In the tabernacle there is the Madonna
sitting above, and below kneel the "a
apostles. all with little candles at
tached to their heads. A white dove
is brought to the church and fastened
with outspread wings within a hoop
of fireworks. At midday the fireworks
are lighted. and the dove travels along
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-05-23

f one has forsaken the convenience
and tedium OF the railway and
travelled alone across the rather
sinister moorland round Bagnorea.
Civ1ta, II is with a sense of secu-
rity that one sees the lofty rock OF
Orvfeto In front Of one at nightfall.
One can imagine the feelings Of q
fugitfye-a pope, say, out of favor, and
Tying the populace-at the sight OF
the impregnable rock-built town which
was one Of his ultimate defences. In
the pleasant garden of Tuscany towns
stretch In friendly way from outskirt
to outskirt; villas Join to villas and
farms to farms. But from the lofty
rock wall Of Orvieto one sees neigh
boring towns perched high as II for
observation Of an attacking enemy;
self-contained as II for defence. One
knows that the wind visits the rock In
winter, for the women wear service
able shawls, as in fishing village in
Scotland, and the gravity of the sum-
mer heat can be known by the cactus
sticking It's spikes securely in the
wall. Houses seem built to defy the
weather. some even, as one sinks to
the lower outlet of the town, to have
needed little help from other material
than the rock itself to furnish a
dwelling. writes Gertrude Bone In
Country Lie.
A Curious House.
Yes; 1t is a very curious house,
signora," said one of the inhabitants.
"A gentleman came here who said IL
was of Volscian origin. Who knows!
1t Is certainly a curious house." As
one gains the summit of the precipice
fenced by the town wall, a fanciful
person might imagine himself to be
standing on the prov OF a ship, and
the undulating pale clay earth. lapsing
on all sides into strange shapes, to be
an ocean stiff with a more formidable
substance than Ice. imprisoning one
forever ON a high-pooped vessel.
Ones first impression of a town
may endure only to be modified. but