Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-12-13
This is Thanksgiving Day


thy body, sound mind, a clear Wis
ion, blessed with a, good appetite
and am living on the fat of the
land.
I am thankful that the political
bee is out of the oat for awhile, at
least, and peace reigns once more
in Warsaw" and the old Ship of
State is proudly sailing on a. calm
sea; may her rudders be strong and
her timbers stout. I am than nktul
that we have Governor who fears
God and regards the feelings and
opinions of men, and upholds civil
law, and now this is a good time to
bury the old rusty hatchet and
scalping knife of factionalism in
the rongh sands of the sea at cable
tons length from the shore, where
the tide Gibbs and flows once in every
twenty.four hours.
"How good and hov pleasant 1t
is for brethren to dwell together IN
Unity %
We live under the same laws,
claim protection under the same
flag, read the same Bible and wor.
ship the same God.
I am so thankful that Woodrow
Wilson has been reelected that my
words are too cheap to give express
sion to just how glad l am. He is
the greatest man in the known world
to-day. His election is the greatest
victory the American people have
ever achieved. The combins stion
against him was the most powerful
ever organized in this country. The
negro vote at the North was solid
for Hughes and Wall street came
with hor millions in money. Hughes
got down and scratched up the old
bloody banner of sectionalism that
was buried in its grave at Appomat-
tox fifty years ago. That began to
fry the fat with the western farmer
and the western women. Roose-
velt was Hughes prophet, and when
the Republicans saw that the tidal
wave in the West was for Wilson,
Roosevelt said, "By.gosh Boys,
We've Got Em,'' but the water
would not turn back, and at the
command of the Prophet, the State
of California decided the election
for Wilson, and the City Of San
Francisco decided the result in Cal
ifornia. So it may be said that the
Golden Gate has for once elected a
President of the United States.
President Wilson has always COM
manded unusual respect on all pub
lie questions, and his undoubted
sympathy with the masses of the
people. He has handled national
and international questions perhaps
better than any other man could
have done under the circumstances.
There is more in the man than In
the land. He has kept this Repub-
lie from war, bloodshed and ruin. f.
Hughes prophet (Roosevelt) had
5000 copy's sent to- Ohio of I'm
Gle Toms Cabin and put in the
negro's hands, and had schools for
the negroes teaching, and showing
how the people of the south treated
the slaves in tbs an-bellum days.
All this was in the State of Ohio,
while the negroes voted solid for
Hughes, Wilson run ahead of the
pack in that State. Right prevails
over Might.
The south never was more pros
porous than to-day. The lands has
yielded its increase to men, the feecy
staple has jumped from 10 to 90
cents. The war in Europe is the
cause of our prosperity, and over
there millions are suffering from
the awful horrors of war, for which
am profoundly sorry. For quite
awhile before the State and Nation
al election came off, | felt real
shaky, 1 could not tell how the cat
was going to jump, but I had faith
in special providence, and held on
to the willow bushes. But now
bless your soul I have let go
the willows at the baLk, and l am
away out in the swim. Both cats
jumped just right, and Hughes did
cough UP congratulations to the
President on his great victory, but
his prophet can't do that much for
Wilson. He has lost out in Amer.
ica. If was Roosevelt l would
shoulder my trappings and go
to the African jungles and shoot
the wild animals there, or else l