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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Meeting in Interest of Tenn
perance.

At the Methodist church on Sun.
day evening beginning at 7:45, all
the churches of the town will unite
in a meeting on the subject of tenn
perauce. The following is the pro-
gram.
Devotions,-Rev. A. L. Gunter'
Chorus, = Prohibition Victory.
Professional of the twenty three dry
states, demonstrated by as many
girls carrying the names OF the
states.
Song,-"America" by school chill
dren.
Five and ten minute talks as fol-
lows. 7
Progress of Prohibition, "@J
L.. Minis.
"The Gallon Month Law, -
Rev. A. L. Gunter. :, :, i,
Liquor Circulars in the Mails
DIR. E. P. Jones.
Vocal Solo, Victory" Mrs. R
G. Shahnonhouse.
The Status of National Prohibl'
tion,-Hon. B. E. Nicholson.
The Attitude of the 'Press,-Re
R. G. Shannonhouse.
Quartette, Triumph Song" p
Miss Miriam Norris, Mrs. E. j,
Norris, Mr.. E. ]. Norris. and Rev
A. L. Gunter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Accepts a Better Position.

The friends of Mr.. J. d. Smith,
who has been one of the superinten-
dents of the Addison Mills, will re-
rret that he has moved to Greer to
make his home, having accepted a
more lucrative position with the
Apalachian Mill than held here.
His removal takes one of the most
active and most loyal members OF
the J. o. U. A. M. from our midst.
The Advertiser wishes him every
possible success in his new field.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03

We have put on a great cut price
sale of so pairs of ladies' shoes.
We have your size. Come and get
them for only sl.l9 the PARISHES
| to 3 l-2.
The Corner Store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
DARKEN GRAY HAIR
LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY
Sage Tea and Sulphur Darkens
So Naturally that No
body can tell.

Hair that loses its color and lustre, or
wen it fades, turns gray, dull and lie
less. IS caused by a lack Of sulphur II
the hair. Our grandmother made up q
mixture Of Sage Tea and Sulphur to
keep her locks dark and beautiful, and
thousands Of women and men who value
that even color, that beautiful dark
shade CT hair which is SO attractive, use
onlv this old time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mixture
improved BY the add :tion OF other ingredi-
ents by asking at any drug store for q So
cent bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" which darkens tho
hair SO naturally, so evenly, that nobody
can possibly tell it has been applied. You
Just dampen a sponge or soft brush with
it and draw this through your hair, tax
ing one small strand at time. By morn
ing the. gray hair disappears; but what
delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound, is that, besides beau
tifully darkening the hair after q few
applications, it also brings back the gloss
and lustre and gives it an appearance
of abundance.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
is delightful toilet requisite to impart
color and youthful appearance to the
hair. It is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention of disease.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

his staff and countrymen, and upon one
pretext or another, all trifiing, but new
er theless irritating and unnecessary,
prevents Gerard and his suite from
leaving Berlin for nearly week, all
Of which is distinctly contrary to in
ternational custom and usage.
It was first thought that the delay
was occasioned SO that Berlin might be
assured Of tho safe conduct Of her own
representa- tives, but this could not be
the case as there had rot been the
slightest Inconvenience placed in the
vav OF Bernstein leaving the United
States, in fact this country had gone
out Of its way to secure the safe CON
duet Of these people from England
and France. and Berlin we'll knew Of
this 10, it was merely another evil
dcnce of the dicta torial and dogmatic
way Germany has OF treating nations
who do not agree with her, and i was
this trait, more than anything else,
that brought about the var.
Europe got tired Of pandcring to the
whims and fancies the demands and in
sistences, Of the Kaiser and his mill
tary court, and the reply given 10 Aus
tria, instead Of being conciliatory, was
curt, and the Kaiser, having the stran-
gle hold on Austria s king, and think
ing that the central powers were ready
for any emergency, insisted upon de-
claration Of war.
Then came England into the fight,
much to the Inconvenience and dis
pleasure Of Germany, which caused the
spleen Of the Prussian, which had hith-
erto been directed against France, to
veer to an antagonism, and spite,
against England, which eliminated in
the "Hymn Of Hate' which was sung
upon the. streets of Berlin, and pub
ished in every Berlin paper.
Now that the United States has step
ped into the breach, and blocked Ger
many's plans, it may be that this coun-
try will be the nation upon which the
vengeance Of Prussianism may be di-
rected, and the people OF this country
held up to bitter hatred IN public places
in Berlin
Word comes that Germany does not
want break with Che United States.
but she does not disavow her plan of
submarine warfare against unprotected
shipping, nor against the boats Of neu-
trail nations, though she hopes, BY soft
words, end diplomatic persuasion, to
get the United States to Withdraw her
objections.
Thus It is. and so i alv9rs viii he
Pzussianisae, VIII maintain her brutality
and expect al other nations to acqui-
esce III whatever she decides to do
however dreadful o. be eyccratel BY
The Berlin press. which 5 the mouth
piece Of the T'I;,,:sa:an government.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
CEAETII By TIE FLAG

This is not a time for excitement Or
hysteria. 1t is not time fo- regrets
or LAMENTATIONS
The time FOR all these has passed
AND THE HOUR FOR ACTION HAS
ARRIVED.
The president Of the United States,
long suffering and patient, and in full
possession OF the facts, not accessible
to US, has deemed ii necessary to break
diplomatic relations with q great an!
powerful foreign country-German, to
be explicit. The congress has approx
ed his action irrespective Of party If
fliations, and it is incumbent upon US,
the American people, to unfalteringly
support both the president and the
Congress.
Party lines have been swept away
and in the hour Of danger we are one
people united in the defence of ou1
country and its rights and its citizen
ship.
Nationality has been forgotten. We
are not Germans or Britons, or French
men, or Austrians, or Italians, or PEG
pies Of any other land but this.
WE ARE AMERICANS-of ont
heart, one soul, and one purpose.
We seek no conquest, no illicit gains
at the expense Of another nation. W.
seek only that degree Of right and JUS
tice that is due as as q people and q
intelligent human beings.
But IL in the pursuit Of these right,
Il becomes necessary for the president
sesort 60 stern measures, then let II
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
A PAY UP WEEK DOLLAR PAID
S27 III FIVE DAYS

Started on its rounds en- Monday
morning Of National Pay Up Week,
after aiding to discharge twenty sew
en- obligations, it found it's way into
the pay envelope OF tn sender on Sat
urday night.
Last year at Bellefontaine, Ohio, q
dollar bill, used to disc barge a debt on
the first Monday OF National Pay Up
Week, was employed twenty seven
times during the week in meeting ob-
legations Of those through whose hands
it passed, and was finally returned 10
the sender IN his pay envelope, thus IL
Illustrating in a striking way the claims
that had been made for National Pay
Up Week
This ordinary dollar bill had attach
ed to it slip which the persons who
used it in paying debts should sign
their names, il order that the story of
its travels might be related. It was
through this record the fact was learn
ed that this single bill discharged in
whole or in part 1927 in the FIVE days
of it's circulation
During the five days that this single
bill was moving around Bel1efon tame
it fell into the hands Of an insurance
agent, news dealer, three clothing
dealers, druggist, a dry goods firm,
five grocers, shoe dealer, a confee-
toner, a physician, a jeweler, pub
Usher, a loan agent, an auto supply
dealer, hardware firm a drayman and
a garage keeper.
1t would be we'll to make the same
test here next week during the National
Pay Up Week to be inaugurated by all
the merchants in Scotland Neck
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

rally to him and to the flag, and i'll
such strength, that our future peace
and security will be assured for all time
to come.
We have no i'll will toward the Ger
man nation, but our country comes
first in all things and must be defend
ed at all hazards, and at whatever sac
riice may be required.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
TT: EATc:EAE1A COLUMN
by G2crge 1Aa--1s..I}
GARLIC


TIE GiralTa IS 9 Iligh narrow animal
found IN circuses AID ttc.:riusn tremeaa.
II has a ten story ne I and has 40 lsa
fer It. We often wonder zvhy IS q
rafIe = neck, anyhow. The giraffe pro-
baby wonders too. It's SO long the
poor thing could choke to death at one
end and never know it at the otlc-.
And it keeps his head so FAR from the
ground that every time he looks down
he :, a. Il !sc 7. fall Off
But lets noe hold tho giraffe too
strictly TO account for his neck
lie probably started out to be a boa
constructor an: FORGOT abort It.
The only person that ever cnyied I
giraffe Tas a small boy on tie wrong.
side Of the fence 81 ball game.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
DCGAIATIC PRUssIANIgHI

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i-'1,--> ICE '&'e w ''-'"A '''I>I Use
! break 5i1oaii nave oooh long ago. rms
was an ac0 o-@'V&ste4U III 70 the people CT
Inc ohited 'otaEos, ana would nave been
aEol>iea mad there been way, but
{ theFe was not.
NO" the Berlin press calmly slam
! ders TINS country, and its president,
and some even have the nerve to ask,
WY, what have ve done that Ameri
/ ga IS president siluold treat US so?'
Thus it is the German, land when
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

It IS no wonder that men, earnest
men, enthusiasts, Of you Ike, impressed
with the evil OF war, have dreamed the
dream that the millennium Of peace
might be reached by establishing ar
univesal system OF international arbi-
tration.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

There have been since 1915 some six
ty instancea~of effective International
arbitration. 70 til iGaly-two OF these
the United States have been a party.
Public opinion is a force which
makes ITSELF fe1t in every corner OF the
world, and IS most powerful IN the COM
mun;tio8 most civilized.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

There may be even greater calamities
than war-a dishonor Of nation, the
triumph Of an unrighteous cause, the
perpetuation Of hopeless and debasing
tyranny.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

IN this time Of stress and excitement
we should remember that we are al
" Americans, ," and that we are all 10y
al to the home that shelters US, clothes
lis, and guarantees Us liberty and free
dom OF thought
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

We just c:a' It lose sight Of Carrar12:a.
No sooner did the shadow OF Germany
darlzen our horizon than the old duck
conveyed his profound admiration ana
good viii 20 tho Kaiser-anl every
body laughed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

When will governments learn the les
son that wisdom and justice in policy
are stronger security than weight
of armament.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
80 .g,A EEs,5s ri .DD

Selected from various legislatures.
Aialesota-To force lumborjaclzs to
battle, and furnish tubs = lu1:1b@.
camps.
Wisconsii-To prohibit normal AMI
university Instructors smoking cigar
cites.
TeSas-To compel el.archgoers to
leave their firearms outside.
Nassachnsetts-To prohibit p!:rsi-
clans and dentists wearing whiskers
Colorado-To provide that bulls out
walking a. night shall wear tail lights
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

What mother says: ~ didn t raise
my boy to be a soldier, but If our coun-
try needs him he must go.'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

America all Of the time!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
TUESDAY, FEB. Is 1917

All. when shall all men 9 good
Be each man s. rule, and universal
peace
Lie, like a shaft Of light, across the
land.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

America only!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

Americai
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-01
Warm Days for Spraying

A gentleman from Vermont was
travelling west in Pullman when a
group Of men from Topeka, Kansas,
boarded the train and began to praise
their city to the Vermonter, telling
him Of its wide streets and beautiful
avenues. Finally the Vermonter be-
came tired and said the only thing that
would improve their city would be to
make it seaport. The enthusiastic
westerners laughed at him and asked
how they could make it seaport, be-
ing so far from the ocean. The Yer
monter replied that it would be very
easy. "The only thing you'll have to
do" said he, is to lay two-inch pipe
from your city to the Gulf of Mexico.
Then if you fellows can suck as hard
as you can blow, you'll have it a sea-
port inside half an hour"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-01
Should Study Pan-Americanism'
This column is devoted to the interests of the
Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs,
Mrs. Scion Shedd President. y = -

ers of the people. What else could one
expect from such state of affairs,
but that the people would soon come
to regard the law as a thing to be
fought against instead Of obeyed. Not
an instrument for the conservation of
their privileges, but a bond for the
restriction Of their liberties, and so
it has become habit of our southern
neighbors to rebel against authority,
instead of changing the character of
the authority.
But perhaps the chief cause Of UNI
rest arises from the system of great
landed estates, some of them as large
as European countries. Examples of
these in Mexico are the twenty five
thousand square miles owned by Will
liam r. Hearst; twenty-five thousand
two hundred and fifty square miles
owned by C. p. Taft, brother of Ex-
President Taft; twenty-seven thous-
and seven hundred square miles owned
by Harrison Gray Otis Of Los Angeles
and thirty-fve thousand square miles
owned by Luis Terrazas, a Mexican
who has applied to the United States
for citizenship. These men were en-
abled to buy this land for three cents
an acre, because Diaz and Huerta
wanted the support Of American in
terests to bolster up their dictator
ships and the land was confscated
from private owners thru wholesale
notification of their titles.
In Sounth America the titles to
these large tracts of land, were more
often obtained by colonial grants and
large donations, made on various oc-
casions in the period following indie
pendence. They are held by rich fam
lilies who will not subdivide the land,
and are sometimes directed by over
seers who represent the absentee own
'ers. Since poor men cannot acquire
farms for themselves they are forced
to work on these estates and where
the Indians are numerous they must
work for a wage so small that it bare
ly covers food and drink. They are, of
course, apt to be improtident and
easily fall TITO debt. Whe-. they are
unable TO meet the Indebtedness it is
made charge upon ti.oir families,
and the children are forced to inherit
it. In areas where interruptions poll
ticians are working for power, these
victims of debt are easily persuaded
to quit work altogether, and join the
insurgent band on condition of having
their debts paid, and being released
from this slavery.
GRETA T. WEEKS.
Continuation Of this article appears
next week.-Editor)
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-01
C,ubwomen of Washington:

At the New York Biennial, Mrs.
pennypacker, our former president of
the General Federation of Woman's
cnbs. made as her fourth recommend
alton to the Federation the study of
apan-Americanism" saying, "There is
nerhaps no problem that faces our
country today that is of more import
ance than the cultivation of the true
Pan-American spirit. Careful study
conyinces us that ideal relationships
between the United States. and the
other American republics will never
he brought about until the women of
the countries more thoroly understand
each other. 1t is true, alas, that we
know far less of our neighboring
countries than we do of the women of
the Orient or the women of Europe.
Therefore, because knowledge brings
sympathy, I recommend that the Cen
eral Federation urge upon the clubs
the study of the life and history of
Latin-American peoples.
~ further recommend that this con-
yention with a solmen realization of
the magnitude, and also of the glori-
GUS possibilities Of such an under
standing, endorse the calling of a great
congress of the women of the three
Americas in 1920, and that under pro-
per conditions we ask the United
States Government to help us finance
this congress-" III
At a recent meeting Of the Wo-
mans Good Government League Of
Seattle, Mrs. r. F. Weeks, one of the
delegates to the Biennial Convention,
made the following talk on "Pan-
Americanism." Your press chairman
has persuaded her to allow its publ
cation in this column.
Cordially yours,
MRS. w. S. GRISWOLD.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-01

in, your can plant pumpkins, squash,
turnips, celery or anything that takes
all the season and they will be doing
their best when the potatoes are gone.
This combination can be varied in
many ways and is an interesting as
well as useful study. As soon as you
get your early garden planted, haul
big load, or three or four, of strong
manure, and pile it around the edge
of the garden. Take a fork and put
some of it on the little ridges around
the squares. Use these for walks and
as the plants begin to appear and
grow, put more of this litter on the
paths and begin to work it around
the plants with fork, until the plants
are large enough you will have a sub
stantial mulch all over the whole gar
den. This mulch has most beneficial
effect on all plants, especially where
irrigated. It prevents weeds from
growing, so we do not have to hoe. 1t
encourages the growth of bacteria
that makes humus and plant food. It
keeps the ground from drying out
when the water is applied and holds
the moisture. water my garden with
a 1A-inch hose. My water supply
comes from a well pumped into a
2O00-gallon concrete tank by wind
mill.
I run each check full Of water. For
melons and tomatoes I make the
checks deeper and allow about ten
plants to each check and mulch six
inches deep. With this system five
or six checks each of tomatoes, canta-
loupes, cucumbers, beets or such like
should furnish more than one family
can use. Last year six hills Of to-
matoes treated this way raised all
we could use fresh and we canned Is
quarts besides.
Where gravity water is used you
will have to work out the problem Of
getting each check full Of water every
four or five days as best you can.
Two-inch galvanized pipes in 10-foot
jointed lengths with nipple and cork
every five feet would be pretty nice
if you have the price or very small
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-01
Letters from the People
A HOELESS GARDEN


In these times Of the high cost Of
living and the possibility of war star
ing us in the face, it should be easy
to interest anyone who has a patch
of dirt in trying to raise a good vege-
table garden. By q particular method
of gardening, I have for the past three
years raised an abundance Of vege-
tables enough for two families, on a
patch of ground 60 feet square, and
without the use of hoe.
I will tell you about it. First select
a spot as near the house as possible.
But with no large trees near it, as
they will steal food. and moisture
from the small plants. Then pillow
under good lot Of well rotted manure
and other litter. Do not rake up and
burn any vegetation-plow it under,
Lay off the ground in checks 5 feet
square, making the dividing ridges
about 5 inches high. Plant in these
square plots the different kinds of
vegetables in such manner that they
will follow each other in seasonable
succession. Work this out yourself,
and you should make the same ground
be growing something all the time
and make the same ground produce a
crop of three or four different things
the same year.
For instance: With the north
half Of the garden laid out like a
checker board, we will have IL squares
and beginning at the NV corner we
plant in the first square 4 rows Of
radishes, lettuce, spinach or set onions
something that will come up early
and be gone early. In the second
square plant only two rows-one in
the middle north and south and the
other in the middle each and west,
crossing in the center. The third
square full Of rows, the 18th two cross
rows etc. Then, q little later in the
season, in each Of the four corners Of
the square that has two cross rows in
it, plant hill Of early potatoes, cab
bage or sweet corn and as the early
stuff goes the other will come on, TAX
ing up most Of the ground.
But in the square that. has the rows
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-01
WHEN TO PUT ON THE
THE DORMANT SPRAYS

The oil spray can be put on any
time until the buds are about to oren.
Sulphur-Lime
The sulphur-lime spray may be
put on at any time from now until the
blossoms show pink.
The peach trees should not be spray
ed until the blossoms do show pink,
if you want to catch the twig borer
with this spray. -
Warm Days for Spraying
Every warm sunshiny day should
be taken advantage Of for spraying.
If you are using oil it will spread bet
ter the warmer the day. If you are
using lime-sulphur, it will have great
er killing power for the scale. The
sulphur-lime kills the scale by oxida-
ton and the warmer the day the more
readily it will oxidize, consequently
the more quickly will kill the scale.
Select warm, sunshiny days to do
your spraying and do thoro job!
Luke Powell, Dist. Hort.