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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24
School News.

Mr.. A. S. Tompkins, the much
beloved friend of ours, came over
on last Wednesday morning and
gave us a talk full Of excellent ad-
vice and sparkling with wit and
humor. Mr.. Tompkins' talk was en-
ioyed by all of the students. We
hope that he will come often.
On Thursday the honor roll was
read out before the student body.
Great disappointment was shown
by some Of the students who thought
that they had made honor roll
marks, but the uniform average of
"E" makes it a position fit to strive
for, and one worth something after
you have gained it.
The McDuffie Literary Society
held its regular meeting on last Fri
day. After the reading of the min
utes the following program was
rendered:
Defamation Warren Wright,
who recited the beautiful speech,
THE Death of Garfield" in man.
ner that showed him to be rising
young orator.
Annie Sue Broadwater read an
instructive paper on Greek My
thology."
Current Events, by William Bal
ley, was instructive and interesting.
Music, Elizabeth Rives.
Debate-Resolved, that Senator
LaFollette should be expelled from
the Senate.
Affirmative j. W. Hudgens,
Edith Outzs.
Negative-William Folk, Emmie
Lou Edmunds.
Each debater furnished strong ar
guments, showing that his side was
correct, and substantiated their ar
guments by rebuttals, but the judges
decided in favor of the negative.
Mr.. A. S. Tompkins and Rev. E..
G. Bailey gave US interesting ad-
dresses. Mr.. 'Tompkins is offering
five dollars to the member of the
literary society who makes the most
Improvement IN speaking and de-
batting. This offer is much appre.
ciated by the society.
After the report of the critic the
society adjourned.
We wish that more of our friends
and patrons would come to the next
meeting.
Miss Mary Griffis, from the upper
part of the county, is the latest ma
triculant in the High School. Our
school is fast becoming its county
high school. Each year more and
more boys and girls of the county
are taking advantage of the school.
School Correspondent.
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Lay by IN Store.

This is mighty good time to prac-
tice economy and lay aside nest-egg
something for a rainy day. These
days of sunshine and prosperity will
not be with US always. At some time
in the FUTURE and may it be remote
the shadows of adversely will fall upon
US. Then how good and pleasant a
thing it will be to have bank account
to fall back on. The Advertiser is just
throwing out the suggestion of economy
but if you do not see fit to act upon it,
no harm is done. But again we urge
our readers to lay by in store for the
day when prosperity shall have taken
is flight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24
Land For Sale.

The undersigned will sell 800
acres of land in Meriwether town
ship, formerly the estate of M. o.
Glover but now owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. R. w. Glover. The land has
two dwellings and l2 tenant houses
on it. Every farm has separate
pasture fenced with cattle and hog
wire. More than 800 head OF cat
tie can be pastured. One of the
best stock farms in the State. The
place has more timber than is
needed for the farm and also has
ample supply of cedar posts to keep
up and build additional fences.
For further information, including
terms, apply to
MIR. and Mrs. r. W. Glover.
North Augusta, S. G.
Aug. 81, 1917.
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Strange Stroke of Fortune.

Saturdays United States Senator
Husting of Wisconsin was accidentally
shot and killed by his brother while
out duck shooting. Senator Husting
was a loyal. patriotic man, standing
out in marked contrast to his colleague,
Senator LaFollette. He was an active
force in the senate in holding up the
the hands of the administration in this
crisis, while LaFollette has been an
avowed enemy of his country and a
disgrace to his State. From human
STANDPOINT, it seems strange that the
useful man should thus be suddenly cut
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24
Land For Sale.

We, the undersigned executors of
the estate of Mrs. Bette Williams,
deceased, will offer for sale at public
auction on the 18th day of November
at the late residence of the said oe-
ceased the following realestate lS3
acres of land, more or less, bounded
on the North by lands of Bub Clax-
ton; East by lands of Lewis Lybrand:
South by lands of Hodge Meyer and
West by lands of John Clax:on, and
located in Edgefeld county four
miles south of Ridge Spring. Good
school and church in one mile OF
place. Terms of sale cash.
G. w. Salter,
Rhetta Lybrand,
Executors.
l0-15.
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Notice..

We desire to announce to the
public that we have purchased the
repair shop which has been conduct
ed in Edgefeld by Mr.. Henry
Powell. We will at once replenish
the supply of material and will be
prepared to do ali kinds of repairing
of buggies, wagons, farm machinery
and will also do general blacksmith
work. All work promptly done and
guaranteed to give entire satis-
faction. Mr.. Powell will be with
us for the remainder Of the year.
KEMP BROS,
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down and the enemy senator left to
continue to sow tares of discord and
disloyalty. 1t is probable that there
would be more rejoicing than sorrow
ing throughout the country. were La
Toilette, Wisconsin's other senator, to
meet tragic death. Some say
he should be shot, not accidentally but
deliberately, as traitor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

If in order to conserve sugar the
sveetenin' in coffee must be reduced,
why not make sticks of candy shorter
AMI smaller? Mr.. Hoover should turn
his attention to curtailing candy pro-
duction.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

Those who have had conviction or
strong belief that the war would end
next spring should extend their time
limit. Recent developments and shift
ing of the scenes of war indicate spring
after spring will come and 60 before
there is a rift in the war clouds.
Would that it were not SOL
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Land For Sale.
- :.O.

The Padgett Place of Estate of
S. r. Hughes. Two-and half miles
of Trenton, .. c., 53s acres, good
buildings, pasture &c. On railroad
between Trenton and Aiken.
Communicate with J. Gordon
Hughes, Union, S. c.
Sept. 10, 1917.
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Colonel Roosevelt has disclosed the
fact that he has lost the vision of one eye.
But he seems to be able to see farther
in the future with one eye than many
persons can with two.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

In speaking of khaki, as applied to
uniforms, do not pronounce it "kack-e"
but pronounce it as If it were spelled
thus, "kar-ke", placing the accent on
the first syllable.
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Looking to the day when men will
be drafted in large numbers from
every line of business for the army,
women are already being engaged to
fill places heretofore filled by men.
Women are to be employed as ticket
takers at the Georgia-Carolina Fair
This week
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Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu-
tions and Political Notices published at
advertising rates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

The scarcity of sugar is not as bad
as it might have been. Remember
that the sorghum molasses season is
now open.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

Are the Germans, who evidently
have more brains than heart, making
submarines of a still more devilish
type? Are they now using more dead
ly device which remains submerged
altogether out of sight of the enemy?
1t appears so, as the Internal machine
which struck the transport Antilles
Saturday was neither visible before,
nor after the fatal shot.
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If the women of America fully real
lied the suffering, shame and igno-
miny that have been heaped upon
European women in the territory invad-
ed blythe Germans, there would be no
slackers among the women on this
side ofSthe Atlantic. Would that there
could be no Germany after the war!
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In these days of "skyscraper" prices,
better eat more soup in order to
"keep out of the soup"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

Let's create as we'll as conserve food.
It is inconsistent to urge food conser-
vationssand then have garden full of
moods
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weeds.

Better assure victory by lending
your money to "Uncle Sam" at four
per cent. than suffer defeat and be
compelled to pay Germany an enor-
nous sum,
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No communications will be published
unless accompanied by the writer's
name.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

Published every Wednesday in The
Advertiser Building at S1.50 per year
in advance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

Entered as second class matter al
the postoffice at Edgefeld, S. c.
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The British destroyers that were
conveying that merchant fleet in the
North Sea did very little destroying.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-10-24

And still the wonder grows how the
White House pickets can maintain alb
solute silence.
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Land For Sale.

The J. F. Mobley land in two
miles of Johnston, part OF the
Warren land, 5S l-2 acres at $50
per acre.
w. J. ELLIOTT,
3O2 Palmetto Building,
Columbia, S. G.
N "a Ot
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oolv One "BRoMO oUINlNE"

tn oct the genuine, call for full name. LAXA:
five BRoMO QUININE. Look for signature OF
2 w. GROVE. Cures Cold in One Day. stops
cough and headache and works Oh colo' Esc'
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lO-24.2t.

LOST between Depot and MIR.
Trapp-McManus P'k'ge, containing
Suit of Mems new woolen under
wear. If returned finder will be
rewarded. w. A. STROM.
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nous sum,
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now open.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
ULYSSES S. GRANT MAN AND SOLDIER

a very stubborn man while, on the contrary,
among Grants most valuable characteristics were
his open-mindedness and his wonderful faculty of
putting lessons once learned into practice.
Behind that impassive face this silent man was
holding a substantial scheme for putting down the
secession. This scheme embraced the general
movements of all the great armies of the United
States and involved the intelligent cooperation
of half n score Of loyal general commanders.
Grant had evidently such implicit confidence In
this general plan that no incident of battle, march
or siege could disturb his equanimity.
Only once in my presence in that whole cam
paign did he betray the slightest perturbation or
%vexation. That was with his chief subordinate
on the fatal morning of the Petersburg mine ex-
plosion. After the mine had been fred it was
absolutely necessary that the assault should be in
stantly made. We waited a long time to hear the
cheers of the men as they would charge through
the breach. At last, facing the stalwart COM
mander of the army, he cried: "Why don't the
boys go imp And on Meade-to whom this seemed
a new DEMONSTRATING to stammer some reply.
Grant gave him one look of intense disgust, and,
wheeling his horse, rushed ~headlong to the front.
An example of this resolute faith occurred Mt
the Wilderness. When affairs were in the most
terrible confusion on our left, an officer rode M
and reported, In an excited manner, that Han
COCK had been cut off and captured. Grant was
sitting on the ground with his back to a tree. He
did not even get to his feet. He quietly took his
pipe from his mouth and said that he did not be-
heve 1t. And he was right. It was during this
battle that he gave me a Characteristic message
to insert In my dispatch to the Tribune. "TelI the
people that everything is going swimmingly down
here" This was in the midst of an engagement
which was at least indecisive. and In which all his
plans were being frustrated.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

BY a practically unanimous verdict, Ulysses s.
Grant is named as one of the few great military
chieftains of the world. And the closest scrutiny
of his work will convince US that his fame rests
upon the most substantial foundation; upon sue
cess unqualified and unquestioned; upon the car
rying through to its fulfllment Of the most stu
pendous projects, involving such perplexing and
elusive problems as are only to be encountered in
the art Of war, Henry E. Wing writes in the New
York Christian Advocate.
And he won his success without any of the
purely personal advantages with which, in the
popular fancy, the Ideal hero is endowed. Grant
was not a handsome man. l mean there was
nothing specially attractive in his bearing. He
has the reputation of having been a wonderful
horseman; and he was, of a certain sort, riding,
occasionally, the most fractions animals, and rid
ing always like one of the furies. But, mounted
or afoot, he had a careless and almost slouching
manner, and he cut a pretty poor figure by the
side of the stately and dignlfed Meade and Burn
side. or the splendid and dashing Sheridan and
Hancock. His habitual conduct was exceedingly
quiet and reserved, giving one the impression of
innate difidence, bordering on real bashfulness.
His ordinary conversation was on the most COM
monplace topics, and I have no recollection Of his
ever giving expression, by look or language, to the
extraordinary genius with which he was certainly
endowed.
The trait for which he was best esteemed, at
the time I knew him, was his tenacity. But I am
certain that 1t was not appreciated. How, while
sturdily holding to his main purpose, he sub
mitted the details of the campaign to almost and
sometimes most radical changes. His message to
General Halleck, from Spottsylvania, 81 purpose
to fight 1t out ON this line If 1t takes all summer"
was interpreted to mean that he would not alter
his course one iota, whatever might happen. This
did him great injustice, as representing him to be
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

The only thing he wrote was n short note to his
mother saying that he had been captured and was
to be hanged and was not afraid to die. AS he
stood on the scaffold a messenger arrived from
General Dodge promising him immunity If he
would reveal the identity of his confederate. The
rope was around his neck; the boy answered:
"If I had a thousand lives 1 would lose them all
here before l would betray my friends or the con-
fdence of my informant"
Then he turned to the executioner and said
casually, ~ am ready" The trap was sprung
pnd one of the heroes of the Confederacy was
dead. He was then sixteen years old.
There was an underground railroad of Conted-
crate sympathizers running through Maryland and
Virginia, headed by Gusts Grymes of Virginia.
He came of the family which gave a wife to
George Washington, and many of his emissar1es
were h~igh-born women. One was a clergyman,
Rev. DR.. Stuart, an irreproachable EpiscOpalian.
When the dashing but hopeless raid on Vermont
by q Confederate force in Canada was ordered In
1864 Grymes sent a girl named Olivia Floyd, who
concealed the order in her hair. 1t was the fash
ion then for women to wear n curly net over their
locks, and Olivia hid the documents there and
made a wild ride on a bitter cold night into the
lines, where she delivered the orders that resulted
in the attack of st. Adams.
Gen. Jim Lane had a woman spy named Eliza
beth w. Stiles, whose husband was murdered be-
fore her eyes by Quantrells guerrillas in 1862.
Border warfare was merciless there was some
thing Indian about 1t. Mrs. Stiles devoted her
life to vengeance. She was quite deliberate about
1t. She went East and put her children in school,
and then came back to the West and put herself
under Lanes orders. She faced death many n
time; once she was a~rrnigned before Sterling
Price himself, but she made him believe she was n
Confederate spy, and he gave her a horse and fire
arms and sent her on her way.
One Union spy, Mack Williams, found himself
in the Confederate line face to face with his own
brother, a Confederate soldier. I'm a Yankee
spy" said Williams; you're a rebel. Betray me If
you want to; it's your duty" 1t was a hard and
delicate question, but the ties of nature won out
over patriotism.
General Baker has recorded the fact that for
two years a farm near Fairfax Court House was
frequented by Union officers, none of whom had
the least suspicion that a daughter of the house
was a Confederate spy. She was, Baker says, "a
young and decidedly good-looking woman, with
pleasing, insinuating manners" She appeared to
be a violent Union sympathizer, yet at night she
used to go out and meet Colonel Mosby and give
him the information she had gained from the
credulous Union officers. Baker finally caught her
by sending a woman spy who gained her con-
fdence.-New York Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

Innovations in the wedding process
sion that give it a spice of novelty are
as welcome as the flowers in May, go
long as they do not get too far away
from the conventional. 1t is in dress
ing her maids that the fancy of the
bride is allowed play and she may de-
eide to depend upon them to make her
wedding a little different from other
weddings. Or it may fall to the lot of
the maid of honor to be featured in
something distractingly charming and
original, or to even the little flower
girl.
Some of this years June brides are
going to use their tulle and orange
blossoms in a new way. All sorts of
pretty caps have been and are used to
support the wedding veil and now
Miss Nineteen Seventeen is going a
step farther than the cap and have her
tulle fashioned into the ~airiest, sim
plest and most digniied of hats. 1t
has a big butterfly bow at the back
with long, ample ends of tulle falling
from it. The ends of tulle form the
veil and the arrangement is novel and
smart. This new disposition of the
wedding veil is shown in the picture
above.
Another innovation that promises to
please everybody has been introduced
for the benefit of bridesmaids. If the
bride departs not from the lines of the
strictest convention in her own attire,
she may allow picturesque or coquet-
tish elements to distinguish the garb
of her maids. Instead of bouquets, in
some professions, bridesmaids will car
! ~ muffs made of tulle In three or four
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
Waistcoat Is Effective.

Bright colored silk waistcoats add to
the effectiveness of some new suits;
and since Paris fancies the buttoned
jacket, left unbuttoned almost from
the throat, the gay waistcoat serves to
hide the blouse beneath as well as fur
nish a natty style touch. These waist
coats are dO~uble-breasted and are made
of brlght-colored MORE or faille silk.
Some of them have a high opening,
with narrow revers that turn over,
the revers of the coat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

The American will have a
tailored suit and little cares she what
the French or her cOuntrymen
may say to the contrary. For it seems
costumers made up their minds that
the hour of the tailored suit had struck
and that it should be superseded this
season by a one-piece frock and a sep
crate coat. But the foreordained fail
ed of accomplishment. The American
women liked the one-pieCe frock and
continued to love the tailored suit,
which lourishes now even more than
ever
The tailored suit is at It's best and
smartest when it is made of strong,
well woven fabrics and fashioned
along clean simple lines. New fabrics
come and go in the world of fashion
and some of them make beautiful suits,
but they never displaCe serge and chew
lot and tweeds. The place of these is
fixed and the good taste that selects
them is never questioned.
In keeping with this quality of per-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

manence in the materials the designs
along which they are made up should
be conservative. A good tailored suit
is an investment of money and time
that ought to be worth while from ev-i
cry standpoint. 1t should look welt
and wear well for several seasons IL!
required.
Two sensible suits of blue serge arc
shown in the picture. That at the left
has a plain skirt with Tapped seams,
long enough to extend two inches be-
low the shoe tops. The half length coat
is belted across the front and back
hanging in almost straight lines. A
concession to the fad for buttons OPP
pears in a few, used for decoration,
trimmed with white.
At the right the model pictured is
less practical in style because the coat
is cut with a peplum, but 1t is con-
sentative enough to outlast a season
or two with little change. The skirt.
is plated at the sides but otherwise
plain.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
Indoor Coats.

The indoor coats committed In the
name of medievalism belle their names
and lend themselves extreme modern
ity by being fashioned the one side of
satin for day wear, the other of bro
cade, to slip on at dinner time. Their
economy stops there, for their material
is of eastern richness, their neck cords
weighted with cnlored stones and their
background a shy, slim gown of glow
ing satin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

pale colors, as pink, blue and green,
They are melOn-shaped affairs with
deep frills at each end, so full that,
they stand out from the center like
the petals of a giant flower. They pro-,
vide color, just as bouquets do, and
add a bit of piquant frivOlity to the
joyous wedding pageant.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26

TONEWALL JACKSON'S Valley
campaign was one of the great
deeds of history. Not since Ma
poleon's time have men been so
dazzled as they were by that great
exploit of his. Yet Stonewall might
have gone down the Valley in defeat
had it not been for a little college
girl named Belle Boyd. On May %,
1862, after Jackson had routed
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
INTERNATIONAL
SUMNSN0OL
LESSON
LESSON FOR MAY IT
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS WORK
-(PENTEcoSTAL LESsoN).

LESSON TEXT-John 15:26-27; 1914.
GOLDEN TExT-He shall teach you all
things.-John 14:26.