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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Red Cross Meeting in Court
House.

"A meeting for the purpose of for,
mally organizing a chapter of the
American National Red Cross in the
town of Edge6eld, will be held in
the court house Friday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
Patriotic addresses will be made
and election of officers will take
place. The public is cordially
invited and urged to enroll as mem
bers. Membership dues sl.oO.
Remember that behind the Red
Cross it is you who bind the band
age, who sets the broken bone who
gives the soothing anaesthesia, who
carries the wounded and dying man
from the battlefield to the hospital.
The Red Cross that helps the World
in distress, asks your aid.
Sarah r. Collett.
Chair. League for Woman's Service.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Former Edgefield Young Man
Arrested ON Serious Charge.

Rufus Hart, young married man
employed by the M. L. Kinard
Clothing Store, was arrested yester-
day morning on the charge of wilful-
ly making false statements or re-
ports with intent to interfere with
the operations of service of the
military or naval forces of the Unit
ed States and did wilfully obstruct
the recruiting or enlistment service
of the United States.
The affidavit for the arrest of
Hart was sworn out by q special
representative of the department of
justice. The paper alleges that
Hart damned his country and the
flag and applied vile epithets to the
president. He is charged with say.
ing that it was not right that a
married man should be drafted and
leave lot of single men to loaf at
home and that they could make him
go in the army but could not make
fight. He would not fire shot.
1t was rich mans war and poor
mans fight. The exemption boards
were also abused, according to the
affidavit. The defendant is charged
with having made the statements
during the draft.
Hart was arrested about II O'Clock
yesterday morning and the United
States commissioner fixed tn e
amount of, bail at $4,000 and
Wednesday,, December IL. at 4
o'clock in the afternoon as the time
for the preliminary bearing.
The defendant had been employed
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
REHOB0TH RIPPLINGs.
Soldiers Visit Home. Missionary
Society Met With Mrs. Cart
ledge. Sunday School
Diplomas Awarded.

1t has been many months since
have seen a letter in your paper
from Rehoboth, so I am dropping
you a few lines to let you know
what the folks of this community
are doing.
Despite the war and the high
cost of living many a poor old tur-
key had his neck broken for yes
terday's celebrations.
Two of our soldier boys, Messrs.
James Perrin and Preston Strom
came home and spent Sunday and
M Monday with the home folks. They
are fat, and look very handsome
in their uniforms.
We are sorry to state that Lang
ford, the little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. A. Wash is in The Augusta hos
pital. The little fellow underwent
a serious operation. Hope he will
soon be well again.
The Woman's Missionary Socie-
ty met with Mrs. George Cartledge
last Saturday p. m. Our women
have been doing fine work. Besides
the usual apportionment, they have
given six dollars and half to the
Red Cross Relief Work in McCor-
mick county and six dollars andEa
half in Edgefeld county, also made
some pillow cases for the soldier
boys.
Rev. J. E. Jackson held an ex-
animation for Sunday School Teach
er's Diploma last last week. Misses,
Annie Lou Morgan, Martha SLrom,.
Lucille Culhreath md Mrs. j. D.
Hughev stood the examination.
We hate to give up our young
pastor Christmas. Rev. Kesterson is
going to take up his work here; we
hope that be will please us as we'll
as Rev. Jackson has.
- Mrs. f. +: utttbrcath i'm prov
ing now. She has been sick seven
weeks with erysipelas.
Mr.. H. E. Freeland will soon
have his neat little cottage finished.
Mrs. George Cartledge had COM
pany from Greenwood and Trenten
Thursday.
The Willing Workers" Literary
Society of Rehoboth school will
meet at the school. house Monday
o. M, al $3.50 O'Clock.
MIR. Charlie Morgan and wife
from Mccormick spent Wednesday
night and Thursday with the home
folks, Mr.. and Mrs. d. l. Morgan.
Hark! l think l hear wedding
bells dimly ringing. Perhaps you
will hear more about it later, J.
must 60 before ] betray the secret.
Brown Eyes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Warning to Merchants.

1t is a matter of common report
that some Sumter merchants, whole
sale as we'll as retail, who were for
tunate enough 20 have supply of
sugar on hand when the sugar fam
inc struck this section, have taken
advantage Of the situation Ito boost
the price and exact unusual profits.
Instances have been cited of sugar
selling for u l-2 cents and even Is
cents a pound in small quantities.
Other merchants, however, sold su-
gar as long as their supply lasted at
10 cents pound.
In view of the conditions on the
local market and the current re-
ports OF excessive charges for
sugar, the following official warn
ing from the State Food Admin
istration will probably be of inter-
est to mercants and the public gen.
orally:
United States Food Administration,
Federal Food Administrator for
South Carolina, David r. Coker
Columbia, Nov. 81, 1917.
Subject: Excessive charge for
sugar.
Mr.: A. c. Phelps, Sumter, S. G.
Dear Sir: Report has reached
this office that certain merchants of
Sumter are charging - and IL l.2
cents per pound for sugar.
Pending the appointment of a
food administrator for your county,
will you please warn the merchants
that a recent ruling of the United
States Food Administration con-
siders l2c to be excessive for sugar.
A charge of II l-2 cents is there
fore considered a violation of the
food laws and subjects the dealer
10 prosecution.
Yours faithfully,
JOE SPARKS,
Executive Secretary.
Sumter Item.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Club Work and Orchard Notes

Any boy between the ages of ten
and eighteen living on a farm may
become member of the Edgefeld
county corn or pig club or both.
AS your county demonstration agent
w. E. Stokes can not see each boy
personally within the next two
weeks, all boys who desire to enter
corn or pig club work for the COM
ing year will please send their name
and address to the county agent at
Edgefeld right away.
Now is a good time to look after
that home orchard. If you havn't
home orchard now is the time to
buy the trees and set them out.
Your county demonstration agent
can put you in touch with reliable
nursery men.
If your orchard needs pruning
or is affected with San Jose scale,
trees bark coated with grayish scale,
cali on your demonstration agent
maybe he can start you on the
right track.
Now is the time to lime your
sour land. Break the ground broad
cast or bed it out if hilly, and har-
row the lime in. Lime put on now
tends to render potash available for
crops this coming season.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Carolina Farmer and Stock.
man..

Columbia, Dec. 2.-The secretary
of State has chartered the Carolina
Farmer and Stockman, with CAPT
tai stock o. $4,000, the officers be-
ing J. Rutledge McGhee, president
and treasurer; J. w. Ligon, vice
president and Hal II. Pratt, secre-
tary.
The preliminary issue of The
Carolina Farmer and .Stockman has
Just come from the presses. 1t is a
sixteen-page farm paper of standard
size, printed on book paper and
contains about sixteen special
articles on various agricultural
topics from the pen of well-known
agriculturists in South Carolina.
The paper mas the support and
influence, so it is stated of the State
Department of Agriculture. Glenn
son College and in fact all of Caro-,
lima. 1t will have offices in Colum-
bia, as we'll as at Johnston. 1t is
understood that the paper will begin
regular publication early next
month with large circulation.
Up to the present time South
Carolina is the only State in the
Union which has had no farm paper
and the declaration of the publishers
as outlined by J. Rutledge McGhee
in the preliminary issue states that
I'VE are among those who believe
that right here in South Carolina
there are just as many agricultural
brains as there are in any other
State" and the purpose of the paper
may be summed up in the phrase
appearing in the preliminary issue,
we want to carry the message of
the man who has dug it out of the
soil to that man who for years has
been plodding along by poor
method and has not gotten any,
where, and we will be concerned al
most exclusively in South Carolina
agriculture, which has problems
peculiar to its own soils and con-
ditions." F"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
general box.

general box.
The articles were mostly sweets,
and every one was most generous in
their contributions. All of the
boxes weighed l72 lbs, so quite a
number of soldiers can get some
thing good at the Christmas season
from this League.
Mr.. Benz. Lewis, of Camp Jack
son, spent Sunday here.
Sergeant John Suber, of the Camp
at Spartanburg, has been here for a
few days with his sister, Mrs. Nj.
w. Crouch.
Mrs. Wyman Woodward, of
Hephzibah, Ga, spent last week
with Mrs. Herbert Edison.
Mesdames J. H. White and H.
w. Crouch are In Florence this
week attending the State U. ID. G.
Convention, representing the Mary
Ann Buie Chapter. Mrs. O. D.
Black, District Historian, is also in
attendance.
Miss Carrie Mobley, of Sampson,
Ca, has been the guest of relatives.
Mrs. Smith, of Mullins, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs/E. 0. Crouch.
Mr.. Barlow Walsh joined his
family here to spend Thanksgiving,
in the home of Mr.. w. L. Coleman.
Mrs. A. p. Lewis will go to
Philadelphia soon with her sister,
Mrs. Caldwell Cullom, for few
weeks stay.
Sergeant Brice Feagle, with some
of his friends, spent Thanksgiving
in the home of Mr.. w. w. Satcher.
Miss Zimmerman and Yeomans
have been the guest of Mrs. Joseph
Cox.
Miss Gladys Padgett, of Edge
field, spent last week here with
Mrs. Robert Long.
AIR. and Mrs. David Howard and
| family have moved here from Ridge,
and are domlciled in the Strother
house.
Rev. w. S. Brooke is attending
the State Baptist convention at
Rock Hill this week. The church,
at Conference on Sunday voted to
defray all his expenses of The trip.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
HARDY'S HAPPENINGS
Mr.. Glover Very iii. Sundry
Automobile Troubles. Little
Boy Injured. Visit to
Mrs. Lanham.

We have just heard of Mr.. Toll
Gloyerzbeing very i'll. we hope to
hear better news of him soon.
Mf3sH H. Scott, Sr,, Mrs. J. D.
Scott, and Miss Inez Scott stopped
on their way to Augusta, were hav'
ing some trouble with their machine,
and after finding neither of the
Messrs-Rnnch at home, Miss Inez
put on another spark plug and went
on, TShoping to be able to get to
Augusta, and have it overhauled.
Automobiles are ever go nice to
have, ifsthey would not get out OF
fix at the wrong time, but they al
ways pick a steep hill, or mud
puddle to go dead. We know! for
we had ] ar experience Sundry of
ours not wanting to climb hills,
The doctor said (automobile doctors)
the gasoline tube was obstructed by
track. That was a new experience
to us, and we did not know what to
do. We see the pretty widow rid,
ing by in a new Chevrolet, with
demonstrator, so we suppose she
will have one in a few days.
Mr.. Harry Bunch's children have
been sick for several days with
malaria and colds, so they have had
to miss school, which seems to
worry the little folks lot, they love
to go to5school.
We were sorry to hear of the
serious accident Mr.. Timmerman's
son had with his automobile on
Monday. We hope the little boys
limb will soon knit, and not give him
any trouble long. We are always
80 sorry for. any one that gets a
limb broken. 'Tis hard for grown
person to keep quiet so it will knit
straight, mu2h{ less a little 8 years
old Chi Hope there will be no
Icolfpsscali sne. viii sUunEpe
alright.
We visited Mrs. Minnie Lanham
Sunday afternoon and found her
and her children still suffering with
very bad colds, though they were
all better she said. She had not
lost any of her beauty or vivacity
We do not wonder she has SO
many admirers. They are in each
others ways, going to see her.
There were two bachelors there,
each looking with green eyes. (ol
blue), at the other.
Several soldier boys had just left,
when we drove up, and she told OF
their beautiful singing, which made
us sorry we had not been in time 10
hear it, for we love good music.
With Mrs. Lanham to play the ac-
compartments, we feel we missed a
real treat. Mr.. John Mealing, Jr.,
returned home Saturday from
hunt down at Beaufort, where he
spent Thanksgiving very pleasantly.
Mr.. j. II. Adams has gone tc
Florida for hunt, to be gone in
definitely. Hope he will enjoy the
sport and get something to bring
home with him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05
Attending Great Convention.

Mrs. w. B. Cogburn aceompa'
MED by Mrs. w. S. Middleton of
Meriwether left Edgefeld on Fri
day afternoon for Washington, D,
c., where they went to attend the
National Convention Of the Wo.
mans Christian Temperance Union
in session from Dec. 2 though
Dec, I.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-05

FOR SALE.-Ford Runabout in
good condition. Box lss, Edge
field, S. G.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
LOAD OF DRINKS ARRESTED.
Bellows Falls Authorities Deal Witt
Men on Way Home from Bernardston.

BELLOWS FALLS. Aug. 3l-Local po-
lice officers We're summoned about 10
Wednesday evening to place below the
Bissell farm on the Westminster road to
take charge OF party of DRINKS who had
gone over the bank in a Ford automobile
The officers found party Of five men
from Springfield who were returning
from Bernardston, Mass The car was
driven by Edward Sullivan OF Springfield,
who had been hired to carry the party
| The other tolr Springfield men, William
Blake, Alzo Courier, Joseph Wright and
George Wright, were intoxicated
| The accident was caused by one OF the
men attempting to take the steering
wheel from Sullivan, the car swerving
from the highway The four men, who
were not seriously injured, were arrested
and each fined s. and costs Of s5l5 in the
municipal court yesterday. Sullivan was
not held
| In the car was found two quarts and one
pint OF whiskey, two quarts of wine, l.
bottles OF beer, one pint of gin and pint
of rum.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
SWEDEN KILLS OFF CATTLE.
Reduces Stock to Offset Expected Fod
der Shortage.

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 81. The mum
her of cattle in Sweden has been re
duced by approximately Is per cent, ow-
ing to the anticipated scarcity of food
for them in the fall. Steps are being
taken for sailing and packing beef. The
government has licensed the expectation
of 5000 head of cattle to Norway or
Finland, but not to Germany
The government scheme for cutting
and transporting wood promises to be
fairly successful in meeting the expect
led fuel shortage next winter. Lack of
sufficient fuel arises from the fact that
Germany is Withholding four-fifth and
Great Britain virtually all of their tsua
coal exports to Sweden. Many steamers
are bringing wood to Stockholm. The
splendid boulevards of the Swedish cap
ital are half covered with huge piles OF
wood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
BIG OFFENSIVE
IS IMPENDING
British Military Head Drops
Hint That One May Be
Expected
MAN-POWER OF
GERMANY WANING
Allied Observers Believe This is Indi-
Gated by Recent German Loss of mi.
tiative Evening of Big Battle
to Come Soon, Says Gen. Maurice.

LONDON, August 3l-So constant is
the current of optimism flowing to Eng
nd from the battlefront in France that
one is led to suspect big things are hap
penlng or are about to happen of which
the public has not been told Major Gen
operations, frankly hints that great
battle is imminent He declared vester-
day that the evening of the battle" was
coming, and then explained how in
former times battle usually occupied
one day, the early part of which was de-
voted to eXhausting the enemy's reserves
and preparing for the decisive attack,
which came in the evening of battle
The weeks beginning July 81, he said,
were 1.-THE early part of the day and the
process of eXhausting the enemys re
serves, he pointed out has been more eff
fective than the British and American
public realize. He continued:
Since the battle of Ipres, July 81, the
Germans have used nearly twice the
number of divisions that we have used
and have withdrawn more than twice a.
many as we have. That is a perfect
barometer which shows how the battle il
going The desperate plight of Germany
lis evidenced also by the little that sh,
has been able to accomplish on the Rus
sian front, despite the Russian disergan
ization, and by the fact that Mackensen
attack was completely foiled by the Ru
manians, although the enforced with
drawal of Austrian forces TO the Italian
front contributed perhaps to that fail
ure."
Other shrewd observers here declar,
that the German weakness has been re
vealed in the most vital spot man pow
er They say that if the theoretical ex
perts are right in the accepted belief tina
the backbone of an army is its infantry
then the crumbling of Germanys defenc
has begun. The fact that the allies out
matched the Germans gun for gun, shell
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

nouncement of the price President Viii
son declares it is the hope of the food
administration and his own as we'll
that fixing of price will stabilize the
market and keep prices within moderate
bounds for all transactions during the
current year.
The price of flour and bread, too, the
president declares, will be kept down.
All members agreed III their discus
sions that the price fixed will permit
of a l4-ounce loaf of bread for ) cents,
allowing fair profit both to the flour
manufacturer and the baker.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
WHEAT PRICE
FIXED AT $3.50
Figure Decided on Last
Night After Committee
Had Voted Many Times
PRODUCERS ASKED
$3.50 A BUSHEL
New Price 20 Cents Higher Than That
Named for 1918 Crop-Food Admin
istration Hopes That Action Will
Keep Prices of Flour Down.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l.-A price
of 1920 a bushel was fixed for the 1917
crop of wheat by President Wilson last
night on the recommendation of the
II. A. Garfield. The basis viii be No
| northern spring wheat delivered at
Chicago.
The committee finally agreed late
yesterday afternoon after several days
of voting. At one time it looked rs if
it would be unable to come to con
clusion but just before 6 clock a COM
promise was reached and the last vote
was unanimous.
Representatives, Of the producers be-
gan voting for a price of $3.50 and la
kors representatives for Sl.st The
two extremes eventually narrowed down
until the votes were only few cents
apart and most of the day S voting
showed only a slight difference. Both
factions appeared uncompromising at
the start
On the basis of 1920 at Chicago, the
food administration worked out last
night dil1erentials for the various grades
and classes and for the several termi
mails.
The price fixed is 20 cents higher
than that named for the 1918 crop by
congress III the food control BILL The
81 price set by congress was taken int
consideration by the committee in con
sidering fair valuation for this year I
crop.
! In a statement accompanying the an
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

BIG PAY aud steady work for girls
and women in large rubber shoe fac
tory; experienced girls earn so to $1s
week; inexperienced ones paid a
worth while salary and given free board
and room while learning, which takes
about month"; live town near large
cities; good thcater; fine working con
ditions; company furnishes hall for
dancing, athletic fields, free insurance
and medical attention. Don decide
now-writ6 today for illustrated book
let "a Good job at Beacon Falls = Adj
drcsa Employment Dept, Beacon Falls
Rubber Shoe Co., Beacon Falls, Conn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

for she'll, airplane for airplane, was re-
vealed months ago; if it is true, as army
men declare, that her infantry fighting
power is rapidly failing there is "eason
to believe that the optimism concerning
what will be revealed in the evening OF
the battle il well grounded.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
WORDS OF COMFORT

are all correct in sentiment, but i'll case
of the death of the father; words Of com
fort do not put roof over the chill
dren s heads nor take care of the wild
ow like insurance. How dare you &C
without itl 6Sth year. National Life
Insurance Co. of Vt. Mutual. AL
BERT G. LAIRD, Special Agent,
Crosby Block.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

SPIRELLA CORSETS, with unbrcak-
able and non rustible boning which will
not punch through; laundcr nicely Sold
by Mrs. w. +. Mixer, l07 Western Ave
Tel 3S5. l05-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

LOST Between Root S Pharmacy
and Scott $ grocery store, small, black
purse containing money and two KEYS
Reward if returned to Brattleboro Saw
ings Bank. 15J-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

=. CHERNIN, former Morris Gass,
pays highest prices for rags, rubbers, pa
pers, iron and metals. Phone AZ w.
15j-233
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

SEWING Machine Needles and sup.
plies of all makes Of machines at j
b. Dunton s, 43 Flat Street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

RELIABLE PARTY with automobile
aud 5000 can get exclusive control of
state OF Vermont on one of the best
propositions ever put on the market.
Can easily make $4,000 per year Only
high class men need apply. Call after
=. m. +. l.. Baldwin, Brooks House.
lJi lJS*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

PRIVATE SALE-Now on. Cherry
and springs, table, chairs,
commode, mattresses, tools,
platform spring wagon; at a bargain.
Call 10 Walnut 81. Davis Tel. Gl2 NJ.
l57-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

CHIROPODY and Shampoo parlors.
Hair goods, made up to order. Mrs. f.
7. Bailey, IL Main St. Phone 157 If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31

SHAMPOOING and Manicuring Miss
Mary A. Griffin, l39 Main St. 900 If
TIE BEST GENTLEMEN DRESS
Frs will be benefited by calling tclc-
phone 376W. 1j7-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-31
Business Opportunities

a RARE CHANCE, 5000 buys a bust
ness that will give steady employment to
or ~ men and pay profit of 5000 to
$500 per month. Call after p. m.
r. u. Baldwin, Brooks House. l5l-15ss