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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

some say the high tax scheme has failed
mo ioiks who have to pay that 81 per cen
may not agree with them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

Zen Pousand Cinnamon are going n
Russia. W will take more than that to wash
that couL2ry's soiled linen. wash
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11


Both bald and toothless I was Dom
The seventeenth OF May;
And bald and toothlessly, 1T last,
TIL go my silent way.
n in between my first and last
I've had small ~recompense
For all the accidents I've had
Through Jack of common sense.
Yea I was oorn-I lived-just why
Nobody ever said;
Nor will a single finger write
Memoirs when I am dead.
So. bald and toothless was born
So. hence TIL go my way;
The moral I deduce from this:
Live all your life to-day"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11
Motor Note

The Victim Gas he falls)-I know you! /
know you! y
The Motorist (intently studying the victims
facc)-Don't doubt II. old chap; don't doubt it,
I've certainly run across you somewhere before.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

we nave heard no %inti-ation that the Cor.
man government is likely to insist. after tho
war, upon the reappointment of Ambass.dor
Gerard 10 Berlin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

we Judge from the remarks of Cha rio,
r.. Hughes at Saratoga that he SUSPECTS tbe
people made a mistake last fall In selectins
a President. '
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

News from Washington Is that co,,o,,
may finish its work by October / SOM -,
the chronic Jaw workers there may quit, hut
they will never finish. 4"'' ou'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

me autoists may travel some streets with
out lights. but the pedestrians must ste,
lightly on all Of them. \I
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

having violated treaties and broken solemn
engagements, no wonder the imperial Ger
man government is panied to find 4 will NOT
De permitted to play the game over again
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11
Malone's Latest Gamer

N uDLEY FIELD MALONE is a brisk and
enthusiastic individual. picturesque and
refreshing in his wholehe artedness AS COL
lector Of customs at New York he has stirred
up quite a number of lively little scenes.
his latest caper, In resigning his position to
wage active warfare upon Congress to COM
pei 1t to pass the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment, VIII amuse rather than grieye the
1rlencs or the administration His lecturine
the President regarding his failure TO urge
THIS action upon the national legislators is.
OF course, a piece of monumental imnerti-
nence' which we are inclined to forgive him
upon the score Of youth and an uncontrolled
irish temperament. With the President. his
CABINET and Congress burdened by the task
Oh putting a million soldiers in France at the
earliest moment, 1t might occur to a grown
up man with a modicum Of common sense
that a constitutional amendment that might
require a dozen years to become effective
might we'll wait.
BESIDES there are many congressman.
10 say nothing of millions of citizens
VINO can be united upon the prono-
sltlon OF promoting the war who would he
hopelessiy divided upon woman's suffrage by
amendment of the Federal Constitution. Al
together, aside from the merits of the suf-
1rage question, it is generally admitted thar
the PRESIDENT has acted wisely in not thrust
ing this issue forward at this iuncturc Mr.
malone makes himself ridiculous when he in
Inmates that the President is guilty of had
1alth In this regard. He was nominated unon
d platform declaring for equal suffrage by
state action, and he has reiterated his ad-
nerehce 10 that plank. By Implication such
a plank contains a condemnation NJ tho ma
erai amendment rather than a commenda-
uon' However, the President, in his own
tlme' may place a different construction unon
IT, as Mr.. Hughes did upon a similar nlaDk
IN the Republican platform. The first aim
OF the administration now is to make war
wiz visor' and our allies. as well as our
enemies. are demonstrating that tbis ~, -
done with mere man doing the voting.
II strikes US that a belligerent chan like
malone might find ample scope for his talente
1or the next few months at least, in Eurone
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11
Football
to Be
Sure

followinr ont The rridiroM LEE betteT THAN IN
If a certain percentage OF the proceeds from ali
games were to be turned over to the Red Cross
or some other such organization for war reIief
work, 1t would do much to insure full attend
ance at. the games, and without a doubt would
popularize the sport
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

BY all means let us have foot
Daii games as usual this fall.
The country must find
somewhere from the h~eartaches
n anXieties entailed by the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11
Current Editorial Comment

Despite the high cost of living.
the people of the United States
consumed $4,000. 600 gallons more
on distilled spirits in the fiscal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11


1t was the latest style;
He figured he's been dunabout
Five hundred. cause the runabout
Just ran about a mile!
Summer Problem.
I love to row a boat about.
a boat about,
a boat about,
A shinmerins lake. and float about
In August or July;
But when my girl, who's ponderous,
quite ponderous,
much ponderous,
Sits in the stern to founder us.
can't help wondering why!
Jones boasts that his office is under his hat
That's no Office: It's a stingy little desk
Square Deal.
! wish I had a million.
And IL my wish comes true.
For helping me to wish the wish
I'll whack It up with you.
And IL you think that's gouEing.
Why. then. we'll switch. you SEQ
I'll help you wish tho wish. and then
You whack 1t up with me!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11
Success.

The nrst book he wrote was splendidly writ
ten. but had no plot
The second was poorly written, but had a
good plot.
So he wrote another that was both poorly
written and plotless, and advertised 1t In such
a manner that it was almost barred from the
malls.
whcreupon. he became a successful author!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

NJ tqBL1sHkD every day In ths yo.r ~ 40 south Tenth
s&gSereet Richnond. Va, By Tho Times Dsputch Pub:
nshinx 90, Inc, Charles b. HasbrooL, Editor and
49, Aauaxer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11
An Idea.

Friend o. mine. when a fellow picks lint OF
his coat talking business. hands him a whisk
broom and turns his back TO be brushed down.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11
Danger. Go Slow!

Danger! Go Slow!
He is an unwise man who bends over to tic
his shoelace in the presence Of a billy goat!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-11

ADDRESS ALI COMMUNICATIONS 70 The Times
81 Dispatch, and not to indiVfdualA.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08
CITY AN INVESTMENT
Improvements in Streets and Buildings
Pay Returns Just as in Any
Private Business.

Mr.. mcfarland, president Of the
American Civic association, takes the
practical business view when he says
that city betterments are nothing less
than paying investments. The streets
belong to the people. Their widening,
or the building of new mes to accom-
modate increasing traffic, Is simply a
business expansion that will pay a re-
turn as does any private business up
on new capital put into it.
The same thing is true of housing,
No city is rich enough TO afford hous-
ing conditions that mitigate against
the welfare of any part Of its popula-
ton, says the Kansas City Star. The
man of small means. as Mr.. MacFar-
land says-the man who must have q
low rentals the basis of industrial
prosperity. Low rental dwellings are
necessary, but it does not follow that
low rental dwellings should be lacking
In the sanitary c~onveniences that are
essential to public health. The owner
of rental dwellings who neglects to
maintain them IN pr: er condition is
interfering with the Guys business and
prosperity. The city's business de-
smands laws regulating housing in con-
.formity with the best interests of that
business, and those laws should be rig
idly enforced.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08
Small Suburban Lot Best.

! The ideal size for q suburban lot,
If you do not keep a man or a horse,
is about ene-sixth of an acre-say, so
by $50 feet. This is all that the owner
can keep in apple-pie order, provided
the place has plenty of vegetables and
flowers. This assumes that the family
is willing to spend S25 a year for out
.side labor, fertilizers, seeds, bulbs,
etc. 1t also assumes that the wife is
willing to spend an hour a day in the
garden and is not ashamed to be seen
Taking, planting and doing everything
except the hard labor.
Those who nov from the city to
the country will make a great mistake
IF, under such conditions, they attempt
more than this. Gardening Is an ex-
pe1sive business and one might as well
T~rtogrze the limitations Of the game.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08
|F10nF TOWN
i'll S
CITY SHOULD KNOW ITSELF
One That Has All Necessary Infor-
nation at Fingers End Makes
Impression Upon Inquirer.

There are many ways in which q
central organization car be of service
TO q city in Industrial development.
An industrial commissioner, a nan OF
vision and intelligence, with experience
in the problems that confront manu-
factuEers, can make a survey of a city
with reference to industrial advantages
and have them ready for every in
quirer.
The prospective manufacturer likes
to do business with a city that knows
itself, just as the individual likes to
trade with the man that knows his
stock. There are so many details that
enter into industry, so many points Of
information about location, switching
and traffic facilities, raw materials, and
related industries, that it requires ex-
haustiye study of the whole field to
make a creditable presentation of the
city's advantages to the inquirer from
the outside. The city that has all these
facts at its fingers end, and can pre-
sent them co1vincingly, is in better po-
sltion than the one where only q smat-
tering of essential facts are known
The Importance of a careful survey
of related manufacturing groups
should not be underestimate. Now
more than ever before the manufac-
turer looks for q place where his un-
finished material can be delivered in
any volume on short notice and at q
minimum Of cost. Or it may be that
he wants q city which has developed a
line related to his own, so that he can
get the benefit of its prestige in that
line. Here, again, we see the import
ance of knowing our city and its in
dustrial possibilities thoroughly, and
that is the function of the industrial
department Of a chamber of commerce.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08
Brick Porch improves Old House.

The transformation a broad porch
of ~nice-looking face brick will bring
about on an old-style frame house Is
wonderful. One sees in various places
along the streets houses on which such
changes have been made, and he Is
forced to admit that a great improve
ment has resulted. While the effect
is so striking, the cost Of such an ad-
dition is not so great.
A combination of rough face brick
of reddish-brown coloring, white stone
cap and turned columns painted white,
with the steps and porch floor Of con-
crete, makes an attractive appearance.
a Few brick porch would be d valuable
addition to many wooden houses Of the
old type, which now boast Of old-style
narrow piaZzas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08
Value of Vegetable Garden.

A vegetable garden ley hurt the
looks Of any lot. 1t doesn't take q
dreamer to rave over a 80 by 40 foot
plat of growing lettuce, ripening to-
matoes or sturdy potato plants-not in
these days of high prices. Indeed, If a
piece of ground has demonstrated its
productiyeness, 1t is more saleable than
ever when put on the market.-:Wis.
consin State Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08
Notice OF Final Dis
charge.
To All Whom These Presents May

To All Whom These Presents May
Concern:
Whereas, L.. q. Watson has made
application unto this Court for FL
nal Discharge as Administrator in
re the Estate Of H. G. Watson de-
ceased, on this the 2sth day of
July 1917.
These Are Therefore, 70 cite any
and all kindred, creditors, or par
ties interested, to show cause be-
fore me at my Office at Edgefeld
Court House, South Carolina, on
the 3Oth day of August 1917, at ii
o'clock a. M, why said order OF
Discharge should not be granted.
W. T. KINNA1RD,
J. P. c., E. c., S. G.
July 90, 1917.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08
AbbeviLle- GreenWood Mu-
tuaI Insurance Assoei-
alton.
Organized 1892.

oISdulLcu lCoS.
Property Insured $2,500,000.
WRITE OR CALL on the un-
dersigned for any information you
may desire about our plan of insur-
ance,
We insure your property against
destruction by
FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT
MING
and DO so cheaper than any Com
pany in existence.
Remember, we are prepared to
prove to you that ours is the safest
and cheapest plan of insurance
known.
Our Association is now licensed
to write Insurance in the counties
of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor-
mick, Laurens and Edgefeld.
The officers are: Gen. j. Fraser
Lyon, President, Columbia, S. q.
J. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. d.
Treas, Greenwood, S. G.
DIRECTORS.
A. O. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. G.
J. NJ. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. G.
Jno. H. Childs, Bradley, S. q.
A.. W. Youngblood, Hodges, 5. e.
S. P. Morrah, Wilmington, 5. Z.
LIN. Chamberlain, Mccormick, Sc.
R. H. Nicholson, Edgefeld. S. c..
FL. Zimmerman, Pint. Lane, S. c.
J. C. Martin, Princeton, S. G.
w. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. e..
J. r. BLAKE, Gen. Agt.
Greenwood, S. G.
Jan. lst, 1917.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08

No. Ill, 13l. 1872 make flag stops
above stations except Trenton which
is q stop. Time shown as informa-
ton only and confers no rights.
B. w. BROOKS,
Chief Dispatcher.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-08-08
Southern Railway Company.
Columbia, S. c., July %, 1917
BULLETIN:

Ill, l9l and 1872 will observe
following figures:
The Newark journal., 1917-04-05
v SR ' sn ' &E ' ' &H Y 4n v ABOUT USING THE &N s# SCHOOL HOUSE &a
' ' y 2 4p s ' ' Sa Y g

In the days of the pioneers families lived to themselves, but now we are neighbors and the affairs of each other over lap. Apparent conflict of in- terests arise, followed by di- vergence of views, misunder- standings, even hostilities. We need a means of excluding such disruptions from the commun- ity.
 Every community needs a center, a place where the peo- pie may come together occa- sionally for common council. We have differing political, so- cial economic and moral views. We hold each tenaciously to his own opinions and look with surprise, intolerance, or even distrust, on those who subscribe to the opposite. It is necessary that a simple means be found by which, by an interchange of points of view, we may get to- gether and discover what is the common interest.
 The common schoolhouses offer the opportunity to meet this common need of com munity forum. They are pub- lie buildings, built and main tained by the community. They are conveniently distributed, usually being located at the point most accessible to all the families of the community They already belong to the commun- ity and seldom require other than a small expense to fit them for the new and enlarg- ing service.
 The community has hum dreds, or even thousands, of dollars invested in it's school i house, and yet it is idle and unused a far too great a por- tion of the time. It's usefulness is too circumscribed when op- ened only for the children of the community. It ought to be used one or more nights or days every week in the year by all the people, and thus fur nish the ideal place in which to assemble and discuss public affairs. It is just what we need Hollands Magazine.
The Newark journal., 1917-04-05

a whole golden day worth one good gold dollar. No, we did not loaf and hang around town We had for win ter, sweet and Irish potatoes, hill of beets, bed of big fine flat dutch cabbage hills of summer turnips and winter turnips for greens in the spring, dried fruit by the bushels, beans, corn and wheat.
 And any man with a bull-tongue blow and one-eyed mule can have all this if he has the "pep" in his feet and the ''grit in his craw" The one-eyed mule, or mare and colt, was about all we could keep that the ''feds" or "confeds" would not take away from us.
 It is all wind about the DOT farmer He is a prince if he knew it, and his wife a princess. We never got rich did not try. Riches are troubles by the loads The good liver is the rich man, without the troubles.
 1 saw not long since a Bohemian neighborhood. They have good houses, nice gardens, clean premises, and go to town twice a week, but not to loaf l met fifteen wagons going into Oar denelle and every one had his dollar load of wood, bucket of eggs and butter. The poor farmer. if he has five acres ten acres twenty acres and health, and two feet, two hands, a good back and good stomach, if he is poor, he is to blame.
 1 see where a farmer in Mississippi raised $500 worth of pigs from one SOW in one year. The SOW had three filters of pigs in one year. The pigs were worth $20 apiece at weaning time. You razor-back farmers, get up and get you a fine SOW, fine COW, and tend to them, and a few good hens and tend to them ,or let your wife do it, and you will get the razor back out of you. And then you will be the most prosperous man in the AetAAds 4hdhN OltC etSlC do NAdl HOu have made five do. Plant half-acre in garlic, one in peanuts, one in sweet and Irish potaoes, and see if things don't get better and better
 Too much playing at he game, too much bidding. I used to go four times in row and had to walk. You go once in row and ride. But things are so high, What things? The very things you can raise in abundance. Meat is high. Where are your pigs? Chickens high.Where is your hennery? Butter is high. Where are your cows? Flour is high. Where is your wheat bin? JAS. F. JERNIGAN,
 Paragould, Arkansas.
The Newark journal., 1917-04-05
THE POOR FARMER

Here, you bull-tongue, one eyed mule feller-I am coming after you.
 "The poor farmer'-I have been hearing this 2ll of my life and have seen the poor lazy devil all of my life. Why is he poor? A thousand voices rush up to say, q know" The merchant has beat him out of all he raised. Not so. The doctor has skin ned him to the bone. Not so. The lawyer got his goat. We'll, if it was have to go to law I pity the poor fellow But some go when they could settle the difference without law. But the average lawyer has some con- science The school teacher is paid too much. Not so. The preacher has to be paid, and he gets too much. Not so
 It was too wet, it was too dry. Not so If land is wet, ditch it; if poor, enrich it. There is more in the man, than in the land. The writer was born and raised on 200-acre farm. Dur ing the war we had to dig up the dirt in the old smokehouse and put in a hopper like ashes, pour water over it and run it out like lye, boil it down and make salt Had to make every rag of clothes we wore, from top to toe; and spin, dye, weave, cut, make, and make buttons of gourds and cov- CT them with cloth. But the wolf of want never got in our door. We fed feds and rebs," and always had three good meals day, winter, spring, summer and fall. How did we do it? We stuck to the job-did not go to town once or twice week and spend
The Newark journal., 1917-04-05
COUNTY JUDGE GIVEN
 POWER IN TAX APPEAL
Attorney General Arbuckle Hands Down Opinion on
 New Law

Abolition of boards or equal ization under act of the last General Assembly places di- rectly in the hands of the coun- ty judge power of passing on appeals of property holders from the action of the tax as- sessor, according to an opinion from John D. Arbuckle, attor- ney general.
 According to the opinion,any error or injustice may be cor rected by the county judge provided the aggrieved person shall file his petition with the court during the term next suc- ceeding the assessment. No ap- peal filed after the adjourn ment of the term of court may be allowed, and under decis- ions of the Supreme Court no petition for adjustment may be entertained after the fourth Wednesday in October, of any year.
 Among other possible ques- tions touched upon in the opin- ion was that of the payment of tax on property destroyed by fire immediately after it's as sessment and before tax paying time. Attorney General Ar buckle holds that the tax must be paid, as the assessment is upon the state of the property at the time of the as- sessment, and not for futur. periods. Under this opinion, should your house be destroyed by fire immediately after if has been assessed, the county court will have no power to relieve you of the payment.