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The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

prefer n with one side satin and the other eros
grain, although all satin or all grosgrain will do;
but ! think you can easily get The other II you
look about little: and be sure. dear, not 10 gei
picauet edged ribbon, but one with Just a corded
edge; and don't forget remnant; and don't get
any shade but orange. not a real vivid orange.
either but a piece that will look well with pale
green and don't pay TOO much for ~. and don't
got red.or blue or green or pink by mistake You
won't forget. will you. dear? ! must have The
ribbon tonight"
Was II any wonder that when The dazed Horny
came home no brought three yards az sky blue
uya,ered ribbon or that when his wife saw il.
sbe sank into a chair and gasped out.
why Henry -Newbrde'
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14
Laugh With Us

Henry. dear" said Mrs. Newbrde 10 her hus-
band the other morning. 7 wish. II II went be
too much trouble. dear that you'd bring me
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

ideas ~ what a sentry"
meant. He had wandered a IT
tic out OF his position.
He was accosted by an OF
ficer with.
What arc you here for. my
man p"
Faith. your honor" snid Pat
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14
The Keep Well
Column
GERMS

Germs Of disease come chiefly from
her people-s mouth and binds.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

"A windy wan. entirely. sor." responded Pat.
oHai The cuphonum. suppose? said he
conductor.
"No sor tho bellows" replied Pat with a grin.
And The band Immediately attacked tho next So
lection.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

WVII' FWIN VI Ut "IIFN EFN"N"
this evening.
Il don't want ~ 80 very wide
or go very narrow; something
between an inch and an inch
and \ half, or. az most, an inch
and threeQuarters. Will be
about right.
BE sure and get pretty
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

ro fea 70 people who tell YOU
re f0r rour own good is harm,
ia al DC affords them a lot 81
pleasure.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

beautiful lads stepped into
The corner grocery store
Her checks were red and hor eyes were blue
(which really hasn - thing 20 do
With the story that ann telling youJ
The rubicund grocer bore
smile on hia face Nat was brieht and gav
As hc said. Well whaill % be- today"
The beautiful lads spoke unto
That rubicund efocnrmau
She said. n think ! viii have % few
or your lettuce heads. 81 they 10 fresh and now
And some lima beans If the} re- nico ~ view.
And some peas iu small sized can.
Those carrots there seem extra nice
Would you kindly te re their present prcc7"
The grocer answered right up unto
THAT beautiful lady. then
And The beautiful lads gasped and grow
y terrible pale and fcty hue
And tainted away and didn't come 10
For hours ard hours again
For she had heard the grocer cay
Those carrots are cheaper than yesterday
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

good humor. they tell me | am here for cen.
turyi"
The conductor thinking "a take rise out ~
pat who was paying patlcg.ar attention ia. he
music. turned TO him during an interval and
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

We'll. Pat. how would you
Ike 10 be In our band p
"shure. I'd like IL well, sor,
replied Pat
Ever bcen attached 10 a
band before p" ne was asked
"Yie. sor.' he replied, tho
biaoEsnifh's.
rs n a wind instrument YOU
49, ....f.F a.. g.uFfgfur
The Detroit times., 1917-11-14

An rrish recruit was placed on hls flrst spell
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
HaEf Your livEng
Without Money Cost

A right or wrong start in 1917 will
make or break most farmers in the
South. We are all facing crisis.
This war in Europe puts things in
such uncertainty that no man can
foresee the future with any degree Of
clearness. q
The sure and certain increase il
cotton acreage means lower cotton
prices next fall. Cost Of all food and
grain products Is high, so high that
no one can afford to buy and expect
to pay out with cotton.
It's time above all others to play
safe; to produce all possible food,
grain and forage supplies on your
own acres; to cut down the store bill.
A good piece Of garden ground,
rightly planted, rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
made to pay half your living. 1t will
save you more money than you made
on the best five acres Of cotton you
ever grew!
Hastings 1917 Seed Book tells all
about the right kind Of a money saw
ing garden and the vegetables to put
in it. 1t tells about the field crops as
well and shows you the clear road to
real farm prosperity. lt,s Free. Send
for it todav IN TINGs Co.,,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

see Vanderpoot, who had no brains to
speak of. no burning ambition to dis
tinguish himself, becoming one Of the
"solid" element. He drawled In his
speech and he dawdled through what
ha called his work. but all the good
things seemed to comeshis way.
He married, Of course He was in
no hurry about it, but he got the pref
tiest and brightest young woman In
the state. What she saw IN him 1t is
hard to say.
One evening John was loafing In his
Office when Dave Hinsley broke in,
breathless and hatless and gasping
"FireW
"At your house. judge" he added.
HYour wife told me to hurry down and
get you. / don't reckon there'll be a
stick saved II somethin' amt done
pretty soon."
John took one foot down from his
desk.
"Is the hose company thereT
Eyes, but there ain't no water"
'In that case, Dave, guess the
only thing we can do is to let 'er
burn" And he put his foot up again.
OF course he was heavily insured
.
Johns title Of Judge" was purely
honorary, but there is no doubt that ne
would have attained judiciary honors
in course Of time-he was in no hurry
If it had not been for his investment
in GuayQuil Central stock. That would
have been his limit, however. Beyond
the bench he would have been found
out. Guayquil was down to a pretty
low ebb and a friend Of Johns who
had inside information, urged him to
buy at once, as it was certain to rise.
John said he would, but he deferred
his purchase from sheer inertia until
1t went down still lower. OF course
1t would go down. AS soon as he had
bought 1t began to rise. That was be-
cause John, like the idiot he was, had
put every SChl hC hoN LII lhC
world into it. One day the friend with
inside information wired him to sell
at once. The stock had gone up be-
yond all expectations. and If John had
realized then he would have made
close on to 100000. and have been
comfortable for the rest Of his days.
AS it was, he put the telegram into
his pocket and went on with the Pc
rusal of judgment transcript.
That evening be said to his wife:
"Parkins wires me to sell that South
American railroad stock, but guess
there Is no hurry about It"
Well, what John did make on that
stock was over S5O0,000. and he owns
most of the town now. BE quit gam
bling in stocks.
It's disgusting the luck some people
have.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

" RITE OR CALL on the un'
dersigned for any information you
NAV desire about our plan of insur'
ance,
We insure your property against
destruction by
FIRE, wINDSToRM or. LIGHT
MING,
and do 80 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 Edgeheld.
The officers are: Gen. ]. Fraser
Lyon, President, Columbia, s. G..
J. r. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. d
Treas, Greenwood, S. G.
DIRECTORS.
A. o. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. G.
]. NJ. Ganbrell. Abbeville, s. G.
Jno. 81. Childs, Bradley, S. @.
A. W. Youhgblood, Hodges, S. c.
S. P. Morrab, Wellington, S. G.
LIN. Chamberlain, Nc cCormick, sc.
r. 81. Nicholson, Edgefeld, s. G.
FL. Zimmerman, Pint. Lane, S. G..
J. G.. Martin, Princeton, S. G.
w. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. G.
J. R. BLAKE, Gen. Agt.
Greenwood, S. G.
Jan. lst, 1917.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
JOHNS LUCK
Sy JAMES e. JOHNSON.

AS boy John Vanderpoot was never
in hurry. Still he almost Invariably
seemed to be lucky. He was large
boy, or rather his face gave the i'm
preston of largeness; just as his
waistcoat does now. In those days he
had pendulous cheeks and his legs
bulged at the line of his shoe tops. so
that the other boys called him
"Fatty."
When he went on an errand he
never hurried himself about 1t, or
course, but his luck had given him
fndulgent parents, so that instead OF
giving him the licking most boys would
have got. they gradually refrained
from sending him-unless they were
in no hurry themselves. It goes with
out saying that he was never in
hurry to get up in the morning. There
was one Fourth Of July that he did
get up at four o'clock, but he was so
leisurely about his dressing that the
other fellows went off to fire their
cannon without him. John arrived on
the scene just in time to go back and
tell his people about the accident. lie
was the only one of the six who was
not hurt.
Another time he went out with g
crew OF young reprobates to loot the
orchard of a particularly cross-grained
farmer. He was up in the tree when
the alarm was given. but he calcu-
lated that there would be time to Sc
cure few more apples before the
farmer arrived.
"Get move on you, Fatty" sung
out fellow criminal below. Hes
a-startin' to run"
"Awl What's the hurry?" said John.
reaching for an outlying limb. There
was no reply to the question. for the
boy had fed. The farmer saw them
stringing out in the direction OF the
fence, overlook and cornered them.
From his perch in the apple tree John
witnessed those unfortunates come,
one by one, beneath the horny palm Of
the farmer and saw them hoisted un-
tremendously over the fence. AS their
howls died away in the distance, John
quietly descended and made off the
other way.
John got through school somehow,
but he was no forced plant. He was
in no hurry about going to work, but
eventually took clerkship in the local
grocery. His employer dispensed with
his services at the end of month,
and suggested to his father that po-
litical influence should be eXerted to
secure the young man position In
some claim department in Washington,
where his peculiar dilatorv tain"'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
.elRCI1ARI)
.(1ILANlN(ly
time TO MULCH STRAWBERRY
Covering Should Be Put on After First
Severe Frosts and Left Until
Late in Spring.

In our northern latitudeS the mulch
should be put on after the first severe
frosts and left on until the ground is
well warmed in the spring. where
no form of mulch is used, the hbrous
roots are subjected to periods OF al
ternate freezing and thawing with the
result that many are destroyed. The
most desirable mulch is one that con-
tains no weed seeds and does not bury
the plant to the exclusion of air circu-
1ation. Wheat and oat straw, sWale
hay, coarse, strawy horse manure,
brush and seaweed have been used
more or less, but the first four named
are the most satisfactory.
The mulch should be applied care
fully, else it may do more harm than
good. If too thick, the plants are
smothered and if too thin there is lit
tie or no protection, so about an inch
is sufficient covering for the plant,
with three or four inches applied be-
tween the rows, varying somewhat
according to material and climatical
conditions.
In the spring the mulch should be
carefully removed from the top Of the
plants and banked beside them. If
entirely removed, the berries are spat-
tered with dirt during rainy periods
and lose much of their attractiveneSs
and sale value. The mulch beside the
plants tends to retard the growth of
weeds as well as to keep the fruit
clean.-Maine Department Of Agricul-
fire
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
PH0sPE1O-MARL
OMeezcMs sSoUrs(o2S'

AND POINTS THE WAY FOR PRE-
pAREDNEss IN THE WAR ON THE
BOIL WEEv1L.
Naturally Phosphated Agricultur-
al Lime. Each ton contains 81 cts
to sl.lO worth Bone Phosphate of
Lime and $3.50 Lime Carbonate.
Sold only by State Department of
Agriculture under authority of Gen
eral Assembly. Gives farmers an
opportunity to obtain cheap lime
carbonate. Shipments in bulk only,
carloads not less than 80 nor more
than SO tons, at sl.5o per ton, cash
with order. Freight on shipments
to agency stations may be paid at
destination. Shipments to non
agency stations must be fully pre-
paid.
Freight rates on Phospho-Marl
to stations in Edgefeld county are
as follows:
Edgefeld, Parkshill, Trenton,
Johnston, $l,oO; Modoc, Clarks
Hill, Meriwether, Woodlawn, sl.O5
Plum Branch, Parksville, Sl.lO
per ton.
Cut out this ad and save it. 1t
makes ordering easy.
For further information, apply to
E. J. WATSON, Commissioner,
S. C.. State Dept Agriculture,
Columbia, S. {.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

The value and need of newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now halfway into its
third year, and, whether peace be at
hand or yet be far off, it and the events
to follow it are sure to be of absorbing
interest for many month to come.
These are Notwithstanding affairs, in
which the United States, willing or un-
willing, is compelled to take a part.
No intelligent person can ignore such
issues.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only 81. 90
per year, and this pays for 156 papers.
We offer this unequalled newspaper and
EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, together
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
Treasurer's Notice.

The County Treasurer's Office will be
open for the purpose of receiving taxes
fl ON the 18th day of October, 1916, TO
the 18th day of March, 1917.
All taxes shall be due and payable
between the 18th day of October, 1916.
and December 31st, 1916.
That when taxes charged shall not be
paid by December 31st, 1916, the County
Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty
of one per cent. for January, and if
taxes are not paid on or before Feb
ruary lst, 1917, the County Auditor
will proceed to add two per cent, and
five per cent. from the lst of March TO
the 18th of March, after which time all
unpaid taxes will be collected by the
Sheriff.
The tax levies for the year 1916 are
as follows:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
MANY APPLE TREES INJURED
sSpring canker Worm Does Great
Amount of Damage In Kansas
i Very Easy of Control.

The Kansas experiment station is
fof the opinion that the spring canker
worn has killed more apple trees in
that state in single season than the
iSan Jose scale has done since its first
introduction.
Anything so easy Of control as the
lcanker worm should not be allowed to
lido serious damage. The canker worm
Is leaf-eating insect and easily poi
Esoned By spraying.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
TREE WITH CROOKED TRUNK
Scheme Outlined for Strengthening Up
Bose and Other Pear Varieties,
Always Deformed.

! Young trees with crooked trunks,
either from wind pressure or from
distortion in the nursery may be
Strengthened easily, as follows: Be-
fore the sap starts in the spring make
about three parallel Sits lengthwise
of the trunk on the concaved side Of
the trunk. This will arrest the flow
of sap at that point, causing the bark
to thicken. This in turn will produce
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
APPEARANCE HELPS TO SELL
Fruit and Vegetables Of Neat, Clean,
Uniform and Average-Sized
Score High In Contests.
EBy LEROY cADY, Horticulturist, Uni

tBy LEROY CADY, Horticulturist, Uni
versity Farm, st. Paul)
Neat, clean, uniform, average-sized
specimens of fruit and vegetables make
better showing and will score higher
I'm contests than uneven and unmarked
liable specimens. Appearance as well as
quality helps to sell goods. County
fairs and exhibitions should be one
means Of advertising good produce and
help to create demand for it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

A wife will find her husband prais-
ing her for economy until he comes
home after hard days work and
finds the cabbage. served minus the
corned beef.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
Simple Device for Preventing Splitting
OF Trees Heavily Laden With Fruit
During Strong Wind Storms.

"a gnarled spot in the wood, like q
wedge, exerting its force at right an
giles to the trunk, Strengthening out
the most obstinate deformities.
! But this must be done while the tree
lis young, or the bark-wedge cannot
exert sufficient force to bend the
crooked trunk. This scheme is par
'ticularly useful in Strengthening up the
Bose and other pear trees, which are,
for some unknown reason, almost al
ways deformed by nature.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
TOP BUDDING IS DESIRABLE
practice Is Better Than Grating for
Working Over Defective Trees
While Young.

Top budding is better than grating
for working over undesirable trees If
they are discovered while young.
After the tree has passed its second
year in the orchard it should be head
ed back severely in early spring and
the new shoots budded in August.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

There is a slight decrease in the
Florida grapefruit crop, but approx
mately the same number of innocent
by-sitters will be spattered by the
Juice.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

Cabbages are now so high that
thinking of them in connection with
kings, as did the intellectual walrus,
involves no great mental effort.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

The rich girls may soon have to
leave ostrich plumes and egret feath-
ers to the poor and adopt turkey tails
as the millinerial insignia of opulence.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

A woman has sued for divorce be-
cause her husband did not talk to her
for three years. Has a man ever
sued for the same reason?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat says
that areas that were once potato fields
are now golf links. Oh, if they were
only sausage links.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

The report that German subma-
rine circled a British ship "but made
no atteript to harm the vessel" Is
what we would call q priina facie
whopper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21

IIIuIrUUu nv. oU
C. Elmwood L. c. 8
Hibler 8
Johnston
Merlwether (Gregg) 2
Moss 3
Shaw
'' Talbert z
Trenton
90 Wards
Z" Blocker R. R. (portion) Is
90 Elmwood R. R. (portion) Is
Johnston R. R. 3
' Pickens R. R. 3
Wise R. R. Il
a" Corporations and R. R. liz
All the male citizens between the
ages of 81 years and go years, except
those exempt by law, are liable to a
poll tax of One Dollar each. A capita
tion tax of 81 cents each is to be paid
on all dogs.
The law prescribes that all male citi-
zens between the ages OF 18 and SIS
years must pay 90 commutation tax.
The time expires on the 18th of March
for the payment Of all taxes.
JAMES T. MINIS,
Co Treas. E. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-02-21
The Thrice-a eek
Edition of the
New York World
in 1917

Practically Daily at the Price of a
Weekly. No other Newspaper in the
world gives so much at so low price.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-17

W71youbc oonnezzhrd with the almost music of mechanical
talking machines" (no matter how fine the cases), n will YOU
insist upon actual zezzaAa masc1
You can ten which yq. ~ant f you viii make up your mind
mw-aoAayt to hear The Edison Diamond Disc. Hear the voice
and Instrumental roc7eaions of Anna Case, Alice Ver1et, Inia
Heinrich, Bonci, Anx1mi, Fenari-Fontana, Carl Flesch, Emmy
Deainn, and Others of the worlds greatest artists.
Remember that hr. Edison himself has demanded the most
eacting tests. He has insisted that the artists sing in unison with
their recreated VoiceA In nearly every big city IN America these
tests have been given wonderful ovations by music lovers
~ VIII you call and hear it today You may
play any make of record O the Edison. It is
D1 a universal machine if you want to make it SO.
Me vavey of With If vu mav have anv artist ~ INV ~
on rs hoSa0V in your home in addition to Mr.. Edison',
r~~<~1a unni~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-17


The Ncp Edison Di1n.osI Disc
may be had tn a 40ide vav7efy of
styles andtv1cest from SzO1Z rs to$s0OV
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21
JAMAICA.

Miss Fannie Ballard was in Brattleboro
Monday.
Mrs Anna Howard has returned from
4 sN-weell> visit in Boston
r. J. Sage Of South Wardsboro visited
Eat MIS- Euniec Sprague's the first Of the
week
Mrs. John Wright has been working at
Hugh Ilolden's in West Townshcnd for
a few days
Schools in the village will close Friday
night Tor a weeks vacation with a Christ
mas Tree and Entertainment.
The funeral OF John Allen. who died
at the odd Fellows Home in Ludlow last
week was held here Friday.
Henry Allen and Arthur Allen were
here to attend the funeral OF their broth
er and father, John Allen. last Friday.
Mrs Ernest Martin and daughter. Vera.
who has been visiting her sister. MIS-.
Albelt Benson. returned home Wedncs-
day
While sugar is scarce honey seems to
be IN good demand Il b. circuit went To
Blattlcboro Tuesday with his third big
order within a week.
The Congregational Sunday school will
have a Christmas entertainment and tree
at the Congregational church this year
instead OF the opera hall
Miss Edith Clarke is at home from her
school in West Townshend for the two
weeks vacation. Wales Cheney and Fred
Burke also are home for the Christmas
holidays
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-21

agitated voices and general excitement
pcrvadc the night then the thing Is
explained aud the passengers settle
down once more to uneasy rest.
ndcr these conditions q voyage
across is no pleasure trip IN wartime.
Congressman Dale had no trouble
finding ANYTHING in France but the
American troops. Although their mum
bers and location are. no doubt, thor
oughly known to the enemy. most
mysterious silence met him every
where. He actually had to chase
them up himself. and he never would
have found the Vermont troops way
back Of the fighting line-if il had not
been for some personal friends VINO
told him where to 90.
His own son. Timothy e Dale, is
with the Harvard hospital unit and he
was discovered only after the most pen
~istent search Mr. Dale remained
two days with the boy, the rest of the
party going on to places of interest in
| the North Of France.
Mr. Dale saw several hundred Yer
mont troops, Major Ashley, Captain
| Howe, General Sibert and General Ed
wards The latter was full OF praises.
| for the Nermonters, and. although he
/ did not mention the much discussed af
! fair Of splitting up the First Yer
mont, il was plain to Mr Dale that
il was not ON account Of the officers
aud men who are now doing their bit
SO far as they ean-iu preparation
for the big spring offensive
Mr.. Dale visited the Somme. the
Marine, scissors, Rcmy and Verdm.
On the latter hill he stood and looked
over the ,heIl-tom ground whore the
French made good their tremendous slo-
gan. They shall not pass!
Today, and rs Mr.. Dale saw it, the
French and German guns exchange
shots at long distance. Five perhaps
siX-miles away, he saw the swift
dash Of smoke and belching cloud that
bespoke a big gun fired. then. 50 long
afterward that one could count heart
beats, he heard the sulIen boom 81
the report
Ii il We're 4 German 9uu-so muci
farther awav-then perhaps one coult
trace the course OF the shell and So,
where il buried itself in the earth an,
presently threw up a sombcr eruption
OF dust, smoke and debris.
In the villages OF Albert, Bapaum
and Peronne, the party found not on,
living iuhabitant, IuSt heaps OF black
! ened stone, brick and shapelcss debris
No one could conceive of more com
pletc aud utter deSoatIon than in tn
villages first taken by the German
and then retaken in this year $ allie.
d offensive
The congressional party was emit
tanned in Londo4 by Mir. Arthur ]