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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28

amazed france, with their bravery
and soldierly perfection. The Premier
also declared the work of the Amer,
lean troops on the battle field die
more to terrorize Germany than any
other thing. The enemy has been
met. He said that France has every
confidence now that this war is on
the way to immediate victory.
General Pershing's tribute that he
paid to La Fayette's grave on Mem
orial Day was so appropriate, with
gloves off and hat in hand. At the
tomb of the great hero, he said, LA
Fayette, we are here"
Yes, after more than one hundred
and forty-four years we have come
to pay you back for what you did in
helping us establish our Independ-
ence and I believe his coming then
was laying the foundation for what
is being done today.
1 suppose that I have seen more
than a hundred thousand American
soldiers in uniform this year. And
while I have never seen an army of
any other nation, the Americans are
the best looking set of men that
have ever looked at. And they are
quick to watch, quick to act and best
of all, they are good shots, and brave
to a fault. 1 have often said, and now
say that trench fighting is contrary
to American warfare, and since the
American troops have been on the
firing line the Huns have been forced
to get out of their nests and fight
in the open, and they are on the run.
I was talking with a major some
time ago in the city of Greenville,
who served in the Cival War from
the State of Maine. He told me that
the most awful blood-stirring yell
that he ever heard was what is called
the Rebel Yell. He said it was enough
to scare the devil out of his den
"And," said he, eff the American
boys can get the Huns in the open
and then raise that yell, they would
never stop to dig a hole until they
got back to Berlin"
I would be glad if I could be with
the American boys and help them
carry their victory to the imperial
castle at Potsdam, and there tell the
Kaiser that we shall see what we
shall see.
J.. Russell Wright.
Johnston, S. C.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28

aple ard coed on any railroad under
its control. They we're placed on
sale August 20. There are two sizes
of these books. One contains 500
coupons, each good for n mile.
This sells for SIS, plus S1.2O war
tax. The other book contains 1000
coupons and sells for $50 plus $2.4O
war tax. The coupons will be accept
ed in payment of fares on trains, in
exchange for tickets and also for en-
cess baggage charges. The books are
transferable and n may be used
for any number of passengers at the
same time. Travellers are advised to
have coupons exchanged for tickets
in order to gain the advantage of
choosing the shortest route between
points and thus save money, as all
charges are at the three cents a mile
rate. These mileage coupons will not
be accepted for sleeping car or par
lor car charges, as the war tax In
this case is 2 per cent higher than
for railroad fares.
Director-General McAdoo has is
sued a statement to the public con-
corning complaints of overcrowded
trains, and he urges that everyone
refrain from travelling unnecessarily,
saying that every man, woman and
child who can avoid using passenger
trains at this time should do so, for
they will not only liberate transpor-
tation facilities necessary for war
purposes. but they will save money
to buy Liberty Bonds. Nevertheless,
the Railroad Administration is MAX
ing every possible effort to give
prompt and comfortable passenger
train service, but the military de-
mands of the situation are such that
equipment is used to the fullest de-
gree and is consequently scarce,
while it is impossible to supply car
and engine shortages at once.
Another statement is addressed to
all railroad employees urging them to
be courteous and to facilitate the
business in every way possible
Manufacturers Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28
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MEDICINE
In Her Mother's Home, Says This
Georgia Lady, Regarding Black
Draught. Relief From Head
ache, Malaria, Chills, Etc.

Ringgold, Ca Mrs. Chas. CASTOR,
of this place, writes: Il am a user
Of Thedford's Black-Draught; In fact'
1t was one of our family medicines:
Also in my mothers home, Wheh l
was a child. When any of us child
rem complained Of headache, usually
caused by constipation, she gave US
a dose Of Black-D raught, which would
rectify the trouble. Often in the
Spring, we would have malaria and
chills, or troubles of this kind, we
would take Black-Draught pretty reg.
ular until the liver acted we'll, and
we would soon be up and around
again. We would not be without 1t,
for it certainly has saved us lots OF
doctor bills. Just a dose OF BLACK
D-aught when not so well saves q
lot Of days in bed"
Thedford's Black-D raught has been
in use for many years in the treat
ment of stomach, liver and bowel
troubles, and the popularity which 1t
now enjoys Is proof Of its merit
If your liver is not doing Its duty,
you will suffer from such disagree
able symptoms as headache, bilious
ness, constipation, indigestion, etc.
and unless something is done, serious
trouble may result
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found a valuable remedy for these
troubles. 1t Is purely vegetable, and
acts in a prompt and natural way,
regulating the liver to its proper
functions and cleansing the bowels OF
Impurities. Try it. Insist on Thea'
ford's. the original and genuine. ID 70
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28
The American Soldier.

The soldier is a necessary and
distinct character in every civlliza-
ton and age. In the earliest records
we have of any peoples we find
among them the soldier-in war, to
fight, in peace to watch; in war to
labor, in peace to wait. He is a pro-
duct of the natural evolving condl-
tions of the world. He was produced
for a distinct purpose, and labored
for a definite end. 1t is at Thermopy-
lac that we see the Persian and
Greek die like men, n rejoicing at
victory, one signing over defeat
both heroes. So it seems that the
soldier is a part in the great econ
omic plan of creation.
We might arrange them in three
classes: The soldier of fortune. the
soldier of adventure and the soldier
of principle or patriotism. TO the
last and best class belongs the Amer
lean soldier. All praise to him, dead
or living! The American soldier is
the product of a nation which could
not wear a yoke.
The Anglo-Saxon was born to gov
ern, to be free, to create, to bulld a
social and political structure, mighty
and masterful. The American soldier
of today has the old-time enthusiasm
of his race. He fights as hard, ne
goes into battle urged by the same
zeal: He fires, falls and dies in the
same way. The soldier blood of fore
fathers flows through his veins like
sweet song of life. The sword scar IN
the fathers breast has its impress
upon the hearts of the boys of'today.
The battle cry will never be hush
ed, the tramp of mems feet will new
er be stilled, until the Huns are
whipped, and the Prussian autocratlc
power of Germany is forever crush
ed. And every American soldier that
is killed on the battle field of France
will die like a man, and he'will be
wrapped in the winding sheet OF the
nations love and laid to rest under
the blue canopy of Heaven.
Every beat Of my heart, and every
throb of my pulse is tinctured atresh
with patriotism and courage when
know this one great fact; that the
sons of men who followed Lee and
Grant in the Sixties are marching
side by side with equal courage and
equal glory to a national victory. The
American soldiers are the admlra-
ton of the world, and the Comman-
der in Chief, President Wilson, Is
the greatest man in all the world
He came to the Kingdom for just
such a time as this (From the State),
pronoior C1auencaau paid high trl.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28
The House By The Side Of
The Road.

The House By The Side OF
The Road.
There are hermit souls that live with
drawn
In the place of their selfcontent;
There are souls like stars that dwell
apart
In a fellowless armament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze a
path
Where highways never ran,
Let me live in a house by the side of
the road
And be a friend to man.
Let me live in a house by the side of
the road,
Where the race of men go by
The men that are good, the men that
are bad,
As good and as bad as I,
Then why should I sit in the scorn-
er's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in a house by the side of
the road
And be a friend to man.
I see from my house by the side of
the road,
BY the side of the highway of life,
The men that press on with the ar
dor of hope,
And the men that r faint with the
strife.
And l turn not away from their
smiles and their tears
Both part of an infinite plan.
Let me live in a house by the side of
the road
And be a friend to man.
1 know there are brook-gladdened
meadows ahead,
And mountains of wearisome height.
That the road stretches through the
long afternoon
And passes away to the night,
Yet still I rejoice when the travellers
rejoice,
And weep with the strangers that
moan;
Nor live in my house by the side Of
the road
Like a man that lives alone.
Let me live in a house by the side o.
the road,
Where the race of men go by.
They are good, they are bad, they
are weak, they are strong,
Wise, foolish; so am l.
Then why should l sit in the scorn
er's seat
Or hurl a cynic's ban?
Let me live in a house by the side Of
the road
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28
South Carolina Famous
France.

TT0IlCSs
Gen. Johnson Hagood, of South
Carolina, was known to but few Am
orleans before this war. But today
all France rings with his eloquent
words. He has done much to make
Frenchmen see just why we are in
the Big Fight and just how we pro-
pose taking u part.
1t was at a gathering in Paris, at
tended by men and women represent
ing French and oficialdom and
French intellectual circles. Marshal
Joffre, the grand old man of the
Marine, had spoken to the assemblage
and had fired a sentiment which end
ed in the organization of an associa-
ton whose purpose it is to throw
open all French homes to our Amer
lean soldiers.
Gen. Hagood made the response
for the Americans. Here are a few
of the eloquent sentiments he sound
ed:
"We came to France for no ma
~terial gain, and we shall return emp
ty-handed, unless it be, perhaps to
take our dead with US!
each man on leavingo America
feels, his mother feels, his wife feels,
that we are not here to divide spoils
of the vanquished but to fight for all
we believe to be justice and what we
know to be liberty.
, "To this we will give all our mon
ey. all our young men, all that we
have, and never stop until the game
is won by our side.
america did not come into the
war to help France, but to fight side
by side with France in the same
cause! We are here with all our
might, with all our mind, with all
our soul. And we are here to win!
And then this young general, this
South Carolinian who personifed for
that French assemblage the spirit OF
American participation, told what
American mothers have done in send
ing their boys across the seas to the
firing line:
"They are, in truth, more than the
Spartan mothers who babe their sons
return with their shields or on their
shields. All, yes! Our women know
that many will never return at all
"Their dead must rest across the
seas. Women of France, receive the
living in your families. When they
go in battle, let it be with the bene
d:ction of a home."-Atlanta Geor'
gian.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28

W nave
a good library in every school, but
it should be enlarged into a commu-
nifty library, kept open all the year
round. The person in charge of this
community library should be a real
lover of books, interested not only
in getting children to love reading
but interested also in getting every
grown person in a community to
read the most wholesome, helpful,
and inspiring books and papers.
And Just here we are reminded OF
some striking expressions Of a
thoughtful man who came into u
office the other day. GA house with
out a pantry or dining room-would
anybody call that a homer" he eX-
claimed. "And yet a mar ought to
think it just as unreasonable, just as
much a thing to be ashamed Of, to
build a house without a library or
reading room as to build one WlCnout
a pantry or dining room! What sort
of home is it where the family IAN
go and find food for their bodies but
where there is no place at all for
them to go and find food for their
God-given intellect. I tell you, we
are something more than a lot of
stomachs !"-Progressive Farmer.
I shall be out of my office for a
short vacation beginning Saturday,
August oath, and will be open again
for business on Monday, September
End.
GEO. F. MINIS.
For Rent: Good two or three-horse
farm. Good land we'll fenced, good
orchard, plenty of water. Apply to
H. S. Gardner, North Augusta, S. c.
S-21-tf.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28

A young man offered a lady his
seat. Imagine his surprise when she
drew herself up haughtily and ex-
claimed, 81 don't accept favors from
slackers."
But he wasn't taken aback. In
stead, he regarded the lady critically
and then replied:
MADAM, I was all through CALI
poll, and if we had had as much pow
der down there as you have on your
nose results would have been differ
ent."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28
Notice of Final Discharge,

To All Whom These Presents May
Concern:
Whereas, w. G. Derrick has
made application unto this Court
for Final Discharge as Administers
tor in re the Estate. of Mrs. Amelia
Houston deceased, on this the 23rd
day of July 1918.
These Are Therefore, to cite any
and all kindred, creditors, or par
ties interested, to show cause be-
fore me at my Office o. Edgefield
Cont arolina, on
1918 at IL
order of
,ranted.
ARD,
c., S c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28
Estey Organ New Price List

Below | give you prices on Estey Organs effective
August lt. 1918. These prices are net cash, and all
time sales bear interest at the rate of 8 per cent from
date. And the interest is added into the face OF the
note.
A stool and book is included will
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28

eve Are Something More
Than a Lot Of Sto-~-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28

j. Russell Wright.
Johnston, S. C.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05
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NtHNNGI

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.. brick buildings in
practically new. boz very
f. now rented for
.. VIII trade the
.. ..H ..ns end go ia debt
land with beautiful
.. .eHf Uu boz Clarendon
r| of improvements.
$3.50. orchard. easy worth
.'. .UH absolutely clear
"Hr. viU trade for land
..m.
Haf.I Loo lots with small
|.... . car luo this side
..U in worth S25O0.
H..mouf 0n good resi-
s u. fnr trades
I. ..H.. Uf good agricultural
. it.. H".r county. had fine rains
Ur. 900 n body and fene-
C."Ir except debt TO
county, " Uak. close price and
.. .fHHr good property
..T. 1880 Story Tire proof build
". HHHFI.W. uu corner we'll 10
rr.. 1000 go trade for good
HrI Tell me the kind of
...U. rnl want
1909 johnson. nice 3 room frame
HH.. rented $500 per month. 20
f..IH Ilr new passenger car or
Hn good TERMS Worth Si500
.rH ..alr Uf debit
r.r SD. 1905 Van Buren,. lS05
Harrison. fNIt Monroe. 1919 Taylor
zoos. Nmr.r 1908 Pierce. 9O7
I.Ur H"I Hu,f.nan. 1907 Lincoln.
I.". John u 1908 johnson aad
urnt others ral me Cor prices and
Information $50 trouble To answer
ono unns rnd Show property. Phone
Urhf 1r sundays g9S
J n. RUSSELL
Fhnnr ga AZ Funna bldg
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05
MISCELLANEOUS

IF fT ls HELP YOr WANT phone
-. Amarillo Employment Agency.
Wo cet the holm without delay. r.
Noaaomo MIR. T. .. Box ll21. Am
lrilO Texas slight phone GOl,
Help Of AN Kinds always ready 10 go
Farm and railroad order. promptly
filled
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05

FOR RENT Furnished light house
koopiun rooms Phone ,sO 1902
Jackson lOH3tp
FOR RENT Two elegantly furnish
"d bedrooms convenient to bath
ladies or gentlemen Phone 9I32.
mo buchanan lOa-etp
FOR RENT Rooms Phone e1a.
lOa5tp
FOR RENT Two furnished rooms
for liehI houackeep.ng 500 Lin
coin ST. Phone 1888 ln9itp
FOR RENT @ room modern house
partly furnished Apply c05 Van
Buren, 2N9-3tp
FOR RENT Mice i-room house In
San Jaciuto Heights good outbuild
.nEs nice CROWN garden Phone
1887. Nia Ellie l0g-2tp
THREE ROOM Of aoa Van Buren,
tor rent Phone 1856 lUa-2tp
THREE furnished rooms for light
housekeeping 7nl Van Buren, ST.
hone 1856 lo1atp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05
ONIONS g.

ED. l.. SMITH OF tho Troy laundry
has purchased Interest in n And
cr3on Tailoring Co. formerly the
purks Tailoring Co We dry clean
and press mems suits Tor 81, ladies'
uiis. 81 up. We have such lines
At l.amm a Co. uiyorul and
Dctmer WOolons Phone 1919
lN4-2ftp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05

FOR SALE one iWo.yoarnld
thoroughbred best llu'sioiu uull
mostly white. good mil. strain
tlusm Dairy Phone lu7l
lOH-"tp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05
THE CLEARING HOUSE FOR BUYNc, SELLING, Trade

FOR SALE One i.year-old COW.
fresh. also 3 Jersey hcilers comm
Q wears iiargoc. three miles north
of Amarillo lOg-5tp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05
WANTED

WANTED Every woman IN Potter
BURTON ROACH 2O1-gC
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-05

rsone -, AZ Fuaua Hlar
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-03
BELCIANS AND FRENCH NEED
 ASSISTANCE

HANRE Dec 3. Conditions in some French and Belgian cities and towns near the Franco-Belgian border are reported as in general. good" by Major John van SchaiCk, Jr, acting Red Cross commissioner for Belgium who was one of the first Americans to enter some of these places after the Germans evacuated them. In q mes sage to the Red Cross headquarters, he said
 There is no great emergency like general famine there is no great amount of sickness. there is no tre- mendOu5 shortage of clothing but there is need of prompt assistance on our part to meet what distress exists The roads are horrible, especially on the Passchendaele Ridge.
 "Roulcrs a town of 5000 inhabi- tants has now but HOO civilians left. lseghem a few miles distant, a town of 1S,OO0 inhabitants has 1,l0O left
 Our camiOns have rushed a lot of food up to Turcoing. Lille and Rou- baiX Other Camions took emergency rations up to some of the other little villages this side of Roulcrs. Ambu- lances brought back sick and wounded Bclgians who had been uud.r bonn hardmcnts'
 Telling of his trip to Isoghcm, Maj. van Srhuich described an incident typical ot the return of the Bclgian- to their homes which had been oc Cupicd by the German military forces.
 "Wc had with IL school master. wrote the Red Cross commissioner When the war began h" buried all his little fortune. an accumulation of the savings of lifetime. in the gar den of his house in RouIers II" re- turned with our driver wondering whether he Wa poor man in his old age or whether .. naa yuuuah lo uN. on comfortably h. r.r oI his H.. II" round hi. house burned his glr dna uIoUrhod Nuh sho)- saI uo trace whatever of his money
 I luID start again -afI ho. lr u.- d tough thuG for him to hnd that h. haa Jo-' everything
 8Nhiin som. of he inhabitants have ba.u Jaa,n away To york; reported Major van Schaick. they are in the minority Many thousands, of course, have been sent back behind the Ger man lines. There are thousands who remain They need the help of tn" American people"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-03
VALUABLE ISOCCUPIEDBY
 A LOG CABIN

FL PASO, Texas. Dee. 3.-A crude log cabin costing less than 5000 Occu- pies a site which is valued at $2.U0o, ooo. It is the Red Cross gift shop, which has just been completed in San Jacin'o plaza, the central open square in the heart of the city. The gift shop was built of logs cut on the Mca"alcro Indian reservation. in the Sacramento mountains of New Mex icO. and was designed after the piO- necr cabins with exposed log raftcrs, heavy Goors and window shades made oI log slabs, and with d "prnchcon" floor In the gift shop will be offered arti-:cs for sale which have been do- n&tod to the Red Cross. Tea will be served each afternoon in front of the big cobblcstCnc fireplace. and dances will also be held there" \ Red Cross matron will be in charge
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-03
Christmas Superstitions
 in Homes of Our Allies

TTE-T TriT OF the new world and IEtlSAlCflH the modern customs are al- I[lf3fIlb ways deeply interested In ifSYNW5EH any quaint beliefs or un- IlIS1Ges9Jl usual mnnncriSmS of the
 countries across the ocean. Particularly have the habits of Eng land and France held us; the former because she is our mother country, the latter because of the unqucnChable dear memory of Lafayette and more recently because of that same spirit so gloriously upheld today by Frances noble sons And this holiday tlme finds us with our eyes turned thither- ward for more poignant reaSon-for there aren't many homes who cannot there"
 And 1t is well to know some of the homely, sweet little superstitions which prevail among the people of our allies.
 In England and in Scotland the say ing goes that 1t is unlucky for anybody but brunette to first cross the thresh- old on Christmas morning.
 To bake bread on Christmas day Is praiseworthy, and loaves baked then will never grow moldy. In these times of scarcity of flour, the poor loaves do not stand half q chance to mold!
 Woe to the housewife who on this day turns mattress. It b0des i'll luck for the whole year.
 superstition which had its origin in Dev0nShrc tells us that 1t is bad form and i'll luck indeed not to wish the bees good morning and the compll- mentS of the season. On Christmas eve the hives are decorated with springs of green and Il bit of red ribbon. 'Tls also said that bees sing all night on Christmas eve. But bees are rather perpetual singers, anyway.
 The graceful traditions prevail in northern England and Wales. that the birds and beasts have some mystic connection with tn" Nativity. Hence, the farmers and landowners purchaS" shravcs of oats from little boys Wh" sell them as our boys sell holly. TheS" bundles are placed in convenient high places in trees and fences, that the birds may purttI,r The cattle, sheep. goats. and rynu rh' pigs, are all given double the awwut of fcrdiugS on Christmas murn.r-
 Tn LrouS. France. af the rounIItn2 hospital J N,r, 2wHt custom k to "rleom, tine first h+bN lhat arrive, With >pyr."p laDoI- II uruuhon.' cradle. padded ba.a.a -.,, OojhnE >ohcIDudr aud a ho~loN1i of gifts and careful attention InI- I- don" in c\- rlatlon ol thr poor "aIeom" given f" d Wee ChlId of Bethlehem 2U centuries ago, and beautiful thought il K.
 In some provinces in France it is considered bad luck to cross Il strange threshold on Christmas day.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-03
CURRENCY CONTRACTION
 DISCUSSED BY THE LAPS

TOXIC. Dec. 2. Contraction of tn" currency which has been inflated in Japan owing to tn" war k rrcom- mcndnd in many circles a. one means pr lowering prices tho soaring of which recently led to disturbances.
 Baron Takahashi. formerly minister uf finance. "NI rcssrs the opinion that currency contraction would uudoubt- rdIy lower prices but hr fears such u measure would bring III it's wake a serious business depr sion He pointed on, that the amuInt of con. turtib'n notes issued by his Bank of Japan h.. duIhl"I but money ol this ua.1r" ia in tho pockets of work. ar- ii ,.U b. impo--ioIe.fa roduc" it.. aauuar uI any attempt to d" ~o .... prov" # bIoA re t.. business ..,.p.,t. Ahi.. is ioa .d on aa ,saaa-l5u of credit
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-03

WANTED-A range and furniture in
 good condition. Apply at Times
 office 2O-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-03

John Olson has opened up a shoe repairing place at Tom Hubberts tailor shop. 1920
The Cordova daily times., 1918-12-03

WANTED-To buy cabin. State price. r. 0. Box 975 27-4t