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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10
News From Cleora

The long looked for rain has come
at last and according to the Clutch
Prophet" we will want to stop it be-
fore it does. We were afraid to wait
for rain to sow grain for fear that
when it began it would rain half of
the winter. We scratched it in among
the clods and it couldn't come up un-
til it rained so guess it will come now.
A pretty good acreage was put in but
owing to the dry weather it will all be
late.
Mr.. George West died Nov. 23rd
at his sons residence, Mr.. Brookes
West. where he had made his home
for the last year. He had been i'll for
about six months. He was 50 years of
age.
Our school opened on Nov. 18th
with Miss Belle Mclaughlin as princi-
pal and Mrs. Laura Cain assistant
with about as scholars. They will
have a lunch party Friday night, the
10th of December, to raise money for
some improvements in the school and
to- buy some school furniture. =
Messrs. Quarles and Body are do
ing good business selling and trad
ing stock at Mr.. Louis Quarles place.
Mrs. Susan B. Hill was up last Mon
day looking after her farming inter
ests.
Messrs. Brooks West and Hubbard.
Williams have rented Mr. w. T. Reels
store and farm and will move about
the 1st of Jan. Mr.. Reel and family
will move to Edgefeld.
Mr.. P. B. Thomas will move to
Edgefeld the first of January and Mr.
George Strom will move to his place.
Mr.. John Shirley and brother have
bought Mr.. C. NJ. Thomas's place and
will take charge the first of the year.
LR Brunson, Jr., has started his
saw mill again, saving for Mr.. shive.
The Grifis brothers have bought a
mill and engine and are saving MIR.
John Griffis' timber on Crooked Run
with 2 saws mills in hearing. You
can't buy any lumber. The price is
out of sight. :.
We have ONE good road now from
here to- Edgefeld for the first time IN
four years. The road has been relocat
ed most of the way and has been tax
en- out of the deep cuts where 1t can
drain and dry out, which makes 1t
better than it has ever been.
Mr.. Prescott Morgan has rented
and moved to Mr.. John DeLaughter's
place near Red Hill.
SUBSCRIBER.
Cleora, S. C.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10
Death of Mr.. George West.

On Sunday night Nov. 23, Mr..
George West died at the home of
his son MI. Brooker West near
Cleora, after an illness of several
months. He was buried at Reho.
both church of which he was a
member. on Monday, his pas tor
Rev. ]. w. Kesterson, officiating.
Mr.. West left the following
sons; P. B. West, Gillian, X. T.,
and one daughter, Mrs. ]. B. Gil
christ.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10
Trespass Notice.

/ hereby give notice that l posi-
lively forbid hunting, fishing and
all other form of trespassing upon
Ill lands / control. All who fail to
heed this notice will be prosecuted
un der the law, without exception.
JOHN P. MEALING.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10
Trespass Notice.

All persons are hereby warned
not to hunt or trespass in anyway
On lands owned or controlled by
me. This means that youssare asked
off and gentlemen will do it.
G. T. Swearingen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10
Card of Thanks.

We take this means of express.
ing our thanks to our friends and
neighbors for their kindness to us
during the illness of our father.
R. T. West,
j. g. West.
P. B. West,
Mrs. J. B. Gilchrist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. Lucy Dugas arrived in
Edgefeld on Tuesday for a visit.
Capt. George Norris of Colum-
bia paid Edgefeld visit this week.
Mr.. B. NJ. Lee and little daugh-
ter spent the weekend with mis-
brother DR.. r. G. Lee.
Mrs. Osmond Williams is visit
ing her mother Mrs. Maggie Hill,
having been in the, Hospital for
some time in Columbia.
Seal your Christmas packages
with Red Cross Seals.
DR., and Mrs. Chas. S. Smith
and little Miss Doris are now Wis
iting Mrs. Lemie Talbert.
Mr.. w. Jasper Talbert spent
this weekend with his mother
Mrs. Lemie Talbert,
Miss Mary Poppenheim of Char
lesion, Ex-P-esident General of the
Southern Daughters of the Con-
federacy visited Mrs. Mamie N.
Tillmau this week.
Mr.. Orlando Sheppard and Mr..
il. Minis are attendinga meet
ing of the board of visitors of the
Citadel IN Charleston to-day.
DR.. R. G. Lee has arranged a
welcome service for the Episcopal
rector and the new Methodist pas
tor. The public is cordially invited.
We beg the indulgence of our
readers for the delay and other
shortcomings of this issue, as our
linotype machine has baked worse
than a Texas broncho this week.
Help is a good cause by buying
Red Cross Christmas Seals.
Mr.. Charlie Brooks, Mr.. E. H.
Crews and Misses June Rainsford
and Helen Nicholson motored to
Laurens Friday afternoon and re-
NAMED until Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. J. L. Minis will erect two
six-room bungalows on the lots be-
tween Ithe homes of Mr.. R. T.
Hill and Mr.. J. L. Addison, facing
the east. Orders have already been
placed for much of the material.
Material is being placed on the
ground for the new hotel. The
contractors state that they have
placed orders for practically every
part of the building so as TO fore
stall delay in shipment.
Every Red Cross Christmas
Seal bought helps to stamp out
consumption.
Mr.. Orlando Sheppard went to
Charleston Sunday to attend the
Masonic Grand Lodge. Mr.. j. G.
Holland expected to attend to rep
resent Concordia Lodge but was
prevented from doing 80. Grove
lodge is represented by Mr.. f. P.
Walker and Red Hill lodge by Mr..
J. Z. Johnson.
Mr.. A. A. Edmunds has moved
into his town mansion and is TAX
ing transient and regular boarders,
having seven of the latter at this
writing. He will soon add eight
rooms to his property which will
enable him to further provide for
those who are seeking bed and
hoard. Mr.. Edmunds' large board
ing house is filling a great need in
Edgefeld at this time.
Urge your friends 10 buy Red
Cross Christmas Seals.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10
HORSE sHoEING

Horse shoeing done at my shop in a
first class manner. I have employed
a man who can do the work in the
most approved manner. Try us. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed.
A T.. KEMP.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10

sTRAYED: Friday, Dec. 5, one bay
horse, small white blaze on face-one
white sock on leg, high-holds high
head. Marked with &c" on one MP
with "sn in the &c" Shod all around.
JAMES ABNEY
Johnston, S. c. Rt. 8, Box 46'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-12-10

Peters Diamond Brand" shoes
are made of solid leather at the best
prices. We have them in all styles
and colors.
I. MUKASHY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
WHERE WILSON is
TO LIVE IN PARIS
is BIG QUESTION

Paris. March 6.-Where President
and Mrs. Wilson will live upon
their return to Paris has now be-
come a question the discussion of
which has jumped the limitations
of society circles and reached the
rostrum of the chamber of deputies.
The outcome of the present con-
flict of opinion as to where the
French will house their guests may
result in the President and Mrs.
Wilson being assigned TO apart
ments in the Palace of the Louvre.
for some years the residence of
Venus de Milo.
Deputy Emile Constant broached
the subject in the chamber of dep
uties this week. He made the direct
proposal that the French govern
ment house Mr.. Wilson in one of
the government owned palaces in
Paris. The deputies resolution will
be acted upon Immediately. The
proposal is supposed to be the out
come of much petulant discussion
that has been rife in society circles
of the French capital since the an
nouncement that Wilson had ac-
cepted the hospitable offer of Fran
els de Croisset to occupy his Paris
palace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
CAIN
FOR HOGS FAILS
No Rise in Pork Despite Lifting of
EmbargOes and Ending OF
Price Fixing.

Washington, March 6.-Control
by the war trade board over ex-
portation of pork and pork prod
ucts to allied nations was termin-
ated today under an order issued
by the board removing the food
stuffs from the expectation service
list Removal of this control, it
was announced, followed dissolu-
ton of the allied provisions export
commission. which since early in
the war had supervised the pur-
chase of foodstuffs in this country
for the allies.
Food administration officials re-
iterated today the attitude of the
expressed in a
statement last night, asserting that
the action of the war trade board
would nullify efforts to stabilize
the price of live hogs. Food admin
istratioH officials predicted that the
action would have the effect of in
creasing the price of hogs and pork
above the agreed price which it had
been planned to continue until the
end of the month.
Chicago. March 6.-Removal of
the minimum price for hogs by the
food administration last night had
but little effect on the hog market
at the opening today. The market
15c to 20c yesterday and
the opening today showed merely
a loss of this advance. The corn
too, pursued its normal
course with an opening decline of
a to q of cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
KING OF BELGIUM
GIVEN SMOKE BY
YANKEE SOLDIER

New York. March 6.-The man
whom King Albert of Belgium ask
ed for cigaret arrived home today
on the Sierra. ills name is Byron
Stowe and he lives in New York.
Stowe is a warrant machinist in
the naval air service.
Il was in an airdrome the Amer
cans captured at Knessel-Aere,
Germany" he said. "a big plane
landed and out stepped the pilot, a
big, handsome fellow.
Got cigaret" he asked
81 gave up.
And a match?'
Il gave him a match
American he asked.
Il said yes
I'm a Belgian, he said.
Il had heard about 'AlbeTt's cha
riot and the mans manner was
somehow impressive.
You're King Albert | said
I'm Albert, he replied, grinning
cheerfully."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
IOWA ASSEMBLY
OPENLY DEFIED
BY GOVERNOR
Irnpeach or Exonerate
Me, He Says of
Rathbun Case.

Des Moines, Iowa, March g.
Governor ". L. Harding, appear
ing today before a joint session of
the Iowa legislature, hurled down
the gauntlet to those who have
questioned his motive in pardon
ing Ernest Rathbun and requested
the assembly to make a thorough
investigation Of the matter
Impeachment or eXoneration'
was demanded by the governor, as
warranted by an investigation of
many innuendoes floating about
that possibly the government was
bribed as corruptly in granting
the pardon. In the investigation
the chief executive promised his
undivided support.
In referring to his reasons for
pardoning young Rathbun, who re-
Gently was sent to the Anamosa
refOrmatOry to serve a life SEN
tence for criminal assault, after
his pardon had been revoke
through agreement of the state and
the defendant, the governor said:
Il thought if the boy were guilty
of the crime charged" the COVER
nor continued, the judge AMI
county attorney would not recon-
mend clemency before he had
served a day in the penitentiary
and | thought from their requests.
coming when they did, that the
supreme pardoning power of the
state was properly invoked to save
from the penitentiary a boy who
had committed an immoral act. but
was not guilty of the crime of rape
as charged in the Indictment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
ITALY IS SENT ULTIMA T()N BY America
REACH
u. S. DOCK WITH
1862 YANKEES
Leviathan Alone Has
More Than Ten
Thousand Men.

New York, March 6.-The steam
I ship Leviathan with troops of the
/ 27th division. was off the Sandy
Hook bar shortly after O'Clock to-
day. She was expected to dock be-
| fore noon.
I The troops on the Leviathan
! number more than 10000, officially
classified as follows:
| 105th infantry complete, 72 offic-
, ers and 3,068 men. OF these, so Of
! ficers and 2.239 men are former
! New York national guard troops
and are assigned to Camp Mills. The
! others are replacement troops and
will be distributed to eleven camps
! in various parts of the country.
106th infantry complete, 13 offic-
| ers and $3.50 men. Of these. 81 offic-
eTs and 2,039 men comprise former
New York national guardsmen. The
others are replacement troops and
will be distributed among Is camps
107th infantry formerly New
York national guard trOops), as
signed to Camp Merritt
Other troops are I6 officers and
. So men of the 105th machine gun
battalion headquarters detach
ment. medical and ordnance de-
tachmentsp, companies A, 3, c and
D-65 officers and "A men of the
53rd infantry brigade headquarters,
AZ officers and 248 men of the di-
visions headquarters, s officers and
SO men of the divisions headquar-
ter's troop. and one officer and 6
men of the policing detachment
Also on the Leviathan are so
casual officers of various branches
of the service; IS nurses. and 81
civilians, together with l.l79 sick
and wounded.
3,736 On Maure.ania-
The 27th's troops on the Maure-
tania. which also arrived here today.
as officially announced are as fol-
lows:
l08th infantry. complete. so Of
ficers and 3,255 men. OF these, "A
officers and 2,643 men who were
former New York national guards
men, assigned to Camp Merritt. The
others, requirements, will be dis
tTibuted among six camps.
54th Infantry brigade headquar-
ters, Brigadier General Palmer E.
Pierce. commanding the 54th, traY-
eled,-as, a.ssaSual.
102nd train headquarters.
The troops on the Mauretania to-
tailed 3.735. Brigadier General
Frank T. Hines, general staff, tray-
eled as a casual
There were several hundred cas-
lals and nurses. Seven officers. II
men, one nurse and one civilian
were sick or wouded
The transport Caronia arrived
here today from Brest with 122 Of
ficers and 1888 colored troops, ma
jority of them of the 92nd division
G\ational army. Most of these
troops were sent to Camps Upton
and Merritt
Additional 92nd division troops
the 35lst machine gun battalion
arrived on the transport Oriana
Organizations aboard included cas-
ualS and civilians.
The steamship Maiden arrived
from st. Nazaire with 81 CasuaIs. !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
BUSINESS is
GOOD IN US,
SAYSREPORT
Federal Reserve Says Re
adjustment Is Going
on Satisfactorily.

Wash ington, March s. - Conf
dence that business conditions are
readjusting themselves "in i salts
factory way although not as fast
as many interests wish, was e1
pressed today by the fedora re
serve board in a review of business
reports for February. These reports
we're based on specific surveys of
commercial and industrial condi-
tons.
Reports as TO labor unemplOy-
ment have been numerous in the
press" saws the board review.
but the reports Of federal reserve
agents show that there has prob
ably thus far been over-anXiety and
eXaggeration with respect to this
Matter From several manufactur-
ing districts it is reported that labor
conditions are far from SatiSfaC-
tory aud that there is considerable
unemployment, but f. is also noted
that the condition does not seem
TO have grown worse during Febru-
arv.
1T appears that the surplus of
labor is smallest in the south and
southwest. In the south and south
west there are no indications of any
reduction in the wage scale. while
in the north and east employees are
demanding higher wages, notwith-
standing the existence of consider
able unemployment.
No Cut in Wages.
There is as yet no general re-
vision of wages downward, although
there are Indications of a tendency
to let wages settle to a definite level
which shall without question be
higher than that existing before
the war. There has been a tendency
to provide labor for a greater num-
ber of persons by eliminating over
time or establishing short time"
The textile industry presents one
of the most difficult problems, says
the report. In New England curtail-
ment of wooden mill production still
is in progress, and the readjustment
in textile production is proceeding
with values unsettled. In New Eng
land tie cotton market is reported
at 2 complete standstill so far ss
rx% material is concerted while
mills are operating only a few days
a week
Raw material for leather and
shoes is reported higher than when
the armistice Was signed. says the
report. "and by some it is predicted
that the price of shoes will advance
rather than decline"
HOarded Money Coming Out.
Banking conditions in general
show condition of greater ease.
the report says, with some accum-
ulation of funds at centers and
strong tendency on the part of
money boarded to return to the
banks. According to some bankers
estimates the amount of boarded
money that has been returned to
banks since the armistice would ag-
gregate $30O. 100000"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
EUROPE PRESS
NOT ALARMED
AT SENATE ACT
Wilson Speech Com.
nent Shows Trust of
u. S. People.

London March 6.-President Will
sons speech at New York occupies
prominent place in the editorial
news columns of the papers here
Some editors see in American do
mesuc politics the key to the SEN
ate episode.
The Telegraph says:
"Mr. Wilson's opponents in the
senate have not. as a matter OF
fact. bound themselves 10 any
course of action too firmly, to
adopt another course should the
president make good which the
American people, as a whole de
sire. It depends on the sense in
which that opinion may make it.
self manifest when the treaty of
peace and the league of nations
have been given final form. There
fore, for the present we aust leave
this strange and uncertain situa
tion.
European democrac1es are
watching tC see whether the i'm
pulse which brought America to
their side for the purpose Of fin
ishing the war will keep her at
their side for the purpose of rear
ing the fabric of a war-free world"
says the Chronicle. They are not
watching without anxiety. for they
know that American cooperation
is Indispensable if the fabric is to
stand"
Wilson's Appeal Irresistible.
The News says: MIR. Wilson s
appeal for America in the saliva
tion of the world is as irresistible
as his indictment of the selfish
particularism of the opponents of
the league is unanswerab Bile. Con-
stitutionally the opposition of this
solid block of Republicans in the
senate looks formidable Actually,
as President Wilson confidently
recognizes. the issue is with the
people, for no senate could refuse
to crafty treaties, which command
the manifest and expressed ap-
proval of the people of America
What the senate seems to want,
must appear to practical men the
natural order of procedure" says
imminent question while the league
is vague apd--is a doubtful sys-
TEN. The world wantE time TO
think out these things and does
not like being rushed into the plan
by the enthusiasm of its .deaIists." 4"
Is Warning on Irish Case.
Some persons" says the Man
chester Guardian, may consider
the resolution on the Irish ques~
tion passed by the American house
of representatives as irrelevant,
even as an impertinence.' But"
continues the newspaper, 1t is
nothing Of the kind 1t has a very
direct bearing on the fundamental
principles accepted as the basis OF
peace and it should be regarded
not as gratuitous Intervention in
our domestic affairs. but as
friendly. and by no means unneces-
sary warning"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
ENEMY EXPLAINS
FAILURE TO TURN
OVER MACHINERY

London. Wednesday, March s.
A German wireless message picked
up here alludes to a threat" made
by General Nudant, Marshal Foch's
representative on the joint armis-
tice commission at Spa, because the
Germans have failed to turn over to
the allies Industrial and agricutur-
al machinery. The message explains
that German firms constructing the
required material have been unable
to complete deliveries owing to
strikes and that a shortage of rail
wav cars and the destruction of
railways near Erfurt and Halle
have also retarded the carrying ~
IF the armistice agreement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
TO SEND
MURDER CASE TO
. JURY BY TONIGHT

Chicago. March Attorneys in
the trial of j. Norman Cook. for
the murder of William +. Bradway
last August in front of the victim s
own doorway. said today they hop
ed to have the case in the jurys
hands tonight Cross examination
Of the accused man was expected to
be soon finished
Cooks story of the killing was
that Bradway had struck him and
that it was in self-defense he stab
bed him with a pocket knife. He
pictured Broadway as a roue, whose
attentions to I7-eyar-old Norma
Cook. the prisoners daughter,
could only end in tragedy. Moth
ing was wrong in the relations of
HE girl and her admirer, he main
tanned. but the evil intentions of
the man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
ROBINS TELLS
REASON RUSSIA
FAILED KS ALLY
Blames Allied and
u. S. Propagandists
for Collapse.

Washington. March 6.--Raymond
Robins of Chicago. former head of
the American Red Cross mission
in Russia, and one of those whose
testimony. champions of the Boil
shevik government have insisted
should be heard, testified today
before the senate committee inves-
ttgating lawless propaganda He
said, among other things, that be-
fore Russia failed as an ally,
allied and American propagandists
unwittingly contributed largely to
the downfall of the Russian NOR
ale and what followed
Posters were all over Russia" ="
said Mr.. Robins telling how great
the allies were and how powerful
America was. Some of the posters
said the United States would have
10000 airplanes and 10000 900 men
in France. The Russians reading
these declarations said to them
selves, well. if all that is true,
we will go home for awhile There
is no doubt that this propaganda
materially assisted in the disinte-
grafton of the Russian morale. and
that it had exactly the opposite
effect from what it was intended
to do"
Saw Kerensky's Faults.
Mr. Robins described at the out
set Of his testimony conditions as
he found them when he went to
Russia. Even during the early part
of the kerensky regime, he said. he
became conscious of the fact that
it was failing because il did not
pay enough attention to affairs in
the outlying districts Of Russia.
Kerensky's civil power, the wit
ness asserted, was inefficient, and
the soviet control grew up ma
turally
The Russian bolshevik govern
ment agreed in February, 1918. to
denounce the Brest-Litovsk treaty
and resume the war against Ger
many if the United States and
Great Britain would assure cooper
alton, Robins testified.
Mr. Robins said that despite his
efforts and those of r. A. B. Lock
hart. British high commissioner, to
induce their governments TO agree
to this proposal, no word was re-
ceived by March IA, when Lenine
said he was convinced no help
could be expected and induced the
Soviet to ratify the
treaty with Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
AMERICAN TANKS
WILL BE USED IN
NEXT LOAN DRIVE

Washington. March 6.-More than
200 fast American fighting tanks
have been lent by the war depart
ment to the Liberty loan organiza-
ton to be sent scurrying over
streets and country roads during
the Victory loan campaign, as ad-
vertising features. Between Il and
20 will be assigned to each federal
reserve district, to be routed by
district managers
Each of the fiye-ton tanks, man
aged by two soldiers and armed
with machine guns, will carry loan
orators in addition. These ma
chimes for the most part were in
this country when the armistice
was signed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-06
GOVERNORS AND
MAYORS WIND UP
MEET AT CAPITAL

Washington. March 6.-Govern-
ors and mayors returned today to
their homes after the three-day
conference here called by direction
Of President Wilson to discuss la
Dor and business conditions. They
went on record as favoring the
carrying out OF the railroads of a
N1clamatiOn reduction of freight
<eates on building materials and
The lifting of all restrictions on
business and industry at an early
date
The conference also condemned
radical doctrines. sanctioned gov
ernment approval of price sched-
ules. but opposed fixing of costs,
and recommended continuation by
the government act of public utili-
ties.
The conference defeated a mi
nortty report of the committee on
resolutions recommending that
congress be called Immediately in
5xtra session