Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-12-01

Your ssUncle sam'sv beaver will
Easily hold the incons tax collected
yin Edgefeld countyfor 1920.
Try to be AZ philosophical as
.stHambone" anSeverything will work
out all right even if it does seem
topsy-turvy iow.
When Eenry VIII exclaimed: ga
horse! aIhorse! my kingdom for
horse pIhorses must have been worth
more nan they are today.
Murders, murders, murders, mur-
<les! The like of murders that are
d!fly reported in the papers has new
sr been seen before.
This is mighty good time to use
some horse-sense. If they had it, with
most people it has been dormant for
the past three years.
Well wager a goodly sum that the
volume of Cupid's business will not
be cut by the 'hard times. Love is
blind, you know, and senseless too.
= r **
Wonder why it takes so much meal
and sugar to operate some saw-mills?
Does it not raise suspicion that they
operate ''gin" mill as side line?
Just because economy must be
Spracticed, don't get too close, like
the fellow who has quit enjoying his
Victrola because it wears out the
records.
The October bride just did get in
for a diamond ring before the crash
came. Many bride next Jun evil
have to be satisfied with plain gold
band.
Instead of discussing 'hard times"
find something worse. In Augusta
they discuss new traffic or parking
ordinance which is about to cause
civil war across the Savannah.
Georgia seems to be at the top of
the list in homicides and in some of
them about half the people of the
State are either implicated or inter-
ested in some way.
The cake seems to be all dough
with those of us who didn't get our
wheat sown before the heavy rains.
But let's not despair. Sunshine will
bring brighter .days vet.
The children are hoping Santa
Claus has bought an airship. Unless
ne has many Edgefeld children have
no hope of seeing him this Christ
mas.
x.#*
A cup of coffee and slice of pie
are said to be selling in. Augusta now
for nickel each. But don't burn
dollars worth of gasoline just to get
a ten-cent lunch.
'Many divorce cases filed in the
clerks Office" says the headline of
"a Georgia paper. Maybe the wives, are
!, getting tired of supporting their hus-
bands.
! *# u s.
The way wives are killing hus-
: bands and husbands killing wives it
seems that young couples would be
somewhat intimidated, but they are
not.
That fellow Jones who "pays the
freight" is having to pay an awful
lot Of money these days. While other
things have gone down freights have
gone up, and mighty high at that
At the birthday celebration of an
r:old lady, a maiden lady, in London
yesterday 1O1 candles were placed
on the cake. After they reach 100
. old maids don't mind telling their
age.
Don't get it into your head that
money makes happiness. Bless your
life, some of the most miserable men
to-day are those with the largest hold
ings. The shrinkage of values is
mighty nigh killing 'em.
The limit has been reached in the
matter of clubs in Edgefield but the
advertiser would stand for one more
"a Gaming club. Quit buying new
silk stockings and darn some of the
old ones. Then you'll be a darned
sight better off.
The town of Mccormick has a new
way. and a very good one too, of
settling municipal infelicity. Owing
to discord in the council, by mutual
agreement, the mayor and all OF the
wardens have resigned in order that
an entirely new administration may
be elected. Some other towns we
know might make note of this ami
cable adjustment Of affairs and adopt