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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-12-07

been unable to learn the exact
amount. 1t was strange fatality
that the house should catch fire just
at the time the well near by,
the only source of water, could not be
used. The friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
swearingen sympathize with them
deeply in their misfortune. Until he
can rebuild Mr.. Swearingen will oc-
cupy the new bungalow of MIR. j. 0.
Sheppard near the home of Mr.. B.
L. Minis.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-12-07

CoLLETT DRUG co.
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Wednesday, December z.
"L:ve at Home Day"

At the request of the members OF
the Cotton Association Governor
Cooper has issued a proclamation
calling upon the people to observe
December 20 as ''Live at Home Day."
Farmers are urged to meet at the
Court House on that day and discuss
practical problems that confront our
people more now than ever before.
This is move in the right direction.
1t is time when people need to
counsel together and get together
more than ever before. The day
should be observed in Edgeield
county.
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FOR SALE: spread-on cement
for painting cutters and metal roofs,
guaranteed for ten years. An oppor-.
'tunity to get frst-class roof paint
at a low price. Apply at The Adver-
tier Office.
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FIRE, WINDsToRM, or LIGHT
MING

and do so cheaper than any Com
pany in existence.
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Published every Wednesday in
The Advertiser Building at $500
per year in advance.
Entered as second class matter at
The pestoffice at Edgefield S. G.
No communications will be pub
Iished unless accompanied by the
writer's name.
Card of Thanks, Obituaries, Res
olutions and Political Notices pub
Iished at advertising rates.
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Trespass Notice.

Notice is hereby given that hunt
ing and trespassing-in every form on
my land is hereby prohibited. The
law will be enforced against all per-
sons who fail to heed this notice.
Mrs. E. P. ARTHUR.
Nov. 21, 1921.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-12-07

See our display of Toilet Articles.
Perfumery sets especially made for
Holiday Gifts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-12-07
Abbeville-Greenwood Mu.
tual Insurance Asso:
citation.
ORGANIZED 1897.
Property Insured $17,22e, 900.

WRITE OR CALL on the under
signed for any information you may
desire about our plan Of insurance.
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, Mccormick,
Edgefeld, Laurens, Saluda, Rich
land, Lexington, Calhoun and Spar
tanburg, Aiken, Greenville, Pickens,
8arnwell, Bamberg, Sumter, Lee,
Clarendon, Kershaw, Chesterfield.
The officers are: Gen. j. Fraser
Lyon, President, Columbia, S. c.,
j. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Secretary
and Treasurer, Greenwood, S. c.
DIRECTORS
A. O. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. G.
j. M. Gambrell, ,Abbeville, S. c.
y. R. Blake, Greenwood, s. G.
"A. w. Youngblood, Dodges, S. G..
R. II. Nicholson, Edgefeld, S. G.
] Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. G.
W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S. c.
W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. e.
j. R. BLAKE,
So Genera! Agent.
Greenwood. s. C..
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Il You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
If sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
preparation l have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for IN
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify
No other kidney remedy has SO large
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Blenkinsop.

some man, but there was something
sent for so long that it was a new
man that sat at the table Of the Widow
Moran, q man whom happiness and the
feeling that he had really got back his
Old Self had transformed.
%This is the top notch an no mis-
take" he remarked as he lighted his
pipe. "Blenkinsop is happy. He feels
like his Old Self He has no fault
to find with anything or anybody"
Mr.. Blenkinsop delivered this report
on the state of his feelings with a serf-
Gus look in his gray eyes.
1T kind O reminds me O. the time
when 1 used to hang up my stockin'
an look for the reindeer tracks in
the snow on Christmas mornin'," he
went on. "Since then, my OF socks
have been full O. pain an trouble
every Christmas"
Those 1 knit for We left here full
of good Wishes" said the Shepherd.
"Say. when 1 put 'em on this morn
in with the billed shirt an the suit
that Mr.. Bing sent me, my Old Self
came an asked me where was goin'
and when 1 said 1 was goin' to spen'
Christmas with a respectable family,
he said, L guess I'll go with ye,' SO
here we be-"
"The Old Selves of the village have
all been kicked Out-Of-doors," said the
Shepherd. "The other day you told
me about the trouble you had with
yours. That night, all the Old Selves
of Bingville got together down in the
garden and talked and talked about
their relatives so l couldn't sleep. II
was a kind of Selfiand. l told Judge
Crooker about it and he said that that
was exactly what was going on IN the
Town hall the other night at the pub
lie meeting"
1.-THE folks are drunk-as drunk as
1 was in Hazelmead last May" said
Mr. Blenkinsop. "Tney have beer
drunk with gold and pleasure"
1.-The fruit of the vine of plenty
said Judge Croker, who had just
come up the stairs. Merry Christ
rasw he exclaimed as he SHOOK
hands. Mr. Blenkinsop, you look as
! if you were enjoying yourself"
"An' why not when yer Self has
been away an just got hack?"
And you've killed the fattet
turkey" said the judge, as he took
out his silver snuff box. "One by ont
| the prodigals are returning"
They heard footsteps on the stairs
and the merry voice of the Widow Mo
-an. In a moment, Mr. and Mrs. Bins
| stood in the doorway.
''NIr. and Mrs. Bing, want to make
7ou acquainted with my dear friend
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
1.-THE ENDl
JUST THREW OUT SUGGESTION
travelling Mans Interpolation MOI
Really Made With Any Genuine
Desire to Help.

A Hoosier travelling man had no
tel room next to one occupied by the
two teachers during the recent teach
ers' convention. He was very tirec
and turned in early. But hardly ha6
he closed his eyes when the two teach
ers came in from the evening session
They discussed it, one of them par
ticularly being endowed with a voice
commonly termed strident.
Finally they finished with the sub
ject and he, thinking they were
through with conversation for the
night, turned over again and once
more began to think of slumbering
But after a little pause the loud talk
er began on another theme. namely
the hard life of a teacher. After she
had discussed it from all angles, she
said: eff 1 only knew where l could
succeed l would leave the teaching
profession. Now, what could l really
do as well as 1 can teach school?"
Before the second teacher could an.
swer her the long-suffering man rose
to the occasion: Madam" he
shouted through the wall, you could
be an auctioneer." r."-Indianapolis
News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
THE PLAY.

The boy and the girl adventures
who were in the House of Secrets
after all their adventures were now
at the play which was given for them
by many of the little creatures who
lived there.
The boy and the girl saw that after
the curtain went up for the first act
that all these little creatures acting
in the play were pulling at a great
sheet. They all pulled in different di-
rectiOns and each snarled and said
he or she was right.
Suddenly the sheet gave way and
shreds of it were here and shreds of it
were there, and all was in confusion
and very much mixed up.
The curtain went down on the first
act then.
"The second act" someone shouted
The curtain went up again And
everyone now was pulling in the same
direction.
Voices were low. each was offering
helpful opinion, but no one was say
ing that he or she was the only one to be
considered. Everyone thought of each
other, no one was left behind and no
one was trampled upon, as had hap
pened in the first act.
The curtain went down again.
"The third act" someone shouted.
Once more the curtain went up and
there, on the stage, was a small-sized
world. Everyone was going this way
and that, but all in perfect order.
No one was trying to knock anyone
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30

else down or rush so hard that he
trampled on anyone. No one was pull
ing anything against anyone else. And
the world seemed filed with splendid
things.
The boy and the girl left after the
play was over and they found Master
Thoughtfulness and the Courier Co
operation.
'We've just seen play which re-
minded US of you" they told the Cou-
rier and he laughed.
I'm so glad you liked my play"
he said
''You wrote it! It's fne," the boy
said.
"Well, you were going to ask US
something?" he asked.
&. "Oh, yes; we want to know if in
any way we can always be happy?"
they asked together.
"But hadn't you come to the House
of Secrets to ask other questions?
Didn't you want to be leaders?' Mas
ter Thoughtfulness asked them.
The boy looked at the girl.
To think that they had adtentured
so far and for so long and that when
they had reached the House they had
forgotten what they had come for.
But now that they were at the
House they found that they didn't
care so much to be leaders.
They liked instead to do things with
others, and to share pleasures and ad-
ventures and besides, they thought, if
one was a leader there wouldn't be
half the fun as it had been with so
many leaders and guide-posts and all
as they had met.
They had met so many more, too,
in the House.
"We wanted to be leaders," said the
girl, "but for my part, now I'd rather
be happy. 1 don't mean to say that
some mightn't be both, but 1 haven't
he same ambitions l started out with,
guess"
Neither have l." said the boy.
"Ah," said Master Thoughtfulness.
"you have learned the secrets of the
House of Secrets!
"For you have seen the rooms where
all work together and play together
and where each is so happy consider
ing the other and yet trying to make
something of themselves, too.
"Yes," said Master ThoughtfuIness,
you will both be happy, really happy,
for you've both adventured along the
road and you've learned real secrets !"
And" said the Courier, though
you don't know it now, you will when
you stop to think about your trip. Re-
member that it takes so many different
people and still so many different peO-
pie to make up world.
I'VE need all our friends like Mas
ter Thoughtfulness here, Mrs. Get-the-
Most-out; ;of-Life, the Brownie Joy and
all. No one of them tries to be the
leader, for each one wants the help
of the other!''
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
WORTH KNOWING

The shah of Persia has magniti-
cent alabaster throne,
AS much as $25,000 has been paid in
London for a simple and easily re-
membered telephone number
The highest post Office in the world
is at Pharjiong, in Tibet, situated
14,3O0 feet above the sea level.
Moles have few enemies among
predatory animals, hawks and owls
apparently not relishing their flesh.
Since Attorney Charles r. John
son Of Worcester, Mass, became q
justice Of the peace in 1889, he has
married 700 couples. He has a large
collection of wedding ring boxes Of all
kinds, from boxes of white satin and
plush to the battered pasteboard box.
While Edward Grieg, the famous Nor
wegian composer, wrote much Of rfie
vikings and their trips on the seas, he
had deadly fear of the sea personally
and refused many advantageous offers
to visit this country because 1t in
volved long and what to him was a
terrifying trip on the water,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
nLand of the Mind.O

A French author once coined the
phrase: 'The land of the mind"
1t is a realm that many of US have
forgotten. There the imagery is real !;
there death is unknown, and the only
riches are mems thoughts.
With every age it grows in splen-
dor. Dickens, Milton, Shakespeare,
Hugo-these and countless others
have left their all for those who
travel there.
The demands of existence have
blinded some Of US to the joys that
lie in such travels. AS children we
roamed the fields Of imagination, but
now we believe only in the material.
Yet we call ourselves wise.
The dreary nights of winter are
ahead Why not cheat them of their
dreariness, and on the wings of lit
erature journey to the Land of the
Mind?-Portland Oregonian.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30

A large deposit of platinum has re-
Gently been discovered near Sulphur
Rock, Ark, according to late reports.
Microbes IL connection with dis
ease were first written about by a
German scientist in the Seventeenth
century.
Shark skim is so hard that after ex-
posure to the air it can be pounded
to powder and used in place of dia-
mond dust for polishing diamonds.
Raw bones are now being made into
glue by treatment with sulphur dick
ide, the fat being removed with ben
zine and the mass being boiled in
water under pressure. The resulting
substance is a very good glue.
John ]. Sullivan, aE attorney of
Cleveland, is p persistent collector of
souvenirs, curios. antiques and historic
relics. His collection includes chin
from Cleopatra's needle, quill that
was once used by the lord chief justice
Of England and the cigar that Presi-
dent Mckinley was smoking when be
was shot and fatally wounded
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Listen and Learn.

Many able men are great takers,
but they got the information which
makes them interesting takers by
doing a great deal of listening earlier
in their lives.
when you listen, listen with both
your ears, and with your mind intent
ON the messages that they convey
to 1t.
Think about what you hear. If you
get new ideas, follow them up with
reading and investigation.
Don't take everything you hear for
gospel, but If 1t sounds important In
vestigate it, In that way you will get
new ideas, and exercise your mind
And only a mind that is In constant
exercise is ever in condition to pro
duce when the time for production Is
at hand-John Blake, in Chicago
News,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30

Robert Moran" said Judge Crooker
There were tears in the Shepherds
eyes as Mrs. Bing stopped and kissed
him. He looked up at the mill owner
as the latter took his hand.
Il am glad to see you" said Mr.
Bing.
"Is this-is this Mr.. j. Patterson
Bing?" the Shepherd asked, his eyes
wide with astonishment.
"Yes, and it is my fault that you
do not know me better. 1 want to
be your friend"
The Shepherd put his handkerchief
over his eyes. His voice tremblet
when he said: you have been yer!
kind to us"
But I'm really hoping to do some
thing for yOu," Mr.. Bing assured him.
"Fve brought a great surgeon from
New York who thinks he can help
you. He will be over to see you in
the morning"
They had a half-hour's visit with
the little Shepherd. Mr.. Bing, who
was. judge of good pictures, said
promise and that his picture of the
mother and child would bring a good
price if he cared to sell it. When
! they arose to go, Mr.. BlenkinsOp
thanked the mill owner for his Christ
mas suit.
Don't mention it, said Mr.. Bing.
"Well, it mentions itself purity mid
dim often,' Mr.. Blenkinsop laughed.
rs there anything. else l can do
for you?" the former asked
'Well, sir, to tell We the dead homes
truth, I've got a new ambition" said
Mr.. Blenkinsop. I've thought of it
nights good deal. I'd like to be
sextunt O. the church an ring that
OF bell,"
"We'll see what can be done about
it." Mr.. Bing answered with a laugh.
as they went down stairs with Judge
Crooker followed by the dog Christ
mas. who scampered around them on
the street with a merry growl of chal-
lenge, as if the spirit of the day were
in him.
For a time they walked in silence,
each member of the little party busy
with their own thoughts. The Shep.
herd of the Birds had made a pro-
found impression on the mind of Mr..
Bing, and he was realizing that there
was more to the world than a fat bank
| balance.
"What is it that makes the boy
so appealing?" Mr.. Bing asked of the
judge.
We'll he has a spirit untouched by
any evil thought, unbroken to the lures
and thorny ways of the world of which
he knows nothing, for one thing" an
swered Judge CrOoker.
He has a wonderful personality
Mrs. Bing remarked.
Eyes, he has that. But the thing
that underlies and shines through ii
is his great attraction"
"What do you call it?' Mrs. Bing
asked.
"A clean and noble spirit! Is there
any other thing in this world that, in
itself, is really worth having?"
Compared with him, I recognize
that 1 am very poor indeed" said ]
Patterson Bing, and his associates il
the financial world would have hat
difficulty in recognizing the voice witt
it's unaccustomed note of humility.
You are what I would call a prom
Using young man." the judge answered
"If you don't get discouraged, you're
going to amount to something. l an
glad, because you are, in a sense, uh'
father of the great family of Bing
ville."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Recalled Fond Memories.

The director, who has a reputation
for being rather harsh and overbear-
ing in his methods, was giving his
leading man a tongue lashing that
fairly turned the atmosphere blue.
Through it all, however, the victim
leaned gracefully against the wall and
smiled happily.
"What the. deuce are you grinning
about?" barked the director. 'Do you
like to be cursed?"
"Why, yes, 1 rather enjoy it."
chuckled the actor. 1T recalls the good
cid days, you know, when 1 played
Uncle Tom and was beaten to death
every night by Simon egree."-Film
Fun.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
CHAPTER NINE-continued.


-13-
81 amt eggzacl'ly used to this kind
of job, but if you'll look out O. the
winder, I'll have it chopped an split
an corded in a minute" said Mr..
Blenkinsop.
He got along very well with his
task. When they began eating he re-
marked, I've been lookin' at that pic
tur' of girl with baby in her arms.
Brings the wafer to my eyes. it's kind
o lifeEke and nat'ral. It's an A
number one pictur'-no mistake"
He pointed at a large painting on
the wall.
IT'S Pauline!" said the Shepherd.
"Sure she's one O the saints O.
Cod" the widow exclaimed. "She's
started a school for the children O.
them Eytalians an Pales. She's tryin'
to make 'em good Americans"
"I'll never forget that night" Mr..
Blenkinsop remarked.
"If We don't forgit it, I'll never mend
another hole in yer pants" the widow
answered.
I've never blabbed a word about
it to any one but Mr.. Singleton"
keep that in yer soul, man. It's
yer ticket to Paradise" said the
widow.
''She goes every day ito teach the
Poles and Italians, but 1 have her here
with me always" the Shepherd re-
marked. I'm glad when the morn
ing comes so that 1 can see her
again.
"God bless the child! We was
sorry to lose her but we have the
picrur' and the look O. her with the
love O. God in her face" said the
Widow Moran.
'Now light yer pipe and take yer
comfort, man. said the hospitable
widow, after the dishes were cleared
away. "Sure it's more like Christmas
to see a man an pipe in the house
No, you can't help me with the
dishes, and / wouldn't have you pot.
tering around me if you could. Heav-
ems, no! A man in the kitchen is worse
than a hole in yer petticoat."
So Mr.. Blenkinspp sat with the
Shepherd while the widow went about
her work. With his rumpled hair
clean-shaven face, long nose anG
prominent ears, he was not a hand
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Our Trust in God,

When we are lost. in the great maze
of life and wander through the streets
of this world feeling that the familiar
path is gone; when we see no land
mark of duty, no inspiring light of
attractive work, and know not where
we are; then, if our trust in God does
not fail US, we learn lessons we should
not otherwise gain. We learn self
direction or humility; we learn to cast
we learn to be grateful for every kind
ness that others can do us, and
to respect all forms of life and call
no man common.-James Freeman
Clarke.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Couldn't Buv Him.

Kenneth sat in the back seat with
his aunt one Sunday evening while the
choir, in which his father and mother
sang, gave a musical program. When
ever the choir sang Kenneth also sang
loudly, much to his aunt's distress.
Kenneth" she whispered at last,
"Fll give you anything you want if
you'll stop singing"
"But l don't want anything" he an.
swered calmly and went on singing.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Writing Materials.

One must always be reminded Of
the quill by the. word "pen," because
that word comes from the Latin
"penna," which meant feather" and
in this connection it is interesting to
note that our word ''pencil' comes
from the Latin "pencillus," which
meant "a little brush" or the tail or
brush" of an animal. Also let US be
reminded that the Romans called
their black ink, backing, and that our
word "ink" comes to us through the
French from "encustum," which was
the red ink used by Roman emperors.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Gideon Is Called.

And there came an angel of the
Lord, and sat under an oak which was
in Ophrah, that perraineth unto Joask
the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon
threshed wheat by the wine press to
hide it from the Midianites. And the
angel of the Lord appeared unto him.
and said unto him, the Lord is with
thee, thou mighty man of valor.-
Judges 6: IL, Il.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
A Ready Question.

Teacher-I have taught you all
there is to know about long measure,
and l want any boy who is doubtful
on any point to question me concern
ing it.
please, sir, how many po-
licemen's feet does it take to make
q Scotland yard?
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Un TO Mrs Smith

Jack was visiting a neighbOr who
always had a supply of home made
cookies on hand. She gave him one,
which he ate, and Jack asked for a
cookie to bring to his mother. When
he reached home he said: Mother,
Mrs. Smith said she was sorry but
there was a bite out of your cookie {"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-30
Meet Each Other.

Who can measure the difference be-
tween the great sun and that little
blade of grass? Yet the grass has
all the sun it can need or hold. In
waiting on God His greatness and
your littleness suit and meet each
other most wonderfulIy.-Rev. Andrew
Murray.