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New-York tribune., 1922-09-12
The Tower


Copyright 1922, New York Tribune Ino.)
Song of Thousand Years
Methuselahl
Methuselah!
When he hit three hundred years
He was sort of feeble in his walk
And grey around his ears.
II amt SO spry in my j'ints,' says
he,
aAnd Pm kind O. low in my mind,
An my specs don't fit no more,o
says he,
"An' mebby I'm goin' blindp'
Methnselahl
Methuselahl
When he hit four hundred years
He squeaked a little when he
stepped;
can I'm deef," says he, "in my ears;
My teeth, they amt much good"
says he,
"And never pick no fights.
And don't care much for the
gals" says he,
"And I'm always to home of nights. {"
Methuselah!
Methuselah!
When he hit five hundred years
His eyes were gummed and glazed
with rheum
And the wax was hard in his ears,
But he'd got kind Of pride in
himself
Because he'd lived SO long
"B' gosh," says he, ~ am here,
b. gosh!
I am here, an I'm goin' strongi"
Methuselah!
Methuselah!
How much the mind will do!
Before he had reached six hum
dred years
He'd changed his point of viewl
Il amt so old fer my age" says
he,
IN swan, Pm feelin' spry!
And I'm gonna get me couple O.
wives
At least, I'm gonna try!"
Methuselah!
Methuselah!
The Mind is more than Glands!
The day that he reached six hum
dred years
He walked upon his hands!
"You hush that talk of age," says
he,
when | am strollin' by
The first five hundred years is
hard,
But after that it's pie!"
vi
Methuselah!
Methuselah!
He showed what Thought can do!
The day they pinched him for
bigamy:
"Mebby," says he, ats true!
I'm seven hundred to-day" says
he,
"And Youth must have it's fling!
/ wouldn't wonder l married them
gals,
Careless-like, last Spring!"
VII
Methuselah!
Methl1Salahi
New-York tribune., 1922-09-12
VII

Methuselah!
Methuselah!
He was Grand Young Man!
He took his Life into his Mind
For to lengthen out it's span!
He licked three cops the day that
he reached
Nine hundred years and one
Fer what is the use O. livin," says
be,
"'N else ye can have some fun?"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-12
Too Big a lob

Apparently the Irish can lick
everybody but the Irish.
copyright by James J. Montague)
New-York tribune., 1922-09-12
en- a q a rY

Entersd ct the pcxsnfhce al New York as Ssco
Class Siaii Matter
New-York tribune., 1922-09-12

Professional beggars collect more
than $15,ooo,o00 a year in New
York City, so the dean of the
fraternity says, Gunmen and ban
dts get much more. When all that
money can be made with compare
tive honesty, why should any one
go into politics?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Notice of Masters Sale.

Pursuant to the decree in case of
the Bank of Greenwood, plaintiff a.
gainst II. P. Williams ct al defen-
dants, in Court of Common Pleas,
Edgefield County, S. c., l shall Of
fer for sale at public cutlery to the
highest bidder before the court house
town of Edgefield, South Carolina,
on Salesdav in October, 1922, the
the same Geing the second day there
of, between the legal hours of sale
the following two tracts of land to
wit: Tract No. 1. All that tract of
land situate in the County of Edge
field, S. c., containing SO acres,
more or less, bounded North by lands
of w. A. Strom, South by lands of
j. M. Williams, East by lands of Car
rol Williams, and West by J. M. Will
liams. Tract No. 2. All that tract Of
land situate in the county of Edge
field, S. c., containing 80 acres,
more or less, bounded North by
lands of L. H. Hamilton, South by
Snead lad, West by lands Of Carol
Williams and East by lands of L. H.
Hamilton. TERMS OF SALE. The
cost and one third of the purchase
money ii cash and the balance in two
equal annual installments, interest
payable annually, or all cash at the
purchasers option, credit portion, if
any, to be secured by bond of the
purchaser and mortgage of the
premise sold, and 10 per cent Attor-
ney's fee. II terms are not complied
with within one hour from time of
sale, or Master be given satisfactory
evidence of intention to comply pre-
misses will be resold at risk of for
mer purchaser on same or subse-
quent Salesday. Purchaser to pay
for papers and stamps.
j. H. Cantelou, Master.
Edgefield, S. c., Sept. 5, 1922.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Notice of Masters Sale.

Pursuant to the decree in case of
The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, S.
c., plaintiff, against Frank E. Miller
ct al defendants in Court of Com
mon Pleas, Edgefield County, S. c.,
1 shall offer for sale at public out
cry to the highest bidder before the
court house, town of Edgefield,
South Carolina, on Sales day in Oc-
tober, 1922, the same being the Sec
ond day thereof, between the legal
hours of sale the following described
realty to wit: All that tract of land
situate in the county of Edgefield,
South Carolina, containing go acres,
more or less, and bounded North by
lands of S. W. Miller; East by lands
Of w. w. Miller from whom it is sep
arated by the Augusta road, South
by lands of Wallace w. Miller, and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13

West by lands Of Dr.. C. P. Devore.
TERMS OF SALE: Costs and one
half Of the purchase money in cash,
the balance on a credit Of one year,
or all cash at the purchasers op-
ton, the credit portion, if any, to be
secured by bonds of the purchaser
and mortgage Of the premises sold,
same to provide for 10 per cent for
Attorneys fee. If purchaser shall fai!
to comply with terms Of sale within
one hour or fail to satisfy Master of
his intention to comply, premises will
be resold on same or. subsequent
Salesday at risk of former purchas-
er. Purchaser to pay for papers and
stamps.
j. H. Cantelou, Master.
Edgefield, S. c., Sept. 5, 1922.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Cotton Production Under
Consumption.

The worlds production Of conf
mercial cotton, exclusive of l%inters,
grown in 1921 was approximately
15,197,000 bales of 478 pounds of
lint, while world consumption of cot
ton Exclusive of linters in the Uni
ted States) was approximately i6,-
GA, 900 bales of Ats pounds of lint,
according to the census bureau. A
merican consumption for the year
was 5,911,914 bales exclusive of lin
tiers, which was over a million bales,
more than consumed in the cotton
year 1921.
Consumption of cotton in the Uni
ted States during the cotton year,
Aug. 1, 1921, to July 81, 1922--cx-
ceeding that of the year 1920-21, by
more than a million bales, but was a
half million bales below 1919-1920.
United States consumption was $50
per cent of the worlds production
compared with 2S.6 per cent for
192O-21.
The carry over. of cotton or July
81 this year was 2,S2S,1s6 bales
compared with 6,534,36O bales a
year ago.
Based on the average consump-
ton for the last year the mill stocks,
1,215,1O3 bales, will meet the on
sumption requirements of the domes-
tic mills for 10 weeks, the census bu-
reau announced.
Statistics For the cotton year-Au-
gust 1, 1921, to July 81, 1922-show
an aggregate supply of 14,994,426
running bales, made up as follows:
Stocks August /, 1921, total g.
534,360 bales, of which l,111,147
were held in consuming establish
ments, 3,723,213 in public storage
and at congresses and 100000
(estimated) elsewhere ginning T.
977, IT'S bales, imports 363,465 and
quantity to balance distribution
11S, 1928 bales.
Distribution of the supply was as
follows:
Consumed 5,911,914 bales, Of
which 3,733,147 were consumed in
cotton growing States and 2,l78,767
in all other States; exports G,1S4,326
bales; burned 10000 bales, and
stocks July 81, 1922, were $685. 1856
bales.-Farm and Ranch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Notice Of Masters Sale.

Pursuant to the decree in case of
The Farmers Bank Of Edgefield, S.
c., plaintiff, against w. A. Strom ct
al defendants, in the Court of Com
mon Pleas, Edgefield County, South
Carolina, I shall offer for sale at
public outcry to the highest bidder
before the court house, town Of Ed
gefield, South Carolina, on Sales day
in October 1922, the same being the
second day thereof, between the le-
gal hours of sale the following des-
cribed realty, to wit; All that GER
tain lot or parcel of land, together
with the brick building thereon
standing, situate in the town of Ed
gefield , in the county of Edgefield,
State of South Carolina, bounded on
the north by the public square, on
the East by an alley that separates
said lot from the Parker Building
and lot now occupied by Stewart &
Kernaghan, on the South by lot of
Mrs. Susie D. Strom, and on the
West by a public street, being the
same parcel or lot of land conveyed
to the Dixie Highway Hotel Com
pany of Edgefield by the above
named Mrs. Susie D. Strom by her
written deed dated October IA, 49,
10. TERMS OF SALE: One third of
the purchase money in cash, the bal
ance on a credit of ne and two
years, with interest at the rate of z
per cent per annum on the credit
portion from the date of the sale, or
for all cash at the option of the pur-
chaser, the credit portion of the pur-
chase price to be evidenced by note
or bond of the purchaser and secur-
ed by a mortgage of the premises
sold, said note or bond and mortgage
to provide for 10 per cent of the a
mount due as Attorneys fees if pla-
ced in the hand of an Attorney at
Law after maturity for collection,
and said mortgage to contain the u.s.
ual insurance clause, purchaser to
take out a policy of fire insurance on
said premises for at least the amount
of the credit portion of the purchase
price and assign said policy so taken
to secure the payment of said credit
portion of the purchase price of said
premises and the bid of no bidder
shall be accepted and cried unless at
the time of the bidding, or before,
the bidder shall deposit with the
Master the sum of $4,000 in cash
or a Certified check for an equal a
mount. Purchaser to pay for papers
and stamps.
J. H. Cantelou, Master.
Edgefield, S. c., Sept. S, 1922.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Notice Of Masters Sale.

Pursuant to the decree in case of
The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, S.
c., plaintiff, against Estelle Arnold
ct al defendants in Court of Common
Pleas, Edgefield County, S. c., I
shall offer at public cutlery to the
highest bidder before the court
house, town of Edgefield, South Car
Dina, on Sales day in October, 1922,
the same being the second day there
Of between the legal hours Of sale
the following described realty to wit:
All that tract of land situate in the
county of Edgefield, State of South
Carolina, containing one hundred
fifty three and one third acres, more
or less, bounded on the North by
lands of Miss Mary Evans; East by
lands of Estate of West %Cheatham;
South by lands of Miss Mary Evans
and West by lands of L. Y. Bryan.
TERMS. One half of the purchase
money in cash, balance on the credit
of one year, or all cash at the pur-
chasers option, credit portion if any
to be secured by bond of the pur-
chaser and mortgage Of the premise
sold, same to provide for 10 per cent
Attorneys fees, if so collected after
maturity. If the purchaser fail to
comply with terms of sale within one
hour, or give Master satisfactory ev-
idence of intention to comply, pre-
misses will be resold at risk of for
mer purchaser m same or subse-
quent sales Jay. Purchaser to pay
for stamps and paper.
J.. H. Cantelou, Master.
Edgefield, S. c., Sept. S, 1922.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13

lISuIdIlCS CdOieS nave SuOWIl tude
large numbers of insured men who
took no more than two glasses of
beer a day had on the average a
death rate of Is per cent higher than
the general average of insured lives.
Another injury from beer and
wine drinking is impairment of work
ing ability. Muscular coordination or
nerve control, necessary for skilled
work, is affected by small quantities
of alcohol, such as one easily gets
from wine and beer. Lack of skill
affects the pay envelope ard cuts
down the drunkard's earnings for the
maintenance of his home and family;
or it units him for places Of res
possibility.
It is not the drunkard only who
finds the doors to fine positions clos
ed to him because he has injured
himself by drink. The slighter inju,
ries of the more moderate drinkel
make him less clear in judgement,
less able to give close attention to
business, less responsible in matters
that require care and steadiness than
the ~abstainer from all forms of al
coholic drinks.
For the above leaflet send to. Ma.
tional w. C.. T. U. Publishing House,
Evanston, III. Price 2 cents each; pei
SO, 25 cents; per 100, As sents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Notice of Masters Sale.

Pursuant to the decree in East of
The Bank of Edgefled, S. c.,
plaintiff, against Hampton Thorn
as, defendant, in Court of Common
Pleas, Edgef;e!d County, S. c., I
shall offer for sale at public outer
to the highest bidder before the
court house, town of Edgefield,
South Carolina, on salesday in Octo-
Der, 1922, the same being the Sec
ond day thereof, between the legal
hours of sale the following described
realty to wit: All that tract of land,
situate, lying and being in Collins
Township, Edgefield County, South
Carolina, containing LA acres, more
or less, and bounded on the North by
lands of Henry Broadwater ct al.
TERMS OF SALE. One fourth cash
and the balance in three equal an
nual installments during the three
years next following with interest on
the credit portion at Z per cent per
annum payable annually, secured by
bond of purchaser and mortgage of
premises sold together with 10
per cent Attorneys fees or all cash
at purchasers option together with
Attorneys fees. Upon default Of Ell
Their installment the whole debt shall
at once become due with immediate
right of action. If terms are not COM
piled with in one hour, or sa%tisfac-
ton given Master, premises will be
resold on same Or subsequent Sales
day at risk of former purchaser.
Purchaser to pay for papers and
stamps.
j. H. Cantelou, Master.
Edgefield, S. c., Sept. S, 1922.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Moving From N. Y. to the U. S.

Moving From N. 7. to the U. S.
Secretary of War Weeks sees the
country yelling for booze. The use
of the word "sees" in that connec-
ton is unintentionally correct; Sec
rotary Weeks does not hear the coun-
try, he only "sees" it through the
pictures that are drawn for him by
gentlemen who know exactly what
they want him to see.
It isn't prohibition nor beer that is
discussed here: it is the inability Of
publicists and officials to see the
United States straight. Here is a
New York editor, for example: may
be the editor of a "liberal" magazine
supported by some international fl
nancier. This editor lives in the mid
st of hip TASKS and booty humor;
he dawdles and games and violates
the constitution in a club where all
the club members assure him over
and over again that the country is
simply yelling its head off for booze
and that unless something is done
to suppress the "blue law tyrants"
that are overriding the country we
shall have a revolution here, man
a revolution here, man, sure as
shootin.'
Clubs are poor places to hear the
country think; you cannot gauge
public sentiment by hip pockets, SIM
ply because these things prevent ed
itors seeing straight the things that
they ought to see straight. And they
prevent officials too.
One much needed reform is to
take New York and strip it of edito-
rial offices, -transportating the edito-
rial stats to the United States and
setting them down in the midst of
the nation, where the voice of the
American people will reach them.
The same should be done with Wash
ington officials. Men who have os-
cillated between New York and
Washington all their lives, who
think according to the interests of
those places, are foreign-minded men
and cannot help being foreign mind
ed. They represent a state of mind
that has always been resident of
the mind of the United States. 1t is
too bad that we cannot arrange
branch capitals throughout the u
nited States, so that the government
might ride circuit, as the courts
once did, and thus come in
contact with all parts of hte country,
not on the rare occasions of public
celebrations, but in common ways
and as integral parts of u plain
population.
1t cannot DE assuredly said that
this would DE Of very great use to
the country, but it certainly would
be most valuable to the editors and
the officials, and not only on the
prohibition question, either. There
isn't any prohibition question in
the United States! There may be in
New York and in Washington
Dearborn Independent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13

Edgefield, S. c., Sept. S, 1922.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Painting and Stenciling.

Place cards, tally cards and invi-
tations made of good quality Of pa
per and decorated with simple CT
elaborate designs. Luncheon sets
stenciled in oils on best quality Of
sanitas. All orders will be promptly
filled and appreciated. Write me for
further information.
SUSAN ADAMS,
Edgefield, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
"Scrap Iron"

I am commencing to buy scrap
iron now, but can not pay owe 15cts.
per 100 cwt.
8-30-2t. M. A. Taylor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13

TO Prevent Blood Poisoning
apply at once the wonderful old reliable DIR.
eORTER'S ANTISEPrIC HEALING OIL, a sur
gical dressing that relieves pain aud heals a
he same time Not q Iniment 2se.S&0
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Lombal I'd
Foundry, Machine, Boiler
Works and Mill Supply
House
.Irct1crA GEORGIA

Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, cirist, Cane,
Single Mill, Machinery Supplies and
Repairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers,
Crate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and
Fittings, Injectors, Betting, Packing
Hose, etc. Cast every day.
GASOLINE AND KEROSENE
ENGINES
Wood Saving and Feed
Grinding Outfta
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-13
Executrix's Notice.

EXeCUtfIXS NOTICE.
For convenience, I have placed the
store accounts Of the late j. D. Hol-
stein, Sr., in the hands Of Mr.. O. b.
and all persons indebted to
said estate on said store accounts
are respectfully requested to make
payrleat to Mr.. Anderson.
Lou B. Holstein,
EixecutriX.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-20
DELEGATES TURN To
SHANTUNG ISSUE
CONFERENCE HOPES TO DISPOSE
OF THIS PROBLEM AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
KEY TO FAR EAST QUESTIONS
Naval Treaty Completed and Method
Of Scrapping Ships is Settled
Apparently Satisfactorily.

Washington. With the naval treaty
virtually completed, the arms dele
gates are preparing to turn the con-
terence spotlight on Shantung. APP
parently in the hope that settlement
OF that controversy may make 1t cas-
Ter 10 go ahead with other trouble
some problems OF the far east.
1t now is the expectation in con-
ference circles that during the next
few days. and probably until de-
cision is reached. the Shantung
negotiations will have right OF way
while discussions OF other far east.
ern subjects remain at standstill.
So far the Shantung exchanges
have taken place between the
japanese and Chinese alone, with
American and British observers
present, but the next phase of the
conference program is expected at
least to concentrate upon the prob
lem the friendly interest OF all the
governments represented here.
At their meeting the Japanese and
Chinese groups reached an agreement
for opening up the entire kioa.Chow
leased territory to foreign trade and
they are TO take up others OF the
collateral questions involved in re.
storation OF the leasehold to China.
In the naval negotiations only
few details. considered more or less
remain to be arranged.
An agreement has been reached re.
garding methods of scrapping, under
which discarded battleships may be
converted in some cases into airplane
carriers and training ships. and
final settlement relating to Pacific for
tfcations awaits reply expected
from Toxic.
II present plans develop, the final
draft OF the naval treaty will be laid
before the full naval committee this
week and will be publicly announced
1t a plenary session OF the conference
a few days later
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-20
Great Undertaking hy Ford.

Detroit, Mich.-The Muscle Shoals
plan of Henry Ford contemplates one
of the greatest undertakings in the his
tory of industrial America and II the
Detroit manufacturer obtains posses
sion of the project in Alabama he will
take immediate steps to make that
part of the South one of the industrial
centers of the country: the Associated
Press learned His plan, it became
known. includes development of the
property as model to be extended
eventually to many other parts of the
country.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-20
Twelve Lives Lost,

London = Eleven members of the
crew of the German steamship Vesta
bound from Hamburg to Lisbon, as
well as the wife of the chief officer
we're killed by an explosion on the
ship followed by fire Ten survivors
of the crew were landed at Lower.
storf BY a trawler
Details OF the disaster as related
by the captain of the Vesta are to
the effect that during heavy weather
the deck cargo of the vessel consist.
ing largely on naphtha, shifted
An explosion occurred and few
minutes later the whole vessel was
in flames with the exception of the
space near the bridge. where the
crew hudded for safety A boat was
lowered but was engulfed in the heavy
seas and its three occupants were
drowned.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-20
Wreck Train Wrecked,

Norwood.-A wreck near 0akboro.
on the Norfolk and Southern railroad,
resulted in two wreck trains being
also wrecked before either could
reach the point OF the original acct
dent.
A freight train going in the direc.
ton OF Charlotte, after passing Oak.
boro, derailed nine cars. The wreck.
ing outfit of this line was dispatched
from Raleigh to clear the line, and by
defective rail this train also went
to the ground. The Southern rail.
ways Charlotte wrecker was then
leased and sent to the scene of the
wreck. and, on account of its weight
caused the rails to spread, thus eaus-
ing the third accident,