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fil o,cfi eli! ? il t edi ?j ct. ?Mest Newspaper In j?mith fepliira VOL. 76. . EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY" 14, 1912 NO. 52 JOHNSTON LETTER. Pythian Banquet, W. M. Socie ty Elect Officers. Mrs. ?1 , bert Dozier Entertains New Century Club. The Knights of Pythias have had several banquets, and all have been .njoyed, but the one {riven on Thurs day evening eclipsed each successive one and was a great pleasure to all present. The occasion was at Turner hal', and it had been made very at tractive by the committee of young women. The banquet table had covers for 175 and was adorned with blooming flowers and pyramids of tropical fruits, and the general outline of the table arrangement was traced with the glossy ivy leaves. After being seated at the table, oysters, with coffee, crackers and pickles were served in an abun dance. Dr. J. A. Dobey was toast-mas ter, and the first to speak was Dr. W. 8. Dorset, on "Fraternity," and was followed by Prof. W. C. Cur ry, on "Women," and Mr. ?S. J. Watson, on "Education and what it means to the order.'' Rev. E. H. Beckham.on ''Oysters"brought forth frequent laughs, and he begun by saying that "even when he thought of his subject at the table, it disap peared." There were several extem poraneous toasts, which were enjoy ed: Mr. Jack A. Lott, "cheek," Mr. Will Wright, "Enough," and Mr. Elzie LaGrone, "Love." April 26th has been set as the date to unveil the monument to the Confederate dead. At the last D. of C. meeting. Messrs. Bo mar and D^dgen, of the firm from which the monument was gotten, were present to confer with the members, and on Thursday, February 15th will come and make a town canvass with the appointed committee, aud at an early date will send oui a representative to make a county canvas for th? chapter, and it is hoped by this to complete the funds. The district convention of the D. of C. will be held here on Thursday, March 28th, the session to be from ll to 2 o'clock, with Miss Alice Earle, of Columbia, vice-president presiding. Miss Millie Retherford, of Athens, Ga., U. D. C. Historian, will be invited, and will be the guest of honor. A representa tive from every chapter in the di vision is urged to come. Luncheon will be served at the conclusion of the session. Miss Mamie Lake, of Edgefield, was the guest of ? relatives and friends here last week, lier visit was a great pleasure to many as she is always so bright and entertaining. The following officers were elect ed at the last meeting of the W. M. society of the Baptist church to serve during the ensuing year: Mrs. L. C. Laiiraer, president; Mrs. W. S. Dorset, vice-president; Mrs. J. A. Lott, recording secretary, Mrs. AV. J. Hatcher, corresponding seo retary,and Mrs.S. .1.Watson. Treas., The society ie arranging to have a ju bilee meeting, probably about April, and the committee to arrange for such was Modames P. C. ?Stevens, J. H. White and W. J. Hatcher. Mrs. Lillie Andrews is spending awhile in Augusta, taking a special course in music. Miss Sallie Carwile is visiting friends in North, ??. C. Mrs. Albert Dozier was hostess for the new century club on last Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock, and besides the members, there were several guests to enjoy the afternoon. The next month's study will be on "Egypt, the pyra mids and sphinx," and promises to be most interesting. It was decided to purchase an encyclopedia to use in the study of the courses. Mrs. Dozier made the social hour a hap py one and all enjoyed the feast of good things she served. First was a salad course, attractively arranged, and this was followed by sweets, with a variety of cake. Mr. G. P. Cobb has the sympa thy of many warm friends, in the death of his father, which occurred last week at Pelzer. He went to at tend his bedside, and was accompa nied by his wife and daughter, Miss Sue Sloan. Mesdames J. E. Hart and James Tompkins, spent Thursday here. Mr. Wilmot Ouzts has gone to Teni Ile, Ga., to see a special friend. Mrs. Wm. Toney spent Saturday in Augusta. Miss Anna Bess Rushton and Mr. Olin VV. Eidson were married at tho home of the bride's mother^ Mrs. Tabitha Rushton on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. E. H. Beckham officiating. The affair was a very quiet one and no cards were issued, oniy ttte relatives of the con tracting parties being present. Fol lowing the ceremony and congratu lations, the guests were invited to partake of the tempting viands served. On Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Barr, the latter a sister ol the bride, gave a dining for the party. Flat Rock School Here we are in February. Three months of winter will soon be over, and then we shall walk into the cheerful days of s iring. Then let us be up and doing our duty by im proving our time. We ought to grasp every advantage in early life, and when we become older we can luok back to our early life with credit and pleasure to ourselves. How important it is that we should try to elevate and refine our minds! Securing an education is not a road of flowers and ease, as some may suppose it to be, but it is like everything else, it has its share of thorns. I speak from experience, whioh is a good teacher. Let us re member if we go to school and do not improve our time as we ought to do, then blame and shame will rest wholly on the boy or girl who is guilty of wasting their precious time. We should never let a spare moment slip by, for time unem ployed is time unenjoyed. Remem ber that a mill never grinds with water that has passed, and if we do not improve our time while weare young, when the time has slid by, we will say, "Oh how I wish I had improved ray time while the oppor tunities were staring me in the face." We all know just as the twig is bent, the tree will incline. Mr. M i ms, I have just finisher1 ruy lessons. 1 then cameto_a_Dao> ?c dear letters from my sweet teacher Miss Eileen. Those are dear pleas ures to me. In one of them, she said '"Tee strive each day to be better tomorrow than to-day, and in that way, you will become a perfect young man." Oh! I will never for get her sweet thoughts of me. I do love her with all my heart, and she loves me I know. It was quite a shock to hear of Mr. Prescott's death. We sympa thize with his family. Mr. Mims, I do wish you could have been here at my home one night last week, and heard our country band. Mr. Miras,' I must thank you so much for the room you gave all the school children in printing their letters. It just provea to them that you aro trying to help them ste(> up in life. Boys and girls, don't be so dilatory in writing. Mr. Minis is so kind to us all, he looks for the roses and lets the thorns take care of themselves. Well Mr. Minis, there is nothing new around our Flat Rock, but measles, measles, nothing but mea sles. But what is the use of feeling blue, Nature's happy like and true. Help the world to be more cheerful, And 'twill do the same for you. Blue is all right in the sky, All right in a maiden's eye, But don't get it in your system It will kill you by and by. Flat jiock School Boy. She Saw the Ruins. Representative Henry, of Texas, was praising a Washington heiress. "She is the right sort," he said, "She went abroad last year, and on her return a friend asked her: " 'Did you see many picturesque old ruins over there?' " 'Yes,' she said, with a faint smile, "and six of them proposed.' " -New York Tribune. Mosaic. The teacher lasked: "When did Moses live?" After the silence had become painful she ordered: "Open your Old Testaments. What does it say there?" A boy answered: "Moses, 4000." "Now," said the teacher, "why didn't you k/iow when Moses liv ed?" "Well," replied the boy, "I thought it was his telephone num ber."-Suburban Life. Wood Brings Good PriceSpr tilizer Shipments Late. ??" Whatley's New R??|l dence. This morning, one month ago, we were wrapped in a sheet of snow, and it seems as if these snows are to come every month. The gro'ind remains so frozen that farmers i.ive done but little work over her?. rome still have oats to plant. Ko fertili zers have been shipped in, owin^' to the "slump ofF" in cotton and the farmers are a bit shy of the grant dirt. The wood business is the.j??$ thriving one at present. Wellig? pie certainly have to keep w Meriwether is shipping several !hn weekly. Wood is a good price $2.75 a cord delivered at shipjH? point. Owing to the illness of . Bradley which was caused by H'|M| felon, school was suspended for st?f-r] eral days last week. Mr. J. (r. Meriwether !' A'ilei: dale, has recently sold his pla tion to the Georgia-Carolina J' Company. This corporati >n is b^f. ing quite a lot of land on iii ( gia and Carolina side. The peach men are taking.* go td deal of interest in their orchn.^lr pruning and spraying th-* trees. Mr. H. E. Bunch has just finished r : ting out quito an orchard of Getfjii} gia Belles. Mr. G. O. Whatley is plao* \ lumber on the ground ' p e: arau * to building his residence. Mrs. K. A. Adams with- her daughter Katherine, ann yoim . . i child Joe Luke, Rpent las' wrfte? Plum Branch with her n--phc Adams. ;-c "TMrsT Woodson Entertains. Mrs. A. A. W ,odson entertaini a number of friends at a delightful dining at her home on Saturday in honor of Mrs! C. H. Shnlken, oft Augusta. The guests presen t weira Mrs. A. E. Padgett, Mrs. M. V. Jeffries Mrs. W.. P. Calhoun, Mrs- j J. L. Mirna, Miss Mamie Gwaltney, Mrs. R. G. Shannonhouse, Mrs. B. B. Jones, Mrs. J. W. Peak. The ladies were entertained by a sewing contest, the most neatly done towel receiving a prize. Mrs. Jeffries was the successful winner of the first prize, end Mrs. B. B. Jonei of the booby prize, the first being a handsome linen towel, the other, a hemmed dish towel. Tribute to Mr. J. T. Parkman . At 1 o'clock a. m. February 6th, j the angel of death entered the hom? of our neighbor and friend J. Trapp Parkman and he slept the. last long sleep from which lhere is no awak ing until the resurrection morn. Ile died after a brief and painful illness of Bright's disease, surrounded b.i> a large loving family and numerous friends who did everything in theil power to minister to his needs, vainly endeavoring to stay the hand of the Grim Reaper; but to no avail In the sad and untimely taking of Trapp Parkman in the prime of life his family has sustained an ir reparable loss of a devoted husband and father, and our community has lost a useful good citizen whose place it will indeed be hard to fill. Honest, industrious, and consci entious in the discharge of every duty, he bore well his part in life, and died as he had lived, a true man, good neighbor, and faithful friend, having the respect and good will of all whose good fortune it was to know him well, as was the privilege of the writer. To the sorrowing grief stricken family and relatives left behind to mourn his loss the writer wishes to tender his unfeigned and deepest sympathy in this dark hour of their crushing bereavement; and while realizing that h uman sympathy is powerless and unavailing to restore the touch of a vanished hand or the the sound of a voice that is still, however let us cherish the assurance and sweet solace that an all wise Providence "loveth those whom he chasteneth," and that some day be yond this vale of tears there will be a joyful re-union in a brighter land than this, not made by hands eter nal in the heavens. A friend. PARKSVILLE NEWS. Mary RidJehoover Entertains Little Friends. Work of Mr. Snuggs Bearing Fruit. Everybody has contempt for the boot-lick, the man without back bone, who sets his sails to catch every breeze, in order, not to be right, but to be with the crowd. In view of these facts, I think a few extracts from "Foreword" in Clini cal Medicine appropriate: Get right first, using your own conscience as a guide, your own mind to decide, your own will to do, be nobody's man. * I Then stick-be as firm as a rock. But change the minute -you can im prove. When you find yourself in error, back up and try again. Let the\waves of intolerance, of false hood, of abuse, of inuend?), of theo retical precedent, of special inter ests and private favor, beat upon yon and about you, and leave you still a rock. C-'ltivate backbone-courage gndelitj. Be firm,.. * "iubborn, Stay right; but able to see your own faults and ? filling, yes glad to correct them. WV ivve the lovers of truth; respect jjipose who respect the opinions of itii' . - : and forum?; favors the I rave. ."Rush ahead. The remarkable revolution in China, which is apparently tj-ansfo^iM.r.MT that slumber-j ^tljr..<ant of the nations nico a . ?? ? .*'.o?ic was undoubtedly inspired by E )wr own "experiment" in self-gov- f ?j?ment This fact, however, is ?ig- ? litieaM and reason for hope: Behind t is a man-this a great, insistent, * i ntained, and constant!? act- ' {Mto$er> Sun Yat. gen, ilia recent- i ;tli3?**j|?Jg jj, a Christian physi- 1 c?an, f$fim more ?h?n any other,? i 'l??n id?. ?? due the great upbear- ? '< al, w hit f? Lhreaum? to drive the manchu fr? the -:'one- A brief study uf tnelife of Yai Sen 1 ileitis aa to unur.-ow^d the character of the revolc?n. -Ie was born 55 years ao** in HuaoJ-Shan,and is the ! son of a farmer, vho had been con verted to christi?iity. In his boy hood he went *th his mother to Honolulu, whrre an elder brother was in business. There he attended mission schools, and finally studied in an American college. Thus he became acquainted with ?the Eng lish language, which he is said to speak fluentlr, and this explains why he is conversant with the ideals and spirit of American institutions. Sun Yat Sen then returned to his native land where he took up the study of medicine. After five stren uous years, he was graduated from Hong-Kong college of medicine for Chinese and his diploma, (ihe first of the school) was handed him by Dr. Keer, the American missionary, who was at the head of this institu tion. As current literature say?, "the foundations of his campaigns have long been solidly laid upon four corner stones, unselfishness, patri otism, courage, capacity. He is a sincere and humble minded Chris tian, who translates into action the teachings of the sermon on the mount, and his religion is not of the th?ologie, but rather the practical type.My brothers "he said to a meet ing of students,"applied christianity is our true need."-Editorial in Clinical Medicine. I send you these extracts to sliow'how the seed sown by our missionaries is beginning to germinate: and yet some of our people oppose foreign missions. But in the light of these facts,I rise to remark in the language of another, that "to oppose foreign missions in this day and time, is a reflection upon ones intelligence." And this reminds us, that the Rev. Mr. Snuggs from south China delivered a very interesting lecture in the Baptist church last Wednes day night on the work in south China. One prominent brother said he felt much nearer China than ever before, and he expected to return with brother Snuggs,-of course send his substitute. Any brother can go as substitute [by sending $100. In the war, men who do not feel like undergoing the hardships of the service, can go by substitute, and this is the way this brother can go, because he can employ a native preacher in his stead for $100. fil o,cfi eli! ? il t edi ?j ct. ?Mest Newspaper In j?mith fepliira VOL. 76. . EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY" 14, 1912 NO. 52 TEST SEED CORN. The Progressive Farmer Should Know More About the Kind of Seed Corn He is Going to Plant. Seed corn which has been stored through the winter under ordinary conditions in South Carolina, is often thought to need no testing be fore planting. But the high price of land and the additional expense of replanting the field demand that the progressive farmer know more about the quality of seed that he is to plant. The proper time to make the germinating test is about three weeks before planting, so that if any bad ears are found in the lot and discarded, the ears which are to take their place may also be tested before the seeds are placed in the soil. A convenient sized testing box for the average farmer is one that ia 24 inches by 24 inches, and about 4 to 0 inches deep. This box can be made from six inch plank, ora soap or starch box sawed down to the desired depth can be used. Tbi? box should have a lay?feof at leasi, two inches of wet sanfet packed tightly over the boitomjTlt. will be found convenient to wei the gang.. dust in an old f>vv .- .." '. ' . '-.'''.'v. ?:i<;!c '::u:na". . "" V'? .. ?'? -A.?? in er j nal >Ut. ' - ?. % '? -. . ?V' Having complete ) "'is.. * piece cf white cloth, wrPk, v f**~ ho a little larger than the hox^Mra mark off one hundred squares Si* inches. Number each of theij con-' seeuiively from 1 to 100, then dip this cloth into a bucket ot' watsr and stretch ^ta:'.\ ?' . _ be When the ie-ceris complete, take the ears of corn to be tested and numb r each ear. Then uke six kernels fron; each ear, two from Opposite >;<i.'s of '.?ie butt, two from opposite sides of the middle, and two from opposite sides of the tip. See that no two kernels are taken from the same row, and if the butt and tip kernels are taken one inch . from the end of the ear, this will be an average sample. Having ta ken the kernels from the ear, place them in the squafre which is num bered to correspond to the number of the ear. Allow no two of them to touch, place them with the heart side up, and all of the tips pointing in the same direction. When grains from ail the ears have been placed in the squares which correspond to the number of the ear from which they were taken, place another piece of wet cloth on top of ".hem and cover this with another piece of wet cloth on top of them and cover this with 2 to 3 inches of wet sawdust. Then place the box in some place where it will remain warm. At the end of four days dampen the sawdust again by sprinkling some warm water over it. At the end of a week the tester should be examined by carefully re moving the sawdust and top cloth. The numbers of all squares which do not show six big healthy sprouts should be ascertained, the ears which have the corresponding num bers should not be planted. J. M. Napier, Assistant Professor of Agronomy. Feb. 10. 1912. Frances Willard Medal Con test. Organ Solo-Mrs. Mamie N. Till man. Devotional Service-Mr. A. S. Tompkins. Vocal Solo-"We're Coming, Dear Leader," Miss Eliza Mims. The Boys Petition-Florence Mims. Fourth of July at Forest Home Katherine Mims. A .Southern Incident-Hortensia Woodseu. Moderation Bridge-Florence Peak. Total Abstinence Bridge-Georgia May Wates. -J . -mmm -mmm Vocal Trio, "Oh Who Will be Theie"-Mrs. R. G. Shannon house, Mrs. J. R.Tompkins, Miss Eula Tisdale. Address-"Frances Willard." Awarding of Medal Collection. Music.