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VOL. 77. NO, 48 JOHNSTON LETTER. Miss Waters Entertained New Century Club--Death of Henry Carson-Many Social Functions. The Misses Waters gave a spend the-day party on Monday for their gnest, Miss Lula Scruggs, of Chat tanooga, Tenn. The hours were bright and happy ones and passed all too quickly for the merry party which was composed of Misses Al ma and Bertha Woodward, Clara Sawyer, Zena Payne and Mesdames Eleanor A. Schell and A. V. Cox. Miss Maud Sawyer will go to Co lumbia soon having accepted a po sition in the engrossing department. Miss Bertha Stalin, of Chester, is expected soon to visit Mrs. F. M. Boyd. Mr. O. S. Wertz has leased his hotel to a party from Augusta, and at an early date will be ready for patronage. Mrs. James White gave a dinner party on new year for her visitors Misses Annie Lou and Ruth Cates, j and Mr. and Mrs. liedgepatb, of Augusta. Besides these there were about 10 other guests. The repast was most attractively served in j courses and the favors were unique and prettv. The latter hours were passed with social chat, laughter and music. Miss Elise Crouch was hostess on new year for a party of her young friends, and au elegant G course dinner was served. The arrangement in the dining room was beautiful j and a prettier sight, than this circle of happy young faces, Would be hard to lind. Merriment was had over new year resolutions and in the library sweet music filled the j air. I MT. and Mrs. W. D. Ready also ^>ve an elaborate, new year dining ana besides a number of their imme diate friends and relatives, there were several out of town guests. Mrs. P. B. Waters, Jr., honored Miss Lula Scruggs, of Chattanooga, with a 6 o'clock dinner on Thurs day-evening, and the occasion was one of the pleasantest social affairs of the new year. There were 14 seated at the festive board, and the centerpiece was a bowl of fragrant flowers. Seated with the hostess and honoree were Mesdames James White, M. T. Turner, F. M. Boyd, O. D Black, W. J. Hatcher, J. L. Walker, F. L. Parker, B. T. Cog burn and Alice Cox and Misses Malbina and Sara Waters and Zena Payne. A course dinner was served. After returning to the parlor the hours were spent with a flow of animated conversation, intermingled with vocal and piano solos. Misses Effie and Georgia May Wates, of Edgefield, and Nina Cun ningham, of Augusta, were here on Tuesday returning from a visit to Miss Ruth Forrest, of Rushtons. Prof. and Mrs. John Waters, of Vidalia, Ga., spent last week here with relatives. " Mrs. Waters is pleasantly remembered as Miss Helen Wright. Mesdames M. A. Brannon, of Spartanburg, Chas. Kneece, of Batesburg, and S. A. Rara bo, of Augusta, spent last week here at the home of their father, J. R. Hart. Mrs. Lallah Graydon, of Green wood, visited relatives here during the past year. Mrs. E. A. Schnell of Greenwich, Corm., who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Eleanor Ivy, has joined her husband at Charleston, where they proceeded to Florida in their yacht. Their daughter, Miss Iva Turner who was also here, has returned to Randolph-Macon col lege, Va. The new year's gift f~om the Baptist Sunday school, to the old preacher's fund, which was a result of their class collections, was $50. In a note from C. C. Brown, he stated that Sumter made the lar gest do"? ion. with Johnston sec ond. Miss collie Waters was hostess for the New Century Club on Tues day afternoon and although it was gloomy, without, warmth and brightness prevailed within and good cheer abounded. An hour was pleasantly spent with "The merry wives of Windsor," as entertain ment, and papers bearing on differ ent points of the play were read by Mesdames Wm. F. Scott, F. M. Boyd, J. H. White, James Stroth er, and Misses Clara Sawyer, Raby Strother, Gladys Sawyer and Zena Payne. Miss Angelle Andrews charmingly [[rendered two piano solos, "The merry wives of Wind sor," and "The minuet." The guests were invited into the dining room where a salad course was served, this followed by sweets. Mrs. Edwin Mobleyleft on Tues-* day of this week for Florida, where she will spend the remaining win ter months with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Julian Mobley. She was accompanied by Mrs. J. L. Walker who will visit her aunt, Mrs. Alice Gary and other relatives. Little Henry White Carson the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Car son, died at their home near town, on Friday night, having been sick for about a week. He was a bright and attractive child and was the joy of his fond parents' hearts, and will be sadly missed in the home. The body was laid to rest on Satur day morning at the Mt. of Olives cemetery, the services being con ducted by Rev. E. H. Beckham. Prof. and Mrs. Eric Hardy left on Saturday for Virginia, the former having accepted a posi tion as teacher. The record of the Baptist Sun day school, on the first Sunday in the year is worthy of mention-204 present with a collection. ?8.05. ? ?? ? Cottonseed Meal fer Mare With Foal. A Virginia reader asks: "Is the feeding of cottonseed meal to a mare in foal injurious, and will it harm a colt nursing a mare fed this feed? Is it a safe feed for a cow with calf,and fora calf drinking the milk of a cow fed on it?" "We believe cottonseed meal a good and safe feed for both mares in foal and cows in calf. We know that many would answer the ques tion otherwise, but we believe they do so on prejudice rather than on definite facts or knowledge. We al so believe cottonseed meal a good feed for mares and cows suckling their young. There is no evidence, worth}' of consideration, that cottonseed meal fed reasonably or intelligently ever injured such animals, and there is abundance of evidence to show that when properly u=ed, it is a most ex cellent feed for such animals. For feeding mares we would not use more than one pound of cotton seed meal to five pounds of corn, or to five pounds of corn and oats. We know of no better ration for a brood mare or one suckling a colt than equal parts of legume and grass hays and ten pounds of corn and two pounds of cottonseed meal a day, per 1,000 pounds of the ani mal's weight. Less grain nr., be fed for two weeks before an*3 after foaling, but the corn and cotton seed meal may be fed in the same proportions. Of course, if legume hays and oats are insed, there will be no need of cottonseed meal, but cottonseed meal fur nishes protein much cheaper than oats. For feeding cows in calf, or those nursing or furnishing milk for calves, the same statements apply, except that a larger proportion of cottonseed meal may be used, es pecially if the cows have silage or pasture or other green feed. For a month before and after calving we would not use more, than three pounds of cottonseed meal a day, but at other times, especially if green feed or silage is used, the quantity may be increased to four or five pounds a day, according to the quantity of milk the cow is giv ing. If, however, only cotton seed meal and hulls are used, they are not suitable ration for cows in calf or as a constant ration for any other cow. When a ration con tains sufficient variety and no more cottonseed meal is used than is nec essary to balance the ration, it is a most excellent feed for horses and cattle, but when fed in excess of the quantities indicated its high nu tritive value makes digestive and other disturbances likely to result. Such results, however, are not the fault of the feed, but of the feeder. -Progressive Fanner. "Do you think, inquired Rev. Mr. Snodgrass, that my revival ser vices are having any practical ef fect." "Yes, some," acknowledged Deacon Southpaw, "the last sugar I bought of grocer Smith was only two ounces short."-January Lip pincott'e. Good and Bad Crop Rotations.: A reader wants to know what is; the real meaning of the phrase or term, "crop rotation." He asks if "allowing the land to grow up m weeds and grass one year and culti vating it the next is not crop rota tion?" Yes, thi3 is one kind of crop rota tion. Another kind is to cultivate" the land in cotton for 25 or 50 years until it becomes too poor to make a profitable crop and then tr.rn it out and allow it to grow up in pines or any natural growth which may come on it- These are crop rotations, all right, but they are not the best kind of rotation. To allow weeds and grass to grow on the land for one or more years, or as it is generally called to let it "lay out" or "rest," is a rota tion which may improve the fertili ty of the soil, but it is too slow and wasteful a rotation. The land may be made to grow a crop that will pay a profit and at the same time improve the land more rap idly. CoUon followed by rye daring the winter is a one-year, but a two crop rotation; and cotton followed with crimson clover or rye and that followed by corn in which cowpeas are sowed at the last working, is a lour crop, but a two-year rotation. But the word rotation carries with it the idea of repeating or follow ing the series of crops round and round. This is the central or im portant idea which the Southern fanner has missed. His attempts at soil improvement by crop rota tion have been spasmodic, irregular and short-lived. To puta crop of cowpeas or some other legume in the rotation once in every three or four years is abouts like feeding a horse or a cow once a week. Il may save feed, but it. is hard on the animal. It may aj>? pear that we are getting more fifcAJ ,?;ho laad-whcn-wc- feed' thc rot1 c<.^ about once in two or three years and then give it only a half ration by leaving only the stubble and roots of some legume; but h is hard en the soil and the actual re sults are written plainly and dis gracefully in our crop yields, from 175 to 200 pounds of lint cotton, 15 to 18 bushels of corn and 18 to 20 bushels of oats per acre.-Pro gressive Farmer. Home, Sweet Home. It is one of the ironies of fate, says an exchange, that the poet from whose pen has come the im mortal lyric of the hearlhstone was himself a roving outcast-a home less wanderer. The world remem bers the pathetic story of John Howard Payne. Broken in health and reduced in fortune, the poor American exile found himself in the throbbing heart of thc great city of London. Between his publish ers-who allowed him little-and his creditors-who came to see him often-the penniless poet was in sore traits. The Atlantic ocean separated him from kith and j kin. He felt the acutest sense of isolation the bitterest pangs of loneliness. Perhaps no solitude is more oppres sive than the solitude of great cit ies-the solitude which broods in the repellant looks of the unsympa thetic multitudes. It is, as Lucian Knight has said, the heart's Sahara. Bereft of all other consolation, Payne seized the harp; and lightly he touched the strings. But not in vain. For the fire of inspiration was in tho poet's soul; and on the banks of the River Thames, from the aching heart of an humble ex hile, leaped the hearthstone melody of Home, Sweet Home." Padgett-Walker. Wednesday last was indeed a happy New Year at the home of our friend, Mr. E. M. ??Padgett, who re sides on the old Plank Road below Trenton. Wedding bells rang more loudly and more merrily than usual, tile occasion being the marriage of his two daughters. Miss Corinne Padgett was married to Mr. G. G. Walker and Miss Pearl Padgett be came the bride of Mr. E. E.Wal ker, the Rev. P. B. Lanham offi ciating. All double weddings are rare and are regarded r.a peculiarly happy occasions, but this was par ticularly unique in that twin-broth ers married sisters. The home was tastefully decorated for this happy event, and a bountiful wedding feast waB served. The Advertiser extends hearty congratulations to these happy young people. Board of Trustees Call For 'Meeting in Court House. Mr. Editor: On Tuesday the 24th day of December last, in compli ance with our request, quite a rep resentative body of the citizens ol oar town assembled in our Court ilodse to consider and determine what should be done for the promo tion of the educational facilities of our community. The existing status was fully explained, and was dis cussed in amicable spirit; and reso lutions were adopted by a rising v&t?, with unusual unanimity, which provide among other things, that tyur people will take prompt and adequate measures to repair and improve the school buildings; and lUl?t, the Senator and Representa tives from our county to the Gen eral Assembly be requested to au thorize the levy of taxes on the .property within the corporate lim its of the town for the accomplish ment of the purposes which are de clared by the resolutions. ..Everybody present must have been gratified at the spirit of har mony and unity of purpose that ani -ted the meeting; and the hope was cherished that wc would all proceed with one accord to advance tiie cducati?%nal facilities of our t;'y.wn, and thus promote, not only the welfare of our community, but the welfare of our county as well. We hear however, that a petition i$being circulated among our peo ple, addressed to the Senator and .i .rabers of the House of Represen tatives from our county, the effect ci which may tend to defeat the purposes of the resolutions which were adopted at the meeting above referred to. Surely it cannot be debatable, that c.\l of our people, without the ex I caption of oue, are interested in the {.welfare of our schools; and it must l h? true that if differences of opin Py evist as to. the best methods to * du-.-bued, tuvj? eau be reconciler] and harmonized upon a calm and dispassionate consideration of all the conditions as they exist. Surely our delegation to the General As sembly should not be embarrassed by the consideration of conflicting petitions in relation to a matter of such vital importance to our people, especially when these conflicting pe titions emanate from their mutual friends. We know our Representatives to the General Assembly, and we know that it will be a matter of pleasure to them all to comply with the wishes of their constituents; but they should not be expected or re quested to reconcile differences of opinion in relation to a matter in which everybody has the same in terest. Therefore we hope that we will be pardoned for asking our fellow citizens to meet again, in order that wc may again consider the matter of our schools and how best to pro mote them, with the hope that we may reconcile any and all differ ences that may exist among us, to the end that we may present to our delegation a plan of procedure upon which our people with one accord can unite. We therefore respectfully ask our fellow-citizens to assemble in the Court House at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, of Friday of this week, to take all these matters into con sideration, and determine what shall be done with an eye single to the welfare, not only of our people now living, but as well to the wel fare of people hereafter to be boru. J. C. Sheppard, W. W. Adams, A. S. Tompkins, J. L. M.ms, J. Wm. Thurmond, Board of Trustees. Parcel Post Freight. Since the parcel post law became effective the R. P. D. carriers will have to abandon their motorcycles, substituting a commodious dray therefor. The Advertiser has been informed that one of Edgefield's carriers has engaged Mr. Strom's traction engine and another has spoken for Mr. Will Reel's six-ox team to carry his daily load, while the third one is still tearing his hair, being thus far unable to make satisfactory arrangements for de livering his portion of "Uncle Sam's" freight. Have you tried Noah's liniment? It cures ills of mau and beast. Timmona & Morgan. Death of Mr. John F. Atkins. Sunday afternoon a large number of relatives and friends gathered at Horn's Creek church to pay their last tribute to Mr. John F. Atkins who died at his home near Roper's Saturday night in his 60th year. The funeral was conducted by Dr. M. D. Jeffries. Until about a year ago, Mr. At kins was strong and robust, an ideal specimen of physical man hood. Silently and stealthily a dread disease began to undermine his constitution, sapping his strength and vitality. However, not until a few months ago did his friends and loved ones become alarmed over his condition. Not withstanding his great strength and endurance, Mr. Atkins finally had to succumb. For some time prior to the end he was confined to his bed and suffered intensely, but he bore it all patiently. The acute ness of his suffering would have been unbearable but for the affec tionate ministrations of friends and loved ones. The unceasing and un selfish devotion of his wife during his long illness was exceedingly beautiful. While everything that science and human love and wevo tion could do to relieve and stay thc disease was done, yet practical ly from the time Mr. Atkins was taken it was a steady decline to the end. His death removes one of Ro pers most'valuable citizens. A de voted husband, loyal friend, thoughtful neighbor and sterling citizen has been called hence. The estimation in which ho was held generally by his fellow-citizens was shown last year when from a num ber of good men Mr. Atkins was recommended to the governor for appointment to the position of ru ral officer for Edgefield county. Mr. Atkins is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Emma Miller- two half "sis- 4 tera) Mrs M D Lyon and Mrs. trun- ' by, and one half-brother Mr. W. J. 1 Harling. 1 Should Sandy Land be Plowed i | This Winter? There are two questions involved, . which when answered will give the , answer to the main question asked, j First, will the land be injured or < improved by the winter plowing, , and second, can the plowing be , done in the winier at less expense or more economically than next , spring when the crops are to be j planted? Ordinarily, we suppose, it would' j be answered that sandy land is uot ; benefited by winter plowing, but if , there is a large amount of vegeta- , ble matter on the land, like grass , and cornstalks, or if it is desired to , plow the land a little deeper than . usual, it may be wise to plow it du- ( ring the winter, or at least, a month j or more before planting the crop. < Of course, it would have been better j to have plowed this land last fall and , sowed a over crop, but that is not < the question, and we do not wish to | dodge the question now np for so- ] lution, behind anjr such advice. If the land does not wash and < has a fair amount of vegetable mat- i ter on it, we believe it wiH pro- i duce a better crop next summer if .< plowed during the winter. If the i land is to be plowed deeper than j usual at any time before the next i crop, we feel quite sure that under ] the conditions named it will pay to | plow this winter. < But assuming that this is doubt- ; ful, or even that the land would ] produce a better crop if not plowed i until spring, then there is still to be I considered the advantage of doing ; the plowing before the rush of I work, which always occurs at seed- i ing time. If there is no other work I to be done during the winter the < plowing can be done at much less l cost, and if the team is sufficient . for the rush of spring work, the ] crop can be put in earlier and bet- I ter if some winter plowing is done. ] In view of all these facts, we re- < peat, if the land does not wash and there is any considerable amount of vegetation on the land we be lieve it will be profitable to plow it this winter or at least a month or two before planting the crop.-Pro gressive Farmer. The old order of things has been ; restored-from fruit cake and tu r- ; key and cranberry sauce back to 1 cornbread und bacon. PLUM BRANCH KNIGHTS. During The Holidays The Knights of Pythias Were Entertained by Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Adams. / "Here's to the hinges of friend ship; may they never grow rusty." This was the motto of a delight ful seven o'clock dinner given by Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Adams of Plum Branch, December 27, in honor of the local members of the order oY Knights of Pythias. Those present were: Dr. J.J. Adams, Messrs. J. L. Bracknell, T. E. Cochran, B. H. Covington, C. L Harper, J. H. Lyon, and Thomas McAlister. Mes srs. J. J. Collier and J. B. Black well being out of town were of course absent. The dining room was beautifully and tastefully decorated with ever green and red suitable to the season and the occasion. Over the table was a large decorated arch bearing a candle for each member of the order; the absent ones being re membered by their candles uot be ing lighted. But more interesting and important to us at the time was not decoration and sentiment, as B ^ential as they a*-; in every day life, but the bountiful supply of the most appetizing viands that any one could desire. All had been prepared md was served in the most charm ing manner by Mrs. Adams in per son. We do not blame D tymon of >ld for lingering long and lovingly with tho idol of his heart and his liorne if she were as winsome and .-.harming with her domestic duties as ilrs. Adams. First, we were served tvith ?lie most delicious tomato bouil lon soup. Then carno rice and salad md dressing and turkey in abundance [n this course came ham two years Ad, something that is not seen ?very day even on the most np-to ?ate farr??.. It tvss a. rare dish for some of us, and we can testify now that ham lik? wine improves with ige. For desert we had ambrosia that well merited the name "Food for the gods." The oranges used ivere grown by a relative of Mrs. Adams in Florida and sent to her is a.Christmas present. Time andi space will not allow us to tell of ;he variety and quality of the cakes. Dne had to think twice in deciding ivhich to take, for he could not :ake and eat even a little of alL after coffee was served the party id j burned to thc parlor where a ?olly good time was enjoyed by all. One of the mysteries of the even ing was the conspicuous absence of Mr. J. J. Collier. It was inexplain ?ble to us, neither do vr? believe that he can explain it. When our school closed Friday afternoon for the holidays it seemed to casta diadow over Mr. Collier, and after the ten-thirty train Saturday mora ng had started on its way to Aa justa it seemed that he fell into a. profound dream; it seemed that there was a complete separation be tween soul and body; hts work ni the store was most unsatisfactory. Sis employer did in some wayman ige to hold him to his job until Christmas day when ..he "took the ?rings of?.the morning and flew to ibo uttermost parts of the earth,'* meeking we do not? exactly (know what. It was very evident that he failed to find what bc was seeking in Georgia, so on Friday afternoon ae returned to Plum Branch only :o remain with us unfil the six o'clock train toward Greenwood, lt took him only a few moments to [earn that what he was seeking was tot in Greenwood, and in less than three hours from the time he left Plum Branch he was with ns agaiifr [in body.) The next day, being Sat urday, wearily dragged itself away from him, and that night he board id the nine o'clock train for Augus ta and Aiken (he said.) All of Plum1. Branch is glad to report that school lias begun again, all the teachers being in their places, and Mr. Col lier seems as happy as a bird releas ed from its cage. Mr. Blackwell was more fortu nate in being able to visit his lady love, and this case Cupid too was at work, but the strange effects were with the more gentle heart, who as Mr. Blackwell was prepar ing to leave, was struck with'an awful malady which the baflilod and bewildered physicians pro nounced pneumonia. A Knight.