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?Mest ^tWH^ptc U $DVth (droite VOL. 84 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1919 NO. 16 JOHNSTON LETTER. Commencement Exercises Well Attended. Rev. Jackson Goes to China. Brides are Honored. AU interest has been centered the last of the week in the commence ment of the High School and large crowds have attended the exercises. Even though the session has been a most unusual one in the fact that so much time had to be lost, this has, as far as possible, been made up and all records show good work. The first feature of the commence ment was that of Friday evening when the music class gave its recital. There was a full program and each one rendered their part in a manner 1 that reflected much credit on them selves and their teacher, Mrs. Earl ; Smith. The stage was beautiful in decorations of daisies, and ferns and a large canopy of daisies was sus- . pended in the centre. The selections rendered were of ; piano solos, duets, trios and sextettes , and each participant was well ap- , plauded. A butterfly dance concluded the program. On Sunday morning the Bacca- ? laureate sermon was preached by the - Rev. David Kellar in the High School auditorium, and he was heard by a j large audience. There was no service ] at any of the churches and all gather- 1 i ed to worship here. It was very in- ( spiring to see the many young peo- ? pie of the eleven grades march in, each teacher heading the grade, and . these were seated at the front. Mr. Kellar preached a fine sermon," and : the thoughts that he gave were just ] as should have been presented to', this bright and impressional body of ] young people, and the gospel truths were as practical to the older ones as j j well. Special music was arranged - and greatly enjoyed. The graduating j exercises will occupy Monday even- < ins. ^ < Misses Ida Satcher of\55?ith Au gusta, and Miss Helen Keith" of Chap- j pells have been visiting Miss Helen , ? . Wright. - Mrs. G. G. Waters will go to Vi- , dalia, Ga., the last of the week to j visit relatives. . On Wednesday evening at the Bap- . tist church, Hon. Joseph Jacobs, who ' > has been in China for four years as: Vice Consul from America, gave ai, most informing address on "Missions!] in China." It was a great pleasure to I hear him and the Sunday School ? room was filled to its fullest capa city. It will be a matter of deep interest j to the friends of Rev. J. E. Jackson, L of Philippi church, to learn thai he \, has applied to the Board to go to jr Foreign fields, and has bee?? written ( j that August has been n=Ted at the ? ( time for his departure for China. He L is a consecrated ye v-ng man and will U accomplish much m the great cause ? that he has en^ted in, and the pray: 1 ers of his fi--ends will follow him. Dr. an? Mrs. J. A. Scott of Mont- j moreno-", S. C., are guests in the home < of tMr son, Prof. W. F. Scott at the J school manse on the campus. * Miss Mallie Waters has gone to Springfield to visit her sister, Mrs. ^ David Phillips. Mrs. P. B. Waters is visiting relatives in Greenwood. j Mrs. O. D. Black, 2nd State Vice- i President, Mesdames John Wright, Joseph Cox and Miss Zena Payne, historian of Edisto District, went to ( Blackville this week to attend the U. ! D. C. Conference. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis and lit tle son have returned to New Orleans 1 after a visit in the home of Mrs. A. ' P. Lewis. ! ' Miss Kate Breeden of Bennetts- ? ville, is the guests of Mrs. Archie ' Lewis. They were class mates at college. The following will attend the World Centenary celebration at Co- ' lumbus, Ohio, next week: Rev. D. H. 1 Kellar, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Eidson, ; Mr. and Mrs. Olin Eidson and John ! Olin, and Misses Eva and Jessie 1 Rushto? There are to^be several of 1 the near vicinity that will also attend. ' A reception that was of much beauty and pleasure was that bf last Tuesday when Mrs. J. L. Smith and the Misses Smith entertained in hon or of Mrs. Earl 0. Smith, a recent ' bride. The home was artistically decorat ed, a color scheme prevailing in each room, which was lighted in colore globes. There, were three calling hours, be ginning at 4:30 o'clock, and a num ber of friends came, there bein] about 150. The guests were greeter at the front, by Mrs. Walter Sawye and Miss Sara Sawyer and those re ceiving in the hallway were Mesdame W. J. Hatcher, H. G. Eidson, Claud' Lott, Joe Smith and T. R. Denny. The prevailing color in the hal was green end white. Punch wras serv ed by Mises Louise Boyd and Mar garet and Katherine Smith. In th? parlor, which was all white, the re ceiving line stood, being composed o: Mrs. J. L. Smith, Mrs. Earl Smith Mrs. Herbert Ballentine, a recen bride, Miss Myrtis Smith, Mrs. J. A Dobey, Misses Ella and Ola Smith The guests were introduced by Mrs C. P. Corn and Miss Marian Mob ley. Sweet music was rendered bj Miss Annie Holmes Harrison. Fron the parlor the groups of arrival; went to the dining room which wai lovely in pink decoration. Mesdame? H. D. Grant and M. W. Crouch pre siding in here. The dining table wa: covered with a large lace cloth, anc Mrs. Joseph Cox and Miss^ Maud? Sawyer were seated here and etil block cream in pink and white which, was served by Misses Helen vLewis, Antoinette Denny, Eunice Abrams, Sallie Heyward and Orleana Cart ledge, and favors of brides and cupids were pinned on by Miss Ella Jacobs, ?> The entire affair was one of much happiness. Mrs. J. N. Lott and Mrs. Nancy Lott visited Mrs. Jim Crouch in 3atesburg last week. The friends of Mr. Ben Lewis are happy to know that he will soon be it home, news of his landing having been received. Those attending the Masonic meet ing atTrenton Monday evening were Messrs. John Wright, J. Howard Payne, J. W. Stimens, Joseph Cox Spann Toney, J. R. Wright, Will Rho len," John Suber and George Hardy. Mr. Eartow Walsh and Master Bil lie have gone to Sumter for a short risit. Mrs. Virginia Lott has gone to Mc Cormick to visit her daughter, Mrs. Porter Dorn. Mrs. Walter Sawyer entertained it her atractive home near town on Thursday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Earl Smith, and the fifty friends in cited passed away two very happy hours. The rooms were decorated with bowls full of black-eyed yellow daisies and the lights were softly shaded in yellow. After cordial greetings, fruit nec ;ar was served by Misses Louise Boyd ind Margaret and Kathleen Smith. Tables were arranged for progressive 'ook and on each table were bon bon lishes of chocolates to enjoy during ;he game. Opera selections from the Victrola were enjoyed. At the conclu sion, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Ballentine vere both presented with dainty rifts. The hostess assisted by Misses Sue Smith, Sara Sawyer and Maude Saw /er, served block cream in yellow and vhite with chocolate cake. Miss Rounette Hirshman of Sum ;er is the guest of Miss Fannie Shade. Mrs. Teague Price of Augusta has 3een visiting in the home of her father, Mr. J. R. Hart. Mr. John Wright visited his broth er, Mr. Luth Wright at Camp Jack son, last week who has just arrived from overseas. Mrs. Herbert Eidson most charm ingly entertained a number of her friends Saturday afternoon ,the hon Drees being the two recent brides Mrs. Hebert Ballentine and Mrs. Earl Smith. The lower floor of the home was thrown together and gave ample room for the tables arranged for rook, three hands being played. The means of entertainment then changed and all were given a typed list of articles of a bride's trousseau, every other letter in each article being left out, the supplied letters to be guess ed. After this unique contest the two honorees were presented with dainty hand embroidered towels. The favors were hand painted daisies, in the center of each being a pretty head of a bride. Quantities of daisies decorated the rooms. The hostess served a-delicious re past. PRESS MEETING. Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Press Association in Green ville. Next Monday a large number of editors and publishers will meet in Greenville, the occasion being th<^ forty-fifth session of the South Can* lina Press Association. Greenville-ii an ideal place for holding such "a gathering, especially in the sumswyy The Imperial Hotel, one of the best in the State, will be the convention headquarters, the business sessions being held there also. The people of Greenville are mak ing elaborate preparations to receive j and entertain the newspaper,folk. A 1 portion of one day will be spent in an ! auto trip through the mountains -to j Hendersonville, where dinner will be I had at the Kentucky Home, one of the leading hotels of Hendersonvill?. The Greenville Rotary Club will give a luncheon at the Imperial Tuesday to the newspaper makers and Wed nesday night a banquet will be given. The following is the program in de tail for the meeting to be held in Greenville June 30 and July 1 and 2. Monday, June 30. 9:00 p. m. Opening Session. Called to order by J. L. Mims,pres ident, Editor of The Edgefield Adver tiser. Invocation, L. M. Rice, Editor' of the Union Times. Address of Welcome. Response, Dr. W. W. Ball, Editor of The State. Report of President: Address. W. P. Pollock, Former United States Senator, of Cheraw. Appointment of Committees' Tuesday, July 1. Morning Session. 10.:00 a.m. "Newspapers and ' Makers," Robert Lacham, F The News ejtfd.; Courier, ; f ' "A Daily in the Smaller L. M: Rice, Editor of the Unio. Our Service Stars, Report by iam Banks, of Columbia. "The Press as a Factor in proving Rural Conditions Through the Development of Agriculture and the Building of Public Roads," Edi tor of the Times and Democrat, Orangeburg. Address, Albert S. Johnstone, of the Regional Reserve Bank, Rich mond. "The Need of Organization or Con cert of Action in Handling Foreign Advertising," E. H. DeCamp, Editor of The Ledger, Gaffney. Night Session. 9:30 p. m. Address, Col. R. L. Fos ter, of the New York World. Wednesday, July 2. Morning Session. 10:00 a. m. "The Importance of a Strong Editorial Page," W. W. Smoak, Editor of the Press and Stan dard, Walterboro. "South Carolina Land Owners' As sociation," Niel Christensen, Editor of The Gazette, Beaufort. Talk on "Advertising," J. F. Ja cobs, of Clinton. "Do Subscription Contests or Pre mium Schemes Pay?" O. K. Williams, Editor of The Record, Rock Hill. "the Press a Factor in the Read justment of Labor and Business Con ditions," Thomas M. Seawell, Editor of the News and Herald, Winnsboro. Memorial Service. Report of Treasurer. Report of Committees. Election of Officers. A Full' Graduate. The Advertiser only stated a part of the truth last week when we an nounced that Charlie Porter was at home for his vacation, having com pleted his second year at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Instead of two years, Charlie entered this insti tution three years ago and has made th fine record of completing this course, being a full graduate, in three years. This is a record of which any young man should feel proud. He has reflected honor upon his country and State. Scores and hundreds of young men fall short of graduation from Annapolis in four years on account of the very high standard, and when one completes the course in three years he deserves all of the commen dations and congratulations that can be heaped upon him. j SOLDIER OVERSEAS. _^_ Stanmore Townes Gives Inter esting Description of Life of a Soldier in Over seas Service. Dear Advertiser: 5 When the armistice was signed and ?the "March to the Rhine" completed, the American soldier in France and (Germany resorted to more or less odd ^aWs to while away his leisure ?burs. a In both countries troops were oft en quartered in bowling alleys-the ?balls and ten pins removed. Imagine a bowling alley in France with a cement floor. Some seventy five soldiers could be billeted in one of these. Each man was given a small mattress which he filled with French feathers, (hemlock boughs) and the mattresses were laid about a foot a part in two rows-one on each side of the alley. Such was your couch, but a marked improvement on the war-time bed. j Let us take a little walk through the quarters. On the first couch two boys are indulging in the modest game of checkers, each move taken with such precaution that one would think a can of tobacco hung in the balance. On the next bed a comrade is writing to his mother, while on the next a long-absent lover is trying to answer a letter from his sweetheart that contained a ditty which ran a long like this: "My bonnie lies over the ocean, My bonnie lies over the sea I He has a girl in Belgium, Another in 'Paree,' . And I know the little things he tells them ; As they sit upon his knee Oh. voe' --? V??T>ia Hoc nvor thp Oh, the madamoiselle from St. Na zaire ! You'll have a gay time if you ever get there." Cards and dice account for the men on the next few beds and across the way some boy is on his French feathers all alone with a can of jam and a loaf of bread-luxuries to be shared with no one. Of course bread was plentiful but jam was not. As an instance: "What night was it the Germans bombed us in La Ferte?" "It was two nights af ter that night we had jam for sup per," came the answer. Around the wee stove in the cen tre of the bowling alley a small group are arguing some fine points anent the firefly's phosphoric candle whether it is A. C. or D. C. current. Why all that noise and shouting in the far corner forward? Let us size up the situation. Two beds of French feathers are drawn alongside each other and a group of boys in circular array on these, are seated on their feet. In the centre of the group is a folded O. D. blanket and in the centre of the blanket is a white sheet of writing paper. A cootie race is in progress. The contestants dig into their shirts and pick out a strong looking racer and name it for their wives or sweetharts. Let this not sar vou/- of disrepect, for you see, in France the cootie became a part of you (or rather you a part of her), a part of your existence. She stuck to you through thick and thin-last to go to sleep and first up in the morn ing. But to return-the sheet of paper had a small circle drawn in centre and here the cooties were placed. Naturally, the cootie scurried off the white paper to hide herself in the folds of the blanket. Sometimes when one neared the edge and then chang ed her course, the excitement grew. Now, the cootie which reached the blanket first brought in several two bit pieces for her owner, and would, of course, be in the next race. If a cootie made her owner lose more than twice, she was chucked off the race track and the owner scanned his un dershirt for a more promising steed. The race begins anew, i "Lights out," shouts the sergeant, and out they go, right in the midst of a race. All the boys go to bed and some be gin to snore ana hob-nail shoes begin to fly their way. The snorer wakes and gazes 'round but knows not whence the hob-nails came. He lays his helmet on his head lest he should snore again and quietly sinks to sleep. What means that tent-shaped blan ket in the corner? Had you access to the scene beneath you would see three or four boys-one with a -candle in his hand-and a folded blanket spread before them. On the blanket a white sheet of paper-that cootie race is being rijit to a finish. And if you don't believe the game is inter esting, suppose you get a-a chinch and try it. S. By TOWNES. ' Box 100, Indian Head, Md. From Corporal D. P. Coursey. Toul, France, March 26. Dear Homefolks: ^ Your letter received all O. K., of March 5. Glad that all were getting along so well. This leaves me all 0. K. No, I am not in any division at all, not attached to any division and no time set to sail yet. I had a card from Alonza the other day. He didn't say anything about when he was to sail. Haven't heard a word from Clarence yet. Had a letter from Dean a few days ago. Would like tb be at that box party. Bet I could catch me a girl. I can't catch one over here. All they can say is no compree/no compree. I saw Bongno girls in Paris, but didn't have any time to lose with them. I had only three days there, just got back on March 21. Sure was a great trip; the only vacation I have had since I have been in the army. I . ..?>. i.u? T>nA Crr><:<z while M. C. A. A 1*rid?' down the Seine ?iv.?r, ?-iyssi? ig ?i?diir J. : rt y-fou i ander, then passed the building that they were holding the peace confer ence in. We waited a while to see President Wilson come out, but got tired waiting and went home. Next morning we went over and saw the tomb of Napoleon in a great building. From there we went to see the "World's War," the greatest oil painting in the world. It gives a pic ture of all the allied armies, and all the battlefields of France. You can j pick out all the leading men of the ; armies. It is about 83 miles from here tp Paris and on the background of that picture I could see the little town of Toul and Metz and read the names on the picture. I have some post card views of these paintings ? which I am sending, but they are not oil paintings. This picture was over ! 70 feet high and over 300 feet in cir- ! cumference, the greatest picture in I the world. It took nineteen artists j four years to paint this picture. All I it lacks of being finished is the date of peace being signed and there is a space reserved for that. From there we had dinner at the Y. M. C. A. then went over to Versailles, went through the palace of Louis 14th; that was some place. In every room most of the walls had oil paintings on them. In this place I was in the room that peace is to be signed. I had my hands on the table that peace is to be sign ed on. The grounds around this palace were grand. There I saw the largest fountain in the world. It took me all night to go, and most all day and all night to return. On the way home I saw trenches and barbed wire en tanglements, and scattered over some of the fields were graves from the battles of 1914. I can tell more when I return. Think I had better stop for this time. Will write again soon. Corp. D. P. Coursey. Moth Dance Thursday Evening One of the features of Thursday evening will be the Moth Dance given by Miss Ruth Tompkins who graduat ed in aesthetic dancing at the Curry School of Expression in Boston. The costume for this interpretive dance solo will be most attractive, and this number alone will be worth the price of admission. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Broadwater Celebrated Seventy-Ninth Birthday of Their Father Mr. Nick Broadwater. V Behold how good and how pleasant it was for friends to meet together at Nick Broadwater'.? ! This was demonstrated on Satur day the 14th, when Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Broadwater celebrated their, fath er's 79th birthday. The following guests were invited: R. E. Broad water, Hephzibah, Ga., H. M. Dobey, M. W. Clark, W. T. Walton and wife, P. C. Stevens and wife, Mrs W. P. Stevens, Jas. B. Tompkins and N L. Broadwater who has been serving in the navy for two years. The day was an ideal one, and the welcome was unbounded, everybody was made to feel at home. The soft zephyrs that floated through the leaves of the stately oaks whispered welcome. Their electric currents pro claimed happy greetings. Every coun tenance was filled with benign pleas ure. Both men and nature with one acclaim whispered kindliest greeting. It is a great treat for these old fel lows, upon whose head the snow that never melts hath fallen, to meet and I tell of their adventures, close calls ?and final escapes during the bloodly struggle of the "sixties," which, at the time, were not laughable but now they are enjoyed with pleasure. Everybody enjoyed this 14th day of june from every angle. About twelve o'clock our hosts announced dinner and we were ushered into the large dining room and on the table everything was there that would sat isfy the longings of the inner nan Then late in the. afternoon our host: served lemonade and cake. mi..-. ,";n bP a ?reen spf who so kindly honored us with an in vitation to enjoy their hospitality. It was loving and beautiful in Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Broadwater in Cele brating their father's birthday and it showed their loyalty to him. Nick Broadwater and I belonged to the same regiment'in the Civil War. We followed Longstreet fr.?rn Manas sus to Appomattox and I honor him for his patriotism an 1 courage on the battlefield, but ? doubly honor him for what he did for n*!> brother after he had received a mortal wound on the bloody field of Sharpsburg. All of our wounded who could not walk were captured, ano it was Nick Broadwater who, foi three weeks bound up his wounds and bathed his fevered brow and when death kissed down his eyelids, Nick buried him with his own hands, and for this act of kindness Nick Broadwater has been drawn to me as with hooks of steel. j Yes, we all carried sweet memo ries home with us on this 79th birth day, wishing for him many more cele brations of the same kind. It was a day of joy and mirth. Someone has said mirth was a good tonic for the blues, then we should bathe in the pool of mirth daily. And now let me say in your de clining life, may you enjoy the bright sunshine of peace and contentment. May the gates of plenty stand ajar for you and yours; may the golden bowl of health be full for each of you like the pool in the valley where flows the water from the springs hidden in the heart of the hills.. And may your hearts be filled with a sweet murmur like unto a silver fountain, stealing forth mid a bed of roses. And every evening may each of you lie down in the green pastures of God's love and by the still waters of His grace, where the angel of the Lord will watch over you until the morning comes. J. Russell Wright. |j For the Relief of Rheumatic Painty When you have stiffness and sore ness of the muscles, aching joints and find it difficult to move without pain, try massaging the affected parts with' Chamberlain's Liniment. It will re-, lieve the pain and make rest and sleep possible. ^ /