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Mrs. John Lake Sends Chai ing Message and Inciden from Canton, China. Dear Edgefield Sisters: We were in a hotel in Greenw< S. C., having finished one speal engagement and having a day off fore the next one, when my g Edgefield husband came in with morning paper, remarking, "I that the W. M. U. sisters are go to have an all-day rally today at 3 doc, and by taking this mornii .early train, we could bo with th Would you like to go? I readily agreed, and a few 1 mente later found Us on the c< fortable train and not long aft wards at the Modoc station-aim at the church door. The day was bitterly cold, witl strong wind and patches of snow jng here and there. Though the he Ijp for the meeting had not yet arri\ when we reached the church, th? -was quite a good sized little gro already gathered-and oh, what warm welcome they gave to the two wayfarer missionaries who h so taken them by surprise-we we among friends-no doubt about thi They told us that the two mi speakers that day were to come frc Edgefield, nearly twenty miles awa and over impossible roads; and mo than one said in a disappointed tor 4<No, they won't be able to get he .-the weather is too bad." But th did get there, coming in just as tl meeting was about to begin and i most frozen! Would anybody in Edgefield cou ty be surprised to know that the . two faithful ones were Mrs. Mam Tillman and Mrs. W. E. Lott? Nevi shall I forget how the stinging wir made the tears roll down their cheel and how stiff their fingers were, i they stood by the little wood stov thawing out. In order to be there c time, they had arisen before da; light, cooked a hasty breakfast, gor out themselves and hitched up tl horse, and started their journey o lonely roads in the darkness and bi ing cold. leight well did they rally, thougl and I remember what a good meetin - vre had that day, largely because c the presence of these two, wh "counted not the cost." 4 Now listen to the sequel-or, rat! er, one of the" sequels, for no dour, there have been many sequels to th story of that day: I for one hav never been able to get away froi the influence of the glorious, sell sacrificing spirit shown by those twe ^though nearly seven years have pass ed since then. We held here on our mission com pound in Canton, China, the firs week in July the annual meeting o our South China Woman's Mission ary Union, lasting four days, am with delegates coming from all part of these two Southern Province (States), and traveling by ricksha sedan-chair, passage boat, train, o on foot-some of them coming a dis tance of four hundred miles or so From the very first session, the rail poured in torrents the whole time as it can pour only here in the trop ?es in "the rainy season"-but the courage of those dear Chinese sister! was dauntless. The ringing of the big church bell would always fine them in their places and ready foi business; and much was accomplish ed in the name of the Lord during those days. ? On Saturday night a reception foi the delegates and visitors was held in the assembly room of the women's school, and "stunts" were the ordei of the evening. My part waa to "tell a story"-in the Chinese language, of course, and what do you suppose 1 told them? About Mamie Tillman and Effie Lott and that cold day ai Modoc! I made it just as vivid as I could, stamping my feet, blowing on my fingers, and wiping my eyes, while the Chinese Christian women, more that a hundred of them, sat there and looked and listened with sympathy and admiration for these two good American sisters, written all. over their faces. Then I said, "Why have I told you this tonight? Because your faithful ness and devotion to duty in the face or hardship during the past few days have reminded me so of these two friends of mine across the seas, and because I want you Chinese sisters to know that, as you labor and per haps suffer in the Master's service here, there are over there in America hearts beating in unison with yours, and faithful souls enduring hardship, even as you endure, 'seeing Him who is invisible.' And they, even as you, are pressing into the work of another year "through peril, toil and pain," taking as their motto the sams verse that you have adopted, 'I can do all things through Christ which strength eneth me.' " This is sent with loving greetings, not only to the two whose names are herein mentioned, but to my dear friends? the Associational Superin tendent, Mrs. J. L. Mims, so com pletely, devoted in her service, and to the good women throughout the Association who are so nobly stand ing by her in the work, many of whom I can claim as my personal friends and some of whom are now my beloved "relatives-in-law,"-in fact, to the whole of Edgefield, town and county! CARRIE BOSTICK LAKE. Canton, China, Aug. 10, 1921. A Worthy Testimony. At the recent meeting of the Amer ican Bar Association there was a committee who reported on the fed eral prohibition law. The chairman of the committee was our own judge Chas. A. Wood, of South Carolina. We give the following excerpt from the report that was carried, in the daily papers: "When for tae grat ification of their appetites, lawyers, bankers, merchants and manufactu rers, and social leaders, both men and women scoff at this law, or any other law, they are aiding the cause of anarchy and promoting mob-vio lence, robbery and homicide. "They are sowing dragon's teeth and they need not be surprised when they find that no judicial or police authority can save our country or humanity from reaping the harvest." We do not believe that anything that has been said in recent months has gone straighter to the mark than this declaration of Judge Wood. He mentions "lawyers, bankers, .merchants, iqjanufacturers and so cial leaders" as among those who sometimes scoff at this law and by doing so aid "the cause of anarchy and promote mob-violence, robbery and homicide." He could also have mentioned some newspapers. It is a lamentable fact that some of the greatest newspapers in this country have never lost an opportunity to do what they could to bring the pro hibition law into contempt. The fact that this law is now in the Nation al constitution has not held them in check. They have published only the news that seems to indicate that the law could not be enforced, and they have been gleeful over every pros pect of weakening the law and mak ing it more difficult of enforcement. The bill, the Stanley amendment, that is now before the United States Senate, which would make the eigh teenth Amendment a farce, is re ceiving the most cordial support of a number of our very greatest pa pers.-Baptist Courier. South Carolina Industrial School For Boys. The industrial school for white boys in South Carolina is located just south of the city limits of Flor ence on a tract of 562 acres. The plant consists of five brick and con crete buildings, a two story frame dairy barn, steam laundry and grist mill. The total capacity of the insti tution is about 200, lal in separate beds. The population now is 150. On the staff are a superintendent, four teacher-cottage officers, two assist ant lady teachers, band master, stew ard, diningroom matron, dairyman and farm manager, laundryman and painter, printer mechanic, physician and a bookkeeper. ' The pastors of the churches in Florence have reg ular Sunday afternoon chapel ser vices at the school, and a number i the boys attend Sunday School and services at the churches in town. There are two registered troops of Boy Scouts in the school who fre quently go on hikes to different points/and camp out over night. The brass band is composed almost en tirely of Scouts. The training of the members of the band consists pf three class periods a week and fre quent practices with the city band in Florence. All students are given academic work and some form of prevocational or industrial training. There are classes in printing, man ual training, steam laundering, mod ern dairying, cooking, baking, and farming. Commitment to this school is ihrojgh the probate court. Boys are paroled by the State Board of Public Welfare upon the recom mendation of the superintendent. Changes in Staff. On September 1, Mr. Ellison Ca pens will assume the duties of coun ty Agent of the Board of Public Welfare, Mr. John H. Martin having been elected Superintendent of the Industrial school for boys at Flor ence to succeed Mr. H. W. Moore who has resigned to enter another field of work. Mr. Moore has brought into the school a system of humane treatment based upon a study of the boy himself. His optimism and ideal ism been valuable contributions to the institution. Furman For the Session of 1921-1922. By President W. J. McGlothlin. The next session at Furman Un-1 I iversity opens on September 15th. Former students should reach, the [grounds on the afternoon of Tues day, September 13th, for enrollment! and classification the next day. Freshmen should reach the grounds on the 14 for enrollment and class examination will be held on the 13th and 14th; also examination for the ?removal of conditions of last ses sion. The indications are that we skall ?have an excellent session. The finan cial depression has undoubtedly re duced attendance from the figures! which we would otherwise have reached. Many young men who had planned to enter Furman this fall) will not be able to do so, simply be cause they have not been able to earn sufficint money to meet their] expenses, and for the further reason that it is more difficult than usual to get jobs for them on the campus and in Greenville. Still, I believe every young man who has a strong will, can make his way at Furman, with the assistance we can get for] him in the way of work. Here, at the opening of the ses sion, I would like to make a final appeal to the Baptist young men j of South Carolina, and to their par- ' ents. An opportunity for an educa tion comes but once in life. Repen tance for failure to secure an edu cation at that time will begin by the time a young man reaches 25, and will continue through life. At that age the one opportunity has passed. A college education is sim ply indispensible to the very highr est usefulness and happiness of. most men who have some ability and am bition. Young men can afford to 'sacrifice for an education as for little else in life. Parents can render unto their children no greater ser vice with their money than by put ting it into a genuine, Christian ed ucation. Left in stocks, bonds, lands, and other forms of wealth, it may I be dissipated, or become a bone of j contention- and division among al! family of children when the parents) depart. Put into a Christian educa tion, it can do nothing else than bless i the boy through life:' I appeal to the qonsciepicei of the Baptist parents of South Carolina in confirmation of this statement. Why not send your boy to Fur-j man? He ought to be educated, and I confidently claim that there is no better institution in South Carolina, or neighboring state, for the educa tion of your boy, than Furman Un iversity, your own college. The de nomination has put its life into this institution to make it absolutely as good as the best. Why not patron ize an institution where the religious and moral life will be in accordance with your own feelings and where the cultural work is unsurpassed? The "Wonder State." In the Hollomon dispatch from South Carolina today the Constitu tion's correspondent calls that the "Wonder State," for the reason that she depends almost entirely upon a property tax for revenue; takes in, all told, only about $6,000,000 a year; and yet it is a matter of offi cial record that the state is actually leading the south in school support, ?jn proportion to her per capita [wealth, and white population. South Carolina has a population of only 1,700,000, or more than a j million less than Georgia. She has j no private property. She is in debt, borrowing each year to pay her ob ligations, but she "pays" as she goes, absolutely; and furnishes support to her great agricultural college at Clemson of aroound $500,000 a year; to her industrial normal $400,000; to her university $250,000 and to her military college around $500,000. She leaves the responsibility of common school maintenanme to the counties but appropriates $1,0004, ?000 a year to encourage consolida tions, long terms, attendance, effi ciency, etc, through various state aid [bonuses. South Carolina, like Georgia, is looking around for a more modern and adequate revenue system; but South Carolina, unlike Georgia, is not letting any of her institutions, educational or humane, suffer in the meantime. 'She appropriated, to il lustrate, in 1921, $784,000 to her state hospital. Indeed, it is a "Wonder State!" She never has a "deficit." If she needs money she borrows it. She makes a business proposition out of it.-Atlanta Constitution. ?LEN'S " THE ONLT 2EHU?NE The real scrap tlmt causes wars is the long green Experience Is one teacher whose pay ls. high enough. The one thing In America they ta-'t overtax is energy. A safe doesn't live up to its name In this burglarious day. Civilization must either depopularize wars or popularize taxes. Greece's attitude is that she abhors war, but can't stand peace. Nowadays any tax creates an emer gency f?r the average man. German propaganda ls getting about I the same results it did in 1917. As silk shirts come within the reach of ah* nobody'reaches for them. Worse than the unemployment situ ation is the loafing on the job. Fanatics accuse those with whom they differ of being atheists. Where autocracy was strongest the fear of Bolshevism is most acute. Another sign of spring-Japan ls moving back into cold Siberian towns. A man who is on the square never hesitates to come around when called on. If this thing keeps up the Germans may yet discover that they lost the war. Some of the nations have peace with honor and some have it with complica tions. One way to teach allens English ls to deprive them of foreign language papers. When a man dances with a girl and doesn't step on her toes he knows she's graceful. He Is a thrifty man who doesn't have to borrow money to pay his in come tax. . One of the most difficult things about holding office these days is hold ing the office. It was hoped that the word "propa ganda" and the hyphen could be elimi nated together. ______________ Some hyphenates apparently believe that waving an American flag ls an ef fective disguise. 'A little acorn never grew to be a b|g oak as fast as timber profits grew during the war. --;- . . ^Standing on one's head ls the lat est health' fad for those who have no brains to addle. 'Tis said a good cry now and then helps a woman. It also helps her to control her husband. What the statesmen do will not ac complish as much good as you think -or as much harm. What a pity that the cost of men's clothes has come down ! Kilts would have been so picturesque! Prance reports a shortage of to bacco. Overseas men who sampled it say that Is no new deficiency. The Turks are agreed on what they want but they have different opinions on how they're going to get lt. If there ls a general naval disarma ment lt should include not only sur face ships, but concealed weapons. These are the days when home gnr deners learn that things grow better in tlie catalogue than in the ground. All a man has to do is to stand where a speeding automobile ls pass ing to be a big fish in a little puddle. With meat soaring in price there ls ominous talk in the kitchen about re storing those notorious "cheaper cuts." Whatever may be the expectations of other industries, the booze business ls not confident of getting back to nor malcy. Opportunity never phones it is com ing, but if It did some men would ar range to be not at home when lt knocked. Wages In Hungarian money are fif teen or twenty times the prewar scale but what ls fifteen or twenty times nothing? Farmers have quit buying lightning lt>ds. The affable agents have found lt loore lucrative to sell oil stocks to gul lible folks. One good way to avoid panic when considering the national debt ls to compare lt with that of the other great nations. Other Industries may be shut down In Russia, but evidently the rumor fac tory and the mendacity mill are run ning night and day. Having had Its spree and got over lt, Mexico ls in position to give much val uable advice to the nations that want to tum everything upside down. titi MAKE UT WHAT DU SAVE THAT - , w ~Ou NTS Cor Trieb 1 1909, br C. E. Zlmmemac Co. -Ko. 66 . EVERY DOLLAR that you spend foolishly, every proportion ate amount of money that you earn that it would be possible to save and do not, is only money that you have to work for again. On the other hand every dollar you put in the bank is money that is going to constantly work for you. Which is the best; money always working for you, or you always working for your money. Come in and start that bank account Don't put it off another day. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS: J. C. Shappard, President; A. S. Tompkins, vice-President; E. J. Hims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, M. C. Parker, A. S. Tompkins, J. G. Holland, E. J. Mims, J. H. AJI?n W. C. Tompkin*. A Word to the Good People of Edgefleld We want you just to give us a trial of our 40c. Regular dinners when you visit Augusta. NEW YORK CAFE Established in ?909 and have grown larger and bigger year after year. Just four doors from the Square, right opposite the Genesta Hotel. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Feeds Gloria Flour and Dan Patch Horse|Feed Our Leaders Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. Barrett & Company (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta --- -