VOL. 86 EDGEFIELD, S. C.,/WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1921 No, 34 JOHNSTON LETTER. Board of Ridgedale Academ; Met Marriage of . Miss Shade. Meeting of B. Y. P. U. Mr. an(l Mrs. Smyly Stevens of Bennettsviile were here Sunday morning en route to Meeting: Street to be at the bedside of their mother, Mrs. Ida Stevens, who is critical^ ill. Mrs. Stevens has suffered a stroke of paralysis and is unconscious, and her physician does not entertain any hope of her recovery. The board of trustees of Ridge dale academy, at Seivern had a meet ing here at the Baptist church on Thursday, and at the lunch hour they were entertained by the missionary society, a tempting luncheon being served. There were several matters dispos ed of relative to the advancement of the school. The Ridge association has adopted this school and the board is composed of representatives from the various churches. Mrs. E. B. Dasher, has accepted the Hardy school and will teach there during the coming term. Mrs. Dasher,, before her marriage had several years of experience as teacher in one of the colleges in North Carolina and the school is fortunate in securing her services. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stirnen will move this week to Summerland, where they will make their home for a while. It is sincerely regretted that they are to reside elsewhere, but their friends trust that at some fu ture time they will take up their abode here again. Mrs. Stirnen will assist in teaching in one of the schools in the' community. ^ Mr. ancUMrs. W. A. Bradfield have returned from their honeymoon and are spending a few days here in the home of the latter's father, Mr. W. S.- Mobley. There is a prospect of Mr. Bradfield being permanently lo cated, here by the firm he^re(Pjte?ftnj^, which is pleasant news to all. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are now dom iciled in the home with Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Tarrant. Mrs. Mary Hamilton, who has been quite sick at the home of her niece, Mrs. Alice Cox, is now improving. Mrs. Grace Crouch is spending a while here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crouch. Mrs. Annie Lewis has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. S. Mobley in Thomson, Ga. Little Margaret Helen Payne who has been so ill with typhoid fever, is now better and every one hopes the dear little girl will soon be well. Mrs. L. L. Allen and Margery have returned to Akron, Ohio, after spend ing the summer here in the home of the former's mother, Mrs. Mary Wa ters, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ouzts and Wil mot are visiting in Tennille, Ga. Mr. Arthur Eidson was stricken with paraylsis on last Sunday while he was out on the church grounds of Ward Baptist church in conversa tion with his pastor, Rev. W. S. Brooke. His condition is now con sidered better and he is conscious. Miss Henrietta Satcher is spend ing a few days here with her sister, Mrs. Ann Gibson. Miss Satcher will be in Columbia attending the nurses' training school this winter, this being her second term. News comes of the marriage of Miss Julia Shade, the daughter of s Mr. and Mrs. Paseur Shade to Mr. Lewis Schmitman, this happy union taking place in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Shade and their daughter had been spending the summer north, and plans for the marriage culminated while >they were there. A large and happy event was made of the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Schmit man are now residing in Washington where the former is engaged as a secretary under Hoover. The bride has always lived here at Johnston, and is a handsome young woman, and well educated, and every one liked her for her pleasant annd friendly manner. The groom graduated at Yale in June and at college was noted for his intellectual attainments. He is very versatile in several languages, and at the Peace Conference he will be seiit as an interpreter fdr the Spanish language. Mrs. Alice Satcher Watson of Au gusta is the guest of relatives. The first meeting of the B. Y. P. U. was held Sunday evening at the Baptist church, Mr. Guy Forrest, president, having this in charge. The young people are enthused over the movement and it is hoped that soon every young person identified with the church will join. The meetings will be held one hour previous to the preaching service. Once a month a social will be held and this evening of wholesome fun is being pleasant ly anticipated. Sunday was promotion day at the Baptist church, and the order of ser vice was varied some by-the superin tendent, Mr. S. J. Watson. There were promotions from every class, from the beginners to the Fidelis class. The teachers and pupils were both warmly attached and the separ ation was felt by both, but the pro motion was necessary for the well organized school. The beginners class was given a new room as it had out grown its present quarters. Miss Annelle Thacker of St. Mat thews is the guest of friends. Mrs. Frank H. Williams has had the honor of being named as the del egate from South Carolina to attend the formal opening of the handsome new building recently erected in New York, by the Art company. There are several in South Carolina connected with the firm and Mrs. Wil liams by her most efficient-work was chosen. Last week the remains of W. C. Yonce arrived from overseas, he hav ing lost his life in the world war. The body was interred at Mt. Caval ry Lutheran cemetery, the services being conducted by the Rev. J. D. Kinard, pastor. The" casket was opened by the young man's father, and there was every indication that this was his son. Mr. Yon?e was a noble young man and the memory of him will live on. On Sunday afternoon a beautiful monument that was a fitting testi This monument was erected by the Knights of Pythias, of Augusta, and unveiled by the order. The lodges of Aiken, Edgefield and Johnston were invited to participate. There was a large crowd and the exercises attend ing the unveiling were very impress ive. The General Assembly's Op portunity. Before the people become overex .ercited about taxes, it is well to bear in mind that the next General As sembly can, if it will, reduce the tax levy substantially by adopting wholly or in part the plan suggested by Sen ator Marion and his legislative com mittee, Governor Cooper, Mr. Kohn and others who have given the sub ject studious attention. The State has suggested that the imposed tax on gasoline, for example, might run counter to the federal con stitution but, meantime, a number of states are actually imposing and col lecting this tax. ' If it shall be resorted to in South Carolina, probably it will be, the revenues so derived would make pos sible perhaps ten per cent, reduc tion in the present state tax levy. The gasoline tax is but one of many devices available for increasing the revenues and extending relief to visi ble property, lands and houses, of a large part of their burdens. The General Assembly will have no excuse if it fails at its next session to enact measures'in the direction of appeasing the dissatisfaction. and wrach that is said to be general. It can reduce taxes on real estate more at one session than subsequent Gen eral Assemblies, though they be ad vied by extreme economists in- the governor's office, can reduce them in a half dozen years. The General Assembly in office has an untouched field:in which to op perate.-The' State; The proprietor of The Hub has re turned from the northern markets where he purchased a large and com plete .stock for every department of his store. THE HUB. There has been a great increase in the demand for Ford cars since the last cut iii price was made. Better get your order in at once for a Ford car. YONCE & MOONEY, j South Carolina Leads in Crc Values to Acre. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 22.-Witn v farm value of $70.50 per acre ? crops grown in the state, little Sou; Carolina leads the states of the uni( in. value of crops grown on her acr of improved land. Director J. N. Ha per of the Southern Soil ImprOy. ment committee has just finished^ digest of the report of the census bi reau, and finds that South Carolir has an enviable record for the yei 1919, for which year the census fi? ures were gathered. Her acreage ( improved land was 6,206,644 acr< and the value of her farm croj grown on this land was $437,121 837, which gives a value of $70.5 per acre. It is interesting to note in this coi nection that South Carolina's expei ditures for fertilizers amounted t $52,546,795, or that for each aci she spent an average of $8.46. Th: would not be so significant wer?'.; not for the fact that North Carolin; her nearest competitor in the SoutI with over two million more acres*? improved land spent $5.96 per acr for fertilizers and has a farm yalu of crops per acre of $61.50. Nort Carolina had 8,194,409 acres in im proved land and a total value 0 farm crops amounting to $503,229., 313, or a value per acre of $61.5C This state spent $48,796,694 for fei tilizers during that year. Now compare these figures wit! those from two other states of th? same region. Georgia had 13,054,010 acres o improved land and a total value b; farm crops amounting to $540,613 626. This gives Georgia a farm vaiui of crops per acre of $41.40. Shi spent $46,196,434, or only $3.53 pe; acre for fertilizers and her value ?: crops per acre dropped correspond ingly. Alabama, with 9,893J407 acre! of improved land had a total valut of crops amounting to $304,348,635 which-.-is an-aere value^-^?^PsIWljP Alabama, however, spent only $14j 066,108 or just about $1.42 per acre for fertilizers and her value per acn of farm crops dropped below half ol the value secured on South Carolins farms. North Carolina spent jusi about $6 per acre for fertilizers anci doubled the value per acre of Ala bama's crops. Putting this'in anothei way, North Carolina spent a little over four times as much for fertili zers as Alabama and made 100 pei cent on the investment. According to Director Harper, ii seems that as is the use of fertilizers so is crop production. These figures, issued by the census bureau seem to bear out his assertion. It brings tc mind the old argument that a less number of acres intelligently farmed and liberally fertilized can be made to pay more actual profit than by trying to farm large areas and secur ing low acre yields. With the chang ing system of farming that is grad ually coming over the South, it be comes more and, more imperative that the acreage be reduced. This is especially true of cotton. Under boll weevil conditions, farm ers can not hope to farm large areas in cotton profitably. This has been brought forcibly to their attention this year when the boll weevil has reduced the yields in some sections to where the farmers will not make a bale on from six to ten acres of land. .This is a conservative estimate given by some leading farmers in the districts seriously affected. It would seem that fewer acres of cotton, lib erally fertilized and carefully tended; the growing bf all food and feed crops and plenty of hay and rough age for the cattle and hogs; the keep ing of sufficient cows to furnish all the milk and butter needed; a home poultry flock ;and an orchard and garden will work for the complete financial independence of the South ern farmer. , Figures show that crops must be fertilized tc give highest yields per acre and greatest profit, and when there is a good income from every acre of farm lands planted in the South then we have reached that con dition whore we can boast of our ef ficiency. South Carolina is leading the way, North Carolina is close be hind, while Georgia and Alabama are somewhat l?gging when acre re-turns are considered. Miss Florence Mims Paints | " Striking Indian Picture from Tonka wa. Dear Advertiser: |S|What would you do if on walkin down the street you suddenly can: .;upon ten Indians sitting in a row ^Not modernized Indians with starcl 'ed collars and straw hats, but peac< Cful citizens with warrior faces, wit phair in long braids twisted with bri jdiant green cloth and wearing larg plack hats savoring of sombrero! jjand yet belying their dress by reac jung and understanding a newspi ?Bper. K?The women in the group wer ?clothed, some of them, in crimsoi and al! wearing shawls with dee ?ringe. They looked barbarity, an Syet at their backs were modern sho ?windows. I Then, there were little childreT BOO,' who probably look upon th Iv'orld wide-eyed, wondering whet! ir the civilization of the pale face s the better for them to learn, or th arts of ?heir .chief, Hawk-Eye o White Feather. And would you suppose for a min ate that they looked at me with an; ponder and silent admiration wit! which I looked at them? Not at all Cf they noticed me," it was perhap $vith quiet scorn. Why should they consider me? M; ihcestors landed but a short yester ay ago, with no letter jf introduc j i??n to these aristocrats of America jThey have never taken us into thei: magic ring of camaraderie, and nev fr.will. We are the "new rich." The] &re the "first families" of America at-Perhaps those who basked in th< Jun-this morning are the family o? ? chief. I do not know, jj?it?s all in the state of mind, then Attitude toward themselves that keep; Shem proud and defiant, for, theil chief has no power. And yet, I sup* pose he feels the sceptre in his hands s|d -wields it with all the glory ol ^d^itio^ir^j^11^^6' ^acttnei* If I had obeyed my first impulse I should have stood in the middle ol the street and stared at them, obliv ions of good form, of the passing peo ple, of all but these picturesque crea tures, proud like the peacock bi bright feathers. I would have stood and looked and dreamed, lived mj? life over again from the time when 1 was a child and heard stories of In dian massacres and romances, some times then in my ignorance fearing that they might come again and fight us. But I could not stand and look. 1 could not even pause, but summon ing all niy will power, I passed them when I wanted so much to stay. As I looked at them, I saw nothing but the Indians. All the other passing folk and the town itself, made but a frame within which these figures stood out. The nearest Indians to Tonkawa are the Tonkawas, an almost extinct tribe. Perhaps these were some of them. It made little difference to me, just so they were red men. They doubtless have as strong a pride of tribe and nation as we have of .state. As I would recite some of the exploits of the Marion and Sum ter, so they would tell with an equal pride of their tribal braves. To Oklahoma, they are only In dians, one of*the five divisions of the human race, commonly termed the Red Man. To me they were inspira tion, picturesque, adventure-living romance. Tie most imposing home in and around Tonkawa it that owned by an Indian. It has been recently built, the interior furnishings costing an extravagant sum of money. As one passes, the place, a few miles out of town, he is told that "this is the home of the wealthy Indian." To the red man, before the settling of America by the pale face, there could be no distinction as regarded homes and money. The Indian was great, and famous who was b/ave, fearless to the last degree, skillful and self controlled. One wigwam could not be much more magnificent than another if they were all made with the skins of animals. Perhaps, only the beads were more numerous and the feathers of a more brilliant hue in the costume of a chief. Now, however, the Osage Indians, who live in an adjoining county to this one are the wealthiest in the United States.. Some of them are millionaires. Fate has turned and the land which the white man took away from the Indians, in the North and East, is as it was in the beginning-, but the strip of land left to the Indians as their spiecal home has developed oil fields of fabulous richness yielding im mense amounts fo. money to the Os ages, so that they and their descend ants will be independent forever. After all,, the Indian seems to be coming back into his own, for Provi dence does not relentlessly punish a nation forever. - FLORENCE MLMS. University Preparatory School, Tonkawa, Okla. Miss Miriam Norris Honoree at Mrs. B. B. Jones' Charm ing Party. Mrs. Braxtoh Bragg Jones enter tained very beautifully on Wednes day afternoon, September 21st, in honor of Miss Miriam Norris, the very popular bride-elect. Lohengrin's Bridal Chorus an nounced the honoree's arrival, little Emily Dunovant escorting her in with "Here come the bride !" "Braxton Hall" was never lovelier than on this: occasion, the spacious rooms and hall that were en suite, be ing elaborately decorated in golden rod and brown-eyed Susans, harbin gers of the golden Indian summer. The. lights were yellow shaded and matching tapers gleamed here and there, giving a mellow glow to the pretty scene. Mrs. E." J. Norris and Miss Eliza Mims stood with Mrs. Jones to re ceive the callers, who were refreshed with delicious punch by Misses Feli cia Mims and Nell Bryan. Allen Samuel, Jr., pinned on the Cupid souvenirs. A delightful program had been ar ranged, opening with a suite of songs by Miss Nan Gunter of Batesburg, who wasche panying on the sweet toned Baby Grand. Miss Susan Mathis of Tren ton rendered "Love's Pleadings," beautifully. Mrs. Hugh Mitchell's de lightful number . was Schubert's "Serenade."" Miss Elizabeth Smith played for Miss Mary Cantelou who gave an ex quisite solo dance. The Sextette from Lucia was a lovely violin duet of Misses Lois Mims and R?sela Parker, with piano accompaniament played by Miss Margaret May. Miss Elizabeth Smith accompanied for another gifted child to dance, little Virginia Holland, who is sim ply adorable. Following the program, the dining room doors were opened. Here the color scheme was accentuated'in the exquisite brides' table, place cards and decorations being of soft yellow tints. The honor place was marked by golden streamers from the hand some shaded chandelier. The bride and eight girlhood friends were seated, the other guests being served buffet style, the dainty refreshm