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(?l?tn? J&WHpapet Inpontb Carolina VOL. 86 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1921 43 JOHNSTQN LETTER. Thanksgiving Day r Observed. Good Collection for Or phanage. Fire Engine Has Arrived. , Thanksgiving Day was generally observed here. All public offices and stores closefl, and at ll o'clock a un ion service was held in the Metho dist church, the sermon being preach ed by Rev. W. S. Brooke, of the Bap tist church. Rev. Kinard of the Lu theran church and Rev. Kellar of the Methodist church participating also in the service. Sweet music was ren dered by the choirs. , During the day there were several family gatherings and spend-the-day parties, many of thexyoung people who are at college or teaching coming home for the occasion. There were many parties of hunts men out for the day. In the afternoon a lively game of football was played, between Aiken and Johnston teams, and the score stood 82 to 0 in- favor of the John ston team. The star players were Wheeler Rhoden, Davis Lewis, Char lie Davis and Phil Waters. Mr. Wheeler Rhoden entertained the Aiken football team with a party the evening they were here. The young people all had a very happs* time. Mr. Everet Herlong has been foe a visit to the home folks. Miss Bessie Bean, who teaches at Batesburg and Miss Lottie Bean at Williston and Miss Isabel Bean spent the week-end here with their mother Mrs. Bessie Bean. Miss. Louise Perry of Greenville is the guest of Miss Covington. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Yonce of Au gusta were visitors here during Thanksgiving. Mr.. Yonce was the . clerk at ?the Albion hotel. N Mrs. A. P. Lewis and Miss Marie Lewis are at home from a visit to relatives at Batesburg. Miss Hortense Padgett spent *the week-end "here with relatives. itfr. William Bouknight has gone to Rowesville, to attend the marriage .Miss Annie 'Holmes Harrison"who' is teaching music in the school at Lydia, is at home for a short visit. Mrs. Sullivan of Beaufort is the guest . of Mrs.J .A. Dobey. She is pleasantly remembered as Miss Sal lie Heywar'd. Miss Galbraith of Aiken, a former teacher of the Johnston school, has been visiting Miss Antoinette Denny. Misses Mary Waters and Lucile Woodward who are attending a bus iness college in Augusta spent Thanksgiving here. Mr. and, Mrs. W. R. Hoyt have moved from the Bland place at Mt. Tabor and have rooms with Mrs. Bessie Bean. Mrs. J. L. Walker entertained with a beautiful dinner party on last Monday in honor of her mother, Mrs. M. E. Walker, the occasion being the latter's birthday. Several friends and relatives were invited and all this I was a pleasant surprise. An elaborate dinner was served, the table being very attractive in all its appoint ments. Mrs. Leland Miller, returned last Saturday to her home in Richmond after a visit with relatives. The younger set enjoyed a party on Thursday evening given by Mr. Rupert Sawyer. Games and other pastimes occupied the 'time which sped all too quickly. Miss Pearl Rhoden of Columbia is visiting her sister, Mrs. Asbell. Sunday was Orphanage day at the Baptist Sunday school, all contribu tions of the classes going to aid Con nie Maxwell orphanage. The day proved a very rainy one,, so much so that there was only one-third the regular attendance, but the offering amounted to $60.25. Next Sunday all who were not present will be giv ten the opportunity to contribute. It is a great pleasure to everyone to see Dr. S. G. Mobley out on the street again after ? long period of a shut in. He is quite hale and hearty. Mrs. L. C| La/timer spent the week end at Ridge with her sister, Mrs. Mary Carwile. Miss Louise Hoyt who is ir. Colum bia attending e business college, has been home for a visit. Rev. W. S. Brooke attended a State Eoard meeting in Columbia on Sat urday. Mrs. and Mrs. H. C. Strother and i children and Mr. and i Mrs. Wallace Turner and Billie visited at Chappell and Newberry last week. Mr. F. L. Parker of South Caro I lina University. spent Thanksgiving here with the homefolks . Mr. Will Sawyer had the misfor tune to lose a tenant house one even ing of the past week. One side of the two room house was filled with farm produce, belonging to the tenant none of this being saved. ' The -fire company went to the scene, but as the lot of Mr. .Sawyer is out of the incorporate limits of the town, the last water plug was of too great a distance for the hose to get any play on the fire, the stream lacking several "yards of falling on the building. -The fire engine has at last arrived and*the fire department is located in the vacant store next to the Lutheran church. A fire company was recently organised and a great wave of relief goes over the town, that it is equip ped for fighting fire. Miss Luelle Norris. of Columbia has been for a short visit to the home folks.. Miss Ella Jacobs entertained a' large party, of friends on Friday evening in compliment to Miss Louise Perry of Greenville. Progressive rook was the chief diversion, the score cards and decorations pertaining to the season. After the game, music was enjoyed and a dainty sweet course was served. The League for the Improvement of the school met Friday afternoon. Mrs. E. R. Mobley conducted "the meeting. The membership drive week had been carried out and over 50 new members scured. Raising funds was discussed and having a supper and later a minstrel was planned for. It is the wish of the league to com plete and equip one of the basement rooms - for the science department, and if this meets with tfye wish of the trustees, will have this for the first endeavor. , 1 Misses Clara, Maude and Gladys Sawyer are at home from a visit to The m?ny friends of Master Mar ion Lott will regret to know that his general cbondition has not been good and Mr. and Mrs. Lott have been to Atlanta with him for treatment, and last week, Mrs. Lott went with him to a special sanatorium in Richmond, Va., hoping that he might be relieved. It is the prayer of everyone that this dear Jboy may be restored to health and strength. 1 Birthday Party. On Thanksgiving evening, Thurs day, November 24, Miss Mary Marsh entertained a number of her friends at a party celebrating her fifteenth birthday. The guests arrived at 8 o'clock and music was rendered until the cards for progressive conversa tion were distributed. Fifteen dates of conversation were enjoyed by those participating, during which a flower contest was engaged in. De lightful block cream and pound cake were served by Misses Mary Cante lou, Dorothy Marsh and Margaret Lyon. ' . The guests remained until after eleven o'clock, having a general good time and wishing Miss Marsh many happy returns of the day. Many pretty and useful gifts were present ed to the charming hostess. Farmers Should Attend. The annual meeting of the South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association will be held in Columbia Wednesday, November 7, at noon in Craven Hall. Arrange ments are being made to care for the largest number of farmers that ever gathered in Columbia. Edgefield county should be represented by a score or more of farmers. Every in dividual who attends will not only help along the cause but will be per sonally benefitted. This is a time when we are forced to get out'of the old ruts and attending such gath erings as this will help a farmer tc catch a new vision. Surely Edgefield county farmers will not have to be urged to send a delegation to Colum bia to this important meeting. FOR SALE: One Barred Rod cockerel and 15 pullets. Price reason able. D. J. LaGRON'E. Miss Florence Mims Writes of Thanksgiving in Tonkawa. Dear Advertiser: This is Thanksgiving day and'-.tp seventh that I have spent away from Edgefield. For the last three years it has been amid' snow, or ,at least$o treme 'cold, but here the sun is shot ing and the weather is very pleasant'. The few trees have, lost their lea* and stand like skeletons along; streets. . There is nothing outside of in est to see, but within there is tv and qranberry sauce. I am going dinner at the home of the newspa man of Tonkawa, Mr. Whinnery; that there will be a suggestio home. I suppose this is a time to co one's blessings. I am glad that I a'live and breathing the dry, hea? ful prairie air of Oklahoma. Half:; of the exhiliaration in joy comes, any way, from putting a pleasant iriter pretation on things, so greatly dots our imagination color or discolor daily happenings .of our lives On my way to the Thanksgivj service at the Presbyterian churcl passed an Indian man "and woman riding in a Ford car. Indians ar? ?fK?| to me an ordinary sight, those were the first that I had ? seen on Thanksgiving day, and; brought back memories of the first Thanksgiving that I had read aboti^ and what a part the redman played in it. These two in the Ford probably did not know what day this was, un less the closed stores brought to mfhd that this was a holiday. Yesterday I went very hurrie??y into a store to purchase someth8p? and the otherwise available clerk Vjj?s selling brilliant red cloth to two fat j Indian women with shiny black hair and faces at once smooth and expres sionless. Two little Indian boys we're with them talking to each other in English. I was willing to wait while these interesting creatures slowly made their purchase. I had never had' j such a really good opportunity toT serve them before. Last Sunday afternoon IdroveHo ._ _ _i..._.J _...i.---. _ JL Indians along the way except some driving or riding horseback. The Osages are the richest In dians in the world.on account of the rich yield of oil on their land. A short time ago I saw a specimen with a face as really finely chiselled as pictures show,*a tall picturesque figure walking down the street, and wearing a broad brimmed black hat He looked the typical warrior. I nev er cease to have a peculiar feeling of curiosity and interest colored by my admiration on seeing an Indian man with long braids twisted with green or orange, br an Indian squav; in a fringed and beaded shawl. FLORENCE MIMS. U. P. S., Tonkawa, Okla. November 24, 1921. Beautiful Birthday Party. Friday afternoon the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Lovick P. Smith presented a lovely scene, the occasion being the celebration of lit-, tie Lovick's 8th birthday. The house, piazzas and lawn literally swarmed with children, there being more than 150 present. The entertainment for' the little folk was planned on a unique and very large scale, a real carnival with confetti, booths, clowns and other similar amusements being arranged. The climax was reached when eight hot air balloons was as cended for the entertainment of the merry makers, each balloo?, repre-] senting a year of the little host*s age. The time passed as rapidly by as if I the little boys and girls were in a | circus or carnival midway. The little host and his parents left nothing un dbne that would contribute in. any way to the pleasure of the afternoon. After all had grown weary with out door sports of all kinds, ice cream and cake were served. As the shad ows lengthened the little guests relue- j tantiy bade their host good-bye, many j expressing the hope that there would be annnual returns of this happy oc casion. -/ The lucky number at the drawing last Saturday was 752. The holder will please call and get a Fisk inner tube absolutely free'. YONGE & MOONEY. "Our Own Alf Taylor." The only introduction given ( ernor A. A. Taylor by Commissu Bass was: "I have- the honor to . sent to you our own Alf Tayl The applause lasted several minu He\is what.I call a fine looking sp men of humanity, bald head, lai ing eyes, heavy set jaws and a v mouth covered with smiles. I will attempt to give his speech in full, will give you the milk in the coe nut. ' . ? . He asked: "Is Johnny Bass in house?" He was. Johnny was nounced as one pf the governor's I friends in the state. I looked for of the boy scouts to come forwz but when he came upon the rostr he was a grizzled veteran of 80 yea The governor then called up a : low from Texas, and the fiddling t came, forward. The governor took his fiddle and led the orchestra, w Johnny Bass, aged 80, playing piano. The crowd went wild wi the fiddlers started the program w Dixie,' and the rebel yell was soui ed through the tabernacle. Then f lowed "Arkansas Traveler." I coi hardly .keep my feet.. Then the chi lain general asked the. audience sing "I am Bound for the Promis Land," and the entire crowd, old a young joined in the singing, the lu mony being perfect. Then I felt mc like saying "Amen." The governor then launched ir his speech, which is in part as f lows: / |tf"Tbe honor falls to me to wei cor on behalf of Tennessee, the survi mg soldiers of the Confederate an ies, to this their annual reunion, a] to thank those in charge for havii ?elected as the place of reunion, o great industrial city of Chattanoog thave heard it said all my life, th Shere is nothing in ? name; a ro any other name would smell fWfiet;" it fis a proverb hoary wi age, as old as the Prince of Poets, b this proverb fails utterly when a ?E?d to "Dixie." I have thought o ten that the "Rebel yell" and "Di ieT were synonymous terms. Tl song of "Dixie" inspired the boys ijgge/th? rebel yell on the battlefield tne-ham'e ? ?of-^ixte?* -Btrw^ke'j^aj strings of historic memory and awa ens, into life and action an ep more thrilling than the Hliad of H mer, an epic of men as knightly ? Henry of Navarre; , of women i beautiful of Helen of ancient Tro; and as heroic of Joan of Arc; a ne epic of battles as celebrated as Ma athon or Thermopylae; of soldiers i illustrious as Miltiades or Leonida of statesmes as renowned "as Perich or orators as brilliant and as powe fui as Demosthenes; of poets s sweet, as melodious and as passioi ate as Sappho or Alcaus; as weil and as tragic as Euriphiides. Tl name of "Dixie" calls into being new epic of success and failure; hoi and despair; of victory and def ea of prosperity and adversity; of lo\ and hate; of poetry, song and r< manee; of valor and patience, an dauntless courage in the face of ovei whelming cataclysm. . "I repeat again," said the goverr or "that through tsuch vicissitudes n .people in all history of the race hav ever passed and risen so quickly froi such depths of disaster to such a re; toration of blighted, and now ruine fortunes. I yield to no one in my lov for "Dixie," because I yield to non in my love for this great republi< once divided and therefore weak this foundation for the unity of th sections was laid in the Spanish American war, when the first blood shed in the cause of humanity wa the blood qf a son of "Dixie." Th reconciliation became .universal am complete when McKinley orderei I head-stones at the expense of .e fed [eral government to be placed at th graves of the Confederate dead, as signing as a reason that men wh< were willing to die for what they be lieved to be right were Americai heroes." And now, how beautiful and pa thetic is the closing paragraph of thi: great Tennessean: .He paused for ^ moment, it seem ed to catch a flame of inspiration ii his1 closing remarks, and he caught i when he wished for some magi< power that-he might "gather the ro seate hues of the morning sunlighi as it streams on tip toe on our moun tain tops and gilds with golden glory forest and leaf ano? flower. I woulc 1 . i . . steal the deep blue of our autumn, skies, the rich green of our fertile meadows and the golden tints of our ripening grain, and weave them into garlands of forget-m?-nots and lay them at your feet. I would gurner the soft music of, our babbling brooks, the joyous freshness of child hood's happy laughter and the liquid music that flows from the throats of our song birds and would weave them into a melody whose refrain would, be welcome to Tennessee, welcome to,the hearts and the homes of the brave and the free." The governor is a great man. He left his frock of office at his home and came to Chattanooga. He was not stiff with starch and frippery; just a man from spur to plume, a heart and soul full of the milk of hu man kindness, mother wit and sound horse sense. In fact while we were all there together, the governor was [just one of the boys. This is the end of the reunion at I this historic city. J. RUSSELL WEIGHT. Long Branch Items. The Long Branch school observed Thursday and Friday as holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cullura and Miss Ethel'Clark spent the day at Mr. L. Salter's last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Derrick and family spent Sunday with Mr. G.D. Derrick. .' Misses Evelyn and Loren* Scott spent Monday with Mrs. Mattie Clax ton. , j j Some of the hunters had ii barbe cue at Mr. J. T. Rhoden's hst Sat urday night. Mr. Oscar Clark and family "dined with Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Williams Sunday. Mr. Raymond Derrick of Lexington spent the week-end at home. Mrs. Lona Bruce of near Johnston spent the week-end with hor moth er, Mrs. Kate Clark. .G. W. Scott and family dined with Mr. Luther Yonce Sunday. Miss Ellie Mae Herrin hau gone to Millen, Ga., to visit her brother. Grace anti Saline Clark spent the week-end with Mr. Jim Sat ?her near I ?. visitors of Mr. M. C. Clarie Sunday. Mrs. John Yonce and Mrs. Harry Scott; spent last Thursday with Mrs. G. W. Scott. Mrs. L. C. Clark and Mrs. Thomas Lybrand went to Ridge Spring last Friday. Mrs. Seabelle Yonce gave a Thanks giving dinner to the young folks. Those present were Mrs. Mae Der rick, Misses Farra and Azilee Salter, Thelma, Pansy annd Merfie Derrick, Evelyn and Lorene Scott, Ethel Clark, Beatrice Rutland and Lizzie Harvey and Messrs. Cecil and J. B. Thompson, Fletcher Derrick, Wil liam Ripley and Avery Salter. Ruby and Mary Clark spent Thanksgiving with Grace annd Saline Clark. The junior B. Y. P. U. had *a very nice time at ,the social at Philippi on Thursday afternoon. Miss Harvey spent last Wednesday night at Mrs. G. D. Derrick's. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clark went on a business trip to Augusta last Monday. Misses Pansy Derrick and Lizzie Harvey went to Saluda last Friday to visit Mrs. J. W. Coleman and Miss Cleo Attaway. . , Mr. and Mrs. M. C. dark celebrat ed their golden wedding anniversary on November 28. It was a very pleas ant occasion. Mr. and M rs. Clark have ten children and all wer? present, and out of thirty-one grandchildren, 29 were present. The, sonu are: Messrs J. A., J. C., W. S., W. H., Jr B., D. W.f and Claud Clark. The daughters are Mrs. Mike Hair, Mrs. Lonnie Bruce and Mrs. J. H. Temples. Mrs. Clark's mother, 88 years of age, was present. Those present outside of the family w?r?: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rho den, Mr. and Mri E. R. Clark, Mr. L. M. Clark and family, Mr. Lewis Clark and family, Mr. and.Mrs. Jesse Williams and son, Mr. E. H. Rhoden, Mrs. Elizabeth Walton, Bev. G. M. Sexton and family, Misses Frances Pruitt, Lizzie Harvey and Alma Clark and Mr. John, 0. Clarie Read an article in this issue of The Advertiser in which Mr. Henry Ford emphasizes the use of modern farm machinery, including tractors. YONCE & MOONEY. 1 RED OAK GROVE. Successful Missionary Meet ing Saturday. Death of Mrs. Lizzie Shelton of Modoc. , The ^clement weather prevented a large attendance at the divisional meeting at ;Red Oak Grove last ?Sat urday, but did not prevent a good, service or a bountiful dinner. Those attending' from Edgefield were Mrs. Mamie Tillman, Mrs. J. Pi Nixon, Rev. and Mrs. Allen and chil dren, Miss Kellah Fair and Miss Carolyn Dorn. Mrs. J. C. Bussey led the devotion al, 'MT. Tillman offered prayer/ re fnembering those Who -liad so faith fully labored there, whose influence yet is a benediction ?nd encourage ment to us to strive to do His will. .. Miss Kellah Fair brought a mes sage to the society from Mrs. Mims, who kindly remembered Mrs. Bus sey in the wort? on this occasion. The Y. W. A.'s of Red Oak Grove rendered the outline of the year's work for 1921-1922 by building the "arch of triumph" which did theni fair credit, after which Mrs. Tillman explained so well and earnestly the needs of each phase of the work that1 the girls had demonstrated. We feel fortunate in. having Mrs. Tillman as our Edgefield representative at Nash ville last May, and, then to have her bring it on to th,e remote corner, an humble / country church, wher? the message was so gladly received. The morning hour-was closed with a prayer by Brother Allen. After, lunch the Sunbeam work was con ducted by Mrs. Tillman, after our' president reported on the work for the absent churches as best she could. Mrs. Tillman gave new plans and. stressed the object lesson for the Sunbeams by way* of Mission Study classes, placing in the hands of the leader '"Our World Family" the text book for the Sunbeams, which' she - purchasedj and will "soon have the^ children familiar with the good things, it contains-for them. It is with much regret that more could not haye bee i present and ton. It was full of^he^wm^g?speiP truths as to our duty in carrying, out the mission left with us to fulfill. And last, but by no means least, x was the lecture by Mrs. Allen on the importance; of the R?yal Ambassa dor work and its needs throughout, the state. At present we understand there are only a few in the associa tion, but we feel sure there is dawn ing a new day in. the Edgefield As- . sedation. Our community was saddened on la^t Saturday morning to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Lizzie Shelton,, of Modoc. Mrs.. Shelton was a mem ber of the Baptist church and for a number of years an active worker of , the W. M. S. of Red Oak Grove, where she resided, and during her - residence here made many warm friends. She* is survived Joy the fol lowing children: Mrs. Tillman Howie and Mr. John Shelton of Modoc, Mrs.. Press Stone of Red Hill and Mr^ Al bert Shelton of Goldsboro, N. C., and a number of grandchildren. Rev. E. G. Kugley conducted the. funeral services on Sunday. Notwith standing the down pour of rain, there ware a large attendance at the fu neral, with many lovely floral offer ings, . which attested the esteem of-' this humble Christian woman. To the bereaved ones we commend: the grace of our Father above, for vie know "He doeth all things well," and. chasteneth those whom He loveth. Thanksgiving. v Everybody has something to be; thankful for, despite hard times. Elbert Hubbard said, 'If you are irr: pain, thank the Lord; it's a sign you*, are alive." An Irish hod-carrier fell from a: high' scaffolding and broke his leg:. He was / heard to murmur amid' groans, "Thank the Lord." One who heard him asked, t ^"What are your thanking the Lord for? Isn't your leg broken?" "Yes," he replied : % "but my neck isn't," and I'm thanking him. for that." j There is no better way to show thankfulness than to give something: to . God's little orphan children.* Newberry Observer.