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I^mrth (toto EDGE???L1; Si^^WEDNESDAY, JANUARY il, 1922 48 JOHNSTON LETTER. \\ eek of Prayer, Interes ting Debate at High School. Miss Sawyer Enter tains at Bridge. ?_ The week, of prayer was observed here during the past week by the-W. M. JJ', of the. Baptist church arie, ju nior, organization each had a nieetr irig.- Each afternoon a beautiful and uplifting prograrii was rendered, dif ferent members taking -a part each ? afternoon, a special feature- being the gospal message in song. Everyone was greatly blessed and helped by these seasons of prayer, the keynote of all being the advancement.- of of God's Kingdom. . . The friends of-Dr. John. W. Mob ley of Milledge, Ga., will regret to know that his health is impaired and he is not able to be as' actively en gaged as formerly. Miss Anna Huiet of Greenwood, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary Wa xers. Mr. Frank Bland went to Knox ville, Tenn., the first of last week to see the new firm for which he will travel during the coming year. Mesdames Wifburne and M. M. Coleman of Aiken are guests of Mrs. W. E. LaGrone. Dr. and Mrs. Horace Wright have .burned to Georgetown after a visit to relatives. The friends of Mrs. Mary Hamil ton will be glad to know, that she. is , now able to be up again, after being ; confined to her room for two months or more. Mrs. : Eugene Kn'eece and children of Ridge Spring: are guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Clark. - Rev. W. S.. Brooke spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Columbia attend ing the State Baptist Board meeting. Mrs. W. J. Hatcher also attended, the women of the state- meeting lat. the same time. It ivas a pleasure to ' 'this boeV to have their state W. M. U. president, Mrs. J. D. Chapman present. Owing to the death of her husband, she was not present at the annual state meeting in November. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bradfield are at home from a visit to relatives in Charlotte, N. C. Miss Blanche Sawyer has gone to Darlington, where she has accepted a position. Mrs. John Milne and son have ar rived from Cleveland, Tenn., and will visit relatives. Miss Louise Boyd, who is now teaching at Graniteville, S. C., has been for a visit to Mrs. Walter Saw yer. Mrs. Tom Willis of Wilhston has been spending the past two weeks here in the home of her father, Mr. J. W. Sawyer. Mrs. John Wright has gone to Co lumbia to spend a while with rela tives. Mrs. Walter Sawyer entertained the members of the Narcosa club in a most delightful manner, on New Year's day and every one had a hap py time. Johnston is soon to have a "Piggly Wiggly Store. The annual report of the Baptist Sunday school, as read Sunday show ed a flourishing school. There are 441 enrolled and the average attend ance was good. During the year the class collections amounted to $604. 76. There were four who did not miss a single Sunday: Misses Grace Tur ner, Grace Ellen Cassells, Mr. Avery Bland and James Nixon Dobey. There were several that had missed only one Sunday, and in each in stance they were providentially kept from attending. - The superintend ent urged for the coming year a larg er per cent of attendance, and urged the bringing in of those who should be enrolled. Mr. and Mr?. Will Mobley and Miss Carrie Mobley and Mr. Hodges Mob ley of Thomson, Ga., visited Mrs. A. P. Lewis for the week end. Mrs. Moses Mobley of Columbia is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Compton. Little Natalie Compton who has been so ill with typhoid fever, is now better. The Woodrow Wilson of the high school has on a very interesting meet ing for the last of the week. There will b?: a debate with the following query: "Which was the greater, Co -?ttmbus for discovering America, c Washington^ or. def ending it?" , ?^-l?'aj^f^'.'^e^?ing toole ->plae last .Wednesday'in, the home* "-of '31: and Mrs,.' Newton; 'Broadwater, a which time their daughter, -Marni .Warren-Broadwater became the brid of Mr. MaxeycHeyward Stewart; The. spacious-rooms were, most ai tistically decorated and in the parlo wherevthe marriage took^place, ther was a lovely archway of smylax .an< white roses, under which the h?pp; pair plighted their troth. There wer nb attendants, and only the two fam Hies- were, present. - Mrs,-W, ?. Ouzts met the>-guest and carried them to the parlor. A high noon the ceremony was perform ed by Rev. W. S. Brooke. The bride was very attractive an( winsome in a coat suit of m idnighl blue tricotine with all details in har mony, and she carried a bouquet ol bride's roses showered with swan sonia. After heart; v congratulations and good wishes, all were invited inte the dining room where an eleganl wedding repast was served, that was lovely in all its appointments, there being several courses. The center piece of the table was a bride's cake, Later the couple left for northern points and upon their return will be at home at Ridgeway, the home of the groom. The bride is the only daught er and it is a source of regret to all her friends here that now she will make her home elsewhere, for by her pleasant manner, none, knew her but to love her." .. "There will be a basket ball game here Friday afternoon between the local team and that of Ridge Spring. . The. dwelling of - Mr. Harry -C. Strother that is occupied by the fam ily of-Mr. Eugene ' Thraflkill caught oh fire one day of the-past week. The fire was discovered on the roof, and it is supposed that a spark fell from the chimney, and the. wind fanned it into a flame. Mr.. Wallie Tur nervio happened' to ste it just as'it was blazing, mounted a ladder and soon had the fire extinguished. Then the fire engine came to the scene, but too late to get to see how it worked. Mr. Mark Toney has been spending a few days in Columbia. Mrs. Ben Wright and Miss Florence Wright have decided to go to Green wood to make .their home for the win ter, the latter having accepted a po sition there. Mr. Elliot Lewis was quite sick du ring the past week, but is now able to be up. Miss Hortense Padgett s; ent the week-end here with relatives. Miss Maude Sawyer entertained the bridge club on Wednesday after noon and the twelve members and visitors spent two very pleasant hours. The highest score was made by Miss Frances Turner, who receiv ed the prize, and Mrs. Wilburne, af ter cutting, was presented with the visitor's prize. A dainty salad course was served. Mrs. Taylor Goodwyn of Green wood is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Wertz. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Turner and Billie and Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Strother, Harry and Josephine, spent part of theweek at Chappell. Mrs. Thomas Mitchell of Leesville, has been spending a while in the home of her father, Mr. J. H. White. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hart and lit tle son, Walker, are guests of Mrs. Victoria Hart. Misses Elliot and Conya Hardy, who hold positions in Washington, D. C., were welcome visitors here re cently. Mr. George Hardy of Ala bama and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hardy and family of Augusta were also vis iting the home folks at the same time sa a happy family reunion was held. Always Send Name. The Advertiser received the "News from Choty" this week, con taining much that we would .have been glad to publish, but as the letter was not accompanied by the name of the writer we had to leave it out. Will people never learn that news papers do not publish letters or com munications of any character that are not accompanied by the name of the writer? The name will not be publish ed, if so- requested, but it rrust al ways accompany the communication.1 i Beautiful Marriage pf - John M. Mays and Mrs. Mary Ellen Heriot. ; ' A; wedding- of much.-inter??t,^J^I ??dgsfie?d .county, on account -of -ihe prominence and pop.u?2rity':-'$i^the groom.- was that . of-J&r.: J.?ha.' M/^jfe to Mrs, Mary.'{EU?h:-yH?ri?t.;?>^^ took place at Aiken, S.'C.;;Tue?^af^ ?January IO, Eather L.' E. Fbrd^v-j?? Mary of-Help church, performing.}^ ceremony.;. At" eleven' o'clock in the.in?rh.iv?'j the wedding party left the hpme^ft Mrs. .Heriot and proceeded to' thatsc-X Mr. and-Mrs. Nelson Johnson on P,aj?< avenue, these' being very close' frien'u .}j of the-bride who had asked'that thv! wedding take/ place there. The wid e ?J halls and spacious parlors had -be?i? thrown en suite for the occasion, arie? were beautifully decorated witib palms,1, ferns and royal poinsettia?^ Lighted candles threw a soft-light over the scene while low, sweet musi<ri came from the orchestra benind--tfc|^ palms. ) Mrs. Mary Ellen Owens' of'August? ta, Ga., attended the bride as matron ? of honor, while Major W. A. Collett* was best man. Father Forde read the;? ceremony in a most impressive man- ; ner. After receiving the congratula-^: tions and good wishes of their friends j; Mr. and Mrs. Mays led the way to the f dining room where an elegant six.;jj course luncheon was served. , 0 - Afterward the . happy couple re.-':1 turned to .their home on lower Parle..!. avenue, from whence in a short while'], they proceeded on their way. towards Florida. .Mrs. Mays was attired in'a hand--.' some, costume of gray, and earried a beautiful bride's bouquet, :which she threw-f rpm the. high stairway to the ladies-in the hali below. Mrs. Annie: Richardsdn made the lucky catch. A more beautiful wedding has sel*,. dom been seen. Nor has there'been a j ' bride'lcd to the altar who. vas fol- {? lowed" by more goad wi/-,^ .fcpj^.....'. Tvrii'?^'c 'ho.--i -of S? miring arici'loviri'l friends. On all sides were heard ex pressions of the esteem and affection of those who know her. Mr. and Mrs. Mays will make their home in Aiken. Present from Edge field were Col. P. B. Mayson, J. W. Kemp, Col. and Mrs. S. B. Mays, W. H. and J. M. Mays, Jr., Maj. W. A. Collett and Mrs. Lemie Talbert. A GUEST. Supt. T. A. Hightower, Mr. M. B. Tucker, bookkeeper, and Mrs. R. M. Scurry, assistant bookkeeper at the Addison Mills. The smiles on their faces show that the salaries of these employees are large enough to pay their grocery bills-Builders, by Lockwood, Greene & Co., Boston. You- can't tell by this picture whether May Reeves, nurse and ser vice manager at Addison Mills, has her sleeves rolled up just to show how easy it is to do gardening in a nurse's uniform without getting it soiled or whether she has just come out of the kitchen where she had been washing the dinner dishes. Builders, Lockwood, Greene & Co., Boston. The Development of the T? tile Industry in South Carolina. By M. B. Tucker, Office Manager the Addison Mills. South Carolina may owe much its statesmen, but you will agree J ter you have read this article by J Tucker that it owes even more those business men of vision w worked so hard and overcame many obstacles to establish the ci ton manufacturing industry in t South.-Editor's Note. South Carolina holds the envi?t distinction of being the leading te tile manufacturing state in the Sout and the second in the Union, excee ed only by Massachusetts. The first cotton mill in the sta was built in 1845 by William Grej at Graniteville, Aiken county, ai contained 9,000 spindles and 3( looms. He was the nephew of Jacc Gregg, who had in 1810 establishc the first cotton mill in the South ne* Monticello, Georgia. Gregg was man of keen intellect and foresigh his wisdom being shown in a collei tion of essays on "Domestic Indu try," which sets forth the possibil ties and advantages of cotton mani facturing in the South which is stril ingly uncanny. Just prior to writin ?hese essays he had visited the mani facturing districts of the norther -tates. \ The vein of practical good sense o these essays is shown in the preface jvhen he refers to his visit to north ern factories, as follows: "When jraw bags of our cotton arrive i: jhose mountainous districts, wlhici 3ad been packed in the interior o louth Carolina, and wagoned ove Miserable, bad roads (in some in stances one hundred miles) to Ham |.'urg or Columbia; thence transport ra 136 miles by railroad to Charles ion, where it is sold, after being sub r?jtted to the charge of drayage wharfaro. commissions, and perhap ^C-;-;thpn- Snipped; : \ Now |or! to undergo' similar ch1*r"ge?,~>.vhe? it is purchased by one of those manu facturers and again reshipped ti Hartford, an \ from the last namoi place, making a dangerous and diffi cult passage up the Connecticut river is landed, and again hauled in wag ons some thirty or forty miles, ove: mountainous roads, and having reach ed its final destination (at double it! original cost, is manufactured inte coarse cloth. Going over the sam? ground again, it reaches New York where it is reshipped to Charleston and finds its way back again into the interior of our state. I repeat, wher I saw these things, and knowing, as I do, the rich resources of South Car olina, and the facility with which cot ton could be turned into cloth by la bor around us, which might be ap plied to it without detriment to othei pursuits-could it be expected thai I write without using strong terms?" In this remarkable memoir are ex pressed the very reasons why South Carolina has reached the present im portant place in thc textile industry. Would it not be splendid if William Gregg could come back to see South Carolina in 1921, only seventy-six years later, with its 300 cotton mills, containing 5,000,000 spindles, con suming nearly a million bales of cot ton annually, an investment of one hundred and forty million dollars, an annual output in finished products valued at a quarter of a billion dol lars, these mills employing 60,000 people, who receive a payroll of $70, 000,000 annually? A retrospective glance shows very little progress toward developing the industry before the Civil War, owing to the difficulties of transportation, marketing and financing, there being only five mills in the state in 1860. During the war and the following re construction period, a state of forced lethargy prevailed untli. about 1880. Then with the renaissance of the South, politically and economicallv, there began an earnest and active pe riod of building mills, which contin ues unabated up to the present. Du ring this period of great development, there lived one outstanding figure, to whose labors may be attributed, a large portion of its success. This man was D. A. Tompkins, whose life's ef fort was nothing short of a Gospel of Industrial Expansion. His birthplace was Edgefield county where stands today one of the mills which he built and operated. This mill is today none other than the Ad dison Mills at Edgefield, operated b us. Mr. Tompkins was a pioneer, a ma of far-sighted vision and of sufficier executive ability to practicalize hi ideas. He felt that the South woul never become really great so lon as it continued merely to produce cot ton and raw materials. This he preac ed without ceasing, pointing out als that in the South there was sufficien labor ordinarily loafing to furnish ; million workers who could operat the whole 30,000,000 spindles requir ed to work up a ten million bale ero] of cotton. His influence is no bette: revealed than in the fact that he or ganized, built as engineer, and fur nished with machinery, nearly a hun dred cotton mills, not to mention hil activities in other lines of industry In addition he established the Clem son Textile school, and in the milli fostered education and encourag?e help to become more enlightened anc skilled. Through his efforts and en thusiasm, the impetus was addec which led South Carolina and the whole South to push forward the ex pansion of its industrial program tc the important position it today holds, Having considered the actual build ing of mills, or the external develop ment, no account would be complete without telling briefly of the inter nal, especially as to the improvement in working conditions in comparative ly recent years. It has been said that the fundametnal principle of all la bor legislation is the conservation of the human resources. From the won dreful changes which have been wrought in working conditions in the mills of t'.e state in the past twenty years, it is evident that the mill op erators have realized the principle, and applied it, without legislation. It is a well known fact that the av erage mill village of this state, twen ty years ago. had very small tene ment houses of the roughest lumber and cheapest .-.obstruction, with no rn od orp. - con vt n lences-Working., hours w?reXun^'mj^,..vmges).,v?^.;: isw, children under tw'elve^yvars- -o?d^Kgre employed wit! .^restriction. Even in 1900 we firi? chere were 726 chil dren at work in the mills of the state under twelve years of age. Today no child may be employed under four teen years old, and then only eight hours a day, and with the provision that the child shall attend school for at least three months during the year. Formerly little or no recreation was provided for employees. The refor mation however, has completely changed working and living condi tions. It is thc rule now, rather than the exception, that all mills in the state have splendid modern cottages or bungalows, equipped with electric lights, waterworks and bathrooms. Each house has a garden plot and flower yard. Pasturage and stables for cows are provided. In addition we find that every advantage for the entertainment and enlightenment of the operatives is provided, such as churches, schools, community house-. kindergarten, nursery, dispensary and store, where goods may be bought at lowest prices. A trained nurse and welfare worker are employed, and op eratives are covered with insurance, premiums: n which are paid entirely by the mills. These things are not done by the mills in a spirit that is paternalistic, but the keen sighted business men who operate the mills, have realized that to educate, enlighten and make comfortable its people, is a most splendid business asset, in that it en courages the employees to a respon sive attitude, and promotes a feeling of mutual dependence between em ployer and employed. This condition has given South Sarolina an absolute freedom from strikes and labor troubles. To recapitulate in closing, is it not proven that South Carolina well de serves the eminent place she holds? Has not the development of her tex tile industry verified the claims of the two pioneers whose activities and influence have been described? With an abundance of raw cotton produc ed in her fields, plenty of labor, low freight rates and resulting saving in transportation charges, -coal near at hand at low freight rates, unlimited water power and fine harbors, South Carolina looms up today not only as the leader in the South, but soon and deservedly the leader in the textile in dustry in the whole United States. In COLLIER'S NEWS. Supervisor Edmunds Doing; Good Work on Martin. Town Road. Meeting at Peace Haven. It has been some time since I have seen any news from our city in the paper, so thought I would write a lit tle of the whereabouts. We are beginning to have, real winter time now. A good deal of rain and cold weather. Our roads are likely to get bad now, but we have had fine roads all of the fall from our little city to Au gusta. We will have to hand it to our supervisor, nov/ he is giving us some good roads and doing some fine work: on the old Martin Town road. We are getting our just dues on this side of the county at last. Master Ernest Miller, Jr., is a wel come visitor in the home of Mr. andi Mrs. E. J. Miller. We are glad to know that Mrs. E. H. Prescott is steadily improving. Dr. G. B. Adams of New Orleans, La., has been visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Adams, during the holidays. Miss Maggie Zeigler and Mr. Hutto of Bamberg, S. C., have been visit ing Miss Martha Hammond. Mr. Fred L. Adams was home for the holidays and has returned to the University of South Carolina to re sume his studies. Miss Ellie Mathis has returned to her school where she is teaching in York county. Mrs. 0. P. Reece of Belvedere, C., spent the week-end with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Mathis. Our pastor, Mr. W. R. Barnes has left us to gc to a new field. We hope, and pray for his success in his new field and we also hope and pray we can get another good pastor in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Mathis, Jr., and., little Norma spent., th* wt?k-^r?i4.with . ^fieir "pave-il-, : 'iou ?-icv'S. Mathis, Sr!. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Adams made a visit this week to see their son and his. wife, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Adams, of the Meriwether community. Mrs Adams has been sick for some time. We are glad to know she is improv ing. Collier school will start this week with Miss Morgan as the principal, and Miss Carroll as assistant. Our weekly prayer meetings which we have every Wednesday night was had a fine program, and were glad to conducted by Mr. J. M. Miller. We see Mr. Miller up and about his busi ness again. "A READER." Program Woman's Mission So ciety, Baptist Church. To be held Friday, January 13? 19^2 at 3:30 o'clock. Subject: Expanding the Foreign Mission Horizon. Hymn : "We Praise Thee ,Oh God." Sentence Prayers. Scripture Lesson: Dawn, Gen. 1:3; Morning, Ex. 24:12; Noontide?. Luke 2:32. Slogan: Proverbs 4:18. Hymn: "The Light of the World is Jesus." " Prayer: Mrs. Geo. F. Mims. Talk: "Paul the Foreign Mission ary," Mrs. T. H. Rainsford. Vocal Duet: "Doing His Wi?." Talk: "The Work of William Ca rey," John Nixon Jr., R. A. Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Pioneer Foreign Missionaries: Mrs Chalmers Hughes. Talk: "The Story .of Ann Hassel tine Judson," Elizabeth Lott, G. A. Poem: "Where Thou Hast Trod we Follow on," Mrs. M. B. Tucker. Prayer for Loyalty to Campaign Ideals, Mrs. W. E. Lott. Business. Watchword, Phil. 4:13. Hymn for the year. recent years a number of large corpo rations have -uccceded a portion; of the original stockholders, some of whom have suffered the fate that comes to many who take risks for the public good. It is not doubted that as soon os the present period of read justment is past, the state's industry will be expanded f arther and come into its own, the leadership, which it so well deserves.-"Builders," pub lished by Lockwood, Greene and Co*