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^^^^^ S ^^^j^^^^^^^^ vHdcfii JiieurHpapcr?fli?wJth tocto V0L gg EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1922_50 JOHNSTON LETTER. Interesting) Union Meeting. Emily Geiger Chapter and Apollo Music Club Hold Meetings. The union meeting, Ridge associa tion met here Saturday and Sunday at the Baptist church. The very in clement weather of Saturday pre vented any delegates from attending, so a short business session was held. The Sunday morning and afternoon sessions were exceedingly interesting, and representatives of three church es were able to be present. The chief speaker of the morning was Rev. T. J. Watts, of Columbia, and he brought a great message on faith in God. Af ter lunch, served at the church, all had the pleasure of listening to Rev. W. M. Whitesides, superintendent of the Baptist hospital in Columbia. He told of the wonderful work along charitable lines that was being done, and of the proposed plans for the equipment of the four departments so needed there. Rev. Mr. Watts again spoke, bringing a message of how the B. Y. P.-U. can help our young peo ple. It was a keen disappointment that the third speaker, Dr. W. S. Dor sett of Ridge Spring, was kept away on account of sickness. Mrs. Martha Falconer, national su perintendent W. C. T. U. spent Tues day and Wednesday in Johnston, and every hour of her time^ had been ar ranged for before her arrival. Visits to the schools, white and colored were planned for the first day. Wed nesday there was to have been an all day meeting at the Baptist church, to which the sister unions had been . invited, but the sleet and ice prevent ed any union, other than local being represented, and very few were able to brave the weather for this meet ing. A union service had been plan ned for Wednesday, but Mrs. Falcon-' decided, that she. had better leave on'fh'e noon train and go "to her next destination, as the weather was not permitting any further meeting. Mrs. Falconers' message of Wednesday morning on the lines of her depart ment was a very appealing one, and it was regretted that so few heard her. Mrs. Reece and children who have been guests of Mrs. Nathan Jones, have returned to Richmond, Va. Miss Hortense Padgett spent the week-end with relatives. Miss Annie Waters of Augusta, has been for a short visit to the home " folks. Mrs. Martha Falconer was the guest of Mrs. J. H. White during her stay here. Mrs Alexander and little Laddie have been visiting relatives in Au gusta. Miss Bessie Bean, one of the teachers of the Batesburg-Leesville school, spent the week-end at her home here. On last Thursday, Mrs. Wallace Turner and Miss Gladys Sawyer en tertained with a beautiful afternoon tea in compliment to Miss Elise Mob ley, whose marriage has been an nounced for February 16th. Mrs. Bettis Bouknigh?, a recent bride, was also an honor guest. The occasion was held in the home of the former and there were two calling hours. The guests were welcomed in the liv ing room which was bright and cheery with large bowls of narcissi, and oth er cut flowers. The arrivals chatted here for a while, enjoying music, and then went into the dining room. Pouring tea in here were Mesdames Julian Bland and L. S. Maxwell. The table was covered with a hand em broidered cloth, the centerpiece be ing a large silver basket full of nar cissi, and many chandelabra, with unshaded candles, cast a soft glow over the scene. Several young ladies served a variety of sandwiches. Dur ing the time, several friends assisted, the hostesses in directing the guests and entertaining. Mrs. L. S. Maxwell entertained the bridge club in a charming man ner on Tuesday morning, and was as sisted by her mother, Mrs. H. W. Crouch and sister, Mrs. James Hal ford, in making the guests have a happy time. The honor guests were Mrs. Bettis Bouknight, Mrs. Leland Miller, of Richmond and Mrs. John Milne of Cleveland, Tenn. After a spirited game, the score prize, toilet water, was given to Mrs. James Tompkins. Mesdames Bouknight and j Milne received boxes of correspond ence cards and Mrs. Miller a toilet get. An elaborate luncheon, in three courses was served. The rooms were beautifully decorated in ferns and flowers, and were cozy and bright in contrast to the bleak exterior. The winter gardens of some here are very successful, and the lettuce i* a wonder to see. Some of the heads are as large as a small cabbage, and just as white. This product is being grown under canvass covering, and some will begin shpiping it soon, to near markets. The Emily Geiger chapter held a very interesting meeting on Monday with Mrs. P. N. Lott, and though the weather was very disagreeable, it did not dampen the ardor of the members, for there was a good at tendance. During business it was re ported that a comfort had been sent to Tamassee Industrial school. The chapter voted to give $1.00 to aid in the purchase of the historical books of South Carolina that are so needed at the Memorial Continental Hall Library, and also voted to give $1.00 which goes to the Woodrow Wilson foundation, in the movement for the best work of democracy done by an American. s The chapter has the honor of being the first chapter to make a contribution in this work of Americanization. Congress in Wash ington was discussed, and alternates elected, for the regent, Miss Payne; vice regent, Mrs. J. L.' Walker, and 2nd vice regent, Mrs. O. D. Black. According to instructions of state re gent ten were elected to insure an al ternate, .should the regent be unable to go. The chapter is honored in hav ing the page from South Carolina, to be one of its number, Miss Fran ces Turner. After business, a very interesting program on "The Old Ninety Six District" was carried out, Miss Mallie Waters leading. After patriotic music, a dainty and ..enjoy able sweet course was served. Mrs. Leland 'Miller" ha's "returned to Richmond, Va., after a week's stay here with relatives. - A party went out dove shooting on Saturday afternoon and bagged seventy-nine. Mrs. Mary Waters is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ida Phillips, in Augusta. The Apollo Music club met with Miss Zena Peyne on Tuesday after noon, and despite the rain and sleet there were twenty present. After a short business session a delightful musical program was held, the sub ject being "Women in American Mu sic," and the leader, Mrs. M. T. Tur ner gave some interesting thoughts on the subject. Paper, "Women in American Music," Mrs. O. D. Black; vocal solo, Mrs. White; piano, Mrs. W. C. Connerly; paper, "The Work of Margaret Lang," Mrs E. B. Dash er; voice, Misses Sawyer; "Louise Ho mer as mother, home-maker and mu sician," Mrs. Mims Walker; voice,' Mrs. C. P. Corn and Miss Dean. After the program the hostess served an enjoyable repast. Mr. G. W. Jones had the misfor tune to scald his hand, at the power house on Thursday afternoon, while fixing some of the steam valves. Mrs, Joe Herlong of Ridge Spring was. a guest of relatives the latter part of the week. Intelligence Applied to Farming. Now, more than ever before, in telligence applied to farming pays. The old haphazard methods do not pay. The writer was deeply impress ed with a conversation we had with Mr. William Bouknight while he was in Edgefield Monday. Due more largely to the intelligent fight made against the boll weevil than to any thing else, the average yield of cot ton upon the Bouknight farm last year was more than 400 pounds of lint cotton to the acre, and already for this year a more detailed fight upon the weevil has been planned. In order to hold the weevil back, as it wer?!, from adjoining farms, upon which so stubborn a fight against the pest has perhaps not been m?de, the Bouknight farm has been encircled with grain, no cotton at all to be planted upon the border fields. This affords a sort of insulation against the migrating weevils. All lands ad jacent to houses and buildings which supply places for hibernation will be planted in corn and furthermore, all old terraces are being plowed up and Miss Florence Mims Classes Mathematics With Egyp tian Plague. Dear Advertiser: My mind runs naturally along the line of education from September till May or June and not at all dur ing July and August. Then I have to look up the word school in the dic tionary to see if it is something edi ble or if it is in some slight way con nected with learning. However, since this is mid-winter I am still breath ing the atmosphere of the school room, which air I sometimes believe contains history dates and mathemat ical calculations instead of oxygen. However, I teach neither of the before mentioned subjects. Someone has said that dates are the pegs on which to hang historical facts, and ?ias, my pegs have been so long without facts that I have forgot ten the pegs, too, and only remember one of fourteen nine-two., I recall that because a little rhyme accompa nies it which says that in that year 'Columbus sailed the ocean blue," and if I ever forget that rhyme the fact will be a blank to me, and the dark and the light ages will become so nearly one to me that I shall re member oply-dusk. I once heard a story of an old professor of whom it is said that were one to look at a drop of his blood through a microscope he would find commas, exclamation points and in terrogation marks instead of corpus cles. At forty I shall make an ideal school ma'am, for already I am so ab sent-minded that, well, every few hours my mind is present for a little while. Speaking of mathematics, I have a theory concerning that also, even as I have in regard to the Indians but I can not prove it. If I could prove my theories they would become common place like any other, sordid facts, but as it is now, I have the distinction of .bomgH?^lieidi?fci -You r emembi that the early . Egyptians were clever mathematicians. Now hark to my words of wisdom ! I believe that math ematics was one of the plagues visit ed upon them for not allowing the children of Israel to leave. To have to learn arithmetic is infinitely worse than to have locusts descending up on you. Locusts finally die, hut math becomes dearer yearly to the hearts of pedagogues. I was trying to multi ply something the other day in a store with another faculty member. I insisted that three times twelve is twenty-four. Turning to the proprie tor she said "Miss Mims does not teach math." In an awed whisper he replied that it was a good thing I did not. The poor Egyptians, like the Chi nese who adopted the wearing of a queue as a national custom after it had been inflicted upon them as a temporary insult by the Tartars, confused a curse with a blessing, and not only learned the multiplication table but, trigonometry and analyti cal geometry, perhaps, the very names of which stupify me, and af ter repeating the #ords I am ren dered incapable of further thought for several minutes afterwards. In the play "Quality Street" by James M. Barrie, two delicate old maid sisters are teaching a small, se lect school duripg the Napoleonic wars, and among other things they are attempting algebra. One of them, the elder of the two, sits at the desk preparing the lesson and saying over and over to herself that certain let ters of the alphabet equal certain others. Finally, in desperation, she calls her sister, with tears in her voice, saying that here she sits re peating x plus y equals 20 (or words to that effect) and all the time she wanders why they should equal twen ty, and ever is in terror for fear a small, mischievous boy, Arthur, may contradict her, and she can not up-i hold her statement. If I ever go on the stage I want to play that part. FLORENCE MIMS, Tonkawa, Oklahoma. Jan. 25, 1922. rebuilt. This is a sort of, pre-plan ting campaign which we believe will bring results in lowering weevil infesta tion of cotton fields on the Bouk night farm. Certainly this ounce of prevention should delay their attack, giving the growing cotton time to mature fruit beyond the stage of easy attack. Grateful tc* Supervisor Ed munds For Good Work on ? Martintown Road. Dear Mr. Mims : If you will allow me a litle space I would like to thank our supervisor, Mr.. A .A. Edmunds, for the good work he has done for the west siders on the Martintown road. It is in bet ter condition than I have ever seen it arid those older than myself say the same. I also want to thank Mr. Ed mund's most efficient road supervisor, Mr.' F. F. Edmunds, who without a doubt is on the job and knows how. I want to thank those who gave rights of way around the worst places. Among these were Miss Ellie Meal ing,,' Mr. T. J. Briggs, Mr. L. W. Reese, Mr. A. S. J. Miller, Mr. Henry Getzen and others. These changes have helped wonder fully. Those who have never travel ed this road to Augusta in times past and travel it now, can not appreciate the wonderful changes that have been made ^as can those of us who have traveled under conditions before and after. He has erected an excellent wooden bridge across Mill creek, strongly constructed, built of good timber, with a galvanized cover overhead. jDf-course, after a few days of rain this^Toad gets muddy. We don't it ex pect it not. to, owing to the character of the-road bed in some places, but it will get in shape to travel much soon er byv-the improvements that have been made. AU of Edgefield's west side roads get bad after a few days of rain. You can now drive Packards, Appersons, Moons and all other large cars down our road with as much ease and saf?ty as you can the universal Ford. Indeed, the "Lizzie" rides like I imagine the Packards and Apper sons would ride. ) K anyone asks you where the gang has been, just tell them, it is on the west side: giving the people their just di'.^i i-Vbeliove I fpice. the-sentiment-., of whole west side almost to a man, when I say we appreciate what has been done. I drove over this road to Augusta on Saturday, 21 inst., found the conditions so much better than I was accustomed to, I f^elt I had to say something about it. And too, Mr. Mims, don't you think it better to commend one during his life for his good deeds and accomplishments than to heap so many flowers upon his grave? Flowers heaped on his or her grave after death shows to the world the esteem in which he or she was held, but it reveals to the body en cased within absolutely nothing. Again thanking you, Mr. Edmunds, and your competent force, I am' Yours respectfully, H. w. MCKIE, Colliers, S. C. Jan. 26, 1922. ' Trenton News. Trenton, Jan. 28.-Mrs. L. L. Mil ler gave a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Bettis Bouknight Saturday afternoon of last week. The guests from Edge field, Johnston and Trenton, were met by Mrs. P. B. Day, Jr., who gave them a dainty luncheon card and then presented them to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Bouknight who received them in the handsome drawing room beau tifully decorated / in yellow spring flowers, smilax and many softly glow ing white candles. They were then asked to the south room which was filled with small tables covered with handsome hand embroidered center pieces and each having in the center a mahogany candelabra wound with delicate Southern smilax. Places were found by the numbers on the cards. Mrs. P. B. Day, Jr., held a large reception Tuesday afternoon in honor of the bride, Mrs. B. B. Bouknight. Seventy-five guests were invited from Edgefield, Johnston and Trenton. They were met by Miss Sophie Mims, of Edgefield and Mrs. A. B. Miller and were then presented to the re ceiving line, composed of Mrs. Day, Mrs. Bougnight, Mrs. L. L. Miller of Richmond and Misses Maude and Dorothy Bettis, by Mrs. J. M. Vann. Mrs. D. R. Day then invited them into the dining room where they were served a salad course by Mrs. Henry H. Hill of Edgefield, Mrs. Sidney Mil ler, Mrs. J. C. H.uiet and Mrs. C. R. Swearingen, coffee and whipped cream by Miss Sallie Mae Nicholson and Mrs. Lovic Mims of Edgefield. The .decorations were unusually delicate and beautiful. The reception room and wide hallway were massed in white jap?nicas and narcissus and smilax. In the dining room a color scheme of yellow was carried out in the decorations of buttercups and yellow narcissus and in the refresh ments. The house was lighted by hundreds of white and yellow tapers in handsome brass and mahogany candelabra and candlesticks. Miss Arah Gatling, Miss Ray Swearingen and Miss Susan Mathis delighted the guests with both instrumental and vocal music. Mrs. B. B. Bouknight and Mrs. L L. Miller were honor guests at a luncheon 'Wednesday morning given by Mrs. J. M. Vang. Pink and white were the chosen colors and were car ried out in the reception and dining room. White and pink jap?nicas and white narcissi were used in profusion After the guests had been received by Mrs. Vann and her sister, Mrs. D R. Day, they were invited to the din ing room and served a delightful three course luncheon. Plowers were presented to Mrs. Bouknight and Mrs. Miller by little Catherine Vann. Mrs. G. W. Wise was hostess at the regular meeting of the Ladies' aux iliary Friday afternoon. After the business meeting, several interesting papers were read and a sweet course served. Mrs. J. M. Vann received the K. K. K. Wednesday afternoon. The members were very enthusiastic as they are ready to order a large ship ment of books for their public libra ry. Plans were made for an oyster supper the following week to'raise more funds for more books. After the business meeting Mrs. Vann invited her guests to the dining room made lovely with snowy linen, cut glass, silver, cut flowers and many candles. Everybody is enjoying(?) the af termath of the freeze-broken cars, bursted water pipes, ruined walls, etc. Rev. E.. C. Bailey of Latta, S. C., has been delighting his friends here the- part ,wsei; Sunday, morningv-he delivered a magnificent sermon at eleven thirty in the Presbyterian church, and again in the evening. In the afternoon, he went to the Metho dist church to hear the presiding el der, Rev. J. R. T. Major, only to learn that Mr. Major had been unex pectedly called t.o Chattanooga, and responding to Mr. Taylor's urgent invitation, Mr. Bailey again preached a splendid sermon on "Christian Unity." Mr. and Mrs. James Smith have the sympathy of all in the critical illness of their eldest son, J. R. Jr., who is battling so heroically with pneumonia. Other little folks who are conval escent of more or less serious illness are little Emmie Francis Mathis, Billy Vann, Lawrence Miller, Walter Wise and D. R. Day, Jr. Quite a number of Johnston and Edgefield Presbyterians motored over to Trenton to hear Mr. Bailey Sun day morning-Rev. and Mrs. Bla lock, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Blalaock, Jr., Dr. Charlton Lynch and son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren, and Messrs. John and Theodore Marsh. Mrs. Julius Vann was the 'charm ing hostess at a beautiful luncheon given last Wednesday morning-com plimentary to Mrs. Bertis Bouknight and Mrs. Leland Miller. Miss33 Ruby and Kathleen Glover of Batesburg were recent week-end visitors in Trenton. Mrs. Leland Miller has returned to her home in Richmond. Mrs. Henry Hill has been visiting her sister, Mrs. P. B. Day. Mrs. Leila Roper has been in Au gusta a fortnight, the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Frank Carswell, who is suffering a fractured arm. Mr. Ernest Roper who has been doing business at the Posey store, has moved into the stand formerly occu pied by the late and lamented Roper Moss. Mrs. George Wise was hostess on Friday at a splendid and profitable auxiliary meeting. Notice. All persons are notified not to hunt or trespass in any manner whatso ever upon lands of the undersigned. The l?w will be. enforced against those who fail to heed this notice. This notice is meant for everybody and for all forms of trespassing. J. H. CANTELOU, J. R. CANTELOU, . J. M. MAYS, JR. Letter From Mr. and Mrs? John Lake. On a little Chinese river boat, six feet wide on the Tsung Fa River, Any old time! Our Dear Home Folks: We have been living on this little boat for a week; and it is to be our home for a little over a week longer. Last month, we lived this way for. three weeks at a stretch; and the month before,?we took some shorter trips-a printed account of one of these shorter trips we enclose here with. The contrast is considerable, be tween an electric lighted gun-boat, fitted up with electric fans and wire less, and this little craft; and the dif ference between spending four days on his boat, as the guests of the Presi dent, and living as we now are with the humblest of South China's queers boat population, is just as great- ? South China is noted for its extremes: of climate and other things; but noth ing tan beat the extremes, sudden, unexpected, sometimes most amus ing, that make up the queer life we lead. Our home during these weeks,, as we go. up and down the rivers in our field, holding meetings, is one end of the little, low, flat boat, which is sometimes propelled by oars, some times by a sail, and sometimes by a tow-rope. Next to our section of the boat is that occupied by a Chinese preacher, a helper we bring along to look after the baggage, etc., and two or three' men of the boat's crew. The third division of the boat is filled up with the captain and his family. There is nothing between us and all these Chinese people.but a cloth missionary map of the world and some curtains that we always take with us on these trips. Also, we take v/ith us everything we shall need for weeks-^bedding' for our pallet on the floor of our part 01 the boat; the inevitable mosquito net, two native rattan chairs, a lit tle table of the same make, a little lantern made in Chicago, changes of clothing-thick, thin, and medium, for a very changeable climate-some few cans of milk and crackers, and the like. The ?boat is innocent of fur niture of any kind-well, what could' we expect to get for fifty cents or a dollar a day? Traveling in style,, aren't we? And we are just as happy as our surroundings are lowly-and just as happy as we are busy, hold ing meetings in the river towns every day, or in the mountain towns and villages, like, the ones'we visited yes terday, and shall visit'tomorrow, and so on. The way we are getting a few min utes in which to begin this letter to you is this: a message has just come to say that a change in the 'program of the party is necessary, so that, in stead of starting for a village in the hills a little after sunrise, as we did yesterday, we shall not have to leave until after nine o'clock-ah! here it is, a few minutes after nine, and they will be calling us, for the meeting: is for the dedication of a new chapel and school house, and if you read the annual report of our mission, which will be presented to the Southern. Baptist Convention next May, you. may see a mention of the fact that, our good friend, Prof. Kwong, of the Baptist Academy, and aVnost our next door neighbor in Canton City,, has given his boyhood home in his native village, where we are going now, for this noble purpose. . And it is time to go now. So glad we could haVe these few moments with you, before we begin the long walk. Little bulletins .like the one enclose ed serve to keep you dear ones a.% home in touch with your work com mitted to us. It is a slight return for the much enjoyed weekly visits of the Advertiser, though. With love to each member of your family circlg and to all our friends Your brother and sister, JOHN and CARRIE LAKE. The Edgefield Produce Exchange will meet in the court house Monday night, February 6, at 8 o'clock. It is important that ali persons desiring to purchase bean seed through the Ex change get in their orders before that date. Contract will be made for all seed orders up to that time, so do not be late, and disappointed as some were in the matter of seed potatoes.