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VOL. 87
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1922
No. 7
JOHNSTON LETTEIlR.
Edgefield Entertainers Highly
Complimented. Mr. Bouk
night at Home. B. Y.
P. U. Meets.
The entertainment here Tuesday
"evening1 by the minstrel troupe of
Edgefield was greeted by a full house
and each number of the program was
enjoyed to the fullest. The musical
numbers by the Greeks were beauti
ful and they were loudly encored.
The acting of each one was splendid,
and their entertainment far excelled
some of the professionals. The pro
ceeds was for the benefit of the High
School, and about $100 was made.
This coming over to aid a sister town
and the School Improvement Asso
ciation was a most generous and gra
cious act, and one that was appreciat
ed by every one of the town. During
the acrobatic performance a mother,
who had brought her children, was
heard to remark, "How I dread to
morrow." The children were taking
in every movement from the balanc
ing of the chair on the chin to the
swallowing of the knife.
Mr. William Bouknight returned
on Sunday afternoon from the Uni
versity Hospital where he has been
for the past month. His many friends
are happy over the fact that he is at
home again.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strother, Har
ry and Josephine spent the past week
at Chappells.
Those from here who are attend
ing the National and State W. C. T.
U. Workers' Council, which is being
held in Columbia, are Mesdames T.
R. Denny, P. N. Lott, J. H. White
and Misses Clara Sawyer and Zena
Payne.
Congratulations are being wafteS
to Mr. and Mrs. Leland Miller of
Richmond, Va., over the arrival of a
handsome son, whom they have
named-William Bouknight Miller.
Rev. Mahlon Padgett is at home
from a visit to relatives at Saluda.
A beautiful act on the jiart of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Lott' was in the giving
to the town library the books of their
foster son, Marion Lewis Lott. Mar
ion was fond of reading and had a
splendid collection of books. They
were all well chosen and will be quite
an addition to the library, and will
be enjoyed by the young people, as
most of the books of the town library
are for grown-ups.
Mr. and Mrs. Templeton and fam- 1
ily are now domiciled on" Calhoun
street.
Mr. Jule Mobley has been visiting
friends in Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kenney of
Warrenville were visitors here dur
ing the past week.
Mrs. Woodward has gone to Co
lumbia to visit her daughter, Miss Lu- '
cile Woodward, who is there taking
a business course.
Mrs. Frantz Wierse, of Charleston
is visiting in the home of her father, ;
Mr. Westmoreland.
Miss Margaret May of Edgefield, ;
has been the guest of friends.
The young people are enjoying the
Sunday evening meetings of the B.
Y. P. U. very much. Each Sunday
evening, previous to the preaching
service, one hour is devoted to this
meeting, and each program is help
ful and splendid in the development
of the Christian life.
Mrs. Preston Wright visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Derrick
during the past week.
Mrs. William Oakes, of Darlington,
has been the guest of her sister, Mrs.
S. E. Asbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Paseur Shade have
gone to New Jersey to make their
home. They are located near their
daughters, whose marriages remov
ed them to another state. Mr. and
Mrs. Shade have been residents here
nearly thirty years, and they were
good friends and neighbors, and their
departure is regretted.
Miss Annie Waters, of Augusta
has been for a visit to the home folks.
Mrs. J. W. Marsh was hostess for
the New Century Club and a most
pleasant meeting was had at Breezy
Heights. It was voted to have the ed
ucational code read before the High
School and request that the pupils
learn this. Mrs. G. G. Waters was
elected delegate to the Federation in
Columbia, Mrs. P. B. Waters, presi
dent, first delegate. The Trojan war
was the study topic and an hour was,?
spent with this most interesting sub
ject. After music a salad course was
served.
The teachers of the High School
went over to Columbia on Thursday
afternoon to attend the Teachers' As
sociation which was' in progress
there. The pupils were delighted to
have them go, as by their absence,
Friday was given as a holiday.
Mrs. Julian Bland is at home after
a month's stay in Tennessee in the
home of her father, Dr. Jeffries. Ev
ery one is delighted to see her again.
Mrs. Brooks Sawyer has been quite
sick but is now much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lott of Green
wood spent the week-end here with
friends and relatives.
Miss Orlena Cartledge was the hos
tess for the Bridge club on Thursday
and a happy time was had with this
charming hostess. Six tables were ar
ranged for bridge and Mrs. W. E. La
Grone deceived a set of embroidered
handkerchiefs for holding the top
score. The guests, Mrs. Bettis Bouk
night and Mrs. Grace Crouch, each
received dainty gifts. A salad course
was served.
The little daughter of Prof. and
Mrs. Compton, who was ill three
months with typhoid fever and the
after effects, has been in Columbia
for a while in the home of her grand
mother, Mrs. Mose Mobley.
Mrs. Gerard Tarrant and little son
of McCormick, are guests in the
home of Mr. W. M. Wright.
The little daughter of^Ir. and Mrs.
Luke Mitchell has been quite sick
with fever.
Mrs. Ollie Posey of near Trenton
died on Sunday afternoon, and the
body was brought here on Monday
afternoon and interred in the family
section. Mrs. Posey was Miss Ollie
Waites of this place, and for several
years the family resided here. Be- j
sides her husband she leaves six chil
dren. Mrs. Posey was a good Chri
tian and a devoted mother and her
husband and children. wi]i truly miss,!
her. "
Edgefield Minstrel and Orches
tra Highly Complimented.
The Edgefield Minstrels came to
Trenton and carried away the grati
tude and the affectionate remem
brance of the people of "hat commu
nity, because both boys and girls
gave a wholesome entertainment
drove care away with songs and jokes
and minstrelsy-and in addition se
cured for the School Improvement As
sociation a neat sum of money to help
that worthy cause.
The orchestra gave many selections
of music before the regular perform
ance and between acts, and this or
chestra is certainly a credit to the
town of Edgefield. Headed by Mr.
G. F. Mims, playing a saxophone, and
with three violins, in the nantis of
Miss Mims, Miss Parker and Mrs.
Walter Cantelou, Mr. ' Claude Lyon,
cornetist and Miss Ruth Lyon at the
piano it reminded one of the orches
tra one hears in a larger theatre, and
yet these good people were simply vis
iting in Trenton, helping in a good
cause.
Jim Tompkins ought to join Billy
Beard and between the two start the
Palmetto Minstrels, and he was ably
assisted in entertaining the large au
dience by Diomede Hollingsworth
and Dick Scurry, and in fact all of
the circle did splendidly, each in his
own way.
The people in and around Trenton
are singing the praises of the Edge
field Minstrels and may they live long
and prosper.
Trenton, S. C.
Co-operative Marketing.
Friday morning, March 24, at ll
o'clock Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson
college will address a meeting of far
mers in the court house on the co-op
erative marketing of cotton. Every
farmer in reach of Edgefield should
attend this meeting, as co-operative
marketing is one of the livest, most
vital, topics of the day, particularly
for the farmers. At three o'clock Fri- j
day afternoon Dr. Daniel will speak
at Trenton and at eight o'clock at
night at Johnson. Mr. Henry Johnson
of Aiken will also explain the details
of the plan to the farmers.
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC.drives out
Malaria.enriches the blood, builds up the svstem,
A true Tonic. For adults and children". 50c
Law Abiding Citizen? Should Assert Themselves.
Judging from reports that come from some sections of the county, th<
situation with reference to violations of the prohibition law has becomi
very serious, and it behooves "the law abiding citizens of the county ti
assert themselves. Unless something is done to stop the distilling ant
selling of whiskey, it wjll become so deeply entrenched that checkinj
the evil later on will be a much mote difficult, if not impossible, under
taking.
Several years ago when the first still was seized in the county a vasl
number of our people were greatly shocked at the very idea of a still be
ing found in Edgefield county. Now, if reports be true, there are perhaps
a dozen in the county, and yet our people are not now so much shocked
by the existence of the increased number as they were by one severa]
years ago. Does not this indicate that our people are growing somewhat
indifferent to the violation of the law? r
The fathers and other older men owe it to the .young men now growing
up to protect them from this great menace. We should not be willing for
a dozen or so men to debauch many of our young men just for the dol
lars they can make from selling mean liquor. We understand that there
is now some drinking at public gatherings in the county, even at some
of the church gatherings. Such was very rarely the case under prohi
bition before the distilling of whiskey began in the county, and unless a
counter current for the observance of law is started, it will require a su
preme effort to rid our county of whiskey distilling and selling. Even now
it will "require a supreme effort in some sections.
The men who stand for law enforcement and the best interests of
their community should band themselves together. One man alone can
accomplish but little, but a dozen men banded together with a high and
! holj^ purpose can accomplish much. Go to the men in an orderly way
who are suspected, or possibly known, to be violating the law, and tell
them that they must give up their evil business. If they do not do so, get
the facts as best you can and report them to the sheriff. Even if you can
not get any facts report the nuisance to the sheriff and we believe he
will give you-his full co-operation. If he does not, then he-will not be do
ing his duty. But do not expect the sheriff to stamp out liquor in Edge
field county alone. Such a task, along with his other duties, is impossible
for one man. He needs an officer in this crisis to assist him, but in the
absence of assistance, the citizens should be all the more resolved to
give this officer full co-operation. Stand by the officers of the law, first,
last and all the time.
It is harmful enough for the boll weevil to destroy our cotton, there
by entailing heavy material loss, bdt it is far more terrible and more
tragic for the still "worm" to be the means Of debauching a considerable
portion of the young manhood. 61 the county. Let us begin AT ONCE,
every good citizen in his own community, to create a sentiment for driv
ing out these vampires in theformof distillers. They are worse than
parasites.'
Every community in the county where this monster evil is asserting it
self, needs to have its law-abiding citizens band themselves together for
the purpose of fighting it,in one solid phalanx. Which community will be
the first to move in the matter? \ ,
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Study of Japan and Foreign
Mission Work.
Beginning April 1st, 1922, the new
church year, the Sunday schools of
the Southern Presbyterian church
will make a a special study of Japan
and foreign mission work to be done
in that country. This course of study
will occupy the entire church year
under a pian arranged some years
ago known as the "Seven Year Plan
of Missionary ?ducation." This an
nouncement has been made by the
committee on foreign missions. The
quota for the Sunday schools for the |
coming year for foreign missions I
is placed at $60,000, and special for
eign mission Sundays will be JVIay
28th and October 29th.
The report on Sunday school work
of that church for the year shows
3365 Sunday schools with an enroll
ment of over 370,000. Offerings to
benevolent causes totaled $455,323
by these schools. ? Over 1000 new
schools have been organized in 20
years and 137,646 from the Sunday'
schools have united with the church
in that time.
A Birthday Party.
On Saturday night, March ll, Miss
Leila Bland Tompkins entertained a
number of her friends at a party to
celebrate her sixteenth birthday.
Although she attempted to keep it
a secret, still her friends knew that it
was her birthday and many suitable
gifts were presented to her.
In spite of the bad roads, all those
invited were present. But several
hours were lost on account of the
roads, making it about nine o'clock
when the guests arrived.
The evening was spent in much
pleasure and merriment, games be
ing played and vocal and instrument
al music being rendered by Dozier
Tompkins and Allen Edwards.
A delicious salad course with iced
tea was served by the lovely young
hostess and her charming mother,
Mrs.. W. E. B. Tompkins.
The young people of the town are
always delighted to get an invitation
to this home as it is noted for its
good old Southern hospitality. One of
the jolliest young people present was
Judge James B. Tompkins, who al
ways holds a warm place in the hearts
of the young people.
GUEST, j
An Experiment in Shakespeai
ean Scenes.
Dear Advertiser:
I cannot remember what the sui
Jject of my last letter was. So bus
are all my days that from one day t
the next is like a new era. Sufficier
to say, however, that my last lette
can not have had so high flown a sut
ject as the one I have chosen for thi
week.
The U. P. S. senior class is presenl
ing the annual play tomorrow nighl
This year it consists in two Shakes
pearean scenes, the cor scene fron
"The Merchant of Venice," and ;
scene from "'Twelfth Night." This i
something quite new. here and I an
wondering whether the typical west
ern oil town audience will receivi
them stolidly, and endure the effort]
of the students, or whether they wil
guess what they do not know, believ<
what they may not understand, anc
-enjoy them. That remains to b(
seen.
"Teain. v.timawab- dnlo fflx fflx xy
I have atended so many very pooi
lyceums that I have through the
years, come to believe that one
should bring one's audience up to a
high standard, rather than go pur
posely down to theirs.
Good things are often simple and
conprehensible enough. Even though
a person may not know the difference
between Shakespeare and a braek
fast food, he can not help but be en
tertained by the plot, amused by the
wit, inspired by the love scenes, en
lightened by the author's vast knowl
edge of human nature, elevated by
the choice language and broadened
by the new knowledge of being car
ried out of himeslf to the pompous
and dignified days of yore.
To me there are few funnier
things in the wide world than a dress
rehearsal in which students are be
decked in the robes of state, with
clanking swords at their sides and
venerable grey wigs on their heads.
.Even my keen sense of responsibil
ity and deep interest does not prevent
hysterical laughter when I see some
awkward youth in a purple velvet
robe playing the part of av judge,
when he would infinitely rather be
throwing goals at a basket ball game.
They all look like martyrs with high
ruffs around their necks and large
mustaches that transform them into
pirates and Italian fruit venders..
i A false mustache changes a stal
waft foot ball player into a villain
ous looking character. The need for
the stately manner of a Venetian
court and the delicate, graceful
movements befitting a palatial draw
ing room move them not at all. Their
idea is to make Antonio a Tonkawa
oil man, and the duke a western cow
boy. Before the proud judge they are
humble not at all, and by the most
vivid stretching of the' imagination,
they can not see why they should
bow.
The present is the burning, hurried
present with them, and the past
should be guided and influenced by
it. Money and material wealth are
the goal and ambition of the western
er, and the finesse of artistic acting
is a thing that is to be neglected, if
not absolutely disregarded. These
characteristics are mostly true of the
'boys, for the girls, some of them,
[have an infinite capacity for taking
?pains, which capacity, however, does
[not amount, to genius, as Carlyle
terms it.
The would-be stately .^ and large
Antonio and the should-be prominent
Bassania find the elaborately carved
swords clanking at their sides much
more adaptable for punching some
nearby character in the side, than
for unsheathing, and threatening an
adversary.
I shall have to resort to the Ton
kawa picture show, which goes un
der the elaborate name of the "Em
pire Theatre" for amusement when
these dramatic attempts are over. I
have not meant to disparage the stu
dents of the U. P. S., for they are the
most kindly disposed apd tractable
group I have ever worked with, but
I am commenting upon the attitude
of modernism toward antiquity.
It is hard for the modern student
to say "How much more elder thou
art than thy looks" when he is accus
tomed to saying out here, "He is a
keen looking chap." In the west the
word keen, has lost its former mean
ing of ryery sharp and cutting,, as ap^
plie'd generally- to an edge,- and'now
means good looking, desirable or
pleasant. More often it is a person,
and not a knife that is keen. I fear
for the future dictionary if usage has
much to do with the good repute of
a word.
FLORENCE MIMS.
March 15, 1922, '
Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
Stands For Enforcing Our
Laws.
Mr. Editor:
The laws of a Commonwealth or a
Municipality is the highest expression
of what the people are, and should in
no case be modified by those in whom
their enforcement is intrusted. It
would be 'better to repeal a statute or
ordinance than to ignore ;it. It teach
es a direspect for law, a:nd little by
little modification grows wider.
Every man and woman in Edge
field who puts the welfare of chil
dren and humanity above mere grati
fication of appetite, be it luxuries on
Sunday or murderous drink every
day, should realize the importance of
the enforcement of especially Sunday
and liquor laws.
A FELLOW TOWNSMAN.
Can Not Divulge Income Tax
Data.
Washington, March 18.-South
Carolina officials, instructed by law
to collect from citizens for the use of
the state one-third the amount paid
by them to the federal government
as income taxation, can not secure in
formation from the government of
the amounts paid.
The secretary of the treasury, as
was anticipated, made such ruling to
day. W. R. Bradley, assistant inter
nal revenue collector of South Caro
lina in Washington yesterday, inquir
ed as to his authority to divulge in
formation. '
Answers to the government ques
tionnaires involved in the payment of
income taxes have been and will be
regarded as confidential, it is ex
plained today. This ruling will make
the collections of the state tax doubly
difficult, it is understood by South
Carolinians here.
FOR SALE: A few quarts of morn
ing's milk delivered every morning
at 12%' cents per quart.
J. W. QUARLSS.
3-22-ltpd.
Stores of Trenton Robbe
Early Monday Morning,
? Ex-Convict Killed.
Trenton, March 20.-J. C. Moe
alleged safecracker and escaped c
viet from the Georgia penitentia
where ne was serving a sentence
20 years, was shot and killed ea
this morning by Ernest Crouch wi
the former was in the act of open:
a safe in the store of Mathis & WI
lock here, and L. K. Rawls of Colu
bia,-alleged to have been an accc
plice in the robbery, was later app
hended on the highway to Aiken a
has been lodged in the Edgefield j?
Mr. Crouch has rooms above 1
store ?and was awakened by ? no
in the store underneath. Taking !
gun, he went out and Moore emerg
from jbhe store with a pistol and
flashlight. Mr. Crouch fired twi<
the first load of buckshot taking <
feet in the left leg. The second sh
proved fatal, Moore falling dead wi
the flashlight gripped in erne ha:
and a pistol in the other. 1
The safe in the store was ready f
blowing, the dial having been pri
out, soap spread over the load a:
the fuse attached.
Prior to entrance into the Mati
& Whitlock store, the ^tore of. G. ,\
Wise had been entered and the sa:
blown open. A knife and $50 we:
taken from the Wise store. The kni
was found on Rawls.
Residents, awakened hythe shot
gathered hurriedly and G. W. Wis
L. C. Eidson, Lewis Harrison^ Hiltc
Duncan and J. D. Mathis, Jr., follov
ed the track of the automobile i
which a second man disappeare
when Moore was shot. A heavy rai
had fallen .about midnight and th
track was easily followed. Near Ail
en and about daylight the posse cam
upon Rawls, his car having stuck an
negroes were assisting him in his ei
forts to extricate the car. When ai
rested Rawls was armed with a larg
pistol and had on his person a knif
later identified as having- been take
from the -Wise store, $20 and a lei
ter from a woman asking that he dc
sist from doing certain things. Rawl
claimed that he was from August
and denied any knowledge of the rob
bery at Trenton. A conductor On on
of the Southern trains through her
says he saw Rawls and Moore in Co
lumbia Sunday afternoon and ii
Batesburg Sunday night.
While in Wise's store time wa;
taken to eat some apples,
v Moore had in his pockets a jar o:
fuses and also a map of the surround
ing country.
Mrs. Moore came to Trenton fron
Columbia and identified Moore. Sh(
said Moore and Rawls left Columbia
together. She did not ask for the
body, which will be buried by the
county officials. j
Until a few months ago Rawls is
said to have operated a store in
Batesburg, . and since that time to
have been making his hone in Co
lumbia.
Time to Plant Beans.
The Edgefield Produce Exchange
has distributed in this section 2,000
pounds of Black Valentine Beans. It
is very important that these beans be
planted about the same time so that
they can be packed and shipped in
car lots. Nor do we wish to take a
risk on having the beans killed by
frost. After consulting several per
sons who are close observers of the
seasons, we are of the opinion that it:
is not safe to plant them before Ap
ril 5th. Therefore, we have fixed that
date for planting season. Plant the
beans April 5th or as soon thereafter
as possible. If the acreage planted
(about 20 acres) in this section is
properly cultivated we will be ^.able
to load a car at a picking. Beans have
to be shipped in a refrigerator car
and it takes 450,to 500 hampers to
load a car There are 800 beans to
the pound and if the beans are plant-,
ed in rows two and one-half feet
apart and the beans two inches apart
in the drill, it will take 109 pounds to
plant an acre. Most seed catalogs ad
vise planting three inches in the drill.,
In that case 80 pounds will plant an
acre. Three inches will perhaps give
the best results in this section al- .,
though I have seen . them planted
much thicker in the sections where
they are grown in large quantities.
G. W. M. TAYLOR. ;