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VOL 87 . ' EDGEFIELD, S. C., ^E?NKDAY, AUG. 9, 1922. ^ No. 27 JOHNSTON LETTER. Ridge Association Meets With Johnston Church Soon. Stork Visits Three Homes Here. The Ridge association meets here with the Baptist church en August 24th and 25th. There are eighteen churches in this association and no doubt there will be a full attendance. Plans have already begun for this oc casion, and there will be several prominent men of this denomination present who will present the causes espoused. Dr. McGlothlin of Furman university is one of the speakers Committees on arrangement and hos pitality will be named next Sunday The annual protracted meeting be gan on Sunday at Rocky Creek church, Rev. W. S. Brooke preaching. Mesdames J. M. Holstein and H. P. Cato of Ridge Spring and Mrs. John Saunders of Raleigh, N. C., vis ited Mrs. O. D. Black last week. Miss Paula Gleaton and William Gleaton are guests of friends rn Springfield. Rev. Mahlon Padgett is the guest of relatives in Edgefield. Mrs. Annie P. Easterling was a vis itor her eduring the past week in the home of her brotner, Dr. F. L. Par ker and friends. Mrs. James Hill pf Rock Hill is visiting in the home of her father, Mr. W. S. Mobley. Ending with July 1st a statement of the Johnston Water Commission was issued showing the expenditure of the $100,000 bond issue. This was gotten out by Mr. H. G. Eidson, chairman, of Johnston Water Com mission and Mr. Bartow Walsh, clerk. It will be remembered that the town was greatly aided when water works were installed, by a giff from the government of the pipes. This piping came from Camp Jackson. As to pro tection from fire t . .xm^r?ss^S?Bsrf?lng insurance cofflftany. This makes the town feel very safe, that its protection is thus rated. Mrs. Winsow, Miss Leila Winsow and J. L. Winsow, of Durham, N. C., are guests of Mrs. N. P. Jones. Miss Edith Jones has returned from a visit to her grandmother at Mo netta. Miss Ruth Phillips of Springfield, is the guest of her cousin, Miss Mary Waters. James Robert Perry has gone to Warrenville to spend a while with his mother, Mrs. Shaners. Mrs. B. L. Adams has returned from a visit to Mrs. Walter Hendrix at Leesville. Miss Mildred Crouch has returned from a visit to relatives in Atlanta. Mrs. Olin Sawyer and Misses Ray and Olin Sawyer of Georgetown are guests of the Misses Sawyer. Miss Jack Matthews of'Columbia, is visiting Miss Edith Jones. Miss McArthur of Augusta is vis iting Mrs. Lizzie Crim and other relatives. Mrs. Archie Lewis entertained the Bridge club in a most pleasant man ner on Thursday afternoon. The top score was held by Mrs. James Hal ford and she received a boudoir apron, and the consolation fell to Miss Frances Turnes, a dainty hand made handkerchief. Mrs. W. Wallace Turner was made a member. A dain ty repast was served. Mrs. J. A. Dobey, James Nixon and Sara Carolyn have gone to Spartan burg to visit in the home of Mrs. Do bey's mother, Mrs. Dorn. While she is there, there will be a reunion of all Mrs. Dom's children and she has one more daughter now, her son in New York having married since his last visit fo the homefolks. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are visiting in the home of the latter's father, Mr. Newton Broadwater. Miss Johnson accompanied them for a visit. Mrs. Walter Sawyer has gone to the University hospital for treatment and her friends hope that she will soon be home again well and strong. Mrs. F. S. Williams is visiting friends at Clio. Before her marriage she taught in the high school there. Three homes were made happier during the past week, these being that of Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun Kam mer, where a little girl has come and another little girl in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mobley, and a little es ai y< fl; v< h< si hi f< Ol e< rn w a: o: a: hi n boy in :he home* of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bradfield. Mrs. Lizzie Huiet has gone to her home iii Charleston after a visit to her sister, Mrs. Mary Waters. Miss Annie Waters who has also been visiting in this home has re turned ?o Augusta. Mr. Clark Edwards is now serving as assistant Sunday school superin tendent of the Baptist church, the ofiice being made vacant by the de parture of Mr. James Barnes to At lanta. Mr. Edwards was second as sistant previous. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strother, Har ry, and Josephine are visiting in the borne of the former's sister at New berry. Mr. Oscar Watson and family have returned from North Carolina and ire again residing here. Mr. Watson vent with the view of giving the place t trial, but decided in favor of John son. Mr. G. G. Waters received a mes ;age a few days ago telling of the leath of his brother-in-law, Mr. Poe, ?rhich had occurred at Vidalia, Ga. Miss Mary Walker is visiting her lunt, Mrs. Smith, in Newberry. Misses Geraldine and Natalie Kam aer have returned to Blackville, af er a visit to relatives here. The W. C. T. U. meets Friday af ernoon with Mrs. Olin Eidson, at o'clock. o*n of Arc, Maid of Orleans. Iditor The Advertiser: The slogan of the World War was, Joan of Arc saved France and us." . great many people, especially the oung folks don't take time to read, istory. I shall give a paragraph or ) of who she was and what she did. She was the daughter of humble pa ints, and was born at Domremy, rance, June 6th, 1412. She was LUght, like other young women of ^^?^wntXSb? was '?orj.^?? i^an^Ppieias^than her companions vd when about the age of thirteen jars she 'believed that she saw a ash of light and heard a heavenly >ice bidding her to be diligent in sr religious and holy duties. When ie was fifteen she imagined that the javenly voice bade her go and fight >r the dauphin of France. She at ace went to the prince and persuad i him of the truth of her heavenly lission. She put on male dress and ar-like equpiments and with sword nd banner ,put herself at the head t the French troops, which her ex mple and the knowledge of her eavenly mission inspired her with ew confidence. From May 4th to May 8th, 1428 ie army under her leadership gained lany vistpries over the English at rleans. The national courage was indled by these successes and while oan became the heroine of all rance, she was the dread of all the Inglish forces, who had been routed y her. She then conducted the young rince to Rheims where he was crown d July 17th", 1429, and Joan, whose ravery made this possible, saluted er king with tears of joy. She wished now to return home, binking ner mission ended, but ?harles, the man that she had rowned persuaded her to remain nth the army, and to .this she at last onsented. Charles at once saw that he job was too iig for the man, ence he was more than anxious for er to remain, and in a battle with he Burgundian forces in Campeigne he French troops were defeated and n going over a wall Joan was wound : d and taken prisoner, and was sold o the English for the sum equivalent o $3,200 at Rouen, the headquarters if the English. She was tried before he Bishop of Beauvais as a sorceress md a witch, and after a long and shameful and unjust trial she was :ondenned to be burned to the stake. She suffered this terrible fate May iOth 1431. In the year 1456 her trial vas declared unjust, and Joan, a ?eroin-? and martyr has since had a nost honored and unique place in ihe pages of history." It lias been over seven hundred years aince Joan of Arc saved* France but she still lives in the hearts of tile Fianch people. I have been told that when a Frenchman passes her statue or her picture on the wall, he uncovers his head with reverence. J. RUSSELL WRIGHT. Mr. J. G. Holland. Mr. J. G. Holland, the newl^n stalled postmaster, is on the j,ofr early and late applying; himself closely,; so as to become familiar with every de tail of the business and every phase of the daily routine of the office. It will be his one increasing purpose-to render efficient service,' so that the patrons of the office, who are of every age and size, as well as all sjrts and conditions of people, will have HQ just ground to complainn. Mr. Holland's capable assistant, Mr. Willis Hd|mes, is likewise applying himself ?ib?eiyi to the same end. The experience which Mr. Holmes gained'while serv ing in the Johnston postoffice is . of great benefit to him. W. C. T. U. Meeting The W. C. T. U. held a delightful meeting on Monday at the;lovely - :ountry home of Mrs. D. B. Homings-. ' vorth, and was one of the most prof- ' table gatherings of the year. Th?de- ] "otions were conducted by Mrs>vi?F-J. ? dorris and Mrs. P. H. Bussey presid- ? ^.-the-niano.. :^M*--P W. L. Dunovant, who wrote them ac- i lording to parliamentary rules which i he had learned on her recent visit to Hontreat. She broke the rules, how iver. and used one adjective and one idverb, which she said the demands >f the occasion made it necessary, me being an adjective describing*the ( .efreshments and an adverb describ ng the piano solo of Miss Susan i Mathis. . Mrs. Rainsnford gave some run- . ling comments on selected quota- ; ;ions from Frances Willard. Mrs. ; Helen Nichloson read one of Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins' Child Culture ar- : nicies. Little Misses Frances and Mary Lo- ' rene Townsend pleased the assembly A'ith their music, Frances as pianist, md Mary Lorene as soloist giving that lovely vocal selection, "In a Garden." Miss Florence Mims read, "Each in His Own Tongue." At the close of the program all the guests repaired to the piazza where block cream and cake were beauti fully served. As each entered the home, refresh ing punch was served. Every one was delighted to see Mrs. Anderson and her dear little daughter, Elizabeth Hollingsworth Anderson, who was introduced to the interested gathering. Mrs. W. B. Cobgurn, Mrs. Kate Kernaghan and others made informal talks on sug gestions which came to them from the papers read. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. J. W. Thurmond in September. Third Division Meeting at Clarks Hill. All mission societies of the third division will be expected at Clarks Hill on? Aug. 10. Come. Mrs. J. M. Bussey, President. A little boy was preparinng to go to Sunday school for the first time. His father gave him a nickel to put into the plate, remarking, "Be sure to give your money to the Lord." When the little boy carne home he still had the nickel. The father was very much sur prised and asked, "Son, why didn't you give your nickel to the Lord?" The little boy answered, "The Lord was'nt there."-Judge mr. Pardue Writes About Con ;^:?ition of Public Highways. i??i.tor Edgefield Advertiser : ^Please allow me space in your val ?liable paper to ask a'few questions bf our road officials, also call atten Jfcibn'of the tax payers of our county to a few facts in regards to our roads. I"; I have traveled over a good portion of the roads in thirteen counties in this state in the past sixty days, find fine roads in twelve and one with bot one mile of good, smooth road in one place, if it has, I would like to know where it is, so I could ride over it. This county is Edgefield. 1 I have broken $23.00 worth of springs on cars in this county in 90 days and have paid $53.05 this year auto and truck license. From Febru ary 1st to June 1st if there was road machine on a highway except 2 1-2 miles on the lower end of the plank road, I would like for someone .to tell me where it was..If there has .been a penny of auto tax spent on the plank road from the Pine House to the Aiken line in 18 months I would like to know where it was spent. I understand that the highway department has an engineer to look over our highways, in fact he draws a check from our county treasurer for it. I think he must come and go by rail, cr he would have something done. Since June 1st we have had a 3 ton truck and one man drawing a salary of $100 per month, and only has two laborers to keep up our high ways. What he needs is more labor ers, the salary is all right. How much auto license tax have we received since January 1, 1920? What roads can it be spent on? Where has it been spent? How much lave we on hand? Which roads are n the state highway system? Is the ?asohne t^io be used on the high ??y*igr# a-vJ-T^? road purposes? ng the roads and get Edgefieldcc-un :y out of -the mud. W. A. PARDUE. Trenton, S. C. The Meeting in Edgefield. Dear Dr. Cody: The First Baptist Church of Edgefield has recently passed through a successful revival. Dr. John F. Vines of Roanoke, Va,, and Mr. James B. McCravy of Lau rens, S. C., came to us June 26, and remained ten days. They proved to be men sent from God and our peo ple were greatly blessed by their ministry. Dr. Vines is an attractice and forceful speaker and his sermons were powerful and effective. He drives home the truth of the gospel by means of illustrations gathered from a wide experience extending over a number of years. Dr. Vines is uncompromising in his attitude toward sin and tender and appeal ing in his presentation of the love of Christ. Two or three of our best church workers were converted when he preached in a revival here nine years ago. Brother McCravy is a splendid violinist and soloist and a successful song leader. He did a good work aniong the children of the Ju nnior Choir and all of us were lift ed up by the messages in song brought. Both of these brethren are genial anrid compassionate and it was a delight to be associated with them and have them in our home. Although there was but little avail able material, there were twenty-one additions to the church. Our work here has been and is very encouraging. Although the field has been pretty thoroughly worked by my predecessors and there were only a comparatively small number outside the church, there have been fifty five additions since we came on the field in November. We haVe one of the best attended prayer meetings that I have heard of anywhere.lt is one of our best serfices. We've had an average attendance of a hundred or over at all the mid-week services. Sometimes the number reaches about a hundred and fifty. A large number of our young people and older ones too, talk and pray in public. Recently we used seven or eight of our college boys and girls in a prayer?- service and every single one of them did well and the talks made were very creditable indeed. There were about twenty five tithers in the church when we took up the work, here, now there are between fifty and six ty who tithe and some give more. This explains why in spite of the fi nancial depression, worse here than in most places because the bollwee vil swept everything clean last year, our people have responded nobly and heroically and have kept up with their apportionatement to the 75 Million Campaign. The people here are church goers and the pastor ha? preached to large crowds at all the services. We have a splendid Baraca class of seventy-five to a hundred men, taught by the pastor, who sup port two children at Connie Maxwell Orphanage and do much charitable work. It is a potent force in the life of the church. We can't say too much in the praise of the kindness of these hos pitable Edgefield people to us. When ?ve arrived here we found the par sonage pantry full of provisions. At Christmas the Baracca class gave the pastor a beautiful and valuable gift, ;he church sent me to the Southern 3aptist Convention as their guest, ionating a hundred dollars to us :or that purpose, and the good peo )le have kept us supplied with fruit md vegetables all Spring. But their kindness to us during the recent re vival meeting surpassed it all. We lave been the recipients of a good nany poundings in our day, but we'd lever seen it on this fashion before. ?hey brought chickens, ham, butter . ggs, milk, flour, cakes, peaches and . pples, ice cream and vegetables by . he bushel and at the close of the j meeting they presented the pastor i nd his wife with a purse of $75.00. i Cords fail to express our appr?cia- ^ ion of such kindness. It was a great pleasure to have ] rith us last Sunday night Dr. J. S. j 'ill of he Courier family. The Cou- j ?er was already on the budget of ? ie church, but we enjoyed having ? im and the message he brought. t -;W.ifh_ie?fc.,wishes -ta vou. and the t Yours in Christ, * Arthur T. Allen. 1 Edgefield, S. C. 1 July 5, 1922. 3 Compulsory Vaccination. The law requires every child who * tends the public schools of South arolina to be vaccinated for small ^ ox and the state board of health in ;nds to enforce this law to the let w. Therefore, Mr. W. 0. Tatum, 1 r., will be forced to exclude from 1 ie Edgefield school every child that J as not been successfully vaccinated. ? [e has no option in the matter but { ?-ill be liable for indictment himself ? : he permits a pupil to attend who ? as not been vaccinated. If you want * ou child to attend school, see that ' e or she is properly vaccinated. Mr. ] 'atum says he will be allowed un- 3 il the 1st of October to enforce the J iw, which will give everybody ample j ime to comply with it without hard- ' hip upon anyone. Do not neglect his important matter and then cen ure Mr. Tatum if he is compelled to end your child from school. McKendree News. The protracted meeting will be- ; ;in on the first Sunday in August it McKendree church. Rev. M. M. ?rabham will preach on Sunday of he meeting and Rev. Johnson will ?reach the remainder of the week. everybody is invited to come. Mrs.W. M. Harling and little son Whitman is back home from Augus a Hospital where he underwent an >peration recently. Master Neil Turner spent Friday md Saturday with Mr. Tommie Wal ter. Mr. and Mrs. Zonnie Dorn and "amily spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Timmerman. . Miss Motte Buzhardt is visiting relatives at Bradley and Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Buzhardt and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frontis Timmerman. Quite a number attended the men's prayer meeting on last Saturday night at the Church where it will continue to be held every Saturday night at 8:30 o'clock. The men and boys are all requested to come. The corn crop looks a little more promising in this section. The older corn is about made and with a few more showers the late corn crop will be safe. Meetings at Cooper's School House and Colliers; Two campaign meetings were held last week, one at Cooper's School House Thursday and one at Colliers Saturday. Both were well attended, and the best of order prevailed. The. candidates for the house spoke, mak ing only slight variations from their opening speeches at Johnston. Whil? their platforms were practically the same, yet all of them are improving in oratory and by the time the cam paign closes they will be finished, speakers, cocked and primed for ser vice upon the floor of the house. But unfortunately only two of the five (what two do you say?) can be ac corded that honor. At both Meriwether and Colliers-, barbecue dinner was served in limit less quantity and cold drinks were served to keep the sweltering throng, cool and comfortable. A game of baseball was played af ter each meeting between Meriweth er and Cloliers. Thursday at Coop er's the victory went to the Meri wether boys and at Colliers Satur day the victory went to the Colliers team. Good ball was played both af ternoons. The next meeting will be at Anti och Saturday, August 12. i Prohibition's Good Effects. The effect of prohibition is beginT" tiing to be seen on a large scale. Up to the present it has contended with petty opinions in getting properly before the public. In a few places liquor violations are more than in former years; in the great cities con ;empt for the cause did not cease* ipon its becoming the law of the and ; throughout all the. country res petable capers are yet found who lersist i., the belief that they can get i modification of the present law md they never lose an opportunity, o give it a dig; and the habit holds he by-word of a preacher than at. he profanity of the wicked. For two ?ears these things, along with the awl ess work of those whose finan ?ai interests or depraved appetites ;et prohibition in defiance, have cept the people from seeing the ei 'ects of this great reform, in the arge. But the facts are coming out. Very accurate statistics on the ef fects of prohibition can be had from .eccrds in Massachusetts. Mr. Wayne 3. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon Lea gue, has gone into these records,, md has compared the average for ;even wet years with the average for ;he first two years under prohibition, it is to be supposed that these are ;he hardest two years prohibition viii ever have. But even so the show ng makes good reading: (1) As to irrests for drunkenness: under whis cey, 108,123; under prohibition, 48, 372; a decrease of fifty-five percent. (2) Arrests for all causes: under whiskey, 178,072; under prohibition, 133,846; a decrease of seventy-four per cent. (3) Non-support; average five wet years, 2,337; for two dry years, 1,611, a decrease of thrty-one per cent. (4) Deaths from alcohol ism: average for six wet years, 225; average for two dry years, 78; a de crease of sixty-five per cent. (5) Admissions to Boston alms houses: average for seven wet years, 3,542; for two dry years, 1,672, a decrease of fifty-two per cent.-Baptist Cou rier. Rev. J. D. Bailey, of Cowpens, takes as deep interest in Baptist his tory as any man in South Carolina. He will not object to our publishing this postal card recently received by Dr. Dill: "I now have my copy of Morgan Edwards' 'Material Towards - a Baptist History in South Carolina.' Uutil challenged, I ?shall lay claims to being the only private individual owning a copy of Edwards in the State or out of it. The first cost was ten dollars. L have already indexed it, and am going to have it bound." The Baptist Record: "If John %: Rockefellow lived in Mississippi he could not leave a cent to any benev olent or religeous purpose in his will, because our constitution forbids. Surely there is something wrong when a man can will1 his property for any purpose under the sun ex cept religious."