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EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY SEPT. 6, 1922. No. 30. JOHNSON LETTER. Women Cast Their Ballots. Fats and Leans Play Ball For Fire Department. Voting at the primary began quite early on last Tuesday, August 29th., and there was much interest manifes ted to the point of the individual getting in a vote. Our women voted for the first time, and all parties were most cour teous and there was every indication that the stamp of approval was on the woman's vote. While. some of the women were voting, one heard a gentleman re mark: "My, but this looks good to me to see all these women here to vote. Our politics, in a broad sense, is rotton, certainly not made this way by a vote of the women, and noth ing but their vote will cleanse it ail." The womanhood of South Caroli na, of Edgefield county, is a force that can be relied upon to exert its self to the right side of every moral and social question. Beyond the peradventure of a doubt, the women of this country can be relied upon, either at the polls, the jury box, to cast their vote for law and rigid law enforcement, and for the candidate that best promotes this, and stands for only that which means for good. As a means for raising funds for the fire department, a ball game was had here on last Friday afternoon be tween the "Fats and leans" of the town. There was a large crowd out and the game was truly amusing. The team was well balanced, and during the game the recruits from each side would run in the game. The leans finally won out, the score being 15 lo 12. "The hot day waas kinder against us," one of the Fats said in a pant ing voice. Miss Carrie Fulton, who has been .Yla??ing- il vs. W.. S-JElraoke, bas re turned to Connie Maxwell orphan age, where she holds a position. Mrs. Taylor Goodwyn has return ed to Greenwood after a visit in the home of her father, Mr. A. S. Wertz. The High School opened on Tues day of this week, as Monday was "Labor Day." Some of the pupils seemed of the opinion that it should not open at all, as each school day was "Labor Day." Mr. George Hardy, now of Atlan ta, is visiting at his home near town. Mr. and Mrs. Janie Dunby and family, of Graniteville, have been for a visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Turner. Mrs. Frank Landrum and Eliza beth and Marie Lewis, of Florence, have been guests of relatives here. Master John Allen, Jr., visited in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Willie Tompkins during the past wee*k. Miss Emmie Wright left on Sun day to resume her school /duties at Woodlawn, N. C. Miss Mallie Waters has been vis iting her sister, Mrs. David Philips, at Springfield. Miss Lizzie Huiet has returned to her home in Charlotte after a vis it in the home of her sister, Mrs. Mary Waters. Miss Elise Black, of Bamburg, has been the guest of Mrs. B. L. Boat wright. Miss Grace Turner has returned from a visit to Miss Margaret Mc Ghee, in Columbia. Mrs. P. N. Lott has been sick dur ing the past week, and her friends will be glad to know that she :s now much improved. Miss Mary Waters has returned to Augusta, where she has a position. Mr. Edward Parrish returned to Newberry on Saturday after a visit in the home of his aunt, Mrs. G.G. Waters, and other relations. A surprise marriage was that of Sunday afternoon, the happy couple being Miss Janie Rhoden and Mr. Will Adams. The marriage took plaace at the Baptist parsonage, Rev. W. S. Brooke peforming the caremony, and was witnessed by two of three friends. The bride is the oldest daughter of Mr. Hansford Rhoden, and is a young woman of many beautiful traits of character. . The best wishes for the young cou ple. The Johnston High School will 'Or?'.'' > Official l?eturns Primary Election, Edgefiejl County, August 29,1922 PRECINCTS : For Governor CU G Ti O s "o cu c s Q >? 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Total 17 36 12 36 33 95 57 15 48 0 24 51 28 0 18 27 495 15 25 33 6 3 8 33 31 20 34 14 21 2 37 10 23 2 7 32 283 31 33 39 73 195 95 158 28 34 44 34 26 50 33 17 53 943 56 76 66 147 295 226 233 59 105 48 98 92 120 36 44 120 1821 43 39 18 119 34 45 187 48 50 8 21 14 44y 12 22 34 738 14 if 40 94 105 50 10 31 10 49 39 Slv 18 19 .32 6*46 34 |41 ;.47 66 152 103 ; 99 40 41 29 40 24 80 25 27 91 929 17 12 17 43 195 135 96 14 34 22 42 42 47 13 6 50 4 ll 8 21 93 50 32 6 52 25 42 66 18 4 ll 33 26 16 29 85 99 79 145 22 26 30 12 8 30 10 14 78 785 476 709 |109l| 1814 29 59 35 61 195 146 83 38 79 16 84 82 88 24 30 42 56 76 66 146 293 225 231 59 105 48 98 92 119 36 44 120 56 76 66 147 295 226 232 60 105 48 98 92 120 36 43 120 1820 56 75 66 147 295 226 233 60 104 48 98 92 120 36 43 120 1819 19 22 38 86 190 114 153 26 49 38 55 40 57 16 27 71 1001 37 53 28 59 102 103 74 34 55 10 39 52 62 20 16 47 I 791 soon have a fine foot ball team, and several of the young gentlemen are in training and the force will be tak en from these. Mr. Leightzey, of S. C. University is coacher, and he has aroused much enthusiasm in the or ganization, and from the amount of interest manifested he could organ ize several teams. Athletics is a great thing to arouse a good school spirit, and is splendid for the.locaji field, and abroad, as well, when it i s not a hinderance to : studies. Miss Frances Turner entertained the Bridge club Thursday afternoon in a very pleasant manner, there be ing some visitors present as well as the members. Miss Maud Sawyer won the top score prize, an embroidered pillow top, and Mrs. Julian Bland received the consolation, a hand made hand kerchief. The guest prize was cut for and Mrs. Leland Miller drew this, a . daintily embroidered handkerchief. A tempting repast was served. Miss Antionette Denny has been for a visi t to friends at Saluda. Mrs. Alice Cox visited at Bath, . the first of the, week. Mrs. Claud Herlong and little son, are at home from a visit to relatives at Saluda. Mrs. W. I. Pinder is now improv ing and her many friends hops that she can soon be out among them a gain. Dr. Horace Wright has returned to Georgetown after a visit to rela tives. Miss Ella Jacobs has accepted a ( position with one of thc high schools of Columbia. While in Columbia she , will'be domiciled in the home of her friend, Mrs. Sophie Swearingen Swindell. Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Tarrant,' and . their handsome little son are visiting , in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. . Wright. Mr. Joe Payne and Mr. Joe Frank | Logue, of Meeting Street, were wei- ( come visitors during the past week in the homes of relatives here. On the first Sunday in November ( a protracted meeting will begin in ( thc Baptist church here, the pastor to be assisted by Dr. Fuller of the . Baptist church of Greenwood. ( He has a fine reputation as an , evangelist, Rev. Brooke stating that ? he was one of the best that had gone out from Louisvillee Semniary. [1 Mr. Burrell Frontis was a visitor - here on Sunday, and his friends were j all glad to see him again, after an absence of two years. j Veteran Russell Wright had the ? misfortune to break his collar bone 1 recently, and his friends will be glad to know that he is doing well and is now able to be up and about. The ac- j cident happened at the home of his < daughter, Mrs. Lonnie Eidson, while < he was out walking about the farm. < The body of Mr. Franklin, who was killed in the train yard near. Hamburg during the 'past week, was brought here from Augusta the day following his death, and the inter ment was , made at Phillipi church cemetery. Mr. Franklin was of this section and had many relatives residing there. 9 His unf ortunate death is to be Jt?f-i plored. Little Johnnie Hoyt 'wh'o:has been' so ill with typhoid fever, is now im proving. Rev. W. S. Brooke has just closed a very successful meeting at West Creek church, and this week is hold ing a service at Ebenezer of which church he is pastor. Miss Maud Waterhouse is at home from a visit to friends in Augusta. Misses Ruth and Edith Prescott, are guests of Mrs. F. L. Parker. Miss Evelyn Johnson has returned from a visit to Miss Corrie Johnson, at Edgefield. Miss Helen Meyer, of Augusta, has been the guest of Miss Ethel Lott. Mr. Tim Thornton, of Georgia, is visiting his sister Mrs. Tom Millford. Mrs. M. R. Wright is visiting her sister, Miss Luelle Norris in Colum bia. Do riot fail to vote- next Tues day. Miss Ruth Lyon Gives Lovely Party For B. Y. P. U. On Tuesday evening September the fifth, Miss Ruth Lyon entertain ed the senior- B. Y. P. U. of which she is the much loved president, with a lovely party at the home of Mrs. Arthur T. Allen. When the guests arrived they were, by perhaps some witchery on the part of the hostess, endowed with smiles planted in, and nurtured by, merry hearts. Several games were enjoyed by early comers, after which a contest called "A Flower Romance" was en -raged in. The smiling, merry faces became more serious and the scene, changed from one of revelry to one of pensiveness. Tally cards were then given out and, ,after a scramble (on the part of the young men) for congenial coupling, progressive conversation proved a successful diversion. The hostess then "topped it all" by serving a generous amount of vanilla ice cream and' wafers to the ?jroup. In the wee hours of the night the guests departed after an unsussessful attempt to express their past joy to the ever gracious host I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for Warden of the town Df Edgefield from the 5th. Ward and solicit the support of the voters in said ward. ' S. B. Nicholson. The Governor Cannot Reduce Taxes. Did the governor of South Caro lina have power either to reduce oi increase taxes there would be som< justification for interposing the sub ject of taxation in the gubernatoria campaign. But The News has point ed out with tiresome frequency th( governor hasn't any more to' do witl ^cation than the citizen of anothei state. He can recommend and he car veto but he has no AUTHORITY whatsoever to increase or reduce taxes. The LEGISLATURE alone has th? authority to say how taxes shall be collected and how they shall bc spent. And the next legislature of South .Carolina has already been elected with the exception of small number to be chosen in the second primary. The question of taxationIS TO BE DECIDED BY. THE NEXT LEGIS LATURE. It is therefore entirely out of place in the gubernatorial campaign. As it is being employed it is nothing more thn a snare to delude and mis lead ignorant people. And that is the extent of The News' interest in the matter. This paper does not intend that the gross insinuation that the increase in taxes in South Carolina has been due to governors shall go unchallenged, for in spite of all that this and other newspapers have said there are some people doubtless who believe such rot. The innuendo that the increase of 200 percent in taxes between 1914 and 1921 was due to extravagnt and wasteful administration is an in sult to the intelligence of South Car lina. But to allege that the governors were responsible for the condition is positive deception. As a matter of fact, in behalf of the legislatures that increased the appropriations, the figures can easily be explained. The one item of the de partment of education shows that in 1914 the appropriation for public school education was only $10,940, while in 1921 it was $1,528,930. This alone represents an increase of a million and a half dollars, or more than one-third the total enhancement during the period. The News does not believe the people of South Caro lina consider this a wasteful or use less increase. The state never had .such a cry for education as it has to day, and that is a sure sign it does not regret paying for it. This, however, is beside the point. If Governor Cooper had vetoed the appropriation for common school ed ucation last year the people would have insisted that the legislature pass the appropriation over his veto. And that would have been the extent to which Governor Cooper could have influenced the defeat of a single i tem that cost the people $1,500,000 more than it did eight years ago. Let's get this straight for all time : THE GOVERNOR CANNOT RE DUCE TAXES. It is time that candidates were quit imposing on the gullibility of unthinking people by telling them that governors can reduce taxes. The News believes that voters are entitled to the facts and that once .they know the fa?ts they,-will vote, right. It makes this statement be cause they are being fed other than facts.-Spartanburg Herald. Do not fail to vote next Tues day. Cole L. Blease and the War. To the Editor of The State: May I address the ex-service men of South Carolina through your col umns? I enlisted in the service of our country shortly after the war and feel that I did what thousands of others have done, served our country at a time when it needed service and not criticism. While in the service I heard of some of the utterances of Cole L. Blease and af ter discharge I read some of his speeches. I do not see how any real American who feels proud of his rec ord in the army can vote for a man who was so narrow as to let himself become unpatriotic when the causes of Democracy were at stake. We enlisted in the service with out any hope of reward, the only hope was to make this a safer and better place to live. Yes, buddies, we were in France for the glory pf the proudest state in the Union, South Carolina. And we are going to have a reunion at the polls September 12. This meeting al so for the glory of the proud and grand old Palmetto state. Let's get together and mark par- 1 tisanism and Bleaseism from the an nals of South Carolina history. Let's show the former governor that we want law and order, that we want the decisions of juries to stand, that we want the criminals to'be punish ed, that we want Democracy nad a Democratic governor and that we must have a real American, one who can say: "Our country, may she al- 1 ways be right, but right or wrong, our country." An Ex-Service Man. Florence, S. C. Tax Extension. The Comptroller General has no tified me that he, with the approval of the governor has extended the time for the payment of taxes with- ? out further penalty until thc 15th. 1 of September. Therefore my office i will be open to receive taxes with- i out further penalty until the night of ; September 15th. J. L. Prince, County Treasurer. Miss Florence Mims Sends Message from Charlotts ville, Virginia Sunday Morning.. Dear Advertiser: I have been searching through my grips vainly for a large sheet of pa per upon which to write you as though I had great pictures to draw of this hill country of Virginia, with its apple trees bending down with, ruby colored fruit,destined for pos sible cider presses to make an inno cent and cheering drink for the Vir ginia farmers on long winter even ings. But I have found only a letter to write upon, and since it isn't dear to my heart with fond words on the other side, I write ruthlessly upon ita back. Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg ad dres on a scrap of paper while riding, on the train. That comparison is o dious, but he believed in charity to ward all and malice toward none and. would forgive me for my seeming presumption. As I am inspired by the landscape outside, my heart is filled with poems that other people have made. I could not write a line of rhythm myself, but these words of Carruth's come to" me as seeming so eminent ly appropriate to the season and this farming country through which I am. passing. . , "A mist on the far horizon The infinite tender sky The ripe, rich tint of the cornfield, And the wild geese sailing by;. And all over upland and lowland,. The charm of the golden rod, Some of us call it Autumn And others call it God." Every day brings to mind its par ticular association of ideas, and the name, Virginia, is a very connota tive word. I think of '"Old forgotten,, far off things and battles long ago." One half expects to see the smoke of battle rise from a trench or, breast work;and long" lines of "blue ?n?r'gray, and hear the air pierced with rebel yells, but such things have been re placed by "Sweet smelling fields and peaceful homes." Reality is a tame thing and he who would re-live the glories of a past, must sit and dream at home, and a wake to reality with a startled, re bellious feeling, or haunt museums . like a trhost and see the must of the ages on flags that were once bright red and blue and gold One can help make history today,, but the present is too intim?tely near us to enjoy the triumphs hard won and the past too far away. So does joyous fulfilment of anything elude us. Later: I have arrived in Washing ton, for the strikes have struck hard enough to make us four hours late, but not quite hard enough to stop us altogether. Two years ago, I was sitting in the Atlanta station, waiting for the Dixie Flyer that was four hours late, and both times you were af flicted with a letter. Then I was going among a strange people in the freedom of the west, and now I am returning to the con servatism of the East. Between the two, my Southland is the happiest of mediums. Florence Mims. Do not fail to vote next Tues day. Notice to Managers of the Second Primary Elec tion. You will please comply strictly with the rules of the Democratic Party in the second primary election to be held next Tuesday, Sept. 12th. 1922. Act in all matters exactly as said rules provide. Copy of said rules was heretofore sent to Secretary of each club with enrollment book. J. H. Cantelou, County Chairman. Edgefield, S. C. Sept. 5th, 1922; J Rent or Sell. I desire to rent or sell (prefer to sell) my farm one mile from the bown of Johnston, within the school district. Fine pasture, good farra for stock raising and dairying. For terms, etc., write to or see me. Mrs. W. B. Cogburn. Edgefield, S. C. 9_6-2t. . ,