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VOL. 87 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1922 . No. 31. _._? - ? ^ ._!_ - JOHNSTON LETTER. Splendid School Opening. Mis sion Society Elects Offi cers. Stag Supper for Mr. Wright. The Johnston High School opened last Tuesday with a splendid enroll ment, and the school is most fortu nate in having Superintendent Alex ander at the head. He comes highly recommended, having had several years of experience, and everything promises to work well, along all lines. At the opening there was a large number of patrons and friends, and this was indicative of the inter est in the school work. Short talks were made by the pastors of the churches who greeted the new schol ars and new teachers and extended a cordial invitation to each to attend the church services. Mr. Heber Bal antine, one of the trustees made a few remarks on the school work and congratulated the school on its splen did corps of teachers. Superintend ent of Education W. W. Fuller, was present and made some happy re marks concerning the school, its past work and of the bright outlook. Mr. Alexander said this school had a most unique distinction in having 127 in the high school and of these 21 are in the 11th grade. The total enrollment is about 300. He said he .had no rules, in the beginning, to outline to the students-right is right and wrong is wrong-would be the measuring rod, and he hoped that nothing would arise during the term that would cause any rule to be made. With Mr. Alexander, the su perintendent, are Prof. Stanton Lott, principal, Misses Antoinette Denny, Dessie Dean, Sara Aycock, Marie Gaillard, Estelle Owdom, Floride Hendrix, Ruby Glover and Mrs. L. C. Latimer. Miss Veda Barre is again musincal "?i-i?t-tor. .Thej .manual -training?- das.? is a . /large a-ie* thisby ear, 'arid is a'lie'part ~ ment that has created much interest and has proven what splendid talent ed young men there are in the school. The exhibit at the close of the last term certainly verifies this. Mi's. M. M. Coleman of Aiken and Prof. Coleman of S. C. university have been guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. LaGrone. !/ Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lott of Green wood were welcome visitors here during the week. Mrs. James Keith and little Eliza beth and Irene have been guests of Mrs. Harry Strother. Miss Louise Watson will go to Winthrop college this wek. Miss Mary Waters and Miss Mallie Waters are at home from a visit to Mrs. David Phillips at Springfield. At a recent meeting of the Wo man's Missionary Society of the Bap tist church, officers for the coming year were elected. President, Mrs. P. C. Stevens; vice president, Mrs. J. Howard Payne; corresponding sec retary, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher; record ing secretary, Mrs. J. Neil Lott; treasurer, Mrs. S. J. Watson; assist ant treasurer, Mrs. T. R. Denny. The society decided to pack a box of clothing for the suffering of Russia and the members were asked to make contributions of second hand cloth ing and a committee was appointed to canvas during the week. This is "Bundle Week" and each member, and all interested were requested to observe the week with a good bun- | die. There will be many that perhaps will freeze and starve to death this winter, so the box is expected to be sent on as soon as possible and be ready for distribution as needed. Mrs. Sallie Rice Owen is visiting Mrs. John Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hart have de- j cided that Johnston is the best place after all to reside, so after a month's stay in Macon are at home again. Their friends are glad to have them back again. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Perry and children of Peak, are guests of rela tives. Mrs. Kate Crouch is at home from a visit to Mrs. Walter Hendrix at Leesville. Mr. Rupert Sawyer spent a few days of the past week at Colliers with relatives. Miss Louelle Norris, accompanied by Miss Traeger and her brother, spent the week-end here with the home folks. Mrs. Murray of South Georgia is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. R. Denny. Mrs. Beta Wright and Mrs. Coy Etheredge were guests of relatives during the past week. Mrs. Eugene Kneece of Ridge Spring has been spending a few days here in the home of her father, Mr. W. M. Clark who is sick. Mrs. Claud Herlong and Miss Ora May Herlong spent the week-end at Saluda with relatives. Mrs. Bell of Ellenton is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Cas sells. The firm of Corn & Maxwell has been dissolved, Dr. James Halford having bought out the interests of the parties. Dr. Corn contemplates locating at Greenville, and Dr. Max well has accepted a position as phar macist at Greenwood. Mr. George Hardy has returned to Atlanta after a visit in the home of his father, Mr. J W. Hardy. On last Friday evening Mr. Will Wright was entertained by his daughters, Mrs. Gerard Tarrant and Mrs. Edith Chester, with a stag sup per, this pleasant occasion being in his home. About twelve of his [friends were invited and all had a jolly time, the affair being kept a surprise to Mr. Wright. A very elab orate and tempting supper \vas served. Mr. and Mrs. Flowers and children of Edgefield were visitons here on Sunday. An entertainment was had here on Friday evening with the view of re imbursing the treasury of the Emily Geiger chapter. A nice sum was realized. Mr. Leland Miller joined his fam ily here on Friday and they left on Saturday for Northf>,C|irolina, where me* T .engaso ' Meeting Street News. The people of this section enjoyed a very good rain last Saturday after noon and it was appreciated very much. Mrs. J. R. Blocker and Miss Effie Mae Fox of the Waycross section spent Friday in the home of Mrs. W. S. Logue. Mrs. W. S. Allen and children of Fruit Hill visited Mrs. H. A. Cogburn one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Burley Walton spent Sunday with relatives near Kirksey. J. E. Bryan and J. W. Logue were business visitors in Greenwood last Fi-iday. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Stevens and children visited Mrs. J. F. Logue last Sunday. Mr. O. W. Allen of Fruit Hill vis ited relatives in this section last week. Mr. S. A. Holston spent one day .last week with his brother, Mr. W. S. Logue. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Lyon, Jr., vis ited their aunt, Mrs. Margaret Stev ens last Sunday. Mrs. Plyney Perminter is on the sick list at this writing. We wish for her a speedy recovery. Mr. Whitman Dorn, Jr., of Augus ta is visiting his sister, Mrs. Arthur Steadham. Quite a number of relatives enjoy ed a very pleasant day with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bryan last Saturday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cogburn, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Cogburn and Mrs. Marie Rhoden of Graniteville, and a number of children. Miss Margaret Blocker of the Waycross section visited her aunt, Mrs. W. S. Logue last Friday morn ing en route to Ninety Six where she is to teach in the Ninety Six graded school. She was accompanied by Mrs. S. C. Cogburn and Mrs. J. W. Logue as far as Mr. Steve Dom's in the Good Hope section from where she went on the bus running from Saluda to Ninety Six. now To ?five Quinine To Children. FEBRIIINE te the trade-mark name sri ven to an improve i Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas* ant to U ke and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine, Also especially adapted to adults who cannot lake ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the neut time you need Quinine for any pur' Sse. Auk for 2-ounce original package. Th? DeFKB&ILINEisblowninbQtUe. ttdmtr m I Miss Florence Mims . Renew; Her Acquaintance With Boston. Dear Advertiser: What could be more New Eng-? landy and Bostonesque than the serv ing of soup with sweet rolls bedeck-^ ed with raisins? The pious New Englander goes ti church on Sunday, bakes beans ?n?Sj brown bread for Saturday night's^ supper and eats doughnuts every-; morning for breakfast. If you woulcft; be a Bostonian, you must accept-! that! And more than that, be a der' votee of holidays. . .': . This is labor day, which, being in^( terpreted, means Rest Day, an ehig ma that I can not explain. On this; day I tried to get schools over the,' telephone, but the officials had a hol-| iday. In the process of calling, I got' the Brookline pofice station twice and by the time I had asked them'{ the second time if they were the Ex-* pression School, or something, they were ready to indict me for grand larceny, whatever that is, or some thing worse. In the directory I came across the Boston Baked Beans Company. They are not satisfied with beans cooked in kitchens galore, but must have factories for them that they may bc) more plentiful.' They maay be nutrir tious but as for taste, I would class' them with a grass sandwich. Yesterday afternoon the strike de layed us, and after a wreck had oc curred ahead, and after our own train had happened to some mishap, (to which they gave some technical name which I could not understand) I was told that after all, we werel; lucky to be moving, and I said won-p deringly, "Why?" I thought we had endured quite enough. They replied; that the fireman, lunch -basket- in, hand had left the train, and started^ down the street declaring that he! had worked sixteen hours and?w stop. Bi^vti?-^ginee*. -^nvaTr^l ami/and' with per?u^^orS' u\\?\ kind, induced him to return. If I had known about it in time, I think I should have run with the engineer, for I was aweary with much stop ping and slow moving. Usually, I arrive in Washington about 7 o'clock in the morning, but at that time, or later, yesterday, I was eating breakfast in the station at Charlottsville, Va. Then I reached New York, long after the time I should have arrived in Boston. I was surprised that between New York and Boston I had to take an upper berth. On getting on the train, the colored porter informed me that so far, I was the only lady and that the "New York Giants," ball play ers, had engaged most of the car. I think he was perfdctly delighted that he was to serve professional athletes, and I climbed into the up per, resigned by necessity to this last irony of fate. The "Giants" were ex ceedingly quiet. If they had been school boy players, I think they might have had a little yelling, but professionals are settled and serious with pep for business and less for fun like the amateurs. I have not been here long enough this time to feel like a Bostonian again. I look out over the tops of grayish buildings and think, "This is not Boston." What is Boston any way and where is it? I want to put my arms around it all at once and tell it that I am here, but the streets stretch endlessly into more streets as far as the eyes can see. So Boston as someone said, is not a situation, but a condition; not a locality, but a state of mind. Think in terms of Boston and you are a Bostonian. Think unlike it and here, at least you are a heretic. Be still, and it will delight you, and take you for its own. I like the quietness as though it fairly said "I am the queen city by the sea. The hustlers are those who rush to me and when they come and stay, they are serene and poised and very slow in leaving." FLORENCE MIMS. Copley Square Hotel, Boston, Mass., September 4, 1922. "Scrap Iron-" I am commencing to buy scrap iron now, but can not pay over 15cts. per 100 cwt. 8-30-2t. M. .A. Taylor. , Sedgefield Baptist Association m Held at Red Hill . Church. .jT.he" one hundred and fifteenth ses sion of the Edgefield Baptist Associa tion was called to order by the Mod erator, Mr. 0. Sheppard at Red Hill ?burch, September 6. The Moderator abducted the devotions, and Rev. (F.H. Posey of Ridgedale Academy of ??red the prayer. The sermon was preached by Dr. .Chas. A. Jones, of VT?lumbia, Educational Secretary of ^cuth Carolina. The discourse was ???P of fine thought, and the large audience was doubtless greatly bene fited and enlightened. : Mrs. Jasper McDaniel was the or ganist in the morning, and Mrs. Hen ry Medlock at the afternoon session. : The report on the 75 Million Cam paign was prepared and read by Rev. &. T. Allen, contained many arous ing facts and suggestions, the dis cussion of the subject was postponed until after the recess. One of the interestnig facts about the occasion was the fact that Mr. Sheppard celebrate at this associa tion hts twenty-fifth anniversary as Moderator, and was unanimously re elected for the ensuing year. The attendance was very large, and the recess hour was spent around the bountifully spread table under the shade of the oaks. The afternoon session was a very interesting occasion, and the report on the 75 Million was contineud. Dr. J: S. Dill made a great address on the need of -Christian Literature in the home sof especially the Baptist Courier for Baptists. '. This was followed by a very en firtaining and humorous plea for Furman university and Christian edu cation by Professor Poole of Fur Ean. There could be no greater cli ax for an Edgefield county audi ence than Dr. C. E. Burts as a speak er. At. this hour he was'called upon lion fund and invited the sympathy and co-operation of all the Baptists in the great task. An enjoyable feature of the meet ing was a vocal trio and organ ac companiment by Misses Martha, Lil lian and Alice and Madge Hammond. Miss Alberta Talbert, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Talbert, Misses Blanche and Sunie May Hammond, daughters of Mr. James Hammond, of the Col liers section are taking nurses train ing in the Baptist hospital in Colum bia. Miss Sarah Hammond, daughter Df Mr. Elisha Hammond is preparing to take the same training. There is no more useful or greater service which a young woman can pursue, and we are glad for Edgefield county to be able to furnish such fine ma terial. A report of the second daay of the association will be given next week. New Courses in Agriculture. Clemson Colleme, Sept. 12.-With the beginning this week of the ses sion of 1922-23 the agricultural de partment adds a complete new line of study in the form of a two-year course for young men who want good training in agricultural sub jects but can not take the four-year courses for graduation, and adds al so to the agronomy division a new subject, the marketing of farm pro ducts. These are important addi tions to the work of the resident teaching in agriculture, filling needs that the faculty is glad to be able to meet. The new two-year course in agri culture was created to give a broad er training than that given by the one-year course. It contains more fundamental education in, the first year and more agricultural work in. the second year. The one-year course in agriculture, which teaches the practical application of the simple principles of good farming to young men who have some agricultural ex perience, will be given also. Neither the two-year course nor the one-year course is intended as a sbstitute for the four-year degree courses in agri culture, but to reach with practical agricultural training those of more limited opportunities who can not take the four-year courses. The subject of marketing, which will be added to the course of the agronomy division, will be given by Prof. L. D. Howell, the new assistant professor of agronomy, who will han dle the farm management and farm marketing work for that division. Marketing work as been conducted by the Extension Service for several years and has been very effective in aiding farmers in the orderly sell ing of farm products, but so far no course of instruction in marketing has been given to Clemson College student.s In this connection it may be well to say that the teaching work of the agricultural department as now or ganized is done through eleven di visions: namely, agronomy, horticul ture, botany, and bacteriology, chemistry, zoology and entomology, veterinary science, geology and min eralogy, rural sociology, and agri cultural education, these eleven di visions offering over 100 courses cov ering the various phases of these sciences as applied to agriculture. First Fall U. D. C. Meeting. Mrs. R. A. Marsh entertained the United Daughters on Tuesday after noon, September 12th. Mrs. Jeff Wright, President, presided over the meeting which was well , attended, there being a great deal of enthusi asm for the coming year's work evi denced. Plans for a spelling bee, to be held in the Court House on Friday evening of next week, September 23nd, beginning at 8:30 o'clock, were discussed, and a committee consist ing of Mrs. J. G. Edwards, chairman, Mrs. P. P. Blalock, Jr., and Mrs. P. M. Feltham was appointed to per fect details. Prizes will be offered for best spellers of grammar grades, high school and adults. An admission of 10 cents will be charged at the door, and home made ice cream will be sold during the evening. Mrs. Allen Samuels, Mrs. J. G. Al ford and Mrs. R. C. Padgett were made chairmen to solicit the cream A pl?as?nt' -evening will be ar ranged and it is earnestly hoped that the town people will join in the fun, thereby helping the Daughters in their efforts to meet their pledges in the great educational campaign of the organization. Mrs. Marsh, treasurer, reported two pledges met, and efforts will be made to meet every obligation pos sible this month. Members who had not met their assessments for necessary decora tions, to be used whenever the Daughters think appropriate, paid. As next month the election of of ficers will take place, Mrs. Agatha Woodson moved that a nominating committee be appointed, which will eliminate a great waste of time. The motion was carried and the chair ap pointed the committee, Mrs. B. B. Jones, Mrs. A. E. Padgett and Mrs. J. H. Cantelou. The registrar, Mrs. P. P. Blalock, was authorized to purchase regula tion paper for her rolls, which are to be typed and sent in this week. Several communications to the chapter were disposed of, and two acknowledgements of laurel wreaths: sent for bereavements were reported. Mrs. Helen S. Nicholson, assistant historian, presided for the historical session, making a gratifying report of the historical work sent in re cently. The historian, Mrs. Woodson had contributed greatly to this work, and Mrs. P. P. Blalock, Sr., had j rendered great service in typing the work on regulation sheets. The chapter is grateful to Miss Mary Evans for the privilege of us ing the wonderful correspondence she has inherited. Several most interesting letters from General Mart Gary and one to Gen. Gary from General Robert E. Lee were read. Mrs. Woodson, upon request, read a splendid paper she had prepared to read to the Newberry teachers, in which the historic reasons for the secession and for General Lee's lead ership in the war were ably pre sented. After the afternoon's program, the hostess, assisted by Miss Dorothy Marsh, served block cream and pound cake, completing the very pleasant meeting. tfc King's Kew Sisewen ?ILLS THE COUGH. CITES THE LUNGS. TRENTON- NEWS. Miss Susan Mathis Compli mented. Entertained for College Girls. Many Teachers Leave. Miss Julia Wise was hostess at a charming party Saturday morning given in honor of Miss Susan Math is who leaves soon for Brenau col lege. . Complimenting the young , girls who leave shortly for the various, colleges, Miss Ray Swearingen gave party at her beautiful, country home Saturday afternoon. Quantities of different colored asters and zinnias, were used in the decoration of the parlors and reception hall, where four tables were set for heart dice. After the game the hostess serve di ice cream and pound cake. Miss i Edna Sheely .entertained most delightfully Saturday afternoon, complimenting several of her friends.. The reception room and dining roora were thrown open and bright colored garden flowers were artistically ar ranged about the rooms. Four tables were arranged for rook. After ths games were over an iee course waa served, the hostess being assisted by Mrs. E. F. Harrison. Mr. G. T. Duncan is at the Uni versity hospital for treatment. Mrs. Coy Etheredge and her litlte daughter, Lila Lee, have returned from a visit to Mrs. M. R. Wright of Johnston. \ Mrs. B. J. Harrison has returned from a visit to relatives and friends in Saluda. The following teachers left this week: Miss Helen Marsh to McColl.*; . Miss Ruth Salter to Greer; Miss Edith Herlong to Springfield; Miss-. Lillian Marsh to Gaffney; Miss Mat? . tie Lee Long tc Andrews; Miss Mar tha Harrison to Congaree; Miss Sa die Long to Saluda and Miss Mary Helen Harrison to ^Ehrhardt. . The ' ?oUowfc? boys':ieft%n!8' we??F for their respective schools: Charlie ?Day, Thames Jamison and W. A. Pardue to Clemson, College; Hugh Clarke to the Citadel; James Her long and Lewis Moss to Funnan . university. Vetch for Soil Building. Clemson College, Sept. 12. Hairy vetch, because of its adapta bility to all the soil types of South Carolina, is the safest legume to sow as a winter soil building crop. It does well on soils ranging from sandy to heavy clay and will make a fair growth on soil so low in fertility that crimson clover would be a com plete failure. Vetch is a nitrogen gatherer of first importance . A growth suffi cient to produce one ton of hay will contain approximately 50 pounds of nitrogen, and the stubble and roots of this will contain about 12 more pounds of nitrogen. This sixty-two pounds of plant nitrogen is equal to the nitrogen in about 417 pounds of nitrate of soda. Three fourths of this is gathered from the air by the le gume bacteria on the vetch roots and is a clear gain for the farmer. Besides converting air nitrogen into an available form, vetch prevents the loss from the soil by leaching and erosion of approximately '50; pounds of nitrogen per acre. Vetch may be planted either alone . or with any small grain, suggests R. W. Hamilton, Specialist in Legumes, who says that on poor soils rye and vetch will give the largest amount of growth for turning under. Twenty pounds of vetch with one bushel of rye or two bushels of oats per acre should be used. Seeding may be done broadcast or in the drill. In drilling oats and vetch together the seed in the hopper should be kept well stir red or the planting will not be even. Inoculation of vetoh is absolutely necessary for its successful growth on land that had not previously grown vetch. Inoculation may be done by the pure culture or by the soil method. Soil where English peas or sweet peas have grown and pro duced nodules on their roots may be used as these two legumes and vetch, are inoculated by the same strain of bacteria. Further information regarding the growing of vetch may be obtanied from county agents or from the Ex tension Service of Clemson Coll?ge?