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VOL. 87
EDGEFIE?.D, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22, 1922.
No. 41.
JOHNSTON LETTER.
.Governor Harvey Addresses
Knights of Pythias. Sun
rise Prayer Service
Held Sunday.
On last Thursday, the fourth Dis
trict convention of Knights of Pyth
ias met here with the local order and
a big day was hed, the fact that Gov
ernor Wilson G. Harvey, grand mas
ter of the exchequer was the chief
speaker, drawing a crowd. There
' were delegates., from Richland, New
berry, Saluda, Lexington and Edge
field counties. The first session was
held in the Opera House and was a
public meeting, especial invitation
being given the ladies and there
was a large number present. The
.meeting was public that all might
hear Governor Harvey. This session
. was opened by Mr. W. E. LaGrone
of the local order, who, in happy
words gave a cordial welcome to all.
- The prayer was offered by Rev. A. M.
Daggett of Columbia. When the Gov
ernor came to the stage there was a
loud burst of applause and he was
'frequently applauded during his ad
dress. He spoke chiefly on law find
order and good citizenship. "Christ
ian men and women, now law-abiding
in spirit, must be law-abiding in act,
fr to make our nation as we want it," he
' said. "The liquor traffic could be done
away with, if law abiding citizens,
would rise up. The sense of the public
pulse is touched, and there is the de
mand for law and order." He favored
the chaingang sentence, and not the
fine. To make $300 or $400 at a cost
of a fine of perhaps $50 was good
business to bootleggers.
The better education of South
fi Carolina's children was discussed. He
urged the people to rise up to a citi
zenship that makes issues that stand
for something better than the present
way. "Your first thought is taxation,"
he said. But he reminded the people
'--_thaUSiw%i^^^ ]
tex&Bi^ she shows it.
.^?i?w York is the greatest taxed, and
#me shows it, by how she leads in edu
cation. South Carolina children are
worthy of educational facilities,'-' he
declared.
For better citizenship, he asked
just what was done for the convicts
in the penitentiary. Did they come out
with a desire to do and live a better
life, is anything done to benefit them,
that makes for better citizenship?
* There was no fault to find with rou
tine work at the penitentiary. He had
been here just as the bell sounded
for a meal. There was good, substan
tial food and everything was clean,
and there was a factory where there
was occupation. But there should be
something for the making of citizen
ship. As he concluded his address he
7 said: "We need less ambiguity, we
need less technicality, less lan
guage. We need more support and
power, which men and women can
give. The tightening of the reins is
needed."
Following his address dinner was
served to the delegates at the hotel.
?k The convention proper convened in
the K. of P. hall, beginning ar. 3
o'clock, and was presided over by
James F. Williams of Columbia?
grand deputy chancellor. There were
two fine addresses, these being by Dr.
J. C. Guilds, grand chancellor, and
r Herbert E. Giles, supreme rept. The
proposition to build a handsome home
for Pythians in Columbia, was ex
plained and there was much enthusi
asm over the project, and the various
lodges will lend their support to the
movement. After the addresses there
was a recess and a pleasant inter
mingling, and at seven o'clock a*bar
becue supper was served. In the even
ing there was another session and
"much degree work was accomplished.
Among those that were present were
C. D. Brown, of Abbeville, grand
keeper of records and seals; M. A.
Shields, N. M. Price, C. A. Edwards,
J. C. Jones, C. A. Matlef, Charles Re
back, M. L. Fierens, F. W. Seegers,
Henry C. Thompson, of Columbia; R.
E. Whitmire and R. E. Wamble of
~New Brookland; Ernest L, Allen of
Aiken.
On Sunday about 12:30 o'clock
there was a light snow that fell, this
being followed by a rain which soon
melted the white flakes.
Mrs. W. J. Hatcher spent the past
week in Columbia in interest of Sui
beam work in the great campaign.
Mr., Wallace Wright ha? been crit
cally ill during the past week, and a
his family have been called to h:
bedside. While there is no change fe
the better, he is now resting mor
comfortably. He is 79 years of ag<
and has no reserve force to rally ui
on. The prayers of all are for thi
goo'd man that he may be spare
longer.
Mrs. Thomas Weiderman spent th
past week in Columbia at the bedsid
of her father, Mr. Epting, who wa
operated on at the Baptist Hospita
for gall stone.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Tarrant am
little Roddie spent the week-end her
with relatives, ,
Rev. Mr. Bagby of Chester will fi]
the pulpit of the Baptist church 01
Sunday morning.
. In response to the call all over thi
state for the sunrise prayer meetinj
for last Sunday morning, this wa
held in the Baptist church here, an?
was a sweet and beautiful service
This service was a call to prayer foi
the $75 Million Campaign. Somehow
there is more solemnity and the pow
er of God is felt at the early morning
hour. In the Bible there are so manj
"early morning" incidents that wer<
holy times, and those that gatherec
at sunrise left almost awed and real
ized that they were indeed in th?
presence of God, and were there foi
His help and guidance at this perioc
in the campaign. There were several
beautiful testimonies of answer tc
prayer and faith in God, and earnesl
petitions offered.
It has been a great privilege tc
the club women of the town to have
as their guests their state president,
Mrs. Adam Moss, and district vice
president, Mrs. J. M. Patterson, these
ladies spending Wednesdaw and
Wednesday night here. On Wednes
day afternoon an open meeting was
hfild E&sffap'hivh. R?'hc,cA^a\x?^vi?tnf-ho
stage was prettily decorated in
ferns and baskets of flowers, the col
ors of the clubs being carried out in
gold and white, of the music club,
and green and white of the literary
club. The meeting was openec with a
beautiful prayer by Mrs. Olin Eid
son, and a piano solo was rendered
by Mr. Elliot Lewis, and also by Mrs.
G. D. Walker. Miss Gladys Sawyer,
president of the music club, express
ed the pleasure of all in having these
two honor guests visit the clubs, and
Mrs. J. H. White, president of the lit
erary club, in happy words, introduc
ed the speakers. Mrs. Moss was the
first speaker, and in the beginning
she said she had to change the points
of her talk, for she found the clubs
here doing the thing she had come to
put before them. As South Carolina
Director of the General Federation,
and having attended the Biennial,
at Chautauqua, N. Y., she gave a
very interseting account of some of
the sessions. She told of the new
headquarters in Washington and of
South Carolina's part, $},000, this to
be met by a gift of about $5 from
each club. The two new phases of
work, friendly co-operation with the
ex-service men, and junior club work,
were told of. Club women were urg
ed to be big sisters to the junior
ciub workers and with gentle direct
ions, aid in organizing. Club women
were to do all they could to create
sentiment in preserving our forests.
The governor has/ called upon the
clubs for representatives to help co
operate in the state wide movement.
Club women were asked to put forth
their best endeavor to make educa
tional week a success. "There is
much power in the hands of club
women, and the great body is a
force that is being felt," she said.
The district vice-president, Mrs.
Patterson, also complimented the
clubs on their good work. She urged
a county federation of clubs. By
this, so club women could get in gen
eral touch and women that were not
club members could be drawn in and
by inspiration, be made members. It
is the rural woman that the clubs
want to enlist. Tree planting week,
beginning December 1st, was told
of and clubs were asked to plant a
tree as a memorial to the World war
heroes. This is a fitting mark of love
by the federation. She asked for
greater publicity of club work. This|
Plan for We
Recommendations pf conf
State House on call of Gove
Destroy the weevils' winte
cotton and corn stalks ana1"
banks and other trash on the
Prepare land early and th
approved varieties. Among:
ning Express, Cleveland Bij
wilt infested land) Dixie Tr:
Use fertilizer sufficient^-Sr
cotton per acre in an average
of. the weevil. This will vary
s:lde applications of soda earl
pear.
Plant as soon as ground is
community should be plant
(from the first to the/middlS
Practice frequent shallow
ing. Practice thick spacing.
Practice early square piel
; able. This must be done ver.
if possible in order to be effi
Definite recommendations
for future consideration bj
the proposed conference at;-}
determine upon the general
for 1923. .
Dvelop a fertile soil as tl
der boll weevil conditions^ i
is a splendid district, and its good
work should be known. Following
the addresses, a reception was held,
in the school library, which was
decorated in flowers and .plants!
Punch and a variety of sandwiches
were served, members of each club
assisting, and all enjoyed meeting the
guests of honor. Mrs. Moss admired/
the pictures of the Confederate gen
erais placed on. the walls by the]
Mary Ann Buie chapter, also, the trt?
phies of the chapter, and the fine picr;;
ture of Madam Willard placed, there,
by th? W. Cv. T. U.^and^saj^^^j^
??Tesc??l^^
by the Emily Geiger chapter, D. A.
R., and saw improvements in " the
school by School Improvement Asso- .
ciation, and she said "Johnston must
be proud of its organized woman
hood which does not forget its
schools."
During Wednesday, Mrs. Moss and
Mrs. Patterson were guests of Mrs.
J. H. White at; a most delightful din
ner party, there being twelve pres
ent, those who were associated in the
work, and others who knew the la
dies. The day was happily spent and
a tempting dinner served. These la
dies were guests of Mrs. J. W. Cox
on Wednesday night.
The Apollo Music club met with
Miss Marie Lewis last Tuesday af
ternoon, and the club decided to fol
low out in a splendid manner "Edu
cational week," and friendly service
for the ex-service men. The attention
of the club was called to a young
white girl 18 years of age who could
not read nor write, and was very de
sirous of'an education. The club has
offered to get her in at the state D.
A. R. school at Tamassee, which in
structs and boards any girl for $7 per
month. All pupils aid in the domestic
work of the school. Mrs. M. T. Tur
ner, a member of the school board,
gave all desired information. The sec
ond good work the club decided on
was in sending flowers and stamped
cards to the ex-service men at Camp
Sevier, near Greenville, to be done
before Thanksgiving, the committee
being, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, Mrs. O. D.
Black, Mrs. Joe Cox. The program
was greatly enjoyed. Piano duet, Miss
Frances Turner, Mr. Elliot Lewis;
vocal solo, Miss Clara Sawyer; piano
solo, Mrs. Maxwess; vocal solo, Mrs.
J. H. White; piano solo, Mr. Lewis.
The hostess served a dainty salad
course with coffee.
Marriage at the Methodist
Parsonage.
Miss Susie Koon and Mr. Carl D.
Manson were married at the Metho
dist parsonage Tuesday, November
21st, Rev. G. W. M. Taylor, officiat
ing. The happy young people live in
the Addison Mill village and are well
known in Edgefield. Miss Koon for
merly lived in Saluda, having moved
here with her father last year. Mr.
Manson formerly lived on the West
Iside of the county, but is at present
?employed at the Addison Mills.
mi Control
erence held Novemebr 18 at
rhor.'Harvey :
^ quarters by plowing under
hy cleaning terraces, ditch
ijfarin..
o'roughly. Plant best seed of
the best varieties are Light
; Boll, Delta' Type ana (on
fep?ph'. .'? .
j^-'as would make a bale of
Reason without the presence
^-individual farms. Make
jg before the .first blooms ap
' -
; warm. All cotton in a given
BO:. at about the same time
pf April.)
cultivation to keep up fruitr
?mg if cheap labor is avail
er thoroughly every five days
ictive. ",V\. ..... ?
on poisoning are deferred
j ".ibis conference until after
Washington has been held to
polidy to be recommended
l?j-besi asset to farming un
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TIT
Florence Mims Writes of
Smith College Located
at Northampton.
I Dear- Advertiser:
gi; have seen maps of the country
?lack- and white, showing where
preponderance of wheat was
'or where the most densely
populated sections were, or even, in
years -past, a checker-board effect of
the .suffr&ge and non-suffrage states.
[However, I have never seen a map of
the educational system, where one
^ightvt,,s?? how many schools each
Such a map would be an unbal
anced picture from the artist's point
of view, I am afraid. From the edu
cator's point of view it would seem a
very uneven distribution. The outline
would be top heavy in the extreme in
the far north-eastern corner of the
states, for the little commonwealth
of Massachusetts has specialized in
learning. In it are some of the most
famous schools of the country.
One of them is Smith College,
which^has put the city of Northamp
ton on the map, and added to it a win
ter population of a little over two
thousand students.
Last year, every state in the union
with the exception of Oregon was re
presented. One of the girls told me
the other day that Smith was noted
fer its Democratic spirit. With prac
tically every state represented it
should be truly American. The snob
spirit is a relic of feudal days, and a
revival of old world distinctions be
tween nobility and peasant.
The modern school is a democratic
government on a small scale; withjts
president the chief executive, and
the dean, next in power/Then there
is the student government council,
which corresponds to the Congress
and Senate. This body of representa
tives selected by the students from
the different classes, has great pow
er. Thus the institution has a govern
ment by the students, of the students
and for the students.
The history of school government
is very similar to that of national
govrnment. In the early days, the
school was an autocracy with the
teachers as absolute monarchs, and
the students, their vassals, eager to
make all the disturbance they could,
because they were being continually
watched. The joy of breaking a rule
was much more exhilarating than the
punishment for wrong doing was em
barrassing.
Nowadays, the instructor in charge
is very apt to leave a class room du
ring an examination. In former years
the student was closely observed.
All impetus to right doing should
come from within, and so long as the
individual fears punishment from an
other, more than he fears the lower
ing of his own ideals, just so long
will he he an underling. It used to be
easier for a group of people in au
thority to suspect students under
their jurisdiction than it was for that
faculty to cultivate a trust in tl
students. ' -
The erroneous idea used to t
prevalent that school was apreparj
tion for life. It seems to m
that I have heard speakers say it fro:
commencement platforms. Do the
mean to say that one is in a dormai
state like a butterfly in a cocoon dm
ing the fifteen or sixteen formativ
years of his life, and suddenly bursl
forth on commencement day with
fully developed individuality read
for the strife of existence? I cannc
see it so. School is life itself. To ca
it a preparation for life makes on
look for all happiness in the futun
and when it doesn't come, one has t
learn af ter graduation what he shou.1
have known all the time, that life i
a consciousness of existence, and a
effort to improve that existence
whether within college walls or b<;
tween the plow handles.
T, have made some investigation!
and found that the average age o
the Freshman at Smith College, i
seventeen, { eighteen and ninetee.
years, not so greatly different fror
the average Southern school. Yet, th
freedom afforded the students is rath
er remarkable. Laws were made fo
man, and not man for laws, and rule
were made for the benefit of stu
dents and not students to fit a grou]
of regulations.
The coming women of affairs ii
this country are the college women
The sooner the conscience of the in
dividual becomes the highest law, an(
self-condemnation instead of evei
faculty condemnation the worst pun
ishment, the sooner will all the colleg
es be a great force, not only for learn
ing, but for general stimulus in ideal!
and social uplift. This is the spirit oi
the more progressive colleges oi
the day.
Smith was founded in 1871 by Miss
Sophia Smith, and built in with thc
stone foundations are some religious
Sunday, there were no cars driving
through the campus, as I walked
through it. Driving is enjoyed only
between the hours of two and four
on Sunday afternoons. During church
hours, no victrolas are played. Chapel
exercises take place every morning
at eight-thirty.
I was very much interested in one
of the regulations for entrance to the
freshman class, that regarding the
speaking voice. When each new stu
dent enters Smith college he is giv
en a voice test, and if the tones are
harsh or displeasing, that student is
required to take the course known as
spoken English. If the girls with un
cultivated voices are studying vocal
music, however, they are exempt
from the compulsory study of the
speech arts. The human voice plays
a very important part in our daily
lives. The unconscious effect of'a
rasping qr shrill voice upon the ear
is much more decided than the indi
vidual realizes. It is vastly more im
portant for students to have pleas
ing voices than it is for them to get
an accurate knowledge of Caesar's
Gallic war, for perfection in speech
tends to\Vard a higher state of civili
zation move than does a knowledge of
an abstract subject, among any group
of people.
. The speaking voice is the univer
sal means of self-expression. Lovely
thoughts interpreted by unlovely
sounds lose half their charm. The old
idea of taking in all the facts that on?
could, is passing out, and the more
reasonable method of taking in some
things and learning how to pass them
on interestingly to some one else is
being substituted for it.
Next Tuesday afternoon the Vox
Club of the Spoken English depart
ment of Smith college is giving a tea
for the Henry Jewett Players. The
college recognizes the importance of
perfection of speech and this com
pany is such an excellent exam
ple of that perfection.
I finished this letter last night, and
this morning at 8:30 I attended a
Smith college chapel service. Only a
previous invitation from one of the
Sophomores would have aroused me
at that hour from my comfortable
sleep. The wind was howling around
the chimney corners, and as I reached
the auditorium, I saw hundreds of
girls bareheaded. One actually wore
a jaunty straw hat. It reminded me
of the days when I was young and
RED OAK GROVE.
Mr. Garrett Talbert's Home
Burned.' Dixie Highway
. Hotel Commended
by Tourists.
Notwithstanding snow and sleet
a goodly number attended service at .
Red Oak Grove last Sunday. The. pas
tor, Rev. Mr. Seago used for mV
discourse "Thanksgiving."
On next Sunday Flat Rock Sunday
school will elect a superintendent,
and wc trust it will prosper and flour
ish. The children Jive near and it is
not necessary that this school should
into winter quarters.
We learned this morning with re
gret the misfortune o'f Mr. Garrett -
Talbert to lose his* home and contents
by fire last Saturday afternoon. It is
a great loss to anyone to be so un
fortunate , for it seldom, if ever,
comes a time that the loss is replaced.
The Circle meets with Mrs. # Joe
Bussey on Wedn?sday December 6,.
with Mrs. Dow presiding' and Mrs. .
Mamie Bussey was appointed secre
tary for next quarter.
Mrs. Mamie Bussey and Mrs. Eva
Bussey, also Mrs. Dow visited1 rela
tives at Greenwood recently, Mrs.
Hamie Griffis motoring them over.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Griffis have,
moved down from Cleora and are.*
living with the former's mother, Mrs.
Mamie Bussey.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bussey's :
friends rejoice that their move will
not take them out of this communi
ty, as is the case with several moves ~
that will be made soon.
Mrs. D. C. Bussey and little Mar
gie were visitors in the home of Mr...
and Mrs. Lamb last Thursday.
Last Saturday evening Mrs. Leila:
Bussey entertained vat tea the follow
ing guests: Misses Nell Hair, Ruth
Tarrant Kathlene Kenrick, Maggie
and Eva. Agner, and brother, "Lewis, .
New Jersey. The evening wa? much
?enjoyed.
Mr. J. M. Bussey from Parksville
attended service at Red Oak Grove.
Recently we heard quite a com
pliment to the Dixie Highway hotel
by a northern tourist, who dined
there; the fare was excellent and
splendid^ erved.
We trust the creamery may soon
be an established factor for old Edge
field, and that our people may well
be learning the value of a dollar and
that it can be made to spend farther
than ever in ?its history.
Mr. T. W. Lamb's condition does
not improve, but now that Dr. Craf
ton is treating him, we feel sure he
will soon be on the road to recovery.
giddy.
There is something peculiarly in
spiring about an early morning ser
vice, something helpful about giving
the first thoughts of the day to things
spiritual. I should have mailed this
article without these added para
graphs, had not something peculiarly
interesting happened at tba exercises.
The colored quartette from Hamp
ton Institute in Virginia was seat?d
on the front row near the platform.
President Neilson announced that
they would sing. Galli Curci is to give
a. concert in the same auditorium this
evening, but had she sung this morn
ing it would not have given me such
great pleasure as hearing the sever-'
al songsHhat these colored men sang.
They began with "Standin' in tfye
Need of Prayer." That was followed
by "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "I
Got a Shoe, You Got a Shoe," and
"Nobody Knows de Trubble I See."
They received great applause, and
after the service, I went down stairs
where they were and spoke to them.
I told them that I was a South. Caro
linian, and not a Northerner, and just
happened to be in the audience. They
s?emed pleased at my appreciation,
for we had something in common, a
love for the South and its tuneful
melodies.
When they first began singing, I
was almost overwhelmed with ten
der memories of all the places and
people I had left behind me. I had a
vision of home while they sang. To
most of the audience it was. just sing
ing, no doubt, but to. me, it was
rapture. ?
FLORENCE MIMS.
Northampton, Mass.
November, 1922. j