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FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS AS TOLD BY CORRESPONDENTS (Continued from first page) think they mind the cows Sunday and Sunday about. Beckham said to me the other day that he believed if been properly educated I would not he would now be a power in the United States Senate. All of that may be true, but since he has not been properly educated I woud not be surprised to see him a nuisance in the State prison, and to my mind there can be no better argument in favor of the great educational movement that is on in the M. E. Church South at this time, as prop erly educated means Christian edu. cation. Come on, Mitford, you were doing mighty well. RIDGEWAY. The entertainment given Monday -night in the school audtorium by the pupils of the lower grades fur nished for 'the friends and patrons of the school an evening of genuine pleasure. The 'exercises were open ed by a musical selection, beautiful ly rendered by Mrs. John DesPortes. Following this the pupils of Mrs. Whitlock's room gave Hiawatha in which Nokomis was represented by Norwood Whitloek, Hiawatha by Raymond Bowen, as a small boy, and by Beverly Palmer as a larger boy. Six little girls as Rainbow Fairies in different colored dresses of organdie gave a beautiful drill, and the Indian braves, six little boys, gay with their feathers and war paint, closed this part of the program with a tomahawk drill, which pleased the audience. e next number on the program by the grades under Misses Best and Coop er, pleased both old and young, when Old Mother Goose, well im personated by Miss Jenn'ie Lee, pre sented her well known family in a delightfully informal way. Several songs were introduced in which the children showed careful training. In the , good-night song four little -boys from the first grade came on the stage dressed in pajamas, nod ding td the music, which closed the exercises. The teachers of tha grades tking part, Misses Best, Caoper s Whitlod are. to be con. ed on thicegt trAining which e children sh*A@ and the success o1 the entire exercises. Mis SarA Lowry is the guest of Mrs. W. G. Whitlock. r Mrs. Herbert Ruff, Jr., and son spent a part ot iweek here as the guests of Mrs. W. N. Ruff. Mr. imd Mrs. Alfred Kennedy, of Lugoff, were visitors at Mrs. A. T. Moore's the past week. Mr. S. P. Thomas, Misses May and Sarah Thomas and Miss Caro line Thomas of Columbia are in Charlotte this week attending the graduation of Miss Annie Thomas at Queen's College. Mrs. William DesPortes and her daughter have returned from an extended stay with relatives in Or..~ angeburg. Miss Bessie Jones, of Longtown, is spending this week with her sis ter, Mrs. D. W. Ruff, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ruff are now occupying their new bungalow on Palmer street. Rev. W. P. Peyton, Mr. Candee and Mr. Burgess, of Winnsboro, were in town on Sunday. BLAIR. Mr. J. B. Frazier left on Mon day to attend a meeting of the *general assembly of the Presbyter ian church in St. Louis, Mo.. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Henderson and: family are on a visit to relatices in Clinton. Mr. L. M. Blair was a business ! -visitor in Columbia on Monday. Miss Valeria Blair is visiting rel atives in Clinton. Mrs. L. E. Wilkes was called to ner home in Newberry county on Saturday on account of the death of her foster father, Mr. Will Lyles. Mrs. L. M. Bair and Mr. Frazier Blair motored to Clinton last week and spent several days with rela-. tives there. Mr. David Edrington left on Mon day for a visit in Columbia. Mr. Frazier Blair was a visitor in Winnsboro on Wednesday, Mr. Ray Frazier, of Wofford Col lege, spent the past week-end with relatives bere. Miss Nelle Holcomb, who has very successfully taught the Blair school the past session, left on Thursday for her home in Laurens. Mrss. G. W. Broome and family, of Columbia, were visitors to Mrs. C. H. Ragsdale the past week-end. Messrs C. S. Lykes and W. M. Henderson left -on Weqnesday for their homes in Syracuse, N. Y., af ter a visit to relatives here. rived on Monday to be a companion to Mrs. S. N. Henderson. RION. 'Miss Elizabeth Kerr, of Hill crest, spent a few days with Mrs. W. F. Mackin before returning to her home at Blackstock. Mrs. Earl Pleasant and children, of Elberton, Ga. are visiting Miss W. H. Ple -ant. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGrady, f Columbia, spent the week-end with her grand-mother, Mrs. Nich lson, who is very ill. Mr. Raymond, Young and sister, Miss Annie Lee, of Hickory Ridge, pent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. J. 1. Young. Mr. W. R. Whilden and several oung boys of Columbia, spent Sun lay with Mrs. W. F. Mackin. Mr. Wesey Rutland, of Columbia, ;pent Sunday at home with his Eamily. Miss Ruth Mackin, of Columbia, ;pent Sunday with her mother. Miss Mamie Bates, of Wiithr , ollege, is visiting Mr. andi Mrs. r. E. Delleney. Mr. J. W. Humphries, of Winns :oro, is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Nicholson. Messrs John anc Tom Delleney mnd D. G. Ruff and Miss Lucy Del leney attended the movies Satur iay afternoon in Winnsboro. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Orr and Mis es Naomi Fields, Ruby Knight and Estelle Caraway, of Winnsboro, vis ted the community Sunday after oon. / Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ashford i. d Wessrs Maxie Young and Jim umphries and Misses Jessie Lee Humphries, Helen Mackin, Emma fae Young and Annie Humphries ttended the movies Saturday eveu g in Winnsboro. Mrs. J. L. Shupping has ret'vned 1ome from Florida, after visiting er daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have noved to Winnsboro. We are sorry o lose them as they will be greatly nissed. SHELTON. Mrs J. S. Clayton, of Augusta, a., is visiting Mrs. W. B. Wright, Mrs. W. BtWright, Sr., spent ast ' wek.end with her daughter, rs. V. H. Kittles, in Campobello. Miss Helen Bodell, of Mountville, eturned to her home Sunday, after pending three weeks with Miss 'lyde Coleman. I Miss Lizzie Coleman is at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. toe Coleman, after spending the ,ast winter in Deland, Fla. Miss Mae Allen and her friend, riss Della Wright Palmer, of Win hrop Coljge, were the week-end uests of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. She! Mrs. J. F. Edmonds, Jr., and lit lJean Edmonds, of Abbeville, are isiting Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Wol Mrs. C. R. Dargeron and little on, Roy, of Asheville, stopped over few days with Mrs. J. F. Beam n their way to Vidalia, Ga., to 'isit Mrs. Bargeron's parents, Mr. .nd Mrs. A. A. Darby. Mrs. J. A. Meetz and little Roy, Jrs. M. D. Ogburn and little Mar.. on, Jr., spent the past week-end vith Mrs. Meetz's parents at Peak. Miss Julia Faucette was in Co.. umbia a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. -B. Wright, Jr., Lnd children, and Mr. and Mrs. J. . Beam were in Chester Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Traylor spent he week-end in Cross Keys with Jr. and Mrs. Alex Hill recently. Mr. and Mrs. D. 7. Crosby an lounce the birth of a daughter, Lu 'ile Myers, May 5. Mr. M. S. Lewis spent the week nd in Chester with his family. Messrs J. F., Philip Allen and V. D. Cleman were visitors in Co-. umbia last week. BETHEL. Born-To Mr. and Mrs. R. M. dann-a boy-fine, of course, none uch before nor since. This young ter came on May 11th and is doing micely at the present writing. We ire glad to welcome R. M. Jr. Bethel school will hold its closing xxercises on the nights of 19th and Oth, Thursday and Friday. On Ihursday night there will be exer ises by the whole school, plays, etc., mnd on Friday night there will be sxercises by the high school stu lents, to all of which the public is Prof. Parker, Mrs. L. A. Harmon, Miss Zulee Funderburk and Miss Sue McCain have done good work and we expect the pupils to show off GEORGE JOHNSTONE. Mr. Editor: Plutarch in his "Lives of Illustri ous Men" quotes Diogenes as saying that "in order to be saved a man must have strong friends or violent enemies, and that he is best off who has both." Without attempting to disparage the philosophy of th, famous Greek. we may observe that it would seem to be quite plausible, at least, that the fewer of these unpeaceful oppon ents the better. Probably very few people take into account the conspicuous opportunity which a lawyer has for making en emies. His life may or may not !or respond with Macbeth's frenzied def inition of it, but it is certainly spent in the zone of conflict; he must han dle his client's cause fearlessly, no matter whose feelings may be there by wounded. He will probably have a few good friends, however, if he deserves them, but it is greatly to be feared, that they will be more than counterbalanced by the other :lass. Disguise the fact as you may, by for mal and polite procedure, a lawsuit, in the final analysis, is something of a quarrel, and therein, in a great measure lies the necessity for "law yers." Jack Cade said "the first thing you do, kill all of the lawyers." But common experience teaches that mnm, even with full technical prepar ation, cannot conduct their own dis . putes with proper observance of the amenities of debate, indeed that is an accomplishment not always at tained by long professional training, and hence, it has been said that one who undertakes to be his own law yer has a fool for a client. Preliminaries aside, Mr. Editor, we respectfully ask a short space in your columns, for brief mention of a most remarkable man, of the lawyer class; certainly no 'complete sketch of him; just a few hurried reminiscences. George Johnstone was possibly 75 at the time of his death, and with the exception of the last ten years of his life, had been accustomed from early manhood to great mental and physical exertion. Heredity counts f-r something; no doubt about that, thing you do, tell all of the lawyers." sentiment are greatly modified by en vironment. He was occupied all of his life in the field of "controveray." I have at times permitted myself to wonder how much actual change might have been wrought in him if he had felt it to be his duty, in early life to enter the ministry. What would have been gained , we need not now enter upon largely. That he would have been the same masterful per-. sonality in the pulpit, as he was in the judicial forum, will go without saying. But would the world have lost, for instance, those trenchant comments on men and things for which he is famous, and which have been quoted, to the delight and in struction of others, far and wide ? Lion hearted man, his predominant note was defiance; yet, in a small cir cle ,and among his intimate friends, he showed a genteness of manner: and liindliness of disposition, which was truly remarkable, he did not sek friendships, and yet he was rot ed for unwavering loyalty t o his! friends. At times, A deed, he ac tually seemed to enjoy alienating the good will of others. Such are the strange eccentricities of genius. But withal, he was certainly an all round man; could entertain any audience. The writer recalls on one oc'caslnm boarding a midnigrht train betwveen Newberry and Columbia, meeting a drunner coming out of the car con vulsed with laughter; he paused lorg enough to say, "there's a fellow in yonder that they call Col .Johnstone who will make you split your sides laughing." A trait of his character worthy of special observation was his marked deference to women; a per fet Chesterfield in his bearing to wards them. Not marny people, compjaratively speaking, can now recall the desper ate political struggles of the white men of the State to regain political control, during the era of recon struction, when all the offices of highest honor and power were held by aliens and strangers and ignorant freedmen, backed as they were by Federal bayonets. Then it was, too, that out in the darkness could be heard the tramp of armed men. It was then that men like Tom Wood ward, Feast Cameron and George Johnstone came to the front, accept ing hazardous leadership, appearing unexpectedly, and without invitation, at every radical pow-.wow, night or day, with the cool demand for a di vision of time. George Johnstone was then a young man, much young er than Major Woodward was; had returned a mere boy, from the Con federate Army; his education inter rupted; the State devastated, and its institutions of learning under radi cal and negro control. Under these' conditions, with a bitter feeling to wards all things Northward, he was sent by his father, Chancellor John stone, across the water to the great Scotch University, where his educa tion was finished. Upon his return home the campaign of 1876 was soon on, and he was then, or soon there after, elected to the House -if Rep resentatives, where he certainly platy ed a prominent part for so young a man. Other high political honors were bestowed upon his also. But it is of George Johnstone, the lawyer, that we had desired more es pecially to say a few words. It was at the bar that his greatest triumphs were achieved. Here MacGregor was on his native heath. At the zenith of his career, his practice and his fame were Statewide. He was en gaged in many of the most import.. ant causes that were ever tried in the Courts of this State. While he was acknowledged by all to be an able lawyer, it must be said in entire can.. dor, that his brethren of the Bar, never regarded him as a close student of the law. It was as an adroit man ager of causes that he will belongest remembered. There he towered high; was a foeman worthy of any man's steel; with serene confidence in his own ability, was ready for all comers. Young lawyers were amply rewarded for close attention to his conduct of an important trial. His cross exam ination of a hostile witness was very searching but often too severe. It reacted on him. Hi. advocacy was unique. In stinging sarcasm and in imitable ridicule, he was a terror to his opponents; with a talent for mar shalling the facts of a case, which compelled the admiration of all, he could yet follow that with the most splendid declamation. At times, in.. deed, would he remind his listeners of George Eliot's magnificent tribute to the genius of Savonarola. Said she in her description of the great preacher's oratory, that "from the fiercest denunciation" he could "glide insensibly into tones of the most ir resistible entreaty." A lawyer does not have the option to elect the causes which he will prosecute or defend. For the most part they come to him ready made. A little doctor ing must be allowed, of course. But F. J. Cameron was doubtless joking when he said to the foreman of the jury, respecting a case which he had just lost, and which the presiding Judge had appointed him to defend, on the spur of ,the moment; that if he had had time "to manufacture a little testimony" he would have cleared him. Given the case of a Shylock, however, seeking to rob a hapless man "on the Rialto," and none could excel George Johnstone in throwing between the oppressor and the oppressed, the shining shield of his eloquence. He was indeed a restless man. To him the rush of the torrent was far more engaging than the flow of the placid stream. He drew upon a boundless ener gy with reckless prod.. igality. At last, after forty years of tireless activity, the hammer of Thor fell upon him; but Oh, inscruta-. ble Providence! the fall was broken. Napoleon said at St. Helena "a bullet should have gotten me at Auster litz. Death at best is tragic enough, ample. But to halt on the very bos om of the river, and tarry there; that indeed is the irony of fate. For iong his condition had been truly pathetic; a broken and exhausted man. Final ly, in sheer weariness of the delay, he paid the grim boatman the hal ance of his fare and passed over. All in all, and with due allowance~ for inevitable human faults, which the uncharitable may say were neith.. er few nor small, it may be truth fuly said of him that here was as fne a specimen of forceful American Manhood as was ever bequeathed by the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Cen tury. These, Mr. Editor, are but a few scattering thoughts, which we have deemed it not unmeet now to ex press, touching the career and per. sonality of a most remarkable man. G. W. Ragsdale. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that John W. Cathcart, administrator of the es. tate of Mrs. N. A. Diickey, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a final discharge as such ad ministrator; and that the 12th day of June, 1921, at 10 o'clock A. M., at my office, has been appoisted for the hearing of said petition. W. L. Holley, Judge of Probate, Fairfield Co., S. C. May 12, 1921. COMMUNITY HOUSE PROGRAM. Friday night-Billy Burke in "Away Goes Prudence." Fox News. Saturday, 4 p. m.-Robert War.. wick in "Adventures of Hearts," also comic cartoons. Tuesday-Marguerite Clarke in "Easya toGt," nas Fox News. Everyone who has a washing machine Washing Machine Drainers that will z chine whenever it is conveniently ne. circular. Also one of our Little Gian away with the unsightly clothes line a an ornament than an eyesore such as out clothes is. Write for circular and Colambia Suj B23 West Gervais Street, Columbia Lumber Manui Manufactur< Sash, Doors and Blinds, Inte press and Oak, Flooring Ce: ing, Moulding, Door and Wi SPECIAL f We now have a trucks ervic for your laundry and dry-cleg return it to you on Thursday. patronage. CHESTER LA W.-P. STROUI Sfeals the weal the rate of a m Only by sound insurance ( ed from losses a fire may c premium won't break yot We Pay Money See Us lh Winsboro Insuran Use go od MacI save time al :Big Discoun and S K. R. Md DEATH OF MRS. RUBY Th tt.MOORE OF RIDGEWAY C Mrs. Ruby Moore, 24, wife of S. R. M'oore, died at the Columbia hospital at 6 o'clock last night after a brief ilness. Mrs. Moore was a native of Ridgeway. Besides her husband she is survived by her parents,:' . andAn Mrs. C. A. Reed and three sisters, Pauline, Addie and Daisy Reed of Ridgeway. AlS Mrs. Moore has been ill only a S short time, having undergone an op-SO *ation, and her death came asa surprise and shock to her many I friends and relatives. The remains were taken to Ridge. __ way for interment. Al To Charm Her Away. the Owner of ghost-infested mansion (to ceas< nervous guest)-Well, sleep well, old sent mn, Lady Agnes probably will look by in towards dawn and mo~n a bit. If said she keeps you awake. just crow like a rooster and you'll find she'll vanish tns.tnny-.Enndonl Opinion. 6. ought to have one of our Lutomatically drain the ma ir a faucet. Write us for t Clothes Reels, which does nd really is more or less of the usual way of hanging price. >ply Co. Columbia, S. C. 'acturing Company ars of rior Finish, Pine, Cy iling, Weatherboard idow Frames. 4OTICE :e in your town. Call ming on Monday and Will appreciate your kUNDRY - ),PROP. Ith of the:Natton at illion dollarsa day. :an you be protect ause you. A small i, but a fire might. For Ashes. !ow. ce and Realty Co. 4" Fators Wagons. iinery and id labor. t. CometI Vaster me Down To-Day And Order Your Fresh Meats dl Conntry Produce Eggs a Speclalty o Watkius Products Id here. Phone 170~ ~tless Meat Market. EXECUTOR'S NOTICK I persona holding claims against estate of Jane A. McConnell, de ed, are hereby notified to pre them within the time prescribed aw; and all persons indebted to estate to make payment. A. B. Cathcart, 8 Executor.