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Oldest Newspaper In South Carolina. VOL. 74. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th, 1909. ?0.13. '.'SANCHO P." VS. "DON Q" Wit and Wisdom .of Sancho Pan za, Hotel Yet! in the Air, Be witching Parksville Hate. There's a man somewhere sending you Parksville news. He calls him ' self Don Quixote, so he must be the ; ' lierson who once wrote a book about himself and me. ,You will re member that in the old days he was full of fancies and that I always felt rt my duty and found it a pleasure to correct them. I find'that-he's still at his old tricks; so I suppose I must be up to mine-that is, with your pe. lissjon. Now, Mr. Editor, I'm not saying that Mr. Don. Q's news is not en tertaining. I'm just going to show how in some cases he's still in his fancies and how in others he misses the cream on the curds. For in stance he's told you a big tale about a hotel thjat Mr. W. W. Fowler is talking to Parksville. Well, Mr. Editor, it will always be in the air, and its going to take a powerful sight of talking to get that hotel high enough in the air to si^ on'the top of that wonderful mountain that looks from Key West to the coast of Maine, and it won't get up there unless there'ti more than one -person talking it hard, too. ' ' ) Then, Mr. Editor, you. were told something of the reports ofthat grand Sunday school rally at Tren ton but your readers should realize that cold type cannot convey any adequate impression of the feeling and enthusiasm with which that re port was made. The delegates were plainly so overcome with the boun tiful feast and so intoxicated with the eloquence of the discourses that subject and matter of these was of small consequence. Their earnest assurances that it was good, that/it was the best ?ver bids fa ir to make Parksville another deserted village when the next Sunday school inter denominational ra]ly is held. We'll all.be there! Then there's the Parksville hat. Q. is plainly a sedately raar > simplicity itself bat its effect is de- J moralizing.. It is .always of abol?t: the same material and shape, and the trimming seems to a; man's first 1 sight the same except in color, but the way almost every pretty girl in , the village wears that hat, at her own tilt or angle" and" gives it h?r own twist, tuck or pucker, is what does the damage. Talk about marriages, Mr. Editor, if there isn't such an epidemic of marriages be fore the season is over as will make the year famous it will be a wronder. When that road's opened up to the Twin Citv dam you'll see such a stream of engineers, capitalists, pro moter8,snpervisingconstrnctors,p*c, etc., to Parksville in quest of those hats and their wearers that every girl in Edgefield county will want to be a Parksville girl and wear a Parksville hat,'but I doubt whether she will be able to wear it with the Parksville charm. . Talking about roads! Parkville is pretty well guarded from foreign invasion1 at the present time by a big bottomless pit half way to Mo doc, another on the road to Plum Branch and smaller ones on all roads leading out of the village. The road within her boundaries are all pretty good. When she has an chored that hotel to the top of that mountain or elsewhere, she's going to see that folks can come in and go out.Now it's hardly safe to travel the county roads without an Insurance policy for man and beast.. Mr. Editor, our friend, you;r op timistic correspondent, Mr. D. Q., recently patted a good citizen-by long distance thru your columns-on the back for dropping some stones" into one of these bottomless pits. I would suggest that he form a club, every member to take a rock along when he goes out and drop it into the first bottomless pit he manages not to fall into, and then pick up another for the next pit. 31 r. Editor, my say is said. SANCHO PANZA. Alligator With a Sweet Tooth. "Yes," said the colored sister "de preacher wuz standin'" by, talkin' 'bout campmeetin' w'en lo' an' be hol'! de alligator crawled 'pon top de bank an' swallered one er dc li'l chilluns! Des ter think now! A black, rough raskill lak him ter be ambitious ter swal 1er sich a lump er honev-sweetneso!" I "Come right on in Sambo," the farmer called out. "He won't hurt you. You know a barking dog never bites.'' "Sure, boss, Ah knows dat, "re plied the cautious colored man, "but Ah don't know how soon he's going to stop barkin'-Success Magazine. z&r:?.. - . .' . K 0 MODOC'S POSSESSION. ; I Clark's Hill and Parksville Must Not Gaimthe "Twin City," Modoc School District Rolling in Wealth. Those who have perused diligent ly the Parksville and Clark's Hill dots may have been persuaded ere this that the "Twin City's" dam was at one or the other of those places but we M?doc folks have only been waiting to show conclusively that it is right here at Modoc. Mr. Bonnie Dorn of North Au gusta, contractor, together with S. Su Brunson and McKenney, as fore men, with a force of 30 men and 20 mules are now grading a 2 mile spur track from the C. & W. C. to the river. Mr. J. M. Bussey, of Parksville, and the chief engineer of the com pany are also making a final surve> f ROWED'BY THE UNIO. -Map for the dam, 1800 yards long, 200 1 feet wide and 160 feet high. Mr. Dick Blackwell, of Parksville, I has the contract for several hundred thousand feet of lumber which 'ie is i now sawing for the erection of the : building and dam. Our people are perfectly en thu- I siastic over the immediate prosperi ty of ope of tile richest school dis tricts in the state. I '.< Mr. B. M. Bussey and Mr. W. McDaniel, Sr., have been asked by the club to take the lead in this matter. They have secured the ser- : vices of Mr. J. M. Bussey of Parks- : ville and the district is to be run at ' once. In fact the whole thing put ? through by the first of June. Rev. Luther White and Mr. L. F. Dorn are to speak Sunday after noon on education. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bussey of i Red Hill spent one day this week i with their son, Mr. Milton Bussey. ! Mrs. McDaniel has been on a visit to her son, Mr. Humphrey. 1 Mrs. Marsh and friends of Mc- i Cormick, were the guests of Mr. i John Harveley during the past . week. < Mrs. J. H. Marshall spent Friday in Augusta. 1 Mrs. Boswell from* Republican, j is visiting Mrs. A. V. Bussey. . 4 Modoc smiled-not a surprised 1 3mile however, but one of genuine 1 pleasure when it was announced here last Monday that Winchester i Robinson and "Pet," Miss Ruby t Lou Smith, were married. s The pretty little up-to-date cot tage of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Reese i is nearing completion. 1 The friends of Mr. H. A. Price, 1 of Thompson, Ga., were ?j-ail to ( welcome him among the "birds of s passage" on Wednesday last, Miss Ida Thelma Quarles spent t Thursday and Friday in Augusta. t Mrs. Morgan Dorn of Marlin Air. i Ga., is visiting friends and relatives, e SOJOURNER. 'i Name From Bible. j An Alabama man tells of an old * darkey in Birmingham- who became possessed of a seedy and forlorn * looking dog, to which, he promptly s assigned the name "Moreover." ( "Jefferson," the aged negro was 1 asked, "how did you hit upon such a name as "Moreover" for the dog?" J "I gits it onten de Bible," said t the darky. ' c "The Bible?" f "Sure sah. Doan' yo' 'menber a where it > says, When Lazarus lay c at de rich man's gate Moreover, de \ dog, come an' lick his sores'?" ? S. C. C. I. ENCAMPMENT. May Picnic on the Last Day bf the Encampment, Col. Bai ley Commended for Great Success of Both. The encampment at Salters Pond was altogether a grand snccess and three days of continuous fun and pleasure. The corps of cadets left the college building "Wednesday af ternoon at 2:45, marched through town ; rested at the rock quarry and arrived at the camping grounds at about 5 o'clock. The tents were soon pitched and everything put in order; each cadet was assigned to a tent and a most welcome suppei served toa hungry crowd of boys. After supper everyone gatherec iround the camp fires ^nd eithei sung and told tales or else listened to the S. C. C. I. brass band whicl p* i v St*t< * M?i>itip?Wlirs ii S uti . ' M Sir.NAll FV/^TOH hi of the United States Showin i bad come also. The eight mile walk made everybody pretty tired md sleepy, so wrapping up in a blanket and lying on pine straw we soon fell asleep, leaving the camp still and quiet, surrounded by na ture in all her beauty, with the stars twinkling overhead far Jabove the tall pines. The next morning reveille sound ed at 6:30, roll call at 7, guard mounting took place at 7:20 and breakfast was served at 8. After breakfast everyone was free to do and go where he pleased. A gqod many went fishing, some took ad vantage of the pond and several found pleasure in taking naps and "doin' nothing". Lunch was eaten at 2 p. m., after which general leave was granted to those desiring to go to Trenton, mile away and view the sights and spectacles, (such as watching the trains), of that large city. Dr. C. E. Burts and Mr. A. E. Padgett risked the camp that night and af ter retreat and supper, they both made a fine talk to the batallion. Prof. J. F. Entzminger and his wife iame also. Friday was just like Thursday villi the exception of a base-ball jame in Johnston. The -?eure was i tie of 5 to "J. Mr. and Mrs. J. U. [lives, and Lieut. C. E. Black came fd the camp in lime for supper. Saturday was UK; last, best and nost enjoyable day of the tljree. Af er breakfast tho C. I. girls, day students, teachers, patrons, visitors md former students began pouring nto camp to attend the May picnic. Everybody mixed and mingled and ?ad a good lime. At 2 o'clock an daboratc and bountiful dinner was lerved. After this the tents were struck, he batallion formed and marched o Trenton. Here a prize drill took )lace in which Arrington, the 1st tergeant of Co. B. won the first >rize of ?3.00 and Mathis, 1st sgt. if Co. A, the second of 82.00. At > o'clock everybody left on the train 'or Edgefield. The ball team stay :d behind to play a game against Frent?n. The score was 6 to 1 in 'avor of the S. C. C. L Nothwith itanding the fine time we all had, iverybody was glad to get back to ?dgefield, foot-sore and weary. While on the encampment Col. Bailey and Maj. Lyon did every hing in their power to contribute to mr happiness and pleasure and the aithfulness with which they looked ifter our comfort is certainly to be iommended. The promptness with vhich every meal was served is al io notable, not to mention their ex NEWS FROM RED. HILL. Popular Young People Mar ried, Interesting!^. Y. P. U, ' Meeting, Cotton Chop ping Begun. "Work on. the farni is. going on smoothly now.'Not.much,cotton has been chopped yet "but: by the time this is printed there will probably be a great deal chopped. ; On Sunday afternoon, about'three thirty, Mr. Wallace .-Quarle's and Miss Mae Thomas were ' married at the parsonage by Rey/J. T. Little john. It has been quite M:while since there has been a marriage in Red Hill which we haveVhad more in terest in than this one. Wallace is from the Antioch section , but we have been seeing hisf:;#miling jface among us so much of;' late that we already felt toward ?^hi m as if he were a real Red Hi?liaii. Miss Mae g "Wet" and "Dry"" Territo [or should I say Mrs. Wallace Ruarles) has always lived here, ex cept a short while when off at jchoql, and she is a friend of every body and to every body in thfs com munity. This young couple has bright prospects before them and as Wallace takes our young friend to mother home she leaves behind her those who will be glad to see, and expect to see, her back among us Dften. The B. Y. P. U. meeting Sunday ifternoon was one of the best we bave had since ?our organization, rhe subject was from the parables rf the New Testament and passages rf scripture were read by Messrs. Charlie McDaniel and Tom Mathis, Mrs. Maggie McDaniel and Miss ?mnie Quarles, after which very interesting and inspiring talks were nade by Messrs. R. M. Johnson, LewiS/Eubanks', C. M. Mellicharnp md our pastor. The same subject is o be be continued next Sunday and ve hope for even greater interest han the last. The new books for the school ibrary have arrived, and within a hort while after being placed in the ibrary numbers of them were taken ?ut to read. Wt; are very much ilcased with the new boNok.s and eel that tile selection is suitable for roving people and children; and also onie are for the older ones. Who is going to carry off the >rize next fall for having read the nostV Though only one (or these is uni cien t interest is taken in it) ob ains a visible .prize, we-feel that m ny may be b?nefitted by having ried to win. ? Miss Lula Quarles spent Saturday nd Sunday at home. We were glad to see Mrs. Hugh Vates and Mrs. P. R. Wates in our ell en cy. On Saturday night the-Fresh man lass entertained the entire .school rith an elegant reception. The rst floor, hallway and mess hall rere beautifnlly decorated with anes and white and green crepe pa er. In a contest for drawing the est elephant Maj. Lyon wonalove 7 bunch of roses. Lieut. C. E. Hack and Miss Grace McManus ron a box of Huyler's in a musical ontest. The battalion took part in the lemoraorial Day exercises last Mon ay. The graded school commencement xercises will take place next Thurs ay evening. The college will close on Tues ay, May the 25th. STUDENT. JOHNSTON ITEMS. \ery Pleasant and Profitable Session of District Confer ence, Many Visitors Come and Go. Mrs. Lizzie Crim is spending this month in Hampton with her daugh ter, Mrs. Rhodes. Mrs. G. P. Cobb is visiting rela tives in Aiken. Mrs. W. L. Coleman visited in Augusta during^ last-week. Mrs. Hamptdn Kirkland, of Barn well, is visiting her sister, Miss Hattie Toney. Miss Clara Sawyer who has been teaching in the lower part of the state is at home for a vacation. Mrs. Lona White and children, of Greenwood, are spending some time here with Mrs. Geo. Turner. Mrs. Missouri Lott has been the guest of her son, Mr. A. P. Lott. ry. Mrs. Kneece, of Monetta, has been visiting at the home of her Father. Mr. Mike Clark. Mr. John G. Guignard, of Co lumbia, visited at the home of his cousin, Mr. J. W. Payne, during ast week. The home of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Turner has been made happy over ihe arrival of a beautiful little blue $yed girl. The little one has been lamed, Grace Zelime, which is a ramily name on the maternal side. Mrs. James Wright and Miss iate Wright were visitors here re sently. Mr. Mims Walker went over to Augusta last week to purchase new miforms for' the local ball team. . Mr. Leroy Wertz, of Belton, nade a visit to his home' here dur ng the past week. The Embroidery Club was engr ained on last Wednesday afternoon n a most pleasant - manner by Mrs. ?. N. Keesee. After an hour of pork and social intercourse, a de icious salad and sweet course was erved. Prof. W. C. Zeigler has tendered lis resignation as superintendent of he Johnston High School. It is incer?ly regretted by all that he rill not serve any longer, as during he five years here, his one aim was or the progress of the school. He ias been faithful and painstaking ii every way. Prof. Zeigler, with is family,' will probably move to ipartanburg where he will engage i other business. Miss Ida W. Penny, a former cacher in the high school here, and liss Bollier, of Live Oak, Fla., ;ill arrive next week for ' a visit to Irs. J. A. Lott. The Misses LaGrone entertained t! t< awn Sunday. Mrs. Walter Holson, of Edge eld, and others of her family visi ed her parents, Mr. and lire. Math 3, on Sunday. Cornelius Holmes made us a short isit on Sunday. Though he seldom els home, we have by no means iyen him up to Edgefj?ld, but we li ink of him as a representative of ur town in Ridgefield and are proud :> call him such. The young child of Mr. John Vood of Clark's Hill, who has ?any relatives in this community, ? to be buried in our cemetery to ay. (Monday) "A bud on earth to loom in Heaven." We have already corattr?hced to >ok forward to the uni?n meeting, f this division, which^is to be held i Rehoboth on last Saturday and unday in this mon th X. Y, Z. sc si w In 3M ei w ir IK d; in Pl tc H .1; er Si hf cc st pe pi be sit CLEORA LETTER. Good Stands of Cotton, "Bump er" Crop of Corn Will be ' Made. Labor Saving Machinery Needed. \ -? We have about finished plant ing cotton, and what was planted first has corneto pretty good stands. A good deal has just been planted and needs showers to bring it up. Many of the farmers around here plant most of their corn in May, and the indications are there will be a bumper crop made. A few years ago people used a good deal of fertili zer under cotton and a little acid under corn but now they are ?using as much under corn as under cotton Selling. 8 cents cotton and buying ?1.10 corn don't pay^ Grain crops are spotted; some very good and some very poor. A good deal was planted last fall. Labor is a little more plentiful than last year, but very unreliable. The only solution of the labor ques tiqn is to substitute improved im plements for negro labor. One R. F. D. route from Cleora has been established and will soon be in operation. It goes up towards Liberty Hill and arourd in the Gil gal section. We are still waiting and trying to get one out towards Red Hill and around by Berea and thought at one time that we were sure to get it but now there is some doubt about it as a portion of this route has been put into the one from Mod oe. Our schools have all closed after a very satisfactory session. Through the efforts of Mrs. Walter Nichol son the Berea school will get som'e help from the state to rebuild the house that was burned lastiall,?100. 00, I think it is. They are the kind of teachers we Avant; those who have the energy auil enterprise to build up and improve our schools. Miss Long, the teacher of the McDaniel school, whp^^j?. in Greenville, had the ^isf^ujine- to loose her: satchel on her^^y^tp the depot, co^te?mHg-'all of lier nioney in it, about "forty dollars wejhcard. morning after a long* spell oFSfeTcr ness, and was buried at Gilgal Sun day. He has been confined to his bed since last January. Mr. Frank Seigler, who has been ?lerking in Columbia for the last rear or two, is farming at home his year: Mr. Baron Hill is at home with lis father this year, after spending he last few years in Atlanta. Moultrie's pond has gotton to be t noted place for fishing parties, fishermen go ther? from Plum branch to Johnston.Some times they atch enough to feast on while 1?re and again they have "fisher aan's luck." The worst part of it ?, they come Saturday evening some imes and fish all night and go home iunday with their fish. We think his is carrying fishing a little too ar, and, if we are not mist?ken, is gainst the law. ' ' Some time ago in digging up an ld stump we found a large king nake, and a toad frog under it in [ie same hole. They had evidently pent the winter together, almo st ke the lamb and lyon lying down jgether. PLANTER. Her Promise. A Toledo man, who married a idow but recently bereaved, re lived an unpleasant shock one lorning at breakfast when, without Kamining the addressee carelessly pened an envelope bearing a busi css-l ike-looking caption. It was a communication from a rm dealing in grave monuments; it as ad?ressc/T' to his wife, and ;ad: "In compliance with your request, e beg to enclose drawing of nionu lent ordered." The drawing showed this in jription upon the monument; ''To my dear husband, who ni ] lall never replace." / ith an elegant course dinner on .st Thursday evening, in honor of [isa Alma Welling, of Darlington. The District Methodist Confer ice which was in session here last eek was profitable and interest ig to all who attended. The busi ?ss was transacted during the three lys of session and at each even ig's service excellent sermons were .cached by the following minis rs: Revs. Bedenbaugh, E. D. ardin and Dr. Daniel. Saturday ty ended the conference, but sev al of the ministers remained over inday and a special service was ild in the Methodist church. The i min g bf the conference to John on was a great flleasure to the ?opie. The delegates found hos table homes awaiting them; mem ?rs of other churches as well as ited them in entertaining. er as wi to an ac rr PARKSVILLE'S SCRIBE: New Lock Boxe? in Post Office, Very Obliging Post Master, Valuable Citizens Com ing In. Your old correspondent, "Don Quixote", though fond of ladies and a great admirer of their achieve ments, has failed to note one great improvement made by our very afa ble and efficient post mistress, Miss Sallie Parka, in beautifying the post outee, and putting in lock boxes, so that each of us can get our 'mail at any hour, without trouble to her or ourselves. Your former correspon dent may not agree with me but a "new man" believes that Uncle Sam ought to make all our post mas ters women because they are not al ways looking like they could bite a ten-penny nail in two, snapping and growling at people simply because they want their mail, and asking questions about it.-They know how to look sweet and pleasant and be accommodating and afable. I see a notice in the papers order ing an election at Clark's Hill; as to whether the citizens of the new school district recently laid out shall vote an . extra tax for school purposes. Of course they will. Clark's Hill is an up-to-date commu nity, and cannot afford to lag be hind others in this matter. There pay be in every community an old ''skinflint" who would vote against such a measure, but a large majori ty of our citizens are public spiritedT ind the tax would be voted by a large majority in almost any com munity. The grading of the new road from Modoc to the Twin City Power kvorks goes merrily on.and they will joon be able to to put down rolling ?tock. The building of this road togeth- ? iv with the main enterprise, has jrought in pur midst a young Mas ?achusett surveyor, who is very con lecrated, and a,great^ help to us in mr young peopjes work. . He is oil ?yerman stockaiad/ isl named Nob ;tedt.__ We h-ojaerjfeeenten-prise ;-will '"'Thebaby''i>oy::^r?-'-^i? Mk lohn Wood, of Meriwether, ;died resterday morning aged on s and a , ?alf years, 'and -will be- buried at Red lill this morning at II (Relock. Our sympathies go out to the pief stricken parents in this sad be eavement. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Blackwell ,t this writing have a very sick hild with pneumonia. We trust he little one will soon be convales ent. Mrs. Nettie Cartledge and little Lddie Lee left Parksville yesterday or Augusta to visit her brother, Mr. ohn Milton Bell. Mr. L. F. Faulkner accompanied y his little daughters, Frances and lillie May, visited relatives in Parks ille yesterday. Mr. Faulkner is a regressive, farmer and lives near )ornville, in Greenwood county. Mrs. Anderson Howard, of White 'own has been visiting .this last reek,at the home of Mr. W. P. 'arks. \ Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Robertson, f Modoc, bride and'groom of one reek, worshipped with us at our B. \ P. U servicesSundaynight. We ope they will come often. A warrant has' been issued for / ie arrest of Bill Broadwater for the illing of his daughter-in-law and laced in the hands of Sheriff Ouzts. Te understand that Bill has skipped ie country, but we trust he may be ?prehended,as he is guilty of as foul murder as ever disgraced our state. Messrs. Dan Bell and Lill Seigler orehipped yesterday at Rehoboth, hey report large congregations and Dod attention. Miss Mamie L?chrige, oif Ander m, is spending a while here with sr sister, Mrs. J. J. Gilmer. On next Friday, 14th inst., Mrs. [amie Walker's school in White own will close. This" will be in ?ed, as it always is, a big day for rhite Town. There will be school cercises in the morning including 'citations, declamations, dialogues, c, and the afternoon will be occu ed by addresses ^rom noted ed Mt ors from adjoining communities. White Town has many things of hich she ought to be proud, but ?thing surpasses her school. "NOVTJS HOMO." What Really Ached. One day Mary came to her moth and said, "Mother, my ear aches!" "Does it ache very bad, Mary?" ked her mother. "No." "Well, run out and play; theti you ll forget about it.".' Mary went out, say? the Delinea r, but pretty soon she came back d said: "Mother, my ear does he. T' - .-c the hole,- buttha .e around it."