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Oldest Newspaper j||%uth Carolina. ~ EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNE|DAY, ^DECEMBER 7,1910 JOHNSTON LETTER. K. of P. District Convention. Negro Child Burned to Death. Dr. Steel Deliver ed Two Lectures. The district convention of the Knights ofcPythias, which convened here on last Monday and Monday evening, was largely attended, there . being , delegates from every lodge. The first session was held in the Pythian hall,1 at which time dele gates, were enrolled and assigned homes,.and in the afternoon the . routine business of the convention was transacted. In the evening the meeting was 1 held in tho auditorium, and the pub lic invited, Pr. J. M. Rushton pre siding. "The meeting was opened with prayer by Dr. W. S. Dorset. A hearty welcome was extended by Prof. W. C. Corry,, which was . responded to by Mr. .tan. W. Wil liams, of Columbia. After this most interesting addresses were heard from, Past Grand Chancellor J. Walter Doar, of Georgetown, on -Pythianism, Mr. C. D. Brown, of Abbeville, on Fraternalisra, and Mr. J. A. Summerset, of Columbia, on Woman. This concluding the ex ercises, all repaired to Turner hall where the banquet was served. The hall was an ideal place, being spa cious, and brilliantly lighted with electricity. The banquet table, which seated 200, was in the shape of a Greek cross, and the huge square center was an embankment of ferne and flowers and pyramids of luscious, tropical fruits. The ar tistic beauty of the table was due to-the committee of young ladies selected by the Pythians. After the feast of many good things had been served, Toast Master, Mr. C. D. Brown called for toasts and was responded to by the following: Py thianism, as related to the minis try-Dr. W. S. Dorset. The Grand Lodge, Mr. J. Walter Doar. South Carolina and Johnston-Dr. James A. Dobey. Man,-Rev. P. E. Monroe. Sir William, the Goat Mr. J. A. Summerset This ended the banquet and gener al convention. The great success of the convention was due to special committee of Pythians: Messrs. W. M. Wright, M. E. Walker, A. L. Clark, J. Howard Payne, M. T. f ?raer,v J^^?B?bev,- J. "A: Tjott; W. C. Derrick,* W. E. LaGrone. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Faust, of Van Vave, Ohio, have been here on a visit to the home of Mr. Sara Lott. Mrs. Faust is pleasantly remembered as Miss Flora Lott. Messrs. J. M. Wright and S. H. Toney attended the Shriners meet ing in Columbia recently. Mesdames Coleman, Landrum, White and Miss Edith Coleman re turned Friday night from the D. of C. convention, Georgetown. Mrs. Mary Jennings and Miss Martha Dorn, of Parksville, Mrs. C. A. Branson, of Augusta, and Miss Eunice Abrams, of Newberry, spent last week at the home of Dr. J. A. Dobey. Mr. William Kernaghan, a for mer resident, spent a few days of this week here with friends. Dr. S. A. Steel gave an interest ing lecture on Sunday evening at the M. E. church, on the Pioneers of Methodism, and on Monday evening he was heard at the audito rium, his subject being Southern history. Dr. Steel is highly recom mended as a lecturer, and the last subject' mentioned was very in structive. Little Charlie Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Smith, died on Friday evening after a few days ill ness and the burial was at Har mony on Saturday afternoon. On Friday afternoon, a child of Charlie Davfc:, colored, met its death in a most horrible manner. [Continued on page 4] 4.4MH^IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIt!!llimilllllllfMIIII?4"Mllllllll I NOW IN OUI I 706 Bro: 5 Our stock of silverware, decor? S silver jewelry, diamonds, watches ? larger I Designs Everything is from the leading 2 in the country. S Let us supply your needs. We 5 in every department, and what is S able. We make a specialty of fi g guaranteed. Will be a pleasure I A. J. R ! 706 BROAD STREET, &+*miimiimill!WUIIHIIIIIIIIII|Miv*lllllll!ll INTERESTING LETTER. Rev. P. H. Bussey Writes Very Interesting Letter From Seminary, Where he is Now Studying. - Editor The Advertiser:- For some time I have, thoaght of writ ing you, but not till now have I seized the opportunity and taken the privilege of doing so. In the first place allow me to express my appreciation for that issue of The Advertiser giving an account of the Parksville fair. The citizens bf the west side no doubt have attracted the attention of the entire county in this up-to-date movement. This is a movement out of whioh great good will come. The growth from last year aad the anticipated growths for the coming year portrays a hear ty co-operation of the sterling citi zenship of Parksville and vicinity. In your paper, Mr. Editor, you per mitted many to enjoy the Parks ville fair, who had not the privi lege of attending. There is much to be said about our Seminary; but time and words would fail one should he attempt to speak adequately of this great in stitution of the Southern Baptists. Many know and many do not know that we have the greatest theologi cal seminary in the world. Greatest from the standpoint of the number of young men trained for the work of the ministry and great because of the high standing of its faculty in intellect, spirituality and reputa tion founded on a high and noble Christian character. The number of students enrolled already is near three hundred. This number how ever is being increased every day by those coming in for .the second quarter which begins December 5th. For a time Dr. Mullins, the president, thought that this would be a record breaking year in num ber but so far it has not reached that point. In speaking of the fac ulty certainly every one who should have the privilege of listening to Dr. Sampy expound the Old Testa ment, seeing the enthusiasm put in his speech and coming in contact with that warm spiritual life of his, would be forced to ask himself the question: where can another Dr. Sampy be found? Not only do we speak this of" Dr. Sampy but iri the^ same-terms of Drs. Mullins, Robin-; son, Eager and all the rest. So our seminary is not only great from the standpoint of number but because of the great men of God whose business it is to Jteach men how to carry the glad tidings of a risen Saviour. Surely to-day the need for work ers in the kingdom of our Master is greater than it has ever been. The call comes to the seminary from China, Japan, Africa, South Ameri ca, in fact from all parts of the for eign field, for prepared men and women to come and tell those about Jesus who have never heard of Him. Not only does this call come from what we term the foreign field, but here in our home land the cal I for efficient p^tors is greater than it has ever been. Nor can we stop here, the call is equally urgent from the various departments of the home mission work. There ?re calls from the larger cities of our country, calls from here, there and everywhere, calls for help of car rying on tue work of extending the kingdom of our Master in the hearts of men at home and abroad. In view of the pressing need of [the time, what are the Christians to do? We who claim to represent our Christ can conscientiously do noth ing but throw ourselves in the hands of our Lord and say, "Here Lord take me and use me where tl ou can best usc me." Every Chris tian should feel a vital interest in the urgent call for more workers in [Continued on page 4] 11 ? i 111 ii n ?->-.- u 111 m m i ii i : 111 n 11 u M : 11 ! m n n 11 ? NEW STORE id Street ited china, cut glass, gold and \ and silver novelties was never Are New ; and most reliable manufacturers have never been better equipped best our prices are very reason ne watch repairing. Satisfaction to shew you through our stock. ENKL, AUGUSTA, GA. !iiiHnii**iiiniiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiw*$ THE TWO PROGRES! THE GOL] E. rr. SMITH These 3 Mr. J. L. Mims, Editor The Adve We, your committee appointed find as follows: The i wo highes making a fraction over 121 bus he difference that may be between committee could not fully decide Besides the two highest report? yields: bu. lbs. B R. Smith 112 JJ J. R. Hoyt 91 J. F Senator Tillman in Washington. "Washington, December 2.-"Re tire?" exclaimed Senator Tillman repeating an inquiry. I shall not retire until they bury me; I have no idea of quitting the {.ame." The South Carolina senator, who. arrived here to-day, was in his com mittee room at the capitol and ap peared to be as vigorous as he was before he was stricken down by se vere illness during the last session of congress. Mr. Tillman expects to remain here four or live days only, . how ever.' . He. will return .to ^ his home, next *reek,H 4>ut-c*?^ back to Washington early in Janua ry, when, he says, the real business of the session will begin. He said he felt in good condition for work, but would not apply himself so as siduously as formerly. Mrs. Till man emphasized the last remark by declaring that she would keep him as quiet as possible. "Yes," said the senator, she is running the airship and I guess she will be able to keep it pretty close to earth." Senator Tillman attributes his restoration to health to the fact that since he got out of bed he has been giving his attention to the building of a big barn on his plantation. He said that the work benefitted him by giving him something to think about besides himself. Our Parksvilie Letter. Tribute to Mrs. Sarah Parks, Who Has Been Called up Higher. The regular church services yes terday at the Baptist church were very sad, caused by the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Parks, (Mudder), which took the place of our regular preach ing service. Mrs. Parks died Satur day at the home of Mr. W. R. Parks about 10 o'clock a. m., af ter a lingering illness, if we mis take not, in her 87th year. She is the relic of the late W. L. Parks, the founder of Parksvilie, and leaves three sons, vi/.; Messrs. J. H. and W. R. of this community, and Mr. Felix Parks of Augusta. She had only one daughter, Mis. Maggie Nelson, who preceded her several years, as also did her son, the late James T. Parks of Orange burg. "Mudder" Parks lived to a ripe old age, being a Christian 00 or more years, and died loved by all who knew her. She served her day and generation well, and now sweetly sleeps, beside her husband in our cemetery, who died in 1884, and her children, grand children, and great grand children, rise up and call her blessed. The delegates to the state con vention from this town have re turned, and report a glorious, meet ing. The good people of Laurens crowned themselves with glory in entertaining the many delegates from all over thc state, but one of them from Parksvilie was especial ly well favored hy being entertained by Dr. F. L. Timmerman, a dentist and a son of our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. J. B. Timmerman, of this community. Tommie is not on ly a good dentist, but a good fellow of whom Edgefield should feel SIVE ) IN THE roung men have been awarded $' rtiser: : |; to canvass the r^?rt?fand decic t yields were made- by :Messrs. E. ', ils to the acre Wj?, t&e ' 'committ the two above narpe^^ntestants which should be firs? in the conte Respectfu?lv- submitted, W^F; ROATH, J ?d above by the g?n?ral committ bu. N. Marsh 104 I Courtney 84 lbs. R. N.B 25 D. T. IV proud, in fact all or nearly all, the boys, who go out from .old Edge-] field "make good," 'andV?t is.grati fying to me to tell yon*: that Tom mie Timmerman is "making good" in Laurens. ??? Mr. Jim Coleman-.p^^fejLiberty Hill section has 'movea;.o??wn", xand has become a citizen among us. We welcome him to our cqmraumty;and assure him, that he-?; never lived among a more hospii^bl?. people, and we trust his stay ainbng^ns'niayj be pleasant and Jastin; . "Mrs.. Gary ' Minof^,;/ lit part of j iast week:_wi 1 h vka;; -V. ..-.?and's"peo: /pTcr^fr-'irnd ' M raf* ?:atrles-i?dinor>-:of>| this place. We hope for her to come) often. Mr. Frank Middleton of the prosperous town of Meriwether was a welcomed visitor in Parksville yesterday. Frank who is always genial and pleasant, as well as handsome, tells us things are lovely around his home town. He did not I say so, but I think he is fixing to get married for he is a firm baliever in carrying out the scriptures, or the injunction to "multiply and re plenish the earth.'* Mrs. Mamie Walker, the popular and efficient Modoc teacher, wor shipped with , us yesterday and in the absence of our organist, Miss Martha Dorn, who is over in John ston visiting her sister, Mrs. James Dobey, performed on thc organ to the delight of the audience. She ought to come oftener. We hear of more new stores for this town in the near future, but what about the hotel. What say you, you money barons of Parksville? Yes, did I understand you, that the slogan for 1911: A hotel for Parks ville? We are pained to learn of thc serious illness of Mrs. Amy Ham mond of the Franklin section. Col. and Mrs. W. J. Talbert have returned from her bedside, and ex press themselves as very much alarmed over her condition. Miss Barbie Christian has return ed home to the delight of her friends, from an extended visit to friends in Augusta The subject of the B. Y. P. TJ. last night was: "How much oil have we''? Misses Rosa Minor and Carrie Cotton, and Mr. D. A. Bell read appropriate selections from the 25th chapter of Matthew and Rev. T. H. Garrett spoke of the life and character of Matthew T. Yates in stead of Mr. W. W. Fowler, who was absent. The indisposition of Miss Belle Sanders, one of our teachers kept us from hearing an excellent paper on how senator Gore of Oklohoma overcame the difficulties of blindness and became a power in the world. More Anon. We are justly proud of our stock of buggies. We carry Columbus, Babcock, Tyson & Jones, Rock Hill,Hackney and Sandford buggies. The variety of styles, makes, etc., will enable us to suit every taste and every purse. Hundreds of satisfied customers praise the quality of our vehicles. Ramsey & Jones. i ERS WON SB'S CORN CONTEST J. R. SMITH 15 each ie the result of the corn contest, N. Smith and J. R. Smith, both ee would declare that whatever would be so small that your ist. . M. COBB, J. D. ALLEN. ee, the following also made large bu. lbs. roadwater 94 33 lathis 67 20 Attention Sunday Schools! Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse, Edgefield, S. C., Dear Mr. Shannonhouse: We are almost at the end of a most success ful.convention season. I am glad that you have held your Conven tion, and I am. praying that the work done there in your countyJs already furthering the Master^ work. The work ali-over the State ! is moving;: steadily .Vf onward. Men apd women all' over.-South. .Carolina are catching a vision of this .work: as.never' bef?te.";There>are only .tvre^YP counties yei to be organized. The goari'am^^orkirigfor |s eve ry county organized; and"In' the counties already organized, every township with a live association. Won't you help toward this end? We are planning and praying for the largest and best State Conven tion in our history. As you already know, it is to be held in this city March 28-29-30, 1911. We' have secured some of the very best talent in the State for our program, besides two of the Inter national workers that are to come to us. Messrs. Tullar and Mere dith of New York City are to lead the singing. We are to have a large Bible Class Par?de of 2000 men. The county delegations are to sit in seats reserved for them with the name of the county in large letters. On a large map of the State each county with all townships organized is t? be marked by a large gold star. Will your county be in that shining company? We hope so! Let us hear from you. With all good wishes, I am Sincerely yours. Grace W. Vandiver, General Secretary. Spartauburg, S. C. Too Smart to be a Lawyer. B. Davis Noxon was one of the ablest lawyers in central New York. A young man entered his office as a student and was given Blackstone to study- At the end of a month he asked Mr. Noxon what he should read next. "Do you understand Black stone?" "Yes," was his answer. "Read Kent," was the order. In another month he announced that he had finished Kent and "what next?" "Have you read Blackstone and and Kent?" les." ' Do you understand them?" 1 CS." "Well," said Mr. Noxon, "yu had better go at some other busi ness, you are too smart to be a law yer."-Case and Comment. Another car load of Pittsburgh Perfect Fence just received-any height you want. Now is the time to rebuild your pasture fences. Use Pittsburgh wire and you will have no more fence troubles. Stewart & Kernaghan. For Rent: My five-horse farm three miles north of Meeting Street on the Ninety-Six road. Apply to Mrs. M. Kate Miras or E. J. Mims, Edgefield, S. C. COT^NHCKER INVENTED Atlanta. ManS^oijis to Have Invented Cotton Picker ^ That Will Work Satisfactorily. A cotton picker "that will really do the work and do it well For many years this has been the " dream of inventors by the thou- c sand, and for just the same number 8 of years, so far as anyone knows 8 nothing but failure has come to all c the attempts to perfect a cotton a picker. Many failed to get the1 8 fleecy staple, a few got it, but so slowly that they were impracticable, D while in all something to prevent a their being a success was found. 8 However, an Atlantan has now " come forward with a device which, I to all appearances, has overcome the 0 difficulties many have so long be- 1 lieved insurmountable. E. H. Scho- j3 field is the man, and he has just Jj completed a machine which he has * demonstrated to a number of peo- * pie will pick cotton from almost 0 any sort of a boll, pick it rapidly * and free it of the most of the F trash. D The Schofield cotton picker as it 8 is called uses suction to get the cot- a ton from the boll. A fan driven by e a gasoline engine furnishes the pow- e er not only to drive the fan but to propel the farm wagon on which 8 the picker is to be mounted. I One man and six boys are requir ed to operate the machine. The ? man has control of the picker, while ^ the boys use the "picking nozzles" a through which the cotton is sucked * into the body of the picker. The "picking nozzle" is practically two a inches in diameter and is fitted with c short teeth which project inward fl from the mouth bf the nozzle. These t; teeth are used to-gather the few locks which ?tick'so^tightly to the 0 bolls that the suction will not pull 11 them off. i c This nozzle is some 18 inches in a length and is connected with the n body of the machine by a flexible metal tube. The nozzle is connect- P ed to this- tube by what is-known as v 3n ''universal ,: join," giving,the nozzle the utmost -j^e??om pf -mo- $ tion in every %^&?ii.A^iftvmake8. 8, |i<po^Ble :for ttlie 'leerson'operating ^ t**' i? come into easy reach *! ?jil; located at any part? of ther *j ?im Schofield and bis fmends ue-'i? lieve^r?at with this machine it will ff be an easy matter to pick cotton for much less than one-half the average price at present. It is belieyed that the cost of gathering the sta ple with this device will not exceed 20. cents per hundred pounds, as against 50 cents and even more by hand. For putting the cotton picker on the market Mr. Schofield has or ganized a company, known as the1 " Schofield Cotton Picker Company. A charter has been granted this company, as have been patent let ters thoroughly covering the essen tial features of his invention. At this time the company ?B plan ning to build a complete cotton picker which will be sent to eastern Texas early in June.. Here exhaust ive tests of the machine will be made, and if these tests bear out what those made here indicate, the machine will be placed upon the market at once. The company, of which Mr. Scho field has been mad>3 president, has headquarters at room No. 518, in the Grand Opera House building. Atlanta Constitution. Mail orders pr< n ???!.MI i II J.WILLIE LEVY C Announces autu In the newest and best things for Men, women and children to wear this fall. Our ladies ready-to-wear Suite, Rai furnishings show the greatest assortme to.wear Goods. We've provided rest r< their headquarters while shopping in ti These are our reception days buy, call and see us and make i Augusta. THE J. WILLI. Augusta, SEED SELECTION. 'rot Napier of Clemson Col lege Writes Detailed Instruc tions About Selection of Seed Corm The proper; observance or a-few nportant factors relating to the re*4ing;of corn will result; in se uringSjjcreased yields of ?'bett?r rade oiX.xorn. than the original eed. This grain can be easily se ured if one wi?l.devote a little time nd patience in making the proper tart in the right direction. The first thing to re done in the reeding of corn is to g<Khrough a field before the crop h\a^ been athered and Belect about onevhun red of the best formed ears ^hat >oint downward from the most vig rous looking stalks, but in order hat any future increase in yield lay be brought about by these s? aceed ears, they should be taken rom stalks which have not been avored by fertile spots in the field r had more distance in the drill rom which to draw an extra sup ily of plant food. After having, aade the above selections the ears hould be "shucked" and placed on , large box or table in order that . acbindividual ear may be carefully xamined. In making this examination one hould consider the followingc^ >oints: (1) All the ears which are to he * danted in the breeding patch should ?e as much alike in every respect-^' s possible, -thus securing uni ormity. . (2) All ears should be as near cylindrical shape as possible, as ylindrical shaped ear will carry a vfi igher percentage of grain than a apering one. (3) All white . varieties should ave white kernels and white cobs nlessa red cob variety, then al! obs should be red. Yellow Jcernels nd red cobs in white corn indicate lizture. (4) The tips and butts should e well covered with uniform and rel] shaped kernles. (5) The kernels on all parts of be ear. should be asnear alike in'. nape size and color as possible, as he shape and ?ize. d?termine, in a irg^measur?,'the . regularity with - rhich -a corn planter will drop hem. s r ' , ^ ; ^rYrrheJ?sgth for single.ear va ietica fthould'iiotr- be less than eight ; aches with a clrcumf?r?l?c? ?bo?t ix inches, measured one-third the " istance from butt. Having selected about fifty ears ccording to the above directions rom the one hundred first gathered hey should be stored away until ear placing time in some dry la^o \ -?ie weevils on mice will .0 affect them. Then they should e placed on a plank or large box nd numbered consecutively from 1. 0 50 in order that they may be ?sted for germination or ability to prout. This test is made as fol DWS: fill a soap or starch box with ret sawdust, placing on top of the awdust wet flour or meal sack rhich hi... been laid off in pencil guares 2x2 inches. The squares hould then be numbered from 1 to 0. Then take ear No. 1 and re love six kernels from it, taking the rst kernel about one inch from the utt, slightly turn ear in the hand nd remove another kernel about ne and a half inches from the place rhere the first one was removed. [Continued on page 8] raptly filled ?0., of Augusta, mn opening Suits_and Over coats for men and boys. Not only the best but the most of the best. ncoats, Shirts, Shirtwaists and nt of High-class women's Ready 30ms for ladies to rest and make ie city. We want you to use them. i. Even if you don't want to this your headquarters m