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Oldest Newspaper Ju South Carolina. VOL. 75. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21,1910 NO. 35. Oldest Newspaper Ju South Carolina. VOL. 75. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21,1910 NO. 35. Graniteville with white labor. For many years Mr. Gregg- was an im porter of jewelry and in this way made the money with which to start the mill at Graniteville in 1845. He built churches, established schools and t endeavored in every way to elevate the employees of his mills. He died in 1867 and is buried i?i Magnolia cemetery, Charleston. In J.858 there was a spirited contest for the state senate between Mr. Gregg and Col. James P. Carroll, afterwards chancellor. Mr. Gregg was defeated. - , Hammond, Andrew J.-Was a worthy descendant of Col. Samuel Hammond of the revolution, one [ )f the bravest and truest men of that day. Andrew Hammond was a planter and never aspired to any i political office, nor sought any po litical honor, but enjoying the con fidence of the people who knew him (his home was not far from Ham berg on the Savannah side of the country), he was elected a member of the convention of 1860. At one time he represented Edgefield in thc legislature. During the war between the states he held the rank of major in the Confederate service. He mar ried Elizabeth Butler. Smyley, Col. James C.-Was born at Meeting Street, in Edge field county, in 1820 and died in 1872. He held no office during his life, except that of colonel of mili tia, and the very important posi tion of delegate to the secession convention. He was a planter by business and occupation, and en joyed the confidence and respect of the people. His wife was Catherine Watson of Ridge Spring, S. C. Tompkins, Col. James -Born June 28, 1793. Died May 9, 1864 Married Mrs. Jennings, widow of the William Jennings, her maiden name being Hulda Hill. Had served as a member of the legislature. Was of considerable influence and ability. Mr. Tompkins in Charlotte. Mr. A. S. Tompkins is here from Edgefield, S. C.,' on a visit to his brother, Mr. D, A. Tompkins, and reports\that his county, while not neglecting the cotton crop, is tak ing great interest in corn cultivation owing tb the enterprise in great measure of Mr. J. L.. Mims, editor of The Edgefield Advertiser. This well known paper was the first in the state, Mr. Tompkins says, to begin an active, systematic cam paign for the enthronement of King Corn in South Carolina. Rev. Royal Shannonhouse, a native of Charlotte and the beloved rector of the Episcopal church at Edgefield, is an expert gardener and has made some fifty bushels of corn on an acre in the town of Edgefield and several of the leading farmers down there have grown over 100 bushels on one acre of land, so much so that forming for profit is becoming in te nsety intense. Mr. Tompkins brought also the good word that Senator B. R. Till man is very much improved in health as he has been at his home a'c Trenton this season actively en gaged out in the open air looking after his farm and other improve ments to make accommodations for feeding and fattening his herd of cows which he purchased mainly for the purpose of improving his land. Senatof Tillman believes that a herd of cattle fed on cotton seed meal and hulls is the best guano factory in the world.-Char lotte Observer. A Financial Epigram. "H. H. Rogers," said a New j York broker, "always advised young men to get hold of capital. He used to point out to them that without capital a man could do nothing, nothing. He used to pack his truth into a very neat epigram. "Fortune, he used to say. can't knock at the door of a man who has no house."-New York Times. !IIIIIIIII>:":-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIUIIIIIII!II!IIIIVV-:-: 5 PRESENTS WHY NOT |[ WITH REAL WORTH stakes ?orne people make in the sn really correct things are to be :eptable. You can make no ie best and [most satisfactory se . Come and see for yourself, ri. Let us mention a few things: * ?klaccs, brooches, cuff buttons, ? I reds of other things bought es ENKL, ELER I AUGUSTA, GA ? iiiiiiiii(^iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi?H-i-^ JOHNSTON LETTER. New Century Club Re-organized. Mrs. Coleman Entertained U. D. C. Johnson Wants the New Railroad. . The Advertiser, in its beautiful Christmas array, was a source of great enjoyment to the readers and the frontis-piece made even the old ones wish for cbilhood days. The columns breathed of thesweet Christ mas spirit, and the dear old Adver tiser lingered long in our hands. Miss Georgia Sawyer, who is taking a course in millinery, in At lanta is at home. Mrs. Lona Ivey will go to Plum Branch next week to spend the holi days with her brother^ Rev. Luther White. Mrs. W. L. Coleman entertained the D. of C. Thur^ay afternoon, the occasion being'the historical meeting of the chapter. Mrs. Epes, historian, had arranged an interest ing program, the bubject being Se cession Day. Papers on secession day were read by Mrs. W. S. Dor se* and Miss Zena Payne, and Mrs. G. P. Cobb gave an interesting talk on personal recollections of those thrilling days. The program was varied with vocal and instru mental music, and the meeting closed with a reading by Mrs. J. H. White. On January 19th, Gen. Robt. E. Lee's birthday, the Daughters of the Confederacy will celebrate the day by naving the veterans as their guests, and the day will be made a pleasant one for them. A special committee of the members has been appointed to arrange for the day. A mass meeting was held here on December 14th, to raise enough money by subscription to bring the Saluda-Northern railroad here, mak ing this place the terminus. The proposed railroad will run from Saluda to Wards. L. A. Cooper, of Manning, was invited to address the assembly, and was very enthusiastic in his re- . marks. The amount raised did not reach the sum required, which was $16,000. Mrs. Ida Stevens and Miss Lena Stevens spent part^of/ihVwee^-lrertr with relatives. Mr. Luther Lott, of Americus, Ga., is visiting his brothers, Messrs. A. P., and J. A. Lott. Miss Martha Watson is at home from Staunton, Va. Mr. Hugh Mitchel, of the medi cal college, Charleston, arrived on Saturday to spend two weeks. Mr. Mitchel will be a full graduate in June. Messrs. P. N. Lott, A. J. Mobley and B. R. Smith, attended the corn exhibit in Columbia last week. Messrs. J. D. Bartley and Wm. Toney attended the meeting of t?e Masonic Grand Lodge in Charles ton last week. Mrs. Tom Willis and Miss Helen Willis, of Williston, are expected this week to spend a month at the home of Mr. John Sawyer. A special Christmas service, to be held in the Lutheran church on Christmas evening, is being arrang ed for by the members r?of this church. Miss Pearl White, of Greenwood, arrived this week for a visit to her sister, Mrs. Lona Ivey, and from here she will go to Atlanta, Ga., to study for a trained nurse. Mrs. Tom Milford and children have gone to Elberton, Ga., for a month's stay with the former's pa rents. Miss Sammie Pearce is at home from Macon, Ga. Mrs. Jas. Dobey returned on Monday from Newberry, where she spent two weeks with friends. Miss Alma Woodward returned on Saturday from a visit to Beech Island. The new century club was re organized last week under a new name, and the following Oihcers elected: Mrs. John W. Marsh, president; Mrs. Fletcher Boyd, re cording secretary; Miss Clara Saw yer, corresponding secretary. Mrs. J. L. Walker will entertain the club on the 30th. Dr. W. S. Dorset preached a special sermon on Sunday morn ing to the children, and in spite of the inclement weather there was quite a body tc greet him. Tfce old er ones, as veil, enjoyed his re marks. On last Thursday evening at the Masonic meeting the following oili cers were elected: S. J. Watson, W. M. ; Wm. Toney, S. W. ; J. A. Lett; J. W.; J. Jacobs, treasurer, Spann Toney, secretary. Wife-You promised that if I would marry you my every wish would be granted. Husband-Well, isn't it? Wife-No; I wish I hadn't mar ried you. . ; i y -y "' Beautiful Church Wedding in Rock Hill. Bride and Groom Will Receiv?Ta Cordial Welcome Here. SUB : -W The Columbia ^'Record of Satur day contained th^;following very interesting accourji^f the Barron Johnson wedding: , ? Rock Hil?, De?^l7.-The mar riage o? Miss Beniah Barron and Mr. Charles Edwaid. Johnson was1 solemnized on WTKraesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in file first Presby terian church befoji? a large audi ence of relatives ai|d friends. For half an honi before the cere mony Miss Campoll gave a very delightful organ rafital and just as the family entered/Miss Margaret Spader sang m a^;beautiful voice ''Annie Laurie" ajS&as the notes of j the sweet old ' son|^|ied away, and the inspiring ton?sL'ipf the wedding) march sounded, th$bridal party en tered in the folioing order: First] came the four ush?^j Messrs. N. G. Walker and Linds?|- McFadden, R. M. London and 't?eter Ihrie; then the two groomsme^i Messrs. Fred Bell and L. S. Ker?aghan. followed by two- bridesmaid,. Misses Lottie Barron and Flqrer?ce Hughey; then Messrs. B. C? ^tMes and Roy Bar ron. Misses Nina |(yuzts and Edith Johnson, Mr. Cobb and Dr. Augustas Corley oj Edgefield, Miss Orrie Steel and ^Amelia Tompkins. Then entered the ~fcroom with his best man, Mr. J. j- B. - Gaddess of | Washington, vfrrj ? ; the pastoT study, and from tie left door the j lovely bride on the/arm of her maid of honor, Miss Josie Fewell, and standing before the officiating min ister, Rev. Alex martin, he spoke the words which fraade the twain one, and they left the church in the reverse order. The bride was y?ry lovely in her exquisite wedding gown of white brocaded satin with trimmings of handsome lace and pearl ornaments. Her veil was caught with orange blossoms and sh?icarried Chinese sacred lilies. As' Miss Barron, she has held, by a-Jb^s^tiful character, a warjn^pjace In *Ive affections of a j Targe circte'of friendu, and^aX:;Mrs^j Johnson, the good wishes of those friends will follow her to her new home in Edgefield., to which place Rock Hill resigns her most unwill ingly. The groom is well known and admired by the many friends he made during his residence in the city and these fiends heartily con gratulate him in his happiness. A lovelier coterie of maids was never gathered about a bride than those attendant upon this occasion. Their gowns were exquisite crea tions of white chiffon over satin and they carried pink carnations and ferns. After the ceremony a short in formal but very delightful recep tion was given at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barron, on Oakland avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left on th< evening train, and will spend their honeymoon in Florida. The bride's travelling suit was a heavy blue serge with hat and gloves to match. The handsome collection of pres- j ents attested the popularity of the couple. One notable among them was a beautiful silver butter set | from the First Presbyterian church, in appreciation of the faithful ser vice as organist of Mrs. Johnson. Among the out-of-town guests herc for the wedding were: Miss Amelia Tompkins of Ninety Six, Miss Florence Hughey of Green wood, Miss Edith Johnson ot Washington; Mrs. Andrews of ? Georgetown. Misses Frankie and Madeline Faris of Charlotte, Dr. Corley and Mr. Kernaghan of Edge fieid, Miss Mary Sledge0of Chester, Dr. A. A. Barron of Charlotte. Not Happily Expressed. The old friends had had three days together. You have a pretty place here, John,'' remarked the guest on the morning of his departure. "But it looks a bit bare yet." "Oh, that's because the trees are so young," answered the host com fortablj'. 'I hope they'll have grown to a good size before you come again."-Metropolitan Maga zine. Foolish Question. Belle Two men have proposed to me, and I don't know which to accept. Nelle-Which has the most money? Belle-Say, if I knew that, do you think Pd be asking for advice? -Cleveland Leader. PARKSVILLE NEWS. Hotel Before Close of New Year. New Methodist iPas tor Cordially Received by Flock. The slogan for 1911: A modern hotel for Parksville. The money barons are repenting, and the hotel is sure to come. "Ye traveling pub lic" look for the spires of this fa mous structure, before the close of A. D. 1911. Sunday was a gloomy looking day, and yet, a goodly number of worshippers turned out to hear the Rev. T. H. Garrett. The subject was that of Moses choosing "rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season." Our people of the Methodist per suasion are pained to have to give up their pastor, Rev. M. L. Lawson, but welcome with open arms, the Rev. O. N. Rountree, a former pas tor, who married Miss Kizzie La nier, much beloved in Edgefield, and a sister of Mr. James Lanier, of Franklin. Mr. Jasper Parks from Augusta, accompanied by the two pretty lit tle daughters of Mrs. Bussey of Modoc, spent Sunday% with friends and relatives of this town. Mr. J. P. Blackwell, who" pre ceded his pretty wife some time ago, had the pleasure of introduc ing her to his family and friends Saturday afternoon. Mr. Blackwell will enter the mercantile business here, and we welcome Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell to Parksville. Mr. Frank Parks from Mt. Car mel is on a visit to relatives. Mr. Robert Price, a native Ten nessean, who married Miss Leila Parks of this town, and has been for a year or two an esteemed resi dent of this community is off for a few weeks visiting upon his native soil. We hope him a pleasant trip and safe return. Rev. Dr. Wilkins of Blackwell was an esteemed visitor to Pastor Garrett last week in the interest of the Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky. ile said he fol lowed Bro. Watts and did some ^gleaning. . MiSSTtfarTh* - Dorn has returned from a visit to her sisf?^-?nd.the marriage of one of her friends in Newberry. And now our young gal lants wear a broad smile almost from ear to ear. Misses Josie Hickson and Belle Sanders, our esteemed teachers, will give their entertainment next Wed nesday evening.^ The little girls have about gotten their parapher nalia about ready, which consists in red dresses galore. No prettier sight has been, or will be seen in Parksville in a century than these little girls will be when they shall appear upon the stage Wednesday evening. " Mrs. Pat Bradley will give her students a Christmas tree next Fri day afternoon. It will be remember ed that Mrs. Bradley is the efficient teacher of the Clark's Hill school. This is my last letter from Parks ville for 1910, and to one and all I wish a merry Christmas with "good will to all and malice to wards none," we trust, that big and little, old and young, may becoming ly keep this festival, so as to hiing joy and glad will to all your read ers: and to any who have been in terested in,or taken pleasure in these squibs, may a double portion of the joys and pleasures of this fes tive season fall athwart their path way is tho prayer of Mure Anon. The Boll Weevil. The boll weevil is coming, says the entomologist, and the man who will suffer most when ht comes will be the man who sticks at all cot ton and imagines that it will not pay to farm instead of plant cotton. The man who will prosper after the weevil gets on his land is the man who goes into real rotative farming, grows forage and feeds cattle, makes manure and breeds the ear liest cotton he can make, thc mau who will have oats to sell, corn to sell, pork and beef to sell and ma nure to help him get ahead of the weevil. The weevil is whipping the Southern farmers into farming, and all will have to take him into consideration hereafter. And we are going to move the Corn Belt South where the largest crops made in this country have been produced and where August frosts never come to damage the crop as is done often in the so-called Corn Belt. And we are going to make pork and beef as cheaply, or cheaper, than the Central West, and, in fact, are going to march right on to ag ricultural independence in spite ol' the boll weevil, or perhaps by reason of it.-Progressive Farmer. Honor Roll. . Of the Edgefield Graded School ( for the month ending Dec. 14: Fourth Grade: Leila Roper, Genevieve Norris, Margaret May, Emmie Lou Edmunds, Jack Hart, Mallalieu Bailey. Fifth Grade: Carroll Rainsford, I Ouida Pattison, Catharine Darling ton, Neva "Weir, Douglas Timmer man. Sixth Grade: Blondelle Hart, Ida Folk, Guy Broadwater, Alma De Loach, John Mims. Seventh Grade: Mell Burgess, Annie Mae Timmons, Francis Sira I kins, Emmie DeLoach. Eighth Grade: Lizzie Roper. Gladys Padgett, Adelia Britt. First, second, and third grades will be supplied. No Paper Next Wee':. As has been The Advertiser's custom for many years, no paper will be issued from this office next week. One issue in the year, that of Christmas week, is omitted in order to enable those who make the paper to have a short respite from regular routine work. Beginning with the first issue of the new year we hope to give our readers a bet ter and brighter paper, one that is second to no weekly in the state. Record' of Liquor County. For the first fifteen days of De cember it is believed that all records for criminal commitment! have been broken. On Dec. 15th there had been thirty-eight persons committed to the Aiken jail, on charges from murder to petty larceny. Of these most were magistrate's cases, and the persons committed were either let out of jail on bond or sent to the chaingang or paid their fines.-Ai ken Sentinel. Humane. An Atlanta man not long a?o met a darky who was driving a horse so thin that it staggered as it walked. "Why don't you put more flesh on that nag?" indignantly demand ed the Atlantan. ' "Sense me, boss," replied the dri ver, "but I's doin' de best I kin. Can't yo' sec, boss, dat po' boss kin hardly carry what little flesh he's got on him.- -ow?" - Wish Foi . Christmas Ac companied by Money Order. Mr. J. L. Minis. Dear Sir: Inclosed you find one dollar and fifty cents for sub scription for one year to Edgefield Advertiser. Do not stop paper until I ask you to do so, as we can not get along without your paper. J. C. Walker. Merry Christmas to Editor of Thc Advertiser. Prohibition Reduces Crime. The record r f Bamberg's crimi nal court here last week should be a matter of pride to all our people. Although no summer term of court was held, there were only three criminal cases to be tried this time, and the work of the general sessions court was finished Tuesday. One day's criminal court is a tine record, especially so when it is remembered that only two terms of court a year are held in Bamberg county. Possi bly the voting out of the dispensary has had something to do with this good record, for which we are pleased to give it full credit.- Bam bers Herald. Our Ginn We desire to in that our ginning mas will be Tues days, those havi can arrange their ingly. Beaver D PALMETTO STATE LEADS. Editor of Southern Cultivator Comments Upon the Large Yield of Corn in the South. The South is at last coming to her own. She will produce enough corn for home consumption this year-for the first time since the war. South Carolina heads the list. She will produce 50,000,000 bushels. This is 13,000,000 bushels more than was grown in 1909, and 21,000,000 bushels over the yield in 1908. This is coming some. Then a 15-year-old boy Jerry Moore, of "Winona, S. C. holds the -yearly record with a yield of 228 bushels from an acre. Georgia is not far behind, she has an increase of some thing like 10,000,000 bushels, and a record yield of 195 bushels on an acre of sandy land. Alabama too has a bumper crop. Even the ne groes who only plant corn along in their cotton made a good crop and it is safe to say Alabama has some 5,000,000 bushels more than in 1909. Mississippi will make about enough to do her, something un heard of before- In the North and West the yield is great and not hav ing the South to unload her surplus upon, has run the price down in Chicago from 7(J cents to 46 cents per bushel. Meat has tumbled 5 cents a pound within three weeks, and beef has followed suit. These arc the conditions that confront us to-day, but no Southern farmer should let the lower price of corn cause him to plant one acre more of cotton or one acre less in corn. We should always keep it in mind to feed ourselves, then clothe as many as we can; since it is only through this method that the money from our cotton will do us the most good. We glory in this year's yield of corn in the South and we sincerely trust the yield will never be less, but increase some year by year, through the agencies of better seed selection and larger yields per acre, as well as through increased acreage. Disk or Moldboard Plows? A correspondent wants to know if we would advise the use of a disk plow when only two 1,100-pound animals arcav?ilable to pull it Un less the land is light,, two horsesOf. this weight will not be able to pull a disk plow satisfactorily, and even ? in light land, if the plow is run very deep this amount of team force will be too light. The disk plow has certain advan tages over the moldboard plow, but for ordinary work a good mold board plow will do as satisfactory work. The disk will plow land when so hard that could not be plowed with the ordinary plow, but it takes more than two 1,100-pound horses to plow this kind of land with a disk. The disk is also superior in its ability to turn under large quanti ties of trash and where the land is full of small roots the disk will do work that it would trouble the moldboard plow to do. With suffi cient force the disk plow will proba bly do deep plowing better and less of the raw soil will be turned up on top. But with only two horses a^d for general farm work we woul^ cake a good two-horse moldboard plow. Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Far mer and Gazette. ing Days j form the public lays after Chris days and Fri ng cotton to gin plans accord am Mills