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r^^^^^^e^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ Oldest Newspaper Iii South Carolina. y?L 75 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18,1911_^__N0J?8 1-;-'-' j ~ . ??? r~ ~ I -_ . ~~~m*mm I T 1 %Tf\ AT? ./( 1 TITtmTfl REVISE SCHOOL LAWS. I Superintendent Swearingen Out lines His Recommendations in Annual ReportSchool Auditor Wanted. Columbia,. December 30.-In ad , ditional to recommending ?shat the State snmmer school be re-estab lished, State Superintendent pf Education Swearingen askt the leg islatura to adopt the report of the ' - educational commission appointed at the last session of the general assembly. The commission has Reworked ardonsly to revise the school ... laws and the report will soon be given to the public. In a statement issued today Mr. Swearingen sums up his recommen dations under ten heads, as follows: Summary of Recommendations. 1. That the report of the edu cational commission tb revise the school law be adopted. . 2. That the term extension and V bafldin'g appropriations be renewed. 3. That the apportionment of ?j the constitutional tax of three mills be based on average of attendance instead of on ten days' enrollment. 4. Tha^t the report of the com-" mission on agricultural education be adopted. ' 5. The proper support be given the work of the state supervisor of elementary rural schools, recently appointed by this department. 6. That the restriction of State j aided high schools to towns of less k than 2,600 population. be removed and that the maximum amount al lowed the high schools of any one county be raised. 7. That the right of independ ent text book adoption be with drawn from all special school dis tricts. 8. That a uniform scholarship law be enacted for Winthrop, Clem son, the University and the Citadel. 9. That the state summer school for teachers be re-established. 10. That this department be , given a suitable arid permanent \ office,?n adequate printing fund and a school auditor. _ Results Soaght "~The commission-- on . -agricultural education recommends that aaricul-i ture>b? taught in the schools and not ' that separate agricultural schools be established. ; The work done by " rof. W. K. Tate is appreciated by the State Superintendent, as shown by the recommendation that proper sup yport be given. , The High School Act is impor tant and the recommendation there to shews that so many schools haye been aided that the good work ' is recognized and ought to be contin ued and improved. A school auditor is a new recom mendation. - Woman's Missionary Rally. (Contributed). * It has- been the custom for sever al years for the Edgefield Baptist missionary society to prepare a pro gram to whioh all societies of the association are invited. Such an occasion was held on Wednesday last. Invitations had been extended to all the societies and as the day was ideal, quite an encouraging delegation was present, the following churches being rep resented: Antioch, Berea, Edgefield, Horn's Creek, Red Hill, Mt. Zion, Trenton and' Red Oak Grove. Rev. W. H. Canada, who has been for ? number of years in Bra zil, but who is at home for a season of rest at the Margaret Home in Greenville was the gtiest of honor, and made a very interesting and in structive talk. Mrs. J. R. Tompkins added very much to the general pleasure of the day by her beautiful music on the pipe organ and a very inspiriog cornet solo by Rev. P. P. Bia lock with pipe organ accompaniment, was a novel feature of the program^ At the recess hour trays of de lightful luncheon were served to all present which included a number of the brethren. An hour of very pleasant social enjoyment thus very quickly paseed away. The afternoon, service made a. be ginning in a very beautiful vocal fiolo by Miss Eliza Mims, with pipe organ accompaniment by Mrs. Ma rnie N. Tillman. Mrs. W. J. Hatch fir of Johnston was then called upon to delight the children by a talk to them on*African missions. This she did in her own inimitable way. In some associations, these rally I days are held once a quarter, and Edgefield association hopes to in-j . aug?rate this idea. Red Hill has partially promised to prepare for an other such meeting in April. This is io keeping with Red Hill's progres ; siva spirit i That church had the honor of en tertaining the first convention of the woman's missionary, union in Edge Ibid association. JOHNSTON rLETTER. Arrangements'Being Made For Robert E. Lee's Celebration? - Interesting Meeting of The New Cetury Club. Mrs. L. M. Clark and Miss lone Clark, have gone to Harlem, Ga. j to visit the family of Mr. Charlie Yonce. Miss Mary Watkins, of Chappells, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. A. P. Lott. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Asbill have returned from a two weeks' visit to Ellenton.. Mr. Garland Coleman returned to Florida, last week where he holds a position. Misses Sara Serotta and Celia Golden; of Augusta, have been guests of friends here. Mr. N. M. Sawyer has purchased from Mr. W. E. Lott, his farm lo cated near town. A most inter?scing meeting of the new century club was held at the home of Mrs. J. H. White on last Wednesday afternoon. The mem bership of the club is limited to 20, i and they are very enthusiastic in the work. The subject for discussion was "Scotland," and Dr. W. S. Dorset gave a very interesting talk, having spent awhile in this country. The views that he exhibited made the talk all the more interesting. In the early spring a banquet will be given'by the club each hav ing the privilege of extending one invitation. Mr. J. H. White has bought out the stock of J. Neal Lott, instead of LaGrone Bros. as we stated in last week's issue. Mr. M. T. Turner suffered a loss on last Thursday, by the death of one of his best horses. While hitch ed to a hauling wagon, on Main street, one of the horses was fright ened, and the team ran as far as Warren Hill's and after crossing the creek,, turned into au out road, where the tongue of the wagon struck a tree, and broke in two, the front paTt flying back and-piercing the horses' body. -The team had,, fes, M^?^?s?^^^a^!^^ save top oth?rhorse by cutting loose the collar. He fell,also, and the col lar had almost choked him to death. Mrs. Willie Tompkins, who has been sick for the past three weeks, is able to be up. Messrs. A. J. and Julian Mobley have gone to Florida for a month's stay. \ Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Merchant left last week for Greenwood where .they will make their future home. Mrs. L. S. Milford went to El berton, Ga., to attend, the burial of her sister Mrs. C. L. Anderson, whose death was sudden. About a month ago, Mrs. Anderson's hus band was killed frqm an electric shock. Mr. Jack A. Lott spent last week in Hickory, N. C. Mrs. Charles Merry, and children, of Augusta, were here this week. Mrs. C. D. Kenny went to Lake City, Florida, Tharsdey to attend a family re-unior. A most enthusiastic meeting of the D. of C., was held on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Becham, the membership now num bering 55. Arrangements were made at this time for the celebration of Gen. R.NE. Lee's birthday, January 19th. On this day, the veterans will be the guest of the chapter, and an elegant luncheon will be given them. The program arranged promises to be the best yet, and the occasion will be had at the home of Mr?. M. T. Turner, vice president of chap ter. Mr. Sheppard Jones, of Ridge Spring, was a visitor here (bis week. Mr. Bartow Wash, of Sumter, is here for a few days. Mrs. ?Clauol Wertz, is in North Augusta, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs Stevens. Mrs. Welling, of Darlington, is tue guest of her daughter, Mrs. D. J. LaGrone. Mi:. F. S. Pension, of Ware Shoals, visited at the home of Mr. W. T. Mobley, this week. Mrs. B. L. Allen went to the Au gusts, hospital last] Tuesday for medical treatment, and is improv ing. Mr. M. M. Payne was a visitor here this week. Tough on the Senators. The wit of Bishop Seth Ward amuses Nashville frequently. Bishop Ward, in company with two senators, came forth f ?om a Nashville reception the other day and entered a waiting motor oar. "Ah, Bishop said one of his com panions, "yera are not like your Master. He was content to ride an ass." "Yes; and so should I be," Bish op Ward answered, "but there's no such animal to be got nowadays. They make them all Senators." NOTICE OF ELECTION. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA., Executive Department. WHEREAS, a petition was file in my office on the seventeenth da of May nineteen hundred and tei sigh jd by more than one-third < the qualified electors of that portie of Aiken and Edgefield Counti< living within the boundary of tl lines of the proposed new count; herein after set out asking to be a lowed to Vote upon the questio of the formation of a new Count covering the territory therein ,s< out, and which original petition hs been twice amended, the last am?ne ment allowed by me being on th fifth of November nineteen hut dred and ?en, and the territory noi sought to be embraced in the pre posed new County is as follows, t wit: "Beginning at a point in the mid die of the Savannah River jue above the mouth of Dorton's Creek and about three-fourths of one mil above the western boundary line o Washington Township in EdgefieL County; Ihence a straight line to th intersection of the said Tow ns hi; line and Big Steven's Creek at o near Parksville Brielge; thenc down the run of said Big Steven' Creek with its various courses, for .distance of thirty thousand feet thence a straight line S. 74 E. a dh tance of thirty-three thousand feet crossing the Martin town roa ! ^ea Collier's; thence a straight lino S 36 E a distance of two thousand two hundred feet; thence a straigh line S. 50 E. to the division lin between Edgeheld and Aiken Conn vies; thence up and along said divi sion line to the point of its intersec tion with the line as passing withii two hundred feet of a circle, witl Edgefield Court House as its cente radius of eight miles;' thence adopt in g said tline and continuing to ? point thirteen thousand five hun dred feet east of Little Horse Creel near the head of Sages Mill T ' then 8. 26 W. eight, thous-* thence S. 20 W. five thou' thence S. 12 W. five tho' ^thence S. 6 W< , fiv?e thor feet; thence south- five feet; thence S. 1? E. five feet; thence S." 12 E. three five hundred feet to the Graniteville Road; thence along said road witt its various* courses five thousand seven hundred and twenty feet thence S. 16 W. five hundred and ninety-five feet; thence ?. 29-30 W, seven thousand feet; thence S. 85-3C W. three thousand feet, crossing Clear Water Pond; thence S. 22-3C W. twenty-six hundred and fifty feet; thence S. 4-30 W. twenty-two hundred feet; thence S. 13-30 W. two hundred feet; thence S. 18-3C W. three hundred fifty-five feet to the Hamburg and Barnwell Road; thence along said road with its va rious courses to its intersection with the Pine Log road; thence along said Pine Log road with its varigua ceurses for a distance of fifteen hun dred feet; thence a straight line S. 87-30 E a distance of eight thou sand five hundred feet; ihence N. 76-30 E. a distance of seveu thou sand nine hundred feet, passing to the right of the McElmee's chalk bed and to the left of Smith's house; thence a straight line for a distance of fourteen thousand five hundred feet, crossing Towns Creek, and at its nearest point forty-two thousand four hundred and fifty feet from Aiken Court Housebuilding; thence a straight line to its intersection with Silver Bluff road to a point forty-two thousand four hundred and forty feet from said Aiken Court House building; thence the said Silver Bluff road with its vari ous courses for a distance of seven thousand five hundred feet; thence a straight line S. 61 E. a distance of seven thousand five hundred feet; passing between Padgett's house on the right and Harden's house on the left, and crossing Hollow Creek at a point about fire hundred feet south of McElmee's Mill; thence a straight line N. 88 E. a distance of five hundred feet; thence a straight line S. 78 E. a distance of three thousand two hundred feet; thence a straight line S. 46 E. a distance of four thousand five hundred feet, and passing the house of Ezekiel Boyd to the right; thence a straight line S. 25-30 E. a distance cf ten thou sand five hundred feet, passing the house of Butler Boyd to the right; thence a straight line S. 1-30 W. a distance of six thousand five hun dred feet, passing the houses of George Toole, Robert Key and W. T.Green to the right; thence a straight line "S. 56 E a distance of seven thousand two hundred and fifty feet, passing the houses of Ed dy -Boyd and Jacob Widener to the right; thence a straight line S. 36 a distance of eight thousand feet, passing the houses of Ben Boyd and Fred Toole, and Hamp Widener to the right; thence a straight line S. 6 E. a distan?eV-of twelve hundred feet; thence a Btraight K?r,-S. 14 E. to its intersection with-an old pub lic road, passing the houses of W. Beauford to the right; thence along said old public road with its vari ous courses for a distance.of* three thousand six hundred fee|;. thence a straight line N. 56 E?'?i;.instance of thirty-eight 'hundred feet, passing the house of Bi E. Stallings to the right; thence N. 50 E. a distance of four thousand five hundred feet, passing the houses, of ?pdrew Eu banks, Ben Key and Eldridge Toole to the right; thence a straight line N. 30 E. to its inters?ctfc'with the said Hamberg and Barnwell road, near Treadway Bridge, -and pass ing the house o? Maxey.-Tbole to the right, and the house of^&T R. Green to the left, thence al or. g said road with its various .courses-jto its inter section with' Tinker,iQ^p?; thence down said Tinker CreekWith its va rious courses *o its' interjection with Kennedy's Mill "Creek;;^thence up the said Kennedy's Millcreek with its various courses to its intersec tion with the Barnwell-^unty line; thence the said .Bani\f--!? County line, the line to the mid?le of the Savannah River; thence^the median line of the Savannah Rr?er, the line to the beginning point." v And Whereas, Commissioners were appointed aa req/^ . by the Act of 1609 to ascerjr -?oort upon the allegation? m and to employ sur7 Bury ey arid a map new County, wh a map of the ter)^. same with Commissi^ wa" filed in my onice,?&t^ contains and embraces' the ten. above set forth. And Whereas, it appears to my satisfaction that the boundaries of the proposed new Countjjrr the num ber of inhabitants, the taxable prop erty, and the proposed, lines do not run nearer ?han eight, miles to any Court House buildup now estab lished by law. A Wknraao f r/un. _ill? reDOft formed from Edgefield and Aiken Connues, ?B four hundred and five square miles and that there is left in the old County of Aiken eight hundred and twenty -square miles of area, and in the old County of Edgefield, five hundred and one square miles of area, j Now Therefore, I, M. F. Ansel, as Governor of the State of South j Carolina by virtue of the power conferred upon me by the constitu tion and laws of this State, do here by order that an election be held in the territory embraced within the proposed new County on the 7th day of February A. D. nineteen hundred and eleven, upon the ques tion of creating the said new Coun ty, and that at such election the the qualified electors within the proposed area shall be allowed to vote upon said question those favor ing the proposed new County, to vote "yes", and those opposing no. That the Commissioners of State and County elections of the Coun ties of Aiken and Edgefield shall make all necessary arrangement for holding said election, shall appoint managers and do all other things necessary for the holding ? of said election, that the County Supervi sor of each of said Counties of Ai ken and Edgefield, shall have pre pared printed tickets and furnish same to the Commissioners of elec tion of each of said Counties to be sent ont to the managers of said election for the use of the voters. That at the said elections, the question of the name for such Coun ty and also the ^County seat, shall be submitted to the s??d qualified electors. That said election shall be Held under the same rules and regulations as are provided by law for regular County elections, that the managers shall be sworn before entering upon the discharge of their duties and shall open the polls at seven o'clock in the morning and keep the same open until four o'clock in th? after noon, when the polls shall be closed, the votes counted, a return of the number of votes polled for and against, signed and certified to by the managers of election, which to gether with the ballot box, ballots and poll list, shall be turned over to' the Commissioners of election of Aiken and of Edgefield Counties, as required by law, that the Com missioners of election shall then, as now required by law, tabulate the vote and make return thereof to the Governor of the State and to the Secretary of the State, and file a'copy of the same in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Aiken] agd for the said County of Edge Jeld respectively. , InTestimony Thereof,I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at [L. Sj Columbia, S. C., this ?th d?y of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven and in the Independence of the United States of Ameri ca the one hundred and thirty-fifth. M. F. ANSEL, Governor. By (?he Governor. R. M. MCCOWN, Sec'ry of State. Managers of Heyward Election. Modoc-B. M. Bussey, N. W. McDaniel, WalterReece. Colliers-D. T. Mathis,' John Pardue, Tom Adams. Meriwether-Walter, Cheatham, Bi. F. Cooper, W. J. Williams. Come for Boxes January 28 th 1911. \ E. J. Norris, Chairman, J. V. Cooper, State and .County Board of Elec tions, Edgefield S. C. Jan. Hy 1911. Schenk-Holmes Marriage. Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Mr. Cornelius V. Holmes of Red Hill, and Miss Mattie Lee Schenk, were married at the home of the " in west Edgefield. The occa " very pleasant and a nura *? both from Edgefield Terev present. The Mv and tasteful r*ests were ''ev. J. 'l. " -vt the m.. Mr. Holm. member of tn.. formed the cereim,. Mims of Edgefield pla., L :ding march. . As soon as congratulations vad been said the guests were regaled qualities. They will reside on the farm purchased by Mr. Holmes near Red Hill. May they spend many happy and prosperous years together. Union Meeting. The union meeting of the second division will meet with Republican church on Saturday, January 28th continuing two days. 10:30 a. ra. Devotional exercises conducted by Rev. P. B. Lanham. 11:00 a. m. Enrollment of dele gates. 1st Query: What should be the rule of Christian giving? Speakers, G. W. Medlock, J. D. Timmerman, C. C. Jones. 2nd Query: Is it more blessed | to give than to receive? If so,why? Speakers, Rev. J. P. Mealing, W. D. Holland, J. C. Whitlock. 3rd Query : What are some of | the things that keep the Sabbath from advancing as it should? Speak- j ers, J. 0. Atkerson, C. M. Melli cnamp, T. Adams and T. Mathis. 4th Query: What is the remedy for the desecration of the Sabbath by what is commonly known as | "Sunday visiting. Speakers, Rev. P. B. Lanham, R. M. Johnson, Geo. Wright, Li R. Brunson. Sunday service to be provided f o r | by the union. 'J. T. Littlejohn, * for committee. Our Greatest Need. It seems to thc writer that what the farmers of all America need most to learn is a far greater regard, I love and respect for the soil. They should know that, at this stage of our country's development, nothing is of as much importance as soil im; provement, not alone the mainte nance of soil fertility, but actual soil improvement, the steady better ment of soil conditions to meet the needs of our increasing consuming population, their increasing needs and those of our producers as civi lization progresses. As the world grows older more wants will arise that must be provided for. This will call for greater production from the same labor expended and greater profit must come to the producers in payment for the greater amount of ability required of him, for "the laborer is worthy of his hire." -Progressive Farmer. A diminutive observer was asked why the Lord no longer strikes liars dead as he did Ananias and Sapphi ra^ "Because there wouldn't be scarce ly anyone left!" said the child. LETTUCE UULTUJtUi. Rev. Mr. Shannonhouse Tells How to Have This Delicious Vegetable During the Winter Months. The following timely and very interesting: article on the growing of lettuce was written by Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse, rector of the Episcopal church and published in Monday's News and Courier: At this season of the year, as I I mentioned in a fprmer article,there are thousands of well-to-do people in South Carolina who have no fresh vegetables to eat, except col lards, unless of course, they buy them at the stores. And yet they long for something '"green" and refreshing,. more refreshing than collards and hog jowl. One of the green things that they might be eating from their own garden this month, indeed, every month from October until May, is lettuce. It is pre-eminently a win ter vegetabh, which will grow out side through the worst kind of weath?r. A neighbor says that he used it from his own garden all through last winter without any protection whatever. In my own garden there is a consid?rale plot of it unprotected, which was sown last October and November, and looks very healthy and green now, after surviving very hard freezes. But it has not grown to any consider able size and shows no signs of heading yet. So I am more than ever of the notion that, while it may head yet in warm weather, it would have headed long ago in a cold frame, or under canvas or cloth over. A little farther south, or in .he low country, it may head in the open from this time on without hav ing been sheltered at all, but the uplander can hardly make it. Grown Under Glass, Farther North, all the way into vt---ni-i_a J"J A''_ thing on a small scale for private use. Although it is rather late now, still if one has plants that are alive, though standing still in his garden at this time, it might sur prise him if he would take a few of them and put under glass, spaced twelve or fifteen inches, and well watered, to see how quickly they would develop. Forcing lettuce under protection of glass has few difficulties. The plants after a week or two of set tling and footing should have plen ty of moisture, and on warm days plenty of air. If the sun ?trikes them directly in warm weather, un less they are well aired, they may perish quickly.' And on the other hand too much moisture in close confinement may cause them to "damp" off and rot. So at30 after they are heading they should be watered without wetting the leaves. Again, the the gardener who has no plants on hand now might sow seed for spring garden, and the seed might come up in a reasonable time. But the probability is that they would lie dormant for several weeks vet, without any actual benefit by the early planting. If on the other band he will take the trouble to sow the seed intja box that can be kept in a warm room in the house with i southern exposure, and moved on the outside on very warm days he aught to have plants ready to set Dut in the garden three or four sveeks earlier than he would other wise. Very little "hardening"would be required, for lettuce, though apparently very tender will ctand rory cold weather, specially when roung. Headed lettuce will suffer more .rom a severe freeze, however. Two jrearrago, in Florida, in January, I ?aw an acre of beautiful lettuce, and ?arly cabbage, black and rotting, Prom a severe freeze. Soil Selection. In selecting a place to grow let luce always pick oit a spot that has mough sand in it to make the soil nellow. Clay land that holds wat ?T and freezes outward, or "spews ip" frost will not do., A rich, warm tandy soil is best. So much has been written already ibout the commercial growing of ettuce, around Charleston and Beaufort, that we refrain from say ing more. One of our farmers re ?ently went to Beaufort to look things over and returned to tell re markable stories of the fortunes be ing made out of lettuce, its possi bilities, etc. But he intimated that the daring and enterprise and ener by displayed there made him be lieve that the fortunate ones were not native South Carolinians, but h?JHU Ur UfldtUJEiiJP. The Farmer Should Have Some? thing From His Garden or Orchard Every Day in the Year. We have so many times in the last two or three years urged our readers to have a good garden, to make it an all-the-year-round gar den, to grow small fruits, to have at least a small orchard, that we feel as if anything we can say on the subject must be largely repeti tion. This shall not prevent us, however, from saying it again: If you do not grow a supply of fruits and vegetables on your farm so that you need never go to the table with out finding some food from garden or orchard, you are not living up to the o pportunities which your form offers you. We might add that if you have these fruits and vegetables apd do not eat some of them every day, you are wonderfully unapprec iative of the blessings of a kind Providence. * It is so easy to have these things, they are worth so much, from the standpoint of dollars and cents and from that of health, they add so much tothe joy ofliving,that we can not understand how any farmer can be content to do without them. Most farms have some fruit trees on them, and on most farms there is. some pretense at gardenmaking; but in the great majority of cases both orchard and garden have been re garded as small affairs and given little attention. It is only in re cent years that most southern farm ers have come to realize that it pav* to plant fruit trees each year, d that when they have been planted it is absolutely necessary, if fruit is to be had from them, to care for them-to cultivate, fertilize, prune and spray. Farmers generally are just beginning to realize, too, that grapes and berries aud all the long list of small fruits they can gi ow DUU1U1C1 UIVUUIO VIII J ia ? mmmmy thing to be asfiamed of, is a very new thing. The trucking and mark et gardening industry, while it has been a great thing in some sections, is as yet poorly developed in most of the South, although the demand for first-class fruits and vegetables is almost everywhere unsatisfied. With this new understanding of the possibilities of home gardening in addi ig to the pleasures of home life, and of the profits of market gardening, the South is bound to become a land noted for its gardens just as it is now notorious for its lack of .hem. The time has come to substitute real gardens,-fertile tracta, well enclosed, well cared for, providing something good to eat every day in the year,-for the sum mer patch of beans and roasting ears and the winter patch of collards or turnips.-Progressive Farmer. The Attraction. Engliih Girl-You American j girls have not such healthy com plexions as we have. I cannot un derstand why our noblemen take a fancy to your white faces. American Girl-It isn't our white faces that attract them, my dear, it's our greenbacks. Singleton-Do you believe in the old adage about marrying in haste and repenting at leisure? Wedderly-No, I don't. After s man manies he has no leisure. Smart Set. hustling Westerners. He was much attracted by the opportunities of. growing lettuce and other "truck," but he was a cotton farmer and is still hesitating. How many .others are still hesitating, while resource ful, shrewd people from other sec tions are going into it and making fortunes. The situation reminds me of a hunting picture One roan had crossed a branch and was shooting birds on the other side a hundred yards away. The other man with his dog was looking for a good place to cross. The dog was whin ing and would almost get down into the water, then he would pull up and run back and forth on the bank. Finally the man started off and ran up stream several hundred yards till he found a jam of logs to cross on. The first man had had no such trouble. When his dog had pointed on the other side he had waded the stream, which was but a shallow stream after all. R. G. Shaunonhouse. Edgefield, S. C.