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Oldest NewspapeF;'%-$p?th Carolina. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18,1911 NO. 38 C _ J T T^rrmnrrnn r*TTT TTTDT? T A\rn f\V HABITONS REVISE JSCHOOL LAWS. Superintendent S we ar in gen lines His Recommendations in Annual Report.Schoc 1 Auditor Wanted. Columbia,. December 30.- In ad ditional to recommending that State summer school be re-ostab li shed. State Superintendent v Education Swearingen asks the leg islature to adopt the report of ^educational commission appointed at the last session of the general assembly. The commission has Sfeworked ardonsly to revise the school laws and the report will sooii be given to the public. In a statement issued today Mr Swearingen sums up his recommen dations under ten heads, as follows Summary of Recommendation::. 1. That the report of the edu cational commission tb revis? the school law be adopted. 2. That the term extension and building appropriations be renewed. That the apportionment of . the constitutional tax of three mills be based on average of attendance instead of on ten days' enrollment. 4. Thai; the report of the com mission on agricultural education be adopted. ' 5. The proper support be given the work of the state supervisar of elementary rural schools, recently appointed by this department. 6. That the restriction of State aided high schools to towns of less 'ythan 2,500 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 statte summer iichool for teachers be re-established. 10. That this department be , given a suitable arid permanent of5ce,?n ?idequate printing fund and a school auditor. Besuils Sought "-Tn? couTtfnssitm ' o? agr?cu?tu ?ducation recommends"that ?gric . ture i be taught in the schools and not'.that separate agricultural schools be established. \ The work done by Prof. W. K. Tate is appreciated by the State Superintendent, as shown by the recommendation that proper sup port be given. : The High School Act is impor tant and the recommendation there to shows that so many schools hay been aided that the good work' is j recognized and ought to be con tin- ] 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 which all societies of the | association are invited. Such an occasion was held on Wednesday last. Invitations hadp 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, i who has been for a number of years in Bra zil, but who is at home for a reason of rest at the Margaret Home in Greenville was the guest of honor, and made a very interesting and in Btructive talk. Mrs. J. R. Tompkins ad dec. very much to the general pleasure of the day by her beautiful music on the pipe organ and a very inspiring cornet solo by Rev. P. P. Blalock with pipe organ accompaniment, was a novel feature of the program. At tne, recess hour trays ofde^j! lightful luncheon were served to all present which included a number of the brethren. An hour of very pleasant social enjoyment thu? very quickly passed away. The afternoon service made a be-1 * ginning in a very beautiful vocal solo by Miss Eliza Mims, with pipe organ accompaniment by Mrs. Ma mie N. Tillman. Mrs. W. J. Hatch er 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 days are held once a quar er, and Edgefield association hopes to in augurate this idea. Red Hill has partially promised to prepare for an other such meeting in April. This is in keeping with Red Hill's progres sive spirit, i That chnrch had the honor of en tertaining the first convention of the woman's missionary, union in Edge geld association. JOHNSTON RETTER. 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.3 to visit the family of Mr. Charlie 5fonce. Miss Mary Watkins, of Chappell*, 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 3ol:1s a position. Misses Sara Serotta and Celia Solden; of Augusta, have been guests of friends here. ( Mr. N. M. Sawyer has purchased 'rom Mr. W. E. Lott, his farm lo ;atod near town. A most interesting meeting of the lew century club was held at the lome of Mrs. J. H. White on last Wednesday afternoon. The mem bership of the club is limited to 20, ind they are very enthusiastic in the vork. The subject for discussion vas "Scotland," and Dr. W. S. Dorset gave a very interesting talk, laving spent awhile in this country. The views that he exhibited made ;he talk all the more interesting. In the early spring a banquet ?viii 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 steted in last week's issue. Mr. M. T. Turner suffered a loss jn last Thursday, .by the death of >ne of his best horses. While hitch ed to a hauling wagon, on Main itreet, one of the horses was fright ened, and the team ran as far as Warren Hill's 'and after crossing :be creek,, turned into an out road, where the tongue , of the wagon jtrttck a tree, and broke in two, the front part.flying back.ard piercing" the horses' body. The team had ?ave th? other horse hy cutting loose ;he collar. He fell x also, and the col ar had almost choked him to death. Mrs. Willie Tompkins, who has t>eeu sick for the past three weeks, a able to be up. Messrs. A. J. and Julian Mobley lave gone to Florida for a month's stay. i Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Merchant left last week for Greenwood where they will make their future home. Mrs. L. S. Milford went to El >erton, Ga., to attend the burial of 1er sister Mrs. C. L. Anderson, Y hose death was sudden. About a nonth 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, >f Augusta, were here this week. Mra. C. D. Kenny went to Lake 3ity, Florida, Thuredey to attend i family re-union. A most enthusiastic meeting of ;he D. of C., was held on Thursday ifternoon at the home of Mrs. Becham, the membership now num bering 55. Arrangements were made it this time for the celebration of Sen. R. E. Lee's birthday, January L9th. On this day, the veterans will t>e the guest of the chapter, and an ?legant luncheon will be given them. The program arranged promises to be the best yet, and the occasion trill be had at the home of Mrs. M. T. Turner, vice president of chap ter. Mr. Sheppard Jones, of Bidge Spring, was a visitor here this week. Mr. Sarto w Wash, of Sumter, is ?ere for a few days. Mrs. ?Clau? Wertz, is in North Augusta, visiting her parents, Mr. md Mrs Stevens. Mrs. Welling, of Darlington, is ;he guest of her daughter, Mrs. D. T. LaGrone. Mr. 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 gusta hospital last] Tuesi'-.y for nedical treatment, and is improv ing. Mr. M. M. Payne wa3 a visitor iiere this week. Tough on the Senators. The wit of Bishop Seth Ward amuses Nashville frequently. Bishop VF .*rd, in company with two senators, came fordi from a Nashville reception the other day and entered a waiting motor oar. "Ah, Bishop said one of his com panions, you 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 bs got nowadays. They make them all Senators." NOTICE OF ELECTION. P STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Executive Department. -r-:ooo: WHEREAS, a petition was fi] in my office on the seventeenth d of May nineteen hundred and t< signed by more than one-third, the qualified electors of that porti of Aik#n and Edgefield Count living within the boundary of t lines of the proposed new coum herein after set out asking to be lowed to vote upon the questi of the formation of a new Conn covering the territory therein kf ont, and which original petition h been twice amended, the last amen ment allowed by me being on t fifth of November nineteen hu dred and ten, and the territory nc vsought to be embraced in the pi posed new County is as follows, wit: "Beginning at a point in the mi die of the Savannah River ju above the mouth of Dorton's Cree and about three-fourths of one mi above the western boundary line Washington Township in Edgefie County; thence a Ktraightline to tl intersection of the said Townsh line and Big Steven's Creek at ' near Parksville Bridge; then down the run of said Big Steven Creek with its various courses, for distance of thirty thousand fee thence a straight line S. 74 E. a di tance of thirty-three thousand fee crossing the Martin town road no; Collier's; thence a straight line ? 36 E a distance of two thousai two hundred feet; thence a straigl line S. 50 E. to the division Iii between Edgefield and Aiken Com ties; thence up and along said div sion line to the point of its i nterse tiou with the line as passing withi two hundred feet of a circle, wil Edgefield Court House as its cent? radius of eight miles;' thence adop ing said '.line and continuing to point thirteen thousand five hui dred feet east of Little Horse Cree near the head of Sages Mill T 1 then S. 26 W. eight thous* thence S. 20 W. five thou' thence S. 12 W. five thc ?hence S. 6 W, fiv^e thor feet; thence south ' five feet; thence S. 12 E."five feet; thence S.' 12 E. three five hundred feet to the Granitevill Road; thence along said road wit its various? courses five thousan seven hundred and twenty feel thence S. 16 W. five hundred an ninety-five feet; thenca S. 29-30 W seven thousand feet; thence S. 85-3 W. three thousand feet, crossini Clear Water Pond; thence S. 22-3 W. twenty-six hundred and fift; feet; thence S. 4-30 W. twenty-tw* hundred feet; thence S. 13-30 W two hundred feet; thence S. 18-3' W. three hundred fifty-five feet V the Hamburg and Barnwell Road thence along said road with its va rious courses to its intersection wit! the Pine Log road; thence alonj said Pine Log ro?d with its variou 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; thence N 76-30 E. a distance of seven thou sand nine hundred feet, passing t( the right of the McE?mee's chal? bed and to the left of Smith's house thence a straight line for a distanc* of fourteen thousand five hundrec feet, crossing Towns Creek, and a' its nearest point forty-two thousanc four hundred and fifty feet fron Aiken Court Housebuilding; thence a straight line to its intersectioc with Silver Bluff road to a poinl fort?-two thousand four hundred and forty feet from said Aiker 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; pausing 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 X. 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 distance 'of twelve hundred feet; thence a straight line S. 14 E. to its intersection with an old pub lic road, passing the houses of W. B?auford to the right; thence alon? said old public road . with its vari ous courses for a distance of three thousand six hundred |eet; thence a straight line N. 56 E. a; distance , of thirty-eight hundred: feet, passing the house of R. E. Stiflings to the right; thence N. 50 E. a distance of four thousand five h?pdred . feet, passing the houses of Andrew Eu banks, Ben Key and Eldridge Tool? to the right; thence a..$traight lina N. 30 E. to its intersectton with the said Hamberg and Barnwell road, near Treadway Bridge^ and pass ing the house o? Max83^ToD?8 to the I right, and the house cf B. E. Green to the left, thence along- said road with its various cputs^^its inter section with Tinker Gr??fc; thence down said Tinker Creek'with it's va rious courses to its intersection with Kennedy's Mill Creek;i;:thence up the said Kennedy's Milj"''Creek with its various courses to i tion with the Barnwell 'j thence the said Ba: line, the line to the Savannah River; the? line of the Savannah to the beginning point." And Whereas, C~~ ?intersec Stty line; County of the e median ??the line ssioners .by the "?oort '?n were appointed as re Act of 1609 to ascer; upon the allegation and to employ suryey arid a ma; new County, wK a map of the lei same with Commis?* wa? filed in my contains ar.d emb above set forth, j And Whereas, it satisfaction that the the proposed new Count?, the nura ber of inhabitants, the^taXable prop erty, and the proposed lines do not run nearer {han eight miles to any Court House building, now estab lished by law. A ~A wviaraoa -P-yArwii-rthe re?ort ten. rs to my daries of formed from Edgefield and Aiken Count;es, is four hundred and five square miles and that there is left in the old County of Aiken eight hnndred and twenty square miles of area, and in the old County of Edgefield, five hundred and one square miles of area. Now Therefore, I, M. F. Ansel, as Governor of the ?State of South Carolina by virtue of the power conferred upon me by the constitu tion and laws of this State, do here by erder 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"J 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 out 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 srvid 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 tleotion, 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 Seoretary of the State, and file a copy of the same in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the aaid County of Aiken agcl tor lae saia uounty 01 jti,age ?eld respectively. , InTestimony Thereof,I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at [L. S.] Columbia, S. C., this -7th day 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 the 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, fl. F. Cooper, W. J. Williams. Come for Boxes January 28th 1011. \ E. J. Norris, Chairman, J. V. Cooper, State and County Board of Elec tions, Edgefield S. C. Jan. 17i 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 1?? both from Edgefield Terev present. The 11 v and tasteful ^ests were ''ev. J. 'i. * *t the m Mr. Holm. member of tn.. formed the cerem^. Minas of Edgefield pla" ir cling march. . As soon i\s 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. i 10:30 a. ra. Devotional exercises ] conducted by Rev. P. B. Lanham. 11:00 a.m. Enrollment of dele gates. ] 1st Qaery: What should be the I role of Christian giving? Speakers, ! G. W. Medlock, J. D. Timmerman, C. C. Jones. ] 2nd Query: Is it more blessed i to give than to receive? If so,why? Speakers, Rev. J. P. Mealing, W. I D. Holland, J. C. Whitlock. 3rd Query: What are some of the things that keep the Sabbath i from advancing as it should? Speak- ! ers, J. O. Atkerson, C. M. Melli- i ena mp, T. Adams and T. Mathis. 4th Query: What is the remedy 1 for the desecration of the Sabbath ; by what is commonly known as 1 "Sunday visiting. Speakers, Rev. I P. B. Lanham, R. M. Johnson, I Geo. Wright, L.R. Branson. i Sunday service to be provided for ? by the union. 1 'J. T. Littlejohn, < ? for committee. < \ Our Greatest Need. 1 It seems to the writer that what ? the farmers of .11 America need \ most to learr . far greater regard, : love and v X for the soil. They should V that, at this stage of i our cc j's development, nothing : is of a. much importance as soil lin; t provement, not alone the mainte- ( nance of soil fertility, but actual i soil improvement, the steady better ment of soil conditions to meet the needs of our increasing consuming t 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 prdducerB j in payment for the greater amount j of ability required of him, for "the ; laborer in 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. 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 Kev. 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 vegetabb, which will grow ont Bide through the worst kind of weather. 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 beading 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 *t-aa-1-j _3_i3 - - - - 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 bas 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 strikes them directly in warm weather, un less they are well aired, they may perish quickly.' And on the other band too much moisture in close confinement may cause them to "damp" off and rot. So also 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 pet, without any actual benefit by the early planting. If on the other hand he will take the trouble to sow ;he seed in$a box that can be kept in a warm room in the house with i southern exposure, and moved on ?he outside on very warm days he blight to have plants ready to set jut in the garden three or four Eveeks earlier than he would other wise. Very little "hardening"would De required, for lettuce, though ipparently very tender will stand pery cold weather, specially when roung. Headed lettuce will suffer more rom a severe freeze, however. Two rears ago, in Florida, in January, I taw an acre of beautiful lettuce, and iarly cabbage, black and rotting, "rom a severe freeze. Soil Selection. In selecting a place to grow let tuce always pick oat a spot that has mough sand in it to make the soil nellow. Clay land that holds wat $r and freezes outward, or "spews ip" frost will not do., A rich, warm landy soil is best. So much has been written already ibout the commercial growing of ettnce, around Charleston and Beaufort, that we refrain from say ngmore. One of our farmers re :ently went to Beaufort to look ihings over and returned to tell re markable stories of the fortunes be ng made out of lettuce, its possi bilities, etc. But he intimated that :he daring and enterprise and ener by displayed there made him be ieve that the fortunate ones were not native South Carolinians, but The Farmer Should Have Some thing From His Garden or Orchard Every Day in the Year? We Lave 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 opportunities which your farm offers you. We might add that if you have these fruits and vegetables and 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 anu garden have beea 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 pays to plant fruit trees each year, and that when they have been planted it \B 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 and all the long list of small fruits they can giow --i-* .. -J.-~- *lw?__ OIUUUICl U1VUU1D Viii J X? . .-j thing to be ashamed of, is a very new thing. The trucking and mark et gardening industry, while it has been a <t;reat 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 adding 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 them. The time has come to substitute real gardens,-fertile tracts, veil 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. English Girl-You American 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 a man marries he has no leisure. Smart Set hustling Westerners. He was m?ch 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. Ohe man 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. Shannonhouse. Edgefield, S. C.