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efet? Oldest Newspaper In South Carolina. MISSIONARY JOURNEY. In Company With Wm. L. Smith D. D., S. J. Porter, D. D. and Others. Glimpse at oin* Mission Fields. By REV. T. H. GARRETT. Mexico. Crossing: the Rio Grande river at I Elraso, Texas, let ns look in on Merico. About 16,000,000 people liv? in Mexico, one-fourth of whom are Indians, or pure Mexicans, rep resenting the tribes found here by Cortez. The other three-fourths are a mixed race. Among the for eigners are found French, Geimans, English and Americans, the latter) predominating. . Roman Catholocism was brought j * into this country bj' the Spaniards at the time of the conquest and isl still the religion of the majority of j the people. Naturally, the customs, civil and social, have been molded by the religion of the people-the j priest and the church being the cen ter of everything. The Lord's day ? is holiday instead of a holy day, a day of revelry, of bull tights, the atres and army maneuvers. State | and federal elections are held on Sunday. Rev. James Hickery was the first to begin mission work on the north ern frontier, and the firstf Baptist church of Monterey, which was or ganized by him, is the oldest church in the republic. Southern Baptists j began mission work in Mexico in 1888, and now have 92 churches, which reported 309 baptisms dur ing the past year, making a total membership of 2,063. There are 53 Sunday school? with l'606 schol ars. There are 33 missionaries and forty native helpers. In South Mex ico, there are two medical mission aries, who treated 2,047 patients) during the year. As a result of the | work large numbers of the Mexicans have become Christians; many boys aud girls have been taught in the schools, and the work lias been car ried from the Texas border to the Pacific ocean. Brazil. America is a country larger than the United States, called Brazil. It chief products are coffee, sugar, rub ber, nuts, spices, with a great varie ty of tropical fruits. It also abounds in gold, silver, iron, coal and pre cious stones. Brazil has a popn?a tion of about twenty millions. They speak the Portugese language. The religion of Brazil is Roman Catholic and pagan; and in many respects the religious condition of the people is worse than in heathen countries. In 1881 Mr. and Mrs W. B. Bagby of Texas arrived Br "il, as the first missionaries sent out . ? Southern Baptists. There are now 116 churches, which re ported last year 1,474 baptisms with a total membership of 8,002 These native churches, with the missionaries, contributed last year $42,688 toward the support of the work. "The Brazilian is i;ot one of the loaves and fishes kind. He be lieves in self-sacrifice.'' The work in Brazil has been very successful Many converts are baptized every year; a number of the churches are .2lf-supporting and have their own native pastors; a Brazilian Baptist publication society has been estab lished, which sends out a great deal of religious literature in the Portu guese language, and publishes a re ?gious paper for the churches and in every way the work is well or ganized and progressive. Argentina. Argentina is in the Southern part of South America. It is about as large as all that part of the United States east of the Mississippi river, and has a population of about six millions. Baptists began mission work in Argentina in 1903, and now have sixteeti missionaries and nine native helpers on this promis ing field. The first mission was opec ed in Buenos Ayres, the capital cit}', which has a population of 1, 200,300. Our prayer should be all cf America from Alaska to Cape Hon may be won for Christ our Savior. China. China is just across the Pacific ocean from our country in the east ern part of Asia, and has a popula tion in round numbers of 435,000, 000-nearly six times as many as the United States. They have sev eral religions but the worship of their dead ancestors is the most pop ular. They also worship the earth, the sun, the moon, and even animals. Some worship Buddha, and some worship Confucious,a wise :nan who lived a long time ago. They have many temples and idols.. Robert Morrison, the first mission ary to Cijina went from England in 1807. Rev. J. LJ Shuck was the first Baptist missionary to be locat ed in China. He was sent out in 183G by the Foreign Mission Bo of tbe Old Triennial Convent! ?ind when the Southern Baptist C vention was organized in Aug*u? Ga., in 1845, he received from the first commission it ever gi There are now sixty-sir ehurcl which reported last year, 1,512 b tisras, with a total meiubership 8,540. There are 140 Sun< schools, with 5,171 scholars. Th is now a force on the field of : missionaries and 272 native helpt There are also in China eleven m ical missionaries, five hospital bui ings and seven dispensaries of mi icine. During the year just cloi there were 38,441 patients treal in these institutions. This work suits in the conversion of ma people. TI ere are now 128 Bapt schools, with more than 3,000 pi ils, who are taught to read a write in Chinese as well as the co mon school studies, as in our scho< at home. And besides this the cl dren are taught to read the Bil and are told of the true .God, t love of Christ and his power to sa them. Many of them gladly belie in Him and become Christians. N long ago nineteen pupils from o of the schools were baptized. Nev before were there such great oppc tunities in that country to win soi for God. In China old things aro passii i ATay so rapidly that it would difficult to exaggerate the transfc mations which are taking place.Ya changes in the political, industria educational, social and religio realm are making this a time i strategic importance in this mig ty empire. From some places con wonderful reports of a great wai of revival such as was never kno\* before in China. Japan. East of China, in the Pacif ocean, lies Japan, consisting of foi large islands and thousands of smal ir ones. It has a population c ibout fifty millions. They live i louses built of light bamboo wooc with roofs of tiles and thatch. Th inside walls are made of paper an san be moved back and forth. Th Japanese sit on mats spread on th [loor and eat with chopsticks ii xbles four or five inches high, 'heir dishes are very small. There re many thousands of heathen emples filled with idols which the eople worship; but the Japanese re losing faith in their old false eligions and, many are becoming Christians. The Southern Baptist Convention began mission work in apan in 1889. There are now on his field ten churches with twelve notations, which report 63 bap isms and 20 additions by letter, aaking a total membership of 578. .'here are 19 Sunday schools with ,148 scholars. There are sixteen lissionaries and seventeen native i elpers. Africa. Africa is called the "Dark Conti ent" because so much of it is un xplored and the people know so Lttle of the true God. An African ome is a hut made of poles and traw and resembles .a huge old ashioned bee hive. A chief has a ;roup of huts for his wives and ser ants surrounded by ? high fence, n northern Africa the Mohamme lan faith .prevails, but in the larger ?art of the* country the people are >agans, i. e., they worship false Jods. In 1821, two colored men, Lott }arey and Collin Teague, were sent ?ut as missionaries from the First baptist Church of Richmond, Va. They began wor! in Monrovia ?Vest Africa, among the negro, col mists in Liberia. In 1850, T. J. Sowen, under' appointment of the foreign Mission Board, Richmond, Ta., began mission work in the fakuha country on the west coast >f Africa, north of the Gulf of xuinea, 1,000 miles east of Liberia. There are now on this field fourteen murches, which reported last year 58 baptisms, with a total raember ihipofOlO. There are 13 Sunday ichools, with 437 scholars. There ire twelve missionaries and twenty ive native helpers. In Africa missionary work is ad vancing so rapidly that it is hoped that it will soon cease to be called ;he "Dark Continent." At the same time the emissaries of Islam are iwake and aggressive, and "in many places there is to be soon a death grapple between the ' teachings of the false prophets and the gospel of Christ. Let the people of God pray that victory may be on the side of the Cross. Italy. The taking of Rome by the Ital ians in 1870, and the uniting of the separate states of Italy into one kingdom with Victor Emmanuel as king, who wisely opened the way for the entrance of missionaries in to his land, seemed to be Providen tial indications for the Foreign Mis sioB Board to begin work there.Dr. ? PLEASANT LANE NEWS. I Crops and Gardens Needing Rain. Harvesting Season on. Wishes Editor a Pleasant Trip. We are still having dry and win dy weather. Crops are needing rain and gardens are burning up. The farmers are busy cutting grain. Small pox, measles and mumps are getting pretty close by we hear. We trust they will not get any near er. . We welcome our college girls in our midst again. There is Miss Ruth Etheredge from Phoenix and Misses Janie and Bell Minisk, IdaiTimmer man and Ethel Logan from the S. j C. C. L Mr. and Mrs. Joe Reardon are very much delighted with their lit tle adopted boy, Lacer. They were the guests of Mr. Joe Cartledge last Sunday. Miss Pauline Byrd has returned j home after a week's stay with rela tives and friends in Edgefield. Mrs. Sallie Rosenswike of Troy, was the guest of Mrs. Jennie Coth ran last week. Mrs. W. H. Strom is visiting] relatives and friends in Edgefield. We are sorry to say that Mrs. L. H. Harling is very ill. We all hope for her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. West, of Augusta, visited relatives here last week. Miss Clara Talbert is visiting her sister Mrs. J. F. Burton. We are glad to see our friend Mr. G. G. Broadwater is able to be out among his friends again, after a severe attack of lagnppe. Mr. Editor, we wish you and your friends a merry, merry trip to New York. Blue Eyes. Running a newspaper is just like running a hotel, only different. When a man goes into a hotel and finds something on the table which does not suit him he does ?ot raise | hades with the landlord and tell him to stop his old hotel. Well hardly . He sets that, dish to one side and j wades into ti? jnany dishes thal, imt?im. lt is Tlifferent with some lewspaper readers. They find an ar ;icle occasionally that does not suit htm exactly and, without stopping ,0 think it may please hundreds of )ther readers, make a grand stand ?lay and tell the editor how a paper mould be run and what should be jut into it. But such people are be coming fewer every year.-Ex. Jote of the Y. M. C. A. of France vas chosen first missionary. With lim were associated three Italian ivangelists to assist in the work. The first church was organized in [lome in February 1881, with eight nembers, all of whom were bap ized, and before the year closed ,weive others added. Dr. John A. Broadus was present at its organi sation and was delighted with Italy is a mission field. There are now ?5 churches, 90 out-stations, six missionaries, 40 native workers, 1,017 members, 947 Sunday schools, i theological school with five pro cessors and two religious papers, >ne of which has the largest circu ation of any evangelical journal in [taly. This goodyear of our Lord, 1911, inds the missionaries of the Cross n every country under the sun ex cept Thibet, and native workers lave crossed the borders and are jarrying the gospel into the last of .lie hermit nations. Not only so, jut these messengers of life are pen ?trating every nook and corner of .he heathen lands. Still, we have nade only a good beginning and a rast unfinished task lies before us. In round numbers there are not less than 1,200,000,000 people who need the gospel. It is estimated that 300,000,000 have never had a chance to hear the glad tidings. The lat est statistics show that the various protestant missionary societies have on the field 21,834 missionaries and 93,272 native helpers, making a tot al force of 115,130 workers. There were added to the mission churches last year (1909) 135,141 souls, mak ing a total of 2,097,963. The in come of all the societies was $24, 013,075. There 1,413,995 students in the mission schools and the na tive adherents, those who are more or less influenced by the churches, are estimated at five millions. Christian people have doubled their contributions to foreign mis sions the last fifteen years, and the forces and results also have doubled during those years. It took nearly all of the 19th century to reach the point where we could report a mil lion converts. The first ten years of the 20th century have added another million. At the recent rate of increase wc will soon be able to report a million converts a year. Parksville, S. C. May 27, 1911. HINTS TO FARMERS. Excellent Article Re-produced From The Progressive Farm er, Giving Many Helpful Suggestions. Every week in the year we try to help our readers to do better farm ing and to make more money. Money is a very necessary thing as the world is now adjusted, and we believe that every man should make his work bring him justas much as possible. To make country life in the South what it should be, it is absolutely necessary 1Mt; Southern farmers make money, and this is why we insist week after week on better methods of fanning and high er ideals of farm profits. But while we believe that most farmers ought to make more money, we do not'believe that mak ing money should be the ohief aim of any man's life, least of all, any farmer's life. We need, as a class, more money so that we can have better schools, better roads, better churches, better homes, more of the conveniences and refinements of life; but the man who loses sight of these things and wishes money only for its own sake, has a very wrong conception of life. The poorest la borer, who must earn each day the food and clothing for himself and his family by that day's work, if he only has hopes and ideals and aspi rations, is a far richer man than any multi-million tire whose great est object in life is to add to the golden store he has acquired. This is the farmer's busy season. All summer long there will be an other task awaiting him whenever the one he is doing may be com pleted. Upon th e. doing of these tasks, and their being done well, his year's profits will depend. He can not afford to neglect them; nor can he afford to neglect other things equally important jn the. liviug of a well rounded life. For one( tiling, the farmer must not qnit reading during the summer montis. Of couran, he will not get too busy to Te?'^Jjj^?jJ^ paper jave dimes. Ker s^uld be get too' 3uay to read the newspapers, and < 3ven to read a little just for recrea- : ?on or diversion. The hard-work- ' ng man needs recreation and the 1 jood farmer must be a hard-work- 1 mg man. Hence, it will pay him, 1 ?ve believe, to. make plans for a lit- 1 ;le diversion and. a little rest now < ind then, just as he makes plans for : ais work- To meet with other far mers occasionally for an exchange ] }f ideas, to take a drive with his ;vife now and then, to go once in . iwhile during the season to a picnic 1 >r a ball game, to attend the far- . ners' institutes, to be ready |to do ' ais part in forwarding any public no vernen t for the upbuilding of his 1 jommunity-these things are worth 1 loing just as much as. are seeding < ind cultivating and harvesting. ' We would especially stress the < picnic idea-the occasional day's 1 Hiting for the whole family. Too '< nany country house-keepers stay so I closely indoors that they miss half :he beauty and sweetness of the sea son. To ali such a day's outdoor i recreation is wonderfully refreshing md re-invigorating. Indeed, there ire many of us who lose one of the 1 jest parts of country life just jeeause we are too taken up with jur daily work to see and enjoy the oeauty of the world about us. Now, ;he writer knows that country life : s not all romantic sunrises and po etic sunsets. He knows just what j it feels like to travel down the dus ty corn rows on a hot day with the blades sawing one in the face, or to Irive a binder with the sun stand ing right overhead and never a 1 breeze stirring. There is hard Work md plenty of it on the farm in sum- i mer time; but the beauty and charm ire also there, and if one devotes so much thought to the unpleasant tasks that he cannot appreciate the pleasant things, he loses the best part of farm life. Every country dweller has lived all bis days among sights and sounds which should have gladden ed and refreshed and inspired him. made him stronger and better; and it is his duty as well as his privilege to take these things into his life and enjoy them. To get the most out of farm life, it is necessary to do good farming, but it is also necessary to keep in touch with one's fellows, to find time for study and recreation, and to keep one's eyes open to the en during beauty of the quiet country ways. The country is what we make it, and it will be our fault if we do not make country life the fullest, gladdest, and wholesomest life that a man, or a woman, can lead. Try our breakfast and Oolong tea for ioe tea. B. Timraons. JOHNSTON LETTER. Graded School Commencement. Revival Services Will Begin at Methodist Church Thursday Evening. In spite of the heat and discom fort of the day, the school audito rium was filled to overflowing on Snnday morning when the bacca laureate sermon was preached be fore the graduating class by Rev Watson B. Duncan, of Charleston The stage was beautiful in palms and blooming plants, and seated there were the members of the grad uating class, the faculty, the board of trustees and the ministers of the town. The music was especially sweet and the anthems were sung by the school. Rev. Duncan took his text from Luke 19-13. "Occupy 'till I come," and the general theme of his discourse was the divine call to service. Following is the order of service of the morning: Tannhauser march-Wagner; An them, "Praise ye the Father," Weston; Invocation, Rev. E. H Becham;' anthem, "Redemption" Scripture reading, Rev. E. H. Bech am; anthem, "Something for Thee," Wolcott; Offertory; Sermon, Rev. W. D. Duncan; Hymn, "Come thou Almighty King;" Benediction. On Sunday evening Rev. Duncan preached in the Methodist church and his text was 2nd Cor., 8-9 "For ye' know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes He be came noor, that ye through his pov erty might be rich." The subject was, "Our enrichment through his poverty." Mrs. M. R. Wright was hostess for the Pi Tau club on Wednesday, morning, and time passed merrily while all were busy with fancy work. A change from the work of the finger to that of the brain was & word contest, each one trying for the greatest number of words to be made from the letters of the name "Priscilla Thimblers.',' Mrs. O. D. Black was most successful and was presented the prize, a dainty lace ?al??i-VtsH'M,oltiy^fltff,y JjffjjJL an the booby. In the hallway re freshing punch was served from a table sweet with blossoms of nas turtiums and sweet peas, and bowls of the same flowers were used in the decorations. The luncheon was beau tiful in every detail and was most ?rtistically arranged. Present were: Mesdames P. N. Keesee, E. R. Mobley, 0. D. Black, N. A. Mob ley, Hilliary Grant, Claud Wertz, M. C. Crouch and J. A. Dobey, and Misses Lylei LaGrone, Louelle Nor ris, Weinona Lewis, Lucile and Joeephine Mobley, Mollie Waters ind Zena Payne.. Mr. and Mrs. Jack A Lott enter tained the young lady teachers of the school with a tea on Friday ?vening, and later, in the evening the members of the L. T. L. enjoy sd a social at their home. Several of their young friends were invited md a general good time had with james, music, etc. Mrs. J. H. White will spend this ?veek in Columbia and enjoy the meetings of the Press association. Mesdames W. J. Hatcher, Annie P. Lewis and A. P. Lott are at borne from a visit to Florida. Mr. Ira Carson spent Sunday here with his sister Mrs. Jesse Derrick. Messrs. Self and Jones, of Green wood, spent Sunday here w.ith friends, coming in their cars. Mr. Lewis Stevens, of Meeting Street, spent Sunday, with his aunt, Mrs. Willie Tompkins. Mrs. James Strother will go to Rock Hill soon to attend the com mencement exercises of Winthrop College, her two daughters, Ruby and Gertrude Strother being in the senior class. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Eidson, who have been living at Granite ville for the past two years, will re turn to Johnston to make their home, Mr. Eidson having accepted a position in the new bank which is to be opened in August. News was received here on Fri day of the death of Prof. I. C. Cur ry, brother of Prof. W. C. Curry,, superintendent of the high school here, which had occurred that morning at his home in Greenville. The deceased was one of the in structors at Lander College, Green wood, and was a young man of fine mental attainments. Prof. Curry had been with his brother for the past week and the general work of the school was under the direction of Miss 'Stewart, principal. The new century club met with Miss Ruth Shaw on Tuesday after noon, and a profitable hour was spent with the lesson story. After the books were laid aside an enjoyable program was given: A piano solo, by Miss Marj' Spann Harrison; Reading, Miss Clevie Moyer; piano solo, Miss Mary Gwynn; recitation, Miss Bessie Bean, and a reading by Miss Susie Winn. There were several Jinvited guests, and the charming young hos tess made all feel free and easy and the time with her was happily spent. An ice course, with cake, was served by several.; young maid-1 ens. . Protracted services will be held here at the Methodist church for 10 days, beginning on Thursday 'evening June 1st. Mrs. Bettie Allen has been visit-1 ing her son Dr. B. L. Allen. Dr. G. D. Walkerand Mr.Wil-| mot Onzts have purchased handsome automobiles. Miss Sarah Waters has gone to Springfield to visit her sister Mrs. David Philipps. Mrs. Martha Kenny has gone to Robray to visit her daughters, Mes dames McDaniel and Arthur. Dr. F. |L. Parker has gone to Hot Springs, Ark., for a months' stay. Miss Emmie Mitchel and Mr. Sumter Mitchel went t o Charleston Thursday for a few days visit and to be present at the graduation of | their brother, Mr. Hugh C. Mitch el, as pharmacist. Misses Annie Waters and Fannie I Stebbens, of Augusta, came up for | a short visit and to enjoy commence ment. Miss Maud Sawyer is at home from a visit to Camden. Mrs. Dunbar, of Ellenton, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. L. B. As hil!. Miss Edith Coleman will go to Greenville this week to vinit friends and relatives and attend commence ment of Greenville Female College. Interesting Article on Home Canneries From the Char lotte Observer. As the season is almost here for canning fruits and vegetables, and having heard several persons say they purpose purchasing home can neries, we publish the following from the Charlotte Observer: Mr. E. L. Flowers of Hickory was in the city a few days since on business. He is the inventor of a home canning outfit which he manu fai?tnres ^t^ic^jr^Hegaye he ells his outfit in every state in tSeT inion. He thinks that better outfits b ?an be bought here in North Caro- s ina than anywhere else. n He makes eight sizes of canner a ?utfits. The smallest will put up ti ?50 cans a day. The largest he a nakes and carries in stock will do tl 1,000 cans a day. e His ?-0-can capacity costs about ii S6.50. a His 3,000-can capacity costs n dxmt $30. ti For the benefit of city people who I lave no wood to burn, Mr. Flow irs says he has designed a gas and a jasoline stove to do the heating. He makes special canning outfits hat will do 10,000 cans per day. The cost of these outfits is $100. tfr. Flowers says that this outfit viii do as much work and. as good vork as some of the canning fac ories that are built for from four o six thousand dollars. He says hat his outfits need no house, but he smaller ones can be worked in he kitchen and the larger ones in he yard in the open air under a* ree or in the field where the vege ables are grown. "Do your customers have any rouble getting fruits and vegeta tes to can ?" asked the reporter. "Not for a home canning outfit," inswered Mr. Flowers. "We make an outfit to can the lome product that would be wasted f it -wasn't canned. Of course ?eighbors bring in both fruits and vegetables and sometimes they join ogether to put up a n?rghborhood iannery. These neighborhood can leries sometimes do the canning for ;he neighborhood on a cash basis or :hey will buy the fruits for cash. " 4 Can your customers find mar tets outside of what they use them jelves?" "In many cases they can sell in home towns. There is magic in the name home made. Once get a com munity to using horae-cr,nned goods ind the factory product is finished. After I sell an outfit, I help the sustome'r to get markets. All I have to do is to show them how to pro eeed. I think there must be some thing Uki 0 canning outfits in Ca tawba county and many of them 3ell out their entire stock by Octo ber 1 of the current year." "There are three factors in suc cess-quantity, quality and cleanli ness. ? Whoever looks after these three factors will succeed." Mr. Flowers' outfits seem to be about the same as those made at Chapel Hill by the Raney Canner Company and by Mr. N. E. Parlier at Ronda. We can make you a t>uit to order from $25.00 up write us forsamples, F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. LAW ?NFORCEMENT. Dr. Bell fVakes Strong Appeal to Gtize* and Officers to Enforce All Law. Will ing t, Help Fight Editor of Tie Advertiser: The Edgefield Chmicle of last week, after various hquiries relative to the blind tiger, expresses the opin ion, if certain sports be true, that theie is more liquor icing used in this county now, than oVer before. Of course, I do net belief this, and think, that the "wish is^ther to the thought" with many ?ti-pro hibitionists, but in the name f QQ? how could any patriotic > mai W?0' values his home, to say notihg 0f his state and county, rejoice multiplication of illegal placeror the selling of liquor, though \e thing may be working as he pu dieted it would. Why is it, that these blind anti* could not rejoice in every legal en action to restrict the sale of the ac cursed stuff? If these things are true, and blind tigers exist, who is to blame for it? I say, the .prohibitionists them selves. We have eight magistrates and as many constables, the sheriff and his deputies whose duty it is, by law to seize, confiscate, and pat on the chain gan p any man engaged in this illegal business, and if blind tigers are so common, and no liquor being seized, and criminals put on the gang in this county, the officers are not doing their duty. Gov. Blease has published a notice, that these officers must enforce the pro hibitive features of the dispensary law, and in case of failure he would take off the said officials head, and put some one in his place who would. Are our law-abiding citizens, to say nothing of prohibitionists too cowardly to report the failure of the proper officers to enforce the law? If so, they deserve to be run Dver by the blind tigers and law breakers of his type. Where blind tigers exist, in my opinion, it is the Fault of her law-abiding citizens in not seeing to it, that the law is en Forced. The idea, that any community EBrfrwiwr miib - ?k>--Uittla infernaL lind tiger, who has to slip and lide in the dark to carry on his efarious business is preposterous, s well as humiliating. If this be rue, better abandon law altogether, nd turn the commonwealth over to lie outlaw. So far as I am concern ai, I am going to exert every nerve i me towards the enforcemeat II law, and am not willing to ad lit that our people are going to urn the state over to the outlaw, ?arksville, S. C. D. A. J. Bell. Let All Importune Neptune. There will be sixteen Edgefield tns in the merry New York party bat will sail from Charleston next unday morning, and the chances re 16 to 1 that all of them will accumb to mal de mer by noon, illing in a heap on deck or in a teamer-chair, as sick as the little baver when he takes his first chaw" of tobacco. *Who knows but bat by taking a few generous quids f tobacco one could overcome that nsettled condition before sniffing he salt water? Some, however, who ave already provided pills and owders galore, hope to be rendered mmune to sea sickness. To be on he safe side, let all importune^ Nep une, the god of the sea, to give us mooth water and-a bon voyage. Won Pearl of Great Price. Mr. S. D. Mays and Miss Pearl )uzts surprised their friends by nietly going to the home of Rev. \ B. Lanham last Friday after loon and plighting their troths, elling no one of. their plans in ad ance. While the fri?nds of Mr. lays and Miss Ouzts were practi ially certain that they had some 'plans," they did not expect them o be consummated so soon. How iver, it is well. They are both to be ?ongratulated. Mr. Mays is an industrious young nan of high character and excellent labits, the eldest son of Mr. and Hrs. John M. Mays. Miss Ouzts, the laughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Duzts of Kirksey, is a young woman if attractive personality and unusual marm of manner, and, withal, is lensible and practical-just the cind of a young woman to make \ happy home. Edgefield reluctantly gave Mr. Ouzts and his family to Green wood county some years ago, and now rejoices that she can again claim the Pearl of home. The Advertiser offers sincere con gratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Mays. Drop in and see our "Baby Won der" ice cream freezer. Stewart & Kernaghan.