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(?Utxi ^zmpnytt ?n ^outh Carota VOL. 76. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER j3, 1911 NO. 44 GOLDEN JUBILEE. Edgefield Missionary -Societies Hold Golden Jubilee Cele bration. Many Missiona ry Workers Present. Wbat a privilege has been ac corded Edgefield in having in her midst for two days honored mis sionaries of the cross, and a large and devoted company of interested women, come together for a season of thanksgiving and praise for the fifty years of -enlarged and conse crated activities of women. The most notable fact about this meeting has been the wonderful and cordial aDd sympathetic co-opera tion, truly a working together,of all the evangelical denominations of Edgefield, town and county. Small wonder that the Edgefield churches have withstood obstacles and hin drances, and even persecutions per haps, with such women loyally sac rificing, and with a persistent yet gentle perseverance, holding to the faith, and the duties of the hour. The Methodist?, the Presbyteri ans, the Episcopalians, the Baptists, all alike entered with most enthusi astic spirit in all the plans which honored their Lord and His King dom, and there must hereafter bea closer affin i ty and a more zealous labor together to bring about at home and abroad our part of the great forward movement. The Lord gave to us all that we asked and much more, and perhaps we did not ask enough, or we should have received it: First, a most re markable season of beautiful clear and moderate weather, most un usual at this season, and then the large audiences-a church full, sometimes crowded-at each ses sion, and such thrilling and inspir ing speeches and talks, so full o? en couragement and hope-and last, ' all the money that was needed to perfect the plans of the jubilee. There was no dearth, ali was pro vided. Sunday Morning. On this auspicious occasion, there assembled from all the country around, from our town, and the neighboring towns, many mission ary workers, to be present at the opening service. The music was one of the most delightful features of the meeting throughout, being a composite choir of all our churches, with Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman as or ganist. Rev. E. T. Snuggs of Can ton, China, preached the morning sermon, making his special theme the provinces of Southern China in which his field of labor lief.. Canton province was made very interesting to us all by his discourse, as well as by the fact that our own missionary John Lake and Mrs. Lake are sta tioned there. Mr. Snugge, however was eclipsed, and we are sure he will not mind our saying so, by his little ten-year-old son, Ro land Edward who recited in a most touching and appealing manner, that missionary poem, 'Is it noth ing to you?" It was wonderful and seemed to manifest a real knowledge in the heart of this little boy, of the gi eat heathen world. Sunday Afternoon. On this occasion the larg9 audi ence *^ok a bird's eye view of three different fields of activity. The first was Brazil, presen ted by Dr. Lander, who has just returned for a season from twenty-two years of labor on the Brazilian field as a missionary of the Methodist ohurch. He was followed by Miss Bolick who is in charge of the Wesley House at Langley, as missionary of the Metho dists in a greatly needed field of service. Following were talks by Mr. and Mrs. Snuggs on China and the children, Harold, Faith and Ro land Edward, sang in Chinese cos tumes the gospel hymns in Chinese. Sunday Evening. At this service, Dr. Lander made a most eloquent and unusual pre sentation of m issi (?nu. y work among the Latin races and charmed his audience by his remarkable knowl edge of his subject in all its rela tions, and his unexpected and gen tle witticisms. Brazil must hereafter lie heavily upon eur consciences if they have been quickened with the gospel light. Monday Morning. The day meetings on Monday were entirely in charge of the ladies but we somewhat questioned our (Continued on page 2.) CLARK'S HILL CULLINGS. Much Grain Sown. Orchards Receiving Attention. Real Estate Deals. Mr. Lan ham Re-called. Mr. Editor: We are moving along slowly sowing grain. There will be an average crop sown. Some are done and are busy in their peach orchards preparing for a bumper crop of peaches another year. Mr. W. S. Middleton has purchased a car of lime sulphur mixture for spraying. Our orchards will soon smell like that place we read about, but blossoms will .ippear in the early spring, which remind us of Eden. Labor is a problem now. Pete and I were talking about things in gen eral. He says more bog and hominy, thorough preparation, better culti vation, with a liberal supply of fer tilizers-then curtail expenses. We talked of when we were young, walked to church or rode horse back. He says buggies are a nui sance. He spoke of when we were young how we enjoyed riding with the girls, running horse races, etc. Of course we always let the girls beat. II" says nothing works now as we did then. He wants rae to cross ray bees with lightning bugs so they can work at night as an ob ject lesson to the human race. Rev. Jack Middleton, (colored) married a couple a few days ago. He said the prettiest bride that ever stood before the Apostle Paul to be married was Isaac and Re becca, this thing is not to be enter ed into lightly for it is a very ri diculous thing. I j ines you together as man and wife for the good, bad and indifferent, Now I is married you to the best of my honor, but the wost ain't come yet.-Selah. Mr. J. P. Nixon has bought the home of Mr. C. A. McDonald, and moved in. They are nicely situated, gas lights and everything conveni ent John P. Jr., is the finest look ing young man in town. Mr. G. 0. Whatley has bought Belmont orchard of Mr. J. P. Nix on and will soon erect a dwelling thereon. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. McDonald have returned after a three weeks' vacation, looking well and pleasant. Mr. Earl Dorn worshipped in our church Sunday. I think there is a magnet hereabouts that is attract ing him. Kev. P. B. Lanham, our pastor, has been called to serve our church indefinitely. If this misses the waste basket will come again. I wish to congratulate The Ad vertiser on it's recent improvement. Sol. "That Terrible Experiment." In charging the grand jury of ^Newberry county on the bill of in dictment handed out against Attor ney Felder-on which the grand jury promptly made a return of "no bill"-Judge G. W. Gage Mid yesterday that the case arose "out of that terrible experiment which the state was induced to make some twenty years ago, and that was an honest effort to make respectable the nefarious business of selling li quor to men." "I trust," concluded Judge Gage, "the state haa tried that experiment to its heart's con tent." The honesty of the effort made in the dispensary experiment may well be a subject of debate, but however that may be, there will be few wholesome minded people in South Carolina who will not echo Judge Gage's pious wish that the state has done with it forever. The Felder-Blease case is, ' as he truly says, an outcome of the dispensary business, and it is fairly representa tive of the evils that have remained from the dragging of the state into the gutters of the liquor traffic. The political condition that prevails in South Carolina to-day and the char acter of leadership and the stand ards of public morality all show the blighting effect of oentact with what was once called "a great moral institution.'' The dispensary was indeed "a terrible experiment" for South Carolina, and it will be a long time before the traces of its blight have pasaed away.-Charles ton Post. Gents' kid gloves. Smith Marsh Co. . i Harle! tho merry chimes are warning us that this is Christmas morn ing, iVad it's time that we were rising, though the hour isn't late. Still, the kidlets will be flocking, each to overhaul his stocking, Aid there's scads of things we've got to do that really cannot wait. Yet, before we kick the clothes off (quite de ermined not to doze off), Let's indulge in dreamy musing on this joyous Christmastide; Let us. while the bells ar? pealing, get up some real Christmas feeling, Fill ourselves with sweet emotions that are not quite cut and dried. . True, the minutes fast are gliding, but, const rn 'em, let 'em glide. Think of these long weeks of walting, all the glad anticipating Of the gay and festive season that at la ;t, at last is here; Never resting, never stopping in our mad career of shopping, Searching over the ideal, not too chea ) and not too dear; Crushed and elbowed in the reeking crow is, that like ourselves are seeking Just the very thing of all things that t '.eir loved ones most desired. Limp and draggled then emerging from the pushing, struggling, surging Mob, with parcels overladen'; reaching^ home at last, dog tired. Those experiences may be best described<^s "must all-fired." Yet no antiquated stoic showed endur* ance more heroic Than we've manifested through the weary ordeal of that time; We have stood the stress of barter with the courage of a martyr; Now we find sweet compensation f list'ning to the Christmas chime, ^rZ *V WhOse clear cadence, soft and mellow, seems to whisper to a fellow That the worst is nearly over, that we soon may breathe again. Soon may find surcease of sorrow, and that, maybe by tomorrow Or the next day, may be lifted somethia g of this mental strain, That a blessed sense ot rest m^^?ct^b? Jitxt tissues of our brain. We have done with baste and flurry, no\>co isSbn now to worry, Lest some sensitive relation may have been quite overlooked. All the lists of names are checked and all th 3 walls with green are decked, and Now within a few short hours the Chris .pas dinner will be cooked. Hail to Christmas! happy season! There is some substantial reason To be gleeful at thy advent-the begin ling of the end. As thou comest wreathed with holly, we cat certainly be jolly, Welcome thee with feast and wassail, and in general unbend, For we know that we have spent for thee th 3 last cent we can spend! 0Now the door bell will cease ringing to ^MR*& ^ggR^Bi the people who were bringing T'^tgfr ClS^?^fA An endless string of packages from /^tJraft V^? vfMJL) morn to dewy eve; Wo no longer will be running to con ceal those things with cunning. Aid we'll lose our wonted air of having something up our sleeve. Thor 3 will be a deuced litter, when the gewgaws gleam and glitter, Of waste paper, string and cotton, from the kitchen to the hall; Cut, with consciences elastic, we will grow enthusiastic And "wonder how they guessed," aa on . the donors' necks we fall, Looking blissful over dewdads that we didn't want at all. Ah, this blessed thing of giving! It la ha'f the joy of living To watch the looks' of gratitude and p easure and surprise That, at least to outward seeming, are np >n loved faces beaming As the loved one opens his parcel and digs out his gaudy ties. And the gentle wife and mother her emotion tries to smother When conducted by her husband, to soi ie secret corner, where, As a proof of fond affection, he has hid ft om ber detection. His gift to her, a cozy, costly, well-upbc istered chair (Of whose oom forts, in the future, yon muy bet hell get his share). New this Christmas spirit moyes us to sense that it behoves us To keep Poverty's bare platter anil fill Destitution's cup. Bring turk and pie and gladness to the homes of empty sadness! To help out sweet Christmas char ity who would not loosen up? But lt's highly- aggravating not to say ax asperating, When we've given most nobly and without th?- ignt of stint. To find out, as we expected, that the modest are U -ted And our princely benefaction hasn't found i? / to print. (Certainly we didn't ask it, but a maa might a hint). But away with sad reflection! This ls a/ J? for dejection. Merry Christmas, happy Christmas, ac - e said, has come at last! ?ll the many tribulations, all the trials aaC vexations That have crowded thick upon us for the last six weeks, are past. Not a protest shall be uttered, though the ).ouse with toys ls cluttered And the kids are all parading to the soi md of horn and drum. Lusty lung and larynx voicing the extent ot < Uieir rejoicing. We will have to stand the racket now that Christmas day is oom?. (Later tone our nervous system at some sanitarium). "aaa k the Giver if we're able to sit j 'round a well-spread table, i Where the plump whfte-bosomedj turkey sheds its savor through the room, j pudding comes on smoking, and.' there's no end to the joking, . j no heart that hanbors malice and no mind o'ercast with gloom, tat us be profoundly grateful that we have lit least a plateful, Grateful for the pepsin tablets that correct our Christmas cheer; Mold lt as among nur mercies if there's cola left in our purses, Be thankful for those- dear to us and tho? e who hold us dear. (And most supremely thankful Christmas t ornes but once a year). (Copj-rt?ht, 1911, Western Hswtp'iper Union) PARKSVILLE NEWS, Report of State Baptist Conven tion. Sunday School Re-Or ganized. Praises Green wood. New Ginnery. Parksville's delegation to the state convention of -Baptists has returned, all saying that it was the best ever held, or the best they ever attended. The reports of all the boards were good, and all our secretaries seemed, and pointed hopefully to the future. Especially was this true of the Godly Derieux of the st ite mission board. Although he had worked himself sick, and was a sick man at the convention, he did not know that he was work ing too hard; Jbut he had his com pensation in knowing that the board was clear of debt with a small balance in the treasury. And so it was with Willingham and Jamison,and all the others. Our delegates were also pleased with Greenwood, her people, her hospitality, her spirit. These things, especially the hospitality, remind us of Edgefield, and the truth is, that a large part of Greenwood is a part of Edgefield. or of Edgefield ante cedents; and of course they are obliged to be nice, lovable and hos pitable. There are the Durst?, the Andrews, the Yeldells, the Selfs, the Harvleys, the Faulkners, the Hamiltons, the Ouztses, the Terrys and oh, numerous others, that I haven't time to mention, all origi nally from historic old Edgefield. Their traits, their hospitality be tray their origin, and there is ab solutely but one thing, that would keep a blind Edgefield man, though he were in the "Canal Zone" from recognizing them as genuine Edge field ians, and that is, that none of them, so far as I know, are aspiring to public office, noue candidates. This is not thro wing" off on Edge field, for it is a compliment to her to be able to prese-nt men who are competent, as Weldas willing to serve our he) o ved state. Our home while ' at; the conven tion was with Mr. Preston Too ra bs Faulkner. It ought to be Robert Toombs, an original Edgefield man, a son of Mr. Elijah Faulkner of the Stevens Creek-McKendree-Sleepy Creek section. Mr. Faulkner's wife was Miss Ella Timmerman before marriage and they have three as pretty and as sweet girls as live anywhere. Mr. Faulkner has been sick all the year, but we are glad to say is much better now. All he needs now to complete the happi ness of his home life is to take the eld Edgefield Advertiser, the paper his father took ''since th? memory of man runneth not to the contrary.'' Our Sunday school yesterday at the Baptist church re-organized with the election of the following officers for the ensuing year: J. M* Hussey, superintendent; J. Eddie Bell, seoretary and treasurer; D. A. J.*Bell, chorister and Misses Mar tha Dorn and Annie McDonald or ganist and assistant organist, re spectively. This has been a good year for our Sunday school and church, having met all our appor tionments to the several objects of benevolence fostered by our de nomination. . The improvements go on in Parksville, the latest being the gin nery outfit purchased by Mr. W. W. Fowler. We are making so much cotton that we cannot get it picked, and after picking cannot get it ginned. Mr. Fowler's nsw enter prise will relieve to some extent the congestion in the ginning business, but how about the picking? There are fields in this vicinage that will produce in the neighborhood of a bale to the acre, out of which not one boll has been picked. Will some Daniel come, not to judgment, but to invent us a cotton picker. We are sorry to report that the brave old Confederate veteran, who lost one leg bleaching on the battle field of Chickamauga for the sake of his state, Mr. J. M. Minor, is mov ing back to his Liberty Hill planta tion. We are loatb te give up Mr. Minor and his interesting family, but yield to it upon the grounds that he thinks it best to get closer to his excellent farm where he can give it his personal supervision. One goes and another comes. We understand that Mr. Sullivan from Anderson has bought the Marsh property, consisting of dwelling, store house, together with sundry ANTIOCH HAPPENINGS. Delighted \ With X Missionary Jubilee Celebration. Pretty Girls to be Sold Cheap. Bachelor's Opportunity There being so little happening in this section at this time of tne year, you have not heard from us ih several weeks, but seeing The Ad vertiser come out in new form and representing so many parts of the county we can't afford to fall be hind. Those of us who attended the Ju bilee in Edgefield on last Sunday were Mrs. Estelle Heath,'M rs. Cbas. Jones, Mrs. Sallie Jones and Miss Kobbie Jones. ' All came back very jubilant and full of praise for the program of the day, especially the Snuggs family numbers. Mr. Walton Fuller accompanied by Prof. Tate, Supervisor of Rural Schools, paid our school a visit on last Friday afternoon. Quite a number of the patrons of the school and other free-holders in the district were pr?sent to hear Prof. Tate lec ture on, "Special Tax for School Purposes." All his hearers were de lighted, and enough names were se cured to order an election for a two mill levy. We hope that this elec tion will not fall short of a ma jority. Mr. Gordon Gardner has accepted a position as salesman for Mr. H. H. Sanders of Edgefield. Mrs. Sallie Strom of the Reho both section ?peni several days last week with her daughter, Mrs.. John Quarles. Next Friday night, Dec. 15th, there will be a party at the home of Mr. Uaile Holston for the benefit of the Antioch School. At this party all the girls, both young and old, yes,, pretty and ugly, will be sold, at one do?'ar per capita. This will indeed be a cheap sale, besides there will be other amusements and a^j?ho attend will be highly^ en tertained. Everybody is very cor dially invited.. Mr. Holston's home is one mile from Antioch on the Edgefield road. farm lands, and will move to our town in the near future. We wel come all good citizen?. Mrs. Carrie Tompkins, who has occupied the Marsh residence, we understand will occupy the resi dence of T. G. Talbert vacated by Mr. J. M. Minor. Miss Martha Dorn who has beenv staying some time in Spartanburg with her sister, Mrs. Bussey, hat, re turned home. Mr. Dan A. Bell who is an en thusiastic young Mason will repre sent Park8ville lodge No. 199 this week in Charleston in the Grand ? Lodge, which meets to-morrow, Tuesday, the 12th inst. Hon. T. G. Talbert filled the ap pointment of Rev. T.1 H. Garrett at Modoc yesterday in the absence of the pastor. Lay preachers are very ' useful and are getting quite com mon. Every pastor likes to have one or two of them living around loose, when he wishes to take a little trip, or is providentially hindered. Geo. Hill's boy, we learn is dan gerously cut by another negro boy without malice, mean liquor we guess being the instigation, or in legal terms "being instigated of the devil." Mr. Luther Stone of the C. <fc W. C. railroad, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Virginia Stone, of our town. We are glad to report the little grand son of Mr. and Mrs. Eb Cartledge, who was quite sick last. week, as much improved. We are informed that Capt, Sim,. Adams of Modoo, will return to his first love, and move back to Parks-. ville in a few days. Mr. Wade Hampton Parks of prosperous Plum Branch visited, friends in Parksville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parks are down on a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Christian, Mrs. Parks' parents. Miss Nannie Drennan of Verdery is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Harv Drennan at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parks. $10.00 black dress overcoats that look like $35.00 value, also have gray and brown, all wool at $12.60. Write F. G. MERTINS 854 Br<?a4 stree, Augusta, Ga.