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o' - 'f\ ?ttt?mt. (?lAmi Newspaper U ^mth Carolina VOL. 77. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNES?Y, MARCH 13, 1912 NO. 5 JOHNSTON LETTER. Death of Mrs. Thomas Hoyt. District Meeting U. D. C. Missionary Society, Week of Prayer. Mrs. Thomas R. Hoyt died at her home here on Wednesday night, March 6th, at 12:30 o'clock. For several years she had been in fail ing health, and for the past two years has been confined to her room. All that loving hands could do, was done, but her mission had been performed on earth and God. took her home to dwell in the land cf eternal rest, free from pain and suffering. She was a member of the Baptist church 6ince girlhood, and the influence of her pure, Christian life, manifested so in the home, will live on after her. She was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John M obley, and the sisters and brothers of this family are Mrs. M. Ti Siftley, of Orangeburg, Misses Lillian and Ella Mobley and Mes srs. John and Clarence Mobley. Be sides the husband is left four small children, Louise, Laurie, Thomas and John Hoyt* The funeral servi ces were conducted on Friday af ternoon at the home by Rev. E. H. Beckham and Dr. W. S. Doiset, and tender and beautiful words were spoken of the depanc-d one. "Abide with me," and "He knows" were softly sung. The services were con cluded at the cemetery and the body was laid to rest. Many beauti * fol floral designs were sent by sym pathetic friends and relatives. The pall bearers were Messrs. M. R. Wright, O. D. Black, J. Neil Lot, J. C. Lewis S. J. Watson, W. E. LaGroneand Drs. G. D. Walker and F. S. Williams. Miss Mary Piokens Gwyn spent Saturday in Augusta. Misses Dessie Stewart and Daisy Brockington, spent the week end at Winnsboro with the latter'* pa rents. At the Ridge Baptist association training school which begins here on March 18th, the following pro gram has been arranged: Monday afternoon, "Training class in the convention normal manual," secre tary J. D. 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Cody, of Greenville; Tuesday afternoon, training class continued; Tuesday evening, :' "The doctrine of atone ment," Dr. Cody, followed by th training ??lass; Wednesday evening, "Child evangelization," Rev. J. D. Moore; Thursday evening, a lec ture, (the speaker to be secured.) Friday evening, "Southern Baptists in Sunday school work," Dr. J. H. Thayer, of Ridge; the training class to be conducted on the afternoons of the three days from 4 to 5:30 o'clock. The Johnston troupe No. 1 boy scouts of America, and composed of 24 of the town's best and thor oughly alive boys, had their first outing last week, and tramped to Salter's pond, about 6 miles from nere. Their khakai uniforms ar rived on Wednesday and their en thusiasm was so great, that the en tire force surprised the hiyh school by turning out in full dress the next day at session. Great plans art being made by them for recreation during vacatiou. Mrs. C. F. Pech man is spending awhile in the home of her daughter Mrs. James Kelty, in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Mobley re turned last week from Florida, where they have been with the lat ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mobley. / Mrs. Jjuther Smith, of Eton, Ga., is expected soon to visit at the home of her father, Mr. Pope Per ry. Mrs. Fannie Hoyt, of Ogle thorpe, Ga., is spending awhile here with relatives. Mr. B. J. Mims and Miss Sadie Mims, and Mr. Orlando Sheppard, of Edgefield, attended the funeral of Mrs. T. K. Hoyt. The date of the district confer ence, D. of C., to be held here, has been changed to Tuesday, April 9th, at the request of Miss Alice fiarle, \b?-vice president, who is ar ranging the program. This change was made so that Mrs. C. E. Gra ham, state president, of Greenville, S. C., could be in attendance. Mr. J. M. Rushton, of Lexington, has accepted a position in dry goods department of Mr. II. W. Crouch's store. Among those to go over to Au gusta on Saturday evening to see "Every woman" wore Messrs. Wil of YOUP Life W 1 Razor, Old SV 7 c Strop" "8 ? "I Use tl For Sale by T. E. MINER, Plum Branch, S. C. G. W. LONG, Troy, S. C. J. S. BLACK, Aiken, S. C. J B. WATSON, " Wards, S. C. D. W. MILLER, Batesburg, S. C. ON DISPLAY AT DORN & MIMS, Edgefield, S. C. ?T, Gen. Agent, Ed? TRENTON NEWS. Little Farm Work Done in The "Sand " Lyceum Number. Miss Roena Shaner Pleases Audience. We doubt whether the farmers have ever done so little work up to this date. We people in the "sand" as some wou'd term us, ought to be ready to plant corn, but no one has prepared any land yet. Should we have fair weather for 10 days now we will be ready tu get in the bulk of the corn crop. The small grain crop is looking much better. The wheat is looking: exceptionally well. Miss Roena Shaner, of Jackson, Mo., was h^re Friday working in the interest of temperance. She lec tured in the school house in the morning and at the Methodist church in the evening. Her lecture was greatly enjoyed.. We are glad to note that Mike Kerlong is improving rapidly. Miss Emily Penn is visiting her sisters .Mrs. F. P. Bryan and Mrs. W. M. Lcppard. A very attractive lyceum enter tainment will be given in the Wise hall on Tuesday night of next week. This attraction is expected to be the best .of the season. Miss Maggie Ryan of Aiken, and Mr. Wise Ryan of Augusta, spent the week end with their mother, Mrs. (.'orrie Ryan. Mrs. Lila Ren nie and children of Aiken were also guests of Mrs. Ryan.. ._\_ mot Ousts, L. S. Maxwell and E. H. Smith. Mrs. Annie P. Harrison went to Fairfax on Thursday to spend awhile with her daughter Miss Marj? Spann Harrison, who is mnsicalufl atructor in the high school'of TwH place. While there, she will im? present at the recital given by UM music class. vj? Mrs. Earle Mish, of Middle brook, Va., arrived last week to spend some time at the home of her brother, Dr. Page Nelson Keesee. ! Dr. Barnette Lewis, a former Johnston boy, who has located in Washington, 6a., to practice, spent Sunday and Monday here with rela tives. He made the trip in his hand e Insure You fie or Safety he NEVERFAIL." Write for a sample of the "One Dip" Pen Point Writes 600 words with one dip of ink. Fits any pen stock, will not blot or spill the ink. Every user of pen and ink should try the "ONE DIP." Price 25c per box of one dozen pointe, ask for my price on gross lots. gefield, 5. C. Y { SAND JURY REPORT. Grand Jury Presentment and Report for March 1912. emendations By Grand Jury. Edgefield, S. C., March 6th, 1912!&-To His Honor, Geo. E. Prince, presiding Judge at March term.of Court for Edgefield county, South Carolina: WVthe grand jury listened with much satisfaction and benefit to the very,able charge of your Honor, and'I?pccially to that portion of the cfferge relative to education, andJBK^feplore the general decad ence of the country schools for whit^bildren in our county. As ?d by ?your Honor we have a committee from our irged with such work as it Hong with the trustees of in our county to encourage Jhools, good teachers, and Attendance, ive passed on all indict ided to us by the Solicitor reported our findings on S?he court fc?ing the first assemblage of the grand jury for this year we have only ^?d time to appoint commit tees charged with investigation of auch matters as seem most impor tant to. us, and these committees have not yet had time to make in vestigations generally into the mat ters referred to them. Reports of these committees will be ready by the Aqgnst term of court for this Committees appointed as follows: Coramitte on- books, accounts and official bond? of county officials: J. RfiSW. S. Adams, W. H. poor bouse: W. H ardue, J. W. Crim, and P. R. Waites. On roads, bridges and ferries: A. A. Derrick, J. P. Talbert, T. J. M. Scott and M. JB. Byrd. On education: P. N. Lott, P. R. Waites, T. J. M. Scott, J. P. Tal bert and J. F. Payne. Ori public buildings of the coun ty: W. H. Pardue, M. D. Lyon and M. B. Byrd. The following recommendations and requests have been handed to the grand jury by its committee on mads, bridges and ferries: (And we hereby embody it in our present ment as a part of same.) Your committee on roads, bridges and ferries recommend the following and urge upon the county supervis or and board of county commis sioners that the matters here pre sented have tbeir attention just as early as possible: 1st. That the railroads be re quired to provide proper crossings for all places where public highways cross Said railroads. 2Qd. That the road crossing on the Public highway at Salter's mill be removed to such place as a con venient crossing can be maintained. 3rd. That the bridges across Turkey creek known as the Key bridge, and the bridge across Mill creek on the Mar tinto wn ro%d are in such condition as to be danger ous to those travelling thereon, and we request that the same be repaired some car, and found the roads in very bad condition, until nearing Trenton. Mrs. Mary Jenkins, of Greenville, iS the guest of her cousin, Mrs. G. P. Cobb. Miss Annie Waters, of Augusta, spent a short while here at the home of her parents the first of the week. The W. M. society of the Bap tist church will observe this week as the week ?of prayer, and the special object of their prayers, and for their offering, will be for home missions. The last day will be in charge of the Y. W. A. and their leader Mrs. T. R. Denny has ar ranged an interesting program for them, which will be concluded with a missionary discussion by 5 of the members, Misses Edith Coleman, Maud Nickerson, Beaulah Sawyer, Lillie LaGrone and Zena Payne, who will represent different charac ters' Dr. J. B. Lewis, ox Washington, Ga., spent Sunday and Monday here with friends. and pat in safe condition at once. 4th. That culverts and piping be put in all places on the public highways where bridges have been removed. 5th. That the ferry at Shaw's and McKie's mill be improved by providing means for raising and lowering the cable at said ferry. jThat in addition to the flat used there, that a bateau be provided to be used in emergencies. Farther, we, at the request of the people in that section recommend that a steel bridge be constructed across Stev ens creek at or near this point as possible. Respectfully, T. J. M. Scott, r Chairman. The committe on public build ings of the county report the fol lowing as urgently needed and re fer same to the county supervisor with the request that the work need ed be done at once: We find the condition of the jail building bad physically. We re quest 1st, That nev window sills be put in as the old sills are rotten and render the jail insecure for prison ers. 2nd, That latches be provided and placed on all the doors and shutters and blinds of the jail. 3rd, That fire escapes be provided in the jail, as the only exit now provided in the jail opens in the cooking room where fire would probably originate. These fire escapes to the halls would cost but little and have been asked for several years without any heed from our supervisor. 4th That substantial fences be provided around the jail yard. The present fences are down several places, and speak careless care of the coun ty property and grounds. 5th,?That terraces be built to prevent the e find the jail well kept by the jailer inside. We further recommend that the ligts be put in the windows in the court house where broken out. Your jury have felt the sad need of this at the present term of court. Upon complaint being made to us we present the name of J. G. Mobley, magistrate, at Johnston, S. C. , in this county for malfeasance in office, the charge being that he failed and refused to have executed warrants in criminal cases lodged with him for arrests. We name as the parties having these warrants issned and placed in his hands, J. D. Bartley, J. H. Swearingen, W. G. Ouzts, sheriff, and Hamp Car penter. Upon complaint we also present the name of J. G. Mobley, magis trate, at Johnston, S. C., for mal feasance in office for attempting to interfere with the municipal courts of Johnston, and using his legal au thority as magistrate in an illegal process and manner to thwart the actions of said municipal court. We name J..D. Bartley, Mayor, W. E. Moyer, J. H. Swearingen, chief of police, A. P. Lott and Hamp Carpenter as the witnesses in this case. We desire to return thanks to His Honor, Judge Prince and Solicitor Tiaimerman and the other officers of the court for assistance and cour tesies extended to us at this term of court. Respectfully, A. E. Padgett, Foreman. Campaign For Columbia College. A campaign is being carried on this week in nearly every Methodist church in the Columbia district; to raise 810,000 for the administration building for Columbia College. Every church is to report daily to Mr. P. A. Hodges, financial agent, Columbia, S. C., and in turn he will report daily to the church com mittee what every church is doing. The subscriptions are to be paid in 1912 or 1913. If you have al ready arranged how you are going to lay out your Lord's money for 1912, make a subscription for 1913, so we can go ahead and build our administration building. Mr. P. A. Hodges was in Edgefield three years ago and several of our members are just finishing up a series of note; given them extending over two oi three years. This proves the interest of oar people in Columbia College. J. R. Walker. PARKSVILLE LETTER. Miss Shaner Makes Fine Im* I pression. Rev. Mr. Machen at [Baptist Church. Split Log-Drag. Your correspondent has been ac cused of commencing his letters every Monday morning to The Ad vertiser with the stereotyped phras? "?Parksville had a great day yester day. ", Well, we may be guilty of asing jthat expression very frequent ly, arid it is always true, but es [?ecially do I want to emphasize the fact that yesterday was a very great iay with us. The sun came out' brighter after having hidden his face for a season* ushering in a day, freighted with .good things for 'those that had ears to hear." Un fortunately many ware blind and leaf, as in the days of the Saviour, who having ey?s see not and having ?ara hear not, for whom we har? the profoundest, pity, but to those ivho can see and hear, yesterday was aden with thoughts producing re lections. First came the address of Miss Roena Shaner, the representative of ;he W. C. T. U. which is the butt )f ridicule bv blantant demagogues. But Mr. Demagogue, hear her, hear 1er for her causp, and you willi lang your head in shame, that yoi ire so little, and your horizon s, ?arrow. You will be sorry that yoi jyes are blinded, and your eat i topped to the appeal of oar moth-1 irs, our wives, our fiir women for sobriety, for parity, for the salva ion of haman souls. Voa may be wry great in honors, in wealth, in jower, bat your heads are whitea snd in s few more years wt md the worm will destroy all that s mortal, bat their memory will >e fragrant, and their pure, white louis will stand before Jehovah, virile we can imagine we hear the ?aster say, "Inasmuch as ye have lone it unto one of the least of hese ye have done it unto me." Sit lown with Abraham, Isaac and lacob and with all the redeemed, vho have come through great ribulations (without money or hon >r) and "who i.ave washed their obes and made them white in the ilood of the Lamb." The men of ^rksville say, "God bless Miss Sha ler. After Miss Shaner's excellent ddiess came the sermon of the lev. Mr. Machen recently of ?\nintam Inn, but now of Green rood, on "The cross of Christ.*" The cross is the measure of man's eeds and is the measure of God's ove, and brings God and man to ucher. What a wonderful sermon, riiat blessed thoughts; man rec ncilel to God,in "tune with the Ia :nite." Mr. Machen is a young maa f tine personal appearance, and weet face, if such an expression is pplicable to a man, and is a good ireacher. It was announced at the close of his service that presiding elder W. \ Meadows of Cokesbury district could preach in the Methodist hurch at 4 o'clock but not being ble to be present the pastor Bro. Covington preached a most practi al sermon on the conversion of the ailor. At night the B. Y. P. li ras well attended, and one of the ?est speeches we have heard in a ong time was made by Bro. T. G. [albert on standing for something ? the world. So you see we had s ;reat day. Col. W. J. Talbert in introducing, liss Shaner in the morning, made ne of the most eloquent speeches ommendatory of the great work ur women are doing through the V. C. T. IT. for the length of it, re ever heard. I notice through the paper that upervisor Spearman of Anderson as had 25 split-log-drags made for he use of the farmers in Anderson ounty to be distributed to the best dvantage. Of course the farmers .*e glad to use them in ordei to love their fertilizers. They cost ia ound numbers about three dollars. Jan't our old county get up enough ?oney to have made some split-log rags for the accommodation of ur farmers one hundred dollars cov Continued on page 8.