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Mfani Rtwappte Sn jiputb Carolina VOL. 77. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY,JAKUJEY 22.1913 JOHNSTON LETTER. Lee's Birthday Observed. Mrs. Dobey Entertained New Century Club. James Dobey Honored. As the 19th, Gen. Robt. E. Lee's birthday came on Sundiy, the Mary Ann Buie chapter, D. of C., used the 20th, to commemorate the day., the exercises relating to Gen. Stone wall Jackson's birthday, as it is at a near date. The exercises were held in the auditorium of the high school, and the historian, Mrs. O. D. Black arranged a very interest ing program. She used this occasion as a suitable time to place in the custody of the school,a reproduction of the great seal of South Carolina, which had been neatly framed and hung upon the walls by the D. of C. At 10:30 o'clock the classes as sembled in the auditorium with the audience, and the exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. P. E. Monroe. Mrs. W. L. Coleman gave the history of the seal of South Carolina, and Mrs. James White, as president gave it to the school.In behalf of the school, Prof. Scott, received the seal with happy and well chosen w jrds. Mrs. F. Bf. Boyd gave a beauti ful reading on the life of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Miss Clara Sawyer read a selectiou with the subject, "Stonewall Jackson." "Hoo-ray for the sunny south," a bright and Inspiring song, closed the exercise.. Mrs. Ida Boatwright, and Mr. Benjamin Boatwright, of Ridge were visitors at the home of Mr. Burrell Boatwright, during the week. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lott, with their two beautiful little girls Eliza beth and Erl i . Allen, spent Sunday here w?dfefrie" J L. D. Rushton and W. S. Tar rant of Bate?-burg, visited here the first of the u eek. Claude L. Denny, of Jackson ville, Fla., is here for a visit to relatives. Mrs. J. Lucas Walker returned this week from a visit to her cousin, Mrs. McCartba, at Jacksonville, Fla., and to other points in the state. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bailey enter tained a few of their friends at tea on Friday evening. Mr. W. M. West, of Washing ton, N. C., was here during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harris, of Chicago, and their daughter, Mrs. Clark, of Evansville, III., spent Monday at the home of Mr. Elzie LaGrone. Judge J. G. Mobley entertained a number of hi?? gentlemen friends with a dinner on Wednesday even ing. Mr. Thomas Stansell, of Green ville, was here during the past week. Miss Gladys Sawyer visited Miss Edith Miller at Trenton last week. The unimproved condition of Mr. A. C. Mobley, is a source of much sorrow to his many friends. He is now confined to his hed, al together. Visitors this week at the home of Prof. W. F. Scott were Mr. Thomas Webb, of Kentucky, and Miss Helen Haltiwanger, of Green wood. Miss Cook who has been etaying at the home of Mr. W. H. Clark, has returned to her home in Colum bia. Mr. W. T. Willis, of Spartan burg, visited his daughter, Miss Lila Maud Willis during the past week. Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Payne, ol Greenwood were guests at the home of Mr. J. W. Payne last week. Miss Daisy Sawyer has gone to Vidalia, Ga., where she has accept ed a position with a business firm. Miss Marion Mobley entertained a few of her friends on Friday af ternoon in a very pleasant manner. Mrs. A. JJ. Matthews, of Augus ta, has been the guest of relatives. Mrs. lone Owdora, of Dillon, is spending this month with her pa reuts, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Quattle baum. Mrs. James Dobey was hostess for the New Century Club on Tues day afternoon, and during the Laif our of routine business, arrange ents were made for "Reciprocity Day,'5 which they will celebrate on February ll. The study for the I afternoon was "King John III," and Mrs. Fletcher Boyd was instructor. Many points for discussion were brought out, and several good pa pers read. After books were laid aside, a social half hour was happi ly spent, there being several other invited guests besides the 20 mem bers. The hostess served refresh ments in two courses, salads and sweets. Just before the close, Mas ter James Nixon Dobey was called for, and the president presented him with a s poon from the club. Mr. and Mrs. Sumter Wright, of Greenwood, spent the week end here with their mother Mrs. Lucin da Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Owdora," who have made their home here for a year or more, have returned to their former home at Meeting Street. Resolutions Concerning the Death of Mr. James M. Cobb. The following resolutions were adopted by the First Quarterly Conference of the Edgefaeld and Trenton Methodist churches held at Edgefield Methodist church Jan uary 20, 1913. Resolved, .by the first quarterly conference of Edgetield station for the year 1913. 1st. That we are sorrowful over the passing away of our brother, J. M. Cobb, on November 25, 1912. 2nd. That we extend our sympa thy and assurance of our prayers in their behalf to his loved ones, especially to his dented wife. 3rd. That we feel that our church has lost a good man, and a valuable worker, and the needy a true friend. 4th. That we thank God foi Brother Cobb's many years of good service to God and the church, es pecially for his twenty-two years of efficient service as the superintend ent of the Edgefield Methodist Sun day school^'and his sweet'BeTvtcfe'of " song and prayer in both Sunday school and preaching servioes, and for his financial aid to many insti tutions of the church. 5th That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to Mrs. J. M. Cobb, a copy spread on our minutes, and copies be sent for publication to the Christian Advocate, the Sout?ern Christian Advocate, The Edgefield Chronicle and The Edgefield Ad vertiser. J. R. Walker, B. E. Nicholson, W. M. Leppard. Are You Keeping School Chil dren Home on Excuses? Longer school terras for country children are one of the South's most urgent needs, as the Progressive Farmer insists, but there is some thing that should ome first, and that is more regular attendance. Of what avail are more school dajs when the children don't attend on the days that there is schooling of fered them ir In the cities and larger towns the authorities enforce attendance, but if you will examine the registers of a few country schools, you will be appalled to find how small is the average attendance, how trivial the excuses which keep the pupils at home. Even if the children are eager to go, the parents keep them out on any Jiblie pretext. Munday, Mard is neede ? to help with the washing, and Johnny is too little to go alone. Tuesday, it is too cold; Wednesday, it looks like rain and Thursday is too late in the week to start. The next week is hog-killing. I never yet understood why hog-killing should keep children from school, but it does. If the children are promoted, they are kept home be cause sending them means buying a new reading book, and if they aren't promoted, the "teaeher.is no good," so at home they stay. A clergyman, called suddenly away and unable to officiate at the Christmas services in his own church, intrusted his new curate with the duty. On his return home he asked his wife what she thought of tlie curate's sermon. "Thc poorest 1 ever heard," she declared, "nothing iu it at all." Later in the day the clergyman, meeting his curate, asked him how he had got along. "Finely, sir, finely," replied the curate. *T didn't have time to prepare anything myself, so I preached one of your sermons." News From Plum Branch. Dear Advertiser: With this al most spring weather here in the middle of January I am constrained to write a few lines for your read ers tu criticise if they see proper to do so. I will not get offended or angry. Yes, we are having ideal weather which is giving the farmer a good chance to make a good start for this year, and many farmers that can control the labor are tak ing advantage of the situation, and yet with all this pretty weather, lhere are a lot of negroes loafing aroun I. They are what we term the 5 or 6 months hands or wages hands, some of them have a few dollars that the employer bas on the farm a kind of a convenience. He has made a contract to begin work the first of March and the employer gives him a dollar occasionally to hold him on his place. Let rae say just here the farmer that follows that practice will see bis farra grad ually go down. There is work on the farm from January until Christ mas, making compost, cleaning up brier patches and keeping up the terraces and many things that could bc mentioned. Well, brother Mims we are mov ing along nicely. Judging from the number of lots that have been sold , since the first of December up to this time there will be considerable building done this summer. Among the buildings will be some brick business houses, judging from plans that are being arranged. There is room here and a good ooening for one or more good business firms, with money and grit with some enterprise. The new ferry across the river into Georgia has opened up a large territory in the old goo-, ber state and a more thrifty and. energetic class of farmers can't be found anywhere. And we want here some merchants that can hold the trade. We.jjet^heir cotton and _p)ot-^ toll "seed, the main thing is hold their trade. Our bank is established in the new brick building and is doh.g a good business. A new up-to-date market and restaurant was started up this last week. The town council has passed an ordinance that there shall not be any more wood buildings erected in the main business portion of the town and a large majority of the people think it a wise plan for the reason that if a fire should start in either of the four blocks with a stiff wind blowing the whole busi ness portion of the town would be burned. In my last week's article I stated that Mr. Kitchings had been sick but was better. He has relapsed and is quite sick at this writing and his little boy is quite sick at present. Mr. James Adams, Dr. Adams' father has been feeble but is up and going again. Mr. Geo. Adams was here last week to see his brother and as usual full of his mischief as a io year old boy. Well he is a real good fellow all the same. The young people have gone back to college to resume their studies. Master Hawthorn Hanks to Atlan ta to study pharmacy, Mil ledge and Ralph Sturkey to Draughon's busi ness college in Columbia and Miss Lucile ?Sturkey to Lander college and the old people are left to take care of the home. We had a good sermon from Brother Covington yesterday at the Methodist church which was much appreciated by a large congregation. The members of the Baptist church ?.ailed their preacher for this year. You see we will have as vve did last year preaching every Sunday in one oi the other of the churches. We have a good Sunday school in both churches and all the auxilia ries to both churches are doing nicely. The outlook for our people spiritually is good. The patrons of the high school met or at least some of them did and decided to employ one more as sistant teacher. We will have three, assistants and the principal. Don Carlos. "Twenty minutes for refresh ments," bawled the conductor as he passed down the aisle, says the Wo man's Home Companion. A little girl with raspberry jam on her chin plucked him by the sleeve. "You needn't stop che train on our account, she said timidly. We are going lo eat ours right here iii the car." ..^The new steamship "Lenape' dayibn its maiden voyage for Cha 50 feet in beam and 30 feet deep Th?^Lenape*' is strictly modern a Wh? You Should Not Worry. The following very wise advice is taken from the February Ameri can 'Magazine. ttTbe. worries of to day are the jokes.of to-morrow. Look over your past'Iife. What are the i nenien ts that you lind funny now? Every one ot them was a worry at the timejt/bappened. You laugh as you look o?ck at past worries. Well, wbJy not laugh at the worries of to-da^-and to-morrow as well? ".Worry doesn't, get you any thinp^or anywhere. There's no use worrying about things that are past- Whatever has happened is right or it would not have happen ed. Tlie whole great Universe is run ir harmony. Don't be conceited enousM to suppose that anything you -havi-done U out of harmony with j/;? Universe. If it was, the ?yij?jBy?i'ld would soon get out_of wW?k^4-.- - - - ^^Tfifre's no use worrying, either, about what's going to happen. No body knows that. Remember, too, thc worst never happen. And why worry now? You either cari help or can't help what you are worrying about. If you can help it, go ahead and do it and stop worrying. If you can't help it, what good does wor rying do? "But, yon say, I just can't help worrying. How absurd! Of course you can. Try this plan. Sit down calmly and ask yourself what is the very worst result that can come from|your present trouble.Look it in the face boldly. Square your shoul ders and say to yourself. Well, if that's all, I can face that. Lots of worse things have happened to millions ot other people and they have survived. I guess I can. . ".Most worries are over mere trifles. Probably George Washing ton's wife used to wurry when he got home late for il inner, but what difference does it make to either of them now? "Get a worry book. Pindown in it to-day everything that worries you. Look at it a week from t.i-day. How many of the things you are worrying about will happen? The longer you keep a worry book the shorter will grow the entries." A Bill to Safeguard Primary Elections. Senator B. E. Nicholson has in troduced a bill which will safe guard the primary system t-> a very great extent. The important sec tions of the bill are as follows: "Section -J82 b-In nach year 30 days before the Hist primary elec tion of any political- party, organi zation or association it shall h.? thu duty of the members and officers having charge of the enrollment ol' the voters at each nf the clubs or precincts to make out a copy ol' the club roll of such officer authorized to administer oaths be torn a notary public or otuer officer authorised tc administer oaths under die laws of this state that the copy with the clerk of court of the club roll and shall tile such certified copy with the clerk of court of the county in which such precinct is located, and the same shall be kept on record in his office. ' Section c-No person shall he allowed lo vote a? any primary electiou whose name is not enrolled on the dill? roll of the precinct where he is entitled to vote under the constitution and mies ol' such political party, organization or as sociation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter at leasl \ the late sr jition to the Clyde Lrleston jacksonville. Th Its ^acity is 400 passenge nd luxurious in all of its appoint iU days before the first primary ilection of such party, organization jr association in each year in which m election shall be held. "Section 282 2-That any person ipplying for enrollment on the nub roll of any club or precinct )f any political party, organization jr association who shall be refused m roi huent shall have the right to ippeal to any circuit judge in the i circuit where such votei resides or :o any justice of the supreme court from the action of the officer of mell club, provided that the notice ind grounds of appeal be sei ved on >ne of the officers of such club tvithin five days after tho action of ?aid club in refusing to enroll such ?roter, and this appeal shall be heard kvitlitii ten days from the date of :he sei vice of such notice and the /trae and place for the hearing of ?aid app ?al shall be fixed and des ignated in such notice and such per ^n~or*tlre bnTcers"^r^^e^lferi""'?T" mch club shall have the right to ippeal to the supreme court of r?oiith Carolina from the decision )f the judge or justice who hears ,he same; provided that in the event ,he action of the club or precinct n refusing to enroll such person be 'evcrsed by the judge or justice vho hears the appeal, then the mme of such person shall be placed >n th ? roll of .such club ind he shall be entitled to vote ns i member of such club, pending inal decision of ihe supreme court. "Section 28-2 e-All persons en .oiled at any club or precinct under :,he constitution and rules ot* such party, organization or association md the provisions of this chapter diall be entitled to vote at all of :,he primary elections ot'such party, srganizilion or association upon presenting himself at the precinct jr club at which he is enrolled and Laking the oath and complying with the rules of such party, or ganization or association. "Section 282 f-This act is not intended and shall not be construed r.o prevent any political party, or ganization or association from pre scribing and requiring any addi tional requirements and safeguards for the conduct, of its primary elec tion and shall not be deemed or con strued to repeal or effect the pro visions of sections 2S2, 284 and 285 of chapter 13 <?f volume 1 o.f the code of laws of South Carolina, 1912. "Section 2-This act shall take ?ffeci upon its approval." Sowing Oats and Peas A Tennessee reader asks: "Can I <ow oats in my orchard this spring, pasture them off with hogs, ami then sow lo peas, without damage Lo the orchard?" Sowing to oats ind pasturing them off and then fol lowing with peas will certainly not injure the orchard. If the peas are removed some depletion in potash ind phosphoric acid will occur, but m the whole, the results should be beneficial rather than otherwise, es pecially if the pea* are fertilized with about 200 pounds of acid plibs phate per acre, as they should be. But the real question meant to be isk"d is, probably, "Will the hogs injure Hie orchard?*' If the trees are small, the hogs might injur ? them unless the trees are protected and thc hogs have rings put in their noses. If the trees are a good si/. . inti the hogs are prevented from rooting too much by putting ring in their noses or by proper add. Lional feed, no injury will result t the orchard.-Progressive Farmer. Line fleet, left New York yester e new boat is 400 feet in length, rs and 5,000 tons of freight, ments. The Sixth Annual Meeting of the Negro Race Conference is to Meet in Columbia During the Corn Show. The Negro Race Conference, of which Rev Richard Carroll is presi dent, will meet this year, January .2(j, and continue in session four days. The meeting is to be held at this time on account of the very low rates on the rail-roads, bacause of th" corn show. Among the prominent persons who will speak at the meeting this year, are the Hon. D. R. Coker, of Hartsville, who will speak on "How to select good Seeds for Plant ings"; Prof. J. D. Eggleston, Su perintendent of education in the state of Virginia, and Dr. Francis Rowley of Boston, editor of 'Our Dumb 4j?&ii??p.?; ^Ther? are twenty-six speakers, both '&?^c???~ colored on the programme. A half day will be spent in dis cussing, "Crime among the Color ed People.". The labor problem will also be discussed. The speak ers mean to discourage the people from moving into the cities, and urge them to remain on the farms. Ten Garden Pointers. Breaking ground in winter makes the ground more loose and mellow than spring breaking. It also des troys insect larvae. Loosening the subsoil allows the winter rains to soak in. Planting in stright rows is better than planting ?JJ raised beds. Pinntinsr only such vegetables as are liked by the family is better than planting a great variety. Manure saved in the cattle shed in April and May is more free from, weed and clover seed than that sav ed at any other time of ye ir. Tying tomatoes to stakes is bet ter than letting them be on the ground. Raking the ground after each rain conserves moisture. The rake is the best tool to use in cultivation. Sub-surface irrigation is better than sprinkling or pouring water on the surface. By keeping all the ground busy all the time, about three times as much truck can be raised. No ordinary sized family can pos sibly make use of all the truck and berries that can be raised on half acre of ground.-Progressive Far mer. What a Husband and Wife Bought on Christmas Eve. Mrs. Mc Fuddle started out shop ping on Christmas eve. She had a .sio note, and this is what she brought home: One young tree, a rocking horse, a drum, a horn, a train on a track, a box of ci gar.?, a box of candy, socks, stockings, handkerchiefs, gloves, perfume, slippers, oranges, apples, nuts, books, a kimona and an express wagon tilled with pack ages" Mr. McFuddle started ont shop ping on Christmas Eve. Ile had a $10 note, and this is what he brought home: One silver tizz, four dry Martinis, nine whiskeys, one sherry, one Bronx cocktail, one Sazerac, three sloe gin rickey.--, four mugs of Tom and derry, six assorted doses of ?ii?^n()?>:^ eleven beers and a mass of free lunch. And they were all in one package.