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Eldest ?Neurnpaper H ^mrth Carolina VOL. 77. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1913 JOHNSTON LETTER. Mrs. Octavia Rushton will leav? in a few days for Florida where sin will spend a month or more. Mesdames P. C. Stevens and J. L. Derrick, spent a few days of last week in Batesburg with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Carson, and Master Ira. Jr. Mrs. Will Hoyt has returned from a visit to her parents at J. nes ville. Miss Ruth Payne and Mr. John W. Payne, of Laurens, visited rela tivee here this week. Miss ?ngel! Andrews entertained a few of her friend J on Friday af ternoon in a delightfully pleasant and informal manner. Each brought a bit of fancy work, which they en gaged in while chatting and enjoy ing sweet music. Tempting refresh ments were served. Mrs. Ernest Satcher and children, of Augusta, are spending awhile at the home of Mr. W. W. Satcher. Mrs. Carl Lowrey has returned from Waynesboro, Ga., where ?he. has been visiting in the home of her father, Mr. Kearsey. Miss Daisy Brockington spent the week at Edgefield with Miss Sallie May Nicholson. Mr. O. W. Hamilton, of Staun ton, Va., is me guest of his sister, Mrs. VV. A!..-ii Mobley. Mrs. Estelle Gough, of Atlanta, is expected MI is week to spend two weeks with Urs. P. C. S+evens. She will be accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Pickering, from Charlotte, N. C. Dr. B. L. Allen went over to Au gusta on Wednesday evening to at tend the banquet given by the state medical association. Mrs. Lucy MoLenna has gone to Waldo, Fla., to spend the remain der of the winter with her son, Mr. Alvin McLei.na. Miss Wn.iyii Lott, who is taking a course at Osborne's business col lege, of Augusta, spent Saturday ?nd Sunday ncre at her home. Miss Frances Strother was at home to a party of friends on Wed nesday afternoon, and it was a genu ine pleasure to all to bc with her again, as she has been absout for ceveral months. Misses Sara Beaks and Lila Maud Willis visited m Columbia thc last of the week, and enjoyed one of the playhouse attractions. Mrs. Varie Owdom and son Iredel, of Columbia, are guests of relatives. Miss DeLoach, of Emery, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. V. E. Edwards. The members of the cemetery as sociation are arranging au enter tainment for the eveniug of St. Valentine's day. Mrs. David Howard and chil dren visited at the home of the for mer's mother, Mrs. Anna Strother, last week. The young men of the Baraca class entertained their friends on Friday evening, the occasion being h*ld at the hospitable horne of Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Lott, the latter assisting in making it such a suc cess. Several amusing pastimes were indulged in, and "Cross questions and crooked answers" was very laughable. Partners for refreshments were gotten in a very novel manner, and a sweet course was served. The favors were the emblem of the Ba raca's in blue and white with a quotation. Mrs. W. Allen Mobley was hos tess for the Mew Century Club on Tuesday and the spring like after noon brought forth a full attend ance. During the busiuesB half hours several important matters were dis cussed and huai arr?ngements for "Reciprocity Day" were made, the club to hold the celebration at the home of Mrs. J. H. White. Plans for civic improvements were laid. Concluding this thc interesting my thological play, **A winter's ule," was taken up and Mrs. P. N. Lott was a very instructive teacher and brought out many good points. During the social hour, several in vited friends arrived, and a pleas ant time was spent. The hostess served a sweet course, which was very attractively arranged. Miss Maud Sawyer, who is in the e.igrosiing department, Columbia, ?pent the week end herc. Mr. Furin ail M o'?ley, now located in Illinois, is herc for a visit. The annex to the building of the Carolina public service company, is , nearing completion, this being nc-1 cessitated by an increase in busi ness. Plans are being made for tb erection of a ?15,000 church, b, the members of the Methodist de nomination. Your Minister's Wife. Within the past few weeks fou new ministers have come to Spar tanbury to woik. Their duties are varied but well defined, and they ate paid an adequate salary with which to buy the necessary comforts for their families. How about the wives of these ministers? They re ceive no salaries, but has it not been the custom heretofore to exact un ceasing work from them? Are they not expected to visit professionally, not as a social being, but as the preacher's wife? It is expected of them, too, that they lead in the so ciety work of the church, the many missionary circles, the sewing socie ties, the Dorcas clubs, or failing to do all these things, she is in danger of being called ''not spiritual mind ed." She must hunt up all the new comers, all the strangers that might come in to help build up the church, and must be very attentive to all the sick. She must be ready to enter tain without notice, and with a coun tenance beaming with hospitality, all the straggling preachers that pass through the town, all the min isterial book agents, ali the return ed missionaries-she must do all these things and more, or some ol' her church sisters will sigh and say "Brother Blank is such a tine man but he is so handicapped in his work by that selfish wife." This same wo man may have (she generally does) from four to ten children. If they are neglected, while she is about this church business-what do they not say about preacher's children? Your preacher's wife is only a woman-with the woman's average strength, and the average duties of home maker and mother. She is in nine cases out of ten an earnest wo man and a Christian, interested in, her husband's work, and anxious to help him-but you have no right to exact this public service from her, these professional duties, unless you pay her a salary. You pay your city missionary, your visiting nurse, your pastor's assistant. Do not require our preacher's wife to perform the duties of all three of these officers, unless you pay her enough to hire some one to do her individual pri vate work.-Spartanburg Journal. Col. Bailey Given Choice to Six Sites. Six sites have been offered and submitted in writing to Secretary Brooks Marshall for the Bailey Mil itary Institute. They are as fol lows: Mr. J. W. McCaslan, site between Brannon and Plowden streets, a part, of the Plowden property; Mr. J. P. Abney, site near his home; Mr. ll. it. Tolbert, site near Needmoor; Mr. John R. Blake, site at Blakedale; Mr. T. B. Lee, site near Lee's dairy, and a site on the T. A. Cobb property in Old Oreen wood. The cash consideration offered with each location is known only to the bidders and directors of the company and will not be made pub lic until Monday night at 8 o'clock, when one of the six will be selected. Col. Bailey and the members of his faculty will come to Greenwood Monday morning and make an in spection of the several sites with i view to expressing their choice at ibis fiual meeting.-Greenwood Journal. Watch Shoulders of Tender Ani mals. More sore shoulder? are made in :he spring than any other time. Oause: the shoulders are tender, the xnimals sweat mort readily and it s balder to keep the collars clean md firm. First, see that the collar fits, then it should bi kept clean, (mooth and firm, (-heap collars :hatar?*too narrow and stuffed so badly that they become uneven or lumpy are the cause of most of the nora shoulders. On animals first to work, toughen ih? shoulder* by washing with cold water, rubbing iliy ami applying; a lotion of om? Dunce each of sulfate nf zinc and acetate of le ul in a pint of water. Shake tho bottle before using. Processive Fanner. 1 Letter From Capt. J. W. Kemp, Co. G., 7th, S. C. V., to Mr. Jacob Wright. Editor Edgefield Advertiser: Kind Friend-I ara sending yon a letter for publication, which was published in the Edgetieid Adverti ser (??) years ago from my Cap tain J. W. Kemp to my father af ter my brother was mortally wound ed, and died in the hands of the en emy at Sharpsburg, Md. Winchester, Va., Oct. 1st, 1861. Mr. Wright, Dear Sir: I would have written you about your son, J. H. Wright before this, but real ly there were no way of getting letters to the mails, and no conve niences for writing. Even now I can not find any paper or stamp in Winchester which you will over look in this case. Your son was ?lightly wounded in thigh at Maryland Heights, but he was too brave to stop for a slight wound, althrugh I told him it might make him worse, and not to attempt to follow the regiment. He said he wanted to be with the company whenever he was possibly able, and went into the tight with us at Sharpsburg, Md., where he received a wound in a dreadful charge we made on a battery, and fell. We were ordered to fall back and had to leave all the wounded that couldn't make away, so he was left with the enemy that day and night, and the next day, which was devoted to caring for the wounded, and burying the dead. We exchang ed wounded and dead with the ene my and obtained Joe by night. I didn't see him but our ambulance corps, who care for the wounded, told me he was wounded in the side, or properly, groin and that they didn't think his wound serious, tho' severe. That night our army crossed the Potomac into Virginia, and had to leave many of our wounded wi.o fell into the hands of the enemy, eo Joe,brave, gallant fellow was made prisoner again. I have no doubt but that he is well cared for by the ene my and from what the ambulance corps told me I don't think his wound fatal at all. He is too brave a boy to loose. We can't do without him. He must get well. My dear sir, you may be proud of such a son, and I congrat?late you on the gallantry of all your sons. They have proved themselves men and soldiers worthy ot our great cause. It is unfortunate that they should all get wounded, but I hope a kind Providence will restore them again to their country's service. Accept my sympathy. Truly yours, J. W. Kern.,, 1st, Capt. Com'd. Co., 7th S. C. Key't. How to Prune Trees. One point that should always be kept in mind when pruning any kind of a fruit tree, shrub, or any other plant is that the branch cut . .ff should always be cut off smooth ly with the trunk of the tree or the branch from which it came. If this isn't done the stub rots, and thin rotting continues right on into the trunk of the tree, aud the result is a hollow tree in the near future. It seems hard to get those people who have been cutting off the branches with an axe and at the most convenient place te change their methods and follow the above mentioned method. Hut this abso lutely necessary if you care any iliing about the welfare of your trees. And the wound should be painted with any kind of paint if the branch cut off is larger than one-half inch in diameter. This will help to keep ont tho rot fungus until the wound can heal over. Progressive Farmer. Wanted a Share. Proud and pompous, the doctor was ??trolling down the street, when ?ie was spoken to by a poor wo man. ''Good morning, sir." remarked the latter. "'Good morning, madam," replied the medico. "I expect yon ar,; making a good iliing oui nf attending tn that rich Smith boy?" suggested tin; lady. "Oh, yes, a.fairly good fee', re plied thc doctor, somewhat angrily. "Well," whispeied tho lady, "I hope yon won't forirel that it was my Willie who threw the brick that hit him." Is Nitrogen Needed After a Crop of Peas Cut For Hay? A Tennessee reader asks: "Wher* I grew a good crop of cowpeas last summer and removed them for hay, will I need io apply any nitrogen in the fertilizer! the coming season for cotton, or did the crop of peas store enough nitrogen in the soil?" On good land, it is a question if when the cowpeas are removed for hay, much more nitrogen is left in the roots and stubble than was tak en from the soil in growing the crop. For instance, if in a crop of cowpeas making one and a half tons of hay we estimat3 seventy-five pounds of nitrogen in the hay and fifteen pounds in the roots and stubble, then if fifteen pounds of the nitrogen used in the growth of the crop was taken from the soil, there is no gain to the soil when the hay ia removed. In some cases, however, there will be a larger por tion of the nitrogen in the whole plants left in the soil by the stubble and roots, and unless the soil is quite rich there will unusually be some gain in nitrogen to the soil, even where the crop is removed for bay In poor soils, a much larger por tion of the nitrogen used in the growth of the crop will be taken from the air, and consequently there will be a relatively larger gain and mere im ?rovement to the soil, but in order to add largely to the nitro gen in the soil, the crop must be plowed under or fed and the manure returned to the land. We may, therefore, conclude that if this soil needed nitrogen for cot ? ton before the growth of the pea crop,some nitrogen, but a smaller quantity, will be needed the coming year. If, however, this land pro duced a fair stalk of cotton before j the growth of the pea crop, no ni? I trofen may be needed in the fertili zorn or cotton tue coming season. ! %rf?.cb. p. ouse, ?it will . be/better to ; put no nitrogen under the crop' at planting, but if the crop does not show sufficient growth of stalk early in the season a side-dressing of from fifty to one hundred pounds of ni trate of soda per acre may be made about tho time the plants begin blooming.-Progressive Farmer. None of Our Business, But Little girl, with Hobble skirt, Mag or Mabel Min or My rt, Going blithely Down the street, I must Bay your Little feet, From your skii t ?So tight about Your slim limbs, Steal in and out (And not meauing Any niaras) Like to canvas Covered hams. Still I must say, Mag or My rt, I believe the Hobble skirt, Well out of the Duse where germs Do their double Twists and squirms, Is the proper thing, All right, If it's not too Doggone tight.. C it the thing A trifie loose So.your legs will Ve of use, Then each foot Won't look as large AK a loaded Cotton barge. Your tight hobble Is a shame, Hat we love you Just the same. - -Houston Post. How to Remove Old Wall Paper A good way to remove old wall paper, says the Scientific American, is to uso the following solution: A thick nasty solution should be made by adding flour and a few spoons of sall into boiling waler. Aller this is mad*' add a lew ounces of acetic acid, which may be purchased at any drug store. This paste should be applied wilii a brush to ibu old wall naper in quantities. After a frw minutes the old paper can be removed iii groat strips very cisily and with very little dust or dirt. What Prominent Men Say of the Corn Exposition. A great opportunity lies at th' very door of our people. Anothet corn exposition will not be held ii. South Carolina for many, man; years. The railroads are making rates to Columbia very low. Di< not fail to attend the exposition. Read the following comments upon the exposition by distinguished men who have visited it. "Thc Exposition is great, and ev ery farmer in the South should in spect the exhibits. "-James Wilson, secretary of agriculture of the Uni ted States. "The Exposition h an object les son to the farmers of the United States, lt emphasizes the progress that has beeu made in the United States along agricultural lines. The Exposition also emphasizes the im portance of agriculture."-James Lamb of Virginia, chairman of the agricultural committee of the House. "This ha8"b2en a great trip, and every member of the agricultural committee has spent a pleasant and instructive day. I am pleased with the Exposition and think that every farmer in the South should attend." -Courtney Walker Hamlin, mem ber of congress from Missouri. "The Exposition is instructive and shows the progress that has been made in agriculture. The de velopment of the South is shown by the Exposition."-James C. Mc Laughlin, member of congress from Michigan. "I was surprised by the Exposi: lion and the wonderful maimer the people of South Carolina have in handling a crowd. The Exposition ; is instructive and should prove ot [ value to the farmers. It is a great object lesson."-.lohn A. Maguire; membei of congress from Nebraska. "The Exposition could not. be finer, and I was agreeably surpris .;d.''- H. M. Tyler of Virginia, &ec retary.of the house committee on agriculture. "I think the Exposition is grand, and the farmers of the South should attend."-Edwin F. Sweet, mem ber of congress from Michigan. "A day of triumph for South Car olina. The State's greatest agricul tural day/'-Asbury F. Lever, con- i gressraan from the Seventh district of South Carolina. For me the Exposition is entire ly novel. It is extensive and the biggest thing of the kind that 1 have ever seen."-Frank Pluiuley, congressman from Vermont. I was delighted with the Exposi tion. It is of a revolutionary char acter. Columbia has all the jump and crash of a Western town." Joseph Taggart, member cr con gress from Kansas. "The Exposition was a revelation j tome, lt is of incalculable value! for developing .he South. There j ?light to bc an annu al show of this 1 and in this region.11-Joseph How-j ?ll, member of congress from Utah, j "Thc Exposition is an inspiration j "or ihe farmer. The corn clubs viii develop a new generation of "armers."-W. C. Hawley, member jf congress from Oregon. "The Exposition is a great insti ution and an inspiration and a fore .unner of great farming develop nent."-James T. MoDermont, nemberof congress from Illinois. Day by Day. Let me be a little kinder, [jet nie be i little blinder To the faults of those about me. Let me praise a little more; Let me be, when I am weary, Tust a little bit more cheery, [<et me serve a little better Those that I am striving for. Let me be a little braver kV hen temptation bids mo waver, Let me strive a little harder Po be all that. I should be; jet me be a little meeker kV i t li the brother that is weaker. Let me think more of my neighbor Ind a lntie less of rae. jet me be a little sweeter, dake my life a bit completer, >y doing what I should do Svery minute ol" the day; jet me toil, without complaining, STot a humble task disdaining; jet mo face the summons calmly Yhen death beckons mo away. - Detroit Free Pres?. VI ass Meeting Called to Discuss the School Question. Fellow Citizens: On the 17th of January, there was a large meeting of our people assombled for the pur pose of considering what should be done for the promotion of the edu-. cational interestsof our community; and that meeting was characterized by the utmost harmony, and result ed in the adoption of resolutions by practically the unanimous vote of; all those who were present, which it was thought would end the matter for the present. Since that tim? Prof. Bailey has announced his con elusion to establish his school at Greenwood; and therefore it now becomes important, and necessary, to review our conclusions and take further action in reference to all matters that were discussed at the meeting1. In our judgment it is important that there shall be no de lay about this matter, as we regard it as one of the most important of all the matters which oonfront our community. We therefore take the liberty of requesting our fellow citizens to as semble again in our court hous? on Friday afternoon next the 7th. inst., .U 4 o'clock; and we sincerely hopj that every citizen of our town who feels an interest in our educational affairs will attend that meeting so that we may at that time determine what shall be done, now that Prof. Bailey has concluded to remove his institute from our midst. We do feel that it is necessary that we should urge our citizens to attend this meeting, for \vo believe that the importruce of the meeting will at once impress upon each and all of our citizens the duty to be pres ent. J. C. Sheppard, Ch. Bd. Trustees Male Acad. A- E. Padgett, /;; Ch. Bd. Trus. Public Schools. 1 '~r~~ Convict^, and pardoned ; Crimi nals Flock to Augusta. .Police Lieut. E. B. Hatcher is re sponsible for the statement that Au gusta is oven un with criminals from South Carolina, and thai J the greater number of instances, the eily authorities are powerless to act. In the first place, he says, there are any number of pardoned criminals, who have found their way into the eily from "across the river," and in the second place, the authorities are lax in sending for escaped convicts when they are apprehended and held in the city. Whether the recent excessive num ber ot burglaries are attributable lo any of the escaped or pardoned convicts, Mr. Hatcher would not say, for if there were any evidence against any of them the situation would take on a different aspect. Mr. Hatcher referred particularly to a recent case wherein two con victs er-caped from the South Caro lina chaingang. The customary no tice was sent the Augusta police de partment, and the two men were ar rested. The South Carolina atuhuri ties were formally notified. But the men were never sent for. One is said to have been a more or less prominent burglar, and the other was held for robbery. They were detained at the Au gusta headquarters as long as the law allowed, or a longer period, and were t?nally released. South Caroli na has not neut for them yet, and unless they have left the city within the last twenty-four hours, they are still walking the streets "within, the law."-Aojpntii Chronicle. His Treasure Stare. A young man recently gut mar ried and took a cottage, determined to grow enough vegetables to knep the household going. He started to dig up the garden, and after an hour's hard work wa? astonished to find a sovereign at his feet. Then he dug with renewed ardor. Several pennies, a sixpence and a half urown rewarded his efforts. "Blow! If this ain't a bloo.nin' ?Told mine!" he said diguing away for ail he was worth: "1 wonder what I'll find next?" His arms ached; little beads of [Perspiration trickled down his nose md his neck felt as though it was breaking. He could stiek to it no unger. He straightened his back at last willi a gro in of pain and at the >aniH instant felt something come .liding down his :; jr. Ju ;l moment lie had grasped tit?; truth. There was i hole in his mm .-era pocket!-Tit Bits.