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(Mest Newspaper H ?mk Carolina EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28.1913 JOHNSTON LETTER. Closing Exercises o? Johnston High School Held-Vets in Attendance Upon Con federate Reunion. The commencement began on Sunday morning with the devotion al exercises of the High School, the sermon being preached in the school auditorium. The day was an ideal one and there was such a full at tendance, seats were not available for all. The stace of the auditorium was decorated in the class colors, pink and blue, and foliage plants made a pretty background. Seated here were the ministers of the town, and Rev. H. A. McCullough, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, Co lumbia, superintendent William Fletcher Scott,,with the other mem bers of the faculty, the six young lady graduates, Misses Lottie and Isabel Bean, .Mattie Jordan, Eulis Padgett, Mary Lucia Mobley and Eva Crouch, and the trustees of the school, Rev. P. E. Monroe, Messrs. W. M. Wright, M. T. Tur ner, C. D. Kenny, J. L. Walker and W. C. Derrick. Just previous to the service, the school entered in . a body, each of the ll grades, head ed by the teacher, and occupied front seats. The order of service was as foliows: Doxology, invoca tion, hymn, "Love divine;" script ure reading, Rev. E. H. Beckham; quartette, '"Somewhere;" prayer, Rev. P. E. Monroe; off era tory, mu sic, "Dedication;" anthem, ''The watchword," Sermon, Rev. H. A. McCullough; hymn, "Oh worship the king," Bcndiction. Rev. Mc Cullough, took as his text, a verse from the gospel of St. Luke. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with ; thy strength with all thy might and thy neighbor as thyself." Thedis V^colirs?'wayTopl?t?' with many good thoughts, and considered by all a very fine one. . The music was es pecially attractive and Miss Lila Maud Willis the accomplished in structor in music presided at the piano. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holland, of Trenton spent Sunday here with friends. Miss Effie Hart who has a posi tion in Americus, Ga., is enjoying a vacation at the home of her moth er Mrs. Victoria Hart. Miss Bertha Woodward is at home from a visit to relatives in Augusta. Messrs. Junius Biiley and Allen Duncan ?idson, are two of the graduates at Newberry college, the exercises to take place this week. The following have gone to Chat tanooga to attend the re-union. Judge J. G. Mobley, Messrs. Lewis and Tom Holmes, L. C. Claxton, j. D. Eidson, W. T. Walton, J. R. Wright and Mr. G. P. Cobb and his daughter, Miss Sue Sloan. Miss Mallie Waters is spending this week in Augusta with her sis ter, Miss Annie Waters. Mr. and Mrs. Merrell^fof Augus ta, were visitors recently at the home of Mr. H. W. Crouch. The members of the new centu ry club will end their meetings for the summer, with a moonlight pic- 1 nie, which will be held at the home of one of the members, Mrs. J. W. Marsh. Besides the club there will 1D? a number of others invited and the affair is pleasantly anticipated. Mrs. Frances Howard Williams was hostess for the Pi Tau club on Wednesday afternoon, and with charming cordiality and pleasantly arranged means of entertainment, she made the hours happy ones for the guests. Refreshments were eerv- : ed during the time. 1 Mr. Claud Lott has purchased the lot and residence owned by Mr. Thomas Stansell. Rev. P. E. Monroe, pastor of the i Lutheran church, will deliver the , address before the graduating class . of Summerland college. Although this is the first year of the college, there are three graduates. i Mr. J. Wi Marsh 6pent the past week in Charleston with his son, John Fleming Marsh. i Mr. Barney Jordan who was operated on for appendicitis, last 1 week, at the. Augusta hospital, is improving rapidly. Mr. and Mrs-, Carr, of Augusta, are domiciled at the home of Mr. Charles Pech man, Mr. Carr being a traveling salesman on the road. Mrs. Sallie Collett, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. James Wright, -who lives near lown. Messrs. Hugh C. Mitchel, Bever ly Eppes and Bennie Parker spent Sunday here at the home of the for mer's sister, Mrs. W. M. Wright. Mrs. Morgan, #of Greenville, was herewith her daughter during the two days of commencement Deserved Tribute to a Faithful and Highly Respected Col ored Man. The thin gray line of the old sol - dierand the thin dark line of the old ex-slave are ever pursuing par alel courses. Forty-eight years have reduced the ranks of both to an in finitesraal numbers and ere long both lines will have disappeared, and nothing will be known of either eave what is recordeo of them. The subject of this sketch is only an humble old colored man. an old ex-slave of the Lake family, a vet eran of the war in the capacity of a | body servant of Mr. Felix Lake, deceased-*'war Feel" as he was known-and it is but just that some recognition of his services, and some mention of bis death be made. Andrew McKelvin who was in his 69th year died on the old planta tion of ibe late Col. S. W. Nichol son on Friday night last and was buried at Pleasant Grove church on Saturday afternoon. He may have bad his faults as do all mortals, but nevertheless he fulfilled his mission in the humble walks of life in which he was assigned by the wise benefi cent creator. No one can now es timate tbp value of the services of this old colored n an on the battle fields, during the war assisting the wounded and quenching the thirst of tbe dying. During the latter days of the war in a skirmish on i Cheraw river he was wouuded by a j shell from the enemy and suffered ( the effects of it to the day of his , death. He was always loyal to the J white people and clung -to his o?d master's family with that devotion which is sacred and peculiar or ? we may say characteristic only of the old negro slave. ''One by oi.e they pas6 away, } Cross the : .ver one by one: , And the shadows of to-day . Darken the departing sun." Elmwood, S. C. W. D. O. , Secretary Bryan and Liquor. It will not be denyed by anyone, j we suppose, that Secretary of State, , William Jennings Br3'an, is better liked to-day than at any time in j the history of his public life. Ev erything that he says now, and ho . has spoken nip.ny hundreds of times , toese twenty-odd years, is heralded , broadcatt over the land, and he never says anything that is not calculated to do somebody good, whether he is speaking on ques- j tions of State, religion or morals. , The other day he addressed the ? Boy Scouts in Washington on the subject of Temperance, and what he said is worth repeating. Citing his own record as an example for ' th?=i young Mr. Bryan declared: "I ?earned when I was a boy to ' be a total abstainer. I do not re- 1 member when 1 first signed the j pledge. It is so far back that I cannot recall it. ( "1 know that some draw a dis- j tinction between the use of liquor ? by boys and the usc of liquor by , men. I presume there is scarcely a person who would stand in a public ? place and advocate the i se of li- r quor by boys. Everybody recog- [ nizes that liquor is nota good thing for bo vs. I have now been of age thirty- ?. two years and I have found that \ there is no use for alcohol after one ceases to be a boy, and I only hope ( you will be able to maintain and to a keep the pledge while you are grow- x ing, and I hope will see no reason j *&er yon are grown for changing your habits of life on this sub- e ject. a *'I appreciate the compliment you j pay me. because the opinion of boys ^ ts not only a compliment, but it z has its usefulness. \ *\l shall feel that I have not lived ^ antirely in vam if by abstaining ^ from intoxicating liquors and bev erages, I have given my strength ^ to any one and helped him to resist ? the temptation." Coming as it does from so dis- f tinguished andsuocessful a man these * words should sink deep into thc | heart cf uld and young alike.- t Greenwood Journal. PLUM BRANCH NEWS. Brilliant Entertainment at Close of School. Many Visitors Come and go. Drought Continues. Well, school has closed. Joy has oome to the heart of many boys and girls, for vacation is always wel come. A three-hour program was enjoyed by a very large crowd on May 9th at the school house. Every thing was arranged very daintily on the stage, and the many-pupils made the hearts of the people feel light for awhile. Everything was carried out perfectly. The credit and praise were given to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fowler for the well carried out pro gram. A very few realized that they were the ones who toiled very hard in practicing and drilling the children. Their friends were very sorry to see them leave on Sunday morning after the entertainment on Friday night. They stopped over at Clark's Hill and .Meriwether until Tuesday morning with \,wo of his pupils, Misses Vera Fowler and Katherine Adams. Those who atteuded the Sunday school convention at Clark's Hill from our town were: Messrs. B. H. Covington, Watkins Collier, T. D. Miner, R. H. Banks, Miss Lula Self and Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Adams. They repoit a fine time. Miss Lula Self remained over a week visiting two of her school mates, Misses Fowler and Adams/ She returned last Wednesday after noon and brought Katherine back with her. Katherine w is warmly welcomed by Dr. audt Mrs. Adams Wednesday night, and at Lula's* home Thursday. They went to Mc Cormick that evening and attended services at the Methodist chu She returned to her hon morning near Mer A serious accident occurred' Monday morning at'Piura Branch, j The 12-year-old BO^%f 'T?h M:^f Wideman was running a harrow when the horses became frightened sind ran away cutting one of the child's feet very badly, and bruising the other one. We hope that time will bring on rapid improve ment. Mr. T. E. Cochran has purchased a. new automobile. Mr. Cochrr a and Mr. J. C. Self made a quick trip to Greenwood in his new car last Thursday afternoon. Misses Sudi? and Ida Bell Self bave been spending a few days in McCormick with relatives and friends. Ida Bell returned home Friday morning and Sudie remained for a few days longer. Mr. Clayton Morgan of Rehoboth, lection who has been attending ichool in Columbia surprised his lome folks with a short visit last Saturday and Sunday. He is look ug well and seems as happy as ?sual. Miss Irene Holloway is spending i few days at the home of Mr. and VIrs. W. H. Parks. Mrs. Park's .rained nurse returned to Augusta Thursday, and we are glad to say .hat Mrs. Parks is steadily improv ng. Master John Adams of Meriwetlf ;r spent this last week with Dr. and Hrs. Adams. Uncle Jimmy" ie ooking fine and he says he feels nuch better than usual. Mrs. J. R. Griifis and little son ind daughter, Aminee and D. P. nade a quick visit to home folks a ew days ago. Miss Sudie Self and her brother, lohn, spent last Saturday night and >unday at Cleora with their sister, Mrs. Griifis. They report a fine time. MisB Esther Lassiter left for An leison Thursday morning (where the moved from in July) to visit .elatives. She will probably return n a week. A Sunday school picnic was giv tn in the grove at the school bouse i few days ago. A large crowd was nesent, and au exciting baseball rame was played on the ball grounds tt'ter dinner by the school and city >oys, ending 14 to 15 in favor of chool. It seemed to be enjoyed 1 rery much. Miss Nellie Bodie went to Geor- 1 ria to the burial of a cousin last thursday afternoon. Mr. W. S. Simpson of Laurens ipent the day with us Friday. Mr. siuipbon used to make this town his leadquarters, and after leaving it, lid not return again in some lime Misses Eva and Effie Adams and their brother, Frank, spent a few days recently with Dr. and Mrs. Adame. Every thing is needing rain very badly up here. Blue Eyes. Once-a-Month Preaching Out of Date. In solving the country church problem, vhe first thing to do is ?o get country preachers who will give all their time to the community they live in; and this can never happen so long as a church em ploys a man only for once-a-month pteaching. Once-a-month preach ing is all right where the members can't do better. But the trouble is that many a church where the peo ple could easily do better now is banging on to the old once-a-month system simply because their fathers and grandfathers couldn't do any better and so had to content them selves with the system that still pre vails, tho long a<ro outgrown. As Victor I. Masters writes in the Religious Herald: "'No preacher can give adequate eadersbip and instruction to a coun Iry church or community to-day in the meager ministrations of once-a i icnth preaching, it matters not TOW splendid hie powers or how he roic his soul! " "To get the churches to see the necessity of a more adequate support for the oastors, to get thei:_ to un derstand the great importance of forsaking once-a-month preaching and having it twice a month at least, to get them to build parson ages and locate pastors to serve churches in adjoining communities, io fill them with a vision of how much it would mean for them and thiir children aod their communi ties to hare a church center that shill stand for saving lives as well ul?-such things as Along with the consolidation of schools we need more -attention to consolidation of churches, with more attention to vital Christianity and less attention to formal denom inationalism. Division into dozens and dozens and scores and scores of jarring sects is the curse of Protes tant Christianity. Catholicism is one united powerful force, but Pro testantism is divided into a score of warring camps. Is it not true that in many a community a dozen weak, puny churches are existing at some poor dying rate, whereas if the church members were willing to hold some nonessential denomi nador al idea a little in abeyance, they could unite in support of one strong and powerful church that would be of tenfold greater service to God and His causes?-Progres sive Farmer. Mt. Zion News. As it has been some time since you have heard from this part of old Edgetield county 1 thought I would write a few dots. Everything is on a boom, crops looking tine but are needing rain very badly. Sunday was preaching day at old Mt. Zion and our beloved pastor, Rev.'P. B. Lanham, conducted bis regular service. Quite a large crowd was present. , Mr. E. M. Padgett bas harvest ed the finest crop of oats in this part of the section. Mrs. Hamp Carpenter who bas been visiting her son, Mr. W. M. ('arpenter, has returned home. Mrs. C. M. Horne is quite sick, her friends hope for her speedy recovery. Misses Fannie and Parris Munday have been visiting friends lately. Miss D?lier Mae Padgett bas ( been visiting in North Augusta and returned home Friday bringing . with her her sister Mrs. D. C. Smith and her three bright little j boys for a stay of two weeks. Master Homar and Tommie ( Walker are visiting friends in y Aiken and Moutmoren *i. , Miss Marrie Padgett visited her i sister's Mr?. Walker receutly. Mr. W. J. Gaiues has moved in our midst. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Padgett and their little boy Woodrow visited his ( lather Saturday. | Mr. and Mrs. A. Dolph Walker visited Mrs. C. M. Horne Sunday p. ru. who has been on the sick list for quite awhile. Blue Bell. REPORT OF CONVENTION. Interesting Report of Recent Sunday School Convention. Next Convention to be Held in Edgefield. The Inier-denominational Sunday School Convention met at Clark's Hill Baptist church May 13-14 and I can truthfully say it was a most enjoyable occasion. The good people of that commu nity threw their hearts and homes open to us and made it very pleas ant indeed. As for the convention itself, it was inspiring, it was inter esting and it was instructive. And when I teli you we had with us Miss Van diver the efficient general secretary, you wi!i understand why I say all this. It was indeed a pleas ure to hear Miss Vandiver and from her enthusiasm I believe the Sunday schools will put forth new enerby in carrying forward Sunday school work more efficiently. After a few well chosen words of welcome by Mr. J. G. McKie re sponded to by Rev. P. E. Monroe, chairman of the convention. 'The general condition of the Sunday schools in Edgefield county" was reviewed by L. G. Watson, who in closing introduced Miss Vaudiver. In an able manner .Viss Vandiver discussed the three points thai go to make a standard school and showed the advantages of the or ganized Sunday school. "Unifying the church and Sun day s shool in spirit, aim and pur pose'1 was discussed by Rev. B. H. Covington who advocated among other things giving the children something difficult to do. lt was a pleasure to have with us ! a short while Rev. W. Ii. K. Pen dleton of Spartanburg, former state chairman, who spoke to us , - ganized classes and gho\ 150,000 men had been added to church by this class. Messrs. W. S. Middleton, J. M Bussey, W. B. Cogburn and Cal houn Mays spoke on "who is re sponsible for the condition of the Sunday school and showed by con clusive argument that we must not depend on the superintendent alone for the growth of the Sunday school. Hon. B. E. Nicholson's talk on 'The Sunday school and civic righteousness was forceful and im pressive, After discussing statistics and finding that out of 8,165 white people in Edgefield and only 2,5UU in Sunday school it was decided that every school .could be reached and benefitted more by dividing the county into districts and holding a convention in each district sometime durin?~Tfie summer. 'The districts are as follows: No. 1. Clark's Hill, Modoc, Red Oak Grove, Plum Branch, Parks ville. No. 2. Rehoboth. Red Hill, Barr's Chapel, Antioch. No. 3. Mountain Creek, McKen dree, Berea, Stevens Creek. No. 4. Honrs Creek, Mt. Zion, Republican, Hardys, Dotban. No. 5. Edirorield, Trenton, Har mony. No. G. Johnston, Philippi, Mt. Calvary. The following superintendents were elected for the year: Elementary, Mrs. Mamie Till man, Edgefield. Home department, Mrs. jMcKie Scott, Morgana. Cradle roll, Mrs. J. H. White, Johnston. Organized adult class, H. G. Eidson, Johnston. Teacher training, B. E. Nichol ii), Edgefield. Missions, Mrs. S. E. Long, Tren ion. Temperance, Mr9. J. L. Minis, Edgefield.. After reports of committees and lisposing of the business the con tention adjourned to meet next ^ear as the guest of the town ol Edgefield. L. G. Watson, Cor. Sec. "I can't understand how some diings get their names," declare.1, die grumpy boarder. "For instance?" "Take this strawberry shortcake If they had called it sbortbem strawcake I could have seen the point." Beaver Dam School Closes. On Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock, the pretty green lawn ad joining the Beaver Dam Mill and the school building, was filled with happy children, ind many mothers and fathers of the school, to wit ness the May-pole dance which had been arranged for and trained by Miss Sophie Abney, who bas been the enccessful teacher for several years. Before the exercises began, every child present was provided with a saucer of delightful ice cream and cake. Immediately after the outdoor entertainment, the people, among whom were a number from the town, repaired to the school build ing:, when the temperance play, "The Sick Baby," was given by the s.ime little folks who had won re nuwn for themselves at the opera house in that role, recently. Otis Burnett who lives in the mill vil lage took the part of Dr. True, as Edwin Folk was ont of iown ona fishing trip near Batesburg. The play was followed by several very attractive and novel numbers by the Beaver Dam school children, consisting of choruses by the girls md boys and recitations. Anoth er feature of the programme was a talk by Mr. B. F. Zimmerman, su perintendent of the mill. Mr. Jua. H. Tompkins had charge as master of ceremonies. A very interesting exhibition of work Dy the students was fastened around .he entire sides of the building. Phis was in charge of Miss Olds .vho was sent to the mid village by ,be Parker Co., to do wellfare ,vork, of which cooking and Bewing ire a practical part. Miss Olds ipent about a month in Edgefield, ind did some good work in that di rection while here. She left early his week for Columbia where ehe Says'the Newberry ,? "?ews: "Negroes have been riding in Pullman cars on interstate tickets or a long time. Wonder if Mr. Richards just found it out. The )lace to adjust the matter is by an tct of congress. The eompany :ould not refuse them without be nji liable for damages. Suppose ve get after congress." W ben the Herald and News says hat the Pullman Company could lot refuse to sell interstate tickets m Pullman cars to negroes it lays lown a proposition which may or nay not be sound in law. The luestion, we think, ie still lo be de rided. As a matter of fact, there ire able lawyers who are of the >pinion that the Southern States vhich have sep?rale coach laws are n position now to protect them ;elves amply at home without any ict of Congress. The Supreme I?ourt of Mississippi has so held, in a case which was decided on the )tb of last December it determined ,hat the so-called "Jim Crow" law )f Mississippi applied in that State ,o through sleeping coaches ae well is to day coaches. The decision was rendered in the mit of Miss Pearl Morris, who bad )een given a verdict against the \labaraa ana Vicksburg Railroad or $15,000 because ir. employees re used to eject three negroes from a Jeeping car in which she was ri ling. The court held that the ? 15,000 was excessive, bot s?ggest ;d a verdict of $2,000. In its de :ision it held that if negroes are to ide in sleeping cars in Mississippi hey must be furnished with sepa rate cars. The Mississippi case may not be >n all fours with that slated by Commissioner Richards. We have cen only a synopsis of thc decision. Perhaps it would be of public ad vantage if the railroad commission vould pursue the inquiry (further. tfews & Courier. A Boston schoolteacher had been xplaining to her olasn about the hr-e kingdoms of nature-the ani nal, the minera! and the vegetable. rVhen she had finished she ?aid to he claws: "Now, who can leli roe what the lighest degree of animal lifo is?" At this a little girl i n a rear row >f seats raised ber band and replied: "The highest degree of animal ife is the giraffe."-Metropolitan Magazine.