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VOL. 78. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY? AUGUST 6,1913 NO. 26 JOHNSTON LETTER. Mr. Joe Jaccbs, Brilliant Young Johnstonian, Elected Teach er of Eighth Grade in High School. On Friday evening from 6 to 7 o'clock a very large and brilliant reception was enjoyed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crunch, the occasion being given in compli ment to Miss Minnie Craig Taylor, of Camden, who is the guest of their daughter, "Miss Elise Crouch. The scene within wa6 beautiful to behold. The elegant home was dec orated in tall palms and cut flow ers, the colors, pink and green, pre dominating in each room, and the - electric lights were shaded in these colors and cast asoft glow over the receiving line. They were Misses Elise Crouch, Minnie Craig Taylor, Maud Sawyer and Mesdames Bar tow Walsh and W. B. Ouzts and they wore handsome evening cos tumes. As the guests entered they were received by Mrs. Crouch and Mrs. Taylor Goodwyn, and Miss Zena Payne carried them into the library where punch was being served by Mesdames Des^-ure Ho gan and O. D. Black. They were introduced to the receiving line by Mrs. F. M. Boyd and passed from the parlor to the dining room ?where pink and green block cream, with cake was served by Misses Maud Nickerson and Marion Mob ley. The dining table was covered in a lace cloth and pink and green tulle with Maman Cochet roses formed the chief decorations. The lavors were pink rose buds, tied with green ribbons, and were pin ned on by Miss Flora Kenny. The guests were escorted from here out on the lawn by Mrs. J. W. Marah, and Miss Ly lie LaOrone and fruit nectar was served them by Misses Annie Crouch and Eula Satcher. Buring the tiree about 100 friends enjoyed the. evening's pleasures. Dr. B. L. Allen, who was operat ed on for appendicitis in the Augus ta hospital ie improving, and it is hoped that he will soon be able to return to his home. A call has been extended to Rev. King, of Richmond, by the Bap tist church which pulpit he is now supplying for two months. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Toney gave a picnic to a number ol their friends on Friday at Smith's pond, in hon or of their house gueBts,.Capt. and Mrs. Thurston True and family. Mrs. Missouri Lott spent the week here with the family of her son, Mr. A. P. Lott. Miss Laura Swearingen has re tamed from a month's stay in At lanta, with her grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Boat wright. Mr. and Mrs. Hilliary Grant are "at home from a visit to the latter's parents at Mullins. Mr. Joe Jacobs has been elected to fill the vacancy in the bth grade of the High School, Miss Baker having resigned. Mr. Jacobs is one of the towns most intellectual young gentlemen, having finished with honors at the Citadel in June. ' Mrs. F. M. Boyd is visiting her mother, Mrs. Stewart iu Chester. Mr. P. N. Lott is spending a few weeks in the upper part of the state conducting a Farmers' Institute at the various points. Mrs. W. C. Templeton, of Char s leeton, is a visitor at the home of her brother, Mr. Herbert Eidson. The Y. P. B.'s enjojed a moon light picnic on Tuesday evening at Smith's pond and a picnic lunch was spread be?bre departing. There really was no moon at all, but they never missed it so great was the pleasure for these young folks. Mrs. T. R. Denny gave a recep tion Thursday afternoon from 6 to 7 o'clock, the occasion being in honor of Mr. and. Mrs. McGarity, who are visiting in her home. Their marriage was a social event of last month, and it was a great pleasure to ail to meet with them again, the bride being one cf the towns most lovable girls, Miss Ruth Shaw. She ?wore her wediing dress of white chiffon and lace. The hostess, the honorees and Miss Antoinette Den ny stood in the receiving line, and the guests were .welcomed by Mes dames Bartow Walsh and J. L. Walker. After short pleasantries -they were ushered into the dining room by Misses Ly lie LaGrone and Ola.Smith where an ice course was served. Fruit nectar was served out on the veranda and the table was garlanded in purple and white grapes Later os in the evening from 8:30 to 10:30 Capt. and Mrs. Dennj again entertained for their guests, those present heine: the married friends, and all enjoyed the time spent with them. A delightful re past was served. On Tuesday evening Miss Wini fred Pedrick, of Gainesville, Fla., and Mrs. J. W. Wilson, of 8par tanburg, were honorees of a delight ful affair given by Miss Pet La Grone, being assisted by her sister, Miss Ly lie LaGrone. The hours were characterized by brightness and beauty, and the diversion of the evening was very unique, the first being a conversational ball. Several numbers cf music were played by Mrs. Wilson and as each piece was started, the engaged partner for that number was sought out and the allotted time spent in conversa tion. A woodland romance arranged in dainty booklet form, was also enjoyed. Punch was served during the time and refreshments conclud ed the evening's pleasure. Mr. Joe Jacobs, Sr., left this week for Mexico where he will re main for some time hoping that the change ol" climate will prove bene ficial. Mrs. W. R. Eidson gave a very pleasant afternoon party on Wed nesday for her friend, Mrs. Harri gal, of Augusta, and about 25 friends enjoyed her hospitality. Mesdames F. L. Parker and Annie P. Lewis assisted Mrs. Eidson and a part of the time was scent with progressive anagrams. Frozen peach es and cake followed by mints, were enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jenkins, ofVidalia, Ga., have been guests in the home of Mr. G. G. Waters. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sawyer gave a dining on Wednesday foi 12 or their-yoMg~ h?tfr-TnentfB; ~?i?? guest of honor being Miss Cooner, of Greenwood. Mrs. Horace Wright, of George town, is the guest of relatives here. May Be No Election. Florence, Aug. 4.-It is doubtful if Florence will hold an election on the issue of bonds to-day, the managers of only three boxes in the county having appeared to call for tickets. The sentiment in the county where the bond issue would do the greatest good, seems to be against the issue. Some Funeral This. Tower City, Pa., Aug. 4.-There are not enough hearses in the Wil Hams valley to accomodate the fur erais of victims jof the East Broc? side mine disaster in which 19 livs were lost Saturday and two trips.o and from the church to the ceme tery will be necessary to-day wten six foreign workmen are bured with one mass for all. On yesterday Daniel McGHy, Henry Murphy and John Farrel* were buried. Superintendent ohn Lorenz was buried to-day in potts ville. The bodies of Daniel Fark and John Fessier have not been'ecov ered. Officials admit there is no possibility of their being alie. Night and day searched have gone through every part of the raine in an endeavor to fid them and they have now conched that the two were buried und' the ex tensive fall of roof in thegangway j Jj near thc tunnel in whicl the first explosion occurred. Tb' may be reached to-night or peripe? not foi a week. Marion's Police fepartment Arrests 25 Allege Dispen sary Law Officiers. Marion, Aug. 4.-Marion's po lice department becne active in the wee small hours f this morn ing and arrested 25 Heged dispen sary offenders. Tb raid was the outcome of the wor of two detec tives who had beeiBecured by the city authorities an<who have been here for several wf" quietly work ing up their ca8- There were some white and see negroes among the alleged offends and both sexes were represented Eight were able to give bond antbe other 17 were carried to jail, ayor Baker's court was a crowdedactive one this morning and rnv pleaded guilty without going> trial. Sentence has been reserved*1 until the trials are finished. P B E ti rr tl til st ?E w w in di w C o| sh th tb at of re bj at sh th Result of Target Shooting of Last Friday Afternoon. J.W. Stewart. 15 S. E. Morgan.-- r<& 0. P. Bright.,18 A. H. Corley..1 H. A. Smith.. -18 More About Gettysburg. Editor The Advertiser:-It may be that I will give y oar readers skimmed milk in this letter, but that will be good for the nerves. After this letter the curtain will fall, and I will let the little city, quietly sleep midst the everlasting hills that once shook with the roar of conflict between two great ar mies. The third day of the great i est reunion the world has ever known, sixty thousand old soldiers, brave and true in a fraternal grasp, in embrace, in a God bless you! the picture of the greatest artist, the pen of the greatest writer, the tongue of the most gifted orator, would be as powerless to describe it as it would be to paint the rain bow or add fragrance to the flower. The fraternal feeling was so great that the soldiers cared Tor but little oratory or parade. Two things were apparent: the North came down to mingle with the, South and to hear this universal expression: "Look at their camps, their splen did uniforms, their military bear ing, their love for the American flag." The two armies had a love feast that was real and grand. We are citizens of the greatest country on earth, united as never before in the history of the Tepublic. The South is better, the North is better, the nation is stronger. I stood on Cemetery Ridge and saw the survivors of Pickett's old ?ftBW^1 ????roh -VI li 6 ?* frt>f? BBW6 Til;. ; ley of death, where they once left so many of their comrades just fifty years ago that day. .The fated hour was 3 p. m. The same start ing point, the same objective point, -a clump of trees where they broke through the lines only to per ish or surrender, where it is said a captain of a battery commanded his men to give them grape and ctnnister without fuse. Spartans cf America, steel clashing steel, and ;t last the victor tires at the gore arhere victory was so nearly won, md says grape and cannister with out fuse. On the 4th of July Presi lent Wilson spoke to an immense .hrong, just fifteen minutes. He ?as a voice to charm, a face to in ipire, a smiie to appease. He is a i great president of a great people. Think of a government feeding 10,000 old veterans on chicken, ice ream and various other tempting ;ood things. I went over the field where Gen ral Reynolds was killed, and then 0 the battle lines from Cemetery lid ge to Span gie i's Spring. This cae on the Confederates' left where he wounded and famishing of both rmies crawled together and drank rater, thence along Culp's Hill fhere whole trees were shot down nth cannon ind .musket balle, ^bere is hardly a tree between the attie lines that is not scarred and notty from being shot. The stat e of John BurnB, a citizen of rettysburg, stands on the field. He athered his rifle and asked permis i?n to tight in the ranks, and was illed, which showed the spirit of )e American citizen. The Bloody Angle, the objective oint of Pickett's charge, Little tound Top, Big Round Top, the .evil's Den, the Peach Orchard, ie Valley of Death, where the tarkers indicating the position of ie Confederate forces, make the eld of wonderful importance. The atue of Miss Jennie Wade stands 1 the front yard of her home. She as killed by a Confederate soldier hile working up dough. She waa i a small brick house, the front lor was closed, and the federals ere in the cellar shooting at the on federates 255 yards off in the len. The sharpshooters were tooting at the house, a ball passed rough two large doors, striking ie lady below the hips coming out the throat. I notice a paper West Virginia that made it ad, 'Miss Jennie Wade was killed / a Confederate", saying nothing ?out a lat of federals in the Cellar looting through a porthole, aud e other fellow in the open. J. Russell Wright Farmers' Union Marketing Plans Accepted by Wells Fargo Express Company. Fort Worth, Texas.-MT. Peter Radford, president of the Texas Farmers' Union, announced from the headquarters of the organiza tion ia this city to-day that he bad just succeeded ia arranging with the Wells Fargo & Company Ex press to act as intermediary be tween the shipper and buyer in the safe of farm produce. The plan which has been worked out by the Executive Committee of the Far mers' Union and accepted by the Wells Fargo Company, contem plates that the Express Company, through its agents, will accept from housewives and dealers in cities, a con ti no us order of country produce, shipraeut to be made daily or at periods specified by the buyer. These orders will be turned over to the Texas farmer to fill. The Express Company will en courage the movement of the busi ness and special packages will be constructed with compartments for eggs, butter, vegetables, fruit, etc., to accommodate the trade so that the farmer san keep his customer supplied with a variety of seasona ble prod uoe. The Wells Fargo people will also keep the producer advised of mar ket conditions in the larger cities andiby free distribution of dependa ble information, hope to take out much of the friction and misunder standing now existing between the snipper and the dealer and to pre [vent glutterihg one market and ! starving another. It has long been the custom for speakers and writers to graphically measure the distance from the farm to thekable, bot this is perhaps the fiist. instance where a comprehen sive jj'd capable route to shorten it h?mV' surveyed anH opened up.. As SK movement, develops, Presi dent Radford thinks it will be adopted by other carriers and the territory extended throughout the United States. A New Roadway of Trade. When asked for his views on the effect of the plan upon distribu tion, President Radford: "We are blazing a new roadway of national trade and it is goinj to take co operation and patience on the part of both the producer and consumer in smoothing out the rough places, but I have abiding faith in the ulti mate success of the movement. The new situation lends itself admirably to settlement organizations of con sumers that can place a community order with a local Farmers' Union to fill. The Farmers' Union has asked the Federal Department of Agriculture to put one or more ex erts on the project with a viaw of ?trengthening the weak points as :hey develop aud to work out plans For extending the new system of marketing into the staple prodncts ind apply it to ail lines of transpor tation. The only line of industry that has iver been successfully and con itructively regulated is the common jarrier. If we can make them the igency between the producer and :onsumer, then we will have a reg ilated highway of commeice where he article can safely travel without langer of being burglarized on the oadways of trade. middleman Needs Regulating. The Farmers' Union has long herished the hope of bringing the >roducer and consumer nearer to gether. The middleman is nothing nore than a farm hand, but he is ,ble to fix his own wageB and col sot them, and to multiply hie trans ctions as he pleases. He is, at test, an independent and ofttimes Dcompetent servant of agriculture nd frequently deserves to be either isciplined or discharged. The mid - lernen are without competition or overnment supervision. They eed regulating as badly as the oramon carrier and the plan af Drds facilities for a competitive ystera of marketing which will act B a check against the greed of the liddleman, a leverage against com inations and will have a tendency j avoid gluts on the market.* The new plan is not without its ompensation to the middleman. Vhile reducing him to bis natural osition as an industrial domestic, ; will restore to him many profita le advantages which he has for ?ted for power. It will take out .?ste, uncertainty and inefficiency and witl add volume, stability and conscience to the business. Railroads Should Have a Market Bureau. I am boping that the railroads will also put on a market bureau, railroads have been plowing, so to speak, for several years and it is easy to understand their intense in terest in increasing the tonnage and the same reasons apply to merchants, manufacturers and business inter ests generally, but bumper crops without market facilities have sent more farmers staggering down the back alleys of agriculture than all the pests and drouths that ever cursed this Nation. Certainly a freight solicitor could offer no great er inducement to a farmer than a profitable sale of the products and indeed the railroad can give no greater encouragement to the pro ducer than top prices for things he can raise. The railroads will find that one good salesman in the mar ket will do more to stimulate pro duction than a dozen professors in the field. The railroads can give agriculture no more serious blow than to dump the farmers' crop at destination, which is frequently done. Wells Fargo & Company Confirm. In a long distance conversation with C. W. Simpson, Industrial Agent of the Wells Fargo & Com pany with headquarters at Houston and having jurisdiction over the Southern and Western divisions of the Company, the statement rela ting to the action of the Wells Far go Company was verified. Mr. Simpson ?aid: "I have just returned from New York where I attended a six weeks conference of representa tives of the Industrial Department of the Company held with Presi dent D. B. Caldwell, for the pur pose of going fully into the details of the plans submitted by Mr. Rad f?n^jj-y-w The Wells Fargo & Company will issue a statement to the public at an early date outlining the plan in detail. Mosquito Prevention in Brief. Malaria is caused by the ano pheles mosquito, which sucks from ;he blood of the person having ma aria the parasite which causes the disease, and injects th? parasite, iomewhat changed, into the body )f the well person. The familiar symptoms of malaria result and are lue to the presence of the parasite n the blood. No other mosquito but the ano pheles is responsible for malaria. 'Miasm,"and bad water play no jart in spreading diseases. The nosquito, which is the only "host" >f malaria, breeds in stagnant wa er, where its eggs develop in wo weeks at most. Mosquitoes viii not breed until they have ucked blood, and the female alone tites. Drain all low grounds, that stag lant water may not remain. Supply large, slow-moving streams /ith fish, which will destroy the aosquito. Once every two weeks ->pray with oal oil. Stagnant standing water annot be drained <>r stock d with fish. Remove all tin cans, bottles, bte, rom the premises; screen all cess oils and rain barrels; fill all de >re8sions on the premises. See that the house gutter does ot sag or hold stagnant water. Screen your windows and doors rith sixteen-mest wire or with o bi net. If these remedies will not keep ?osquitoes from breeding and rom entering your house, take uinine regularly during the mos uito season.-Virginia Health lulletin. Strengthen Weak Kidneys. Don't suffer longer with weak idneys. You can get prompt re ef by taking Electric Bitters, that onderful remedy praised by wo teu everywhere. Start with a attie to-day, you will soon feel ke a new woman with ambition to ork, without, fear of pain. Mr. ;>hn Dowling of San Francisco, rites:-Gratitude for the wonder il effect of electric bitters prompts e to write. It cured my wile hen all else failed." Good for ie liver as well. Nothing bett- r >r indigestion or biliousness. Pri' e )c. and il.00,at Penn & Holstein^ id W. E. Lynch & Co. Owning thc Home. TTi.^ A blessing it is to have a^real home, and a greater blessing to own one's home. Thousands of families in the State have no home that they call their own. They live in houses thai belong to some one else. They cultivate land that belongs to some else. They have no fixed place of abode. Is it not a wonder that they can call their souls their own? When so much, too, depends upon environment, what chance have the children for the rich childhood which makes ready for a well-round ed citizenship? These matters are the concern of ?every good man and woman; but especially are they vit ally of interest at this time to all who will take part in the Confer ence for the Common Good. If it is possible, all in the conference would secure a home, owned at home, to all workers who are not at home in the houses in which they are dwelling, but who are only ex isting in a place more or less limit ed in extent. To the children, shall the spot of ground upon which they are making frog houses and baking mud pies remain as their little world of love-they can know no other except vaguely just now or as a. world owned by outsiders prone to swoop down and dispossess them? Homes, child welfare, citizenship -these will be considered at the conference. A plan will be discuss ed for helping mill workers to pur chase homes, and for tenant farm ers to acquire the land they culti vate. Education, attendance, health and child labor are down as topics upon which practical educators and others will speak. Nor will other moraentus problems of citizenship be neglected. Every landlord and every tenant in South Carolina should read Ham lin Garland's "Under the Lion's Paw," in his Vook of stories entit led, ''Main Traveled Roads." With a short term lease and a vague promise to sell at a price from his landlord as security, the tenant toils miserably, heroically, trium phantly at last, and seeks then to buy the land he has made profitable: he finds the price doubled as the re sult of his toil. He finally buys the land, and says to the landlord words that should not be said in South Carolina. In a case of thi? kind can the individual take care of himself? It is a matter of the Common Good. Landlords and tenants can get valuable assistance in their problems and be mutually benetitted if they will attend the Conference for the Common Good. At this meeting, W. W. Long will ?how the relationship between farm ownership and good f irming; Dr. E. A. Hines, of Seneca will speak jn home ownership and healthr, Rev. E. 0. Watson and Supt. J. E. tarroll will show the effects of. lome ownership in a mill village. These are but a part of the prob ems, vitally affecting the welfare )f every human being in the State ,vhicli will be taken up for solution >r amelioration of evils when the Conference meets in Columbia,. August 6-7. In the program ample ime has been allowed for discus lions. All in attendance are invit id and solicited to speak, vent, or jromulgate their ideas and to swap ill unexpressed views with their leighbors. Leaders in the move nent regard this feature of free in erchange of opinions as perhap.; he best part of the program. W. K. Tate, Woman's Place. Woman's place may be t.. lome, but judging from recent st.. .?8tir.fl, she seems to have deliber ately ignored that fact, for there ire: 239,077 stenographers. . 327,63d teachers and professors. 481,159 in various trades. 770,055 engaged in agricultural mrsuits. 7,355 physicians and surgeons. 7,395 clergy"men." 2,193 journalists. 1.037 designers, draughtsmen nd architects. 1,010 lawyers. 429,497 women in various pro ?ssions. Two cars of wagons just unload i-one car of Hackney wagons nd one car of White Hickory wag ns. Call on us when you need a ragon. Ramsey & Jones.