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(?D?dest .Newspaper Un ^pu?li (Harding, 1 VOL. 78. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY? JANUARY,-JfFft 1914 NO 37. JOHNSTON LETTER. New Year Ushered in by Man, Social Functions. Ordina tion Service at Baptist Church. New year was ushered in by the ringing* of the church bells, that of the Methodist church, being rung for the first tim?, and the shootine of pistols and gnns. Some of thf eitiz-ms not having heard of thi. being planne 1, drexel hastily, and ru-hed to main stret, supposing that a n-e waa in progress. On Christmas eve and New Year's eve, which was the regular tune for prayer meeting, beautiful services were conducted by Dr. A. T. King, at the Baptist ohurch. Airs. C. D. Kenny entertained thc members of the New Century Club on Tuesday afternoon, December Suth, and two hours were delight fully spent. The play Tor the study hour was "Cy m bel i ne, " but as this was the Christmas-tide, the busi ness was omitted and only a synopsis of tne play was given by Miss Clara Sawyer wa6 had. An enjoyable pro pram iii led the remainder of ihe time, and the first feature was a piano solo by Mrs. Jack Milne; cur rent events, Mrs. James Strother; Piano duet, Misses G ladys Sawyer and Elise Crouch; Reading. "The old year and the new year," Miss Lillie LaGrone; chorus, "Herald angels," the members of the club. Bells upon which waa written the tlub motto, v?ere given each one and on the opposite sitie new year resolutions were to be w rinen. Later these were collected, and returned as souvenirs. All were invited ir.to an adjoining room where refresh ments were served by Misses Flora Kenny, Bertha Woodward and Pau? line Lewis. During this time, lovely niue ic wa? being rendered bv Mis ses Mary i>par;n "fliVrisou and" i- ion. sie Porter. Besides the members, there were sevetal other invited guests. An amusing incident occurred at the last meeline the Sunbeam band, when officers were being elected. The little ones wanted to be parlia mentary, and they h;id the righi idea, if not the right words. The I leader Called for nominations for! president. Gue lillie gul spoki. quickly and said,, pointing to a friend, "1 denominate ber, ' and her little Comrade said. "1 second the point." Miss E;izi, M i ms has been quite sick for the p->st two weeks, or more. Mrs. James White entertained with a new year's dinner in honor of her niece, Mrs. Jack Milne, and | the day was nappily spent, for the I honoree has always been greatly loved by many warm friends here. A delightful dinner was served *nd the appointments of the table were attractive, the centerpiece being a bowl of while hyacinths. Piesent were Mesdames E. E. Andrews, M. W. Crouch, E. lt. Mobley, Chas. Early, A. W. Goodyear, aud Mis ses Frances Strother, Helen Lewis, Fannie Pratt Andrews and Zena Pa\ ne. The yoting people enjoyed a mas queiade on Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. A. P. Le wi? and the crowd was a merry one, characters of the past and present century, with clowns, fairies, and Shakes peare's hero and heroines found much enjoyment in company with liltie Bo-Peep, Maud Muller and little Miss Muffetl. A gypsy fortune teller added to the merriment, and caused much consternation by telling some facts. During the latter part of the evening, refreshments were served. On Tuesday evening at the at tractive country home of Mr. P. C. Steveus, his daughter, Miss Sara Stevens entertained with a 6 o'clock dinuer, and true old time southern hospitility abounded. The host and hostess were very genial, and tne good cheer that filled the rooms made one unmindful of the ele ments, so disagreeable without. A dinner in several courses Wits served, and upon the return to the parloi lovely music added to the evening .Mis. VV. J. Hatcher entertained the members of the junior V. W. A on the afternoon of January 1st, willi a peanut party, the invitations being issued in peanuts, tied with blue ribbon. After the arrival,an amu-ing feature was trying to see which one cuuld stick the most pea nut<?on a hat pin, from small bowls of the nuts. Following this each ono J was given some paper, a bottle o! |glne, toothpicks and large peanuts. J told to make small people, and although very ludicrous looking, the bride, young ladies, nurses, etc, j made, showed artistic fingers. Re freshments were served which con sisted of a salad course, and in this the peanut sandwich and peanut dressing,' was used and a sweet course. All departed with happy thoughts of their leader who had planned for them so pleasant an af ternoon. One of the happiest days of the Christmas season, for the members of the Sunburn band, was on Wed nesday wh( their leader, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, invited them to a Christ mas tree and when they beheld it. all aglitter with tinsel and burning tapers, they were ecstatic, and their joy knew no bounds. Each one re ceived a filled Christmas stocking with toys. Refreshments of sweets were abundantly served. Mrs. E. R. Mobley will leave soon to spend two months at An on rndale with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mobley. On Sunday evening at the Bap tist church, was held the ordination service of the n*. deacons who were Messrs. Wii. j Sawyer, J. Neil Lott, V. E. Edwards," J. L. Walker, W. S. Moblev, Dr. J. A. Dobey, B. L. Reames, M. R. Wright and J. C. Lewis, the last three mentioned having been al ready ordained by another church. The sermon was preached by Rev. Murray of Ridge Baptist church, who used as his text, 1st Timothy, 3-13, and very impressivp was when the deacons knelt to receive the charge, and the laying on of hz\ is by Dr. A. T. King a ad Rev. Mur ray. A wedding of surprise wai? that of Sunday morning, when Misa Maud Smith, the daughter of Mr. aud Mrs i^iar Padireix. - and MT v^iamK ?-onn?on, weit. ?u.t,eu in marriage. They had attended ser vice* at the Baptist church, and from here went to the parsonage and the ceremony waa performed hy Dr. A. T. King. Letter From Flat Rock School. Dear Mr. Minis:- Happy new I year greetings to .voa and yours anti to all of the schools. I cannot re frain from saying a few words, about Christmas in our midst and its pleasures. Our teachers Misses Rena Scott and Lydia Holmes whom we all j love gave us a Christmas tree. The fun we had, Santa impersonated by Mr. Lamb with his ready humor will .iot be excelled. Mr. Minas, I thought of you wish ing |you "might have been with us to have told your many friends of our nice tree that was enjoyed by both young and old. Thc visitors among us were Mrs. Scott and daughters, from Williston, Miss Leila Kemp, and Mr. and Mrs. La Grone from Kirksey, Mr. and Mrs. Seago and family from Greenville, Mr. Pat Hamilton and family from North Carolina, also Misse? Ellie and Ruby Dorn from Clark's Hill. Wc feel so proud that no accidents in any way occurred in our midst. Our Sunbeams are not doing very work due to the illness of our lead er. We hope to be brave though. The ladies of our immediate sec tion nave organised mothers read ing club, to meet at the home of Mrs. Mattie Lamb, January 17, at 2 o'clock. Mr. McKie Bailey's presence and kind thoughtfulness to the children was a missing link in our holiday fun. Best wishes are extended to him io his new adventures. Our whole community rejoices with Mrs. Eva Bosser that ber motlier is at home again after a \ visit to relatives at Johnston. Mrs. VVates has many friends who are interested in her speedy recovery. Our heart goes ont for our friend and schoolmate Miss Teresa Bunch in the sad death of her father, Mr. j E. Bunch. The entire community sympa-j thizea with Mr. ami .Mrs. Elbert! Dorn of Modoc in the tragic death j "f their daughter. Mrs. Cia.nie Jor- > tian, of Grovetown, Ga, Hon. T. \V. Limb ?eaves for: Brunswick, Ga., on a business tr.pj on the 15th ol January. With best wishes to each school boy and girl I remain. Flat Rock Pupil. An Honest Primary. Bow to Get lt. The Advertiser will publish few articles under the above ci tion written by a member of 1 ; legislature. They are strioily m partisan and point out the chatf necessary to eliminate fraud wii out taking away the ballot fr< any South Carolina Democrat. T articles are in no way inspired luy candidate for office aud no know of their preparation. Th are designed solely to aisiat t general race of Democratic prin ry voters to clean house. Hill? this end will be acted on in t next legislature and ??or readers ? of course interested in the subj* at this particular time. The reader of these lines if he . me of the thousands who ha helped manage any of our prima elections, can wriie a better set < regulations than we how have. Tl irreal problem has been not what do, but to get anything done. Why Convention Does Not Act We have depended on party co veations. Time after time the co vention bas side tracked propos* reforms. If you have ever been 1 a state convention you know wh It is an unwieldly crowd of int who rush through a lot of husine in a few hours. They get to a coi sid elation of the report of the con ruittee on rules late in the propres: sometimes it is midnight. There no time to deliberate, and ratbt than adopt changes they do not ui demand the convention does not! ing. . Even should the session be e) tended to two days, and the secon given to the rules, there could b no thorough consideration. Del" gates twice as numerous as th whole legislature, unorganized split into warring factions, man pected to give the calm, fair, non partisan attention and decisioi without which there co did be n< satisfactory change in our primar system. We are not guessing at possihili ties, but facing facts established ii our conventions. Something Stronger Than Rulee Needed. Hut suppose for a minuto that w could eliminate factionalism fo once and hold th? convention ii session long enough for careful dt liberation, we would then get oui; party rules and not State laws. W protect our hogs by law, shall w trust '.ho birth right of our suffrag? to a party rule? When our people go to the hallo box there is set in motion one o the mightest forces that ever IBOVI them. Deep convictions are stir red, strong prejudices aroused, wil< passions loosed. Along with tbi many moved by high motives marci the determined band of avaricious seekers for personal advantage, ant those lusting for power. Here i: anywhere in the life of our peoph the strong arm of the law is needed to protect us from forces of evil, it the exercise of the most sacred and fundamental act of citizenship. At the hands of tht? legislature we can get redress. It can build a bulwark to protect Ol r billot, a bulwark butressed by the law and backed by all the forces of our gov eminent. Even instates where the primary nomination is not ?.quivalent to an election they control every detail of their primary elections by laws. How much more necessary are le gal safeguards with us where the primary is everything. Our legislature has felt the ne cessity of primary protecting stat tete? and has enacted some. But they ar? scattering, a .d apply only here and there leaving such wide ?paces unprotected tb at they amount to little or nothing. By passing them we have admitted the princi pals of statutory regulation, but by Stopping with only a beginning ac complished our efforts have been futile. Now Is the Time to Act. It only remains for you, the read ers of this article, and the rest of the rank and li!i* of the party, t say lo our representatives now about to assemble, "(rive us a sim ple, plain, strong law to protect our primary without taking away the ballot from any honest Deinociat." Now is the tune to strike. Ail the j members of the legislature w;int i the word from yon. They cati work ont the details in their f?>rt\ day session. But it is up to you to in sistthat they act.Interested men may try to have them postpone ayain a? they haye in the past. You mus? took after your rights as they will he lout by default. Legislator. News From Morgana. It has been s long time since you have hoard irom this corner BO rill Bend you a few item*- The Chribtrnas holidays passed quietly but. pleasantly for most of osr peo ple. The weather was too inclement for much visiting or frolicing. The following young peopleJoaniij home from school: Mina Inez.Scoti md Mr. Johnnie Hendsnn : from North Augusta, Mr. Ant. n Markert from Greenville, S. C. M r. Oe wold Scott and little sis ! tel, Zelma have gone to'Abbeville, S. C., to visit their sister, Mrs. jKlugh. Little Eloise Sanders of j McCormick, S. C., has been spend ing several weeks with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Tay lor. .Her father and mother came down to spend the holidays with j Mrs. Sanders parents. Miss May Seokinger of Augusta, G.I., came up to spend Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Taylor. Mr. Cormor Taylor went up the Martintown road to visit his sisters, Mr?. Ward Corley and Mrs. Jack Corley-and we know not who elie. M*ua Mildred Scott of North Au gusta came np to visit her cousin. Miss Inez Scott during the holidays. Mrs. T. M. Glover came from across the creek to vicit the home folk. Miis Irene Scott and little niece Louise Scott visited friends at jr, -_ ^ Air. A ?ion. Xi...... ll Shoalp, S. C., spent the holidays with Mr. P. M. Markert and fami ly, Mr. C. A Maxwell of Augusta, spent the week-end with Mr. Mar kert and took a bird hunt. Mr. Oren ! Reese of Belvidere, aiso came up to nee the Imme folk. The Utile daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C DeArmond, h;is been right un I well. I Miss Maud Newbegin has moveil ! inti, her new holtze. Mitt Mary Kos.s, our teacher, closed school on 18ih December and j returned to Society Hill. S. C. to ! spend Christmas with her parents, j The children have had a good lon?.: j holiday and will soon h.ive to take j up their books and begin to climb ! the hill of learning-lo some ol j them it seems a veiy hiyb Moun tain! Kev. B. H. Covington, accompa nied by his bride, spent the week end visiting in our community. He lilied his regular appointment at Uothan 4th Sunday, preaching a lim.-ly -sermon on the4lb command ment. Since the. water has been turned on the new dam, a good many pe > ole have been to see the high wa ter. The work has been praciieally ooinpleied. We will miss the sound . <f the whittle when the camp is :>roken up. Most of our 1 armers made use of ihe tine fall weather lo put in grain, .vhich is looking well. Some lai.d .va? also broken up during ihe fail. Statement of Miss Maggie Winn's Work as a Contestant. Miss Maggie Winn is altogether oleased with the way in which The Advertiser's contest was managed md with the way in which the prizes were awarded, but in ordei to correct some reports she hai re tested that we publish the follow ing fact? showing how she seo'ired her votes and how much actual cash -the collected: One year subscriptions, 13(5 I'wo year subscription'*, l-> Ph ree years subscriptions, :i l?ight months subscriptions, 2 j One year ;in-l tour months sub scriptions, 1 Two years and eight months sn bsd i pli ns 1 Seven year subscriptions, 1 Total 15" Total for rubwriptions, $275.nu Total for job woik, 17.00 Total amoat.t (292.00 [Senator Nicholson Will Ame \ Bili for Safeguarding thi Primary. AB the bill which Senator B. Nicholson introduced at the 1 ?ession of the legislature looki to lifeguarding the primary rea ed third reading in the senate, T Advertiser's representative has UT vie wed Mr. Nicholson conce ing the outlook for legislan along thia line at the approach i session of the general assembl and he gave out the following 6ta ment: He said that it is his pnrpose introduce certain amendments Iiis bill as it now stands, in ord to simplify some provisions th j bave been criticised as being t complicated. He said that il was li purpose to make the bill so pla laud fair in its terms that it won appeal to all political factions being reasonable and just. He al: said that his sole object in preset mg the bill was in order to prom n honest elections and to guarani fair results. The bill will not r strict the suffrage of the white vu ers of ihe stale nor require any re istration certificates or other cert ficates to be presented by the vote Shall be Enrolled. In short, the bill provides tb: every voter shall be enrolled in th township or ward in which the vo er resides and only in such ward c township, and that 30 days betoi ihe ti'Ht primary election that tl secretary of each club shall mak out and tile willi the clerk of coui a sworn copy of the club roll o each precinct, and that the sam shall be kept on record in th derk's ohV.e, and that no perso shall be allowed to vote in any pri mary election whose name is no enrolled on the club roll of the prt cinct where he is to vote at least 3 days before thc first primary elec The Dili ?ur?TierpiTiv!>?w?S:?*.V?3. executive committee of the pari; shall meet at the cuurt house in th respective connue* 30 days befor ihe first primary, and that the sail committee ?hail have the p>?wer t near objections lo anj names ap pearing ?rn any of the club roll.? md that if it ed) al I appear that anj name? are improperly on such chit rolls the saul committee shill luv power lo pintie the same, alter sfiv nig due notice to the persons alTeol ed. Right of Appeal. The bill al>o provides for righ of appeal and a speedy hearing o Hie same on the part of any persui affected by ibo action of said coin mitiee. The bill also contains a >ec Hon authorizing the officers of tin parly to administer oaths and pro vid ing that any person SA'eariiii falsely in regard lo any malten coming before iliem shall be deem ed guilty of perjury. In view of the fact that the bil is framed along the lines of lin Democratic party rules, and is noi intended to interfere with the righ of outfrage, as it now exisls, bu: simply undertakes to promote arie guarantee honest elections withoui imposing any undue burdens on tin voter, the author of the bill hope! thai it will receive support iron; the m em hen) of the general assem bly irrespective ?d' factional lines. Obituary. After a long illness. Mrs. Charlie Miner died at ht-r home Friday, lanu.iry 2, 1914. In her death there Mas been removed from us a nuble Cbri-tian woman, oi e who lived near tn God and manifested in her life those gracious qualities of self sacrifice and love that made her : i fe a rebuke to every form of evil and a living testimony to Christ. \Vberef'ire be it resolved by the Woman's Missionary Union that Plum Branch Baplist church his ost one of her best loved members ind our society a true and faithful .volker,, whose interest and prayers were always for the missionary caine. That we bow in humble submis sion tn the will of Him who doetli i'l things well and extend lo the i)creav? d family our deepest sympa hy and pray thai divine grace m.i.x ..omi' ?rt tli.-m in their sorrow. That a copy of these resolutions be sent the family and <>nr count; lap-rs for publication. Mrs. Alice H mks, Mrs. ii. M. Sexton, Mrs. J. W. Bracknell, Mrs. C. L Harper, Committee W. M. U. General Longstreet at Getty* burg. General Longstreet was undoubt edly among the great American generals who attained distinction in oar Civil war, and to myself, and I am sore, to a large majority of southern people, it is a source of orofouud regret, tha; general John B. Gordon, should have waited un til death kissed down the eyelids ind sealed forever the lips of our great chieftain Robert E. Lee be fore proclaiming to the world that the victory at Gettysburg was I ost from the fact thal Gen. Longstreet ?ailed to make the attack at sunrise Inly 2. (To the law and to the tes timony) July 1st Longstreet's corps was at Chamberg, late in the even ing of the same day, our corps (Longstreet's) was ordered to hit tbe pike for Gettysburg, arriving on the battle field between midnight and day. At gray dawn we were or dered on the battle line. As the sun was coming out of the gate of the east, Gen. Lee and Gen. Longstreet with four or five staff officers pass ed up the line boot to boot, and if the mighty chieftain had ordered the battle then or at any hour in the early morning, his war horse would have ooeyed his or ders. Be that as it may, I ara of the opinion that there was not an hour, (maybe a minute) in the day but what Gen. Lee knew just where to find his war horse, and he was ready to plunge his gallant corps in tue vortex as he bad always done. This much I know, that later in thedayJuly2, Longstreet was or dered io advance and make the at uck. The command went ringing down the line as upon electric wave forward guide center across the .wheat, fi el rbi. we_flew_The collision. peach orchard^ the 'air quivered, Lthgr hills trembled and the earth quaked. Longstreet's coros leading in the van. There was s. I a general in the southern army that could 6tay in battle longer and. do more real bull-dog tignting tlnn Gen. Long street and the men he led. History will prove it from Manassaa to Ap pomattox. He had a fighting corps, ind his men had unbounded faith iud confidence in hin ability to command and to iead. He told Ins men that "war meant fighting and iirhting meant killing," and his in junction Wis heeded. There never was a lune during the war that Longstreet's corps was routed at . TC tty s burg. His command remained on the battle field all night, and i ile on th . next day caring for the .vounded and burying the dead. There is one thing I want to make plain. Gen. Longstreet had more men killed and wounded at this battle than any other corps on the tield. Picket's division who mide ihe most immortal charge that was ever made on the continent belonged to Longstreet's command. The bat* ile of Gettysburg was fought fifty years ago last July. The collision there shook thi9 continent, and made the throne of England trem ble. Wellington at Waterloo and Meade at Gettysburg, each held the highlands against his antago nist. Waterloo decreed the destiny of France, of England, of Europe. Gettysburg, not so directly or im mediately, but practically, decided the fate of the Confederacy. With Lee it was different to that of Na poleon. He was abandoned by for tune, deseiteJ by his army, dis crowned, and doomed, not even his faithful old guard to rally around him. Around Lee stood his heroic legions, vilh confidence iii him un shaken, love for him unabated, ready to follow his lead and to light under his orders to the last extremity. Lee's hold upon the con tinence of his army was absolute. The repulse at Gettysburg did not shake il. Napoleon never more firm ly held the faith of Frenchmen, when thrones were trembling be t?re him, than did Lee hold the faith "f Iiis devoted followers. A ?vord more about Longstreet; It is a historic fact, that Gen. Le*, said, "if I had listened to Gen. Long street at Gettysburg things would have been diff?rerai." Lt is also a facto" history that G.II. Long? street's plan of battle ?at? a Hank mack on Meade*] right, instead .f trying to storm the heights ia front. J. Russell Wlight.