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?West Jfetuspaper 3H ^otitb (tolina VOL. 78. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, A'CVrKHR 12.1913 NO.30 i JOHNSTON LETTER. W. G T. U. Held Meetin* Bank ol Western Carolina Will Rebuild at Once. U. D. C. Met ' ! The W. C. T. U. met/on Friday afternoon rv ?th Mr?. B. Waters Jr., about 86 members being pres ?nu This wa? "Union Signal sub scription day," in honor of th? birthday of the president general. Mrs. Lillian Stevinsahd a number .f subscriptions and renewals were I giren in for the paper. It was ar ranged to send the paper compli mentary to the two tonsorial par lors. It is a good magazine and will no doubt interest wailing custom ers. As last Sunday was temperance iay, "reports were heard from the Sunday schcols. Pledge cards were given to all the scholars at the Methodist church, and 55 were re turned signed; at the Baptist Sunday .chool 123 were signed. The need of a furnished bed at the Door of Hope hospital was brought before the union and the members decided to purchase this at aa early date. The Bank of Western Carolina, Johnston branch which was des troyed by fire last week, will be re built at once. The morning after the lire in office was opened in the Farmers Bank which was unoccu pied. When the fire alarm was eounded, Mr. Willie Yonce, assist ant cashier, was in the bank writ ing, and seeing the danger, he placed all movable fixtures, even to the waste paper baskets, in the rault and when opened up next morning all was in good condition The la>t meeting of the New Century Club which was held with Uiss Alma Woodward, was one of much profit and pleasure. The les son studv was 2nd part of King very interestingly instructed the class. Current events were given by Hiss Jessie Rushton. A short musi cal was enjoyed after the lesson, Miss Marie Cullem, of Springfield, rendering several vocal selections, with a sweet and cultivated voice, and Miss? Bertha Woodward gave several piano solos, The hostess serve.- an elaborate salad course with coffee and stuffed dates. The guests were loathe to leave so peas ant a meeting place. The friends of Rev. George "Wright will rejoice to know of his continued improvement. Ile is now able to be about, and can speak a few words, a'^d it is thought that his speech will more fully return. The Emily Geiger chapter D A. R., held the March meeting with Mrs. J. W. Browne and several topics were brought before the ebaptei for discussion. After busi ness a well arranged program was li-tened to. "The Partisan generals, Pi ck ens, Marion and Sumter," Mrs J. P. Bean; "The life of Gen. Pick ens," Mrs. J. W. Browne; "The life of Gen. Marion," Mrs. 0 D Black; "The life of Gen. Sumter," Miss Mallie Waters; "A letter from Gen. Washington to Gen. Marion' relative to some war point," Mrs. E. R Mobley; song America, members of chapters. The hostess served a dainty salad course with coffee, and this was followed by ices and Lady Baltimore cake. The Howers used in the dining room .were crimson Jap?nicas, and flags were grouped about which gave an air of patriotism. Miss Mallie Waters entertained on Thursday evening for Miss Ma rte Cullen, and several tables of progressive Rook whiled away the hours verj p'easantly, and during the evening, Miss Cullen delighted all with her singing. A sweet course .erved, was au enjoyable ending to the evening. Mrs. W. J. Hatcher gave a dinnei party for a few of her friends on last Thursday and all present spent a very happy day. A course dinner was prettily served. Mrs. Eugene Kneece and Master Herbert spent the past week here in the home r f the former's father, Mr. M. W. Clark. Mrs. Kate Crouch is spending awhile at Leesville with her niece, Mrs. Walter Hendrix. At the last meeting of the Mary Ann Uuie chapter, D. of C.. sever al interesting points were discussed. The dower show which is always under the auspices of the D. of C., will again be had during the fall. The classification lint ie even larger ibis year and it is hoped that there will be a greater degree ol inter eut. The prize list will appear som? time in the future. Two contribn lions were given by the chapter. t?? the monument ot the ?late Mr. Cun ningham, editor of the Confederat? Veteran, who left his estate to the publication of this paper and tn th endowment fund of the Confederate museum at Richmond, of which Mrs. Cromer, of Charleston, is re gem of the South Carolina roora. The little son ?of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Wright ie critically ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Brimson, of Augusta, ba been the guest of her brother, Dr. f. A. Doney. Miss Annie Waters of Augusta, has bef spending a few days here with rei itives. The third Sunday in April will be ub?eive?l by the member* of the baptist church as missionary day, and in the afternoon an arranged program will be carried out. Dr. J. R. Miller medical director of the Equitable life insurance com nany, New York, and Mr. J. II. Miller, and general agent, were guests of Mr. J. L. Waiker last week. The Angeline ^acon chapter, D. of C., met with the president, Miss Annie Crouch on Saturday afeer uoooii, and after a short business session the following program was enjoyed. Piana duet, Misses Francei and Bessie Ford Turner; paper, ''Children of the confederacy," .Jiss Hallie White; piano solo. Miss Elise M obley; reading, "Arlington:" Miss Isabel Kean; "Incident of the war," Miss Mary Waters vocal duet, Mrs. H. W. Croucn and Miss Klise Crouch; paper, "Jefferson Davis," Miss Frances Turner. Confederate cate chism conducted by the president. A social half hour was most pleas antly epent during which n"ro.ejjir?4,; hostess served "jelly, wiiippid cn am and cake, which was prettily ar ranged. James Crira, the seven-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clim, died on Friday morning, after a short ?lness. Nearly all of its life, the little one h: d been a sufferer from paralysis, and for this reason, was made the pet of the household by the loving family. The burial services were conducted on Satur day morning, and were conducted hy Dr. A. T. King, at Mount of Olives cemetery, after which the little body was tenderly laid to rest. Relatives and friends here at tended the burial of Mrs. Ellen Ma theny, which look place last Thurs day at Bei h !eli em. Mrs. Maiheny was a 8?8terof the late Mr. William Wright, and mother of Mr. Dan Blitbeny. Pine Grove School. The closing exercises of Tine Grove HCIIOOI Friday afternoon, .March 13, were very successfully carried out by the pupils and teach er, Miss .Mamie Cheatliam. Besides songs, recitations ete., the pla.\ Hans Von Smash was very good and enjoyed by all present. The characters were: Hans Von Smash, Robert Bar ling. Mr. Batch, Tom Pardue. Henry Dasher, Tommie Parkman. John Pettyman, Justus Collins. Mary Batch, Velma Timmerinan. Susie Batch, Lillie Harhng. Katie, servant, Lucy Marling. One of the most amusing features of the occasion was the play, O, you teacher by ihe younger children. Frances Weber, who takes charge of school in absence of teacher, Wallace Pardue. Pupils: Kath ryn Weber, Fannie Ruth Collins, Emma White, Nellie Mae 1 imroerman, Kalie Clark, Viola Collins, Hazel Douglas, Em mie Buzbardt, Elmer Matthews. Inez Manley, Green Smith, Davis Timmerinan, Jame? Knight. Waller Lake Collins, John Brooks, Tom mie Parkman, Raymond Hoffman, Claude Reams, Willie Wilkins, Eu gene Reams. Chamberlain's Tablets For Con stipation. For constipation, Chamberlain's tablets are excellent. Easy tu take, mild and gentle in effect Give them a trial. Fur bale by all dealers. LOCAL LEGISLATION: : Sinking Fond Commission Creat ed. Terms Fixed at Four Years. Magistrates to Hold Inquests. Senator B. E. Nicholson ka? giv en ns the following facts coi oornirig the local measures that were passed at the recent session of the legisla ture: At the past session of the genera? assembly acts were passed creating a sinking fund commission for Picken., Wise and Pine Grove* townships. These commissioners ara charged with the duty of looking after the matter of the bonded in debtedness of the respective town ships, and to invest any surplus funds thal might arise from the levies for special taxes on account of railroad bonds outstanding against the townships. These acts were passed in pursuance ot the recommendation of the grand jury. The terms of office for county auditors and county treasurers were made ?our yean? in a number of counties, and Edgef?eld oounty is in cluded in the provision of this act. This act will go into effect after the next election, so that the auditor and measurer elected at the next election will each hold office for a term of four years. The law with reference to holding, inquests in Edgefiold county wa* amended so that hereafter the mag istrates are required to hold in quests in their respective districts where the coroner cannot be obtain ed without additional compensation. The magistrates and constables are charged with ihe duty of enforcing the penalty for non-payment of commutation tax in their respective districts, and are allowed one dol lar each in each c-ise where ?h.; penalty 'Toi1 non-payment "of ro-t? tax is imposed, which amonnts are to be paid lo the magistrates and constables by the county board ol commissioners after they have re . ported to the treasurer the araoun. of fine collected by them and tun over to him the proceeds thereof The legislature fixed the road tax in this county at two dollars,-bein; MISS LILLIE BAYI MAECH Miss Lillie Bayl.v, graduato from King's School of Oratory Pitts burg, Pa., is here now coaching the High School pupils for the the play "Kingdom of Heart's Content," which will be presented at the opera house Friday night, March yo. at 8:00 p. m. The proceeds of the entertain ment will go for the benefit of the graded school library. Every one is invited to attend an 1 thus show their interest in our young people and school. The Luirons Advertiser, of Lau p ns, this stite, has the following os . coi c Toing Miss Bayly: "The presentation of the Mer the ?ame amonnt now provided by (aw, and this tax is in lion of laho> to the public roads, and ia pavabl? .in or before the first of March ii -ach year, except the year 1914. '?nen.it is payable on or before th# first of April. 80 that partis l??hl? to commutation io?d tax will have iiutirApril 1st of this year to pa\ same. A New Organization. We stand sorely in need of a new organization in this country. Th name of it is, "The prevention of cruelty to children." E wy fat bei and mother should join thi? sooietx at once and get to work with en tlut-iasm. If this society is properl? conducted, you could put a barrel of Whiskey on every corner of the streets free to Tall, and still have a sober nation. And you never will have\>ober children until you stop being cruel to them. That parent who allows his child to live in the streets, associate indiscriminately with the gang, to once disobey him b?;her, who does not set au example and who does not chastise it foi wrong doing, who allows the ohild togiow up without positive rel i .jinns instruction, who neglects thc ?hild morally and physically, may b?Viproperly styled a oruel parei.L If some of the children of this pre? eat generation, in our midst, escape physical and moral wreckage, tin lunatic asylum, jail, or house of i!l fame, it will be a miracle of grace for which the parents will have no credit. We sit down and talk abom children, in general, being bad. without taking a step toward rai* ingthem up as they should be train VOii'lf we would talk less about oth eripeople's children and take oui ?ofa? in charge, thing'} would be much improved. The way to join rbis society is to get do-vn on y???r I '. - [as and. pray something like this: j . .-?i" a'i ?i m^"?vi3?'./.r: and grace to do my part by ray child. Then get .ip and get to work at home, and ?aop neglecting that precious life or the many other societies to vhieh you belong. The country is ifmost organized to death now. Vhat we need most is a pure home .fe. E. C. B. iYiFEIDAY NIGHT, 20TII. chant of Venice by the pupils of the High School Friday evening was quite 0 succesH. Miss Bayly dc? serven special credit for the short time in which she had ?to? make preparations." " _uuir The Greenwood Index says: "The play Merchant of Venice as rendered by the children of the pub lic schools under the direction of Miss Lillie Bayly last night, was quite a success. All who were for tunate enough tn be present enjoy ed it immensely." Admission, ?? cents children, gen eral admission 35 cents,and reserved S'jats 5? cents. Tickets on sale al the store of.Penn <fc Holstein. hL?Jii bhANCH N?.Wa?. New Store of Sturkey Bros. Good High School. Church es jWork Harmoniously Together. ? Editor Advertiser:- Ilere "we are again anteing for space to give you the news of oor corner. We are moving along nicely. Every one ha* a good word for each other and an congenial and everybody apparently are in good spirits. We had a good sermon from Bro Covington yesterday, the sub ject being "Unity of ali Christians regardless of denomination," es pecially the orthodox. We have here in our i own two churches, Baptist and Methodic, and all are working hann niiously as one man trying t> advance the cause of thc church and God's kingdom.: And that is as it shuu d be, for no man, community or country can afford to live to themselves. , We have a good high school and I am glad to say it is being well conducted by Prof. Mangrum ami his three assistants. The health of our town and com munity is good and we have no feai of much nick ness other than through neglect or care of on?s self, for w? have as healthy ^locality as there is to be found in the state.Good waler, some mineral, as good a? the Harris Li th ia water, therefore we havi health. We should be happy if wv willed it-good land, good water and good people. Well, brui her Mims, the snow and the coldest weather of the win ter came in March and the indica lion* arc that spring is near. , The peach blossoms suv spring is here, but we fear the peach crop has been ?damaged some I>>;t. not destroyed. I Weare building and preparing ^bujld^ more houses. Sturkey Bros. arie moving into their store W h toll is not entirely finished but. will be completed iu a few days. They will have a nice roomy store house. L is termed a metal building, i. e., the siding and roof are galvanized steel, tire and rust proof, and is mod ern and up-to date in every detail. The boys say the old man has not forgotten his cunning as a mechan ic, which th-J present structure will show. We cannot let the incident of last Saturday pass without comment. Yon are aware of th? fact that the public roads of this part of Edge held have been woefully neglected and are bad, full of holes and in many places t*o vehicles cannot pass without driving into the ditch. The incident happened in this w ?se. The old man M. B, S. was discussing tbs plan that the citizens of the town and country get to pether Monday and do some work on tho rood to the ferry so that the Georgia people could haul their fer ttlizer, as this station ships a large portion of the fertilizer for Lincoln county. About this time some one s lid there is the supervisor now just drove up in a buggy. Whereupon the old man stepped to the supposed supervisor and was giving him a plain talk when he discovered the fact that he was abusing the wrong man which proved to be a horse drover with a bunch of mules for sile, and being a g< od clever fellow saw the mistake and enjoyed the joke and all hands joined in. The horse drover does resemble Gus Edmunds very much, and he, Gus, is in every sense a stranger in this part of old Edgefield and none can wonder that old man M. 13. bad for gotten him. Don Carlos. Two Letters Written From Bat tlefields of Virginia. The following old letters, written by two brothers, will be of interest to many of our readers. The first was written by Jack Tompkins and the second by Richard Augustus Tompkins to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Tompkins: RICHMOND. VA., June 3, 1862. My Dear Parents: I again try to write to you about our poor brother. 1 have ascertained nothing further as to h is fate. The same uncer tainty hangs over him. i have come into the city to-day to get some linement to rub my ann which is affected with rheumatism] though not in a very seri? us manner. I will write to you again as to thc cir oumstanees of the missing of Broth er Jack. I write 3'oq everything, nothing kept back, thinking it bet ?#?r that yon should have all the in formation that we have here. We were ordered to advance through a thick wood to drive oat the enemy whom we supposed were hidden therein. In advancing oar line, course, was not as straight as iv would have been, bad we beca marching in an old field. Jack was on the right, and I ?rj? on the lett of the company? I saw lum until we were nearly np.to the farthest point ta wbiob we advanc ed. Ue was standing oat openly soine ten or fifteen feet ahead of the company. I called io him to shelter himself behind a trv but lu did not seem to hear me. ?*bout this ?lime, a Virginia Regiment interlapped with oars, and I lo*t night of him. Ate order was given about this time to fall back. Oscar Sturkey says that Jack tamed back and came with biir some dislanc? when ne wa* separated from him. The rt'ood was dam and full of smoke iud the suu wae nearly down, and thus it was easy to lose a man. The enemy were shooting low, and prob ably Jack may have been ?hot in ibe leg and thus captured. I hope io God that this may be true, as me army of McClellan treats their prisoners kindly. Eidson's is pre cisely such a case as Jack's almost in every particular. Tell moih.r ?Mid Lizzie that I will get bis body, if it proves that ne is dead, which 1 have some hope is not BO, whenever we get posses sion of the place where he was lost. I will be able to ascertain his t'aie is soonias there is any communica tion bad with the enemy, as for geant Klinck of our legion was left wounded there, so were W. S. Cor ley of our company and Britt Ma: ?* tin. We are left in a dreadful state (? uiieeruunty.' 'i 'el 1 mother aurl'Liz zic they must bear up under ii ana hope for the best. It is agonizing tu me not to bc able to write wiih more certainly about him. VW have possession of all the battlefield ex cept this Utile pkiri of woods. My love to all. Du hand this leiter to Lizzie. Tour Son, Robert. Later. Richmond Va., June Si, 1862. My LVar Parents: ?I have just seen a teller from Dr. Edward Minis ?f Edgefield saying that he had icard from Jack and that he was severely wounded and in the hands of the enemy. He did not say ?\ hen or how he had got the infor mation, but mentioned just above ihat D. K. Duri8oe had received a '..tt? r from MoKwen who wa? a prisoner at Fort Deleware, and that leads me to believe the information came from that source. On yesterday we heard by a let ter fi om one of the members of* the legion who was wounded and su?i posed lo be killed, that six of one company was alive and prisoners, four of them wounded and two not. Ile was at Mill Creek Hospital somewhere on the Peninsula wiih one other of his men.. The others were sent somewhere, but be did not know where. This increases the probability of Jack's being alive, and 1 am in belier spirits to-day than since he was missing. If you have heard anything let me Know as you must know that I am most anxious to bear from bim. I think we may look for news from him soon. We have no news. Love Sully was yesterday elected Brevet 2nd Lieut, of our company. He is at present not very well, but I hope not enough so to keep him down longer than a day or two. We have had some sharp skirmishing lately, nobody hurt. A fight is looked for soon, but it may be a month first. f you ever get any letters from Texas let me know, as I have n ? heard since we left Fredericksbu: g three months ago. Bob wrote you yesterday, and ri will continue to write often. Tba boys are all quite well, and in good spirits. Health of the command is good. I learn from this mornings paper tbat Beauregard is on his way her.' with part of his army. When becomes, I suppose the fight will not be put off long. I remain, (Continued on page five.)