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?West Jfetuspaper 3H ^otitb (tolina VOL. 78. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, A'CVrKHR 12.1913 NO.30 i JOHNSTON LETTER. New Century Club Meets, BJ Show and May Pole Dane Sad Death of Mrs. Asbill. The members of the New Cei ry club tuet on Tuesday af tero at the home of Mrs. F. M. Ko the subject for the afternoon be "Social hygiene," the meeting inp led by Mrs. H. D. Grant, ch: man of the program commit This is a subject of vital imp tance and a number of splendid lections were given. Mrs. Grant the opening, explained the nat of the meeting, and gave many gc points in har remarks. Followi was the arranged program: "1 great importance of the subjec Mrs. James While; ''Parer responsibility," Mrs. J. W. Mar "The parents duty," Mrs. J. Dozier; "Never deceive your chili Mrs. B. L. Allen; "When totead Mrs. J. A. Dobey; "The great danger," Mrs. C. D. Kenny; boy lost;" Miss Clara Sawy "Who shall tell the story," M W. F. Seo*;: "A harvest of dise? and der.!*," Miss Eva Ru?hti "Treated as a joke." Mrs. E. ! Mobley; "White slave of to-da; Mrs. Pope N. Litt; "Impu thoughts." M rs. J. L. Walker: "T while robes,"' Miss Aima Wot ward; "The church awakening Mrs. W. E. LaGrone: "Th- bea! bill, Mrs. P. B. Waters. Jr.: "T science of eugenics" Miss Ze Payne; "The Trinity," Mrs. F. : Poyd. Following the program, .general discussion was had, aft which a social half hour was enjc ed, and the hostess served from strawberries and cake. The Mary Ann Buie chapter, I D. C., met with Mrs. li. L. Alie . and nytch _ business pertaining . v eiiapter work was discussed. All a rangements were perfected for M mortal Day. which falls on Sund:! the lUlh. The exercises will be bel in the evening at the opera hons and there will be a (inion serv? participated in by all ihe local pa tors. Some time since, the chapK offered a medal for the best essa on "The part South Carolina pl aye in the Confederacy." the ionics ants being the pupil?) of th?' LUI and i 1th grades of the High Schoo The historian, Mrs. O. D. Blacl was ready to report results, an saul that the judges considered th best essay to be that of ."Miss Elis Mobley, and the essay will be rea ai commencement. AU of the oths essays were considered excel len 'ones. Plans were made for the eek bration of Jefferson Davis' bini ?lay. June 3rd, and the day will b spent at thc country home <,i Mrs Martha Edwards a member, and ; picnic dinner will be given for th veterans and elderly ladies of th chapter. After all business, a whif was spent socially, and fro/en pine apple cream with fruit and pount cake was served by Mrs. Allen Mrs. Dozier assisting her. Miss Elise Crouch was the charm ing hostess for a party of young people on last Wednesday evening the affair being in honor of liei friend, Miss Kebi - Solomon, ol Brooklyn, X. J. The rooms wert, fragrant with bowls of roses and tables were about for progressive games, partners being gotten by one having on their card a city and the other for their partner, having the state of which it was capital. An animated game was played and the honor guest was presented with a beautiful pieca of embroidery. During the latter part of the even ing a buffet supper was served. Mrs. Lewis Blunt, Sr., is visiting in the home of her son. Mr. Lewis Blunt. Mrs. Frances H. Williams has gone to Clyo to visit friends and relatives. Mrs. Solomon and daughter, Miss Reba Solomon, who visited Mrs. T. li. Denny last week, have gone to Greenwood fora sh.?rt stay be "ore their return to Brooklyn, N. J. Before her marriage, Mrs. Solomon was pleasantly remember ed as Miss Ella Wills. Mr. and .Mrs. J. E. Holland, of Danville, Ya., visited hen- hist week, and during the year will build her?: and reside. Mr. and .Mrs; W. L. Coleman left this week tor Hot Springs for a month's stay, Mrs. Coleman still being a great sufferer from rheuma tism. Air. and Mrs. J. L. Minis and Mrs. Mamie Tillman of Edgerielo were guests of relatives here on Sunday coming over to hear Rev. .fohn Lake at the morning service and Revs. Lausdell and Horsford at the evening service. May day was celebrated here by a May pole dance and baby show, these attractive features Oeing upon the beautiful and the spacious lawn of Mrs. H. W. Crouch, and were arranged for by the members of the Mai y Ann Buie chapter, I), of C. The sight was a lovely one as the 2U little maidens in the Confederate colors, red and white, courtesied ta the waiting crowd, and skipped to the May pole and each with a red or white streamer, went through the mazes of the May festivities to the strains of bright music. After this the baby show, there being two classes, A, to -l years, and B, from 2 to 4 years, two prizes being offer-1 ed in each class for the finest and ! prettiest. Eaeb child was so sweet and attractive th it it was a most ; difficult task for the judges, Mes-i dames Moss, Day and Holland of I Trenton, to come to a decision, con seq nen liv a tie was made in each class, lu class A, Harriet Toney and ; (-?race Ellen Cassotis tied for the | prettiest, the former winning by , drawing. For the finest of this class Minis Edward Walker and Marion Williams Hoyt tied, the latter win ning. In class ll, Fletcher Dunbar tied with Estelle Meyer Wright, lor the prettiest, the hater winning. Ami tor the Knesi, Mary Toney and Burrell Boatwrigut lied the funner j winning. The prizes were Buster Brown sterling silver spoons. The occasion was held lo raise funds fun the premises of the annual flower show, and a good season was real ized by liberal patronage. Johnston* iles are very patriotic ano: it is al ways their pleasure to co-operate. Mr. M.-T: Turner relamed Tues-: day from Pine Heights Sanatorium ! wileri' bc spent two weeks for treat ment.. His friends ire delighted io know that he is much improved. Mi>s Sadie Buiiir of Trenton speiil last week with Mrs. John Marsh. Miss Maggie Tompkins entertain ed the members id' the 1'i Tau club 00 Wednesday afternoon aad two hours were pleasantly spent by the members in busy laney work and so cial chat. Delightful refreshments were served., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Durant Kenny have announced thc en gagement of their daughter. Miss Flor:: Kenny, to Mr. Daniel Fran cs Moorer, the wedding to take place June L', at their home. Mrs. A. 1'. Lewis and Miss .h. \ sephine Mobley attended the Sunday soho"! convention at Midge Spring I last week. Mrs. B. B. Ashil! was buried here 011 Saturday afternoon at .'? o'clock, ; Rev. W. (4. Hutcheiison, pastor ol j the Methodist church of which she j was so long a member, conducting the servie.'. Before her marriage, Mrs. Ashil 1 was Miss-Aunie Reames, and this place w is always her home until about til ree years agc-, when Mr j Ashil I moved to Winston-Salem, N. C. When a few months ago her health failed, she went to Ellenton to be near her sisters. Mrs. Asbill was greatly beloved ?o .ill here and j her death brought sadness. She was, a sweet Christian character and ai-1 ways labored in any cause that per tained to good. Besides her hus-j bind" is left one (laugh ter, .Miss, An-j nie Louise Asbill, Ami three sisters' Mesdames McElheiiney, Ralph '? Dunbar and W. C. Batley, ail ot ? Ellenton, and one brother, Jeff er-j *?on Reames. Ought to Paint. I ought to have painted last year,! but I hated to j ay 82 a gallon. Eve got to paint this year; it'll take a little more paint; I suppose 1 gallon in nj; and a little more work, I suppose 1 day in 10. My job would have cost last year about $50; it is going to cost this year $55. *? gone. 1 suppose it'll be the same again, if I wait again. What if paint goes down to il 7"> a gallon? fc?.?U on the juli! 1 shan't wait; whit. ,-i fool I was! 1 )ei oe. Stewart &, Ktmaghan sells it. lom Watson on the Torren System. Tom Watson-there is only on Tom Watson -ts a lawyer and mighty good one. 13ul he is a pee pie's lawyer and is never afraid t speak out about the evils and fail ares in our judisial and legal syf tem. In the last issue of his paper, thi Jeffersonion, a reader asks hin to e x ]) 1 a i n the Torren System, and he does so in his usu? clear and forceful manner. Her is his editorial, which we hope will make more farmers in other Stat? resolve that all the South sbal quickly follow North Carolina ii providing this law for the benefi of its farmers and other citizens Tom Watson answers his inquirj as follows: "The Torrens System, in a nut Bhell is this: "The State examines the title surveys the property, and registen a clear title, accompanied by th< plat; a certificate is then issued t( the owner, arid when he sells ano makes a deed to the buyer, he sur renders his certificate to the regis' trar, who issues a new one to th? new owner. "You can see at once how/thil process simplifies the transfer ol property, cuts out fees for ab' st rads of title, and abolishes lan suits over titles and boundary lines. "Any dispute about the titlei Or the ?ines is settled by the Stat? before the property is registered. ; "This elf?ring of the title and lines is done ny an official examiner, appointed for that purpose, and under a bond. "'If any dispute arises, all partie* are notified and lite c.".se is laid before a court. Un New York the ease goes at once to the Supreme Court.) "When this court passes upai the questions raised, they are.setr tied -forever. ' "il is strange that I have urged this simple and most beneficial change so many years without hav ing aroused anything more than a casual interest. "Year after year, neighbors fusa over land lines, get into fights, and then go into law suits. "Year after year, lawyers are paid to look up cha>ns of title and make costly abstracts. "Year after year, lawyers, jurors and judges are taken up with liti gation over titles. "All of this expense, worry and bad feeling could bc cul out. by tho adoption of the Torrens Su tern. "Mut the dear people fill the leg islatures with Sawyers, and thc lawyers are naturally slow to dry up s> bountiful a stream of revenue." - - Progressive Farmer. What Have They Scan in Thine House? The substance of the last sermon preached in the Presbyterian church, from -J, King -Ju:10, we give as fol lows: Said tilt speaker, there are some texts that cause us to retro spect: there are some that cause ns t > introspect: lhere are some that canse us to reflect. This text should cause us to seriously reflect. The man who asked this question was Isaiah, the old testament gospel preacher, the faithful pastor, ??ie evangelist. He was a preacher be loved by many, but mortally des pised by ^ome. But he outlived three kings and when he died he left his foot prints upon the sands ol' time. The man lo whom these words were addressed was kin^ Hezekiah, who while a son of wick ed Aha/., be himself was one of the btst kings of Judah. lu his dealing with thu sins of Israel, the kimi wai merciless, for he realized the mercilessness of sin, which his fa ther had established. Hezekiah was desperately sick unto death. When the prophet came in answer to prayer, the king's life was spared fifteen years. I'pon his recovery the heathen king of Babylon sent am bassadors to congratulate Hezekiah upon his recovery. Instead of trying lo convert these heathen, Hezekiah showed them the glory of his house. Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "What have they seen in thine house?" The king told the prophet they had seen till that he possessed. But, said the speaker, th ?y failed to have seen what they ought to have seen; what people oiiuhi to see in our homes to-day; namely, a well regulated SOUTH GEORGIA LETTER Miss Mamie Cheatham Write An Interesting Letter From Vidalia and McRae Georgia. Dear Advertiser:- No doubt you reader? will be. sn prised to see ? letter from me but I mci ely wan to prove to them though I am now in South Georgia having a grane time I often think of my friends ii Carolina. On April 17, I left Edgefield anc my friend EMee Swearingen joiner me at Trenton. We were sooi Georgia bound. We ?pent the night in August! and left next morning at 0:35 01 i he Georgia and Florida and ar rived in Vidalia about 1:3U or : o'clock. I spent the following week witl Eliee at her sister's Mrs. Floyc Johnston, of that town. Vidalia is a beautiful wide-awak< little town. I can but fail to exprest how I enjoyed myself with Mr. ant Mrs. Johnston. Von can iniagrini what a lively little crowd of Caro liniants we were in Georgia. At the end of a week, I, with I sad good-bye, left Kl lee and th others to ?ro to Helena thim-thre miles further down south. Yoi know how one feels going to ; place they have never been befon and not a familiar face to bc seen well that was me. But scarcely hat I landed in Helena when there wa my uncle, J. b. Cheatbam to grce me. We then drove out to his bean ti ful country horne five miles fron McRae and I have been spending the tim" since then very pleasantly with him and family. I believe most people are inclin?e differently from what they should This is indeed a_ beautiful country You would think soUoo Mr. Edito If you could see the beautiful wile flowers and the stately trees witl long ?rra.v moss hanging Irorn thei branches. This part of Georgia \< a grea turpentine region. It seems strangi to me io see tho nine trees cut am caps fastened to them. 1 haven' been to a turpentine si ill yet. al though there's one not very fa from here. I am going to visit i before I come home. And now, Mr. Editor, I knov you would enjoy riding gophers oe f isionad v. They ari a curiosity tc me as I had never seen a Georgi, gopher before I fame doun here Tnere are some things i lehr h South Georgia, the most dread . being the rattlesnakes. Unelo Br 'Killed a tremendous one the first ii i; 1 came here and brought it to UM house 1<M me L" MI*. Notwithstanding thal it. i< ver.\ dry and dusty here the crop-; an generally very good. Some of tin farmers abound here have linishet c topping cotton. Uncle Hart is going to take ; crowd of us fishing on the rive! Siturday. Now wouldn't you like ti bd with us? If nothing prevents I will be her. another week with my aunt, Mrs J. C. Smith, lie i Miss Mamie Sett lor. Mr. Editor, really I am g<utin? uneasy about Eliee. I fear thal sin will decide that she had rather bi a "Georgia cracker" than a "Sam home, where the children kno\ nothing of disobedience; where the Bible is the well worn hook; when the family ailar is essential ti home life; where husbands am wives are in one faith, hope am love; where only good literature i read; where no Sunday newspaper are ever seen; where the Christiai graces are daily practiced: wher Christ reigns supreme in the hopes hearts and lives of the family. I commenting upon these points whit were sent to the heart, he said, {iodless home is the way to hell trood literature is bread or poise to the soul; family prayers arces sential as regulators to the tamil life; the Bible is a home-makin book; the nation suffered as a coi sequence of Hezekiah's worldliuest our homes will determine the hist* ry of America; Dives went to bel ou a chariot of worldliness an Lazarus went to heaven by iii grace cf God in the person ? Christ Jesus. Amen. hipper. j? Sincerely, .Mamie Cheatham Tribute to Mr. L. P. Boone. Editor Advertiser: Please allow me space in your paper to chronicle the death of another grand old Con federate hero, Mr. L. P. Boone, who has dossed over the river and ?6 resting with his comrades who have gone before. The subject of this sketch was one of the first men that I ?vei ls new, and for sixty years has been my most loyal and cherished friend. Therefore I feel fully competent t . speak some facts of this noble and generous life. He had the greatest sense of justice of any min I ever knew. He seemed to know exactly what was lue by him towards his fellowmen and he lilied that cup lo overflowing. He was a devoted hus band to as noble a wife as ever lived. He was an indulgent father to his children, but stern in his de mands as to their deportment and honor and duty towards others. We ill know it takes a brave man to dways speak the truth and to ad vise his friends as to the right re gardless of their wishes or feelings. But he was surely this kind of man. In his quiet, child-like way he never allowed his feelings for his friends to swerve him from the path >f duty and honor towards them. The crucial lost of this dear friend's life was as a Confederate soldier. And he brilliantly met every issue sqnately and bravely as he had met all other things in life. He was a member of the first South Caroli na regiment, Capt. A. P. Butlers oom pa ny. McGowan's brigade Stone wall Jackson army corps. I saw bim i when he donned the gray and buck led on his armor and marched uffi ;.> battle for his beloved south. Though I was but thirteen years old at thal time, ho was my ideal of a good and brave man and 1 knew thal be would never show the while feat ht r ami he didn't. But lie fought and he bled ami he languished in prison until he almost died all for thc glorv of this dear south land of his. I had three brothers who died in battle lighting by his side, there fore I am not talking or guessing j bout his life. I know what he] \< a< and what he did. He was made a prisoner in one of Jackson's hand I to-hand struggles when he was I clubbing .his foes with the but of *| Ins gun. He never surrendered, he r|\. as just simply overpowered by I overwhelming numbers, disarmed ?iud ma le a prisoner. i t was just .such men as he that mad* possible Stonewall Jackson's brilliant achievements which hire t ?lied the whole world and made him i vneible in battle .' ' The lite that 1. P. Boone lived i <vas always an inspiration t<- mi ami J am sure th*I its influence! k ; helped me to he a bolter citi/.eii. j I lcd so thankful lo my maher j i I ?int ti is dear friend of mine in bis ld-cl?liing years was placed in the! L I li iuds of Mix Joe ll. Cartledge his! devoted daughter and her noble.1 husband, who tenderly and loving-j 1 v looked.after his every want. It was just beautiful to see how these J good pccple smoothed his pathway as he tottered on down towards the grave. A Friend. C'eora, S. C. Dinner for Veterans. Tin- members ol' the Edget?eld chapter. I*. I). C., will serve bar becue dinner in tin.1 Adams hall for all of tile Confed?rate veterans in i ?ie county next Sunday afternoon at l:;tu o'clock. The following com mittees have been appointed to ar range for the entertainment of the veterans: Invitation: Chairman Mrs. J B Kennerly, Mrs. J I) Holstein, Mis. A A Woodson, Mrs. !' M Fei thain, Mrs. James S Byrd, Mrs. Sallie I Moseley, Miss Sallie Parker and .Miss Sophie Dobson. Dinner: Mrs. C E May, Mrs. J I) Holstein, Mrs. A E Padgett. Mrs. Hugh Nicholson, Mrs. W Sj Cogburn, Mrs. M F Wells and' Mrs. P P Blalock. Commi iee to receive baskets: Mrs. N M Jones, Mrs. J T Minis, Mrs. B E Nioholson and .M.r.s. .1 II Can tel OU. Coffee committee: Mrs. Maggie Hill, Mrs. J W Feak ami Mrs. Susan B Hill. Fresh supply ol' Land ret h's vt i table seed, the kind that never f.ii I to germinate. W. F. Lvnch it Co. WHITE TOWN NEWS. Measles Raging, Breaks Up School Picnic. Lady Injured by Run-Away Mule. It bas been some time since, you've hoard any thiner |from thi? section, so I will try and give you v few dots. The farmers are as buisy as can be in their crops, and nearly every body around here has a good stand .f cotton np, and some are going to chopping this week. Mr. Hiram Walls and sister (loreen, were the guests of Mr. .and Mrs. Ollie White Sunday. We weie very sorry to know Miss ('arrie Talbert couldn't be with us nur two last weeks of school, as she was cal led home on account of a sister in-law who lives with them being critically ill, also her aged mother wasn't at all well. We hope they will soon be all right. White Town School will close Friday May 8th, and on account of measles, our big oicnic which we were all looking forward to is en i ?rely kroken up, and we regret very much to miss the speaking that had been promised us. Mr. Swearingen State Superintendent of Education, Mr. Fuller County Superintendent ?>f Education, also .Miss Mary Eva ?lite, from Aiken were lo speak for us, so you see would have bad a full evenings entertainment, while in the ?iiornin? the school was going to i entertain them with several songs, organized plays; etc. I'm sorry to report the misf ortune nf Miss Gussie Barde?;, which was caused by an accident at Bethany i burch last Sunday. She was kr.ock e I down and stepped on by a run ; way mule, and right bailly bruised l y the buggy running over her. lier physician say* she's nu serious ly burt. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Coreen. A Beautiful Home Wedding. A beautiful wedding occurred at the home of Mrs. Bessie Carmichael Wednesday at noon, the occasion I being thu marriage of her only daughter. Mus Mattie Lake Carmi chael, tu Henry Townes M ed lock. I On account of recent bereavement ?in the home only the members of the immediate families, anda few near relatives were 'present. The j and parlors of ibo borne were decorated with natural Howers, roses ?ind sw eet peas predominating. The conventional wedding march was dispensed with. The bride entered the parlor with the groom. The Kev. J. R. Walker, the pastor of the Methodist church, performed the ceremony. For some time interest in the ap proaching nuptials nf these young people has been widespread, on ac count of their popularity and the prominence of the old and greatly honored families which they repre sent. The bride possesses all of the graces and charms of the trae South ern woman and is inherently fitted to reign as the queen of a happy borne. The groom, a son of Mr. ?and Mrs. George W. Wedlock, of the Meriwether section of the coun ty is a young man of exemplary habits and who possesses, stet ling quantities having steadily grown in the confidence and esteem of the people of Edgefield from the day that he came among u*. Tiie Advertiser wishes these young friends a long and happy life. Immediately after the ceremony a salad course was served with iced tea. About 1 ::iU o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Med lock, accompanied by a part,\ of young friends, left in an automobile for Johnston to board the northbound train for Washing Ion, New York and other places. Indigestion? Can't Eat? No Ap* petite? A treatment of Electric Bitters, increases your appetite; stops indi gestion; you can eat everything. A real spring tonic for liver, kidney ?md stomach troubles. Cleanses your whole system and you feel fine. Electric Bitters did more for Mr. T D Peeble'* stomach than any medicine he ever tried, (iel a bottle ic-day. ">(ie and ai your drag gist. Bucklen's A rn i cn Salve for eczema.