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?West Jfetuspaper 3H ^otitb (tolina VOL. 78. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, A'CVrKHR 12.1913 NO.30 i JOHNSTON LETTER. -qi-. _^_ Memorial Day Observed Mary Ana Buie Chapte Miss Zena Payne Enter tained W. C. T. U. Sunday May lu, Memorial was observed here by the Mary Buie chapter, D. of C., aud on ? day evening a union service heh! in the opera house a 1; gathering being present to pay i ute to the heroes of the 00 s. * stage was decorated in red white lillies and roses, and the ? federate Hag was in evidence. ? G. T. Matchenson presided and exercises opened with ' Onw Christian sold ie/,'" the choirs of various churches pinging, scripture lesson was read by B Rester, Kev. Kutchenson offei the prayer. ''Maryland, my Mt; land." was beautifully played by orchestra. The address was made Dr. A. T. King, who used as theme "The Confederate soldie the discourse being a very tine and especially beautiful were ciosiny remarks. "The son of ( goes forth to war," sung by choirs, closed the exercises. On .Saturday evening al o'clo the school cit i ld reit assembled the campus and gathering up garlands of Howers^ marched to CJmetery near by and decorated t .graves of the Confederate sold:? 'For those of us rvbo linger, nail : remains, But floral tribute- ILM- our hi dead. Tile pure, proud record of th fame to grail!? And io train our children io vere their lead." Mrs. M. R. Wright has return from Knowlton'? hospital and h jr^iaiiv fjfcaflj OJV pleased to kne that she has improved. Kev. G. A. Wright sufferer] third stroke of paralysis ou Sund morning, -nd is ?ow in a critic state. Mrs. W. li. 'Ju/.ts has gone Teniile, Ca., to visit ie. the hoi of her father, Mr. Smith. Mrs. Frances Williams has t turned from Bennet.?ville, whe she visited friends. Dr. F. L. Parker has rei ur in from a week's slav in Jacksonvill Fla. Miss Ella Mobley has gone Saluda to visit her cousin, ?dr Will Crawford. Mrs. F. M. Boyd is in Sparta burg ibis week attending the sta federation of women's clubs. .Mrs. James White and Mi>s Ha lie White who have been in Spa latiburg, enjoying tie; musical fe liva], wili remain in th? city uni alter tue federation, wlule thei being guests of Mrs. Chas. Gold? .Mrs. M. M. Stewart is spend ill a few weeks here in the hume <. her daughter, .?irs. jj >yd. Mr. and Mis. J. K. Alien wei visitors here last week. Mesdames J. A. Loll and A. I Lewis attended the Inter-denomins al Sunday school convention ii Kdgetield last week. Mrs. Tom .".lilford and child re have gone lo Allanta for a visit i lin- former's pa'reiits. Mrs. Frank Warren, of Lawtoi Mich., returned with Co!, aud Mre F. M. Warren, from Jacksonville and will spend some lime wit them. Mr. C. F. Pech man? is spendin; awhile rn Columbia under medica treatment. Trie W. C. T. I", met on Frida; afternoon, with Miss /ena Pay ir and a very good meeting was held Mrs. T. Ii. Denny, president, pre siding. Excellent papers were rea< by Mesdames M. A. Huiet and P i>. Waters, Jr., arrangements wen made lo participate in the pi en h ?linner that is to be spread for tin inmates of the County Home bj the various unions in June. Among those to attend the U. C V. re-union were Messrs W. T Wallon, Whitlock, Russell Wright, O. S. Wenz, G P. Cobb, Miss Sui Sloan, Mrs. Mattie Perry, Dr. ami Mrs. C. F. Strother. Although second Sunday in Jun? is entered on the church calendai as children's dav, thjs happs event ?was observed by the members ol the Methodist Sunday school on .May lu, and the exercises wen beautiful, ?each selection being bright anil inspiring. Mother's, day ! wa.? also given proper tribute in tho j observa nee, and beautiful white j paper flowers were used in the dec orations about the pulpit. The ii rs t children's day had was in a Sunday school at Chelsea. Mass., on 2nd Sunday in June f&57 of which church, Kev. Chas. Hall Leonard, j was pastor. Daring th;*t year there i was such response arni endorsement that it was deemed wise to Iii. the j day as a permanent festival. JI seemed that Mother's Day was observed by all on Sunday May 10, I for every one, young and old. wore I a white blossom to pay tribute to j mother, whether living or dead, to j show forth their love and honor for her. The orchid and the rose were dis carded Ay, and even the swot violet, Por to-day sees the white carnation In the crown of mother love set. Some wealth which they owe to motlier, That the world has never guess ed, Whose sign is the white carnation That lies on each loyal breast. ! Misses Ruby and Willie Glover, are guests of -VIisses Alma and Ber I tba Woodward. j Thc New Century Club met with I Mrs. IT. D. Gram on Tuesday af ternoon and several points of inter est were discussed during the huai j ness seseiop, and plans were made ; for the observance of "JYr.ce day,'1 and the program committee will ar range an appropriate order of exer ! ci se. "Men s e. rc for measure" was the pl y studied and Mis?; Eva Rushton j w.:s teacuer.Curre:iif$veiiisaweru giv jen by Mrs. 1'. 1\. Lott,, There were several visitors present during the social half hour, and the hostess* served a tempting repast. Dr. A. T. Ming bas gone tn Nashville. Tenn , to attend the min isters conference, which will be in session until the 20th. There will bc j no. preaching au-the <>ap: ist church : on Sunday the 1 ?lh. The commencement sermon of the High School will lu- preached her? on Sunday morning May 31, I and the school exercises will occu py the two following evenings; i Fro f. D. Wistar Daniels of Clemson j College, will deliver the address be I ? ore the graduates. ! Mr. and Mrs. M. \V. Clark enter ? tained with a dining the first of the : week and present w re Mr. and Mrs ?Lawrence Yonce and Mr. E. ii. j Dasher. Mr. |>nrl Mrs. Louis Hardy, of : Savannah, have been visiting in the . ii.,me of Mr. .1. W. Hardy. , Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. j Th:1 examination fer tin' award I of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for ?i;'- admission ?.? now students will be held at the ?count;, court house on Friday, .Inl,\ ly, at u a. m. Applicants must nol j b" less than sixteen years of age. ' When scholarships are vacant after July Ii they will le- awarded to I those making the highest average ai this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing thc award. Applicants for scholarships j should write lo President Johnson j before the examination foi scholar ship blanks. Si-ii.ii irships are worth ?100 and j free tuition. The next session will o{?en September '.>. 1014. For further information and catalog, I address President D. J>. Johnson, I Rock Hi ii, S. C. ?to o? c -- ? - Death of B. P. Covar. B. P. {'ovar died last night at his home on the Drelier's ferry road in Lexington county, about midway between Lexington and Irmo. Mr. Covar lived on the farm of D. F. Klird and was employed as overseer, [ie was about 7o years of age. At one lime he was a deputy sheriff of Edgeiieid county. Ile married Miss NoraCleckley,of Lexington county. Mr. M fi rel was attending the Greenville horse show yesterday, hut. lipon being informed of Mr. Covar's death last night he left Greenville for home, passing through Columbia this morning. Columbia Record. Mr. Covar's body was brought to Ridgefield ami interred Saturday morning. Ile leaves besides his wife and son. four sisters, Mrs. Zella Paul, Mrs. MaUic Dorn. Miss Ida Covar and Mrs. Willie liritt, and two brothers, Messrs. A. 1?. aud A. T. Covar. GEORGIA LETTER. Uncle Iv Morgan Writes In teresting Letter. Wanted'to See Deestrict School of Long Ago. Dear Old Advertiser: I have h cen wanting to send you a few dots for sometime, hut have not felt like writing for the last three weeks on account of not feeling very well. I am about all right again. Anyway I am feeling bet ter, and as to-day is the day for your weekly visit, I decided to commence just as soon as I had. breakfast. I guess the moon is about to change as the weather bas made a considerable change, and this morning a fellow that has none too much iron in his blood from age or disease feels better with his coat on. Ohe day before yesterday he would have felt better and more comfortable without a shirt if he could have stood to be baked by the sun. Coats have been laid aside for the last two weeks, and in some cases shoes but the sand especially, about noon and in the evening, has begun tu make the ants hurry up. When they come to the lop of the ground with their litLie lump of moist s.ind or clay and get back; the barefoot boys .ind girls I im agine make shorter and quicker; steps. Cotton chopping is now in fail blast and so far 1 hear no oom I plaint as io the stand. Corn is j ab,?ul ready for the second plowing land the farmers areal, it soon and j mle. Tney tel! rae that this month j is the time to put in full time so that when June comes in the work . wiil not he SM regular ot pushing; The tirst of July the work in the I erops is about through. Of course ?it is new to us. vvhj came here last I winter and had been accustomed to j work right on lill fodder, v/as aboui; :r-.;dy io pull. Weil, so far I don't : see thai fur move was a mistake. If there has bern a mistake il was in j n<>:. coming here ur somewhere else years ago. Now I want to be un derstood. I do not advise anyone I Lo move here or au> where else till j j they first go and ?eu with their own eyes and use their own judgment.' i Hut i do say that as far as ? am ?able to judge at this time there are ?a good many families that I know of who own their lands aie making a mistake in working the lands they own and getting poor returns for their labors. They could pay a reasonable, rent on some land I see and know of and have more at the close of the year. Yes, there are disadvantages to contend with, mostly tn the matter of schools. But from what I can hear that is last passing away, and will soon be la tiling of the past from one simple ' i .ei, and thu is the landowners are ! i> ginning to realize that intelligence I counts .or some; lung even oil the ? farm. It. is nothing uncommon lor si 'lint ol the large landowners lo even a build a school house for the benefit of their renters, children (wh.te ol'course.) In fact ? havel talked with one of limn and have heard of others. While on thisj subject I want, to say that not very j far from where i now live there is j aman who inst year bought six! thousand acres of land and now i proposes to cut it up in from twen ty -iii'** to two hundred cere farms ami colonize it with good while families. Ile says most positively that he will not sell one foot of it j ?o anyone who is nota sober and I upright man and that he intends! j making il his business to know be I fore he sells to them. Further than that he says that with his own money he propeses to build a goo 1 church and school building for the benefit of those to whom he sells. Were I to write or call his name it would be very familiar to a good many Ridgefield people. I may later tell his name but not now. Well, what was my surprise to get a letter from a &Ir.| T. E. Gei zen of Wad ley one day last week asking me to visit h'm on last Sa'. urday. I went and who should il be but a son ol' Capt. Thomas Get z 'li and a grandson of Old Fattier or Sam G?tzen, a Bapiist preacher and my mother's brothel. To say that I enjoyed feing in his family would be putting it rather mildly. I lound him to be a man that every ol)'- seemed to like and had all con Itidencein; a lea,ier in church and i Sunday school work. Yes, I cer tainly enjoyed bung with him and I tor the tiret lime in ninety-six months I heard a sermon by a sionary Bap'.ist. I have not li in say against other Christian der i nations. I know of some t people of other denominations haye hear 1 a Presbyterian, Met! ist,and Primitive Baptist since mg. here and enjoyed their mons, but the sermon I heard Sunday ? must confess I did ei most. ' While in the town of Wadi? vrilya Mr. May whose parents ci from Edgefield county ve irs from near little Stevens ci and, is a relative of Mrs. M Vraies of your town. Ile told i'na.t his father or grand father once Sheriff of Edgefield county wns with him a few minutes, he ?aid Hiram and Charley J\ ?\vere either his cousins or uncle. forget which. Wad ley is in del son county and fenced off lo it; TnTaccount of the citizens vot the stock law, or no fence they e. it. The last name 1 think si best for there wasn't much fenci except the pastures, but wheat ii oats just acres of them and pron: mg prospects for a good crop each. I saw a field of wheat tl must have been sown since Chri mas or late last fall. There nu hay? been fifty or sixty ac.ivs in t field and it just beginning to her Iit'Sfcas about hip high and is green till it looked blue. ,.: Weil, w ii al do you think'" j gu .letter from some om* np in Ed? iieldwantine tu know it' ibo mo e^ver changed down herc. Did y ever? Well, il chanties alu.ut on in two months was my reply to th question. Why let me tell all wi don't know about things down georgia that the sun rises^ in tl j?asV'and sets in the West and t iltoon changes livre just like n ,10 [i there, ii' any did'cviiec a lit; ??ft;-7;'?r and ju-t al this ti,ne rain p?? OU oats and gardens, b b&tu ?vaft cotton need work. Mr. Editor, should you see 1 W. Do bey tell him I got his me sage y estel day about going tu Me. ic J and just say to him I ain't ?j vine. I came on from my son (Bub) yesterday I came a near wa and found a ditch that will hi? Henry and me all right and if uno Sim should call on us just you cou: d wu and we will take to that dite orAligator's den, that I got enoug of war nearly fifty years ago, an propose to let the fellows who toa something else in their hip pocket ii "side a bottle or handkerchief g and try their hand. If the Mex cans clean them up we who havi had a taste of war will elect Mot by or l>ufalo Bill to lead us am we too will then help uncle Sam ? ' uphold his dignity. But lei I i< s> tgs have first chance ami if nec-'S s:rvthe old roosters will put "i thc .guffs lal. :'. Look here man I don't want t< monopolize your whole issue bu must say a little about your Dees trick Skule. Had 1 been in Edge ii -ld county I certainly would hav< b en there. Why, Sir. I could jus| imagine I was there and could se* George Evans knocking the Hie? nd' his bald bead where the flies had tillered to get a taste of the mu lasses that thal devilish Mack Simp kins bad dropped un his head whilt he was taking his noon nap, and tc s.e Mr. W. li. Cog bum balancing UH his arms trying to get the peg fruin the ground and to see A. S. Tompkins straddle Brooks Mason's tieck in a game of ICM? frog. Oh, yes, I could imagine just almost anything and then my mind wan dered back to my 'school-boy days and 1 lived over again those days and called to mind incidents that occurred thal can never he forgot len. I thought of schoolmates of both sexes, and of the boys bul few arc living now. Quite a number gave their lives in defence of their homes and lio buried on the battle Held. All have passed the meridian of life and an; now on the sunset ?side. In lbbl there were about forty or forty-five boys who attend ed school at the old Liberty Acade my just a mile South of the town of Parksviile and to-day I can count those who arc living on my lin Iger. ret with all that, I like to go back to those days in my mind and play the games played in those days and take a look into the eyes of thc girls and think of the thousand and one things and live over again those days. Then I draw in the wanderings of my m i IN] and com pare the boys and giris of those .days with tho boys and giris of the present and though I admit thu thu advantages of to-day are much better, yet with all these things. I see boys and girls do and say things j in thia day that the boys and girls of the old school days would blush j to do or .say. Ara 1 right or am ? dreaming? When I was a boy T made ray own pop-gun, but now T am sorry to say some carry in the hip pocket or somewhere on their person not a pop-gun. I wont, say what, I am sorry for the boy who can't wear his panis without some ?hing in hts hip pocket. Well, J hear a boy say how about the girls? Well, yes, justa few words and the old man will stop. 1 remember how fond the girls were of sweet gum and how their eyes would sparkle when her boy classmate would hand her a lump of? that precious gum that he spent quite a while in yetting for his-yes, his sweetheart. T)o they chew sweet gum now? Some few do, but am sorry to say some chew the end of a stick after that has been dipped in a box of what-I leave you to guess. No all the boys and girls are not like those mentioned. No thank (5-od lhere are as noble boys and girls to-day as ever lived. ?N re you ono of the noble ones. Boys and (?iris? Love io ail from l ucie iv. A Story for the Children. Little Connie Max, .Mrs. Stebbins' iittle tiveycar-old girl, was sitting on the back door steps eating a pi?ce of pie, when she thought that nie heard music, down under the big shady tree, at the edge of the woods. ? have heard about fairies shu said to herself, and they say that they live in the woods away from common folks, 1 would like to see them. T.o, Connie went 'dewn the path, climbed over the fence, and seeing a large bed of violets under the ?.iad.v tree, began plucking thc j I' ?ivers. Ol?. tiley are too lovely for j anything, she mannered. Suddenly I there came a burst, of m usia from somewhere, and looking up, Connie saw lovely creatures moving about. J Cue of these little fairies cam-.' to- j ward her and asked her what she ! wished. '"1 want to see all the fairies and the fairy queen, too," Connie said Tue fairy took her by the hand, and s.iid: "I will lead you to our fairy palace, and will take you to our queen." When Connie ea ni?? into t ie p.dace, where the queen was sating on her th rone, wi th her maids! ? honor all around uer, she was so much dazzled by what she saw and i: -ard that sue could scarcelv an s ver the queen who spoke lo her .; M1 bade her come near, and asked i, T sume questions. The queen then tedd two fairies !; I ver-Leaf and G old en-Berry, lo ? ike charge of Connie Max and make her feel happy. So the fairies j took Connie and brou uh t robes to p it on her, thal she might join with them in their plays and not look dii?erei t from the others. Tin y all had anierr;? time togeth er. The queen had cake, strawberry ic ' e.r.'.mi and ambrosia prepare,! j i' r them, am: all the time ihe fairy 1 bind w;is playing the most bcatui l il music. When the queen thought the ! lirios and Conni?.' had enjoyed | themselves tu theil heart's content.! siie sent little Connie home with an escort of fairies, and Connie look her seat 011 the steps, and thought of all the lovely things she had seen. Soon her mama cune out and said to her, were yon asleep, Connie dear? Come to supper. Verbena, doh aston, S. C. T> F. I>. Child Cross? Feverish? Sick? A cross, peevish, listless child, with coated tongue, pale, doesn't sleep; eats something very little, then again ravenously; stomach sour, breath fetid; pains in stomach, with diarrhoea; .grind.- teeth while asleep, and starts up with terror all stiegest a worm killer-some thing that expels worms, and almos? every child has them. Kickapoo worm killer is needed, (iel a box to-day. Start at once. Vou won'; have to coax, as Kickapoo worin killer is a candy confection. Expels the worms, the cause of your child's trouble. '25c at your druggist' I WELL MANAGED FARM. County Demonstration Agent P. N. Lott Practices on His Farm What he Preaches to Others. A short time ago it was the priv ilege of the editor of The Adverti ser to spend some tim?* in the home . >f Mr. P. is'. Lott, tl>e county de monstration agent. Peing actively interested in farming, we not only passed the time very pleasantly so cially but very profitably as well, instead of being a theorist and dreamer. Mr. Lott is a practical, successful farmer. What he ad vises and urges his fellow farmers to do as he visits nere and there he has already proven on his own farm. Ju the matter of seed selection, fer tilization, preparation of seed bed, cultivation, rotation, cover crops, ..oil buildingjhe has proven by actual test or experiment just what he s ivs. Many farmers know this, and that is why they so willingly take to his suggestions. Winier Cover Crops. Mr. Lott had when we were at his home the finest crop of wheat, oats and vetch that we have ever seen grow. The stand was good and in spite of the prolonged drought he will harvest a very large yield of I the best stock feed obtainable. In addition to this there will be left ...iiove ground a coat of vegetable matter that will improve the char il'..-ter of the soil. And beneath ?.. round the vetch has stored away a quantity of nitrogen which although i.ot visible to the eye will bring profitable results "in the increased j jeld of cotton that will follow, 'j brough the co-operative plan Mr. Lott purchased hundreds of pound's L\ vetch seed last fall for farmers at a very low ligure and stands ready j tw assist.'^.eua again n.-xi U]tl in ob I t aning seed for their cover crops. j We wish every farmer in the coun ty oouid see Mr. Lott's fields of I vetch in fall flower. Siock and Pasturage. Mr. Lott is right abreast "f the timer* again in the matter of fenc ing lits* fields .?ni having certain plots sowed ?i? Bim: ida urass. Af ter grazing in oll?' enclosure fora lime be can LU ru bis dairy cattle on j other Heids, in the bill ii?' sows [legumes in soire enclosures near his lot in order that bia cows may have the proper green tooti in winter and e uly spring. As a result of this kind o? management his cows are iv.-pt in the best of condition at a minimum of expense. The.quality of the milk and cream is also su pe rin- to that taken from neglected cows or from cows that are weil fed but not upon the proper dut. From iiis own experience Mr. Lol* eau advise and instruct others just what is cheapest and best in pro viding for t>he dairy. Heavy Horse Power. Another thing that arrested our attention was the heavy draft mules to be seen in Mr. L-u's barnyard, ble has improved machiucry which in som" instances is necessarily very heavy. Ju order to obtain the very best results, and too lo relieve the I heavy strain from the beasts of burden, he owns nothing Lut very heavy mules. These he linds con sume but little more food than tue small tunics. Mr. Lott realizes I from actual experience the value of ! having adequate horse-power on the j farm. Rotation of Crops. j Mr. Lott follows a regul?r? sys tem of rotation of crops on his .... , . I arm. which, instead <>t constantly impoverishing the soil as the one crop system docs, is the means of ? constantly adding to its fertility. Ile has learned that proper rota tion, together with a liberal plant ing of leguminous crops, is the j cheapest way of putting vegetable ? matter in the soil. This is one of j the things that he urges in his work j dong the line of soil building. Fruits aijd Nuts. In addition to tho regular tield crops, Mr. Lott gives due. attention to his orchard, providing staple fruits of ihe best quality for the household. Several .wars ago he j grew peaches for market but found that unprofitable, as the shippers iare generally completely at the i mercy of the commission men of i the lame cities. j Mr. Lott b:.s a lar?:e pecan grove (Continued on page four)