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(?Utni J^w^ap^SnS?i^ Carolina VOL. 79. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1914 NO. 13. JOHNSTON LETTER. College Students Return. Miss Sawyer Entertains New Century Club. Kenny Moorer Wedding. Mrs. B. K. Barr, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Miss Carobelle McLeod, of Lynchburg, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ken ney. Mrs. Frank Warren is spending awhile at the home of Maj. F. M. Warren. The town is being enlivened by the return of the college students. From Winthop, Miss Ella Jacobs, Helen Lewis and Fannie Pratt An drews, Coker college, Misses Kate and Fannie Pruit, Lottie Bean and Mary Lucia Mobley; Converse, Miss Antoinette Denny; Columbia col lege, Miss Eula Satcher; Hollins Institute, Miss Martha Watson, Elizabeth college; Miss Virgie Courtney; Clemson college, W. Wallace Turner, Frank Kenny, Willie Pierce Stevens, and Guy Horne, South Carolina college; Earle Crouch, Citadel; John Flem ing, Marsh and James Watson, Wofford, Robert Kenny and Au burn Moyer. Mrs. Sam Browne, of Brunswick, Ga., is visiting her panther, Mr. Frank Bland and othe. datives. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Scott and Master William . Elliot, have gone to Monticello to visit the former's parents and from there will go to their summer home in the mountains to remain until Sep tember 1st. Miss Emmie Wright is at home from Springfield where she has been teaching during the past term. Mrs. Frank Landrura and little -.datigliter, are visiting Mrs. Annie P. Lewis. . Misses Mary Lewis and Winnie Kennedy of Meeting Street speut commencement week here with relatives. Mr. Avery Bland who is connect ed with the Southern Railway, is at home for a vacation. Miss Isabel Be?n entertained on Wednesday evening in compliment to her iguest, Miss Morrison, and two very happy hours were speut by the young people with progressive games and music. Mr. Staunton Lott made the highest score and was given the prize, a box of Huy ler's which he presented to the gne6t of honor. ^During the time re freshing punch was served and ices and two kiuds of cake were en lov ed. Miss Gladys Sawyer was hostess for the New Century Club on Tues day afternoon, and this being the last business meeting for the year many matters were discussed. The lesson was '"Troilus and Cressida.'' with Mrs. James White, the leader. Current events were given by Mrs. P. N. Lott. A social hour was en joyed during which time a number of friends came and awhile was spent i" chatting and sweet music. Frozen cream and pound cake was served by Misses Clara and Gladys Sawyer, Elise Crouch and Eva Crouch. The historical meeting of the Mary Ann Buie chapter was held on June 3, with Mrs. James White, and Mrs. O. D. Black, historian ar ranged a very interesting program and presided. This day was Jeffer son Davis' birthday and also the date of the unveiling of the Arling to monument, so tho program dealt with these two subjects. "Arling ton," Mrs. James White; "The Ar lington monument," Miss Clara Sawyer; "Jefferson Davis," Mrs. O. D. Black; "The capture of Da vis," Mrs. Lewis Blunt; "Three of the name of Davis." Miss Iva Tur ner; vocal solo, Mrs. James White; "The re-union at Jacksonville," Mrs. F. M. Warren. On June 18th, instead of the 10th the M. A. B. chapter will have a picnic at the heme of Mrs. Martha Edwards, near town, and the mem bers, with their families, the veter ans and their wives are expected to have a very pleasant day. The borne of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kenny was the scene of a beautiful wedding on Tuesday at 3:30 o'clock when their daughter Miss Flora Kenny we>s given in marriage to Mr. Daniel Francis Moorer. Men delssohn's wedding march was play ed by Mrs. James Cullum with Vl'.ilin nl.lirrot,, kw Mr F M. Rovd and as the music began, little 1 Marion Boyd, the flower girl, Master Marion Lott, with the in a calla lilly entered. The h and groom entered unattended, the ceremony was performed Rev. W. G. Hutcbenson. After cere good wishes and hearty gratulations, a delicious repast served, and the favors were pr and appropriate. The bride wai tired in a handsome coat suit blue silk whip cord, and car bride's roses and lillies of the ley. -She is the only daughter is a very sweet and attractive yo woman, and is beautfful in 1 and character. Mr. Moorer is ci ier of the bank at Fairfax, and young man of sterling worth. A the ceremony the happy yo couple left for their home in F fax. On the evening previous to wedding, a very beautiful recept was held at the home of the bi and the interior presented a v festive air, and the broad vera; encircling the house, appeared lik Sylvan retreat,with numerous ligl trellises of roses and other folia Out here two large punch bo were presided over by Misses E Crouch, Gladys Sawyer, Orl Cartledge and Pct LaGrone. Mi* Bertha Woodward and Mar Mobley received the guests i Mrs. B. T. Boatwright introdu them to the bridal party, Mr. i Mrs. C. D. Kenny, the bride i groom elect, Mr. and Mrs. Jar Cullum and Mrs. J. T. Wellii The bride wore an ecru messeli with an over-dress of embroidei silk marquisette, and held an ai ful '?f Killarny loses. Mrs. Ken wa. ..red in a handsome suit black crepe meteor, with rose pai lace trimming. The receiving li in an opposite parlor was compos of Miases Porter, Albergotti, Fe and Loadholt, friends of the brit and Misses Alma Woodward a Maud Sawyer transported the guei from the rooms. The gifts were d played in here and were ma valuable ones. The decorations here were of white roses and can tions. Mesdames J. A. Lott and P. Lewis escorted all to the dinii room where pir' and white bloi cream with fri <? and pound ca was served. The favors, silver sli pers, were filled with rice and we pinned on by Mrs. W. B. Ouzts ai Leon Stansell. The decorations we of quantities of Killarney rose thc table was beautifnl with ther The lights were of pink. The fe tunes of the young people we tried by the bride's cake and tl ring fell to Mies Margaret Folk, tl thimble to Miss Elise Crouch, tl penny to Benjamin Lewis, and tl dime to Miss Mary Mobley. Fro here all passed out on the verane where they registeren Miss Nil Ouzts holding the boo. .buring tl hours of the reception lovely mus was enjoyed, and the many beaut fal costumes worn made the seer a jlovely one. About 15U gues were present. Mrs. Susie J. Latimer will lea\ on the 22nd for Asheville, N. C to be present at the marriage c her son. Mr. Hugh 0. Latimer, t Miss Kathleen Ware, of Ashevilli N. C., the happy event to tak place on the 24th. Miss Ware i the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A B. Ware and is a young woman o great culture and of a beautifn Christian character. She is presiden of the Philathea and Baraca urj ions of North Carolina, and in thei marriage there is not only a an i ti nj of hearts but of kindred spirits fo Mr. Latimer, is also engeged ii similar work and is superinteuden of the isouth Side Baptist Sunda^ s-ihool, which numbers over 1,000 His boyhood days were spent hen and he has many friends who re joice with him in the happy felici tations. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Yonce wil arrive in a few da3Ts from theil bridal tour and will occupy theil attractive new home which has been tastily fitted up. Mrs. J. W. Mish has gone tc Middlebrook, Va., after spending several months here in the home ol her brother, Dr. P. N. Keeseo. Miss Eva Crouch, the daaghtei of Mr. Croueh, of Trenton, died here < n Sunday afternoon at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Octavia Rushton, after only a few hours ill ness of ptomaine poison. On Friday afternoon and evening she mingled with her friends at social affairs, hut. wau nnr. feplini- wt>ll r>n Siar.nr. day and during the night was taken j desperately ill. Her father andi brothers were telephoned for, btit she never recognized any one. She was about 19 years of age and was a sweat and unassuming girl, beau- j tiful and intelligent. Jnst one year ago, she graduated here at the High School with honors, and her death has east a gloom, for she was popu-. lar not only among all her young friends but with every one. Th? burial took place on Monday at 4 o'clock at Ebenezer, and she was laid to rest beside her mother and sister wh- had passed on before. Fe i Gass Postmaster Exami .rion Saturday June 13, 1914. I v. I The United States Civil Service Commission announces that on the date named above 1 an examination will be held at Clark's Hill S. C., as a result of which it is expected to make certification to fill a con templated vacancy in the position of fourth class postmaster at Clark's Hill, S. C., and other vacancies as they occur at that office, unless it shall be decided in the interests of the service to fill the vacancy by re instatement. The compensation of the postmaster at this office , was $296 for the last fiscal year. Age limit, 21 years and over on the date of examination, with the exception that in a s:ate where wo men are declared by statute to be of full age for all purposes at 18 years, women 18 years of age on the date of the (examination will be admitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the post office for which the examination is an nounced. The examination is open to all ?citizens of the United States who j can comply with the requirements. I Application forms and full infor mation conceriliug the requirements of the examination can be secured from the postmaster at Clark's Hill, S. C., or from the U. S. Civil Ser vice Commission, Washington, D. C., Applications should be properly executed and filed with the Com mission atWashington at least 7days before the date of the examination, otherwise it may be impracticable to examine the applicants. U. S. Civil Service Commission. When Neighbors Help Each Other. It is worth a great deal to have neighbors who are willing to ex change hopeful greetings and when assistance and encouragement are needed to help cheerfully. This is a test of good citizenship and it is an indication of a desirable community in which to locate. No community can be progressive and the individual members of so ciety be contented and happy with out a neighborly feeling of mutual help and co-operative enterprise. Country life is different from city life in that there is an independent sentiment existing in the country because in so far as food production is concerned each can take care of himself better than the town man who is more dependent upon oth ; ers. Yet in the rural community the prosperity, health and social enter course of all are mutually interwoven so closely that co-operatiou is es sential. Usually there is more visit ing, more personal interest, more moral obligation resting upon coun try people than upon those who live in cities and towns. Rural peo ple are neighborly, not because it is profitable, but because it seems a duty. This is commendable, but co operation should include ways and means of getting more profits from the farm. Co-operative selling is verv essential. There are many ways in which the cost of production may be re duced by co-operation. Just as members of the co-operation and partnership firms must associate themselves together and each give up certain points of individuality.so should organizations of farmers for such associations and combine their resources in money and intel lect to surmount difficulties in pro ducing and selling their products. In buying and selling much is gain ed in co-operative enterprise and from this sentiment the community is elevated in better school*, better roads and a general social and mor al tone which is sure to follow. Farm & Ranch. FOR GARDENERS. Weather Conditions Unfavora ble-Why Plant Growing Is Net as Profitable as Formerly. .' [BT R. G. SHANNON'HOUSK.] The year 1914 will be remember ed for a long long time by the gar dening fraternity as one of mishaps, on account of weather conditions. Early in the spring when seed were sown for plant raising it was too ccld, and when it was warm it was too dry; and after the plants did ?prout and come, to the high and dry winds promptly ruined them. Further south the Florida potato plant growers reported millions of plants lost by too much rain; then tc? much brought. Plant orders to be delivered April 15 have *uot been shipped yet and always the an swer to inquirers is like the Mexi can manana, "next week." For our part we are not grieving over matters, for what little garden we have has been kept going by constant sprinkling and that means paying more than the staff sells for in the market, all things considered. If w?;.had planted a large area and set ont several thousand plants io stead, of several dozen it would have seemed like a real calamity. So-in, however, we will have rain,3>nd then what the seedsmen call '{second early" garden seed and plants will be ?owed and set out all overlain and except for continued drought following, the sommer and fall gfcrdeuiDg will be as good as usaal^. Speaking of plant growing; ex cept ? lavery rare instances there is no longer the opportunity for mak ing fi-J?jilous sums but of it as in . the c" ri]ays,.for there are too many engagea in it, and'-chere is'loo" little, organization about it for any uni formity, or standard of prices, on a paying basis. For instance, one year cabbage plants started off at $1 a thousand, which after all, is a reasonable price but in a little while some over-anx ious fellow with a too big crop of fered them at 75 cents. Then oth ers came down to 60 cents, and ac tually thousands were shipped at cost with the idea of reducing the loss by so much. Outsiders in the meantime got -.he idea there must be something io it if they could be sold at 6 cents a hundred when they bad been ac customed to paying 20. And so they went to it, and many of them are finding out now just how much there is in it. So with tom ito plants. When tho city man buys them from a florist it 25 centB a doz^n. or in pots for 50 cents, and then reads an ad. t'rom a Florida grower offering them at $1.75 a thousand,he natural ly concludes that there is a tine open ing for a middleman. Buying at .? cents a dozen and selling at 25 would soon produce wealth indeed. Or better still, he thinks, perhaps, he can grow them himself at 1 cent i dozen and sell at 25 cents. Let j him try it. He will find that when j he counts in his cost of greenhouses, or hot. beds and cold frames, seed, packing and labor, that the cost will greatly exceed ] cent a do?en. And the buying public, especially the local trade, will expect to buy the plants at just about the price of the seed. Or if he orders the plants from Florida ibey will come long, spindling and tender, "drawn" plants from beds, which will wilt aB soon as the air strikes them, and will just about bring charges. So with sweet potatoes. Unless they are shipped verv carefully they will actually be turned up by the time they reach the buyer, or they will be so damaged that there is very little chance of reselling. Pepper and egg plants are very much in demand generally in April and May, especially the large sweet pepper, but anybody who has ever grown them knows that they are the hardest of all plants to raise for the early trade. The peppers re quire considerably higher than to matoes, and it mu?a also be a moist temperature. This spring, on ac count of the unusually long contin ued cool weather, it was very di th cult to germinate them in an ordi nary hot bcd, and as forsepd sown in the open, not one in a hundred came up. Egg plant also requires careful attention to temperature, and in addition must be screened against the fly that sucks them to death, or else be sprayed continu ally. And yet the public thinks very often that peppers and egg ought to sell for twenty cents a hundred, or thereabouts. The florists and greenhouse men charge from twen ty to forty cents a dozen for them. And they are worth it. So also are verj early, stocky tomatoes, which must be grown under glass in South Carolina. Sweet potato plants, which can be grown under glass ' very early," are also worth more than seventeen and a half cents a hundred, and so a.e the field-grown potato plants, for that matter. Buyers and growers alike may aa well look at the matter inteligently and for mutual interests try to aim at some uniformity of prices. An amateur may hit the seasons and other conditions right the first time he tries the plant growing stunt and work off his plants at what he thinks is a fine price, but men who have been through a season of al most total loss understand how such things must be adjusted by a law of averages. So growers, and gardeners, too, should come together on an under standing, that plants must be of a uniform standard, be packed and delivered in guaranteed good or der, and that prices, especially on retail orders, should be as nearly as possible uniform. Now that the Government per mits shipping of plants by mail at very low rates the whole State is practically on an even basis so far as accessibility to market is con cerned. So one locality has no right to charge more, nor less, than another locality for the same grade of plants, except, of course, that home raised plants, fr?sh from the (soil, are naturally in better, condi tion than those*; which- have been ??hipped a hundred* miles, and should bring a slight premium over the .shipped plants, instead of being sold for less, as is often the case. All which is respectfully submit ted to the big growers of the low country, and the middlemen and little growers of the up-country alike, for what it is worth. What Are Your Children Read ing? One of the greatest things that can come to the growing boy or girl is a desire for wholesome read ing matter; and, once this desire is created, it is a sacred duty to see that only the best is furnished the child. In this day of literary trash and dirt this is not easy. Many pub lishing houses are perpetrating stuff cn the public that should be barred from the mails-stuff the very cheapness of which makes it all the more likely to fall into the hands of the book-hungry boy and girl. Now by good literature we do not necessarily mean the ponderou classics, the slowness of Dickens and Thackery, or the tediousness of others for whose works a taste must be acquired. The boy of the present day is normally a creature of red blood, ai:d his literary food must abound in action and "go." Anything else he is apt to regard as "medicine," and he is likely to look upon it and tike it as such only when he has to. The first es sential in creating a desire for good literature is interest-?ripping in terest from beginning to end. (-riven a good clean story, full of whole some adventure, and the farm boy will read it with delight and beg for more. Henceforth the problem is not how to get the boy to read, but how to direct his reading that interest may be sustained, that nothing unclean may come in his way, and that gradually there may be created a taste for the more diffi cult, but at the same time thought stimulating, works that stand among the world's best literature.-Pro gressive Farmer. D. A. R. Meeting. The old Db" district chapter, D. A. R., will hold its regular monthly ru^eting- at the home of Mrs. .Tames Cantelou at 5 o'clock Monday, the 15th, instead of the 3rd Tuesday which has heretofore been tba date for meeting. By order of Mrs. B. E. Nicholson, Vice Regent Mrs. N. G. Evans, Rec. Sec. WEST-SIDE NEWS. Miss Talbert Entertains. Young People's Union Organized. Col. Talbert and Family Go to Chick Springs. We bad the pleasure of being at a delightful sociable given by Miss Rosada Talbert to ber yonng friends at her home last Friday night. Af ter enjoying themselves with dif ferent playrt, the guests were invi ted into the dining-room which was beautifully decorated and th ?re en joyed the cream and cake. Your scribe took on rather a little too much. The Park8ville Democratic club met and organized with the following officers: Pres. VV. R. Parks; Vice Pres. W. G. Blackwell; Sec. D. N. Dorn. Our young people have for some time been meeting every Sunday evening for the purpose of studying the Sunday school lesson for the next Sunday. So last Sunday we went into an organization and elec ted the following officers: W. G. Blackwell Pres., W. M. Robertson Vice-Pr?s., L. F. Dorn Sec. and Treas., T. G. Talbert, Sr., and Misses Annie McDonald and Catha line Parks, Executive Committee. From now on we will be known as ''Baptist Young People's Union. Col. and Mrs. W. J. Talbert with two of his grand daughters, Misses Marie Blackwell and Rosada Tal bert, will in a few days leave for Chick Springs,where they will spend sometime for the benefit of Mrs. Talbert's health. Mrs. Hammond Cartledge of Co lumbia, came over to vi6it",ner late husbands parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eb. Cartledge, bringing her baby which is very sick with her., .Messrs. V. Talbert- and Warren Stone are at home for their summer vacation after a session at the B. M. I. They are carried away with Greenwood. Tbc crops are badly in need of rain, about half of stand of cotton aod not much corn. Oats turned out beti er than expected. Parksville, S.- C.,.Tune 8, '14. Continuation of Thoa. E. Watson Exposed. Charge byT. W. Watson: "That medical missions are an instrumen tality for making hypocrites out of heathen." Answer by Mr. Harris: Medical missions are contributing their part to this Christian kingdom-building. Christ set the example of minister ing to the sick. Twenty-four of his thirty-six recorded miracles were of physical healing. All that had any sick brought them and got them healed. So our hearts beat in unison with the great heart of Christ when we do not pass by on the other side those countless suffer ers in non-Christian lands or shut our ears to their cries of asrony. Pages could be devoted to the unnecessary agony, physical de formity and d?ath as the result of the ignorance and superstition of the Oriental quacks who minister to the. sick. The medical missionary, with his scientific knowledge of medicine and surgery, is winning hi* way into the heart of the Orient by his skillful treatment of its dis eases and accidents, and wherever he goes he carries with him the re ligion of Christ, so that heathendom has come to associate all lofty thiugs with Christ and to i?furn the truth, which some people in this country are slow in learning, that the gospel was intended to save men both for this life and for the life to come,, that Christ came to establish a kingdom on earth as well as a king dom in heaven. Dr. W. H. Park, who has charge of the Soochow hospital, where many thousands of Chinese receive treatment annually, has a medical class from which students are graduated after five years of study, nearly all of whom become Chris tians, and who are beginning to fill the responsible positions in China. This and other hospitals are exerting an untold inflnence for Christianity through these native Christian physicians TVIIO are part of their products. J. R. Walker.