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VOL. 79. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1914 NO. 14. JOHNSTON LETTER. D. A. R. Chapter Held Meet ing. Home of Dr. Dobey Burned. New Methodist Church Completed. The Emily Geiger chapter, D. A. R., met on Monday afternoon with Mrs. Edwin Mobley, this being the regular meeting and also to cele brate '?Flag Day." After the busi ness the historian, Mrs. P. N. Lott "conducted the meeting with f e following program: Chorus, mem bers of chapter; ''Flag Day" Miss Wallie Wate?; "The origin of Old Glory," Mrs. O. D. Black; piano solo, Mrs, James Cullum; "Emblem of independence," Miss Ella Mob ley: "Centennial celebration of the Star Spangled Banner," Mrs. J. P. B^an; ehorus, "The Star Spangled Banner." The home was prettily decorated in flags, which gave all a patriotic air. After a ffhort while spent socially, ices in red and white with a circle of bine flowers, was served with cake. The favors were ii uv flags. On Thursday about 3:30 o'clock during an electric storm, lightning struck the horne of ?Dr. J. A. Do bey, and in a few minutes the rear roof was in a blaze, and owing to the dry weather burned very rapidly in spite of a light rain that had be gun to fall. Some of the household effects were saved, ^chiefly from the front rooms, it being through hero ic efforts that some valuable pieces were gotten out. Mesdames Kellar, of Greenwood, and Lmdrum, of Florence, v/ho were guests of Mrs. Dobey saved their personal effects. Insurance was carried on the dwell ing and furniture. The friends of Dr. and Mrs. Dobey greatly sympa ? thize with them in the lobs they sustained. On Wednesday Mrs. F. M. Boyd <^^?p^??^y^cy'-pretty afternoon p.; ? i ;. in honor of Mrs. Alonzo Kellar, of Greenwood, who was the guest of her friend Mrs. Dobey. Assisting the hostess were Mesdames Dobey, J. A. Lott, J. L. Walker and J. W. Marsh. After refreshing punch served by Misses Bessie and Isabelle Bean, had been enjoyed, 6 tables of progressive Rook was had and Mrs. Jame* White was given a dainty fan for the highest score, and Mrs. Kellar was presented with a lace collar. The score cards were in green aud gold. Frozen peaches and pound cake were fserved, and the favors were boutonni?res of .weet peas. Duriug the months of July and August union night services will be held by the four denominations of the town. On Thursday morning Mrs. An nie B. Harrison entertained in com pliment to Mrs. Alonzo Kellar with a luncheon, and a dozen or more ladies spent two very pleasant hours with chatting, music and pro gressive Rook. Mrs. Dessasure Hogan of Columbia, made the high est score and received a silver hat pin. A hot luncheon was served, which was very tempting and pret tily arranged. The W. C. T. LT. met on Friday afternoon with Mrs. W. W. Satch er, and Jennie Cassedy's birthday was observed, this being a red letter date. The meeting was led by Miss Zeta Payne who has charge of the flower mission department, and the story of Jennie Cassedy's life vas told and how the flower mission originated. Interesting sketches were read by Mrs. Olin Eidson and O. D. Black. Mrs. T. R. Denny gave an account of the visit to the County Home, and told of the pleas ure their visit gave to the inmates and how they enjoyed the Howers. M rn. James White gave a report of the baskets of flowers sent out by the L. T. L. Miss IdaSatcher nerv ed refreshing nectar at the conclu sion of the meetiug. Mrs. M. A. Huiet and Miss Eliza Mims have gone to Trilby, Fla., to visit in the home of the former's son, Mr. James iiuiet. Mrs. James Turner and Miss Marion Turner have returned from a visit to Mrs. Walter Heudrix at Leesville. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ivey of At lanta are guests of Mrs. Eleanor Ivey. Mrs. Shealy of Leesville has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. R. Eid son. Mrs. Leon Stanae'l ?B vi?iting relatives at Montgomery, Ala. Prof. ar.d Mrs. Lewellyn Cog burn are spending awhile at the hom* of the former's sister, Mr9. M. \V. Clark. Prof. Cogburn has been elected principal of the Ward high school. Messrs. Julian Kidson and Allen Eidson have son? to Kock Hill to play with the ball team of that place for the summer. Mesdames Claud Wert/, and Des sasure Hogan have relamed to Co lumbia after a vi ;t in the home of Mrs. A. S. Wei. Mr. and Mrs. W . P. Yonce have returned from their northern bridal tour, and are domiciled at their at tractive home on Lee etreet. Mr. Goodyear and family have moved to Augusta and ai e domiciled on Reynolds street. The Methodist congregation is now worshiping in th'?ir handsome new church edifice. Thc main audi torium is finished in mahogany and deep cream and the altar is encir cled by a heavy brass railing. Me morial windows are used, two being to the late Dr. J. M. Rushton and Mrs. Fannie Wriyht. The Sunday school room is separated by a roll ing partition and is very conveuient and han about ten'class divisions. Mr. William Toney has had the mi.-fortune to lose by tire the Keely Institute buildings at Birmingham, Ala., which he had in charge. He has sustained some loss. Death of Mr. W. P. Calhoun. Mr. William P. Calhoun died at his home here early Monday morn ing. For some time he has been in failing health but was not confined to his bed until about two weeks airo. It had been known throughout the community for several days that Mr. Calhoun could not recov er, :;nd his serious condition caused the people generally to be greatly depressed. Mr. Calhoun was in the 60 th year of his age. He was a member of the. ..Fpiseopal ?buroJL here, from which the funeral was conducted Monday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock by the rector, the Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse, assisted by Rev. E. C. Bailey and Dr. M. D. Jeffries. The interment took place in the village cemetery. Mr. Calhoun was born in Abbe ville and was a son of the late John A. Calhoun, who was a nephew of John C. Calhoun. After attending the city schools of Abbeville, Mr. Calhoun entered Columbia Univer sity, New York city, and after graduating from that institution he read law and practiced bis profes sion in Abbeville for a number of years. Before locating permanently in Edgefield he also practiced law in Atlanta, being president of the South Carolina society while he resided in that city. At intervals Mr. Calhoun devoted much time to newspaper work. For a number of years ho was associat ed with the late ft. R. Hemphi!] in the publication of the Abbeville Medium. At one time he edited the Greenville News, and after locating in Edgefield lie began the publica tion of the Edgefield News which he sold on account of failing health. Since that time he had, in addition to thc practice of law, written spe cial articles for the daily papers and had served the Augusta Chronicle as regular correspondent at Edge field. Mr. Calhoun was a writer of acknowledged ability. His style was graceful and pleasing, and, being an omniverous reader, his store of information was large and varied. Besides being well informed on the current issues and topics of the day, Mr. Calhoun was interested to the larger and broader questions. He wrote a book on the race ques tion entitled "The Negro and the Caucasian," which was widely read. Since the day that Mr. Calhoun located in Edgefield he had been ac tively interested in the progress of the town. As secretary of the Chara ber of Commerce, which place be filled at the time of the death, he had devoted much time and effort to the development of Edgefield alonj; all lines. On January 1 1890, Mr. Calhoun was married to Miss Gladys Boykin of Edgefield, who survives him and whose devotion and unceasing at tention to him throughout his ill ness has been exceedingly beautiful. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Kate O'Farrell of Athens, Ga., Mrs. Carrie Herd of Elberton, Ga., Mrs. Anna Ancrum of Camden, and one brother, W. Norwood Calhoun of Calhoun Falls. COLLISION AT SEA. 'Pretoria, Boat on Which Mri. Tillman and Miss Helen Tillman Sailed Collides I With Another. _j m On Board Steamship New York (By Wireless, via Siasconsett, Mass.,) June 1.-With neither steamer seriously damaged as a re sult of a crash at sea east of the Nantucket lightship early to-day the American liner New York, for New, York, and the Pretoria of the Ham-1 hurg-American line, en route to. Hamburg, were proceeding tonight to their destinations. The precautions taken to slow, both vessels down in a dense fog I prevailing averted a possible disas ter. After learning the New York was" little the worse for the accident, the Pretoria sent a wireless message to. the American liner informing herj that the Pretoria was in no danger. On board the New York tonight everything had resumed the normal routine again. Statements of various witness?? tend to show that the Pretoria ei ther hit the New York at an obtuse angle or in attempting to cross her bows struck her at a right angle. The German boat smashed the shel ter deck railing of the New York, and many of her own port holes were crushed in. There was no panic and little ex citement on the New York. It seem ed. how(ver, to those on the New; York that there was a considerable, commotion aboard the Pretoria. While the New York, westboind, was motionless in a heavy fog 400" miles east of Ambrose lightship, j early to-day, the Hamburg-Ameri can liner Pretoria, bound east, rah i into her and ripped a hole of 12 f.et.high.and ;?2 . feot:lo&ir io port side. The hole is flush with the main deck and is 15 feet above the water line. So great was the force of the collision that the Pretoria's anchor was torn from her bow and left hanging insile the gap that had been torn in the New York. Practi cally all the passengers on both ships were asleep. Immediately after the collision the engines of both ships were or dered full speed astern and passen gers came hurrying to the deck". The passengers of the New York were able to reach over and touch the bow of the Pretoria a^ she pull ed away from her dangerous posi tion. There was no panic. Capt. Roberts and Chief Officer Turner were both on the bridge at the time of the collision. They re-assured the frightened passengers, many of whom hurried to the starboard side of the ship, anticipating a list to port. Members of the crew also went among the passengers and urged them to be calm. Upon the orders of Capt. Rob erts the bulkheads of the New York were closed at 12:52 o'clock this morning because of the density of the fog. This was about 10 minutes before the collision. During this period the Pretori? replied con stantly to fog signal blown by the New York. Capt. Roberts blew two long blasts repeatedly for five minutes prior to the collision. These whis tles indicated that the New York stopped. Suddenly there was ai crash, succeeded by a sharp tearing sound as the steel plates and wood work of the New York were shat tered by the Pretoria's sharp bow. Fortunately the watch which oc cupied the quarters behind that part of the ship which was crushed in wai on duty in the stokehold. Had the collision occurred while this watch was off duty a number of livesfp'*obably would have been lost. The Pretoria was less damaged by the collision than the New York. Several of the olates at her bow were Rprnnfr and twisted. After the passengers had been assured that they were in no dan ger they began to laugh and joke over the fjueer costumes in which some of the travelers appeared on deck. The passengers frefused to re return to their cabins until day light. After it was determined that no dangerous damage had been dona to either of the ships they proceeded on their way. SEDGEFIELD'S SCHOOL! _ Superintendent T. J. L Writes of Work of Pai Session And of Plans For Future. To the Patrons and Friend? : The Edgetield Graded and H Schools: We have just compl?t?e very satisfactory years work in b -he Graded and High School. 1 ^.achers have worked hard to m ?his the first vear of the graded ; '.i-rhschool under the new mana ment a success. We have b greatly assisted in our work by 'hearty good wishes and spleni <'?-operation of the people of :. ywn of Edgefield generally. 1 . re now to lay our plan6 for anot -ession, and ai superintendent 'he schools I desire to speak a f . ords through the county news ;- rs to the patrons and friends i he school. There is no reason w 'iidgfifield should not have a scho f?cond to none in the State, and i he people will continue to co-oj ;?te with tho management we v? Vurely have it. BUILDINGS AND G Ron NOS. -The building now occupied wie Graded and High Schools wi r^ome needed improvements ran T:Vade into an ideal Graded a djigh School building. Of course t an never be made beautiful, b i r all practical purposes it can ; :ade to serve admirably our need i i ibe rear of the main buildii ?pere is barn with stables. Tl ! is-oeen used this year to gre ;. ?vantage by pupils from a distan - b.o durini: bad weather put thc 1 "(fe??"and vehicles in this buildin "*?? grounds are naturally beau1 ! ij There is something like eig jes in the play grounds and evei h?. this growid is shaded 1 t^utTtW^f^^ "a trying in every possible way to pr serve these trees. This year v have spent a good deal of mont ?od time in planting more trees at iloweriug plants. With a vei unall expenditure of money and 1 I'or on the part of the patrons w e m make the school grounds tl most beautiful in the State. THE TEACHERS. The teachers thus far selected b the Board o? Trustees are all me and women of experience, who ar i.ot teaching simply because the lnvn't anything else to do. Bu c ich one has decided to make teacli i ig a life profession and is in th work not for the money (for all wil ..? Irait this preposterous) but for th 1 've of the work and the good tlu < in be done. Prof. Clay C. Ross, one of th n?w teachers, who will teach En ?lish and Latin inthe High School c ?mes to us very highly recoin mended. He was first lion or mai ??c Carson-Newman College Jeffer -on City Tenn. His college recorr i-i all th,at can be desired. And be ?.ides, he does not como to us inex porienced, but has had one year ol successful experience in the achoo room. THE ELEVENTH GUA OK. The question as to whether tin school should consist of ten oi eleven grades was discussed at great l<-neth by the Board of Trustees. After all conditions were carefully considered it was decided that our High school should have eleven grades, and thus give an opportuni ty of one more years work io those boys and girls who would never be able to go to college and at the same time better prepare those who do intend to enter college after com pleting their course here. But if the people do not patronize the eleventh grade the school will not maintain it. It has been the histo ry cf all high schools that it does not *pay to maintain an eleventh grade, unless an average attendance of at least five pupils can bri had each year. Most of this state will accept students who have comple ted the work of ten grades. But the majority of the college presi dents recommend that a boy or girl ought to complete t he eleventh grade before they attempt the college work. By so doing they are well prepared and can make a much bet ter record in college and consequent ly get a great deal more out of their college course. Therefore I call upon the patrons of the school to keep their sons and daughters in this school until they complete the eleventh grade before entering col lege. With the addition of the eleventh grade, the course of study offered by our High School gives a boy or girl a fairly good foundation and if they never get to collesre they are pretty well equipped to solve the problems they are likely to en counter in life. THU MUSIC DKPART.MKN'T. The music department has been very ably conducted this year by Miss Marcie Gwaltney. At first we were fearful as to whether this department would pay or not (for there arn nu oublie funds appropri ated for music.) But I am glad to state that it did pay all expenses and was able to turn over a small sum above expenses to the chairman of the Board of Trustees. There are few public schools that ara so fortunate as to have the services of a rau?ic teacher with the training, natural ability and experience of .Miss Gwaltney. VVe need more students in this department and I sincerely hope the people will real ize this and that our class in music ?viii be sufficient to enable us to buy another niano, and that the depart ment will not merely pay expenses, but <rrow to such an extent that we will need two teachers instead of one. In conclusion I would like for this fact to reach everybody in Edgefie.ld county. The Graded School is free to the children of ridgefield school district alone, and children from outside the district will have to pav a small tuition free. But the high school which includes the work of the 8tb, 9th, 10th and 11th grades is absolutely iVe to all the boys and girls of ridgefield county. And the town of ridgefield, the Board of Trus tees, the Superintendent of the school and all the teachers, will gladly welcome every boy and girl wEo' wIsfi?s^toT'aF??? themselves" of this privilege. Last session we had a good many pupils from outside the district. This next session we want more. A complete list of teachers for next session and an outline of t he course of study will be publish ed later. Very respectfully, T. J. Lyon, Superintendent. Gone to Portsmouth. Mr. J. G. Holland went to Ports mouth, Va., Monday to assume the management of the baseball team of that place. Mrs. Holland accom panied him. The State made the following notice ol' his passing through Co lumbia: "Joe Holland of Edgelield, for merly a Comer, passed through Co lumbia yesterday en route for Portsmouth, Va., [to assume the maragerial reins of that city's club in the Virginia league. "Holland was a star in baseball and football at Clemson college and since his college days has played professional baseball. He was for a season on the Pacific coast and last year was the leadinir hitter and out fielder of the North Carolina league. This season he was with Columbia for about six weeks. Holland is very popular here and the fans hope that he will make a big success of the Portsmouth team. "The Portsmouth club is now in the cellar. The citizen of Edgefield therefore finds a hard job on his hands. He realizes ^that the team must be strengthened, although he has not seen it in action, and al ready has made preliminary ar rangements to better it. He has his eye on several valuible men. "Holland goes to Portsmouth with the backing of Soutli Carolina and fans in all parts of the state will watch his team's progress with interest. Joe Holland knows base ball inside and ont, and ne should be able to raise the Portsmouth team from its lowly position in the cellar to a more lofty plane." Notice. My flour mill is in good order and 1 am ready to serve the public to the best of my ability. 1 will start up by running two (2) days in a week, Friday and Saturday. J. L. Ouzts. Kirksey, S. C. PHILIPPI NEWS. Refreshing Rains Have Fallen. Missionary Address by Mrs. Gough. Picnic on Glori ous Fourth. The farmers of this community are feeling better now as they have had a good rain. Mrs. Estelle Gough made a mis sionary address to the ladies z . children of Philippi Wednesday, May 10. The talk was very inter esting and was enjoyed by a large crowd. Mr. Johnnie Jackson, a graduate of Furman University is at home ' r vacation, also Misses ' Dorothy vVilliams, Kate and Frances Pruiet are home from Coker collegee. Dr. and Mrs. A. T. King, Mas ter Jack King and Mr. Clark Ed wards dined with Mr. H. VV. Jack son Sunday. Mrs. John Derrick has been visit ing her little grand-daughter, Fran ces Pauline Herin of Columbia. Mrs. John Scott and family spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Will Thompson. We deeply sympathize with MM. A. T. King in the death of her fa ther which occurred recently in Richmond, Va. We are sorry to report thal Un cle William Yonce is very sick. Mr. Rich Ripley's baby will be huiied this Monday afternoon at I our o'clock. There will be a picnic at Philip pi on the fourth of July. The public is invited. If The Advertiser man doesn't come we will think he didn't get justice at the Centennial, but we nope he will be with us again. Tribute to Miss Eva Crouch. The whole comm unity was sud Sunday when the s id intelligence came that Ei'a Crouch had died at the home of her aunt 'whom she was visiting. Eva was one of our bright est girls possessed of an unusually sweet disposition, her face always radiant with a happy smile and a cheerful word to both young and old. She was popular with the young on account of her lovable ways and her pleasant company and loved by the older ones who recog nized in her life those beautiful at tributes which make woman lovable. Not only did she add pleasure to i he company of the yonng people hat in as great a measure did she adjust herself to the company of even the old people. The death of her mother several years ago and that of her oldest sister about two years ago threw the responsibilities ?f the household duties upon her. These she performed most admira bly and in the home she is sadly missed. She was the leader in one of the bauds in Sunday school and here the beauty ol her life shown out. Realizing that she had friends she used her popularity and her iuriu cnce to draw the boys and srirls in to Sunday school and a goodly por tion of the increase in attendance in Sunday school was due to her un tiring work. The last opportunity she had was used to work for this good cause. Her Christian life is . truly worthy of emulation. Her remains were laid to rest in . Ebenezer cemetery, the funeral ser vices being conducted by her pas tor Rev. G. L. Knight assisted by Rev. E. C. Bailey, the young men of her class acting as pall bearers. The floral offerings were a part of the tribute of respect to her popu larity, but the strongest evidence of the esteem in which she was held was the genuine expression.^ of pro found sadness seen among one of the largest crowds that we have ever seen at a funeral at this place?. J. H. C. ' Card of Thanks. I take this means of thanking ray friends for their kindness to me in sharing the heavy loss I sustained recently through the burning of two barns. My neighbors and friends made contributions of feed for my stock and in other substantial ways gave evidence of their friendly re gard. I shall always be grateful to them and if ever an opportunity is presented I shall reciprocate to the full evtent of my ability. James R. Smith. Trenton, S. C.