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VOL. 79. EDGEFIELD, S. C., \#DNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914 NO. 15. JOHNSTON LETTER. Chautauqua Visitors Arriving. Baraca Picnic. Epworth League Re organized Severe Storm. Visitors for the Chautauqua and home comers have already begun to arrive and everything is ;n a whirl of pleasant anticipation for the week of enjoyment beginning on the afternoon of the 4th. A rest j room for the ladies has been ar ranged on Main street and a maid will be here to attend to their wants. The bureau of information is located in the offices of Mr. Jo seph Cox, over the Johnston drug company. A barbecue dinner will be served each day near the place of entertainment. During the per formances, no one will be annoyed by bats in front of them a9 the com mittee will request that hats be re moved. The young gentlemen who com pose the Baraca class of the Baptist Sunday school gave a picnic on Friday, their guests heine the mem bers of the Puilatheaclass, and oth er friends. You ce pond, about three miles from town was the place of rendezvous, arid the crowd was transported in wagons and cars. The day was enjoyably spent in various ways and at 1:30 o'clock a feast was spread which was com posed of every kind of delicious edibles. Iced tea and lemonade were served. The Epworth League of the Methodist church was re-organized last week at the home of Mr. II. G. Kidson and the following officers were elected: President, G. C. Hut chinson; 1st vice-president, Mr. H. G. Eidson; 2nd vice-president, Miss Ida Satchel-; 3rd vice-president. Prof. Joe Jacobs; 4th vice-presi dent, Mrs.- James, Strother;? secreta amr treasurer, Mr. John Suber; Epworth Er.., Mis's Maud Wright. Mrs. Willie Bradford and chil dren have been visiting in the home of Mrs. Charles Carson. Miss Eva Philipps, of Springfield is the guest of Misses Bettie and Mary Waters. Mrs. Ella Perry Moore of Colum bia has been visiting Mrs. Ali?e Cox. ' j Mrs. James Dobey has gone to Parksville to visit her mother, Mrs. Dorn. Mr. and Mrs. Sumter Wright, and John Durst Payne of Green wood spent a portion of last week here. Mrs. Lona Ivey and Misses Ray and Eleanor Ivey have returned to Greenwood after a two week's visit, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Browne and children left last week for their home in Brunswick, Ga., after a visit to relatives in town and the snbrrbs. Miss Marion Mobley has gone Tompson, Ga., to visit her cousin Miss Mary Mobley. Misses Nina Ouzts and Orlena Cartledge have returned from Te nille, Ga. The members of the missionary society of the Methodist church, presented to the church on last Sun day evening two beautiful silver collection plates. Mr. Herbert Eid son making the presentation. In the early part of July Mrs. W. J. Hatch er will gc to the moun- [ tains of North Carolina to spend about two months. The Sunday evening union ser vices for the month of July has been thus arranged. First Sunday evening. Baptist church, Rev. Hut chinson; second Sunday evening, Lutheran church. Rev. Bailey; Third Sunday evening, Presbyteri an church, Dr. Kine; Fourth Sun day evening Methodist church, Rev. Rester. Mrs. Juliette Bell and Miss Gladys Bell, of Aiken, were guests of Mrs. P. N. Lott recently. The storm that raged here on Thursday evening about 1:30 o'clock did considerable damage, the eastern portion of the town suffering more from the effects. A large tree was blown across roof of the home of Mr. Chas. Lamb, crushing in the roofing and ceiling of one room, and had there been any occupants in there they would probably have been killed. One of the chimneys standing at either enu of Mrs. Nancy Lott's home was blown off down to a few feet. A water tank at the oil mill was blown over, several trees were broken off and minor wreckage done. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Addison of Ward have been spending a few days here in the home of the latter's sister, Mrs. M. W. Clark. I On Thursday evening after the storm Mr. Tom Milford found al number of his chickens almost drowned and to revive them he started a fire, and while he and his wife were seated near the fire dry ing the fowls, there was an explo sion from the fire, which was a loaded cartridge which must have been swept into the fire place with some papers. The shot entered Mrs. Milford's arm and about the face, some striking Mr. Milford. It was found that she was not seriously wounded, the force being broken, and flesh wounds were made. The shock and pain of the wounds caused her to be confined to her bed for a few days. Miss Isabel Bean ha6 gone to Au gusta to visit Miss Myra Pearce. Mrs. Edgar Ready and children are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. Morrison, at McClellanville. If you want to knew vhere to spend vacation either cu sci shore or in the mountains I will be glad to direct you to ideal places. E. C. Bailey. Program For Inuependence Day. The old 00 district chapter D. A. R. will hold public exercises at the college auditorium celebrating Fias Day and Independence Day, at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, July 6. The following in teresting program will be carried out: Poem of welcome-Miss Hor tense Woodson. Paper, the American flag-Miss Sarah Collett. Son?r, the star spangled ban ner-Mrs. R. G. Shannonhouse. $eciiat;on~Miss^ Song, The Bonny blue Flag Miss Miriam Norris. Presentation of state flag to the school by Judge DeVore. Acceptance by Maj. T. J. Lyon. Song, Our Country's Birth Miss Elizabeth Rainsford. Dialogue-Master Ed Peak and Isabel Byrd. America, by audience. The military company will assist in making the day a creditable one and I will ask that they meet at the grove at a quarter to five to forra a procession. The students of the High School and children of the graded school are requested to meet ail the same time and place to join the procession to march into the auditorium. Girls to wear white with Cherokee rose spray. Mr. S. McG. Simkins will act as master of cer, monies. The following ladies will please meet at the auditorium on Monday morning at 10 o'clock to assist with the decorations: Mrs. Fannie Tomp kins, Mrs. Maggie Hill, Mrs. James Cantelou, Mrs. B. E. Nicholson, Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth and Mrs. J. H. Cantelou. The following \-oung ladies are a-ked to act'as ushers: Misses Sadie Mims, Natalie Padgett, Lizzie Hollingsworth and Snow Jeffries. Public cordially invited. Mrs. A. A. Woodson, Regent. A Big One. A big fool is a man who goes around trying to make friends. A bigger fool is a man going around trying to make enemies. If you try to number your friends you will have nothing but numbers. Be true to God first and then to your fellow man, and you will have enough friends to make you happy, and enough enemies to do you good. If you are a friend, you will have enemies, and if you are an enemy you will have friends. Jesus truly said, "Woe unto that man of whom all men speak well." Some people have not enough brains to draw a distinction between a pleasant ac quaintanct and a friend. I had too much rather have the respect of some people ti.an their friendship. A true friend will rebuke you for wrong doing, and will storm it with you when you are doing right. A friend, like a true statesman, will not give you what you want, but give you what you need. A man that has no friends is much to be pitied; a man who has no enemies is a nou-entity-notbing! E. C. B. Wini JfcwHgKiper Un -$&atfr felina VOL.79. ' EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, ?9I4 . NO. 14. "m* m rv TT a? ?tnTirn GEORGIA MELONS. "Uncle" Iv Writes of Good Crops. Abundant Rains. Georgia Watermelons Being Shipped. Edgefield Advertise: My Dear Old Chum, after rest ing awhile from scribbling, I will jot you a few lines, I have been pretty busy since writing you. What doing? Jloeing, sir, and not lost any toe nail either. Now I can sit in tbe shade for a while and fight gnats and really . I believe I would prefer to hoe bur that hoe of mine is bung up on the limb of a tree and unless I use it to cut some weeds outside the yard fence, guess it will hing there till hoeing time another year. How are crops and seasons? Well, those who have worked their crops have good prospects of 'both corn and cotton, except in the deep sand land. In that there is some com plaint of the corn tiring, but the colton is taking on very fast, and you see very little very tall cotton or corn, but the cotton well limbed and the corn most of it in full silk and tassel, and sume that was plant ed very early in roasting ears. Af ter next week there will be but lit tle more work done in tue crops un-' less there should come heavy rains. Of course, the cotton planted after oats wiil need work till 1st of Au gust, but it is looking fine now and all ol" it chopped and dirted. It is a mistake that a good many are making panting cotton after oats and in Hot sowing the land in peas. It is telling "U the land, but there are a great many renters in this sec tion and they do it to get all out of the land while they are working it, not knowing where they may be the next year. Those who planted melons for the merlcot. h?vivbegnn- to ship..-.?.?Three cars have been shipped and tomor row there will be three cars more. That is just the beginning as there is about l?? acres in melons. Those I hat are being shipped now are only those left on the vines after the storm on the last day of May and will all be off of hand this week. In two or three wi ?ks from now there will be two or three times-as many to ship. Since the 1st of June we are hav ing good seasons about every eight or ten days. It has been eight days fince our last rain but another came in sight yesterday- evening. The sun is shining pretty warm today but there is a light breeze stirring and nearly always is during the day but when it calms let me tell you 'tis some warm, and at night to sleep at all is to keep all doors and windows open. Still with all that and with the gnats and ilees thrown in I have no desire to go to the clay lands to farm any mere. Why not, well from the simple fact that there is more satis faction in working the kind of land here than in the clay, and can work with ease at least a third more. Suppose I illustrate it by my own family. Up where we moved from it was a bard job for a good hand lu cultivate over 15 or 20 acres. Now what is a fact, one of my boys with no help at all has prepared, planted and worked 22 acres in cot ton and 6 in corn, beside doing his part of the work in our melon patch of b acres. His crop is clean and prospects fine. Another one, and he not well a part of the time, hAs prepared, planted and worked 19 acres in cotton, G in corn and did bis part of work in melon patch. His crop is now about ready for last plowing. He hasn't paid out over $4.00 for help. Then there are the two boys, 18 and 16 years, who have prepared planted and cultiva ted 39 acres in cotton. 8 in corn and %\ in melons, besides a patch of jrroundpeas and sorghum, which will bring it up to something over 40 acres and they could easily have handled 10 acres more. With the exception of some cotton after oats one more furrow in the cotton will finish their work. Of course they have all had to work, Mr. Editor, When those two boys came in at night it was not, "Oh Me, I am so tired." but a song and a jost and some times a jig dance. Now I know this all sounds pretty large but nevertheless it is a fact. Of course, none of us know yet as to how our crops are going to turn out, but we are satisfied with the .profite?. There is better land not far from us and just as easy to cul tivate. Some use as high as 5 and OOO lbs. fertilizers to the acre, but about 300 lbs. is used by most "of the farmers. It is nothing uncommon for ?me to get a letter from some one in Edgefield county asking me what about their moving down here and my answer to one and all is to first come and see. But will say right here for anyone to come here with nothing of bis own to fall back on will catch fits the first year. The time prices are out of all reason. Even with some means we have it has paid us to trade in Augusta on every line of groceries, except > flour. There is but little difference iu prices here and Augusta. Well, I will have to finish by telegraph if I don't stop now, but one thing more and I am done. I saw a letter in your paper from W. J. Rochell of Texas. We who have always known him call him Pindar. There were three brothers, W. J., A. H. and J. P. and W. J. we called Pindar, A. H. or Archie we called Bat, and J. P. Pete. Archie was killed in the confedera'e war. W. J. and J. P. went to Tex as. Pindar could beat any body catching fish that I ever knew and was so ticklish that if I could catch his eye 40 feet away while in the school room I could make him gig gle out aloud and his father who was our teacher at the time would want to know what he was laugh ing about and he would reply: "Iv Morgan is wiggling his finger at me." Myself, Sara and J. C. and W. J., A. H., and J. P. Rochelle were regular chums and if it hadn't been we were born boys gue&s we would have a marrying among us. J! C. and J. P., Sam and Archie :md Pindar and myself, for I al ways liked curly hair and Pindar's j ist kinked whenever it threatened i lin. When the spirits move me I witt write again. Oh, yes, there is to be a big bar becue dinner gi'ren the old Rebs at Swainesboro on the 4th of July. Teli Henry Do bey I hear he "tpects to conn.' but if he does try to fill up before ?he ?rets herc, for if he and I go there empty 1 pity the little sheep, shoat or kid. Mr. Editor, it would do me srood to see yon there. If for nothing else, I want to show you how I have fattened up since I came to Georgia. I have gone from 142 pounds to 1-30. Ain't I a bus ter? Any way I am well, but have just eaten a leetle too many cab bage, squashes, Irish potatoes, etc., to feel just exactly all right. Uncle Iv. Entertained in Honor of Visitors. Tuesday afternoon Miss Sallie Parker entertained a number of friends with a Rook party at her elegant home on Columbia street in honor of Mrs. John Knox Arnold and Mrs. P. P. Burns. The hostess was assisted in receiving by Mrs. W. S. Cogburn, and as the guests arrived they were presented to the. guests of honor by Miss Fannie Sheppard. The spacious hall and? parlors were beautifully decorated? in red and white for the occasion. Four tables were arranged for the spirited game of Rook and at the close the score showed that Mrs. W. C. Lynch and Mrs. T. J. Lyon bad tied. These ladies cut for the prize, with the result that it fell to the lot of Mrs. Lynch. Beautiful prizes were also presented to the guests of honor by the hostess. A salad course wns served and Miss Bessie Parker and Miss An na Hollingsworth served delicious fruit punch. Will Celebrate July 4, at School * House. Mr. Editor: We wish to notify the public that we are going to? celebrate the fourth of July at Rev. F. A. Weaver's school house near Centre Spring. We ask one and alt mot to bring any whiskey and pis tols on the ground, so we can have peace. Then you can go to your work Monday morning instead of going to the court house. The pub lie is invited. E. W. Anderson, P. L. Adams, L. Perry, Solomon Atkinson. Dr* King's New Discovery KILLS THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNGS*