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(Widest ^ewspap?tr in ?Dtrtk Carolina VOL. 79. NO. 23. JOHNSTON LETTER. High [School Opens September 15. MJss Ouzts Entertained. Miss Bouknight's Re ceDtion. i Mr. Cromer Bolton and Dr. Bus by of Springfield have been the guests of friends. Mrs. Elizabeth Allen spent a few days last week in the home of her ton. Dr. B. L. Allen. Mrs. M. W. Crouch and children are spending awhile in Saluda with relatives. Master Willie Lee Sawyer cele brated his birthday on Monday af ternoon with a party and a number of his little friends were invited to enjoy the pleasures of the after noon with him. After g^es, ice cream and cake was served. Prof. William F. Scott who is summering at Linden Falls, N. C., was here for a few days last week ic interest of the school. The teach ers decided to have the school open on September 15, instead of Octo ber 5, as previously decided upon. M rs. Jake Hardy will leave this week to visit friends at Walhalla. Mrs. Mike Clark entertained with a dining on Thursday for her rela tives, Mesdames Sarah Gaul ph i ti and Henry Gaul phi n, of Ninety Six, who were her guests. Mrs. Pope Perry has returned from the Augusta hospital where she has been for a month or more, recuperating from a tiiple opera tion. Her many friends wili be glad to l?arn that she >eems improved. Mrs. Alice Watson of Ridge has been visiting her cousin, Pierce Stevens. Miss Nina Ouzts was the charm, ing hostess of an afternoon party on Wednesday the honoree being ber friend Mrs. Carl Richards, of ?r-^CJiMi?i'00ga. Progressive games ?were played upon tables prettily adorned with flowers and ferns and after cards were laid aside a salad course, followed by ices and cake was served. Misses Annie and Ola Bush of Spartanburg are guests ot Mrs. Ab ner Broadwater. Both of these young women are musicians of ability, the latter being organist of the 1st Baptist church of Spartan bn re. Mrs. Rigsby of Spartanburg is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Abner Broadwater. M Us Genevieve Dunbar is visit ing Miss Bertha Woodward. Dr. Victor Seigler, of Gaines ville is spending awhile here with relatives. Mr. Santas Geillas of Aiken con templates opening a cafe here soon. Mesdames Nett;*? Cason of Jack sonville, Fla., and vV. 0. Scott of Augusta are visiting their mother, Mrs.. Mary Collum. Mr. Rowland has returned from a visit to bis daughters at Green wood and Newberry. Miss Marguerite Simmons enter tained a party of her young friends on Monday afternoon, the occasion being her birthday, and each one brought her a pretty gift. Two hours were spent merrily and ice cream and cake, in pink and white were served. Miss Emma Bouknight gave a | reception on Tuesday evening at ber attractive colonial home near town, in compliment to her house gue?ts, Misses Lynne Grayson, Ag nes Flythe and Gertrude Cornish. These four young ladies were das? mates at St. Mary's Raleigh, N. C. The hours were from 9 to 1-2 o'clock and as the merry parties arrived, they were given a cordial greeting by Mr. William Bouknight and Mrs. George Wise, and in one of the front parlors M?.-N Bouknight i with her -nests received. Punch was served in the opposite parlor by Misses Lola Harrison and Lura ; M i ins, and after a while spent here, ail were ushered into the dining room where block cream and cake were served, the colors being green an?! white. The favors were fans for the gentlemen and tiny Hags for the i young ladies. The last hour was i spent, out on the lawn and spacious flower garden, enjoying the beau- ; ties ol the evening. . While Mrs. James Watkins was i returning last week from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. George Gaul- ; phin of Ninety Six, the horse be came frightened and ran, Mrs. Wat- i kins being thrown from the buggy. . TRENTON NEWS. Senator and Mrs. Tillman at Home. Mrs. Frank Miller to Entertain Auction Club. Rev. J. R. Walker is conducting a protractad meeting in the Metho dist church this week and we trust that the community and the town will go and hear anl help this en tertaining and earnest minister. The Senator, Mrs. Tillman and Miss Sallie Mae Tillman have ar rived home to spend the remainder of the summer and early fall. The Senator however hurried home to cast his vote in the election. Mrs. Geo. Wise has two charm ing visitors from Walhalla in Mis ses Jeanette and Lillie Haiti wan ger. The eleven Trentonites who have been rejuvenated by the health giving water of Chick Springs for two weeks returned home on Sat urday. Mrs. Frank Miller will be hostess i for the Auction club on Thursday j afternoon. This means a real tieat | for the members for Mrs. Miller is ' a charming hostess and entertains j very delightfully. Mi s Lucy Qaarles after a pleas ant two week's stay with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wells at Horn's Creek is at home again. Misses Ella and Maizie Mays from Edgefield are with Mrs. S. A. Morrall during the doctor's sojourn arnon g ,t h e mountains. The beautiful Bouknight home known far and near for its un bounded hospitality has been the scene of social activity for the past two weeks doing homage to the fair visitors of Miss Emma Bouk- . night. .Mrs. Willie Miller's beautiful Rook party on ' Tuesday evening was'a thoronghly'enjoyed'affair and a lively compliment to the honor ees Miss Alma Fields and Miss ' Sara Schorb. Miss Margaret Shealy and her at tractive children from Ninjty Six have returned home after a visit here to Mrs. Rubye Shealy. Misses Mae and Carrie Harrison : have gone for a short visit to Mr. Willie Harrison at Elberton. We waft our congratulations and [ sincerest love to Mr. and Mrs. Allie 1 Rich burg of North Augusta who 1 were married on Thursday last. Mrs. Riehburg was lovely and lova- ! ble Mae Walker, whom we had : known since ber childhood and to know her is to love her. She has made many friends here during her visits to her sister, Mis. J. R. Moss. ' Mrs. W. F. Roper will enter tain the Bouknight house party together with Miss Lura Mims and Sara Schorb on Thursday afternoon. I~or Weakness and Loss of Appetite Thc Old Standard general strcntrthening tonic, (.IKOVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up thc system. A true tonic and ?i'rp Appetizer. For adults acd children. 50c. The extent of her injuries could not be ascertained, and the follow ing morning she was taken to the ; Augusta hospita!. Thers were no in ternal ?..juries ns feared, but it will be some time before she will be able to be out with her friends. Messrs. M. T. Turner. Wallace : Turner, Staunton Lott, O. D. Black and VV. M. Wright made ;i car trip to Epworth, Rev. W. P. B. Hillard's country ??lace, and speni i Sunday wi th''hi m and attended the ; cami' meeting being held lhere. Mr. Ki nani has erected a large pavilion in a shady grove where the meet- < inga are held, but the seating ca- ? pacity sometimes fails to aucoramo- i date the great crowds in attendance, on Sunday there Lbeing over 1,500. I ile has severa! evangelists assisting, ?1 and a grand work is going on. The < music is still in chai ge of Trof. Land ru m. The grounds about the pavilion were dotted with camping tents, occupied by those from a dis tance, there bvirig some from Flori da. Ii is Mr. Kinard's intention to I erect a few small cottages next year. | Mrs. T. R. Denny is critically ill < at Cochran, Ga., at the home of her < sister. On Sunday Mr. Denny re- < ceived a telegram summoning him I to her bed side. When she left here i about two weeks ago, she was not i well, ami it was hoped that tho 1 [?bange would (prove beneficial, but j < instead she gradually grew wor-e. | COTTON CONFERENCE. Secretary McAdoo Urges'Cotton Men to meet Situation Calm ly. Outlook Not so Gloomy. Washington, Aug. 24.-Secreta ry McAdoo, members of the federal reserve board and members of con gress today discussed with several hundred repr?sent?t1/es of the cot ton industry wa.vs and means to meet the situation confronting the trade as a result of the war in phi rope. Every state in any way con nected with production of cotton or cotton goods was re prese med *t the conference. Secretary McAdoo, opening.the conference, urged the cotton men to meet the situation coolly and promptly. "I have been distressed," he said, "to find that there is a growing feeling of hysteria over the situa- j tion regarding i-.otton. I have been , receiving, letters and telegiams , which indicate a feeling' that unless , something i? done immediately, the , Bottom will drop oat of credit and , cotton will be a total ruin. The best ? answer to all of these panic stricken ? telegrams is: This is no time for net vous systems. Many of the ca- | ?amities suggested to me are utterly ? impracticable." I ; Secretary McAdoo estimated that , 4,000,000 bales of the present crop ? would be unable to lind a market. ; fie said if the ordinary course of ; marketing can be preserved until ? the surplus appears, its disposition , ought to be an easy matter. He i warned the banker that cotton must i not be forced to a sale at a iose. ( and warned the manufacturer that . he must not refuse to buy cotton, ? waiting for a panic price. > "We must pun aside selfish mo- t tires, "-Mr. McAdoo said. ~ "*#Vj While the German consumption ; of 3,000,000 bales, and the French ( consumption of 1,000,000 bales \ will be cut, the secretary continued, ?: it is expected the British demand \ will be about normal. Proposed leg- t islation for government purchase i and operation of ships, he said, l would open up the South American i trade and increase the American output of cotton goods, thus creal- , ing an additional demand for raw \ cotton. t The secretary said the financial s situation was well in hand, with the ! t government in a position to mate- h rially aid the banks. He estimated ; that with the federal reserve system ? in operation the banks of the south i easily could secure national bank : currency, to finance 4,0u?,?u9 baies ? of cotton at S4U a bale. "I a rn satisfied," he said, "than, with proper warehouse facilities we .. can make warehouse receipts for . cotton the basis for issue of nation- ; a! bank circulation." j. Senator James asked if tobacco I. warehouse receipts could be similar-1 ly used. The secretary said the di?- j position was to include "all staple I. products properly secured." ?I A general discussion of the situa-if tion by representatives from cotton j ? states followed. Later ihe cotton 11 men went to the White House to i see President Wilson. II. Mobley, of Arkansas, pro-jf posed at the conference that some : : arrangement be made to distribute j. currency through state banks. : ; President Wilson, in a brief i speech to the cotton men, expressed i confidence in the present situation ? and said he had no doubt the situa-1; lion would be met without serious h results to any of the cotton inter- ? BSts. He said his callers, he was L sure, had not come to Washington j Lo ask for "rescue" but to conns.;! ? with all interested, and to place in h the hands of capable and earnests non the means for carrying the : country through this emergency, ji An Appeal From Mr. Lott, j, Editor Advertiser: The meeting I for Thursday the 25th inst, called >y the president of the coll?n grow- i ITS association of South Carolina ; will be one of the most .import irr. r gatherings of i is kind that lias ever aeen held in the county. Every far- ? mer, banker, mei chant, cotton doc tor, in fact every person whose business depends upon the price of 1 cotton should attend. I P. X. Lott. COAL PRODUCTION. More Than 570,000,000 Tons Mined in 1913, Valued at $760,000,000. Produc tion Vastly Increased. The production of coal in the United "States bas airain broken all previous records, the output for 1913 being 570,04S,125 short tons, which is considerably more than double the production of 1900 and more than eiyht times the produc tion of I860, according to a state ment just issued by the United .States Geological Survey, from tig urea compiled by Edward W. Par ker, coal statistician. The value of the coal mined in 1913 is given as 57*i0,+88,7.S5. Comp ired with the previous year. Lhc output for 1913 shows an in* crease of 35,581,545 tons, or nearly 7 per cent. The increased activity indicated by these figures was well iistribiued throughout the ?9 coal producing states, 33 of. which show id increases and only six decreased production, the decrease in one of :hese-Colorado-being due solely :o labor tron?le. Of those showing increase, 12 made record yield, and Pennsylvania, the leading coal state, broke records in both bituminous md anthracite production. The .tates which broke all former rec ords in coal production were Ala bama, Illinois, Kentucky. Montana, Sew Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vir ginia and West Virginia. The lar gest increase in the production of jituminous coal wis in Pennsylva lia, where 11,915,726 tons was add ;d to the output of 1912. West Vir ginia showed the second largest rain, 4,522.2U? tons, and Kentucky .he third largest gain, 3,12?,U7S :ons which was alsof the largest >ercentage of increase, amounting .o 19 per cent, of all the important .oal-producing states. Indiana was ourth, Illinois fifth, Oiiio sixth md Alabama .seventh. While the otal increase was very large as fig ired in tons, the percjiuaire is what nay be considered normal and in ?icative of healthy industrial ac ivity throughout the country. Coal mining, like all other in lustries in the Ohio valley states, vas seriously interfered with by he great floods during the spring ?f 1913 and Mr. Parker estimates oat from 5,?0ij,0uu to lu,u0?,?u0 ons of coal would have been added o the year's output but for this iisaster. With no violent rluctua tons in the demand by the b'ast uniaces, steel works and other manufacturing industries, the de- j ?land tor coal for those purposes K uows only a normal increase. The : continued d^reas* in the u*eof| uel oil in the mid-continent oil ield and the strike in the Colorado .oal mines resulted in an increased mtput of coal in the central and .outii-western states. With a few | .xceptions, notibly in Illinois, In liana and Oklahoma, values ranged ligher than in former normal years, .o that from tl:S producers' stand loint the conditions in 1913 were 'airly satisfactory. Tue development of our coal nilling industry with reference to topuiation presents some interest-li ng comparisons. In IS -01J the coal js mtput ivas 7,018,181 tons, or 0.3 : j .on for each of the 23,lui,870 iu-!| ?abiiants; in lde'O th^ population j lad increased to about 50,00?j000 ind the production of coal to about y ri,000,000 tons, au average of 1.42 -ons per capita. At the close of the lineteenth century the population .vas 76,303,387, an i nereus-.; of a| iitle over ?U per cent as compared uri th issu, while the production ul' jeal had increased nearly 4-o? per ?ent in the same period and avenged {.53 tons for each person. In 11)13 he per capita production was fig-1, tired at 5.35 tons. In addition to' :his increase in the consumption of joal, the use in recent years of pe troleum and natural gas should also t)e considered The coal mines of the country rave employment in 1913 to an irray of nearly three-quarters of a nillion men-747,644. 3 Thornhill gives a deeper body .villi his wagon than any other nan ufaclarer. Wilson *fc C?ntelos. WHITE TOWN NEWS. Delightful Neighborhood Picnic and Two Games of Base ball. White Town Won. Buildings Going Up. Mr. Editor: Since my last writing we've all enjoyed a delightful pic nic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. White last Saturday, 22nd. It was only a social picnic. Every body cordially envited and free dinner was served to all. JL?a 11 play ing was the greatest amusement to some. White Town played Col liers in the morning, ending in fa vor of Colliers. Then Cleora play ed White 1 own in the afternoon, anding in favor of White Town. There was nearly as many at this picnic as there was at the campaign neeting. We were glad to see so nany present from Colliers and Cleora, besides ball-players. Miss Essie Bussey came down rom Anderson last Wednesday to ?pend some time with friends in this lection. Miss Dora Driers, of Augusta is pending a while with her friend, ii rs. Frank White. Mrs. J. A. Walls and her daugh er Coreen were the guests of Mrs. ?. J. Rankin and family last Fri lay. Mr. Earle Corley, of Greenwood, peut several days of last week with tis uncle, Mr. W. T. Reynolds. Mr. R. D. Cox, le?t Saturday p. a. to visit relatives in Charlotte, *. C. Miss Ora Patterson, spent, the reek ?nd with her brother, Mr. Cleveland Patterson, of this vi inity. Miss Ruth Walls, returned home iunday after a week's visit vith relatives at Plum Branch, and jj ?rought one of her cousins Miss j >ertha Langley, who will spend a ev? days with her. Our Town" will be somewhat ira >roved in its looks when Mr. Dan Vbite gets the large new room fin ihed that he is having built, on to is store, also Mr. O. D. White is aving two new rooms added to one f his tenant houses, and Mr. Lit her Ridlehoover has nearly com feted the new addition to his dwel tng house. Well cotton picking time is here n August this year. Several far mers started to picking in this sec ion last week. W. C. White Town, S. C. Jews From Mt. Zion Commu nity. Mr. W. A. Pardue has erected a ew and modern ginnery on his ilantatioii. This will be ready for he first cotton that is gathered and rill be a great convenience to the armers in this community, as there j no other public gin near. On last Saturday a number of the rienda and neighbors of Mr. E. 1. Padgett enjoyed a dove shoot ug at his place. Between four and ive hundred birds were killed. Mr. Ben Gaines has about cotn deted the survey of the new school ?strict which has been petitioned or the Mt. Zion school. Mr. Samp Sullivan and Mr. Press Jason fr mi the Mt. Vernon vicini y, have been down to vi^it Mr. lara Garner. Miss Fannie Sullivan with her ittlc nephew, spent last Wednes ay with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gar er. Visitors who worshipped at Mt. lion yesterday were county treasur r, .1. T. Minis from ridgefield ami lessrs. Ryan and Will Timmermati rom Horn's Creek. Miss Fannie Pardue spent !a<t /eek with her brother, Mr. W. A. ?ardue. Messrs. Mil ledge and Tommie Vhitlock went up to tied Hill last /eek to visit their brother, Dr. ri rond Whitlock. Party of Joy Riders. A merry party took a joy ride to savannah last week in three touti ng cars. Tile party consisted of Vir. and Mrs. B. B. Jones, Miss STelle Jones, N. M. Jones, J. E. Slims, J. II. Allen, Israel Mukashy, EL C. Watson, W. W. Adams, Floyd Rainsford and Robert Mc carty. They left Edgefield Wed nesday morning and returned Thurs day night. The trip of over 200 iiiles was made without au acci dent of any kind. Move Town Comforts to Your Farm. Why is it that so many farmers, I especially older one?, who are abun dantly able to paint and screen their houses aud install telephones, wa terworks, lighting systems, etc., think that they must move to town in order to get these conveniences -becoming loafers and parasites on the streets instead of remaining ac tive and happy at home among old friends and old scenes, while at the same time helping make their home neighborhoods better and more attractive? Don't leavi the farra to ge* town comforts; just move town comforts to your farm. 69? g And another big fact to remem ber is that if you confider the town t.ixes and the high town prices for everything you eat and the ruinons* ly expensive town fashions in every thing you wear, it will coet you in finitely less to ge: these comforts >n the farm than it will cost to nove to town to get them.- Pro jr.ssive Farmer. Letter From Mrs. John O. Gough. Since my letter last week, I have visited seven more churches in the idgetieid association. Last Tuesday he Uth, Mrs. Mims took me to levens Creek Rev. H. B. White, he pastor, and an old friend gave is a cordial welcome. A large :rowd met us there and I was given he first hour alter dinner for my alk. Tnis society is doing good vork under the leadership of Miss jena Stevens. Mrs. J. K. Allen took ue for the night to her lovely home. iVednesday morning Mr. Allen ook me in his auto to Mountain .?reek church. Rev. E. Pendleton Iones was conducting the meeting here. I enjoyed two splendid, ear icst sermons from him. I .found arnest women here,aud quite a num ier subscribed^j^^or^new maga. ine "Royal Service." The pastor Jr. McKittrick has the hearts of is people, and we are expecting Teat things from these good wo ?en. The president of W. M. Society irs. V. M. Faulkner, was my gen ii hostess and took me next day to Jilgal. There I met another large rowd Rev. J. T. Littlejohn was ondtieting his own meeting. Two ew members were secured for the /oman's missionary society and nany subscriptions fur "Royal iervice." Mr. Lewellyn Hamilton ook me to his home and under the reniai influence of Mrs. Hamilton ,nd her sister, Miss Briggs, I elt at home. The afternoon at Berea we had ,11 to ourselves, no meeting in prog ess. Quite a number of earnest wo aeu and girls met us there, together nth Mesdames Mims, Jeffries, ones and Swearingen from Edge ield. The latter promised to re organize the Sunbeam band next iunday. At the close of meeting we i'ere refreshed with one of the best Irinks, lemonade. Mesdames Har ing and Reel were my hostesses at ierea. Saturday morning, in spite if recent rains and bad roads, Mr. T. Morgan to>>k me to Mrs. Chas. Itroiu's hospitable home where I i ad a day'a rest. Sunday was quite a busy day. I poke in the morning; at Rehoboth, ecu red two new members for W. 1. S. and quite a number of sub c-ri plions to Royal Servie; and tuer mission magazines. The ride >v?r to Red Hill was made easy for ne by the kindness of Mr. Gus Winn, imo took me in his car. This is a arge church. A meeting was in ?rogress, and th;; cr J iv J could not ill get in to hear Dr.M.D. Jeffries. They have a splendid society and loing good work. Atter sue!; a trenuous day ii seemed good to ?est in the home of tho past >r ii-v. I. T. Littlejohn. He and his good ?rife know the art of making une feel at home. Monday morning Uburlie Bell Littlejohn took me to Antioch where 1 enjoyed the quiet restfulness of Mr. and Mrs. Prescott Lyon's home. An earnest group of sisters met me at the church in the Afternoon. The standard of excel lence was discussed. We believe they will be close to the honor roll an other year. Euough money was sub scribed to meet apportionments so that they might meet with us ac Bethany next week with a good re port. About 70 subscriptions have been secured this week to ''Royal Service" and other missionary maga zines.