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Irides* Newspaper Is^mrtb (tota VOL. 80 EDGEFIELD, S.'Ca, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14,1915 NO. 20 JOHNSTON LETTER. W. C. T. U. Meeting Royal Ambassadors Enjoyed Pic nic. Miss Waters Enter tained. On* last Friday afternoon the reg?lar monthly meeting of th3 W. C. T. TL, was held with Mrs. C. D. Kenny and there were twenty five members present. The subject for the afternoon was "Christian Citizenship." The meeting was opened by the president, Mrs. T. R. Denny, and after song and scripture a prayer was offered by MTS. A. A. Horne, that God would direct the voters in the coming elec tion in September. The reports of the officers and superintendents, showed that the organization was actively engaged. A report of the recent county executive meeting held here was given by Mrs. Denny, and Mis. James White told of the visit of the union to the County Home. A paper on "Christian Citi zenship," was read by Mrs. C. D. Kenny and a leaflet ei titled, "Is the voung man safe," was read by Mrs. J. L. Walker. After a chain of prayer and sing ing, "Blest be the tie." a short prayer service was held, this ser vice being a continuation of the daily services that were held here during the revival. Duriug the re vival these services were the means of bringing about some of the glo rious results, and the ladies felt they could not discontinue this sweet and helpful service. A prayer service will be held once a week at the four points of the town. Ths young ladies will also continue their prayer service. Miss Mary Waters entertained with a very pleasant party on Thurs day evening in compliment to her friend. Miss Eva Philips of Spring field. The home presented a very attractive appearance with decora tions of ferns and flowers and the illumined with Japanese lanterns, where tete-a-tete talks were enjoyed. Progressive con versation was the chief diversion, and later in the evening ices and pound cake was served. During: the time Miss Waters and Miss Emmie Wright served punch. As a result of the recent revival there were 2? additions at the Bap tist church the ordinance of bap tism being administered on Sunday eve-iing. The district conference of the Lutheran church was held here on Sunday there being an all day ser vice. There was an excellent ser mon and good talks and the edifice was well filled, delegates attending. Dinner was served on the grounds. Mr. Leon Scott a former John ston boy spent last week here with friends. He has recently graduated at Annapolis and is now stationed, at Norfolk, Va. Miss Lillian Smith is the guest of ker aunt, Mrs. J. W. Hardy. Next month she contemplates going to New York, where she will spend sometime. 1 Miss Clara Sawyer attended the: Economic Demonstration at Win throp college during last week, rep resenting the New Century Club. These demonstrations were for the benefit of interested club women and out of the fifty clubs that the college could accommodate forty were represented. The Royal Ambassadors enjoyed a picnic at Slide Hill last Saturday, their leaders, Mesdames P. C. Ste vens and S. J. Watson going with them and assisting in making the day a happy one. Misses Inez and'Loitse Rushton of Leesville were recent visitors of Misses Eva and Jessie Rushton. Miss Hallie White who is now the leader of the Sunbeam band, entertained the members in a most happy manner on Thursday after noon. After all had gathered a pleas ant hunt ?was had and each soon had a bag full to enjoy. Other pleasures were stereopticon views and games. An enjoyable affair was that of last Thursday evening when Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Turner entertained with a roso tea in honor of their brother, Mr. John Howard Payne and his bride, the other guests of honor being the June bridal couples, Dr. and Mrs. G. D. Walker, Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Maxwell and Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Corn. The interior of the home was fragrant with many beautiful roses and the centerpiece of the table was a large bowl of pink Killarney roses. The place cards each held a pink rose. The evening was happily spent in bright conversation and listening to vocal and instrumental music. Miss Elizabeth Harris of Der ring, Ga., has been visiting her grandmother, Mrs. P. N. Lott. Mr. and Mrs. Smyly Stevens of Meeting Street were visitors here recently. Miss Ola Smith has gone to Fair fax to visit her friend Mrs. D. D. Moorer. Rev. and Mrs. George White and family arrived last week to spend awhile here with' relatives. On Monday afternoon a very in teresting co-operative meeting of the W. C. T. U. and the various mission societies of the town was held in the Biptist church, the ob ject being to create strong temper ance sentiment and with the view of trying to influence some one to think aright and to cast a true bal lot in September. This program for co-operative work which was used at this meeting was arranged by the state committee, Mrs. R. B. Can* non of Scranton, Mrs. Mamie Till man of Edgefield and Mrs. M. T. Turner of Johnston, and is to be used throughout the state at these meetings. The meeting opened with a chorus by the young ladies of the town. Scripture, Mrs. L. C. Lati mer, president Baptist mission so ciety; prayer, Rev. M. L. Kester; chorus, "Stand up for prohibition," reading,"Temperance and mission.0," Mrs. Latimer;cborus, "'Till South Carolina's dry;" recitation, 'The two ballots," Miss Essie Lybrand; song by five boys in young cam paigners' costume, Davis Lewis, Thomas Hoyt, John Black, Elliot Lewis and Albert Mobley. The song was "Onward we are marching, al cohol to fight,' recitation, "The dry line," Miss Martha Reese. Mrs. T. R. Denny made a ?rood talk on "Progress of prohibition." There was a discussion of the different-, phases of the liquor question and . splendid papers relative to the sub ject were given by Mrs. C. D. Ken nv, president, Methodist society, Mrs. W. Allen Mobley, Mrs. J. H. 1 Thacker and Mrs. M. L. Kester. Mrs. F. M. Boyd beautifully sang "Victory." The meeting closed with the singing of "America," by all present. Pine Grove Picnic. An occasion which is thoroughly enjoyed is the neighborhood picnic which is given every year about this time at Pine Grove school house in the eastern part of the county. As stated last week by County Demonstration Agent P. N. Lott in The Advertiser several addresses will be made this year that will be of es pecial interest to farmers. This will be a new feature of the picnic thisI: year, and doubtless one that will be profitable. There are no better peo ple in the county or in the state than those who compose the Pine Grove community. The attendance has been^ increasingly large every year, and judging from reports it will be larger than usual this year. Several friends have invited and 1 urged the writer to attend and we are looking forward to being pres ent with much genuine pleasure. We have attended several picnics at Pine Grove in the past and no where in the county have we spent a day more pleasantly. Life-Size Portrait. Some months ago Mr. R. N. Broadwater engaged Miss Eliza Mims to paint a portrait in oil of his tvife. Having seen a number of her paintings that were master pieces, Mr. Broadwater felt confi dent that she could place upon can vas a perfect likeness of Mrs. Broad water. After it was placed in the frame, a finished piece of art, he was in in every way pleased. The portrait was without fault or blem ish. Miss Mims has painted scores of portraits and in every instance the product of her brush has been entirely satisfactory. Mr. Arthur Tompkins recently gave her an or der for a life-size bust of the la mented D. A. Tompkins. Only one company produced more business in South Carolina in 1914 than the Southeastern. C. M. Mellichamp, Special Agent. Register! Register for | Elee Have you a registration; register in time to vote in the September 14. This will not ducted as the State or Geno voters to hold registration cer Failure to register will He; Only 30 days to rej Temperance Rallies. There will be a aeries of temper ance rallies in different sections of. ? mr county,, the first one taking placeat4 o'clockSunday afternoon at Collier,when therewill beasongcon-j test for a silver medal by six small; boys and girls from Edgefield, and; an oratorical contest by six young; people from the different sections-] The following is the song contest:) "Speak Kindly," Edward Peak. "Youth's Victory,' William Jones.*] "Will You," Eleanor Mims. "Please, Won't You Vote it Out," ! Francis Jones. "Children's Happy Day," Dozier Tompkins. "It's a hard time to save the ch il-, dren," Corrie Cheatham. The songs and declamations wijj be interpersed, and the following will contest in the oratorical coxraj test. 9 "A Plea for the Children," ?. t% Littlejohn, .Ir. Florence Mims, "Sebastian Man ning's Dream." The Children's Voices Speak in Thunder Tones," J. T. Littlejohn. Willie Peak, "The Second Elec tion." Ouida Pattison, "Old Soapy" , Hortense Woodson, The Win ning Crusade. Tableau, "The Dry Line," Eliza beth Lott. Address by Dr. Pendleton Jones. There will be an afternoon tem perance rally at Harmony on July 25, the fourth Sunday. There will be a contest in which the young la dies of Harmony will be the partici pants, with a few more added. The detailed programme will be publish ed in next week's Advertiser. The address on this occasion will xbe made by Mr. J. L. Mims. The song contest will be given by the Loyal Temperance Legion of Johnston, under the leadership of Mrs. J. H. White; At Rehoboth on the first Sunday, there will be another rally in the afternoon. The same idea will be carried out in this meeting, and O. Sheppard, Esq., will make the ad dress.' These occasions will be followed by others at convenient parts of our county until the election Septem ber, 14. As soon as a contest is held, and a silver medal won, that contestant drops out and new ones come in to take their place. When six silver medals have been won, the winners contest for a gold medal. A collection will be taken for the expenses of the rallies. Cow Thieves Caught. During last February Will and Charlie Elam stole a cow from MT? Walter Holmes of the Antioch sec tion. They killed the cow for beef and buried the hide, which was found by the neighbors. The thieves left for unknown regions but virere unable to escape altogether the eagle eye of Sheriff Swearingen. Having ^located, them in Georgia, he and Deputy Sheriff Homer Wi! Hams went for them Monday, bring ing the two negroes to Edgetield Tuesday and lodging them in jail. One of the thieves made a confes sion. Sheriff Swearingen has five prisoners in jail who will in all probability recruit the ranks of the chaiugang after the August term of court, which convenes on the second Monday. Register! tie Prohibition tion. certificate? If not, be sure to Prohibition election to be held be a primary, but will be con ral elections are, requiring all tificates. prive you of the right to vote. left in which pister. p A Visit to Five Battlefields. While at the Re-union at Rich mond I took in the battlefield of Seven Pines, which is about nine tjiiles from the city. Savage Sta ion is five miles. This battles w&s fought Sunday, June 29, 1862. Malvern Hill was fought June 30. In this battle Longstreet lost forty mer cent, of his command in less than three hours. The historic "Pines" still stand there as silent ^sentinels of the bloody conflict, ^rhe breast-works have all been lev eled down, and waving corn and golden grain is groking where so jmany brave fellows fought and fell, enriching the soil with their blood. I was wounded in this battle, and my brother was wounded at Mal vern Hill. The battle of Fredericksburg, fifty miles from Richmond, was fought on December 13,1862, called | .|^2 winter's fight. ' I made a flying trip to this battlefield. Kerahaw's Brigade fought on Myrus's Heights. Cobb's Legion was below us some hundred feet behind a rock wall. From this wall, or first battle line to the edge of the town, was an open space of about three hundred yards-not a tree, stump or fence. Through this open the Federals made charge after charge tor ten hours to take the wall a?d capture Myrus's Heights. The last desper ate charge was made at sun-set. Fourteen hundred Federals were left dead on four acres of ground. But now the town has been built out to the rock wall. The Myrus house and the everlasting Heights, that shook with the roar of the con flict and beard the dying groans, still stands, and the beautiful Rap pahannock still flows by the little city; but I could see the baale, and could hear the commands and the shouts of the men, the bursting shells and the whistling bullets, and the clank of the swords and the dy ing .groans, as I did the day this battle was fought. Everything passed in panoramic view, and I have never felt so over awed on a battlefield before. I could see the boys in gray, with locks as black as the raven's wing. Sad indeed to think almost every one has passed to the great beyond. Those few that are left the snow that never melts have fallen on their heads. From Fredericksburg we wheeled to the field of Chancellorsville, where Gen. Jackson received the bullet that ended his life. I remember well the old inn, the Chancellor house. It has been changed. This is in the edge of the Wilderness-in fact nearly all of this battlefield was a waste, wilderness-at least I thought so as we were fighting by day and bv night. From this point we drove down the old plank road to the Wilder ness, where on the 5th and 6th of May, 1864, one of the bloodiest and most stubbornly contested battles of the war was fought. Though still a thick tangle, I could tell where Longstreet's corps went into battle by the iron tablets; and I located the position that my brigade (Ker shaw's) by these same pointers. I believe I went within ten feet of where my brother Wessley, my captain, J. W. Kemp, and James Quattlebaum were killed, and Lieu tenant J. C. Williams and myself were wounded. Williams through both thighs and I through the right hip. We lay on the field nine hours. Was taken up after dark, and for five months I could not walk. And now after fifty years I took a bird-eye view of all these battlefields, but I don't want to see them any more. During the four years of the war I was in ten bier battles and eight skirmishes, and was wounded twice and captured once, and was re-captured in two hours. The re-union at Richmond was, to a great degree, a success; but the most of the generals, colonels and majors of the South Carolina divis ion are the three months boys. And, oh! what a display of sponsors and maids of honor they had. And from the paraphernalia they had on one would have thought they were daughters of an emperor. I heard a man ask a fellow the other day if he was a Confederate soldier. Yes, was his answer. How old were you when you entered the service? Sixteen years old. How long did you serve in the war? Un til the surrender, was the reply. But tell me, how many years or months did you do service as a sol dier? Three months he said; but, said the veteran, I confess that I was never in a battle. Wow I call him an honest, truth ful-man. J. Russell Wright. Columbia District Woman's Missionary Society Meeting. The annual district meeting of the Columbia district woman's mis sionary society was held in the Methodist church at this place July 10, ll. Mrs* J. W. Eilgo conference 1st vice-president, and Mrs. D. N. Bourne, conference corresponding secretary were present and rendered valuable aid in informing and sug gesting many things concerning the work. The meeting opened at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning with de votional exercises conducted by Rev. J. R. Walker. Mrs. J. A. May bin of Columbia, .dariel, secretary, presided, during the business Saturday. Mrs. Byers of Columbia was elected secretary. It is to Mrs. Maybin's interest and efforts and to the presence and help of Mrs. Kilgo and Mrs. Bourne that the meeting was considered one of the best ever held. The sec retary reported 27 adult, 8 young people's, 16 juniors and 3 baby di visions in the district with nearly 1,000 members. Only Aiken, Bethel and Edgeiield have the ideal organization, which means a baby junior Y. P., and adult society in the church. Columbia district is striving to raise a $1,500 pledge , above mem bership funds for the missionary work this year. There were 25 dele gates and visitors present, and the reports were encouraging. A round table conducted by Mrs. Bourne in the interest of the cam paign for new organizations brought out the fact that there are only 7.000 of the 19,000 churches of Southern Methodism organized, leaving a million women unenlisted in the- woman's missionary society. Several ladies present volunteered to attempt to secure new members and new societies. Mrs. R. E. S tack h ouse, piesident of the upper South Carolina confer ence W. M. S., who attended the recent council meeting at Little Rock, Ark., prepared and sent to us an excellent report of the meet ing which was read by Mrs. Bourne in such a spirited and natural man ner as to make every one feel as if Mrs. Stackhouse herself was giving it. The superintendent of social ser vice of Washington street W. M. S., Mrs. Byers,gave a most instruct ive talk telling how we aa members may do with our hands, heads and hearts the work that Hes right at our door and how we may be the means of transforming lives and fitting them for a large place of ser vice in the fields already "white un to the harvest." Open discussion brought out many points concern ing auxiliary work, and the dele gates were able to carry back maay helpful suggestions. Mrs. Bourne, conference corres ponding secretary,'made an interest ing talk about Scarritt Bible and Training school of Kansas City, where the women missionaries of Southern Methodism are trained. She spoke of its history, the efficient and faithful missionaries that it has sent out. The fact prseented by Mrs.Bourne that there was not so far one wo WHITE TOWN TOPICS, Farmers Busy. Good Rains Have Fallen. Picnic at White Town. Two Ball Games. I will try to write a few happen ings of the past week to your paper as it has been some time since I've written. The farmers are about the busiest people around here now. They were very glad to have the nice rains we've had since the 1st of July, for they were much in need of it after such a long dry June. Crops on an average are right good considering the late start the farmers had. Mr. Mack White from Augusta was the guest of Mr. J. A. Deal last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Gilliam spent last Saturday and Sunday with Messrs. J. S. and T. E. Mann. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Reynolds visited Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ful ler near Edgefield last Saturday and Sunday. Mijs Pearl RidlehooveT was the guest of Miss Coreen Walls last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mann visited Mr. C. E. Bowie and family near Liberty Hill last Sunday. I wish to announce that.there will be a picnic and barbecue dinner at White Town, Saturday July 24, in the oak grove in front of F. P. White & Son's store near the ball ground and two games of base ball i double header, will be played, andi different kinds of refreshments will be sold, plenty of good music furnished and a good time given to everybody who attend, so come one, come all. We want this day to be one of pleasure and enjoyment to meet and talk with many friends and relatives whom time and .dis-, tance have separated. So remember the date and be on time. You are cordially invited. We ve sorry to report that . Miss Maggie- Deal was quite sick an<? confined to her bed several days list week, but am glad to say she is able to be up now. Misses Everet Bush and Emmie Thurmond and Mr. ?Eugene Thur mond of Modoc were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland W hite last Sat urday night. They also spent Sup day with Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Rear den. Miss Maggie Medlock was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ollie White, last Thursday. Th? Stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe White July 2, leaving them a fine boy. This one completes the number of ten children, 6 bojs and 4 girls all of whom are living, only two being married. W. man or girl candidate from our con ference is a cause for much serious thought and concern to our women. She considers this iack due to the failure of our women to obey the Saviour's command of "Praying the Lord of the harvest to thrust forth laborers into his harvest," and made an earnest appeal to our wo men to make this their daily suppli cation. ' The sermon of Sunday morning was preached by Dr. J. W. Kilgo, presiding elder of the district, who brought us a message from the life of Mary Magdalene to whom Christ gave the first message of his resur rection and ascension. Will we not be like Mary, eager and glad to go tell of the risen and ascended Christ? ^.Mrs. Kilgo, our conference -first vice-president, had charge of Sunday afternoon service to children and Y. P. and made it an interesting and instructive service. Sunday evening at 8:30 o'clock Mrs. Bourne gave toa good congre gation a mo.-t inspiring address on the "World purpose of Christ." Inspiring as to call and opportunity and most thought provoking as'to our failure in many respects ,to respond to the call and avail our selves of such opportunities. She first reviewed our work and oppor tunities in the various mission fields and then told of how our so-called Christian America was failing Christ in its failure to live up to His standard of Christian living an i Christian giving. She felt sure that unless we mended our ways God would bring|us to our knees in deep sorrow and humiliation. The Columbia district conference was closed after this address by benediction by Dr. Kilgo. Delegate. f