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(r?if Newspaper ?n $snfih (fawlim EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 21,1915 JOHNSTON LETTER. Lutheran Conference Held. Cood Work of Detectives. Delightful Social Gath ering at Mr. Lewis' During the past week the Lees ville district conference of the young people met in the Lutheran church, eiglit societies being represented there being 21 delegates. Mrs. M. L. Rester is president of this con ference and during the evening pre sided. The first session was given to the transaction of business, reports of committees, reading and adopt ing the constitution and election of offioers. The officers for the ensuing year will be president, M. L. Res ter; vice-president, Miss Mary Bal ientine, Leesville; Mr. J. T. Epting, Newberry, recording secretary; Miss Ruth Long, Bateaburg, . cor responding secretary; Mr. Brinton Hite, Leesville, treasurer. Dinner was served on the grounds and the hospitality of those good people was well sustained. The conference assembled at 2:30 the devotional services being conducted by Mr. George Stoude Moyer of Lutheran seminary, Columbia. Miss Rosalyn Summer, principal of Mt. Pleasant seminary, N. C., gave a talk con trasting the present European war with the great christian war being waged xgainst the evils of heathen dom. This was very impressive. Mr. Chas. P. Burr, a prominent lawyer of Newberry addressed the confer ence on "The purpose of the con ference." The music of the confer ence was especially enjoyable, Miss Nettie Black of Leesville assisting in this. The next conference will be held at Gilbert, S. C. Protracted services will begin on Saturday next at Philippi church, j The Rev. Asa P. Gilbert pastor of | second Baptist church Augusta, will* assist Dr. A. T. King. A few weeks ago Mayor Derrick took two negro detectives, to see vfTtheV'could not locate some of the gambleis and blind tigers, whose evil ways were in operation among the colored people. Through their efforts several negroes were arrested last Thursday night and later weie brought before the council and sen tenced according to the offense com mitted. Mr. and Mrs. IT. D. Grant are in Mullins, the guest of the" latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. McMillan. On Sunday afternoon July 25, at 4 o'clock, the medal contest will take place at Harmony church. This medal is offered by the W. C. T. TJ. Mrs. Chas. Brunson of Augusta is visiting in the nome of her broth er, Dr. J. A. Dobey. Mr. Earl Crouch has gone to Mullins to join his wife who is visiting in the home of her parents, Capt. and Mrs. Smith. Misses Eula Satcher and Annie Crouch are members of a house party of friends near Augusta and before their return they will enjoy a camp trip. A congenial party of friends were entertained on last Thursday even ing by Miss Helen Lewis and Mr. Jefferson Lewis and the evening was happily spent, progressive games being played. Refreshments of frozen peaches and pound cake were served. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Allen and Master John, Misses Mary Lewis and Emma and Margaret Blocker of Meeting Street, visited in the home of Mrs. Willie Tompkins last week. Mrs. Olin Eidson and Misses Eva and Jessie Rushton will leave this week fur Sullivan's Island to spend awhile.' Miss Orlena Cartledge and Mes srs. Willie Ouzts and Earl Crouch have gone to Tenille, Ga., to join the house party of twelve in the liome of their friend, Mips Ruth Smith. * Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Black and John Howard and Oscar Black will go to Abbeville this week to visit i relatives and from there will go to Anderson to visit in the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Black. Mrs. Mary Smith and children of Saluda visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James White last week. Dr. A. T. King will take a vaca tion during the month of August ind will spend the time at Lake Weinona, Indiana. ,Mr. Bartow Walsh of Sumter has joined his family here, who have Gen. Green's Army on The Move. Mr. Editor:- I heard cannon booming and small arms rattling up on Turkey Creek at the Reynold's ford and knew Gen. Greene had at tacked Gens. Tom Byrd and Ed Bryd, commanders at that place?, and after a hand-to-hand fieht Gen. Greene drew his army off, moved up the road and.attacked Gen. Sam Hughes, commander at Blocker Hill, and again it was a hot fight. After a bard struggle Gen. Greene drew his army off and moved up the road and attacked Gen. Bob Nich olson, commander at Ceiar Grove, and here it was also a hot fight. Gen. Greene then withdrew his ar my and moved on and attacked Gen. Warren Hill, commander at Breeze Hill, and here was another hand-to-hand struggle. After this mortal struggle, Gen. Greene drew his armv off and flanked around Gen. Bruns Hollingsworth and moved down the road and made a violent attack on Gen. Elbert Mun dy, commander at Frog Level, and here was another hard fight. After a hard struggle, Gen. Greene mov ed down the road across Frog branch and moved up the road and attacked Gens. Kit and Brooke Dunovant, commanders at Bun combe, and here was another hard fight. Gen. Greene made charge af ter charge. Gen. Brooks Dunovant says he did not get wounded but he got mortally scared. After a hard ti?rht. Gen. Greene withdrew his army and moved down the road and captured Gens. Jule Mims and James Bryd, and sent them off to Castle Green as prisoners. Gen. Greene sent a squad of his troops over in Edgefield and they killed Gens. Mat Lyon and Joe Ouzts. What a pity! That same squad slip ped up in town and captured Gen. Tom Paul, Wigfall Cheatham, Hi ram Lowe and sent them off to j Castle Green as prisoners. And then his army moved up the road by the Edgefield ol lege and attacked Gens.1 Ransom Timmerman, Ed Mims, Horde Allen and after a hand-to hand fight he routed those officers and moved on and put Gene Mitch Wells, O. B. Anderson, Joe Reese to route. After the close of j this campaign Gen. Greene's army went into camp on the Griffin Hill. Auuther corps of Gen. Greene's army crossed Reynold's ford and attacked Gens. John Reynold, Mat Medlock and here was another hard fight. After this struggle he drew his army off and moved up the road and attacked Gen. Carr Williams and routed that officer. Then his ai my went into camp at Limestone. Uncle Tadd Strom. Edgefield, S. C. been spending awhile id the home of Mr. W. L. Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Whittaker I are now domiciled in the Landrum cottage on Addison street. Miss Sara Stevens is at home from a visit to friends in Harts ville. Miss Floride Hendrix of Lees ville is visiting in the home of Mr. J. M. Turner. Miss Maud Sawyer spent the] week-end at Ridge with Miss S peig ner. The death of Mrs. Bland Mob ley which occured in Columbia re cently is learned of with regret. Her body was taken to her former home in Tennessee for interment. Mr. F. L. Parker, Jr., is spend ing awhile in the home of his grand-father, Dr. Prescott near] Edgefield. Dr. A. T. King and Mesdames W. J. Hatcher and E. R. Mobley spent the .past week in Greenville attending the Baptist Sunday school conference. Misses Mary and Elise Mobley are in Winnsboro visiting Miss Hannah Hanahan. Messrs. Guy and Fletcher Horne entertained a number of their friends on Friday evening at their home in a very pleasant manner, the time being spent with games, mu sic and conversation. Before the happy party disbanded, ices and cake.,were served by Misses Bessie Ford Turner and Marie Lewis. The other day some one came to the home of one of the Juue errooms with honey for sale. When asked if he would care to purchase any, re plid, "No sir, I already have 115 pounds on hand." PIOTR'S riSKK?" Wa S2 H T ? R Q AND KIDNEYS PARKSVILLE NEWS. Miss Blackwelt Entertains Beau tifully. Citizens Gave Pic nic. Many Visitors Come and Go. Miss Permelia Jennings of Co lumbia is the house guest of Miss Blackwell. Miss Lucy Osborne of Mt. Crog hara, S. C., is the guest of her sis ter, Miss Oazzie Osborne. Mr. Glazier Castle returned to his homein Winnsboro after ashortvisit to friends. Mies Lillian Parks of Augusta is visiting: her errand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Parks. Miss blackwell delightfully enter tained, with a dinner party, for bet house guest, Miss Jennings, lasr Thursday evening. The color ?cheme of pink and white was car ried out in ever} detail, the par lor, hall and dining-room being daintily decorated in ferns and cut flowers. The guests having arrived ihey were invited into the dining room, where a three course dinner was served after which the guests returned to the parlor where they enjoyed both instrumental and vo cal music by the Mieses Osborne. Those who enjoyed the evening with Misses Jennings and Blackwell were Misses Lillian Parks, Lucy and Gazzie Osborne, Ben Talbert, Jim Osborne, Herbert Parks, Joe Landrum, Claude Baker and Drew Blackwell. Mr. Jack Osborne made a busi ness trip to the city this week. The citizens of Parksville gave a community picnic atCat-b'sh springs last Tuesday. A large crowd at tended. Misa Marie Blackwell returned last week after a delightful visit to Miss Jennings of Columbia. Mrs. Lemie Talbert of Edenfield is Visiting at the home of Col. and Mrs. W. J. Talbot. # < Mrs. Robert Boyd and her daugh ter Miss Fi ances of Charlotte is vis itiug their grand mother and erraw father. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Parks. Misses Jennings and Blackweil will return soon to McCormick where they will enjoy a howse party given in honor of Miss Jennings by her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Robinson. Mrs. T. Garrett Talbert and fam ily are visiting relatives in your town. . Mrs. W. G. Blackwell will enter tain to-night with a garden party in honor of the Misses* Jeunings and Blackwell. Mr. and Mrs. M. White are re ceiving congratulations on the ar rival of a daughter. Mrs. W. J. Talbert, Mrs. Lemie Talbert, Permelia Jennings, Marie Blackwell, Eddie Talbert, B. F. Talbert and William Blackwell motored to McCormick last eve ning. Mr. Herbert Parks motored to Edgefield yesterday. On his return he will bring with him his sister, Miss Kathleen Parks, who has been on a visit to relatives and friends there. Dr. Joe Osborne made a flying trip to town last week. Miss Lizzie Osborno gave a de lightful watermelon cutting Mon day afternoon, after which the crowd went kodaking. Mrs. John Brimson of Augusta is here visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Mobley and daugh ter of Ninety-Six have returned home after a pleasant visit to Mrs. J. C. Parks. Mrs. C. A. Brimson, and Miss Emmie Brunson of Augusta motor ed here several days ago for a short visit to relatives. Mr. S. W. Talbert returned home a few days ago after a weeks stay in Columbia. Parksville, S. C. Rounding up Criminals Sheriff Swearingen and his depu ty, Mr. Homer Williams, have been rounding up the criminals recently and placing them behind the bi rs to face the bar of justice in August. They caught Jesse Thomas, colored, Thursday who had been stealing chickens from Mrs. Manly De. Loach. Jesse brought four tine Rhode Island Reds to Edgefield Thursday morning that he stole the previous night and was caught by Mr. Swearingen as he was about to dispose of the chickens, confessing the theft. ONE-YEAR COURSE. A Graduate Commends th< One-Year Agricultural ' Course of Clemson College. * . Seeing in your editorial column* a!n artiole concerning the one-yeai agricultural course, as given al Glenison, I beg lo say the follow ing Concerning this most valuable course: I ara writing this thinking that it may be of some benefit to othei boyland young men who may be contemplating taking this course. It Ts?in my opinion, the best short cours? of the kind given by any in stitution I know of. It would be of the greatest advantage to him through life. I would advise any one who can, to take the regular four-yjear course at Clemson, but if it is 80 he cannot take that, hy all means take the one-year course. A young man can get more real tech nical ;. knowledge concerning the fundamental principles of agricul ture, both theoretical and practical, than he can out of two years of the regular four-year course, for the first two years of the regular course is giv'?a up mostly to the academic department and to preparation along the first principles of agriculture. In taking the one-year course you leave jont. most of the academic studies and start at once on agricul tural Subjects. The one-year course is not)* substitute for the four-year course* but is a practical course laid out for those who are not able, and who ;f|?el that they have not the ti me,',, to take the regular course. The. purpose of the institution is to take.,;? young man off of the farm who is a farmer and make him a better-farmer, and to fit bira so that he wi(l be of more benefit to him self and community at large. The theoretical training that one gets(^R?1H?*Tiwtttot:on fits one-so that h? will be able to understand the technical side of the many great questions as brought out by the leading farm journals ?nd agricul tural books of the present day. Agriculture is wholly unlike it used tu be back in the nineteenth century when people farmed for just what they could get out of the land. They never thought of trying to improve or changing their methods of farming. They would clear a great field of virgin forest, and H hen it was worn out would clear another to be cultivated in the same haphazard way. Agriculture is a science which has been studied by many of our smart est men, such as Warren, Fletcher and Daggar, but there has never been nor will there ever be the time when new ideas and new thoughts will not be originated in the mind about agriculture and put into use and found practical, and to a good advantage to the farmers at large. There is a large field open to all agricultural students who are inter ested in the work to study the soils, plants and their needs. There has never been a man smart enough to learn all there was to be learned about agriculture, nor will there ever be. The one-year course at Clemson fits a young man so that he will be able to farm to a much better ad vantage, and to be of benefit to his entire community. It fits him so he will be able to take more interest in agricultural? meetings and to con duct general demonstrative work. A great many boys seem to think the one-year course is a sham for boys that have failed iu the fresh man classes to take this course get a certificate and say they have finish ed college, but if they try it they will find it altogether different, they will have to put in a lot of hard Btudy and perseverence to get through. He will also find a great many boys who have finished some of the leading high schools and in stitutions of this state and other states taking this one-year course. The presideut of Clemson said in his address to the class at our clos ing exercises that the' teachers we had come in contact with during the session made this expression that, "'we have had more satisfaction aud pleasure in teaching the one-year class than any other class in this college, for they all seem to adhere to the idea that they are here for just a short while and have studied faithfully to get all they could out of the course for the length of time / t Flying Squadron Visits Colliers. Sunday afternoon at 4 O'CIOCK the first series of temperance rallies and medal contests was held at Colliers. Antomobile parties carried about thirty men, women and children, from Edgefieid, about half of them taking part in the temperance de monstration. The good people of the Colliers community showed their sympathy for the cause by being present in large numbers and mani festing their usual splendid hospital ity. Two of the party went ahead in an open buggy expecting to reach Collier and consult witb the organ ist and other persons at Collier, and Mr. Littlejohn, as to the program, but while "Man proposes, God dis poses," for when these two had passed every means of shelter and had gotten into an open country, a cloud came up suddenly and unex pectedly, and their only protection was one green umbrella. They looked in vain fora friendly iree, or a hospitable home on the side of the road, and thought of the cry for immigrants which has been made for the filling in of vacant places in our county. Finally they saw in the distance, but too late to save their clothes, which by now were drenched, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus StrOin. riere under this friendly roof tree they took shelter. When they entered, they hoped that there would be tome one who could provide the necessary adornment to make it passible for them to pro ceed, but lo, and behold, everybody was as thin as a rail. Nevertheless Mrs. Strom said that once upon a time she had worn garments that would suit, but that of course they were not in style at the pres ent time. These they very thanet fully donned, and as soon as the rain abated, proceeded on their journey sadder, but wiser. The meeting was just as good, however, and everybody was just as happy as if it had never happened. Re*. J. T. Littlejohn conducted the exercises, leading in prayer, and announcing the songs. Th/sre were two contests for sil ver medals, cue by boys and girls of 10 and 12, who sang a temper ance story in song. These s.mgs were announced in last week's Ad vertiser, the first being Edward Peak, then Dozier Tompkins, Cor rie Cheatham, Francis Jones, Elea nor Mirna and William Jones, all wearing the Young Campaigners' costume. The judges were Mrs. B. B. Jones, Mrs. McMurrain of Edgefield and Miss Carrie Rich ol' Clark's Hill. William Jones was awarded the medal, his song called Youth's Victory. "When the liquor dealers hear us coming 'Tis then you'll see them running And at their rout, we all will shuut The song of Victory." The oratorical contest was as fol lows: C. ?. Littlejohn, "A Plea for the children." Florence Miras, "Sebastian Man ning's Dream/' Willie Peak, "The Second Elec tion." Onida Pattison, "Old Soapy;" Hortensia Woodson, *'The W in ning Crusade," and the last speaker , was J. T. Littlejohn Jr. The medal was awarded Miss Ouida Pal tison, Mr. G. D. Miras, , Dr. J. N. Crafton and Mrs. W. 8. ; Middleton being the judges. At the close of these contests, Dr. Pendleton Jones made a very stir- , ring and impelling address on pro- ! bibition. In spite of the very warm weather everybody would have been willing to listen much longer.' Dr. ' Jones interspersed his address with [ some very witty and interesting in cidents which cooled the atmos phere and added to the interest. The last number on the program was the famous "Dry Line," snow- , ing the states of the states, with l?e ( appeal to uncle Sam for a wuite South Carolina by little Elizaoeth ( Lott. Literature was distributed , as a souvenir ot the occasion, and ( "Vote Dry" 'buttons were worn by , the "Flying Sqadron." K. A. M. I they were here." This is the third class to finish this course, and they have averaged something over fifty each year. 1 hope to soon see lue time when this number will be greatly increased. ELB0T??CoTheSTj0ax;i H. G. Gardner. DEDICATORY SERVICE. Harmony Church Dedicated. Large Attendance. Inspiring Sermon by Bishop Kilgo. Feast Served. Equidistant from Johnston, Tren ton and Edgefield, in the heart of one of the most prosperous and most progressive rural communities in the state,stands Harmony church. The Advertiser congratulates the members of this church upon their splendid achievement in the erection of a beautiful and commodious house of worship, which is modern in every detail and in every respect adapted to the work , of the church and Sunday school. The building is constructed of biick at a cost about $ 12,000 and has a seating capacity of from 600 to 800. Probably no where else in tho State can there be found such a handsome church building in a rural community. Two Former Buildings. Harmony church was instituted or founded about 1844 and the original building was used until 1869, when it became inadequate and was sold to the colored people who moved it away and from it erected the pres ent Simmons' Ridge church, three miles north of Edgefield. In 1869 a large and more comfortable build ing was erected. The first sermon in the new church was preached Au gust 8, 1869, by Rev. J. T. Kilgo, the father of Bishop Kilgo. The church was formally dedicated Sep tember 19, 1969, the dedicatory ser? mon being preached by Rev. W. S. Black, D. D. The present building, the third to be erected by the Har mony flock upon this spot, was com pleted early in 1914. The first ser mon in the new building being preached by Rev. G. C. Hutchinson in March, 1914. It is the custom of the Methodists not to dedicate a house of worship until all indebted ness is.paid/.and for that formal dedication was postpone... Having paid all indebtedness upon the building, the dedicatory service was held last Sunday. ' Sremon by Bishop John C. Kilgo. Before the appointed hour arrived for the service to begin, the build ing was filled to its utmost capacity, the normal seating capacity having been increased by the addition of about 20t) chairs. Probably as many persons had to remain outside as were provided for in the building. Seated upon the rostuum were Bish op John C. Kilgo, his brother, Presiding Elder J. \V. Kilgo, Rev. J. R. Walker, Rev. B. J. Guess and. the present pa?tor of Harmony. Rev. J. H. Thacker. Rev, Mr. Guess served Harmouy as pastor about eight years ago. As most of the people present knew Bishop Kilgo, either person ally or by reputation, to be an in tellectual giant and a man of great spiritual power, one who has but few peers in the ministry of any faith or creed, they expected a powerful discourse, one altogether out of the usual order, and in this they were not disappointed. He began by giv ing his conception of the Deity as taught in the Bible and throughout the entire discourse emphasized the importance of teaching eternal truth rather than the things that are temporary and fleeting. Bishop Kilgo said God is not an inherent quality but when -He comes He comes from the outside and from above. He is not on a horizontal plane as would be a competitive force. He comes from the heights above and we ate commanded to look, to look up, and it is this pri mal or fundamental fact alone that distinguishes our religion from the religions that men have set up from human events and human history. Bishop Kilgo referred to the reli gion of the Greeks which was found ed on human ideals, without any eternal sovereignty, without any an chorage in faith. The Bishop said men are disposed to look for God on the dead-level of material things and as a result some have brought forth a scientific theology. But hejsaid, he wants no God that can be chemically analyzed or marked off by an engineer into territorial sections. By such reasoning you get nowhere. God placed himself in the tjternal heights far above men. He 3aid every description of G >d, whether in song or story, was sym bolic of premanency and inflexibili ty. He was compared to t^ijkwur -_--? (Continued on Fifth Page.) .