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VOL. 80 NO. 24 mrsssi JOHNSTON LETTER. Work Day" Observed For Or ph au age. New Century Ciub Active. Starr Wright Marriage. Mrs. Ella Perr}' Moore has pur chased from Mrs. Alice Cox one of her cottages in west Johnston ? and will s oon move here. Before her marriage Mrs. Moore made her home here and her friends are glad to have her back. As was previously announced, Saturday last wa? observed as work day by the members of the Baptist Sunday school and all that wa? made wa? to be given to the or phans. On Sunday morning when the various collections were taken it was found that $66.79 had been given. The graded system is now being tried in the Baptist Sunday school and five more teachers have been added to perfect the plan, lhere now being nineteen, these being Mrs. L. C. Latimer, Mrs. J. L. Walker, Mrs. Ona Reese, Mrs. A. P. Lott, Mr. John Hoyt, Mrs. P. C. Ste vens, Miss Lillian Mobley, Mrs. T. R. Denny, Mrs. J. A. Lott, Mr. J. A. Lott, Mr. Will Sawyer, Mr. James Edwards, Mrs. A. P. Lewis, j Mr. Cleveland Derrick, Mr. T. kl. Dennys Mr. W. L. Coleman, Mr. P. N. Lou, Mrs. P. N. Lott. The class rooms are now well divided from the main Sunday school room by curtains making each class pri vate. Mr. and Mrs. James White en tertained with a dining last Satur day and the day was pleasantly spent hy each one present. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Witt spent , "Sunday at Ninety Six in the home of Mr. William Parkman. ; Miss Emma Griffin of Newberry } is visiting ber cousin, Mrs. James P. Bean. " ? Mr. W. L. Mobley has accepted a position with Wise dry goods , company, Augusta, ;and next month ; his family will join him to make their home in this city. < Mr. David ?Strother who has been j I in North Carolina during the sum- , mer, is at home for a visit. ' ( Rev. M. L. Rester attended the . opening exercises of the Preabyteri- , an Seminary in Columbia recently. < Mrs. Pickeus Kiuard of Green- t wood is spending awhile here at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Lizzie j Smyly, who is ill. 1 Mrs. Pierce has gone to Mont- , gomery, Ala., to visit in the home t of her daughter. ] Miss Bessie Hitchcock arrived , from Richmond on Friday and will ? "spend the winter here in the home . of her sister, Mis. A. T. King. The j little daughter of Mrs. King who , has been speniiug the summer with ? her aunt, came with her. i Visitors here this week from Meeting Street were Mrs. Ida Ste- j vens and Mr. Lewis Stevens, Mr. ( and Mrs. J. K. Allen, M.astor John , and Miss Mary Lewis. j Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Allen of , falisbury, N. C., and Mir. and Mrs. , . J. Bone of Augusta were guests in the home of Rev. M. L. Hester last week. Now that the summer days are 1 drawing to a close, the club women ; find their thoughts drifting to club - work, and after a few months of ! rest from activities, the work is be- ' ing taken up with renewed energy and zeal by the members with new 1 thoughts and ideas. Especially in ' the New Century Club ia a year of profitable work and sweet fellow ship in view, for the program com mittee bas prepared lor the study course a delighilul year book, the subject of tue course, being "Wo men in literature.'' The first meet ing of the club was held with Mrs. J. A. Dobey, and Mrs.W. F. Scott, president, in opening the meeting, ygave pleasant greetings and spoke of the year's work. The treasurer's report showed the club in good con dition financially. The traveling li brary thai was promised ai the state federation is beiug arranged for shipment. Alter all business Mrs. J. W. Marsh took charge and the lesson study was enterco, imo, the ?abject being "Literature," aud this proved most interesting and profitable. "What is literature?" Mrs. H. D. Grant; "The dawn of .literature," Miss Eva Rushton; "The woiih ol literature," Mrs. J. W. Marsh: "How books are pre vContinued on Page Eight.) "AUGUSTA SPECIAL." m Will Put on Through Train From New York to Augusta. Additional Local Train. The Southern Railway announces the completion of details and ar rangements for the establishment of a new solid through train, to be known as the '''Augusta Special," and operated between Augusta, Co lumbia and Washington, D. C., with llnough Pullman sleeping cars between Augusta and New York City, to be eSs?tive, commencing Sunday, October 34. and continuing daily as a perman?nt train the year round. This train will have connection to and from Aik*w, M Trenton, and in the winter season through Pullman sleeping cars between Aiken and New York. The "Augusta Special" will be a high-class train in every respect, operating between Augusta and Washington over Southern Rail-j way, and between Washington and New York via Pennsylvania Rail road. The entire equipment, com prising mail, express, baggage cars, coaches, dining car and Pullman sleeping cars will be of steel con struction and electrically lighted throughout, with a fast schedule and but few stops. North bound, Uie "Augusta Spe cial" will leave Augusta at 1:15 P. M., leave Aiken 1:25 P. M., leave Trenton 2:25 P. M., arrive Colum bia 4:15 P. M., arrive Washington 7:00 A. M., aud arrive New York 12:57 P. M. South bound, the "Augusta Spe cial" will leave New York 1:08 P. M., leave Washington 7:00 P. AI., irriving in Columbia 10:05 A. M., irrive Trenton 12:25 P. M., arrive /liken 1:05 P. M., and arrive An-: ?ustaT?? P. M. The "Augusta Special," in both lirectious, will make regular stops, in addition to those mentioned, at Batesburg, Lexington, Winnsboro, Dhester, Rook Hill aud Charlotte, Sag stops at Fort Mill and Ridge way, and will make conditional ?tops at Johnston, Ridge Spring ind Leesville to take on or let off passengers for or from points North jf Columbia at which scheduled to itop. The Souther? Railway will also inprove its local train service be tween Columbi? and Augusta, com nencing the same day, Sunday, Oc tober 24, establishing No. 19 to leave Columbia 7:G0 A. M., and ar rive Augusta 10:25 A. M., and No. i \ 20 to leave Augusta 6:40 P. M. and ? \ irrive Columbia 10:05 P. M., mak ing all intermediate stops and with 3onnection8 to and from Edgefield. This new local service will be a jreat convenience to people going to Augusta and Columbia, and inter mediate points, to trade, and for jthet purposes, as it will give them practically an entire business day in aither place, with the opportunity af returning to their homes in the evening. President's Harrison's Interest. It is understood that this greatly improved service for Columbia, AL i ken. Augusta, Edgefield and the Ridge section, is the arrangement af President Fairfax Harrison, and is attributed in a large measure to the visit that Mr. Harrison and other high executive officers of the Southern paid lo theue points some time since, at which time they were favorably impressed with the oppor tunity for great development. It is felt that this splendid service will tend to strengthen the already strong friendly feeling toward the South ern Railway along the entire route of the train, and certainly at Au gusta, Aiken, Columbia and this general territory these trains should receive the greatest support. Advertising Aiken and Augusta. It is likewise steted that the Southern Railway will bend itr every effort toward bringing winter tourist visitors to Aiken and Au gusta. The majority of newspaper, magazine and other advertising done in the East, amounting in cost to thousands of dollars, will be in the interest of Aiken and Augusta. A personal advertising and solicit ing campaign, to last throughout the fall and winier, will be made by Southern Railway passenger repre sentatives in the East in order to properly establish the "Augusta Special," and attract travel to Aiken TRENTON TOPICS. Mrs. Courtney Entertained Friends. Mrs. Mathis Enter tained in Honor of Mrs. Moore. Mrs. .T. H. Courtney's lovely sup per party on Saturday evening last complimentary to Prof. and Mrs. H. W. Scott was a delightful affair. After supper Prof. and Mrs. Scott gave some beautiful musical selec tions which were thoroughly en joyed. Mr. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson college and Mr. J. B. Knight from Greenville were week end visitors at the home of Senator Tillman. Mrs. A. A. Wertz and Mr. J. B. VVTertz from Ninety Six were ?uests of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Swearingen during the past week. Mr. James A. Moss a prominent ind influential citizen of Washing ton, Ga., made a short visit to his relatives, Misses Mae and Carrie Harrison this w?ek. Mrs. J. D. Mathis entertained a few friends Friday morning for Mrs. C. H. Moore. Music and cards .vere enjoyed and at twelve o'clock Mrs. Mathis invited her guests in he dining room where a hot lunch ,vas served. Mrs. Austin Clark was a week end visitor at Wards. Mr. Peele Privette from Dar ington is another pupil of the ligh school here. He is with his lister, Mrs. J. H. Courtney. We welcome him. Miss Luc^ Quarles leaves here >n Thursday to make a visit to Mr. md Mrs. W. F. Roper in C.dnr?^ >efore she goes to take c ehool in Cheraw the donday. ^Mrs;-CHaYa^lveal^ v o m ed visitor here on & ruest of Mrs. Julia Holl; The prospect o.f a handsome new >rick structure for a school build ng is arousing deepest interest and iverybody is making a strong pull o pu; their school and community o the front rank as an educational jenter. At a recent meeting of the idies school improvement associa ion $2*0 was premised towards the urnishing of the school auditorium. There are already several plans uggested bv which this amount viii be raised. The first is a rum na?e sale which will begin next Saturday afternoon. Everybody has >roraised contributions and they ,re asked to seud them to Mrs. Wallace Wise or Mrs. F.P.Bryan >y Saturday morning. md Augusta, so that with the greatly improved service and the ff ort and force in advertising and oiiciting tourist travel to Aiken ind Augusta, these resorts can con- < idently expect the best tourist sea- ' on in their history. < Greatest Schedule Convenience. The "Augusta Special" has been < elected because it is the most con- ( renient for Eastern travel, both < sTorth bound and South bound, that i lould be arranged. By leaving Aa- \ fusta, Aiken and New York about j ?ne o'clock in the afternoon and arriving at these points, in either di- ] ection, about one o'clock the fol owing afternoon, this will afford , msinest? men the whole morning of ( me day in Augusta or Aiken and < he next entire afternoon in New fork, without losing a business ] lay, and vice versa. Passengers ; joing to Pittsburg, Buffalo, Roch istet, Boston and such points will j >e able to leave Augusta or Aiken j 1:16 and 1:25 P. M., respectively, >ne day and reach their destination ? luring the later hours of the fol lowing afternoon, by simply chang- , ing trains at Washington or New ?ork, as may be preferable, so that traveling between Augusta, Aiken ?id the most im poi taut cities of the North aud East, including New England, will hereafter require but one night on the road. These points are just used for illustrative pur poses, and, of course, the same thing will apply to all other points in ibis section. We carry a complete line of sta tionery, Ledgers, Type-writer paper, Type-writer Ribbons, Fountain Pens, Letter Fiies, etc. Everything for the office. W. E. Lsnch & Co. LEGUMES PAY. Mr. Stevens Writes of Success County Demonstration Agent Lott is Making With Legumes. Editor The Advertiser: There appeared sometime ago in your'columns a statement from P. N. .Lott, Farm Demonstration agent of Edgefield county, regard ing his crops. Special reference be ing made to the effect of vetch and clover in comparison with commer cial fertilizer in the production of crops. I am more and more con vinced that il: we farmers ever build up o*?c lands to profitable farming we must do it with legumes, sum mer and winter. Vetch and clover in winter and cowpeas, soy beans, velvet^beans in summer. Some of the ited't crops I have seen this year are on P. N. Lott's place. Cotton and cprn on clover and vetch sod and Vetch stubbles. On the clover sod no commercial fertilizers were used at all, while on the vetch stubble where a good crop of hay was produced a amall quantity of cottob seed meal and acid phosphate were used the corn will make at least 40 bushels, and the coito?< about 2,000 pounds of seed cotton per acre. A few years ago this land wae very thin, four hundred pounds seed cotton and 10 bushels of cora per acre would have been ?xn?dered a good croi . Now, Mr. Lott is growing two money crops on this land every year and his laud growing richer nli the while. If Mr. Lott can do this, why can't all of us do it? its trae some of us are beginning to rn'?1- ?nd niant, and. sow COW peas, hui jibr. ; ? .?. .' . ate; ?GT!SR ... . Winier "i : * ?;'?>. I I;?"*. ?0 aud see Mr. JUULI'S tarm wm oe nore than convinced that his meth ods are correct, and his teaching lound aud that we must spread out Tom patches to fields, if we expect ;o make farming a success. If it : Davs him will it not pay us? P. C. S. < Johnston, S. C. 1 Dealh of Mrs. C. M. Horn. ! The many friends of Mrs. C. M. Horn of the Mt. Zion community were grieved to learn of her death it 10 o'clock Tuesday morning Sep tember 21. Though she had been a continual sufferer for many months, she unly ?ook her bed a week before her i each. Before her marriage to Mr. Milledge Horn she was Miss Jose- 1 phine Donald. If she had lived until December , lext she and Mr. Horn would have ! seen married 4(J years. At the time , )f her death Mrs. Horn was in her 71st year. The funeral services were conducted at the Horn residence . Wednesday morning September 2*2. Her remains were laid to rest in the j Whitlock cemetery where those of me of her sisters had been placed >nlv a few months ago. Among the mmerous floral offerings brought jy loving hands was a beautiful J Douquet from her own garden. The deceased is survived by her msband and one sister, Mrs. John Whitlock. Mr. and Mrs. Horn had io children, though they ably rear- ' xl two orphan girls, Mrs. Bannum | jf Aiken and Mrs. Fannie Horu of 3 Augusta. For many years Mrs. Horn 1 aad been a faithful and active mem ber of Mt. Zion Baptist church. . Through all the years of her long life Mrs. Horn was a beacon light ! in our community. Her daily life 1 was marked by patience, gentleness and charity towards every one. Her broken hearted husband wish es to express his thanks to those who stood by his wife's bedside during her last painful hours. Sure ly the deepest sympathy of all who know him goes out to Mr. Horn in this hour of unutterable grief and loneliness. "Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose. But when the sun in all his state, Illumined the eastern skies, She passed through glory's morning gate And walked in Paradise." Mattie Shaw. Trenton, S. C. "UNCLE IV" WRITES. Rejoices Over Prohibition Vic tory. Speaks Affectionately of Old Comrade. Cotton Crop Short. How glad I am to know that my native state went for prohibition in the election on the 14th. I expected her to vote the curse of whiskey from hor borders and thou?h I didn't holler hurrah I thought it so strong that it amounted to the same and to know that Edgcfield county, my home for nearly 70 years, went against it to the tune of about ?* to 1 and my old home precinct 29 to 2. How glad I am to know it, and to Plum Branch I take off my bat and make a little aeroplane of it to her. Prohibition and no divorce law! Is there another state like her? Well, when we think of the leading Bpirits in her and at work for all that is good, it is not to be wonder ed at. Now, let every sheriff say and do what the sheriff of Lexington county says. I know the sheriff of old Edgefield will come up to his duty and be a strong second to Sam J. Miller of Lexington, if not in the lead. You wrote rae about shaking bands with "Old Mike" (Evan Mealing) at Sweetwater and I dream ed last night that I too shook his band. Well, I don't know but I may some day. One thing I do know, he was lo me during ihe war M true as a brother and I shall al ways love him for looking after tne, for I was a wild boy. He and [ bunked together aud he had a way of growling in his sleep and [ would have to wake him up so Lhat I could go to sleen first, "~ hs xy auu ii wasn't long before when t ie started his growling he would c tvake without being pinched. t Well, I have no news to write, j Cotton about all open and some < ibout through picking and if the i weather keeps good it will about all 1 }ut of the fields by middle of t next month. Colton bringing around t ll cents in Swainaboro. Up to Sep- i kember 1st, 1914, lhere were ginned \ in this county 3,146 and to same < late this year only 1,751 bales, but * he crops generally are two or three f ?veeks later this year than last. Vet \ it the ?ame lime, from what I can t earn, the crop this year will be 25 a sr 30 per cont ?ess lhan last year < ind some think 40 per cent. Corn i ?rops are as a geueral thing very ?ood and at least 50 per cent more ? kvill be made this year than last. c I write this while resting at noon ? Saturday. I send you a clipping I from the Forest Blade which will \ De good readiug to some in your ( jounty and will show something , ibout ihe cost of being a candidate m Georgia. ? We expect to move up near Har- ( em, Ga., as soon as we get our | jrops gathered. 1 Uncle Iv. < interesting Exercises by Sunday j School. i (Written for last week.) The Methodist 'Sunday school I jsed the temperance program last Sunday, cigarettes being the sub ject for the day. The following pro gram was carried out: < First, a blackboard talk by Mrs. ' B. Timmons. Second, recitation, "My body is ? I temple," by little Jeanette Tim- 1 mons. Third, a very interesting leaflet < by Mrs. Lovic Smith. i Fourtn, recitation, "The evolu- . lion of the pipe," by Master Allen ? Edwards. Fifth, another interesting leaflet < read and commented on by Mrs. T. H. Rainsford, and last but not least we enjoyed a short talk from our most worthy superintendent, Mr. B. ?. Nicholson. We sincerely hope that the facts so well given will sink deep into ihe minds of those present aud lhai. ihey will do some lasting good. A Member. New goods arriving every day, the latest ihings being constantly ad ded to our *toek. Come in to see us. J. W. Peik. CONDITIONS IN TEXAS'. Cotton Crop Short. Boil Weevil Active. Abundance of Corn Made. Prohibition a Success. Editor The Advertiser:- Well, ar 1 have a little leisure time this even ing:, I thought I would write a few linps to let yon know hqw we are getting along out here in Texas. We had a rain here on i he 15th that stopped cotton picking until this morning. We have weighed six or seven bales to-day and may get several more this evening We have weighed up to the present time 800 bales, about 500 bales more than we had received up to the pr?tent time last year but the storm we had in August whipped the cotton around so that nearly everything has open ed on it at once. A great many are getting about all that there is on it going over now. I don't think the cotton will make more than one third of a bale to. the acre. Last year Hill county raised ninety thousand bales, and the estimate now is about fifty thousand or a little over. The acreage wad oat lawn a good deal last spring and .he land planted in wheat, oats, iorn and other feed stuffs. So the farmers have plenty to run them iext year and some to sell. The norm we had in Aug**) cut the joiton crop a good deal. The tops jf the stalks looked like we had lad a heavy frost and it took some ,ime for it to start to growing:. Some has not started to grow yet. . Some has a full form on lop of the italk but unless the frost is late it viii not make anything . .,?.*. tull weevil ivin i: ?""ii*- i. . parts ur .he - ...-Mty :;. . north ot ??. The i'e~ dI IiiOJ O aie lu a ?yta?? "?Viii_ ,han they were last fall, for most ?very one bad nearly all thei?" feed o buy besides the big dry goods md grocery bills to pay but most ;f them have been slow about run ling in debt this year and have only >ought what they were compelled o have. I think last year taught hem a lesson that will lake them lome time to forget. I think the vheat acreage will be increased a food deal another year and prob ibly the oat crop al*o. They have 'ound out that it is easier to raise ?'hat they need at home tha.i to .aise cotton and buy everything. I un in hopes that that storm did not lo as much damage back there as t did out here. Well, I see fiom the paper? that South Carolin?, went dry at the (lection. Our county has been dry ibout fifteen years and there isa )ig difference now and when whis cey was sold in Hillsboro, oar sounty seat, but some men will get vhiskey as long as it is made. Well, the Germans and ibe allies tre still killing each other. The germans are running .the Russians Dut they have never demoralized the Russian army yet. They fight at ivery place they can make a stand. Winter will soon be on and if tho formans don't mind they will meet Napoleon's fate-have to make a ?vinter retreat. Well, I will dose wishing all ?>ack there a prosperous time. W. J. Rochelle, Brandon, Texas. Sterling Citizen Passed Away. While our sister town of John son feels very keenly the loss sos* rained through the death of Mr. Tillman R. Denny, the loss is not confined to Johnston. Edgefield and the entire county share in the loss. Mr. Denny had but few peers. A generation does not produce many men like him. Every phase of the community life of Johnston owes much to Mr. Denny's life and influ ence. Without bis helpful influence all down through the years, John ston would be a different town to day. Having .been faithful to God and his fellow man during bis earthly probation, Mr. Denny bas been called up higher. The Adver tiser extends sincere, sympathy io the bereaved loved ones. We have received a small line of Ladies' and Misses' Coat Suits. Also a full line of Ladies' and Misses' Cloaks. Rubenstein.