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VOL. 80 EDGEFIELD, & C., WED??SDAY, JANUARY 5, 1916 NO. 44 CHARGED WITH MURDER. Joe Grant, tho Negro Who Killed Durst in 1906, Brought Back to South Carolina. Joe Grant, the negro who is wanted for the killing: of a white man at Johnston in ]906, and vho has been resisting extradition from Pennsylvania, was brought to Co lumbia last night under heavy ?uard and lodged in the State pemte>tiary. The negro arrived at 7:40 on a special passenger train which was running in the place of 31, the Au gusta Special, which was ir a wreck yesterday morning. Giant was brought from Pennsylvania to Co lumbia by Sheriff Swearingen of Edgefield county. At the station he was met by two guards from the State penitentiary and they brought him up to the State House on a street car where he was transferred to another car and taken to the State penitentiary. The fight to get the negro Grant back to this State has been waged for several years. He was accused of killing Mr. Durst at Johnston in Edgefield county in 1906 and fled to Pennsylvania. A reward was of fered for his capture and he was?| rcognized by a detective while work ing in a barber shop in Philadelphia. After his arrest, he interposed every legal obstacle possible, and fough*. extradition to South Carolina. The then governor of Pennsylvania. Tenor, honored the requisition pa pers from the governor of South Carolina, but an appeal was taken to the courts, the case finally reach-, ing the United States supreme j, court. That tribunal as all others upheld the requisition, and then the ? new governor of Pennsylvania sud denly announced that he would not honor requisition papers. The ne Kjp'&rrant in his appeal to the ?T\veA* States supreme court made sensational charges to the effect that he could not get a fair trial in South Carolina owing to race prejudice. Attorney General Peeples and So licitor Tiuimerman made several trips to get the negro, and have used every effort to this end. Gov ernor Manning took the matter up actively, and in a letter to Governor Brumbaugh set forth that Grant could get a fair trial in this State, and he called on the Pennsylvania governor iu the name of justice to surrender the negro to the South Carolina authorities. Nothing was known of the mat ter again until Grant was brought here last night. He was in the wreck of the Augusta Special in Virginia Friday night and his name as well as that of Sheriff Swearin gen of Edgefield were sent out on press reports as among the number injured. Their injuries are said to have been only slight, however. Grant was very talkative when being brought from the union sta tion to the penitentiary and men tioned his trip and the wreck. He was well dressed, wore a neat look ing brown suit, overcoat and hat with black shoes which were fresh ly polished. He wore gold specta cles and appeared to be in good health. He complained of being tired from his long trip. The governor's oftiee last night refused to make known anything regarding the Grant matter of what developments had taken place which resulted in bringing him back to this state. The governor of Penn sylvania certainly had to honor the requisition for the Sheriff of Edge field to get the negro, but his rea sons for doing so are not known. Grant will be taken to Edgefield and tried on an indictment charg ing him with murder, the indict ment having been returned against him several years ago. It is pre sumed that he will be kept in the penitentiary until court of general sessions convenes at Edgefield.-Co lumbia Record. HELP YOUR LIVE?-IT PAYS. When your liver gets torpid and our stomach acts queer, take Dr. ''ing's New Life Pills and you will nd yourself feeling better. They urify the blood, give vou freedom rom constipation, biliousness, diz iness and indigestion. You feel "ne-just like you want to feel, lear the complexion too. 25c at ll druggists.-1 TRENTON LETTER. flany Social Functions During The Holidays. Asparagus Growers Meet and Elect Officers. The Christmas holidays were giv en ap to festivities and gayeties of all kinds for the young people, the older folks enjoying spend-the-day parties, which really meant family reunions, they within themselves meaning real joy to the participants. Possibly the largest and most elab orate party given this Christmas was that of Miss Sadie Long. These affairs have become annual. All the young people are united and they ook forward to the next from the time the good-byes are said and peace and good will and Christmas cheer always predominate. Another very large and much enjoyed affair was the party given by Miss Ethel Harrison known as welcoming the new year. The evening was happily spent and 1916 was greeted with bells, songs and fireworks. Other parties that were not quite so large but very delightful, were those giv en by Miss Orrie Sabe Miller, Miss Ruth Salter, Misses Fannie and Sabe Miller. At a recent meeting of the local asparagus growers association Mr. D. R. Day was elected president, . Mr. J. M. Vann secretary and treas ?rer and Mr. Leslie Eidson general uanager. The next meeting of the ' south Carolina asparagus growers ? issooiation will meet at Williston ' ;he 10th of January and all who 1 ire interested are urged to attend. I Mrs. Clara Durisoe Shealy from ( Satesburg visited Mrs. Julia Hoi- : and during Christmas. 1 Mrs. Emily M an get and Mr. S. 3. Manget went to Batesburg for a r lew year's dining, guests of Misses fc Lizzie and Lucile Cullum. 1 Mrs. Leslie Eid*on ?pent 11 Christmas holidays with relatives n Anderson. Mr. Preston Wright, Miss Kath- | een Wright and Miss Miriam Hol- a and from Winston-Salem, N. C., ^ ipent part of of the past week with f drs. Julia Holland. Their host of v riends gave them a hearty welcome. c Mr. and Mrs. WilL Walker, Miss 8 ^nnie Laurie Walker and Mr. Geo, balker, Jr., from North Augusta . vere guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. doss on Sunday. Miss Walker will e einain throughout the week. Misses Marion and Corine Clark . lave returned home after a visit to rliss Matilda Ward at Bethune. Mr.J.N.Fair of Horn's Creek en ertained with an elegant six o'clock . tag dinner on Saturday, his guests >eiug bis relatives and neighbors. c iospitalitr, retinement arid a feel- 3 ng of at home permeated the en ire surroundings. Among the college boys and girls rho added sunshiue and gladness o the social life of Trenton during he holidays were, Misses Fannie ? kliller, Helen Clark, Ethel Harri- fc on, Mattie Lou Long, Lu jiie Smith, c llarie and Debbie Mae Marsh, 1 ?ulis and Ruth Padgett, Messrs. ? William Boukuight, Geo. Day, 1 William Wise, Teague Hunter, j Miss Lola Hunter bas returned to \ .esume her school duties at Clyne ifter spending Christmas at home. i Lola is a general favorite and there- 1 "ore her home coming is always 1 welcomed. Mrs. Rudolph Swearingen was t lostess at a lovely dinner party on ( saturday entertaining about twenty- i ive of her friends and relatives. < Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Day have < returned home after spending sev eral days with Mr. and Mrs. Ste- ' vens at Belvedere. I Mrs. F. P. Bryan entertained a few friends at cards on Friday 1 evening. Miss Fannie Harrison who has made Her home in Washington, D. C., for the past few years is visit ing her sisters, Misses May and Carrie Harrison, and all of her friends are happy to see her. Miss Mattie Harrison who is a wonder in music returned to Coker college on Monday to complete her course. She will return to us in June a full Hedged graduate. Mrs. Leila Leppard from Colum bia was among the welcomed Christ mas visitors. Misses May and Carrie Harrison gave a beautiful dining during the noiulays complimentary to their visiting sister, several outside friends enjoyed this delightful oc casion. FERTILIZER OUTLOOK. Secretary Houston Issues a State ment. Nitrates Pleniful. Potash and Phosphate Very High. Washington, January ?.-A gloomy view of prospects fo: fer tilizing next year's crops is prisent ed in a statement iosued to-da? by Secretary Houston, of the depart ment of agriculture. Relief measures undertaken hy the department since the European war disrupted the American pios ph ite industry and cut off potash imports from Germany will b?lp, the statement says, but they o?er slim possibilities that the Ameritan farmer will get a small part of the fertilizing materials necessary lor his needs. Nitrogenous fertilizers alone will be available in the quan tities needed. The Secretary takes up first th? potash supply, long since exhausted in the United States by the German embargo on shipments. Investiga tion, says his statement, has shown four sources of supply in the coan try, but none immediately availa ble. These are the help of the Pa cific coast, alunite deposits in Utah, feldspathec rocks in the East and the mud of Searles Lake, California. Manufacture from feldspar has been found to be feasible, but the 30tit is high. Development of Searles Lake deposits presents tech nical difficulties and title to the property is involved. Manufactur es are experimenting now, the itatement says, with alunite. Kelp s offered as the best material. Three large concerns have begun nanufacture from kelp and Gov (roment experts will be sent to the 3acific coast to aid in the experi mental'work > ? ... . Slow rrOuuction. Production ?viii be slow for a ong time, the Secretary points out, ,nd demand for potash in other in lustries is so great that none raanu actured in the United States pill be available soon for agri ultural purposes. His statement ays: "The prices offered under exist ng conditions by the manufactur rs of articles will cause practically he entire output of these concerns o be diverted from the fertilizer ndustry. It would require ninety >r more plants, costing approxi nately $50,000, and having an ope ating capital of 25,000 each to pro luce the quantity needed for agri ?ulture. This would involve the .ssumption that commercial phases >r the problem were satisfactorily olved. The department is con idering all phases of the situa ion." The crippled state of the phos )hate industry is attributed to the ligh price of sulphuric acid, much >f which is being used now in the nanufacture of war munitions. The >rice has jumped from $5 to $25 a on. Demand for the acid is so ?eavy that abandoned plants are be na refitted for its manufacture. The bureau of soils meanwhile i-J experimenting with the manufac ture of phosphoric acid as a substi tute for sulphuric. Nitrite prices have advanced since .iie war began, but there is an abun laut supply of nitrogenous fertiliz ng material and the department is endeavoring to find methods to cheapen the cost of manufacture. The Secretary concludes with a warning to farmers to conserve all fertilizing materials on the farm. He urges crop rotation, proper use of fertilizers and also use of lime to increase productivity of the soil. A New Deputy Sheriff. Mr. Homer Williams has resign ed as deputy sheriff and Mr. D. D. Brunson has been appointed to suc ceed Mr. Williams. Sheriff Swear ingen has had a faithful assistant in the person of Mr. Williams and Edgetield gives him up with keen est regret, he having decided to re turn to his farm in the Gilgal sec tion. A better selection could not have been made than Mr. Brunson as Mr. Williams' successor. He is the eldest son of Mr. W. P. Brun son, a sober, steady young man of sterling qualities. Mr. Brunson is making his home with his uncle, Mr. N. L. Brunson. ONE STAR STATE. Ed Heav Rains in Texas. Prbhi bifcnists at Work. Conf?d ?r? Veterans' Camp Formed. ?or The Advertiser: It has '"at last, being the first we id'since the 28th of May. It co ni razeed to rain yesterday even ing ahjpt* one o'clock and it has been rwning all last night and all ?lay taffav. The land'being so low, level afii flat the whole earth looks ise a tyke of waterabout shoe deep. [ tell joh, Mr. Editor, we old wid mers ^ud old widoWand old bache ors an* old maids are having a lard tithe all shut np in doors just leepin??-out and asking if it is still .ainin?i hoping that it may stop so ve can get out calling to-morrow. i ut I think if they get out very ar, they will mash a heap of mud or some of the ladies are large and leahy SOO to 250 pounds. They nake rn. think of two old men near r'arksviile. After their wires died [ thought they were the nearest ;razy ni. n to get married again I ;ver saw. They ran ? ,*fcry school ?acher and young girl- from 17 pears old up to*death trying to j ;ourt them. Thrt?cen would tell he young gi dB ?^bjL.loved ;hem an i asked? Biadn't .ather bi an ol<fl E: tha" i young man s', >r old fellows did tinrfl - M MT l)0^] )f them had t J l: Bpids but nighty u.ujr # v ?aought it ooked n/%M f ff if it had ?cen a y, ^^H?I^^-oUgh I don't nuch fi^M men if they :an fool Mr. E<-^H :HfTive joined the old loldiers' Jr ?re- T?ert? are verv ew old JB ? here, only about 2. T'vjH _BL?3r" joining and nake it lively. We met last Thurs lay and we had nine ladies with is. We took our Confederate flag ,nd marched down to the art gallery .nd had our pictures taken in a froup, the ladies were in it too. Ye went back to the hall and the adies served refreshments. We had a ine time eating and talking to the adies but Mr. Editor after all noth ng like old Edgefield and the big nd welcome dinners that those ;ood ladies there give us every May. never shall forget the pleasures ,ud good dinners that I have had ,t old Edgefield with my old broth r comrades. I am glad and proud to see old 'arksville coming up again to the ront with her fairs. She had the ame thing a few years ago and it eemed to be just fine. Four of the best ladies of Sin on started out with a petition to rot every voter to sign it asking for in election for prohibition They ay they will carry the whole ounty. I know they would if they vould leave the Mexican out of it. They tell me a man can take a little vhiskey and a dollar or two and 'Ote them any way. But undei the aw you can't keep them out, or the legro either. Mr. Editor, this Baptist church ?ere has had a debt of $300 hang* ng over it now for two years or nore and my son being the pastor jreacbed a sermon on indebtedness. Sis text was "Owe no man auy .hing" and at the close he told the .hurch that he now wanted the noney to pay that debt and told the deacons to go around through the jougregation and get every dollar :hey could raise. To my surprise they got $280 and they said they would get the balance the next day, which they did and the debt is paid. Court convened here yesterday the 13th and the ladies who had srone around with a petition asking for an election for prohibition took the petition in court and presented it to the judge and the judge had it put on file and ordered the election to come off on the 31st inst. So the fight starts to night. A great prohibition rally will be held in town to-night. The good ladies are working,hard to put a stop tc the whiskey traffic in the town and not only the town but the county They have the Baptist pastor and a host of good men at their backs pushing it for all they are worth The Mexican, negro and the rici men who are running this whisker business are against them. J. J. Garnett. Sinton, Texas. HARDY'S HAPPENING. -. -- Happy and Joyous Holiday Sea son. Christmas Tree ?at School. Annual Moving Season On. Christmas has come and gone for the year 1915. The day dawned beautifully bright, calm and pleas ant, though there were some clouds floating around. Christmas festivities began Thursday at Miss Mary Townes little school, called "Cemetery Hill." Miss Mary and her mother decorated the tree, and Santa Claus came and called the children up to receive the gifts which were very numerous and beautiful. The tree was beautiful with lovely orna ments, myriad lights and glittering tinsel. Miss Mary invited the other children of the neighborhood but from some cause we have not learn er!, only Mrs. Briggs and Howard, Mrs. S. V. Bunch and Mrs. Harry Bunch with her four children at tended. Of course Mrs. Townes was already there and we forgot to say the older folks were invited to brine: the children. The older ones were made happy to see how very happy the dear little children were as they went home laden down with good and pretty things. According to promise Mr. Harry Bunch's chil dren had a tree, and I venturo to say there never were four more for tunate children in Edgefield county than those are. They have 115 presents between the four of them. Mary and Emma were the happiest little girls in the world with their four dolls each to nurse and get to sleep. Veritable litttle mothers. Oh we do hope the little darlings may. always be as happy for Christmap as tbe.v ;"?ki;?eJ8Tou?d. W?w?re \iery < J -y ?Vlrs. Harry JC/L?UOU WHV Su disappointed by the rain coming which kept her from maki?g her home folks a visit. Mr. Herbert Bunch left 24th for Quitraan, Ga., to spend the holi days with his cousins, the Ushers. Mr. Walter Bunch came up from Charleston to visit his mother. Mrs S. V. Bunch; and returned Sunday. Mrs. Luta Raymond is visiting friends in Augusta. Mrs. Silas Medlockand two boys, are visiting Mrs. Frances Townes for the holidays. We are sorry to hear cf Miss Carrie Ransom's extreme illness at ! her home in Augusta and hope for j her a speedy recovery. She, it may be remembered, is an expert trained nurse. Nurses too, have to succumb sometimes to sickness. Mr. Milton Barker we are elad to see has come to make our neigh borhood his home. We hope Miss Emmie Lanham's entertainment was a perfect success in every respect. Mrs. Tom McKieand Miss Adilee MoKie spent Christmas at the home of Mr. L. W. Reese. Mr. L. S. Reese came up from Beech Island to spend a few days at his father's, Mr. L. D. Reese, and we suspect to see some one else. Miss Williams, the teacher of the Moore road school, left on the 2uth to visit her brother. Miss Barker of the Gardnerville school left on the 18th for ber home in Tennessee, taking with her pretty, sweet little Beatrice Stevens to spend the holidays and have a good time, which we are sure she will have. But we do feel so sorry for one lonely heart left behind. We are afraid he has not had a joy ous Christmas. Mr. Ernest Cogburn we hear, moved last week up to the Floyd place on the Moore road. The seasjn is at hand for changes. Mr. Ivy DeLaughter we hear will move over to the piney woods, Mr. Adams' place, to try and dodge the chills. We also hear Mrs. Lilly De Labghter will move back to her own place near the river over in "the corner. Mr. Bess Thurmond will move up in the Red Oak Grove sec tion pretty soen. We are glad to heir Mrs. McKie Scott is able to leave the hospital in Augusta and has come to Mr. Hugb Scott, Jr., in North Augusta and hope she may soon be well ano strong. Wishing every one a happy new year. Hardy's. JOHNSTON LETTER. Beautiful Tribute to Mrs. J. H, Allen. Week of Prayer Ob served. Golden Wed ding Celebrations. i _^_ To those of us, her relatives and friends who knew and loved her, the death of Mrs. J. Horde Allen of Edgefield, is a keen sorrow and to the memory of this sweet sainted spirit, we would place a wreath of immortelles. The world is better for such a life, pure, sweet and gaile less-a woman of character and gentle force, ruling always by love she drew and held friends by the magnet of unselfish love. She em bodied all, in the loving wife, the tender mother, the dutiful daughter and affectionate sister, the sincere Christian, the kind and sympathiz ing friend. In all her life she was never known to speak unkindly and her gentle influence will be missed by all, and beyond words in the home where she meant so mach. "Many rise up to call her blessed." The mound of flowers that covered her grave, stood as a mute symbol of affection in whioh she was held. With boundless trust, faith, pare and clear, she now rests within the bosom of her Saviour whom she loved to serve. Her death has oast a heavy pall over the lives of her dear ones, but the memory of her life should be a comfort and as a sweet fragrance in their deep sor row. God's ways are mysterious and we can never doubt His wisdom in taking our loved ones-perhaps it , is to lead us along the dreary pas sage. She has passed on first. ' "Weshould not dread the voyage whioh is to come, Some one of our loved ones has gone first has seen it-how it ia, .And is waiting nearby, loving, W3,f,hin?r. To bring us honie." Those from Johnston who at tended the burial of Mrs. J. H. Allen were Mesdames M. E. Wal ker, A. C. Mobley, P. N. Keesee, Ollie Hamilton, M. T. Turner and O. D. Black, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lucas Walker, Dr. and Mrs. G. D. Wal ker, Mr. Miras Walker, Misses Frances and Bessie Ford Turner, Zena Payne, Elberta Bland, Orlena Cartledge, Mrs. J. A. Lott, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mobley, Mr. and Mr?. Will Ready, Mr. J. C. Lewis, Mr. W. P. Cassells. The women of the Baptist church 3?'e observing this week as a special week of prayer for foreign missions. The Baptist choir will at an early (date begin practicing a cantata which will be had in the church au ditorium. The town of Johnston is named for Capt. Johnston conductor of the train passing on this line when the town came into exi-tenoe. A few weeks ago upon the death of Capt. Johnston's daughter, Mrs. Andrews, of North Carolina, it was found in her will that she had left $500 to this town, (this to be used for a drinking fountain, and her re quest was that South Carolina gran ite be used in the construction. The gift is greatly appreciated by the town and in accepting it, ber wishes will be canied out as near as pos sible. The first Sunday of the new year the Baptist Sunday school started out with 215 in attendance and a collection of $7.12. Christmas day was a very happy one for Mr. and Mrs. Owiugton S. Wertz, and others besides, for on this day they passed the fiftieth mile stone of their married life. They had with them on this'occa sion all of their children with their families. These were Mesdames Taylor Goodwyn of Greenwood, DeSass ure Hogan of Congaree, and H. W. Crouch of this place; Messrs. Getsen, Claud and Wilber Wertz of Columbia, and Leroy Wertz of Belton. A picture of the entire family was taken. The day was brightly and merrily tjpent by this loving circle and all good wish es were for this couple. A regular ante-bellum wedding feast was served during the day. Misses Bessie ?and Isabel Bean entertained last Wednesday even ing aud the younger set passed one of the pleasantest evenings cf the Christmas tide. Delightful refresh ments were served. On last Wednesday Mr. Sumter Mitchel and Miss Eva Quattlebaum (Continued on Fi Uh Page.)