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(?lAtni Newspaper Un jimtfh (talina EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, ?9I6 NO. 10 JOHNSTON LETTER. Death of Mr. Henry C. Watson. Baptist Minister Accepts Call Cantata Friday Evening. Mr. Henry Watson died here on Friday al one o'clock at the home of his mother, Mrs. Virginia Wat son. About a year ago, he cam? here from Edgefield, his health hav ing failed, and daring the time he has had skillful medical attention and the most devoted and loving attention of his loved ones, but, for some time, it was seen that be was nearing the borders, and his spir it gently wended its way to the bright land where sickness and suffering are no more. Mr. Watson had many warm friends for he was a young :.man of a genial, kindly disposition and of an unselfish spir it. He has lived a life of honest en deavor and strictest integrity. The funeral services were conducted on Saturday at the home, and later the body was carried to Span n's ceme tery at Wards, where the interment was made besides the graves of oth er relatives. Besides his devoted mother to mourn him, are left ten brothers and sisters: Messrs. S. J. Watson, Luther Watson and Edgar Watson, Mesdames Luther Lott, J. .Neil Lott, Fletcher Wright. O. W. Padgett, Shelton Sawyer, Spann Toney and Miss May Watson. In the recent fire of Augusta, there was a twelve year-old lad whose nome was burned and and he lost his clothing, his chief regret being the losy of his new suit, which he had never worn. At his employ ment it is necessary that he be neat ly attired. There have been many beautiful acts done and the follow ing was prompted by a warm-heart ed mother who never intended that her right hand should know what her left was doing. The lad received a nice new suit of clothing besides ?x7r?is??j^i^??_3iid~^^ learning of this, published the let ter, which had accompanied the box, so the loving deed was known of. The generous woman was Mrs. A. W. Horne of our town. Rev. W. S. Brook of Danville, Va., has accepted the call to the , pastorate of the Baptist church and will enter upon his field of labor as soon as the health of his wife per mits, she at present being in a hos pital. The church is greatly de lighted upon his acceptance. Field day at Edgefield was one of much enjoyment to all who at tended from here, and had the weather been favorable, almost the entire school would have been rep resented and many more patrols and friends. Although it was a dis appointment not to see the parade and other features omitted, the pro 'grara as carried out, the cordial hospitality and pleasant interrr'jg ling with friends and many rela tives, made the day one of ut.usual pleasures. At the last meeting of the New Century club held with Mrs. James Strother, the chief business was the election of delegates to the state federation in Anderson May 9-12. Mrs. William Scott and Mrs. H. D. "Grant were elected delegates, Miss Eva Rushton alternate. The study period conducted by Miss Martha Watson was very pleasant, the subject for the afternoon being **A group of writers for young peo ple." Anna Letitia Barbould was the originator of Juvenile books. The other writers studied were Mrs. T. D. Whitney, Margaret Sidney, Loise Chandler Moullon. Mary L. Booth, Sarah Bolton, Miss Mont gomery, Miss Ewing, Mrs. Meade, Annie F. Johnston, Eleanor Porter. The hostess, with her daughter, Miss Gertrude Strother, and Mrs C. P. Corn, made the social hall hour greatly enjoyed and all wen served with a prettily arranged sal ad course. The home was decorated with quantities of dogwood anc honeysuckle blossoms. Sincere and cordial interest i? manifested in the announcement oi the engagement of two of Jonston'i beloved young people, which ap peared as follows in Sunday's state "Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Torap kins announce the engagement o their sister, Miss ?Petulah Elethi; LaGrone, to Mr. Frank Stan fon Bland, the wedding to take plac< May 9, at Edgefield, the horne o Mr. and Airs. Tompkins." Mr. and Mrs. Walter Addisoi of Shelton, and Rev. Perrin Cog Budget of News From C Spring. It is thought that the fruit < is all killed. We are counting the blackberry crop. Mrs. L. G. McCIendon is q sick with pneumonia, but is thou to be some better to day. Mom Mr. Rose Thomas, of Anden was to see his sister, Mrs. Lei don, yesterday. Mr. J. D. Q nari es had toe i fortune of having his leg bro some days ago. Our school will close here ? 12. There will be several speec made that day. The names of speakers will be announced la There will be dinner on the grou Everybody is invited to enme : spend the day with the Red I graded school. Miss Alpha Hammond has a la class in music. Mr. Tom Brown visited friei in our town Sunday. He came o in his new Ford. Mr. Frank West has a contrac saw a million feet of lumber. Mr. Willie Quarles is*the cha pion fisher of our community, has great succ?s* with the fin tribe. We return many thanks him for the nice fish that came Rose Cottage. The union meeting of the seco division will convene with the ( hobotb church Saturday before t fifth Sunday. Of course you i going, for everybody loves to f o Rehoboth. Mr. George Quarles made a bu ness trip to Augusta last week. Mr. Levi Holmes is visiting hoi folks for a few days. He will turn to his school duties in Atlar next Saturday or Monday. Rose Cottage. Cold Spring, S. C. Pay Your Road Tax. The law provides that unie those who are liable for road du pa3' the ?2 commutation tax by Mi 1, a penalty or fine of ?5 will imposed upon each delinquent. B? ter pay '3 two dollars by t! first of May than have to pay ; after that date. The road tax c: not be paid in work. Better wa up with the cash at once. burn, of Hampton, have been vis ing relatives. Mr. M. W. Clark has been ill f? the past week with pneumonia. The cantala on Friday evenir in tiie school auditorium promis? to be the feature of the week. Mrs. James Jay and little Edi spent the week-end in Edgefie! with relatives. The meeting of the Mary Ar Buie chapter held with Mrs. A. I Harrison was a very full one ro tine business and other matter Marking the graves of all veterai buried in rut al cemeteries was di cussed and it was the wish of tl chapter that every grave have tl iron cross marker. A number of tl: graves have already been markec In the proposed library of the Ne Century club the chapter will ci operate by giving books of Coi federate history. Further plans wei made for the rose show and the dal set for April 2S, subject to ?chang? The directress of the Angeline Bi con chapter reported the youn Daughters as greatly interested an they have taken up some d?finit form of study as outlined by hist? riau general. This is an importar work in instructing the children i this line, for if the truths of Cor federate history are to be pr?serv?e herein is the best way. Mrs. Jamt White who represented the chapte at the district conference in Barn ' berg gave an excellent repart of th day's proceedings.After all busines 1 Mrs. O. D. Black historian too charge, and the historical sessio ' was enjoyed. Three splendid papen * all original, were given. Voca duet, "In God's garden of roses, Mesdames H. W. Crouch aud I S. Maxwell; paper, "War," Mrs J. A. Dozier; paper, "Colton an I cotton gin," Miss Emmie Wrighi ? piano solo, Miss Emma Bouknight 3 paper, "Recollections of the Dasi, - Mrs. B. L. Allen. : Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kneece o " Ridge Spring spent the week-en< f here in the home of Mr. M. W i Clark. 1 Mrs. J. A. Lott attended th 3 missionary institute held at Aikei f the first of the week. Mrs. James White was the gues a of her aunt, Mrs. McCartha, at Ai - ken during last week. MCCORMICK COUNTY. Visitor in McCormick Writes Impressions of the New County and County Seat. During" the last session of the General Assembly I had the pleas ure of meeting a number of folks living in the section composing the proposed New County of McCor mick, among them. Dr. D. A. J. Bell. I found that Dr. Bell had a treatment that I had long needed to restore me to health, and am now here under his care. I am sure that' I will be glad of having met him as I am already benefitted. This is so different from our section that I ara writing something about it. It is a nice little town about forty three miles above Augusta on the C. & W. C. Railroad and is also the terminal of the Anderson branch. It has two churches, an excellent high school and a good .newspaper. The town is populate! by a truly hospitable people, two banks and a goodly number of bu siness places that supply the needs of the town and surrounding com munity. Backed by a sturdy class of intelligent farmers, (about twen ty new farmers recently moved in) having good homos, and the culti vation show that they are workers, and that they do not depend on I cotton altogether. They are so situated that they are a good dis tance from a court house, and al irost equally near Abbeville, Edge held and Greenwood. I rode through a portion of each oe the above counties in a distance of about two miles. Travel in each of these counties is restricted to a degree during wet weather. The railroad facilities do not enable them to reach their respective court houses easily. So out of a part of the three counties they have been and are now trying_to__geL^i new coantj with this as the court house town. It is admirably suited for it in many ways. The country roads ail converge here, while the rail roads would serve the proposed new county well. An election was held in 1905, and was carried for the new county by a majority of four to one, but the opponents won out for the reason that the required area was lacking. At another elec tion held in 1914-, the vote in its favor was six to one, but was again put aside. The third was held in 1915 with an equally large majori ty in its favor, but still the matter is unsettled. The last legislature having created the New County de pending upon the Supreme Court lo decide the technical and consti tutional questions involved, and another session has been called for April 12, which will doubtless de termine the final outcome. I have never seen a people so determined as these, and I ara afraid that if they are disappointed by the deci sion of the court that some of them will be sour the balance of their lives. The same may be true of some of the opponents, but they are few, in fact, I have the first one yet to meet I hope they will get the New County for they certainly de serve it. There is lots of history about this place and community. There is a noted gold mine from which during the few years preceding the civil war with slave labor one of the citizens extracted about a half million dollars ail of which there is record and it is believed that an j equal amount was extracted during the war of which there is no record. At any rate it made the owner a rich man. The mansion which he erected is still in good condition, though needing repair, and if near er the town would be very valuable. The vein of gold was lost after the war, and the property is now owned by a company, and will likely be developed if the missing vein is found which will prove of great value. Small rocks are lying on their property in which small specks of gold are plain to the eye. The famous De La Howe proper ty of several thousand acres is near here and is in the proposed new county. Lrnder his will this prop erty was left for an industrial school for poor children, int the closing years of the seventeenth century. It is indeed a picturesque place, with grand views stretching for many miles over hills and valleys. It has been maintained under the HELPFUL CONFERED Sunday Schools of Colui District Held Conferer* Graniteville. Large Attendance. - Editor". ?dgefield Advertiser: Friday at noon the Meth S an day school conference of Columbia district closed one ol most! pleasant and profitable ses: in its'history. The conference vened on Thursday morning at 1 o'clock, and for four conseci sessions interest and onthus were unabated. From the various charges sev delegates were assembled. Dr. W- K?lgo, presiding elder, present and presided over the ference in his usual unassuming masterful manner. An intere? programme was prepared some w ago and this was followed, but eral discussions on the floor kep terest and enthusiasm at high pi At the concluding session the < ference- adopted the follow recommendations as its goal for year: "We recommend that the Sun sobools af the district have as a < i nita goal, an increase in members in the various schools great enoi to equator surpass the church m bership;; "WO;further recommend tba cradle roll, a home department ? an organized teacher-training c be inaugurated in every Sum sehooljof the district. "We! recommend that Sum schoolj.'^pnfercnees be held in various.-charges of the district, t these iciaiiferenees be arranged harmony/with the plans of our fi seeretarjttand under the supervis of the plaiding elder. "We; secommend that child re day. be'^served in every church thedb^V "Finally we recommend tl classes be organized among adul seniors aud intermediates and ? rolled in Nashville as Wesl classes. Moreover thal all orgi ized classes plan for delegates Sumter for the federation of Bil classes in July." Among those appearing on t programme were the following: I Jas. W. Kilgo, Columbia; the Re W. 'C. Owen, Spartanburg; the Re B. R. Tuinipseed, Columbia; t Rev. A. E. Driggers, Aiken; t Rev. C. E. Peele, Leesville; the R: Hamlin Etheridge, North August the Rev. J. H. Montgomery, Aike the Rev. T. A. Shealey, Ridgewa the Rev. D. W. Keller. Columbi the Rev. J. A. Bledsoe, Fairlie county; A. L. Gunter, Edgefiel and J. L. Quinby of Granitevill The conference feels deeply i debted to the Rev. W. C. Owe field secretarv of the two annu conferences in South Carolina, f< his presence and for his earnest, i structive messages. The pastor of the Methodist Epi copal church, Graniteville, the Re D. N. Griffin, his faithful chun officials and the people of Granit ville spared themselves no efforts make the delegates of the confe ence comfortable while in the midst. Graniteville is a beautif town-in a beautiful valley, and tl spirit of the people certainly reflec their surroundings. The conference will meet at Swai sea next year. A. L. Gunter, Secretary. terms of the will and should ha> help from the State to further d velop and maintain it. The orig nal owner must have indeed bee inspiied, for he certainly was ii ahead of the times in which he Iii ed. He did not foresee the coniin of the modern cotton factory, how ever, for he specified that the girl should be taught to card and spir Another provision was that ma tresses should be made from th leaves of beech trees. Of cours some of the provisions are to-da impricticable, but it is valuabl property to the State and should b utilized, cutting out of course, th provisions that are not in keepinj with the times. There are many other things o interest of which I could write, bu as tb s is aire..dy long enough, will close. I. S. Hutto. McCormick, S. C. Edgefield [County Celebra Field Day. (Reported by Prof. Copenhavet Despite the very worst possi weather, about fifteen hundred p pie assembled at Edgefield, Frid April 7 to celebrate Edgefield co ty's annual field day, Rain preve ed the parade of school childi and the entire program was curt: ed. All indoor eventfl, however, w< held. The schools assembled in t auditorium of the high school bui ing and were entertained with re? ing8 by the teachers and studei ?present until eleven o'clock, wh the address of welcome was deliv< ed. The rain ceased about twel o'clock, and the committee beg the athletic events. The high sehe running broad jump was won Hollingsworth of the Edgefie school with a jump of 20 ft. 1 inc His jump however, was thrown o on a technicality, and the judg awarded first prize ?2.50 in gol contributed by Mr. Lutton, James Spearman of Trenton, Y jump being 18 ft. 7 inches. H< lingsworth was second with a-jun of 18 feet, and Hill Ready of Joh ston, third with a jump of 17 ft. inches. The running broad jump f boys under 14 was won by Jae< Smith of the Harmony school wi a jump of 13 ft. 8 inches. Secoi and third places went to Fred Pr itt of Johnston and Fred Bryan i Trenton, respectively. The stan Iii broad jump for high school bo; was won by Gatnewoll Smith < Harmony, who cleared ft. 3 in cht Second place went to Hill Ready < Johnston, 'J ft. 2 inches and Jam Spearman, Trenton, 9 ft 1 incl The girls' running high jump w; captured by Lois Minis Edgefieli Verta Pruitt of Harmony bein second and Edith Herlong of Trei ton third. Dinner was called at this tim? After all had been fed, though tl slush underfoot and the steady dri zle did not conduce to the comfoi of the meal, there were at least tr proverbial twelve baskets of fr?s rnents left, the hash being the onl part of the dinner completely ''cleat ed up." The committee decided tbs the ground was too sloppy for th rest of the athletic events. Of thoa held, the points totaled as follows Harmony 13, Edgefield 8, Johnsto 7. The committee did not awar the two cash prizes of 52.50 offerei by Air. Lutton for the boy and gil winning the greatest number o points, as not enough contests wer held to justify these prizes bein; properly placed. After dinner the W. C. T. L county essay contest prizes wer awarded as follows: tpachers' prize Harris Copenhaver, Edgefield; higl school students' prize, Ethel Ripley Johnston, first; Ouida Pattisoi Edgefield, second. Grammar schoc students' prize, Lillian Pattison Edgefield, first; Agnes Long Harmony, second. The committee of judges then re ported that the spelling contest ua< been won by Pope Simmons o Johnston, for boys and Miss Moor of Trenton, for the girls. Th judges especially "complimented th excellence ?of the spelling papen both the winners haying handed ii perfect papers. The declamation contest was the entered into, and despite a bous packed so that perfect order wa impossible, the contestants surpass ed all expectation in the exceHenc of their selections and their d< livery. William ?Folk, an Ed gefiel boy, was awarded the boys' medal Helen Marsh, of Trenton, the girl; Music was furnished throughou the day by the Orangeville band The preliminary oratorical cor . test, to select a boy from the big! school to represent Edgefield in th . state contest at Columbia, will b held in the high school auditorium ! Friday night, April 14, beginnini at 8:15. In addition to the speeche [ of the six contestants, the prograo , will consist of music and humorou , readings by teachers and pupils. I , small admission of fifteen cents wil , be charged, the proceeds to go tc [ ward defraying the expenses of ou . representative to Columbia. Ever; , one come out. The program is wortl more than the price of admission : and in addition you will have th( , pleasant consciousness tnat you ar r helping a good cause. Remember Friday night at 8:15. The committee has decided t< have those athletic contests, whicl WEST-SIDE. Parksville's School Entertain ment. Lumber Companies Very Active. Co-opera tive Campaign. Jf it had not rained un Friday? Paraville had planned tosend sever al auto loads of school children over to Field Day. Of course among the big crowd present there were some representatives from our town, they report a big time and big do ings. We are just "plum" filled with envy down here and are ask ing: Why cannot we have a Field Day too. We are planning a school enter tainment for about April 20, all the young people of Parksville are to take part in it. So what shall we do for an audience unless we have outside aid? Of course these young" people will look and act their best! The young lady teachers have given much time and energy to the play and have plans for what they will use the proceeds. We want an over flow house, from babies to octo" gena Hans. The ladies of Parksville are be ginning a co-operative parent teach ers campaign. There has been too little visiting of the school. It is hoped that this new order of things will inaugurate a better era. Messrs Harris and Holly have bought a great deal of lumber here recently. This makes three compa nies in our midst actively engaged in the lumber business they will es tablish a plant below us. Down at Meriwether a new firm Hines and Young will soon have a large plant. I am told that this firm have ar ranged for the purchase 0f twenty million feet of lumber. Some of this will come from Georgia. In ?some instances lumber will be haul ed eight miles. My informant said a number ^of persons were selling at very low figures. This is regret table. Mr. Holly of the- firm of Harris and Holly will move to Parksville, he and his family will occupy the house owued by Dr. D. A. J. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Garland Boswell's baby '"Ronnie" has never entirely recovered from the severe attack of pneumonia he had about Christmas. Mrs. Boswell is in Augusta, and has placed the child in the care of Dr. Moore, a specialist. Several Parksville people came np on the train from Augusta Sat urday afternoon. All were talking of the tire-that it was a disastrous one all knew. Yet in 1905, San Francisco lost ?35,000,000 worth of property. To-day the fire is a memory-the city re-built and is prosperous. May a few years see it so with dear old Augusta. Polly Flinders. were not held Field Day, because of raiu, Saturday, April 15. The contests will begin at one o'clock, and all schools are cordially invited to send in their contestants, as Edgefield merchants have con tributed prizes worth striving for. Dinner will not, of course, bc serv ed, but the contests will be very interesting, and we should like a large and enthusiastic crowd of spectators, from here as well as from the visiting schools. Unless the weather is good, no attempt will be made to have the contests. While we hope the contestants from other schools will all come in, if they do not, the prizes will be awarded any how to the winners out of Edgefield school. Edgefield School Letter. On Friday night April 14, a declamation contest will be held in the high school auditorium for the purpose of selecting a representa tive to Columbia to represent us in the state oratorical contest. Several musical numbers wiil be rendered and we feel sure the program will be thoroughly enjoyable. Some slight expenses will have to be covered before we can send a con testant, and for that reason an ad mission fee of fifteen cents will be charged. Come and encourage the future citizens of Edgetield. On next Saturday at one o'clock those athletic contests which were not held on Field day on account of the rain, will take place on the high school grounds. We still have the handsome prizes for these con tests, and we again invite all the school to come come and put forth an effort to gain one of these.