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----w-j-i-p-- - VOL.81 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY S, 1916 NO. 13 ATS?GUA WEEK. Augusta Rallies From Ashes and Will Devote One Week to Mirth and Merry Making. After weeks of most strenuous preparation Augusta is ready for her festival to be known as Atsugua week, after the princess of the Uchee Indians, after whom the city was named, the fun and frolic to oc cupy the time between Tuesday May 9 and Saturday May 13. When the great fire occurred it was at first feared thal Augusta would be . unable to get together her resources sufficiently to hold the festival but by Herculean efforts all difficulties have been overcome and now every thing is ready for the great week. Starts Noon Tuesday. The formal opening of the pro gram is unique and beautiful. The Red Men lodges of the city are co operating to make this portion not only pretty but symbolical. Dis guised as TJchees they will arrive in the city at noon from up the river and will take possession of the city in the name of Princess Atsugua. To them as conq .terors, Mayor Littleton will deliver the kevs of the city throughout the fes tivities the Indians will play a prominent part. The first parade will be held Tuesday afternoon, following a roy al American salute which in itself will be unique. Instead of the cus tomary salute of cannon there will be fired high in the air a form of Pain's pyrotechnics wherein the re port of the exploding bomb a great flag of some nation of the earth will be spread across the heavens the last banner thus displayed being a great American flag, thus depicting the position of honor oc cupied by the United States among the nations. The parade will be called the civic, and will be participated in by every civic organization in A\x gusta.-?iii^ooat_-of -tbe-C-ily and . ,co"?hiy departments, the commer cial and military bodies. Five thou sand school children all in spring di ess participate. Fully ten thou sand people are expected to be iu line. Wonderful Decorations. It is said that never has any southern city been so well decorat ed for anv fete as Augusta is for this occasion. For days professional decorators have been at work string ing flags and banners across that great thoroughfare known as Broad street, eight stieet and that portion of the city around Barrett Plaza where the great hippodrome.is locat ed. At night myriads of tiny color ed lights will add their colorful ra diance to the beauty of the scene, and all day long thousands upon thousands of banners, flags and bunting will wave in the breezes their colors, bright and gay, testify-! ing to Augusta's renaissance. Ai new Augusta has been born after the baptism of fire and all ber citi zens are desirous of showing how wonderfully resourceful she is. Four Parades Wednesday. Four parades and pageants have been conbined to make Wednesday the big event of the week. First there will be the allegorical pageant .in which all the leading organiza tions, lodges and firms of the city will enter floats, some of which are very costly and on which weeks of preparation have been consumed. Then there w ill be the automo bile parade with a special section for Fords, about five thousand of . the cars alone being entered. Next will come the floral display, many beautiful cars beiug entered by the ladies and gentlemen of the city. The final section will be the trades display, some of the big firms having silent large sums in endeavor ing to outstrip competitors. Thursday will be parade day for the bicyclists and motorcyclists v\,h races for the former on Broad st ?et. More than sixty cash and merchan dise prizes have been donated for , these events and entries with the result that hundreds of machines and bikes will be in competition. Friday will see the U. U. T. pa rade. In many respects this will be the most unique event of the entire festival, for the traveling men are backin?; this parade en masse and planning to make it the most at tractive and funniest of all. Friday night will witness the Two Marriages in Methodist Church of Plum Branch. On last 2nd Sunday morning at 10 o'clock Miss Coreen Walls and Mr. Bradley Bowie, also Miss Mag gie Med lock and ?dr. George Shrine were united in marriage at the Plum Branch Methodist church,Rev. Rob ert Rountree performing the double ceremony in the presence of a large crowd of friends and relatives. The decorations were simple but pretty. The brides looked real girlish and sweet in their white voile dresses with trimmings of lace and ribbon, as they marched up the aisle on arm of their handsome bridegroom to the strains of Mendelssohn's wed ding mareh, beautifully rendered by Miss Essie Bussey. During the ceremony Miss Bus sey played "Humoreske" very soft ly. Immediately after the ceremony the brides and grooms and a few relatives and friends of Mr.and Mrs. Bowie drove over to Mr. Walls, the home of Mrs. Bowie, to partake of a wedding feast 'which of course was greatly enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Bowie left on the following day (Monday) for Don alds, S. C., where they will make their future home. Mr. Bowie is prosperous young farmer of Abbeville county. Mrs. Bowie, nee Miss Walls, was one of White Town's most popular young ladies. She will be greatly missed in the community. We wish for these young people pie a loug and happy life. A Friend. White Town, S. C. Memorial Service at Sweet water. [Communicated.] On May ll there will be memo rial service at Sweetwater Baptist church both in the morning and af ternoon. An interesting program is being arranged. The memorial add i ess will be delivered by ex-Gov. J C Sheppard in the afternoon. All -those who have kindred or loved ones buried there are expected to have their graves appropriately dec orated for the occasion. All who are interested in the ceme tery are requested to meet on May 10 to put it in order. wonderful Atsugua ball in which I will participate some of the leading i people of this section and will see it Atsugua crowned Princess of the city with appropriate ceremonies j <: by the Red Men. Great Performances. | < In addition lo the daily and fre- j ^ quent band concerts, free acts by j noted gymnists in the streets there wili be two performances daily in the Atsugua Hippodrone erected at great expense on Barrett Plaza op posite the Union station by leading acrobats, gymnists and fun makes. The management has spared no ex pense to make this a great series of entertainments and it is asserted by old showmen that no such galaxy of aerial and stage stars bas ever visited the south. There are fifty people iu the troupe which are un der the personal management of Mr. Pat Casey of Kew York city, the greatest purveyor of open air entertainments in the world. The hippodrone will have seats for over o,5UU people and will be a place of great beauty. The Atsugua organi zation is spending thousands of dol lars in makins tliis place, naturally beautiful, particularly .attractive and ornate. This entertainment alone is said by Augustans to be ^orth a visit to the city to behold. Very Low Rates. The railroads entering Augusta have granted very low rates for this occasion. Three cents a mile for the round trip has been granted from all points in Georgia and South Carolina the tickets being good until the 15th of May for the return trip. Than Augusta no city in the country is making a harder fight to come back after the biggest fire ever in the state of Georgia or even in Carolina and it is expected that all who admire her pluck and energy will take advantage of the big festival to visit Augusta next week._ Our men's and boys' suits this season are better than they ever have been. Try one, price can't be beat Mukashy Bargain House? PLUM BRANCH. Entertainment For Sunday School Class. Many Improve ments About Town. Visi tors Come and Go. [Written For Last Week.] Well, we were fflad to see just a mower to-day about noon. Mr. J. T. Blackwell and family Prom Spartanburg spent one nijrht asl week with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller en route to Georgia to visit relatives. They were traveling in their new Buick touring car. Mrs. M. B. Sturkey has returned from a week-end visit with her laughter, Rev. Mrs. B. H. Coving ;on, in Waterloo, S. C. Mrs. W. C. Blackwell entertained ier Sunbeam Band with an Easter luntlast Friday p. m. Little Eliza beth Miller found the most eggs. On Saturday afternoon Miss luau ita Miller gave her Sunday school class a hunt. Those present ivere, Janie Bell and Gertrude Har oer, Russell and Thomas Hazel Roddie, Herbert and Otelia Bladen, tarroll and Cornelia Winn, Lajunta While, Louis3 Bracknell, Rebecca Wells, Woodrow Blackwell, Elsie. Sanders, Elizabeth Miller. Miss Lucile Humphries, and Miss Fannie Lou Cheatham helped to entertain .h?se little folks. Lemonade was served just before the little guests ;ook their leave. Those among our visitors of last .veek up to date were, Miss Fannie Lou Cheatham a visitor of Mrs. R. M. Winn, her sister. Mrs. Dolton and son Will from Mallison spent the week-end with ier daughter, Mrs W. F. Rush. Mr. Rush's father is with him his week. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Graves from Srunson are visiting relatives ?ere. I ? Mrs. J. E. Moore from Double branches, Ga., is visiting her moth !r. Mrs. J. R. Bod ie. Misses Janie Miner and Emmie iarvley from G. W. C., Greenville, 5. C., spent Easter with their sis ers, Mrs. W. C. Blackwell and drs. J. S. Sanders. Miss Mozelle Kitchings of Mc cormick, visited with Miss Janie diner from Saturday night 'til. vlon?ay. Mr and Mrs Jessie Stone from Rehoboth came up Sunday, tak n?r a pleasure ride in their Ford ouring car. Mrs J E Moore, Misses Ida San lers and Lena Bodie with Claud Lewing and P II Gaines spent Sun lay with Miss Alma Moore, at Double Branches, t?a. Mr W G Wells carried Rev. lo un tree to Dothan Sunday for ser vice. Mr J W Miller was a visitor in Viiii'usta lasi week. Miss Grace Wells left to-day on loon train for Clyde, N. C., to at eud commencement exercises at rlaywoud Institute. Miss Wells was i student at Haywood last session, l?ev L B White one of our former jastors has charge of this school. The Presiding Elder Rev Wal x-r Herbert preached for us Sun lay night at Methodist church. Our B. Y. P. C. did not have service Sunday night on account of .here being services at Methodist church. The Y. W. A's. met Sunday p. :n., at 4 o'clock with Miss Grace Wells, who is president of the Aux iliary. Mr J II Anderson made a quick trip to Ninety-Six last week. Mrs and Mrs J W Cobb and son returned to Hodges, their home, ifter a long stay with Mrs Cobb's parents, Mr and Mrs H Banks. Mr Neil Dalton, who has been visiting his sister Mrs W F Rush, likes our little city so well that he has accepted a position as book keeper with W F Rush o; Co. We are glad to see so much im provement going on in our little town. Two among the many is, Mr J W Miller is having water-works put in his house. Wells & Son's new Garages is almost completed. We are glad to have Mr and Mrs J L Wells (the newly weds) for our neighbors. Welcome to our little city and we wish you both a long and happy life. Wonder what the attraction is in our little city for the White Town boys on Sunday afternoon. Tho we needn't wonder when we have so many pretty ??iris here. Look ont! You P. B. boys those boys mean HORN'S CREEK. - Miss Cain Closes School. Ap propriate Addresses. Boun tiful Dinner Served. Sick ness in Community. WiJl you allow rae just a littl space in your valuable paper to tell of a few happenings in our neigh borhood. The first and most important thing ?s oui' farmers. They are need ing rain so badly. Cotton and corn have just peeped out and can't go any farther without rain. The oats have .despaired and are now head ing out. Last Friday our school closed, after being taught a seven months' term by Miss Ruth Cain. She was assisted by the trustees in giving a picnic, which was enjoyed by all. We were glad to see so many of oar friends come from Ed?etield, Tren ton, Johnston, Colliers, Ked Hill and Ropers. We had two ver> fine talks from Senator B. E. Nicholson and W. W. Fuller. Mr. Fuller is v?ry iriueb interested in the educa ting of the children. He also wants to see; the school have grounds improved so as to be attractive to tue children. He said the county would appropriate one hundred dol lars ($100) and the Legislature one hundred (Sl??) toward the work, so we hope to soon see the trustees get busy. Senator Nicholson spoke of how anxious fae was to see thc day come when, every man would own his own home. After being held for an hour by the good speakers we were invited to dinner, and we must say there are not words ra the English language that would give due cr?dit to the grand feast spread before ne, and the hundreds of gal lons of ice lemonade. We had a few candidates with us to shake our hands. We are sorry to know that some men (violated the law so much as to bring a buggy load of whiskey to oaj^jnlc to sell. We hope the trustees will be able to persuade Miss Cain to return and teach next term, for we all liked her and hated to see her go. A certain young man has had an at tack of heart trouble since her de parture and can't eat. He says the ouly thing that he can relish is sugar Cain (cane.) We are all grieved to learn of the illness of that sweet and amia ble girl Miss Lila Roper, and hope she will soon be able to return to her school. Mrs. J. N- Fair is also on the sick list. She is very much missed by every one as she has a smile and kind word for everybody. Miss Sallie May Miller is spend ing a few days at the home of Mr and Mrs S B Mays. Mrs Carrie Mays spent Thursday ni?, ht at Oak Grove. Mrs P L. Ryau is spending a few days with relatives in Graniteville. Miss Elizabeth Wells spent Sat urday aud Sunday in Edgetield with her grand parents. Mr Warren Fair is very anxious to know what has become of all the girls. Have they forgotten this ia leap-year. He is still waiting, so come along girls. You are letting your goldeniopportuuity of life slip by. We hear that Mrs C A Wells is soon to have a telephone put ra. Mr Wells says if she talks any more after she gets the phone he can't stay in the house. Mr Wells is also having water-works put in. Mr Editor, for fear of taking up too much of your time and space, as I want to come again I will bid you adieu. Horn's Creek. Large assortment of summer un derwear of all kinds and sizes. Mukashy Bargain House. business. Dr Win S Trigg, Veterinary Sur geon from Aiken, S. C. was in town Mondav night. Mrs J W Blackwell and Miss Juanita Miller went to Greenwood, S. C. to do some shopping. Miss Pearl Callison is on the sick list this week. Hope she will soon be well. Mr C W Freeland from Augusta was in town Saturday night and Sunday. Your old Friend, Jim. Plum Branch, S. C. W. C. T. U. Will Entertain Mis sion Societies. On Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold a meeting at the Baptist church on the subject of temperance and mis sions. All the members of all the mission societies of Edgefield are cordially invited to be present. Mrs. Peak will conduct the devo tions, and Mrs. Abner Broadwater, president of the Baptist mission so ciety will be in chame of the pro gram which is as follows: (l) Organ prelude, Palm Branches; (2) Devo tions. Reading, The need of co-opera tion of temperance and missions, Mrs. A. L. Gunter. Vocal solo, "The whole wide world for Jesus," Miss Miriam Nor ris. Selection, Temperance and mis sions, Mrs. M. P. Wells. Reading, "What co-operation has accomplished," Mrs. Pendleton Jones. Noontide hour of prayer by choir. Selection, "Did you?'' Miss Ruth Tompkins. A song of victory by congrega tion. Selection, "The saloon a devil," Edward Peak. A message from China, Mrs. W. E. Lott. Chorus, "My Saviour will be with me all the way." 1 Plans for preparedness," Mrs. Rainsford. The tight is on," song by con gregation. 'Victory," a vocal trio. Organ postlude,"Festival march," Mrs. Tompkins. A social hour under the trees. ! (Mrs. W. L. Danovant, Mrs. B. 1 Timmons, Mis. E. J. Norris, Mrs. Mrs. C. E. May and Mrs. Townsend trill greet the guesss as they enter.) ' Southern Enlarges Equipment. Washington, D. C., April 27.- j Southern Railway has just purchas- f ed 45 locomotives;" 60 "all-steel pas senger train cars, 1,50U ail-steel coal 3 cars, 1,507 steel center sill box cars, t and 100 steel center sill caboose ( cars, as follows: J From the Baldwin Locomotive works, 30 Sante Fe type freight lo- 1 comotives and 15 Mountain type s passenger locomotives. From the Pullman Company, 25 J coaches, 10 passenger and baggage : cars, 10 mail and baggage cars, 10 baggage baggage and express cars ! and 5 club cars. From the Pressed Steel Car com pany, 1,000 50-tou flat bottom gon- , dola coal cars. From the Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. ( company. 500 coal cars of the same type. j From the Lenoir Car works, 1 1,007 30-ton plain box cars and 500 30-ton plain automobile box cars and 100 caboose cars. . The Mobile and Ohio railroad has purchased 1,000 30-ton steel center sill ventilated box cars from the American Car and Foundry Co. All this new equipment is to be of the most modern and approved construction. Both the passenger and freight locomotives are to be more powerful than any new in ser vice of Southern Railway while the passenger and freight nain equip ment will conform to the present standards, the passenger train cars being electric lighted as well as of all steel construction. All this equipment will be placed in service as soon as it can be de livered by the builders. Miss Mobley Graduates. The Advertiser acknowledges with pleasure the following invita tion. Miss Mobley has made a splen did record at Coker college, being now the president of student gov ernment. She is a daughter of Dr. Goode Mobley of Johnston: Coker College presents Mary Lucia Mobley \ in a Senior Recital Friday evening, May the twelfth College Auditorium Hartsville, South Carolina. Just received a large shipment of men's pants. Come in and look at them. We are selling them very reasonable. Mukashy Baigain House. JOHNSTON LETTER. -Miss Nickerson Entertained. Mrs. Bean Entertained the D. A. R. Chapter. Mu sic Club Met. Anion? the veterans from here who attended the re-union at Rock Hill were Messrs. VV. T. Walton, J. G. Mobley, G. I\ Cobb. W. A. Jordan, Derrick, J. W. Sawver and J. D. Eidson. Miss Antoinette Denny who graduates with full honors at Con verse college in a few weeks, has been elected teacher of the 11th zrade and lady principal of the Aiken high school. During the mramer months she and her mother Mrs. Mattie Denny will take up their abode permanently at Aiken. Many will be interested in the following invitation received here by friends: "Coker college presents Mary Lucia Mobley in a senior re silal Friday evening, May 12, col lege auditorium, Hartsville, South Carolina." Miss Mobley is the laughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Mobley and is to be congratulated upon the splendid record she has made as student of this college. Recently little Lina Keesee hap pened to a painful accident. While >he and other children were seated >n an automobile, she attempted to climb out and fell, breaking her collar bone. The little one is rapid ly improving. Mrs. David Philipps of Spring ?eld is visiting her father, Capt. P. B. Waters. Mr. Huiet Waters has purchased a Ford car, Mr. E. L. Yonce a jrant No. 6, and Mr. Erwin Smith i Buick. Misses Marion Mobley and Orlena Cartledge and Messrs. F. S. Bland, Julian Bland, Earl Smith, W. A. Bradfield and James LaGrone are members of the delightful house party that is making the home of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Tompkins weh a place of happiness. The' semi-an?ua?-n?eeting, W. M. LT., auxiliary to the Ridge as sociation will meet Saturday, May 3, at Red Bank church, Saluda. A full program bas been arranged. Miss Bessie Ford Turner has re :urued to Coker college, having spent Easter week in her borne here. Miss Anita Bohler and Mr. Gary Satchel- of Augusta, Miss Ruth Strom and Mr. Frank Logan of Edgefield, were week-end visitors in ;he home of Mr. W. W. Satcher. Mrs. Wilmot Ouzts has been quite dck during the past week and her noiher, Mrs. Smith of Tenille, Ga., ivlio was visiting her, had her to ac company her home, thinking the jhange might prove beneficial. Dr. W. T. Derieux will preach in the Baptist church, on the second Sunday in May, the 14th. Rev. W. S. Brook, of Lexington, Va., who has accepted the call to the Baptist church will arrive with Lis family about the 15th. Miss Hortense Padgett of Edge field spent the week-end here with relatives. The chief social feature of the past week was the pleasant evening spent in the home of Miss Maud Nickerson. In response to cordial invitations sixteen couples gathered at this home and were warmly wel comed by the charming hostess and her mother, Mrs. Fanuie Nickerson, aud as they entered were served with punch by Mrs. Claud Lott. Quantities of sweet peas and lillies were used in decorations and the tables for rook each held bowls of sweet peas. Sweet music was enjoy- * ed as the guests arrived. Several games of rook were had and later the tables were arranged for refresh ments- The hostess assisted by Miss Sara Sawyer served strawberry cream and pound cake, and each guest found at her place a dainty nard, tied with a bunch of tiny tink ling bells. There was pleasant ex citement as this was found written on each: "Watsou-Bland, June 6." As they were being read Mendels sohn's wedding march rang out. All turned to the happy youug couple. Miss Martha Watson and Mr. Avery Bland with exclamation and good wishes. Miss Watson appeared very pretty and attractive in white net with point de-sprit and old rose trimmings. She wore a corsage bou quet of vari-colored sweet peas. Every one was reluctant to make adieux, and left with pleasant rec (Continued on Fifth Page.)