Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 28, 1916, Page EIGHT, Image 8

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?Jp Office No. 61. Residence, No. 17. Wednesday, June 28 LOCAL AND PERSONAL, :t*3i?- _ -- Mrs. Z. R. Hall of Swainsboro, Ga., is here visiting: her daughter, Mrs. .1 ?ines Velix. Don't put off seeing Miss Eliza "Minis about hand-painted china for the weddings. Mr. and Mrs. Denian cf Augusta are here visiting ."Mrs. Beman's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Key. Mr. Otis Mobley cf Heath Springs was a visitor in Edgefield early in tl R week-and thereby hangs a tale. Mr. W. P. Winn and bis daugh ter. Miss Maggie Winn, are spend ing some time at Hot Springs, K. C. Misses Mary, Ethel and Gene vieve Fitzmaurice of Columbia are visiting thtir sister, Mr?. James S. Byrd. Mrs. Arthur Childress of Greer i's here \i-iting relatives. She has been very warmly greeted by her Edgefield friends The Meriwether Agricultural Club will give it's annual picnic and dance at Meriwether Hall on Thurs day, July 20, 1016. Mr. A. Pt. Nicholson left Tues day afternoon lor New York to visit ids daughter, Mrs. Lillian McGrath. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Talbert, ac companied by their children, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Parker. They have been very cordially wel comed by their Edgefield friends. Dinner will be sold at the county campaign meeting at Colliers, Wed nesday, August 2, in order to raise funds with which to paint Peace Haven .Sunday school building. A very worthy cause is this. Owing to the demoralization of Tlie Advertiser's force wrought by Cupid, considerable matter had to be left out this week and an inter esting letter from ''Uncle Iv" Morgan had to be carried over to next week. Little Miss Mary Cantelou of Edgefield is the guest of Mrs. S. M. Rice. She will return home on Wednesday, accompanied by Miss Katherine Rice, who will spend a fortnight in Edgefield visiting rela tives.-Columbia Record. The Advertiser would like to see a large number of Edgefield people patronize the entertainment that is tn he riven at Trenton Tuesday flight of next week under the auspices of the Trenton chapter, D. A. R. A play, ".Slocum Inn," will be one feature of the entertainment. Miss Miriam N'orris has been en gaged by the trustees to take charge of the music department of the Edgefield graded and hitrh schools next session. She is well equipped for the position, and The Adver tiser is confident that her services will give entire satisfaction. Misses Snow and Rose Jeffries of Spart;?nburg, Miss Fannie Sewell of Augusta, Miss Virgil Sellers of Easiey. are guests of Miss Natalie Padgett, having arrived yesterday for the Padgett-Cleveland wedding which will take piace in the Baptist church this evening at 6:30, Dr. E. Pendleton Jones officiating. A play entitled ''Slocum Inn" will be given Tuesday night, July 4, under the auspices of the D. A. R. lt is being managed by Mr. Hamilton Bu Troughes. The best talent of Trenton bas been enlisted byrIdiii. This will be one of the b-'rU attractions ever given at Tren ton. Every Sunday school in Edge field county should be represented at the Inter-Denominational Sunday School convention that is to be held at Philippi next Saturday and Sun day. The Edgefield schools will be represented. The churches in that portion of McCormick cut from Edgefield are expected to send dele gates as heretofore. A revised list of the county cam paign meetings is published by County Chairman B. E. Nicholson. Some changes have been made, among them being the change of the Colliers meeting from the 5th of August to Wednesday the 2nd of August. Should the people in communities where meetings are to be held tor any reason desire a change in the date they should no tify Mr. Nicholson at once and he ?will make the desired change. The Edgefield friends of Mr. James M. Miner, the hero of the Sixties, are glad that has been se lected as one of the supervisors of re<ristration for McCormick county. The young men who compose the Edgefield Cotillion club gave a dance in the opera house Monday night ic honor of Miss Natalie Pad gett and Mr. Norwood Cleveland. The dance was largely attended, there being about fifty couples to respond to the music which was furnished hy Balk's orchestra of Augusta. Young people attended from Augusta, Aiken, Trenton and Johnston. The occasion was one of unalloyed pleasure *o those who indulge in the Terpsichorean art. Sunbeam Announcement. The next meeting of the Sun beams will be an open-air meeting next Friday afternoon, .lune 30, at five o'clock, ai the home of Mis. P. M. Feltham. Every member is in vited to atten.1. Mims-Day. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Mims an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Lura, to Pierce Butler Day, Jr., of Trenton, the marriage to be solemnized August 2 in the Edgefield Methodist church. The End of Time. Is the World Drawing Near to its Grave, or is the World Coming to an End Soon?" is the subject of the Presbyterian pastor this Sunday in Edgefield at 11:15, and same sub ject at Trenton at 8:30. Breaking the barometer will not stay the storm. Just as well face the facts. Stores to Close. We, the undersigned merchants, agree to close our places of business Tuesday, July 4th: Revnolds cfc Padgett, E. S. Rives, W. E. Lynch & Co., W. H. Turner. E. S. Johnson, C. M. Thomas, H. H. Sanders, Stewart &> Kernaghan, E. Rubinstein, The Edgefield Mer cantile Co., L Makashy, Penn & Holstein, Dorn & Mims, B. B. dories, Smith-Marsh Co., Collett & Mitchell, Eatmore Grocery, L. T. May, Jones & Son, W. W. Adams & Co. In Honor of Mrs. Myers. Wednesday morning last Miss Virginia Addison entertained with bridge in honor of Mrs. Kate My ers of Atlanta, the charming guest of Mrs. Bettis Cantelou. Four ta bles were arranged. The first prize was won by Mrs. Frank Miller, and the guest was presented with a beau titul box of correspondence cards by the hostess. Miss Annie Bee won the consolation prize, a large bouquet of daisies. At the close of the contest the guests were invited in the dining room and served with a hot luncheon in courses. The decorations for the occasion were daisies, ferns and palms. Negro Killed in Row. The negroes on the plantations north of Edgefield have formed themselves into a military company of some description and hold regu lar meetings for drills. They met Saturday night on the plantation of Mrs. Hettie Jones, two miles north or Edgefield, for practice, in older to be in shipshape for the Fourth of July celebration. During the drill two negroes became involved in a combat of words and of them, Wallace Waldo, snapped a pistol twice in the face of Archie Mayson. The latter struck Waldo a severe blow on the head with his wooden gun, fracturing his skull. Waldo never regained consciousness and died Monday afternoon from the effects of the blow. Sheriff Swearin gen arrested Mayson and placed him in jail to await trial at the August terra of court. Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The regular meeting of the Wo man's Christian Temperance Union will take place on Monday after noon, July 3, at 4:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W. H. Dorn. The programme will be of a patriotic nature, and is as follows: Devotions, Mrs. J. W. Peak. Report of Model Members' Con test, Mrs. A. E. Padgett. Debate: Resolved, That it is no bler to live than to die for one's country. Affirmative, Mrs.T. II. Rainford, Mrs. M. P. Wells. Negative, Mrs. J. W. Peak, Miss Jennie Pattison. Decision to be rendered by bal lot Collection of July dues. Song by children. Piano duett, Misses Helen Dorn and Ruth Lyon. JOHMSTOiN ? TTER. (Continued from First Page.) Loise Boyd and Bessie Bean. Mrs. \V. S. Mobley and Miss Eleise Mobley have gone to New berry to visit relatives. Mrs. J. A. Dozier, Miss Sallie Dozier and Mr. Albert Dozier went to Aiken on Tuesday, and at this time Miss Sallie Dozier was con firmed in the Catholic church. Mr. and Mrs Allie Kinaird of Edgefield, were visitors here on Sunday. Mr. Preston Wright, who is a traveling salesman for a northern firm, is visiting relatives here. Dr. and Mis. George D. Walker are happy over the arrival of a beautiful little girl in their home. The year-book committees are busy this week getting the study courses for the coming year mauped out. In the D. A. R. the commit tee is Mesdames P. N. Lott, W. E. LaGrone and J. P. Bean. The music club will btndy "The Music of Italy," and as this country is so rich in musical development and setting an interesting year book will no doubt be the outcome. This committee is Mesdames C. P. Corn, T. R. Hoyt and Aliss Zena Payne. The New Century club will de vote the winter to the study of "Dickens'' principally, with some of the chief literary masters, and those arranging the year book are Mesdames P. N. Lott, W. E. La Grone and W. F. Scott, i Miss Annie Crouch has returned from Waynesboro, Ga., bringing with her six of her college mates of Converse, and a bright and pleasant house party is in progress during this weak. An elegant reception has been arranged for Tuesday af ternoon and evening. Little Miss Eloise Strother cele Drated her fifth birthday on Friday afternoon by having a number of her little friends and playmates gather with her and help make merry the day. Games and other childish pastimes were indulged in, and while resting all enjoyed ice cream and cake, and were given pink and blue bags of candies as favors. A most delightful affair of the past week was the reception given by Misses Marion and Elise Mob ley, in compliment to Mrs. Avery Bland and xMrs. F. S. Bland. The The home was prettily decorated, and as the guests arrived Mrs. W. E. LaGrone welcomed them, and punch was served out on the veran da in a flower-bedecked alcove by Misses Bessie Ford Turner and Marie Lewis. In the hallway, those assisting were Mesdames P. N. Keesee, E. R. Mobley and J. A. Dobey. The receiving line was composed of the two hostesses, Mrs. Avery Bland, Mrs. Frank Bland and Miss Orlena Cartledge, and after pleasantries, the guests were escort ed to the dining room by Mrs. Minis Walker, where they enjoyed ices and cake. The table was very at tractive with a handsome lace cover, and a large bowl of nasturtium. The afternoon was most pleasant, and the pretty toilets of all made il a bright and beautiful scene. Notice. Owing to the fact that the 4th of July comes on the first Tuesday, which is the day for our regular monthly meeting, we, the board of county commissioners, will hold our monthly meeting on Wednes day the 5th of July. All persons holding claims will take notice of the change. A. A. EDMUNDS, Supervisor. Bank of Parksvilie Established 1908 Capital $18,000.00 Resources $47,370.00 Pays Five Per Cent, on Time Certificates of Deposits We have all the resources of this big country behind us to lend you money to the extent of your needs. We are Conservative We are Safe Citizens ai id Officers Call Upon Blind Tigers. Since the gallon-a-month law was enacted it ha.- been difficult for blind tigers to obtain liquor in sat isfactory quantities, erqiecially since the dispensary vv as closed in Aiken. Hut for some lime negroes in Edge field, wini have been selling liquor, have used the names of other ne groes, or rather induced other ne groes to order for them. Even the names of negro women have been regularly used. Inonu instance one negro has secured, with the co-op eration ol' his pals, both males and females, as much as fourteen gal lons in one month. The w hite citi zens have grown tired nf thus see ing the law evaded and the spirit of it violated in the matter of order ing whiskey. Consequently about forty or fifty representative citi zens of the town, representing every walk of life, quietly met in the court house Monday afternoon to take steps'to stop this influx of whiskey for unlawful purposes. Mr. Oriun do Sheppard was elected chairman. After a full discus>ion of the situa tion it was agreed without a dissent ing voice that the sheriff and his deputy and the marshals of the town be requested to call at once upon these blind tigers and their confederates and state to them that the public knows they are violating the law, and that it must stop at once and for all time. The resolu tion which embodied this request of the officers, who have always been faithful in the performance of their duty, also called upon the citizens to accompany the officers, thus showing the lawless element that the people stand squarely behind the officers. The meeting was then adjourned and Sheriff Svvearingen, Deputy Sheriff Brimson and Mar shal R. H. Parks, boarded cars and, accompanied by about forty leading citizens, called upon about eight or ten negroes and <rave them emphatic warning in an orderly way. This pro 3ession of nine automobiles aud forty men created considerable con sternation in some quarters. But the effect will be wholesome. There will be fewer packages of whiskey ordered by negro women and others who have allowed themselves to be come tools of blind tigers. If some of these offenders persist in this vio lation of the law, and evidence cau not be secured to arraign them be fore the courts, they will be asked to leave town. Bettis Academy. Bettis Academy School will cele brate the 1st of July instead of the Fourth, as ii will suit the farming class better. Good behavior guran teed. A. VV. Nicholson, Principal. Such tobacco enjoyment as you never thought could be is yours to command quick as you buy some Prince Albert and fire-up a pipe or a home-made cigarette ! Prince Albert gives you every tobacco sat isfaction your smoke appetite ever hankered for. That's because it's made by a patented process that curs out bite and parch! Prin been sold without coi We prefer to give qua has a flavor, as different And that isn't strange, eitl Mei Bay Prince Albert every- rett where tobacco is sold in . toppy red bags, 5c; ??dy red AID fina, 10c; handsome pound OUt and half-pound tin humi dors-and-that corking fine COTI pound crystal-glass humi- Pril dor with sponge-moistener top that keeps the tobacco p in such clever trim-alway?! 1 A Message From Another Land. We people of the occident have to depend, usually, upon missionaries, chance Chinese men, who may come to thu town, or upon hooks and magazines for our information ami study of the great land of China, or the "sleeping giant," as she is sometimes called on account of her dormant greatness and power. But on last Sunday afternoon, at the Methodist church, wc heard in our owmlanguage an appealing and in" tere<tirig talk hy a Chinese girl. Thc talk was made more effective and the Chinese life brought more clearly to us, by her wearing the native Chinese costume. Miss Me lang Ting was not wholly a stran ger to many Edgefield people on account of her friendship with the first missionary that Edgefield sent to China, Miss June Nicholson, and Miss Ting was a stranger to none of us in the sense that she is interest ed, as wo are, in the sending of the gospel to every nation. An audi ence of earnest listeners were as sembled, ami the stage was decora ted in Chinese Hags. Miss Ting was introduced by Senator B. E. Nich olson. In her talk the speaker told of the opportunity America now has, and how China's gates are open to her as no other country. China and America have never had a war, this being one reason why China looks to America. She said that China had suffered much in war at the hands of Japan and England, the latter having forced the opium trade upon China. She said that she did not ask for China our pity, but our sympathy, and our love. China isa rich country were her resources developed and used. In the abundant coal fields, there is enough fuel to last the world for twenty-five hundred years, thus when we look not alone upon her wealth, but upon her past, and upon her people, America, "the strong young son of nations," except in her religion, must also look up to China. Miss Ting said that she never liked to close her talks without saying something to the children. She told them a sweet and helpful story. Tiie meeting was conducted by a hymn. We welcome Miss Ting to our town and rejoice with her in the way in which China is ac cepting the Christian religion. F. M. Missionary Meeting. A meeting of the Woman's Mis sionary Society of Berea church will be held at the home of Mrs. F. L. Timmerman Saturday afternoon, July b, at four o'clock. A full at tendance is requested. Mrs. W. R. Swearingen, Mrs. H. M. Deal, Programme Com. rou w ce Albert has always fSSj . ~ ha? mi upons or premiums. lityl the national joy smoke -A as it is delightful. You nevei 1er. i who think they can't smok e can smoke and will sm< ert. And smokers who have nc certainly have a big surprise ling their way as soon as tl ice Albert tobacco will tell its o J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO O Edgefield County Colored Fair Association. The promoters of the Color Fair As sociation met at Trinity church, in the Town of Edgefield. S. C., .June 10th, 1916 to complete its organization. All the officers h.ive been elected ex cept the Board of Directors. The next meeting, which will be held on the second Saturday in July, the 15th, at one o'clock p. m. Tne names of.the officers elected are as follows: J. S. Karney, President. W. W. Holloway, Vice President. M. J. Strother, Secretary. J. B. Holmes, Assistant Sec. C. D. Hussey, General .Manager. J. H. Cheatham, Treasurer. The Board of Directors, to wit are: J. S. Ramey, W. .M. Holloway, C. D. Bussey, Clarence Blocker, A. W. Nicholson, M. J. Strother, John DeVore, Alvin Cheatham, Rev. F. A. Weaver, Rev. W. M. Peterson, Lucius Dobbs, B. J. Yeldel, Charlie Holloway, Sr, E. G. Boyce, G. S. Stephens, Rev. J. S. Blocker, Thomas Cherry, Jr, M. J. Strother, Secretary. WHY ENDURE SUMMER COLDS? It isn't necessary to have a stuffed head, running nose. To cough your head off as it were. All you need do is to use Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey. The soothing and healing balsams open the clogged air pas sages and in a short time you get relief and start on the road to re covery. Your nose slops running, you cough less and you know you are getting better. G-et a bottle, use as directed. Keep what is left as a cough and cold insurance. 2 Clemson Scholarship Examination. The examination for entrance to Clemson College, and for the vacant scholarships will be held Friday, July 14. Edgefield has one four year scholarship, and the regular one year agricultural course. Wrok begins promptly at 9 o'clock m the court house. W. W. FULLER, Co. Supt. Education. . NOTICE ! NOTICE ! Our fiour mill is now in opera tion and will continue throughout the entire season. SMITH ROLLER MILL. M - tasted the like of it! e a pipe or roll a ciga oke if they use Prince )t yet given P. A. a try and a lot of enjoyment ley invest in a supply., >wn story ! 0.t Winston-Salem, N. C