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(?Umt ^euJHpap?t U ^wtfb (toling, VOL. 81 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916 JOHNSTON LETTER. Baptist Church Holds Annual Business Meeting. W. M. U. Met. Death of Mrs. Bet tie Ready. ' The annual business meeting of itoe Baptist church was held on Sun day morning and was one of unusual interest. There are 355 on the church roll and as far as possible all were present. After' the roll call the church covenant was read. The reports of the board of deacons, fi nance committee, ushers, Sunday school, music committee, W. M. S., Y. W. A., G. A., R. A., and Sun beams were given. In the Sunday school there are 393 on roll with an average of 241, the gifts for the year being $536.40. The aim for the coming year is "A larger and better school for Christ." A tribute was paid to the late William D. Turner, who with the pastor. Rev. Mr. Hundley, laid the foundation of the school. It was through him that the . Sunday school was set going. The woman's mission society 79 in num ber,gave ?607.05 much over their ap por:ionment and is a report to be proud of. The.Y. W. A., 9 in num ber, gave ?23; the G. A., 7 in num ber, gave ?15; R. A" 16 in number, gave ?49. The Sunbeams, 2S in num ber, gave 881.27 about ?2S over ap portionment. They have done a wonderful work this year. The annual letter of the church to the association at Red Bank, 12th 13th, was read, the church having contributed to specified objects ?2,624,86. This amount added to that of the above mentioned organi zations makes the gifts reach ?3, 89S.9S. The Rev. W. S. Brooke's letter to the church as pastor con cluded the meeting, this was ap preciated by all. Miss Dassie Stevens united with the Baptist church here on Sunday morning bringing her letter from Good Hope. The church is glad to have this consecrated woman iden tified with them and she was warm ly received. Miss Ruth Harris of Derring, Ga., will attend school here this winter and will spend the time in the home of her grandmother, Mrs. P. N. Lott. The annual meeting of the W. M. U. of the Ridge association was held with the Batesburg Baptist . church last Tuesday and Wednes day with a splendid attendance and the two days' sessions showed that a spirit of mutual co-operation had marked the year's work. A royal welcome was given the delegation both in action and speech but there was really no verbal ex pressions needed, for it is said that "welcome always smiles," and as every face was beaming upon the visitors they knew they were wel come. The Batesburg church was beautiful in its decorations for this eventful occasion, and Miss Chloe Nicholson called the meeting to or der with Miss Leila Attaway at her post. Miss Attaway has for the past few months acted as associational supei intendent as Mrs. Alvin Ether edge was forced to resign on ac count of her health. In the union there are IS churches with 17 so cieties, this representing 300 mem bers. The Johnston missionary so ciety led in gifts something over ?600, and the Johnston Sunbeams received the banner, being appor tioned ?50 and giving ?75.27. The reports on personal service were sweet and interesting for it showed that much had been done for the * Master's sake. One church stated that they had done much but did not tell of it, said God had recorded it. The ap portionment for the year was ?1, 907, and the union raised ?1,976.80. The apportionment for 3 917 is , ?2,018. The acting superintendent 'stated that by every one doing her part this can be done as "Strength is through united effort." After all reports had been heard a most instructive and interesting short address was given bv Mrs. Mamie Tillman on "History of the progress of the missionary society in South Carolina." The music of the session was lovely and Miss Miriam Norris of Edgefield gave during the day two beautiful solos. The afternoon was . the children's session, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher presiding. The procession of the children with banners as they (Continued on Fifth Page HARDY'S HAPPENINGS. Farmers Harvesting Hay. A Good Sermon at Sweetwa ter. Dr. Shaw Suffers From Broken Arm. Dear Advertiser: Sunday was a grand day, so delightfully cool to what we baye had all the week, for it was surely hot and dry enough all during the week for curing hay and opening cotton. Several farmers were considera bly worried Saturday when the clouds began to rise, as tbey bad so much bay to get up, and that being "Christmas eve" in Augusta, on McKinney St., with the negroes, there were none to be had to help get it np. But with hard fast work they succeeded in getting: all that was cut under shelter. Now we would like very much to see a a good season of rain. The cotton is opening very fast and has been gathered quite fast, and marketed. Several'-of the fields we noticed have very little more to opeu the most of it having already been picked. Well it will soon be all out and sold. Hardy's went to Sweetwater Sun day and beard a very good sermon by Rev. Mr. Reynolds. We did not get there in time for the text or for baptizing. Dr. Traylor Briggs was baptized Sunday. We were very glad to see he was able to be out and baptized. We thought he was looking well. Was very glad to see his mother, Mrs. Ellie Brigg's out at church for the first time since Mr. Brigg's death. She is looking fine and we hope to see her out often. We also saw Mrs. Georg: i Hammond, Mrs. Bettie McKie and Mrs. Fan Smith, among many oth ers at church. We were very sorry to bear of Mr. John Bunch of Columbia, also Mrs. John Bunch, being so desper ately ill, and certainly hope to hear good news of them real soon. Were ?orry to hear Dr. Hugh Shaw is still suffering so intensely from his bro ken arm. Also to hear of Miss Mattie Shaw still having to be in bed with ber sprained foot. We hope both of them may soon be re lieved. Mrs. Luta Baynon and Miss Lilla Bunch visited Mrs. Mead Ham mond last week. Mrs. J ul ia Townes and Miss Mary ran in for a chat with Mrs. Bunch and Mrs. Baynon Tuesday evening. Miss Ma ry went to Augusta Wednesday, also Mrs. Bunch and Miss Lilla. Miss Lucie McKie returned home, after a delightful visit of two weeks in Hendersonville, N. C. She was very much improved by ber. visit. Miss Georgia Reese spent several days wite her sister, Mrs. Tom McKie. Miss Addilee McKie returned home with ber. Mr. and Mrs. Tom McKie spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Reese. Miss Georgia Reese left Monday to take charge of a school at Hopkins ville, Ky. Mrs. Frances Townes reached home Thursday from a trip to Char leston. She was quite sick while there, and was too sick to come on home after reaching North Augus ta, so staid over with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gaines. While in Charleston she visited Mr. and Mrs. VV. A. Bunch. Mrs. W. A. Bunch having just returned from a visit to her cousin, Mrs. Huguenin in Philadelphia. She and Mrs. Huguenin, stopped over in Wasbington on their return home. Master Edward Bunch hav ing won the scholarship to Clemson, will leave on the 26th for his duties there for the winter. Miss Sallie DeLaughter will leave on the 19th for Winthrop. Master Pick Adams, and Master Robert Adams go back to Clemson. Misses Lena and Nellie DeLaughter and Master J. P. DeLaughter, Jr., will go back to North Augusta to school. Mrs. Lillie DeLaughter will move back to ber home place in "the cor ner" in October. Mr. Will Briggs will move back to his home place in October. Mrs. George Medlock spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Sal lie Bunch, and reports Mr. Medlock as improving very much we are glad to hear. Mrs. Harry Bunch, spent Friday with ber home folks. Mrs. Gregg McCutcheon is at home on a visit. Mrs. Wyly Wells, and son went to Augusta Friday. Mr. Geo. Wright and Mrs. McCarty went to Augusta Wednesday. Mrs. Georgia McKie and Mrs. Tabulated Vote of Second Primary, Sept. 12,1916 PRECINCTS Bacon. Calhoun. Cleveland. Colliers. Edgefield No. 1. Edgefield No. 2. Lee._ Long Branch_ Moss_ Ropers. Meriwether. Meeting Street.. Pleasant Lane... Red Hill. Shaw_ Talbert. GOVERNOR I SUPERVISOR I COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Totals. 19 21 30 15 40 61 34 17 23 5 2 44 53 20 37 19 440 41 95 30 35 63 60 113 49 39 17 18 86 44 29 76 23 1081 I 818 34 128 34 51 128 86 139 73 65 27 56 63 40 47 87 23 ca T3 C O ? a < 12 61 34 31 107 87 61 i 15 40. 20 45 8B 48 19 711 20 27 38 28 117 109 35 5 42 20 24 41 46 26 57 31 666 10 65 25 27 67 35 90 44 32 8 30 82 37 26 27 10 615 29 86 40 36 79 92 77 49 57 18 21 37 71 45 48 25 810 47 142 23 42 73 58 144 82 45 18 41 52 32 37 98 _18_ 952 Julia Townes attended the W. M. U. of' the Aiken divisionin North Augusta on Friday. Mr. Ed. Fouch? spent Thursday with Messrs. H. L. and H. G. Bunch helping them fix up their machinery, the engine and mower. He is such a good machinery doc ter, and so kind, to help those in distress with things of the kind. Sorry to hear his wife is so unwell in Augusta at her father's, Mr. Wise. Hope she will soon be strong again and return home. We hope the "cross roads," or Ropers people will have a good night for their entertainment, and a good paying crowd. Hardy's. Roper's Dots We would be very7 glad to see,a root-wetting'rain as one is ; gT?a't?y needed. The people around Ropers seem to be interested in the new school building; also a party that will be given next Friday night, Sept. 15, for benefit of same. Afterwards a social hour will be enjoyed and re freshments served in the grove. We hope to have a large attend ance. Mrs. Gregg McCutcbeon of Bish opville is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Lanham. Mrs. C. McCall and children from Lincolnton Ga., are here on a visit to Mrs. McCall's sister, Mrs. John Boswell. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Ti m mer m an 3nd little Hartford, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tim merman. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lanham accom panied by Misses Emmie and Lila called at Mr. Luther Reece's Satur day afternoon to say good-bye to Miss Georgia Reece who has ac cepted position as teacher in Ken tucky for the next term. The young men of Roper's are still enthused over base-ball. They played another game Saturday af ternoon, but we have been unable to learn the score. We are glad to hear Mrs. S. W. Millerisstill improving. Hope to have ber with us next Friday night, also Miss Sallie Mae. Little Miss Fannie Wells from Colliers is visiting her aunt Mrs Wallace Miller. Mr. Robert Timmerman and his two children, Nona and John T., also his father Mr. T. N. Timmer man motored over to Augusta last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Timmer man attended services at Hom's Creek Sunday afternoon. . Mr. Ben Lanham and sisters went over to Augusta Monday afternoon to see the ball game between Au gusta and Columbia. Ropers. McCormick Elected Good Men. It is with peculiar pleasure that we chronicle the result of the second primary in McCormick county, for the people of the "baby" county had the wisdom tc elect Edgefield men-men who are altogether de pendable. Complete returns show that J. H. Lyon was elected super visor; F. F. Edmunds, sheriff; J. A. Talbert, clerk of court; Ii. G. Bell, judge of probate, and L. S. Ridle hoover, coroner. Well done, Mc Cormick! Southern Will Arrange Special Train. Washington, D. C., Sept. 10-Ar rangements have been made by the Southern Railway to run a special train carrying dairy farmers and others interested in the building up of the dairy interests in the South to the National Dairy Show to be held October 12-21 at Springfield, MasSi, at which the Southern will have.an extensive exhibit giving a full presentation of the South as a dairy section at the present time, and as a region for the future devel opment of the dairy industry. Thje idea of the special train from the]S?nth to the dairy show, which is held in the East for the first time thh'yiear, is to give Southern dairy farmers an opportunity to see how . i. 'J4_> ......_ _J_."J . :_ .L_ tlio^M-lcetry is conducted- in the | North, and to widen their outlook by bringing them in contact with successful dairy farmers and dairy workers from all parts of the coun try, while a general attendance at the dairy show on the part of South ern dairymen is expected to do a great deal to educate the people of the North as to the advantages of the South for the industry. Pullman cars will be started from central points in each State, and will be made into a solid train into New York abd to Springfield. The special will start probably on Thurs day, October 12, reaching New York on Saturday, October 14. Already nearly a hundred dairy farmers located from Virginia to Mississippi have indicated their in tention to become members of the party. New England people have contributed $050,000 for the erec tion of buildings at the show and more than one thousand pure blood dairy cattle of the various breeds will be on exhibit, besides a com prehensive collection of the most approved implements and machinery used in connection with the dairy industrv. In connection with the trip, ar rangements are also being made for stop-overs and side trips to allow the Southern dairymen who go to visit the most interesting milk-pro ducingcenters of the East, including the pasturizing and distributing plants at New York, the railroad warehouses in Jersey City, where over two million quarts of milk are shipped daily to New York by spe cial trains, the Mixter farm, an hour's ride from Springfield, famous for the breeding of pure-bred Guern sey cattle, and Washington, where the party will visit the United States Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Animal Industry. Two Additional Buyers. Edgefield has two more cotton buyers than it had last week, which will doubtless lead to more spirited bidding for the fleecy sta ple. Mr. S. B. Marsh has arranged to buy at Edgefield this season and also bas a representative at Trenton. The other buyer is Mr. W. P. Saw yer of Ridge Spring. He is an ex perienced cotton man and will be a considerable factor in the Edgefield market. We have just received a large shipment of ladies' coat suits and will have in our entire line in a few days. Rubenstein. BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Very Profitable Session He! at Stevens Creek Church. Large Attendance. Good Addresses. The Baptist association met wit the Little Stevens Creek church c Wednesday September 6. This is very large church building and tl good people of this church have pi iu some great improvements in tl way of two dressing rooms one o each side of the pulpit and a ba) tismal font in rear of the palpi There was a good crowd on han and the Meeting Street people ha made abundant preparation fo their guests. After a short devotiot al service the meeting was called t order by the moderator Mr. C Sheppard with Mr. J. T. Littlejoh on hand as secretary and Mr. S. i Mays as treasurer. The choir hav a separate elevated rostrum raile off and the singing was fine unde the leadership of Miss Lena Steven? The chair welcomed the visitin? brethren to wit: Dr. C. C. Brown Mr. Watts, Dr. Derieux, Rev. Mr Bell, Rev. G. VV. Bussey who look as hale and hearty as ever, Rev Snuggs, J. L. Bristow. Mr. Sheppard proceeded to cal the roll of the churches represente? and nearly every church responde* with delegates and church letters The election of officers was nex taken up and the same officers wer re-elected to wit: Moderator, O Sheppard; secretary, J. T. Little john; treasurer, S. B. Mays. Mr Sheppard made a very warm anc tender talk on his re-election anc expressed his high appreciation o: this confidence as he said that he had been serving as moderator foi twenty years and we can truly sa: he has made a faithful and efticien officer all this time. The order of business was ther jread by J. K. Allen who. is one o: the leading members and, with hi; good wife, is as hospitable as he ii active. Short reports were then mad? from the different churches, all veiy encouraging. Then came the report on agec ministers. Dr. 0. C. Brown spoke to this subject in a most able anti instructive manner showing the ur gent needs for funds to help sup port some of our worthy old preach ers who have worn out in the ser vice of God. After some other talk: on!this subject on motion of Dr, Pendleton Jones a good collectior. was taken up for this most worthy cause. After some inspiring songs, din ner was served out under the shady oaks and it was a most delightful and abundant variety of the best of food just as one would expect in this neighborhood of good provid ers. During the intermission, Dr. Pendleton Jones had all the pastors and many deacons and officers of the different churches to meet with him and it was agreed to have regular quarterly meetings of the pastors and deacons and officers of the various churches in this division. This is good as we should not neg lect the assembling of ourselves to gether. In the afternoon the report on Sunday schools was read by W. B. Cogburn and it was a fine one, as his heart is in this work. The report was followed by a masterly speech by Mr. Watts, State superintendent of Sunday schools, who surely knows what he is talking about. Then came the report on State mis sions which was made by Rev. P. B. Lanham, a good one too. This was followed bv a most excellent speech by Dr. Derieux. One idea he elucidated was the importance of having a parsonage in country churches and let the pastor live right among his flock. How can a Shep herd look after his sheep when he does not see them but once a month? Then came the report on hospital by Mr. L. J. Bristow. After this was the report on Temperance by Mr. W. J. Gaines. This was a good report both practical and instruct ive. These annual gatherings do much good in many ways, enlarging the graces of Christian fellowship, kind hospitality and renewal of old ac quaintances as well as a spiritual revival and upbuilding of the many causes sustained by the Baptist de nomination. The great tide of coun try people moving to town is weak ening the good old country church HORN'S CREEK. Farmers Picking Cotton. Pleas ed With Price. Able Sermon by Dr. E. Pendleton Jones. I can not help writing a few lines to The Advertiser this beautiful fall morning. It is so cool and bracing that we realize the fall of the year is here. Our farmers are rapidly picking the snow-white cotton and are rush ing it to market, being so glad to get 15 cents. The attendance at church Sunday was small but we heard a grand ser mon by our pastor, Dr. E. Pendle ton Jones. We hope he will 3erve us as pastor for another year. We were glad to have with us at Horn's Creek Sunday at our regu lar service Mr. J. R- Cantelou and his son, Mr. J. Trapp McManus, Jr., of your town and Mr. John E. Swearingen and his wife of Co lumbia. Our dear friend, Mrs. Emma Fair, has been suffering a great deal from rheumatism during the past week. Master Willie Parks of Edgetield is visiting his sister, Mrs. Alvin Smith. We are glad to hear, that Mr. S. L. Roper is able to be up after be ing ill several days: Mrs. Whitlock of Red Hill spent the past week-end with the home folk. Miss Anna Roper is at home af ter a very pleasant visit to friends at Monetta. Mrs. Jessie Crafton and son, Meriwether, returned home Friday after spending a most delightful week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Adams of Clark's Hill. Mijeu Crafton says it is such a pleasure to have tbe .opportunity,to ..vidi! in . such a grand burne as Mr. and Mrs. Adams! They make their guests forget all of their troubles and sor rows. We love all of our Clark's Hill friends and kind people-only wish they would pay us a visit. Messrs. James and Alvin Smith speut Sunday at Trenton with Mr. Lonnie Smith. % Our friend Mrs. Sam Miller, whom we have reported for several weeks as being sick, we are pained to learn is no better. She has baen carried from Trenton to tue hos pital in Augusta. We all miss Mrs. Miller from our church and mission ary society. We hope the change will benefit her. Horn's Creek* Two Negroes Dead, Three in Jail. Saturday afternoon about five miles north of Edgetield the ne groes of the community held a Sun day school picnic. It appears how ever that the Ruler of the Lower Regions directed the affairs of the occasion. In a shooting scrape, in which about 20 shots were fired, two negroes, Lewis Owens and Bet tis Brooks, were killed, shooting each other to death. The grievance was an old one and had its origin in improper attentions shown Brook's wife ?by the Owens negro. The sympathy of the community is with Brooks and his friends. In ad dition to these two men being shot to death, Will Adams was wounded in the arm and a woman who was sitting in a buggy near by was also slightly injured. Sheriff Swearingen went at once to the scene and arrest ed Will Adams, UPaul Owens, Jr., Ulis Owens and brought them to jail. A characterless woman, to gether with some mean liquor, was the cause of the trouble. es and anything that brings new people to any country district is a great blessing. A. S. T. (The editor of The Advertiser was unable, on account of the press of business, to attend the associa tion at Stevens Creek last week. By request Mr. Arthur Tompkins made the above excellent report of the first day'stsession but as he was not present the second day he could make no report of that day. We have been informed that the second day of the association was also very profitable. The next annual session will be held at Rehoboth.)