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Widest JWjr?rapetr Un jlmrth (toling VOL. 81 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21,1916 NO. 20 JOHNSTON LETTER. Special Sermonat Baptist Church Young Men Come Home to Enlist. Mrs- Mann ing's Visit. On Sunday morning, upon a re quest of President Wilson, that the ministers of the gospel preach upon the subject of how one might aid their country, R?v. W. S. Brooke followed this out and preached a most impressive sermon. He said that one could best aid their country by doing just what the government asked. Just to shoulder arras was not the only way we were to pre- ? pare in this time of srreat need. The farmer who was putting forth every effort tv carry out the suggest ions of their government to plant more w'heat and corn to thus help feed the world, was also patriotic. He urged economy and . showed many ways by which Americans could economize. He was heard by a very sympathetic audience, and as he concluded, there was a fervent amen heard from the audience, which voiced the senti ment of all. On Sunday morning, May 13, a special anniversary service will be' held at the Baptist church instead of the preaching service, this day making the year's ministry of the pastor, Rev. Brooke. There will be short addresses by Messrs. J. L. Walker. Will Sawyer and ,S. J. Watson, and in the evening the pastor will preach on "The Second Mile Stone." Ou Monday, whiie Mrs. Manning was here she was entertained with a very pleasant luncheon in the home of Mrs. J. H. White, and those invited to meet with her were Mesdames M. T. Turner, J. A. Lott, H. W. Crouch, Earl Rush, Archie Lewis and Harriette Kenney. Everything served at the luncheon was home grown, ind, the idea pleased Mrs. Manning very much and she sai? she would tell the Governor of how prepared the people of Johnston were. Mrs. J. L. Walker enteitained Mrs. Manning with a beautiful tea on Wednesday evening, and the coo!, flower laden rooms was au ideal place to spend the time, with such an honor guest. Mrs. Walker is at the head of the D. A. R. detachment, and she in vited the other two of the commit tee, Mesdames O. D. Black and C. P. Corn, and the regent, Mrs. M. T. Turner to be present. Also present were. Mesdames E. M. Walker and J. H. White. Tea was served in perfect style with beautiful accessories, and again, everything served was grown on their farm. The Emily Geiger chapter met on Monday afternoon with Mrs. W. E. LaGrone, the Regent, Mrs. M.I T. Turner presiding. The chapter voted to send ten dollars to the school at Walhalla toward meeting the pledge as a founder. The I). A. R. detachment was discusst.!, but no special line of woik was to be decided on until after the address of Mrs. Manning hud been heard, then work will pro-1 ceed. Tiie chapter will- co-operate in the celebration of Baby Day with the other organizations. The Regent gave a summary of the proceedings of the congress in Washington, and read a com munication ?from Mts. F. H. H. Calhoun. National * Vice-Regent. ! The chapter was glad to hear of a prospective new member, the mem-' bership roll now being thirty ei?Jit. .During the literary session, a paper on th? Comparison of the Norther;!, Middle, ami Southern Colonies" was read by Mrs. W. F. Scott: Current Events were given by Miss Zena Payne, and the meet ing concluded with a vocal solo by Mrs. .lames White. The 1 lostessI served tomatoes with mayonnaise, ?andwiches and iced tea. It was a great pleasure to all on last Monday to hear Mrs. R. I. Manning discuss the work of the National League for Woman's Service, and tell ol* the work that could be done by the various de tachments. She came upon thc cordial invitation of the D. A. li , this organization having last Oct., decided to take up some kind of woik. The meeting was held in the opera (Continued on Eighth Page) Death of Mrs. Victoria Evans. In the early watches of Thursday morning death claimed one of the oldest residents of Edgefield, Mrs. Victoria Evans, who was nearing the close of her 80th year. About ten days prior to her death Mrs. Evans fell and fractured her right hip, and instead of rallying from the shock, this aged and greatly be loved lady steadily grew weaker till the end. During the last days of her life all of her children were gathered about her, and from the moment of her iniury until life became extinct, she received constant and most de voted attention- Nothing that'hu raan ingenuity could devise or pro vide was left undone. Before ber marriage to the late Oren. Nathan George Evans, Mrs. Evans was Miss Victoria Gary and was reared at Cokesbury. She came to Edgefield to reside about 18S2, after the death of her husband and also after the death of her dis tinquished brother, Gen. M. W. Gary. Mrs. Evans was an unusual woman. Not only was her life and personality an embodiment of that] splendid culture of the old South, but she was a woman of remarkable intellectual strength and a charm ing conversationalist. Having traveled extensively and being con* versant with the best literature and also possessing the rich experience of accumulated years, she was al ways intensely interesting in con versation. Mrs. Evans possessed decided convictions and could al ways be found on the right side of all questions affecting the social and religious welfare of the State and community. She was a devout member of the Methodist church from girlhood and during the more active years of her life was always a regular attendant upon the serv ices of Ifer church. Her death re moves a personality that is greatly i honored and beloved in Edgefield by. the young and the old, the white and the colored. Mrs. Evans is survived by three sons, John Gary Evans, N. G. Evans, B. B. Evans and ont' daughter, Miss Mary Evans. The funeral was con ducted by Rev. A. L* Gunter, pastor of the Methodist church at Oakley Park at 5:H0 o'clock Thurs day morning. The body was carried to Cokesbury Friday morn ing for burial in the family square, the funeral party making the journey in a special car. The Nation's Urgent Need. Tue supreme need of our nation and of the nations with which we are co-operating is an abundance of supplies, and especiallyof foodstuffs. Without abundant food, alike for the armies mid the peoples now at war. the whole great enterprise upon which we have embarked will break down and fall. The world's food reserves are low. Not only during- the present! emergency, bnt for some time after peace shall have come, both our own people and a large proportion of the people of Europe must rely upon the harvests in America. Upon the farmers of this country, therefore, in a large measure, rests the fate of the war and thu fate of the nations. I particularly appeal to the farm ers of the Smith to plant abundant] foodstuffs, as well as conon. They can show their patriotism in no j bette; or more convincing way than j by resisting the great temptation ol'j the present price of cotton and help-j ing to feed the nation ami the' people? fighting tor their liberties and ??ur own. The variety ol' their i crops will be the visible measure of! their comprehension of their national duty.-President Woodrow! Wilson This is an appeal* that doubtless wiil be heeded. The farmers ol" j the country will vie with each other! to do'their .huies ?ri the furrows a*i well as in thc training ca tu ps and j trendies. That there arc manyi difficulties to bc met in increasing j production need hardly be argued But these wiil be met ami overcome. Since all cla>scs and occupations have been called upon by President Wilson io render patriotic services in production and distribution of foods it will be desirable for close co-operation in which every class and every individual does his best. This is the way to produce more and put it on the table of the con sumer at the least cost possible. Farm and Ranch. I CLEORA CULLINGS. Schoo! Closed With Picnic. Ad dresses on Civic Prepared ness. Killed Eleven , Snakes at One Shot. Our school closed last Friday and we had a basket picnic at the school house Saturday. Mr. A. S. Tomp-'i kins gave us a talk on Civic Preparedness and Education. As is^ always, with him, his remarks were{ on'einal and to the point. He was ' followed by Mr.S.McG.Sirapkins and. Dr. Josh Beall on the same subjects.; These talks were all good and toi' the point and were enjoyed by all present. Owing to the rain on Friday which put hard land in good con dition to plow, very few of the meu; of the community were present. Mr. Albert Keel, who was operat ed on in an Augusta hospital about three weeks ago, is improving Blowf ly. His mother Mrs. W. T- Ree!, is still in Augusta with him. L. R. Brunson, Jr., has been in bed several days with chills but is bettor now. Mr. C. M. Williams is confined to bis. home with Rheumatism or sciatica. Misses Ellie and Eugenia Mim& visited Mrs. L. R. Brunson last Fri day. The drought has at last been broken; had a fine rain Friday, is rain inc all day today, and it looks as if we will have as long a wot spell as we had dry. Some who planted cotton eaWy have very good stands, but those who were late planting have none up yet. We have the champion snake killer in this community. Mr. D. C. Nicholson, who lives on Mr. A. B. Holmes' place, saw a big water moccasin on.the opposite bank of the creek and several others follow ing him. When they, stopped h H SilCt :TKC tho buaciv ?r^-.^?'Vd eleven at one shot. "Next mau !'; All around here are about through plantjng colton, but very little corn has been planted, but tbere will be a big crop putin after this big rain. There will be more corn, peas, velvet beans, sorghum a.':id potatoes planted around here than for sev eral years. Dr. Josh Beall happened to be over here on business and attended our picnic. His friends were all glad to see him. We wish Uncle "Iv" Morgan, another one of our Edgefield men who has moved to Georgia, had happened over at the same time. Others of his HdgcHeld" friends would like to shake his hand besides Fair, Minis and Griffig. The G-riftis school closed last Fri day ^ciih au entertainment at night, which was a decided success and reflected credit on teacher and pupils. Mr?. John Barnett taught the Griffie school this term. Spanell Guilty; Gets Five Year Sentenc e. Coleman, Texas, May f>-A ver dict of guilty of murder was return ed tonight by the jury in the case Harry J. S panel I, charged with the killing of Lieut Col. M. C. Butler. Punishment was fixed at five years imprisonment. Spanell ali but collapsed when the verdict was read. Councel for the defense announced a motion for a new trial would be filed im mediately, and if it wen- in>i grant ed, soi appeal would betaken. The plea for reversal, they said, would be h ised specifically upon the re fusal of tiiii cotirt to sustain de fence's plea of "former acquittal. Spanel] was ind icted at Al pim*, Tex., | for the alleged killing of his wife and Lietcnant-Col. Butler on the night of July 20, l? 16. The charge of killing Ids wife, Mrs. Christal Holland Spanell, was tried at San Angelo last February on a change of venue. Spanell was acquitted and thc case against him for killing Butler was brought to Coleman county. The trial herc began Monday. April 2'i. A stranger entered the church ! during the Hermon. Getting tired, he asked his neighbor, "How long has he been preaching?" . About thirty or forty years, I think," replied the man. "ni stay, then," said the stranger; he must be nearly done."-The Young mau and Woman. CLARK'S HILL. Large Acrtage in Corn. Peach es Nearly Ripe. Interesting Report of State Sunday School Convention. The new store at Meriwether of Mi A. Ada ms & Son is about full of new spring goods. Miss Kath rine Adams has an ice cream parlor in connection V4jith fthe store. A .fresh meat market will he another department of this new store, which will be managed by John Adam?, a younger son Middleton & Rich are irettin<r grain and hay in car lots for our mill people. Some of our farmers are using some of it; hut they say not so for next year. One man did not get a gocd stand of cotton, so he plowed it np and planted corn. Most all of our oat land is in norn and peas. All old corn has been plowed and chopping began last week. We are about through plant ing co';ton, and most of us have good stands. All of us have had something fresh from our gardens. We are now enjoying peas and strawberries. Peaches will be ripe in ten days. Fried chicken will be on us in a few days, and anybody who is hungry, come to see ns. We will go down on the Savannah and take a chicken for dinner, have fish for supper, if we catch them. How is our friend Jim Cantelon? Wonder if this sounds good to him? Some of our boys have joined the pig and corn clubs. We wish every farmer that has a boy would en courage him to become a member of this club. Oh, that we could make it more interesting for the boys on the farm! Quite a lot of sickness in our community. Dr. Bell of McCorm ick,, was down to see some of them this week. -* Mi. Ii.* A.- Ads ros - toot h's '.sen. John Adams, to the hospital in Augusta a few days atro. The latest reports are to the effect that he is better. Mrs. Tillman Bunch is in the hospital in Greenwood. W. M. Rowland spent a few days on his Melrose plantation last week, and left Saturday for Spartanburg. Miss Addie Timmerman is spend ing some time witta Mrs. D. W. Shepton. Mrs. H. A. Adams is in Augusta j liv the bedside of her son. Mrs. S. T. Adams is off fora two weeks visit to friends in Spar tan burg, Greenwood, Gaffney, Greenville and Bradley, while Sam is at home taking caro of the chick ens: So the song iroos. lei Sam do tho work, and Louise do tho frolicking around." May she have a good ?'ir.u*. Mrs. Adams attended the State Sunday School Conven tion in S partan burg last week. San: was with her :it this conven tion, hut as soon as tile meeting was over sh? sent bim homo. Miss Frances and Mrs. AV. S. Middleton, also attended this great convention. Well, how was thr.'v. convention, yda ask? lt was good, every bit of it. An army of hoy scouts rael every train, and took yon and your grip to your homo. Most of the appointed speakers were on the floor on time. Oar county had nine (delegates, foui of them from our 'school. We wore sorry lo see only two from Edgefield. We are very j nundi i nie ivs ted in dear old Edge field, as we a re- a part of you. Every county was represented bm George town. McCormick county wis put on thc honor Toll of banner counties. We tried hard fer the gold star, but missed two schools. We are going to have these next year. Our county pledged twenty-five dollarsand paid thirty-eight dollars. The Stale is asking us for fifty dollars. We must co forward and meet it. Forty two of the forty five counties are organized. My. what a worker we have in Mr. Webb. We rec commend Hon. B. E. Nicholson, who was pi?ccd on thc Executive Committee. I am sure this commit tee will get valuable help from brother Nicholson. Ex-Governor M. F. Ansel was chosen president of the convention foi next year. FCR SALE: lUO Bushels of peas, also pure White Leghorn eggs for hatching, 75 cents for 15. L. C. Parker & Co. Planting Summer Legumes. Planting peas, soy beans, velvet beans and peanuts as companion crops with corn and the grain sor ghums should be done this year more than ever before. We are striving to increase the yield this year as well we may, but we should hot forget that the soil must be kept up so oAir yield will not de crease the following years. To maintain the fertility of our soil we should plant leirnmes on every acre that can be planted to increase the nitrogen and the humus contents of the soil. Fortunate are those who have plenty of legume seeds, such as peas, soy beans, velvet beans and peanuts. Those who have ?eeds to sell should advertise them so the people who need late planting seed may bu>. Strenuous means should be em ployed to plant cowpeas, soy beans, velvet beans and peanuts not only in plats to themselves for seed and for feed, but also in corn and grain sor ghum fields to improve the soil, to afford grazing or to make hay as the legume may be adapted to the pur pose. The legumes mentioned are adapt ed to late planting, and may be planted any time when there is suffi cient moisture up till the first of July, and perhaps a little later in some localities, Let preparations be made to plant them aud get the ben efits. Especially will it be desirable to prepare to plant the oat and wheat stubble fields in some of these leg umes. If the season will permit much can be accomplished by plant ing the stubble fields. It is cer tainly worth an effort.-Farm and Ranch. Meeting of the Bald Eagle Chapter C. of C. The children forming this chapter were' beautifully entertained by Mrs. W. A. .Byrd on Saturday afternoon- This was.? called ?jpt-, ing to make their plans for Memo rial Day, but their regular historic al program was carried out, as their director wishes to leave no moment unimproved. After the opening exercises by the pesident, Miss Mae Rives, their plans were discussed, and it was de cided that each child. prepare four magnolia wreaths, which they are I to carry in the procession and im mediately after the speaking and other exercises at the opera i io use, they will go with the comciivtees appointed hy the mother chapter, to the cemeteries and 'place a wreath on the crave of every soldier which they are abbi to locate. There were, twenty three children present, and the most profound sympathy was shewn tor .Mi>s' .Mary Evans in lier deep sorrow over the loss of ! lier mother, who was one of the hon'or&ry members of their chapter. I After the business of the hour I was disposed of, the historian, .Miss Gladys Lawton, took charge of the meeting and a very interesting pro gram was carried out. Isabel livid recited with a great, deal o; feeling the beautiful poem or? Mart Gary, j which wat; reprinted ir. the Chronicle la lew weeks ago. Elizabeth Lott gave a well written ami comprehen sive sketch ot Jefferson Davis ami tue early days of the Confederacy, ami it was reinal kable lum" wei! the children answered the questions pre pared by our historian general for the use of the chidrens' chapters. Tiley sang both 'Dixie" and ' America," au;] one ol' the children! remarked that on one occasion al band was playing one of our nation al anthems here, and when the audience did not rise he waited un til an Edgetield people should thus show their patriotism. Hereafter,! when tin- band plays "Dixie" or 'America,*' or the "?tar Spangled j Banner" 1 know uf one little pain-1 otic batui who will rise.to the music. Before leaving for their homes the children were served ice cream cones and cake liv their hostels, assisted by .Mrs. Hughes and Mary Lily Byrd. After the meeting was over they enjoyed - a delightful half hour of play on the lawn. Horace--"There's your friend Simpkins. I am afraid he's going to get soaked to the skin. Why don't you ask him under your um brellas"^ Ely-'"I'm afraid he would recog nize it!"-Judge. ,1 HARDY'S HAPPENINGS. Rain Welcomed. Fires Again Made. Many Visitors Come and Go. Meriwether Barbecue. We are so glad Lo have had a nice rain on Friday, which helped every thing so much, and enabled the farmers to plough and plant some more of their hard lands, and gave the cotton and corn a drink; also, the grain and gardens. But my! isn't it cold? Winter lindere in the' lap of spring until quite late. Fires are very- comfortable and necessary. Such weather! Some were sitting on their piazzas Sunday afternoon, I can't say enjoying themselves, for they were drawing up their co?ts, and looked so cold, as well as felt 80. We went out riding Sunday after noon to Mr. Jim Gilchrist's to see them a little while; also, Mrs. T. R. Gilchrist, who is the picture of health herself, but has a very sick baby, just out of the hospital; in fact, two of them just back. We hope they will soon be all right now. We were sorry to hear that Mrs. Tom Miller had been taken to the hospital a few days ago. Hope she can soon come home sound and well. She has been very frail for many years, . Met Cadet Hal Wells at Mr. T. R. Gilchrist's visiting his aunt. Saw Mrs. D. T. Mathis and son D. T., Mr. and Mrs. Orin Reese and Mr. Walter Harris coming across the bridge as we did. Met Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McKie and family in their car coming out to visit Miss Genie Hammond, who was holding a reception on her front piazza. Mrs. D. R. Ham mond and daughter were there also. Messrs. H. L. and H. G. Bunch and family, Mrs. L. C. Raymond and Miss Lilla Bunch were riding on the good roads of Georgia, ^and. day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry McKie brought Miss Marjorie McKie home Saturday after a very pleasant week with them. Master Jule Butler spent the week-end with Master Robert Mc Kie, Jr. Mr. Walter Stevens motored Miss Mary Townes lo Augusta Saturday. Mrs. Townes and Mr. Frank Townes were in town also. Weare looking forward to the Meriwether agricultural club bar becue on May 10 at the hall. We always enjoy them so much. We are soon to lose one of our sweet girls, judging from an invita tion wa received a few days ago. We speak of Miss Beatrice Stephens to marry Mr. Julius M. Yann on the 16th. We congratulate Mr. Tani* on winning such a lovely little lady, j and wish for them both every hap piness. Hardy's. U. D. C. Meeting. Mrs. F. S. Johnson was hostess for the U. D. C. on Tuesday after noon, and the meeting was well at tended, although it ended in a .great shower. Memorial Day plans were per fected and arrangements for tho coming of Dr. Carter Helm Jones of Seattle to make the Memorial address. 31 rs. K. P. Jones had I charge of the meeting in place of Mrs. Marsh, who was absent. A splendid paper on Albert Sid ney Johnston was read by Mrs. B. E. NicboUou, prepared by Mrs?. H. L. M i ms. A poem on Shiloh was beauti fully read by .Mrs. .Mamie N. Till man. Little Miss Anne Liwfu brought a very graceful message from the children's chapter. Au iced course, with ,two kinds of cake, was served by the hostess. Dinner will be served on Memo rial Dav tf all. veterans. Miss Southby-''So you'll be in Florida another week? Are you going to K issi tn nice before you start for home?" Mr. North- "I hadn't thought of it, but you certainly do look tempting."-Chicano Daily News When in need of gasoline come to our store-price this week is 27 cents per gallon. Stewart ?fc Kernagban