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EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1918 JOHNSTON LETTER; Large Subscription for Budget. New Century Club Met, Missions Hold Delight ful Meeting. The Baptist church has been fol lowing the budget system now for the second year, and it has proved most satisfactory. The "every mem ber canvass" to arrange for the ex penses of the church for 101S was set for Sunday, January 0, there be ing thirty-two members of the church to undertake this. These all met at the church, and after dif ferent sections beiug assigned went two and two in cars, and every mem ber, as far as practical, was seen, and a voluntary contribution card was signed for the year's expense. At the evening's service all these sixteen committees gave a report of the fine success of their work, and the cordial welcome every one gave. The amount of the budget system is $4,60?. Of this the committee* were expected to raise $3,417.50, and when all had reported it was found that ?3,770. "JU was the amount subscribed. Many had gone over what they had subscribed last year. Every one felt very grate ful for such good repul?s, and all joined in singing "Ail Hail the Power of Jesus Name." Lieutenant Quincy Kinard .of Camp Jackson spent Sunday in the .home of Mr. M. T. Turner. Misses Sue and Pauline Ti m mer man haye been guests of relatives here. The W. C. T. XL will not meet the second Friday afternoon, but will meet the third Friday after noon, the chancre being made on ac count of week of prayer. The historical meeting of the U. D. C. has bo2n changed to thud Thursday. News has reached here of the death of Mr. Schumpert at his home in Yidalia, Ga. Mr. Schumpert married Miss Emma Bland, and there are many here who knew him, and regret to learn of his death. Miss Sara Carwile accompanied her niece, Mrs. Eugene McA?pine, home to II arts ville, and will spend awhile with her. The recent meeting of the Mary Ann linic chapter was a very inter esting one, and trie work of the new year was well started oil-in a man ner that delighted the heart of each Daughter. The meeting was op ened by the Loni's prayer in con cert, the president, Mrs. M. T. Turner, presiding. Tile chapter's first work was sending a check fur 829.00 to headquarters, this to be used in equipping a bed in the Amer ican hospital in France. The S. C. Division is trivium ?000 to maintain a room in ibis hospital for one year, and the chapter will make a good contribution to this. A report of thc Christmas atten tions from the chapter to the veter ans and sick members was told of, the veterans willi baskets nf fruits, and the ladies bouquets of white carnations and poinsettas. Thc notes id' thanks from these dear old soldiers brought tears to tiie eyes of all as they expressed their appreciation. The committee stated that it was to tiieui one of the sweetest things that they did Christmas in taking these gifts to the kierans, Mrs. O. D. Black, vice-piesident Edisto District, brought before the chapter the matter ol' education, as supported by the district. This district gives a hundred dollar scholarship. This chapter has a partial schol arship at Coker college, giving fifty dollars, and a member of thc local C. of C. has taken advantage of it-Miss Janie Bruce. A new member was gained, Mrs. Joseph Cox, who was given a cor dial welcome. The next meeting will be held with her the first Thurs day in February.' Mr. Will Carwile of Augusta has been sick here for the pat.t week in the home of his sister, Mrs. S. G. Mobley. Mrs. S. J. Watson has been at the Columbia hospital with her lit tle son, Rhodes, who has had some throat trouble that necessitated an operation. Mr. Griffin Asbell died last Monday night at his home near here, from an attack of pneumonia. He had been sick for a short while, and all efforts for his restoration were resorted to. Mr. Asbell was a veteran,.and was nearing seventy years of age. He was a noble, Christian m and -was identified in every s( endeavor. He leaves a family sons and daughteis that is an hoi to him. H?R widow survives hi Rev. Tillman Asbell is one of sous. The funeral was conducted Tuesday afternoon by his past Rev. W. S. Brooke, and the bc was laid to rest in the family bu ing ground. M?ES Clara Sawyer waa host for the New Century club on Tu day afternoon, and although I weather was unfavorable there wi several present. .Mrs. Grant p sided. The club decided to wr to the senators, urging them to t their influence in having the St: make provision for the feel minded. The club members are collecti magazines to send to the sold ie and each, member is making a seri book or joke-book to send to t soldiers. These books are beii very prettily made. The State Federation of Womel clubs will give * 1,000 for comm ni ty work, this making 8250 f each district, an average of $10. per club. This club is gin d' to ha a part in this, and win send tin contribution right away. Mrs. J. L. Walker conducted tl literary program, the subject bein "Short Story Writers." A li sketch o? Henry J. Watts was give with selected readings, and a list the short story writers of the Soul Mrs. James Strother prepared fine paper on "Edgar Allen Pot Contribution to the Short Story, Selected readings from chief autho were had by Mrs. Grant. Miss Rushton and Payne. Some of the scrap-books, cot pleted, were exhibited. Misses Annie and Ronnette Hire man of Manning, Miss Esther Be ger of Kingstreet, and Misa Bett Osteen of Columbia, have bee spending awhile with Miss Faun Shade, and with other visitors most pleasant house party was ha One evening of the past'week tl partj was invited over to a si o'clock dinner in the home of M and .Mrs. I. Mukasby of Edgefieh Mrs. David Phillips and Mi: Hath Phillips of Springfield ai guests of Mrs. Mary Waters. Mrs. Paul Perry spent last wee here with relatives. . Mrs. Auburn Mayer has relurne to Washington, D. C., after a vis to the home of her fattier, Mr. YV W. Satchel-. Mrs. C. P. Corn was hostess f< the Apollo tonsil club on Wednei day afternoon, and a full attendant started off the new year's worl Mrs. E. R. Mobley presided, an the club further discussed inking greater part in war reliel work, an the com millee to raise funds hope to have the entertainment soon The Armenian sufferers were give *~>.00 by the club. The mein bei will write to the senators urgin; ihfir support in the measure fo the State lo make provision fer th feeble minded. The musical program was ver, enjoyable. The story of "Faust" was tob and several of the selections fron this < pera were given, and the vic trola gave some beautiful selection from the "Garden Scent," sung b; Caruso and Farrar. The lives o Caruso, Calri and Campanini wen discussed. During the social period tin hostess, assisted by Mesdames L. S Maxwell, T. R. Hoyt and M. W Crouch, served a dainty swee course, the favors being new yeai bells, and each one was found tc contain a little gift. Mrs. H. E. Graham has returnee from Margaret Wright hospital where she wag under treatment. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Raysor ol St. Matthews, and Mr. and Mrs. R P. Stackhouse of Americas, Ga., have been guests ?ti the home ol their father, Rev. J. H. Thacher, Miss Mattie Workman of Chap pells is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. P. Lott. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Walker en i ter tai ned with a most pleasant six o'clock dinner for visiting relatives and other guests last week. The evening was delightful in every way, . as spent in this hospitable home. Mrs. Kittie Rushton of Given wood has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Lavinia Wright. Mr. Thomas Milford represented I the Johnston Masonic Lodge at the Little Francis Pickens Werts. On Tuesday, January 1st, 1918, the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wert* was made sad when the dear Mas ter called away little Francis Pick ens, their dearest treasure on earth, and their only darling babe. The only grand child of Mr. and Mrs. W, E. Parkman, and ouly great grand child of^Mr. F. P. Johnson. He was laid to rest in Good Hope cemetery, January 2. He was sick only 5 days, while he was real sick all that time, all prayed that the dear Master would see fit to let the little darling stay longer with papa and mama hereon earth. But the dear Lord knoweth best, so called little Francis Pickens to glory, where he baa a place for all. Ile gave him to them for 10 short months. Then he wanted one more precious angel in heaven to make it brighter. So called little Francis Pickens to join the happy band. And now he is in heaven and with the angels stand. We know 'twas hard to give him up a little darling, so fair and sweet, but he is bne more little anirel, that will be wailing papa and mama to greet, and oh, what a happy day 'twill be when they all shall meet. He was loved by all who knew him, for hf? was such a sweet babe. Hat his body now lies in the grave, while the little soul is with the one who gave. To papr. and mama, Francis Pickens wi.I by waiting with the happy band that stands'by Heaven's gate ana he has a place b}7 his side for you. When you have finished al! the work (-rod gave you to do be it soon or late, the Lord giveth and lie taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Aunt Cecil. Gaines, S. C. Canada Floors John Barleycorn. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. -?2.-Importa tion of intoxicating liquors into Canada after Monday next is pro hibited, and their manufacture will be prohibited after a dale to be de termined later, Premier Bordon offi cially announced to-day. Thc Plumier said thule would be an investigation and consideration of tile conditions in thc liquor in dustry before the date for prohib?* lion of manufacture is decided upon. Tin- ban will romain in force dur ing the war and for one year after conclusion nf peace. The action was taken, the premier stated, by virtue of "the unmistaka ble mandate" given the government December 17 (thc dale of the Cana dian election) for thc vigorous pros ecu! ion of the war and for ''the em ployment of all the country's ener gies ami resources necessary to achieve victory." Any liquor or beverage contain ing more than 2j per cent alcohol shall be regarded as intoxicating liquor and banned under the new order. The restrictions do not ap ply to importations for medicinal, sacramental, manufacturing and chemical purposes. "It is essential and indeed vital for thc efficient conduct of the war that wasteful or unnecessary expen diture should be prohibited and that all articles capable of being utili/.ed as food should be con sen cd," said the premier's state ment, "Il is beyond question that the use of liquor affects adversely ihe realization of this purpose." Grand Lodge recently held in Char leston. Mrs. Lucy McLenna is at Wagner visiting her brother,-Mr. Henry Gardener. Miss May Watson has gone to Americus, Ga., to visit her eisteT, Mrs. Luther Lott. M ?ss Catherine Cornwell of Ches ter is the guest of Mrs. Robert Long. Dr. Victor Seigler of Florida spent a few days of last week here in tho home of his aunt, Mrs. A. P. Lewis. Mrs. Lee Price and four little children are visiting in the home of the former's father, Mr. Sawyer. Our stock of furniture, Red Room Suits, Beds, Wardrobes, Mattresses and Springs of all kinds is com plete. Also a full stock of Chairs, Rugs, Art Squares, Clocks, Kitchen Cabinets, etc. We are in a position lo make prices reasonable. H. 13. Jones. Building Owning and Living in Your OAVTI Home. (Third Prize, Out-of-City Composi tion.) The people who stand forth for permanent advancement along any line are home-builders and home lov ers. The European Empire was in vincible as long as the homes were pure and upright. When the homes became corrupt, Rome fell. No gov ernment is better than homes of the governed, because: "There is its majesty and strength. There is the beginning and the ending of its re sponsibility." ' There is no home unless you own it. T?e rented house is merely the place you live in. The home compels the owner to save. It compels him ?f?-be careful with his property, to improve it or repair it whenever it is necessary. Not so with the man who rents a home. Break out a ? glass? Tear off a board? "Yes." "Let the owner pay for it." Build a fence or improve the property in any way? "No, it is none of my place. I pay rent," is his motto. It develops a spirit of wastefulness and anything pave economy and usefulness. Yet there are millions of people in the United States who, live in houses that they do not own. They are willing to pay rent month in and month out, living from hand to mouth, not car ing or preparing for thc "rainy day." This condition should be remedied. To build the hame you arc to live in is the corner stone to your life. The dream of a home of your own will come true if you save every doll ar that yau can. Build your home to suit your bank account not your fan cies. Do not turn up your nose at the little cottage that you are able to pay for and pine for a lordly man sion. No! Because a home is ele gant, luxurious, and beautiful is no proof that it is a home. "Marble walls do not constitute a home, nor iron bars a jail." It is an easy matter to borrow ??-'--'?y- But even to borrow money you must have a~ba"sis oi?'Tvlrich- le start. If you have saved you can obtain the balance from thc "Build ing and Loan Association." This method is the best for the poor man and small builder. With $3,000.00 I am to buy my lot and build my j home. The land outside the town) j limits is just as well suited for build : ing purposes as the land in town, i It is much cheaper than the town lots and is free of town taxes. The ' lot I have selected is one acre in j size, level and well drained. The ! cost for thc lot is moderate, only I $150.00, which is a drawing card for . me. j I have considered many plans for j building houses. I have read thc building sheets in the current maga zines. I have read hooks describing the one just suited for the small builders. I studied over a hook by the ; name of "Convenient Cottages at moderate pi ices." But tu my mind j they were not convenient. The j prices were far from moderate. Thc I houses that were anything in the I neighborhood of thc prices that ? was willing to pay looked like doll j houses. What I want is a home, a j place to live in, not a fancy little play house to look at. The structure I have in mind is a one-story building with four large rooms and a kitchen. Around the front of the house i.? a large and broad piazza. The win dows are large and tho ceiling'? of the rooms are high. The piazza, large windows and high ceilings are a ne cessity in this part of tho country. The outside of thc building is very plain. The roof being square, but the squareness broken by two win dows. The whole house is large, strong and sturdy, built not only to withstand the summer breezes but the wintry blasts, to be a shelter from the heat and cold outside. A place in which to live at all times and in all weathers. The rooms also are square and large. They are well lighted and ventilated. Each has a closet which is lined with cedar, this to keep out moths and insects. The rooms are heated by coal grates and are to bc ^ghtcd by electricity, I hope. The nail runs thc entire length of the house, two rooms being on each s?c of it. The front door opens upon a beautiful eastern view; the back on thc golden sunlit hills. The kitchen is especially conven ient. It is in easy reach of the din ing room, a short' hallway connecting them. On each side of' the hallway ?ire doors leading into pantries for storing the groceries. It is also in easy reach of water, the well being on the back porch, nearly at the kitchen door. The coal range is in the corner of the kitchen. It is con nected with a chimney going directly from the ground through the ceiling. This does away with the flue in the ceiling, the cause of so many fires. The kitchen is very large and has three windows, it should not be un bearably hot in the summer for that reason. The architect who is to build my home and myself went to the neigh boring city and purchased the ma terial. The lumber that we selected was not the cheapest, but is good and substantial. The lumber was season ed and well dressed pine for the por tions that showed. The rafters and sills were rough but strong. The weatherboarding and ceiling are long straight boards, free of knots, a beautiful sight to look at. The brick, tin for the roof, and all the other necessary material were all of good quality. Mr. Anderson; the architect, after receiving the building material, set to work with his company of skilled workmen, and in an amazingly short time had completed his .work. Yesterday, as I approached my home, it was with a feeling of pride that I looked npon it. The freshly painted sides were as white as snow, the roof reflecting the rays of the morning sun, the doors thrown open as if in welcome, it seemed to me that it was the most beautiful place on earth. Home is the most beauti ful place to the man who builds it, owns it, and loves it. As I walked across the rough fields to my house, I thought of what I could do to make it attractive with flowering and sweet smelling shrubs, flowering plants and good-natured shade trees at intervals over the lawn. I enter thc house, soon to be home, and think of what is needed there. It must have books and pictures and music. Not thc regular furniture alone that satisfies your body, but something to ? make the liome attractive to, the men tal side also. I step into the hack yard. No thoughts, wishes, likes or dislikes here. There must be an or chard and a vegetable garden, a pig pen with the contented young pork ers grunting in it, a Jersc-y milk cow lowing for the green pastures, and the old hen followed by her little chicks, clucking in thc back yard around the steps. I think, hut can only innjrine. what hollow existence a man who rents a home must lead? to come into the world ard leave it unchanged by his having lived in it SD WIN ll. FOLK, JR., Edgefk'id, S. C. Antioch, Republican and Red HUI Pound Their Preacher. Dear Advertiser: When the good people of a community do a good thing in a good spirit and at a good time, I believe that somebody ought to tell it on them. During the holidays, the generous-hearted people of>Red Hill, Antioch and Republican churches, frequently stormed our premises willi wagons, buggies and men heavily loaded with flour, meats, meal, potatoes, fruits, coffee, lice, sugar, wood, pig, chickens and various other useful things for the home. When I was a boy my father and mother used to pound me occasion ally, and when I became a minister the people began to pound me. But DI be pounded again if I ever got such a tremendous pounding as the good people of our churches gave us during the past few days, and I understand they are not all done yet. Many thanks to the good people who were so thoughtful as to re member ns in such a substantial and helpful way. We hope to prove worthy of all your gifts. We are always glad to have our friends visit us and especially when it is done in such a helpful way. We hope to 'nave you come often. Your pastor and family, J. W. Kesterson. Cold Spring, S. C. Have just received 100 sets of harness that will be sold at the low est possible, price. IL B, Jones. Have just received car load of r Shingles. E.S.Johnson. HARDY'S HAPPENINGS. Cold Does Not Stop Young Lover. Mr. Toll Glover Im proving. Water Low in Creek. Happy New Year to all. This happy may come after the new has worn off for a few days, but the wish is to all for a happy, prosper ous and peaceful year. Some one asked me to-day where was ''Hardy's Happenings." I said the ink froze-if it did not, I al most froze myself. Really, I don't think there were much happenings around in this community for the month of December and so far in January, except being froze in, at home by one's own fire, trying to keep moderately warm, and not crowd some one else out from t heir own fire. We have one brave laddie in our immediate neighborhood who braves the wind, snow, rain, slick roads, ice, and weather-and, oh, yes!.the inky darkness, too,-and goes to see his best girl in North Augusta. There was one other with a ponder ous machine that came up Christ inas night in the rain, and the road looked like glass as he came pant ing, slipping, and almost gave out coming up the incline just below our home. We went out on the piazza to see if we could find out who was having such a hard time, and we knew. The little lady was at home from her school, and there was still another that came quite a jdistauce to see her. He hada long, 'cold, lonely midnight horse-back ride, therefore had ample time togo over the pleasant evening with her. Other than those, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Adams of Clarks Hill, spent Christmas day with Mr, George Adams and family, and went to Au gusta the following Friday. She ? told me she was disappointed that lier soldier boy did not get home for Christmas, but he hoped to come on thc 8th of January. Mr. Preston Lanham, Jr., had a furlough., gran ted him last Friday from Camp Sevier, Greenville, and : came home immediately. Came to I Augusta and out to Belvedere and i walked from there home, reaching ?there at 3:00 A. M. Mr. and Mrs. jil. G. liunch and family went up ; Sunday afternoon to see him. I Wingfield Bunch had a very ?alarming case of croup Monday j morning. They have all boen suf ; feting with malaria and colds. In fact all at our home have been half sick with colds. We were very glad to hear last Friday that Mr. Toll Glover was innch improved, and able to sit up : and ask for oysters now. We hope j he will continue to improve. I Mr. H. H. Scott, Sr., came in. Friday morning to warm, lie was on his w t.y to town. Ile was so cold-raj ! Was telling us of how I they are shut in over Stevens creek, the water being so low that the fer ry boat eonid not be operated al all. He had to go about a mile or two out of his way, to Mr. Maikerl's I ferry, to cross the creek. I really ? think it is a crying shame that no bri.ige has been put across that creek, as the Stevens' Creek Power Co. gave $13,500 towards a. bridge being built there. What has be come of thal money, any way? We people down in the lower side of the county pay taxes and road tax, and have just as much right to have our roads worked and bridges built and kept up as iu other parts of the county. The roads have lots of rough places that need smoothing, but if the rains had not held off this long they would have been very much worse. I noticed the Aiken Journal and Review copied from Hardy's Hap penings what was said of the wood bringing so much in North Augusta. I wish they would remind their su pervisor of his duty on the Martin town road from North Augusta out to the line between Aiken and Edge field, and let the road men and ma chines of each county get busy and give us a real road to brag one once. Mr. H. F. Cooper is.making ready to begin sawing lumber for building for his tenants as soon as the weath er will permit. Miss Crystine Cooper left Sunday to resume her school duties in Ninety Six on the 7th. Miss Sallie DeLaughter left also _iV * (Continued on Eighth Page)