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VOL. 83 EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1918 JOHNSTON LETTER. Death of W. L. Coleman. The Red Cross Chapter Active. Measles Prevalent. VV. C. T. U. Meet. In the death of Mr. William Lee Coleman, which occurred last Tues day, March 12, at his home here, the town and community have sus tained an irreparable loss, and when it was learned that he was no more, a pall of gloom hovered over all. As one of his warm friends said, as he looked for a last time on his face: "It will not be Johnston any more without him." It was not so generally known that Mr. Coleman's health was such as to cause him alarm. He was one never to complain. On Monday, the 11th, he went to Columbia for a consultation at the Baptist Hospital, returning that evening. On Tuesday morning he was out attending to some business, and later came in, and after sitting a few moments with his wife was seized with a sudden attach, and lived only three hours, the immedi ate cause of his death being dia betes. Mr. Coleman was one of the senior citizens of the town, and he has meant much in its uplift. . The public has lost a man of un blemished and coble character; a man of marked abilities; his friends have lost one true and tried; as a neighbor he had no equal. In the home, where he meant so much, there was never a husband or father so loving, so gentle, so devoted and faithful. Especially to his invalid wif3 did this beautiful love and faithfulness show itself. He was a noble, Christian man, and the Baptist church here has sus tained a great loss ' his death. He has ?Iways been a great mainstay, and in the early days of the church he was then, as well as now, work ing for its cause. For over twenty-five years be has been a teacher in the Sunday school, and the sweetest tie of love existed between teacher and pupil, and the influence for good that he has ex erted, as he has stood Sunday after Sunday before this class, cannot be estimated. And so the good that men 3o live after them. He was moderator of the Ridge association, and it has been said that there was no finer one in the State. It is at these meetings that he will be sadly missed also. That he loved his Lord and the church, and evei had it uppermost in his thoughts, was shown b3' his weekly church offering envelope, being found in his pocket, filled and ready, several days before he was to contribute it. It is not the penned words that show to the public the greatness and nobleness of this man; his life is his most eloquent eulogy. The loving tribute by his pastor, Rev. W. S. Brooke, as he conducted the last sad rites in the home on Thursday morning, the touching prayer of Rev. H. B. White, the great crowd of friends who came to pay a last respect, all showed the love and esteem in which he was held. The members of his Sunday school class softly sang the hymns, and the active pall bearers were of his class, the honorary pall bearers being warm friends. Many expressions of sympathy came from friends and organizations, the one placed on the casket bein? the large pillow of flowers from his Sunday school class. Amid this wealth of flowers his body was tenderly placed to rest nearby his beloved children, Marie and Ware, and his parents, Maj. add Mrs. Wilkes Coleman. The deepest and tenderest sympa thy is felt for the wife, in her grief, and for the daughter and son, Mrs. Bar tow Walsh and Mr. Garland Coleman. The Red Cross chapter has been actively engaged during the past week, and abont fifty pajamas and shirts are ready to send on. The Red Cross days are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, other or ganizations taking other days to work here. The L". D. C. members selected second Thursday, the D. A. R. the third Thursday, and Y. W. A. of the Baptist church the first Sunday. Some of the members take the work home to do, while others use 1 the machines at the rooms. The is Still, and will be, plenty to do all times, and every one is urged come to the place where the lan Red Cross hangs and help, if it only for an hour. Many of tl ladies are doing praise-worthy wor One of the members, Mrs. Mam Huiet, has set for her work, besidi all sho is doing in the Red Croi rooms, that of knitting fifty pairs ( sox. If every one was so dispose the soldiers would have no nee scarcely. During this week the Red Cro? will have a campaign for secon< hand clothing for over-seas relie and a special committee will g over the town to get the gifts, whic will be packed at the Red Crot rooms. This campaign is being' nndei taken at the request of the Belgiui relief committee, which dec?an that the well-to-do people of Frauce as well as Belgium, are in need c actual necessities, and the poor a? absolutely destitute. If money were no consideratior it would be difficult to provide suffi cient clothing on account of scarcit of raw material. The local committee hopes tha every one will make a contribution and if they fail to see the commit tee, to send io the Red Cross room by the 25th. On last Sunday at the Baptis church it was the sad duty of Clas 18, which was taught by Mr. W L. Coleman, to have to elect ; teacher, the matter being left en tirely with the members. Two o the class were chosen, Mr. Abne Asbell, with Mr. V. E. Edwards a assistant teacher. Mrs. Julian Harris and childrei of Derring, Ga., spent a few day of last week with the former' mother, Mrs. P. NT. Lott. Mr. Robert Keaney of Camp Se vier spent the week-end here wit! the home folks. Mrs. VV. J. Hatcher has returnee from a week's stay in Aiken witt Mrs. T. R. Denny and while there she .was jinder. special, treatment bj au Osteopath. Mrs. Denny and Mis'f Antoinette accompanied her here for a few days stay. Mrs. George of Aiken is visitinj her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Wood ward. That measles has been very preva lent is shown by a statement of Dr. G. W. Walker to tho efiect thal during the past week he was attend ing upon 12? cases in town and oui in the country nearby. Col. Robert Levell of Newberry was a visitor last week Bin the home of Mr. Joe Wright. Master Gadsden Huiet is spending awhile with his grandmother, Mrs. M. A. Huiet. The little fellow's mother is with her sister in Colum bia, who is ill. Little George Huiet Waters, Jr., is the name of the handsome little fellow, who has come to gladden the lives of the parents. The W. C. T. U. met Friday af ternoon with Miss Zena Payne. The members .."'?re delighted upon hear ing a letter read from state treas urer, Mrs. Robertson, of Columbia, who thanked the union for a con tribution of *5 for the Field Kitch en fund, and sbe stated that this union had also been first in the other contributions. The union voted to give 85 to the stereomotorscope fund and *2 to the Lillian M. JST. Stevens fund. 10 comfort kits were being filled by the members and 10 more are being cut out for distribution the idea being for each member to fill one, the kit being furnished by the union. About 25 bandages have been made. Some time ago a fine box was sent to the Door of Hope and friends have recently made con tributions to tho amount of ?0.25 which makes the gift in money and articles reach 850. Miss Finnstrom wrote a very appreciative letter. A red letter day of the month being Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens birth day, this was observed at this meet ing. The Lunion Signal was present ed and subscriptions secured. The flower mission work has brought comfort and good cheer during the month. The matter of the temperance es say contests in the school was dis cussed and there will be several to compete. The next meeting will be with Miss Eva Rushton. It is with deep regret that it is learned that Rev. M. L, Kester has resigned as pastor of the Lutheran church. He has accepted a call to a Patriotic Rall; Saturday, Do not fail to attend the Pa ure!ay. Besides several patrio will also be present and make ii Exercises begin at ll :00 o'cl church in North Carolina, which is only a few miles from the home of his father. Rev. Rester's father is in a feeble condition and he feels it best to be near him and then tbs field of work he will enter will be a fine one where such a man as he is needed. During his stay of several years here he has made a splendid record, and his congregation is de voted r,o him and his family. Not only his flock but the entire town admired him for his good works and for the noble spirit that he always manifested in all en deavors. Mrs. S. G. Mobley has been quite sick for a week or more but is now much improved. Mrs. A. P. Lewis went over to Columbia on Friday to see her son, Sergeant Ben j. Lewis. Messrs. H. W. Crouch, Bob Smith and county supervisor New ton Broadwater went to Asheville, N. C., to attend a meeting of which "Good roads" was the chief ques tion up for discussion. The Apollo music club met re cently with Miss Irene Montgomery in the home of Mrs. J. A. Lott, and the chief item of interest was the report of the entertainment com mittee of the recent affair held, and the disposition of the funds realized. One hundred and four dollars was cleared, and as the entertainment was chiefly for Red Cross work, ?85.00 ,was given to this cause, ?50.00 pf the amount to be used in the chapter here for surgical dress ing and ?35.00 for. genera^^wprk^ For educational work ?5.00 was given to the Coker College in ~nsic, and ?2.50 to Winthrop scholarship. Thc. club has recently contributed ?12.50 to community work and ?5.00 to Armenian sufferers, and the members are gratified that they have been able to aid in these causes. The subject for the afternoou was "Singing and Singers of the South." The hostess served a tempting ice course with cake. Mrs. W. B. Ouizs entertained a number of her friends last Saturday in a delightful manner, and every one had a cordial welcome to this hospitable home. Early spring blos soms made a pleasing decoration, and thoughts of Easter were found on the dainty little table markers for progressive rook. After an hour of playing, Mrs. W. F. Scott was given a beautiful primrose for makiug the highest score. The hostess was assisted by Misses Orlena Cartledge and May Tompkins in entertaining the guests, and Mrs. G. D. Walker gave enjoy able piano selections. Strawberry block cream and layer cake in pink and white was prettily served. Mr. William Lee Coleman. The sudden death of Mr. William L. Coleman at Johnston Tuesday morning. March 12, at his borne in Johnston was a great shock to his friends. While his friends here at Edgefield knew that his health had been failing for nearly a year, yet no one expected death to overtake Mr. Coleman in so short a time. Johnston will feel very keenly from every standpoint, social, business and religious, the death of Mr. Coleman. He was born and reared in Johnston and was loyal and true to the community's interests. He was regarded as one of the leaders, being: not only .one of the town's oldest but also one of its moat in telligent citiz?ns. Mr. Coleman was a devout member of the Baptist .church and his piace in the life and activities of the church will not be easily filled. The funeral was conducted Wednesday and the in terment took place in the family square in the cemetery. A number of his friends attended the funeral , from Edgefield. y at Edgefield MaFeh 23 triotic Rally at Edgefield Sat tic addresses, a French officer m address. IPS * lock in the Court House. Marion Wright at Harmony. Those who had the pleasure of attending the lecture at Harmony OD Friday evening were highly grat ified and very proud of this young son of Edgefield who is already making fame for himself and his native county by his oratory, as well as other gifts. The exercises on Friday evening were conducted by Prof. Long, the school furnishing a very bright and cheering preliminary programme, first being a duett by Misses Gladys Sawyer, teacher of music and Daisy Smith. This was followed by a piano solo by Miss Lizzie Wright, and just before the speaker was in troduced, John Owen Smith sang "Keep the Homes Fires Burning," a very appropriate selection for the occasion. Mr. Wright was introduced by Prof. Long, who had been his teach er before he left for the University of South Carolina, and who remark ed on th8 pleasant relationship of teacher and student in the pasi. Mr.ijjWright's subject was "By Products of the War."- He drew some very valuable lessons from the present situation, and made it so manifest that every child even lis tened intently. , The audience was large and the school auditorium well lighted, and it was a ;great pleasure to mingle with the kind friends at Harmony and see their eplendid community spirit displayed, and look forward to a great future for the boys and girls represented theie. Woodrow Wilson and the People Had a Majority. Congressman Whaley'a ? friends were pleased when they saw that he was in a position to emphatically give the lie to a report that he bad 1 voted against President Wilson's program for the investigation of the 1 meat trust, and the high cost of liv ing. The patriotic people of this coun- 1 try are agreed with the sentiment 1 which has been recently expressed from Washington that no one who has fought the administration meas ures, and is not in full and hearty 1 sympathy in every respect with our government, and against the rule of autocracy and the Kaiser, should be returned to congress from this State. There is no doubt but that Presi dent Wilson is one of the wisest and far-seeing men who has ever held the high and exalted position of President of the United States. He has never exhibited his wisdom better than when he called upon congress to investigate the meat trust-a monopoly which covers the : earth like the morning dew, having its emissaries in every part of the globe. Mr. Borland, a democrat of Mis souri, President Wilson's right hand man, proposed to congress a < resolution for the investigation ot : the meat trust in the people's behalf, i and the discussion of his resolution : brought forth some blood-curdling i facts, and the debates lasted nearly three weeks on this important ques tion. There was no denial of state- i ments made in congress during the debate that the lobbyist attorneys and heelers for this great trust were there working to have this investi- i gation killed. Mr. Toole was certainly digging down into matters for the benefit of the people of our country, when he called on our Congressman Byrnes ( and challenged him to debate many , questions, among which was, why he voted against, the President and : this investigation." ' The Congressional* Record of , February 28, 1917, shows that the , bill was passed by a vote of 247 to l 158, and that the following well , known congressmen voted in favor of the President's wishes for this . investigation: Aiken, Lever, Nichols, Whaley (the blind man from the Third Dis trict), McCorkle, Adamson of Geor-1 tria, Abercrombie, Borland, Coll Cox, Crisp of Georcia, Davis, D little, Edwards, Evans, Merlin Alabama, Hilliard, Gardner of M sachusetts, who has just died in army, and is well known in Aik Holland, Howard of Geors Kitchen from North Carolina, P srett, Quinn, Racker of Georg Scott, Smith, Stedman and ollie Those who voted in favor of t trust against President's wish J. F. Byrnes, Joe Cannon ( republican speaker of the hous LaFol lette, Baebrack, Barchtie Drukker, Lelbach, Lessher, Lint ium, Lobeck, Mann (republic leader of the house), Steeners( Sulloway, Wason, Volstead a ethers. I The great Chicago lawyer, Hem aas immortalized himself by unc< ;ring the underhanded methods :he meat trust under this investis :ion, which was passed by the m ?ority vote as above stated. B nvestigation has shown that Cud ly & Co. wrote to the other me i>ers of the trust as follows: "The Government will be usii ;very bit of meat possible and tl tackers can charge what they wa o. They have got to take it an, ivay." He also brought out where th Irust had appropriated a half m lion dollars to fight organized labo Jne letter hinted that assistant tvr -.ild be given to stop Congressing Doolittle's mouth, and help re-ele bira if he would let their businei ilone, but the above vote shows th; tie pursued them to the en< The public awaits in breathless s lenee as to what thi? investigado will probably bring out bt-fore tl work is completed. The vote c this, question clearly shows tl friends of the people and who it who upholds the President's, hand: (Adv.) An Observer. Letters Concerning Dixie Highway. . Augusta, Ga., MarctflO, 19 li Mr. R. N. Broadwater, Edgefield, S. C. Dear Sir: As a progressive citizen of Sont Uarolina, which fact is demonstrate by your interest and intelliger efforts in securing the Dixie Higl way for our respective counties, th Board of Commerce of Angust? Ga., extends to you all the count sies of this organization for the eui rent year. We would be very glai indeed to have you call upon u whenever we can serve you, or th Erood cause you represent. Yours truly, H. A. Wheeling, Secretary. Asheville, N. C., March lt), 1918 Mr. R. N. Broadwater, Edgefield, S. C. Mr. H. W. Crouch, Johnston, S. C. Gentlemen: In accordance with instruction! at the meeting held in the Board o? Trade rooms Thursday, March 14, I am sending to Mr. Broadwatei copy of the formal resolution drawr by N. C. Commissioner of Mainte nance D. H. Winslow, which th( official road body of all the counties along the route of the proposed ad dition to the Dixie Highway, was asked to sign and return at the earliest possible date. We sincerely hope that every one of the counties will return the resolution properly endorsed by not later than April 10. Arrangements for the run and log of the road during the week of April 15 will be made at an early date, and we hope that your county and city will be represented in the run into Savannah. Will be glad to have the check for ?25.00 from your county in or der to meet the incidental expenses connected with the campaign. With the type of men interested in the project, and the interest 3hown by them, we feel eure that this matter will be carried through to a successful conclusion at the meeting of the Dixie Highway di rectors the third Thursday in May. Asheville will bt delighted to iiave you on another visit. Yours very truly, N. Buckner, Secretary. 1 CLEORA C?LLINGS. All Farmers Preparing for Big Food Crop. Loyally and Generously Supporting School. After the hardest winter since 18S0, spring has at last opened up and the farmers are shoving their farm work trying to put in an un usually big provision crop and a good size cotton crop. Losing the oat crop is a pretty heavy blow, but most of the farmers in this section' sowed some oats in February ( and March and fertilized them and with favorable seasons from now on a/ good deal o? horse feed will be made, though the grain won't be as heavy as fall oats it will help out wonderfully. It ia the first time we have ever lost two grain crops in succession. It looks now like the un expected is what happens. The wheat that was sown last fall is looking promising nearly everyone has a little sown. As far as we are concerned we are willing to live on corn bread and let our boys who are fighting the German savages have all the wheat if necessary. Some of our people don't seem to realize the responsibility upon us in this war; seem to look upon it as the other fellow's war, and all they are required to do is to provide for themselves, but when the boys from all around us, our neighbors and , kin are leaving every week for the training camps for what? To be trained to go in the trenches in France, and many of them to &ive up their lives fighting for freedom if America as well as for the rest of the world. It seems that we who ore disqualified by age or other reasons ouarht to make any sacrifice that we are called on to do and do af cheerfully. Mr. Sherman must : have had this war in mind when he defined what it was. Mr. W. P. Brun8on who has been seriously sick for the last month is able to ride out a little every day now and is. slowly gaining his strength; . Miss Fannie Lou "Cheatham and Miss Nettie Seigler Wbo are taking a business course in Augu?ta?came home Saturday the 'Jib on a visit to the homefolks. Mr. N. D. Robertson who is mak ing his home in Augusta now spent ja few days last week with his daughter, Mrs. Pearce Thomas. Our school funds for the Brun son sceool, which is being taught by Miss Cathcart of Winnsboro, prin cipal and Miss Lowrey from Ches cer as assistant, were cut short this time. So last week the trustees de cided to try and raise some funds from the patrons to supplement the county funds and raised over 8100 in one evening. Not oniy all the pa trons contributed but several of the young men gave liberally. So by a little bel]) from our county superin tendent we will be able to run a lit tle over two months longer than we could without this, making the term about 7 months. We hope this sum mer to vote one more mill tax and make our school a rural graded school and run 8 months. Measles have been with us for two months. Mr. Steve Morgan had seven in bed at once, as they got better Mr. W. P. Brunsen had six in bed at one time. They are all better now. We have missed them so far. Some in this section made short corn crops last year others made good ones. We who were short are are buying from those who made good ones. So think we will be self supporting. Don't think any will be shipped in from other parts. We have a fairly good Sunday school at our school house every Sunday. Rev. P. B. Lauham preach es for us 2nd Sunday evening after preaching at Gilgal in the morning. Mr. Warren Reel took Misses Cathcart and Lowrey tb Augusta Saturday afternoon in his new Over land car. Subscriber. A large shipment of silk waists, crepe-de-chine, georgette and other kind of wash silk' waists arrived to day. Runenstein. We have the largest and best se lected stock in this neighborhood. Visit our store and you will surely find what you need for less than elsewhere. Rubenstein.