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Wednesday, May 8. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Misses Myra and Edith Pierce are visiting Mrs. J. H. Cantelou. Miss Minna Bee is spending"some time with her sister, Mrs. Robert Mabr> in Abbeville. At Trenton: Preaching Sunday night in the Presbyterian church instead of fourth Sunday. Mr. J. D. Holstein, Jr., came over from Camp Jackson and spent Sun day at home. Mrs. Annie Lewis, Mrs. P. C. Ste vens and" Mrs. R. N. Broadwater are guests of Mrs. W. B. Cogburn today. Miss Sophie Minis spent Sunday at Trenton with her sister, Mrs. P. B. Day, Jr. Mrs. C. T. Graydon of Columbia is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mr?. S. McG. Simians. Mrs. Patillo Blalock was hostes? one day last week at a delightful tea forthe older young people,, about a dozen attending. Little Janette Timmons has gone to "Winterseat" for a visit to her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. Man ly Timmons. Mr. T. A. Highlower has return ed from a very delightful trip of two weeks to New York and hJ'os ton, combining business and pleas ure. Mr. J. PeLoach Warren went to Columbia and volunteered for ser vice in the navy, beiner assigned to the hospital corps. He is now at home awaiting orders to report for duty. Mrs. J. L. Walker of Johnson at tended the National League for wom en service in Columbia last week, having received an invitation from Mrs. Manning-, :{,?t?SP.. Mr Bowles Morgan spent the week end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Morgan in the Cleora section, returning to Camp Jackson Sunday night. He is greatly pleased with camp life. Mr. J. G. Alford has purchased a lot from Mr. E. S. Johnson near the electric light plant and will at once begin the erection of a modern gin nery. His ginnery will be completed by the opening of the 191S season. Hon. Walter McDonald and Mrs, McDonald came over from Augusta in their car on Wednesday and were guests of Mrs. A. A. Woodson, re turning in time for business on Thursday morning. Rev. J. W. Kesterson and Mr. H. E. Quarks were in town today and acting upon their suggestion the Red Cross rally at Red Hill church will be held next Sunday morning at ll o'clock in connection with the regu lar service. flffy*ft; " jj -J:\).:! Un* Mrs. Emmie DeLoach is at Coker College enjoying a few days. She went over to the piano recital of her daughter, Miss Alma DeLoach, who is now a Bachelor of Music. Miss De Loach has made a splendid record at Coker, not only in music, but in the literary department as wei!. A moving picture entertainment will be given in the Opera House Friday night by the Episcopal unit of the Red Cross. The money realiz ed from the entertainment will be used to prosecute the Red Cross work through the Edgefield chapter. We trust that the entertainment will be generously patronized. Mr. Rainsford Cantelou having volunteered for service in the navy some time ago, was ordred to re port to Charleston last week.. He will be assigned special duty as a pharmacist. From the outbreaking of the war this young man has evidenc ed a splendid patriotic spirit, volun teering for service as soon as he be came 21 years of age. Mr. T. E. Byrd. ' In our candidates' column this week will be found the announce ment of Mr. T. E. Byrd who is a candidate for re-election to the of fice of coroner of Edgefield county Mr. Byrd is one of the best citizens of the county and has filled the of fice very satisfactorily. If elected again he will serve the people a? faithfully in the future as in th? past. KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS The Pills That Do Cure. Red Cross Rally at Trenton. May 24, in the afternoon, a Red Cross rally will be held at Trenton. The speakers will be Dr. E. P. Jones and Ex-Gov. J. C. Sheppard. Concert at Trenton. There will be a splendid concert at the home of Mrs. J. D. Mathis on Friday evening of this weak, the 17, the proceeds of which will go to the Red Cross. Besides their gifted local talent, assistance will be rendered in a musical way by friends of Edge field and .Augusta. Go and enjoy yourself after a strenuous day and help along a good cause. Make Your Flour Last. The supply of wheat is running low. Barely enough is in sight to meet the needs of our people and our Allies in Europe till the new crop is ready in August. See how long you can make a 24-pound sack last in your home. Rather than let our boys in Europe suffer we here at home should be willing to eat corn bread three meals a day every day in the week. Red Cross Rally at Red Hill. In connection with the reguiar ser vice at Red Hill church next Sunday morning a Red Cross rally will be held. In addition to the pastor, Rev. J. W. Kesterson, several other speak ers will make short addresses appro priate to the occasion. Tho meeting will be held at ll o'clock and every body is invited to be present. Let the people of the west-side show their patriotism by attending this rally Sunday morning at Red Hill. Edgefield County Girls Win Degrees at Coker. Invitations have been received from Misses Minnie Helena Lanham and Frances Alma DeLoach, who are receiving diplomas at Coker Col lege this year. Miss Lanham will re ceive an A. B. degree and Miss De Loach a diploma as Bachelor of Mu sic. Misses Bessie Ready Bean and Isabel Madison Bean of Johnston, will also receive the A, B. degree. ."???ayr?-. . - ... *7???tJw_ Red Cross Rallies. In order that all sections of the county may be informed as to the work of the Red Cross society, ral lies will be held at the following places and prominent speakers will make short addresses: Colliers, Mon day night , May 20; Pleasant Lane, Wednesday night, May 22, and Meeting Street Friday night, May 24. These meetings will'be interest ing to all who attend. Everybody is invited to be present. Off For Chattanooga. Edgefield county will be well rep resented in the convention that will be held in Chattanooga this week in the interest of the Dixie Highway. Mr. R. N. Broadwater, Mr. W. A. Strom and Mr. S. McG. Simians left Monday afternoon for Augusta to join the Augusta representatives who went to Chattanooga by special car over the Georgia road. We ex pect to see our delegates come back from Chattanooga with the Dixie Highway in their pockets. .. f t. I ?M.a. ?-~--r.- . Patriotic Pastime Entertainment. An account of this fine entertain ment at Johnston was in somo way left out of our columns last week, so we must give a word to it this week. The entertainment was given un der the auspices of the New Century Club, the committee in charge being Mrs. J. L. Walker, Mrs. W. F. Scott, Mis. J. H. White and Miss Montgom ery and was given May 3, at the John'tor. Opera House The play was a "Mother Goose Re ception," and the actors many of Johnston's prettiest and brightest lit tle tots. "Mother Goose" never fails to please. Fifty dellars was realized. Music by the military band added greatly to the occasion. Red Cross Campaign On May 20, as everybody knows, the Red Cross campaign will begin for funds to carry on the work this summer. Mr. Thurmond, County Chairman, has asked that tho canvass of the town of Edgefield be made by the ladies of the Red Cross Chapter. Miss Clisby, as chairman of this special committee, has adopted the following plan : There wil be two teams, one of young ladies and one of married la dies, working in friendly rivalry. Miss Helen Tillman and Mrs. Lovic Smith have agreed to act as captains of the teams and have selected as helpers, Misses Miriam Norris, Marge Tompkins, and Elizabeth Rainsford; Mesdames Mamie Tillman, B. B. Jones and R. G. Shannonhouse. These teams will call upon every man and woman, boy and girl, in the corporate limits of Edgefield. Meeting of the Edgefield U. D. C. A number of daughters met at the Red Cross rooms for their regu lar monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 14th. Mrs. E. P. Jones, our president, presided. There were no minutes as the secretary was absent. ' A report, from the treasurer show ed quite a nice balance in the bank and the daughters decided to make a contribution to the Red Cross from their Auxiliary. Mrs. Wodson gave a report from the District Conference at Allendale which showed that the Edgefield Chapter was ahead in gifts to Edu cational purposes and second in size of gift for the Wade-Hampton bed at Neuelly, France. A report from our President General was read showing that twenty-five beds valu ed at $15,000 had been endowed in Hospital No. 1 at Neuilley, France by the Daughters of the Confederacy. A report from the Bald Eagle Chapter was made showing that they had about twenty dollars in the bank towards their French Orphan Fund. At a recent meeting the following officers were installed: President, Eleanor Mims; 1st Vice( Pres., Helen Nicholson; 2nd Vice Pres., Fitzmau rice Byrd; Secretary, Isabel Byrd; Treasurer, Gertrude Thurmond. Miss Marjorie Tompkins has signified her willingness to assist the Director in her duties with this Chapter, a no tice of which was made at this meet ing. A card from our District Presi dent thanked us for a contribution of twelve dollars toward the pur chase of a Liberty Bond for the Dis trict, which was effected, Mrs. Black having received six dollars more than the asked for $100.00. Our next meeting will be on the 2nd Tuesday in June and will be a very important one. All members are urged to be present as our election of officers will be held. Our Chapter will dis band for the summer after the June meeting, and in addition to the elec tion of officers there are other mat ters of importance to be taken up. The work of the Auxiliary to the Red Cross is very encouraging, Thurs day being the afternoon on which they go to the work rooms. Red Cross Activities. It is very gratifying to the women in charge of the work rooms, and to our Director of woman's work, that we are having so many auxiliaries forming. We have now eight, and every afternoon is taken up. It would do any one's heart good to have peeped into the rooms on Tuesday afternoon. Fully twenty girls from the Junior Auxiliary were at work on property bags, two hun dred of which have been alloted to them. Besides these were some eight or ten girls clipping scraps for the pillows. After the Juniors left a com mittee from the D. A. R. Auxiliary took possession of the machines and turned out quite a creditable amount of work. The Y. W. A. of the Baptist Church is one- of our newest Auxil iaries, and they are fine workers. They meet on Mondays, and so far all of their work has'been passed by the inspectors. . . . It takes an immense amount of cutting, and on one afternoon twen ty-six garments were cut out by four Indies, this being the largest amount ever cut in one afternoon. The W. C. T. U. have the credit for this. The Episcopal women have the palm, though for the greatest num ber of finished garments to date, and the regularity with which their members come to the rooms on Fri day afternoons. On Friday night of this week they are putting on mov ing pictures, and will show "The Spi rit of the Red Cross.'* It is earnestly hoped that they will have a crowded house as the money is to be given to the Red Cross. Our newest Auxiliary was formed by the colored people last Saturday at the Methodist church. Several of us were invited over to hear two magnificent addresses, one by Prof. Thomas, on Food Conservation and health, and the other a most delight ful talk on the work of trie Red Cross and the need for a Sanitarium in this district for Tubercular patients by the Chairman of this work for the negroes, a finely educated color ed girl. She is the wife of Dr. R. H. Walton, a prominent colored physi cian of Columbia. She stressed the necessity of keeping the body heal thy. In her talk she brought tears to many eyes. She spoke as if she were inspired, and she held the audience spell-bound by her descriptions. A larger number of our white people should have heard her. Their Auxil iary has as its Chairman, Charlotte Ramey and they have been given a room in the colored Methodist par sonage for their meetings. They are to meet in the Red Cross work room on Saturday afternoon to find out about the work to be given out to ne?! I am authorized to sell at once the entire oil mill equipment belonging to the Addison Mills, including 10 cotton gins and the complete ginnery equip ment. If you eomtemplate pur chasing any machinery of this kind, see me at once, I can save you money. The entire equip ment must be sold. ADDISON MILLS T. A. HIGHTOWER, MANAGER. ? them. We are under obligations to sev eral for gifts of money: To Mrs. : James Byrd for $1.00, and to Smith IMarsh Co. for $21.00. j We hope to begin our class in Sur gical Dressings very soon now, as most of our material is in hand. Miss Mary Butler is Supervisor of this department, and will be glad to re ceive names of those wishing to take the course. First Division W. M. U. Sustains Loss The sad news was sent tb Edge field on Tuesday morning early of the passing of our beloved co-worker in the Woman's Missionary Union, Mrs. B. N. Talbert at her home near McCormick Monday night. Mrs. Talbert was Miss Sallie Mc Cain before her marriage and was reared in the Bethany community where she has been one of the most enthusiastic and successful workers in her church, Sunday School and in the mission society. As leader of the Sunbeam Band at Bethany, the children were the Honor Roll society of the association. Besides this Mrs. Talbert encouraged the other socie ties of young people in her church. As division president, she was very successful and full of a holy zeal not often seen. As a mother and wife, she reached the ideal, and as a hostess in her home, she was the soul of hospitali ty. She will be greatly missed by the Woman's Missionary Union of Edge field Association. A floral design was sent by the Associational W. M. U. as a small tribute to her memory. The sympa thy of all our women goes out to her husband and the dear little boy. Mrs. J. L. Mims, Superintendent Edgefield Associa tional Woman's Missionary Union. I Deserves Re-Election. Judge W. T. Kinnaird announces this week that he is a candidate for re-election to the office of probate Judge of Edgefield county. He has made a good officer and deserves re election. The extent to which he has curtailed the whiskey nuisance alone is sufficient cause for all right think ing people to cast their ballots for j him in the primary. Card From "Uncle Iv." Dear Advertiser, I sent you a letter or article, wi ever you may term it, on the inst., and write to ask you to con an error. In.speaking of Job's rt to his wife, I referred to Job, 13 when it should have been Job 2; Please make correction. I would like so much to be v> the old soldiers on the 10th, but condition of my family is such t I dont see how I can. But I want y yes, you or Cush Sheppard to g them my love. Yes, I mean it, love. The older and nearer I come the Great Divide, the better I lc them. While at the burial of i daughter, as we followed the bo to the grave, it so happened that i soldier boy, Lafayette B. Morgi Co. B. 117th M. G. Bn., Camp Wh< 1er, Macon, Ga., and I were walki side by side, he a young mah jv entering into what I passed thro*: from Sept. 1862 to April, 1865, ai this thought came to me. Yes, I a now 74 or nearly so, old, gray hea ed and feeble, but the same G< still reigns, and if He brought nu out safe, He can do the same for n son. Excuse what I have written, I ju could not help but write it. A list of survivors of Co. I, 2n S. C. Cavalry as far as I know ? present: J. N. Griff is, H. E. Mealinj (Old Mike), H. H. Scott, Jim Peni Abner Mims, Newt Fair, Joab Et wards (a preacher),Elias Talbei and John R. Talbert(our 3rd Lieu! j tenant) and a better soldier was nc lin the Confederate Army than Joh: R. Talbert. We called him Foss fo short. I know that he sided with th Radicals after the war w?s ended but for all that I must say that a an officer and soldier he was amonj the best, and today I would like ti see him. He and his three brothers George, Tom (Clack), and Elia: were all members of Co. I and al Union men and opposed to secession but for all that they were always rea dy when the bugle sounded, "Boots and Saddles" to go into the fray. Il there is any of Co. I who knows of other survivors I would like to know of them. Like my tongue, when I begin to / 1 write, I never know when to stop. Was so glad to know that there are others who do not believe, as some pretend, that you were coining mon ey in your work on the local board. Oh no, 'tis contrary to your name. I must stop. Your old white headed and white bearded friend, ? E. G. Morgan, Sr. Harlem, Ga. ' Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $2,500,000. WRITE OR, CALL on the under signed for any information you may desire about our plan of insurance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT NING and do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Laurens and Edgefield. The officers are: Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, Presiden, Columbia, S. C. J. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. & Trea.s, Greenwood, Si C. DIRECTORS. A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. Jno. H. Childs, Bradley, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. S. P. Morrah, Willington,S. C. L. N. Chamberlain, McCormick S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. F. L. Timmerman, Pln't Lane, S. C.. J. C. Martin, Princeton, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BIAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. The Best riot Weather Tonic GROVE'S TASTHLKSSch?l TONIC enriches the blood, builds up thc whole system and will won derfully strengthen and fortify you to withstand the depressing effect of the hot summer. 50c.