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Wednesday, June 19. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Amoldus Lewis was in town this week visiting his mother, Mrs. E. H. Folk. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Beman are spend ing this week here with Mr. and Mrs. C.H.Key. .. Rev. Kneeland will preach at Horn's Creek next Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Miss Mamie Dunovant is at home from her school duties in Darlington for the summer. Mr. W. E. Lynch who resides at Howland, N. C., is here visiting his mother, Mrs. Kate Lynch. Mrs. W. A. Byrd and the children are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrst C. C. Fuller at Longmires. Mr. George Henry Edwards of Greenville spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. Emma Dobson. Miss Fannie Sheppard and George Edward are in Birmingham, as the guests of Prof. and Mrs. Burns. Mrs. James S. Byrd is spending this week in Columbia with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzmaurice | Mr. J. H. Allen received a message Monday from Lieut. W. D. Allen stating that he had arrived safely in Europe. Mr. R. L. Dunovant has received i a card announcing the departure of \ his son, Lieut. R. G. M. Dunovant, for service in France. Rev. A. L. Gunter was re-, elected president of the Epworth ' League at their, convention held this ' week in North Augusta. The second cotton bloom to reach ? ns was sent in by Master Marvin \ Burts McManus who gives promise of ; being a hustling young farmer. Little Miss Ann Lawton accompa . nied her father, Mr. J. M. Lawton to Scotia, S. C. on Wednesday where they will visit Mr. Asbury Lawton. Major W. Arthur Collett and Mr. James E. Hart, Jr., are down from Camp Sevier for a brief furlough and have been very cordially greeted by . their friends. Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Bussey ar- ( rived in Edgefield Tuesday night, J Mrs. Bussey being greatly improved 1 by her stay of some weeks at the hospital in Boston. Mr. John P. Nixon is now serving j W. W. Adams as salesman, filling ? the place made vacant by the volun- \ teoring of Mr. DeLoach Warren for j service in the navy. Mr. Bowles Morgan has been en joying a furlough of 10 days with the home folk. Bowles is deservedly very popular with the officers and men at Camp Jackson. ^ Dr. E. Pendleton Jones is in Char leston conducting revival services in ' the Cannon Street Baptist church and in his absence next Sunday Rev. ^ P. P.. Blalock will preach Sunday * .morning ' - ... 2-S-ri-^---. - j The third cotton bloom of the sea- < son which we have seen was brought j to The Advertiser office by Master James Deal. In his over-alls and sun hat James looks the part of one of "Unclel Sam's" regular farmer boys, Mr. W. W. Fuller, Edgefield^coun ty's capable superintendent of edu cation has gone to Greenwood to undergo a surgical operation. He will be in the hospital about two weeks. The operation is not of a serious na ture. Buy all the War Savings Stamps you can and then buy some. Unless you do. your best, Edgefield county will not sell its quota of stamps. None of us want Edgefield county classed as a slacker among the counties of the State. The first cotton bloom of the sea son to reach The Advertiser office was sent by Dr. B. F. Jones, com ing from his farm north of EdgefieM. Dr. Jones has some very fine cotton and he stated that this was not the only bloom in his field. Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald spent Friday night in Edgefield and attended the College Entertainment. Mrs. A. A. Woodson and Miss Hor tensia Woodson entertained at tea on Friday evening, their guests be ing Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lawton, Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald, Miss Ju lia Folk and Mr. James Strother. Mr. J. D. Kemp goes "over the top" every day iin the matter of mak ing a success of dairying. At this time he has only two cows and from these he. sells daily from 7 to 9 gal lons of milk. German efficiency could not surpass that record. Col. S. B. Mays received a cable gram Monday afternoon from his son, Sergeant S. B. Mays, stating that he has arrived safely overseas, the message being sent from "some where in England." He is with the company of Capt. W. M. Carter. Harold Snuggs whom we all know as the eldest son of Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Snuggs, our missionary at Pak Hoi China, volunteered for service in the army and has been assigned to duty in an ammonia factory. Miss Faith Snuggs has spent two years at Georgetown College in Kentucky, and during the summer has a posi tion near her brothers. Mrs. W. B. Cogburn was invited by the Saluda county W. C. T. U. convention to give an account of the National Convention which she at tended in Washington last fall. The convention was held on Sunday at Nazareth church about twelve miles from Saluda. Mrs. Cogburn gave a very interesting account of this great occasion, to a large audience. Mr. Cogburn, Mrs. Annie Lewis and Mrs. J. L. Mims also attended. Mrs. P. M. Feltham and her two sons, Jack and John, have arrived after a winter spent in Monticello, Fla., with visits to Atlana and other places. Mr. Feltham has been commission ed as Captain of Engineers and is now in Petersburg, Va., in a camp of instruction preparing for further orders. Mr. Feltham was offered the commission, being over age, and has left with great enthusiasm to do his part in the conflict. Invitations have been received here announcing the coming marriage of lohn Monroe Daniel, prominent law yer of Greenville formerly of Salu da, to Miss Nannie Pearl, the beau tiful and accomplished daughter of Mrs. James . Madison Richardson, of Simpsonville. The marriage will take place Wednesday evening, June 26th, at the home of the bride. After the ceremony a reception will be held. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel will be at home to their friends in Greenville after July 1st. ?.: . IZLiZfiSf j- , jv;* _ Little Girls Enterain. Gladys and Anne Lawton enter tained with two tables of jook for Elizabeth and Katherine Fair on Fri day afternoon. At the close of the ?jame, refreshments of ice cream and :ake were served. Clemson Scholarship. Clemson scholarship will be held in the Court House Friday, July 12. Edgefield county has one four-year scholarship and one one-year agri- 1 cultural course. W. W. Fuller, : County Superintendent Education. Trenton and Horn's Creek. ' Rev. Kneeland has accepted the pastorate of Ebenezer and Horn's 3reek churches, preaching at Horn's 3reek the fourth Sunday afternoon ind the second Sunday morning. Mr. Evneeland has just graduated from ;he Southern Baptist Seminary at 1 Louisville and is well equipped for lis work. He and his wife will re live a cordial welcome t$ the Edge :ield association. Mr. S. T. Willams. In our candidates column this week will be found the announcement of the candidacy of Mr. S. T. Williams for the house of representatives. Mr. Williams is a prosperous farmer-mer chant of Pleasant Lane and is well known in every section of the coun ty. He served as a member of the house for two years and if elected this experience will be of value to him. He will meet with the people from time to time and give his views upon the questions of the day. Your Patronage Solicited. I desire to notify the public that I have purchased Mr. J. D. Kemp's interest in the repair shop and grist mill and that I will give my personal attention to both. Send me your corn and I will make first-class meal. Give me a trial is all I ask. Satisfaction guaranteed. ALBERT L. KEMP. Edgefield, S. C. We respectfully announce J. L. Mims as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic party and pledge him to sup port the nominees of same. CITIZENS. Real Estate Transfer. Mr. T. J. Paul? has purchased the vacant lot adjoining the county office building from the D. A. Tompkins estate and will erect thereon a mod ern garage. Mr. Paul will begin work as soon as material can be secured. When Mr. W. A. Strom erects his new hotel and Mr. Paul his garage there will not be another vacant lot on the public square. Officers Elected. At the regular meeting Tuesday night Butler Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., elect ed the following officers to serve for the ensuing six months: L. W. San ders, noble grand; R. L. Young, vice grand; R. L. Dunovant, sercetary and treasurer; P. P. Blalock, Jr., chaplain J. W. Reese, Jr., warden; Rev. P. P. Blalock, past grand; S. A. Holstein, inside guardian; W. H. Bee, outside guardian; Oscar Marcus, R. S. S.; A. A. Daitch, L. S. S. and Dr. J. S. Byrd, L. T. May and M. P. Wells, trustees. This very excellent order is composed of good material and is taking on new life. Navy Accepts Another Good Man. Edgefield county has furnished a fine lot of young men for the navy as well as the army, during the past two or three months, all of them vol unteering in Augusta or Columbia. The last to volunteer, was Mr. J. S. Scurry, better known among his friends as "Steve." He did not wait for registration on June 5, but volun teered "before that day. He is now enjoying a short vacation awaiting the call from the government. It was with profound regret that Dorn & Mims gave him up, he having been employed by this firm for the past two years. Hon. N. G. Evans Candidate for Congress. There are four candidates for congress from the second district. Aiken county has three candidates and Edgefield one in the person of Hon. N. G. Evans who has made an active member of the house of rep resentatives from this county for the past two years. Mr. Evans has also rendered valuable service during the past year as county chairman of the Council of Defense. As he is so well known- in every nook and corner of Edgefield county it will not be neces sary for him to do any campaigning at home but can devote his time this summer to the counties in which he is not so well known. _ v . Luncheon for College GirU. The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union entertained all the col lege girls who participated in the College Entertainment, at luncheon just before the entertainment. A sim ple salad course with iced tea, ice cream and cake was served, Mrs. C. E. May, Mrs. A. E. Padgett, Mrs. E. J. Norris, Mrs. W. A. Byrd, Mrs. J. L. Hart, Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman and Mrs. J. L. Mims receiving the guests. While the luncheon was being serv ed. William Jones and Edgar Padgett entertained the guests on the Estey piano player which is on sale by Mr. John A. Holland, the Greenwood pi ano man.. Each college sang to the other and exchanged compliments at the close of the meal. Nothing is more beautiful than a bevy of pretty Increment of White Men. The local board having loeen or dered to send 17 men to Camp Jack son under call number 768 and also having been instructed to send 5 men to fill the places of the men who were recently rejected on account of phy sical disqualification, 22 men have been notified to report to the office of .the board at six o'clock Sunday, June 23. They will leave for Camp Jackson on the 6:55 train Monday morning. Those who reside near Edge field, and who desire to do so, will be permitted to return to their homes to spend Sunday night. But all who prefer to remain in Edgefield Sun day night will spend the night at the hotel here, the government paying all expenses. The local board will have no more white men in Class one qualified for general military service until those who registered June 5 have been classified and examined. A telegram received from the adjutant general states that these men will be made available for active service at the earliest possible moment. Just received a car of Tilehold select Red Cedar Shingles. Get our prices before buying. We can save you money. Trenton Fertilizer Co., Hardware Dep^.. Buy War Savings Stamps and help win the war. Furthermore, these stamps are a safe investment. College Entertainment. The college entertainment on Fri day evening was a success, both from a financial and educational stand point The ushers were Misses Lallie Peak, Hortensia Woodson and Eliza beth Smith, wearing their college colors. The programme began with a processional of all the college girls present from the county, singing, "College Girls Will Shine Tonight" and "College Girls are High Minded." At the close of the processional, each girl wearing her college colors and name of her college, they congregat ed in front of the audience and gave a college yell for college girls and I for Edgefield. Each girl was introduced by show ing her head through a curtain as her name was called by Miss Annie Crouch of Converse College. The prize essays in the Edgefield county W. C. T. U. contest, having been examined and judged, the win ners were invited to be seated on the platform and Senator B. E. Nich olson presented the prizes to Judson Ready who won the county prize, $5.00, for the best High School es say on "The Need of National Pro hibition for the Period of the War." The second prize was won by Mr. William Gaines of the Edgefield High School. He was not present, being away in North Carolina at work. The graded school prizes were won by Isabel Cheatham, $5.00, and Isabel Byrd, $2.00. Mr. Nicholson very happily made the presentation address and said words of encourage ment to each one. The pageant of the colleges bring- j ing gifts to America, each dressed in appropriate costumes, was a beau tiful tableau of lovely girls, repre senting all the various colleges for women in our State. The choruses of the college girls in evening costumes were charming and the piano solos by our gifted daughters were very significant of talent and even genius. Miss Minnie Lanham, accompanied by Miss Alma DeLoach as pianist gave that lovely vocal selection, "A Red, Red, Rose." The readings were given by Midses Willie Peak and Florence Mims. A chorus, "The Mar seillaise," was sung in French, the French students holding the flag. Miss Helen Dorn accompanied all the choruses on the piano, and the piano solos were as follows: "Royal Procession" (Armstrong), ? Annie Holmes Harrison. "Marche Mignonne" (Poldini), . Alma DeLoach. " "Venetienne" (Godard), Gene vieve Norris. "Scherzo" (Chopin), Margaret May. The door receipts were $68.00 D. A. R Meeting. The last meeting of the season was held with Mrs. J. H. Cantelou i on Tuesday afternoon at !.:30 o'clock with a very encouraging number pres ent. Mrs. Tillman, the regent, pre sided over the business session, and after prayer by the chaplain, Mrs. J. L. Mims, the historical program was held by Mrs. D. B. Hollings worth, who called on Miss Sarah Col lett for a history of the flag. This was a very valuable paper, and gave most interesting and instructive da ta. to? tft ..>.?.! r . . Miss Florence Mims gave a read ing by Robert W. Service entitled, "The Volunteer." A pleasing feature was Schubert's ."Serenade" sung by Mrs. J. M. Lawton with violin obli gato by Miss R?sela Parker. Mrs. J. H. Cantelou read a paper on the Iriquois ?nd Penobscot Indi ans followed by an Indian love story by Miss Annie Clisby, the prettiest of all the beautiful Indian folk lore stories she has given du: mg the sea son. The minutes of the previous meet ing were read by Mrs. W. C. Tomp kins, arid the treasurer's report was made by'Mrs. B. E. Nicholson, ex treasurer, Mrs. J. R. Cantelou being the treasurer for the coming year. A letter from Mrs. Eleanor Duvall, State regent, was read by Miss Annie Clisby, asking each daughter to get a thrift card and buy a stamp each month to be contributed to Tomassee Mountain school in October and June. An article on the French Orphan was read by Mrs. B. E. Nicholson, thc picture of the child being exhib ited. A demit to the Savannah chap ter D. A. R. was given Mrs. Gladys Boykin Ives, and an invitation read from Mrs. W. B. Cogburn inviting the chapter to meet at her home Ju ly 4, when the Emily Geiger chapter of Johnston will be entertained at her home. A letter seeking information in regard to Steven Blocker was hand ed to the geneologist, Mrs. A. A. Woodson for research. , It was voted by the chapter to pay all indebtedness which might be due before the next meeting. According ly $25.00 was appropriated, to Tom i / assee school, $12.50 to the Red Cross and the remaining' amount of $9.00 sent to the French orphan, having some funds in the treasury. The meeting was very interesting throughout, and the members regret ted that they would not meet again in this capacity this suihmer. The year book committee was appointed with Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth, Mrs. B. E. Nicholson and Miss Sarah Col lett in charge. At the close of the program, peach cream and cakes were served. Sacrifices Steadily Come. Sacrifices incident to the war are surely and steadily coming to our people, those who are called upon to give bone of their bone for the de fence of our country being the first to make any real sacrifice. The home circles that have been broken through out the county by calls from the gov ernment are feeling the war as no others are feeling it. Another way in which sacrifices must be borne is the taking of men from the farms at the very height of the cultivating season. There are scores and scores of farms that will bear heavy loss. It was' with the greatest reluctance possible that che local board issued the call to these men, those who are to be inducted into service Friday and Monday. Not a farm laborer was ordered by the board to report for duty until expli cit and emphatic orders were received to that effect. The board had no op tion or alternative. It had to obey orders or be courtmarshalled. However, we should all take a philosophic view of the situation as these sacrifices are visited upon us. We are at war and the interests of the individual must be subordinated to the interests of our common coun try. In other words, to use a common expression, everything else must be side-tracked for the war. When we are called upon to make sacrifices in any way for the good of our cause let us make it patriotically and brave ly. The greatest sacrifice in a ma terial way that our people have been called upon to make is not one-tenth what our Allies in Europe have had to bear. However bad it is with us it could be infinitely worse. A Hard Luck Story. His old horse died and his mule went lame And he lost his cow in a poker game. A cyclone came one summer day And blew his house and barn away; Then an caithquake followed to make it good And swallowed the ground where the house had stood; And then the Tax Collector came around And charged him up for the hole in the ground. r* "Amerie South Carolin her quota of Stamps. She mus go "over the tc paign for this i cn the 14th and , 28th of June. V* is over let us ha' lina where she i: -at the top. We are duly a for the sale of t Help your cou boys-help youi ing in War Savi You can also by making youl dry goods, shoe or us, as we ha stock. Eo 1 BARRETT & B (INCORPi rk 1 COTTON Augusta - Civic League Meeting. At the June meeting of the Civic League, held at the home of the pres ident, Mrs. W. L. Dunovant on June 10th, it was decided to discontinue the monthlly collections from the men. and to tax the owners of cemetery lots for the upkeep of same. A com mittee consisting of Mrs. W. L. Dun ovant, Mrs. B. L. Mims, Mrs. C. E. May, Mrs. M. A. Taylor, Mrs. Mon z?n Smith, Mrs. Woodson, Mrs. Ran som Padgett and Mrs. Zilla Paul was appointed to locate all owners of lots and to communicate with them. Mrs. H. A. Smith and Mrs. J. S. Byrd are the committee for the Catholic ceme tery. Mrs. W. E. Lott was appointed chairman of war work. An auxiliary was fomed to do Red Cross work one morning a week and six volun teered to sew the first morning. Mrs. Annie Iredell Rembert will meet with the league in the near fu ture to enlist our co-operation in An ti-tuberculosis work in this district. All officers were re-^lectad for an other year. Mrs. J. G. Edwards, Secretary.. The President's Endorsement. Senator Tillman has the rare honor and distinction of having the endorse ment of the President of the United States for re-election. He can say to all who thought he ought to re tire because of age and infirmities among whom was The Observer:' The President wants me re-elected, and he would not want that if he did not know I am thoroughly fitted, phy sically and otherwise, for the office and the work. Well, so far as The Observer is concerned it will take the President's word for it.-Newberry Observer. The canning season is on. We have a large stock of packers 2 and 3 pound cans. Let us supply your needs. Trenton Fertilizer Co., Hardware Dept. Notice of Final Discharge. TO All WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY CONCERN: Whereas, A. S. Tompkins, Sr., has made application unto this Court for Final Discharge as Guardian in re the Estate and Person of A. S. Tomp kins, Jr., a Minor, on this the 15 day of June 1918. THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite any and all kindred, creditors, or parties interested, to show cause before me at my office at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, on the 22 day of July 1918 at ll o'clock a. m., why said order of discharge should not be granted. W. T. Kinnaird, J. P. C., E. C., S." C. June 15th 1918. a First a is behind in War Saviings >t catch up and >p". The cam jurpose begins I closes on the fhen this drive ve South Caro s always found pointed agents hese stamps, ntry-help our .self by invest ings Stamps. help yourself r purchases of s, notions, etc. .ve a complete 95 5 COMPANY ORATED) FACTORS Georgia