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Office No 61 Residence, No. 1 7 Wednesday, Ju?y 3. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs. J. U. Rives is in Greenville on a visit. Mrs. Susan B. Hill is at Chick Springs for several weeks. Miss Patti Major is residing now at the home of Mrs. Jas. Minis, Jr. Court will convene at Ed.cefield next Monday, the second Monday in July. Can vegetables in large quantities for winter use. They do not require sugar. i Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Miller motored to Edgefield in their new Paige car Saturday. Mrs. W. C. Tompkins is visiting her father, Mr. A. L. Brunson, in the Cleora section. Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman and Miss Helen Tillman left Monday to spend several weeks in Asheville. Mr. J. G. Holland and Mr. W. C. Tompkins are ..aking the farmers' short course at Clemson College. Ex-Gov. John C. Sheppard has been invited to deliver an address in Sum ter at a patriotic rally on the -ith of July. There is general rejoicing that Mrs. Frank Logan is now steadily improving after a long and tedious illness. Miss Frances Logan of Aiken and Misses Christine and Estelle Cooper . of North Augusta are visiting Miss Edith Ouzts this week. The Irish potato crop throughout the county has been a record-breaker this year. Everybody seems to have made enough "to do them." Mr. Claude Eubanks who enlisted in the navy several months ago is at home on a month's furlough. He has been stationed at Newport, R. L for some time. Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson has mov ed into her new bungalow which when completed and painted will be one of the most attractive homes in Edgefield. At the close of the service at the Baptist church Sunday morning the ordinance of baptism was adminis tered to Miss Emmie Broadwater by Dr. E. Pendleton Jones. s,>\Jvev. C. W. Kneeland has accepted j the call to Horn's Creek church and j will preach the second Sunday after noons at 4:30 o'clock and fourth Sun day mornings at 11:30 o'clock. Major T. J. Lyon has been ap pointed organizer for the United States Boys' working reserve for Edgefield county. All boys who are interested should see Prof. Lyon at once. Mr. R. M. Scurry has been trans ferred from Camp Hancock to a spe cial government assignment in Sche nectady, N. Y. The government al ready recognizes his talent as a ma chinist. Sunday morning just before dis missing the congregation Dr. E. Pen dlelton Jones read his resignation as pastor of the Baptist church to take effect August 1. He has accepted a call to the Batesburg church. Mr. Levi Holmes is enjoying a furlough of 10 days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Holmes, of the Red Hill community. He will return to Camp Sevier the latter part of the week. Mr. James T. Mims, Jr., volunteer ed under a call for men to be sent to the University of South Carolina for special training. He left for Co lumbia Monday morning to report to the commanding officer at the university. Mr. Warren Reel reached home Sunday from Newport, Rhode Island, for a month's furlough. Soon after he enlisted in the navy several months ago he was sent to Newport and has been stationed there since that time. The War Savings Stamp drive will continue in Edgefield county until the county's quota has been subscrib ed. Go down in your jeans and see if you can't lend the government a few more dollars. No one is asked to give a cent. Shivor Springs Water, at L. T. May's. Mr. B. B. Jones and Miss Nell Jones are yet at Hendersonville, N. C., where they went several weeks aero. Mr. Jones was not well at the time he left Edgefield but his friends are delighted to know that he has steadily improved. Instead of coming home from the commencement of the Greenville Woman's College, Miss Gladys Pad gett remained in Greenville with her sister, Mrs. Norwood Cleveland, hav ing reached Edgefield Thursday. Mr. Elliott Padgett met her at Green wood. Miss Lois Mims, the eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Mims, is in Anderson visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Gibson. Mr. George Mims carried her as far as Greenwood in jn his car Monday and there she boarded the interurban road for An derson. The Advertiser has been requested to announce that the joint meeting of the Johnston and Edgefield chap ters, D. A. R., will be held at the home of Mrs. W. B. Cogburn Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock instead of Thursday afternoon. The change has been made on account of the fune ral of Senator Tillman. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Timmerman, Mrs. L. G. Miller and Mr. Lawrence Miller of Pleasant Lane, motored to Columbia Wednesday and spent the day at Camp Jackson with Mr. Doug las Timmerman, finding him in the best of health and spirits. Douglas, like the majority of boys in khaki, is anxious for his turn for overseas duty. The earliest sweet potatoes that we have seen were brought to The Advertiser office Friday by our fellow townsman, Mr. C. W. Watson. They were set out about the 27th of March and produced potatoes by the 27th of June. Have you ever seen this record surpassed? Mr. Abner Broadwater is driving a new latest model Case car. He has been driving a Case for almost the past eight years and was so well pleased that he purchased another. Mr. Broadwater knows a good car and also knows how to take good care of a car. - Mr. John R. Tompkins and his two little sons, George and Robert, did the proper thing in moving their church membership to Columbia, but it was with regret that the Edgefield Baptist church gave them up. They recently secured their letters to unite with Dr. C. E. Burts' church in Co lumbia. Mr. Gus Cheatham, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. P..W. Cheatham of the Cleora section, went to Columbia recently and volunteered for service in the navy. He is now at home await ing orders to report for duty. Mr. Cheatham is the eighth young man of the Cleora community to enlist in the navy. In this issue of The Advertiser will be found the announcement of the candidacy of Mr. J. E. Bryan for magistrate of the 7th district of the county. If the people of the district elect Mr. Bryan we are confident that he will leave nothing undone in his efforts to give a satisfactory admin istration. Mr. John Mims and Mr. J. Glover Tompkins, Jr., arrived Thursday from Washington for a brief stay at home before leaving to enter the navy, both of these young men hav ing volunteered recently for the avi ation branch of naval service. Mr. Mims will report to Boston for train ing arfd Mr. Tompkins to Charleston. Major Frank M. Warren who made as gallant Confederate soldier as ev er went to the front from Edgefield county has a son, Capt. John War ren, now in the service of his country who will likewise make a splendid record. Major Warren told us Mon day when he was in town that Capt. Warren will leave Camp Sevier in a few days for overseas service. The prayers and good wishes of Edgefield will accompany him. Colored Increment. About the middle of July or soon thereafter the local board will send 80 colored men to Camp Jackson. The exact day and hour of entrap ment have not been fixed. While this draft will fall heavily upon farmers, yet it would have been much worse had they been ordered to camp before the cultivation of the crop was so far advanced. We have a beautiful line of la dies silk skirts, stripes and solid; al so just received a nice line of serge skirts, such as cream, blue, black and gray serge. ISRAEL MUKASHY. Nitrate of Soda. Mr. W. E. Stokes, our popular and very capable county demonstration agent, told The Advertiser's repre sentative several days ago that of the nitrate of soda orderd by the gov ernment for Edgefield county 290 tons have been delivered and 193 tons are now on the way, which when delivered will make 45 per cent, of the allotment for the .farmers of Edgefield county. Candidate for Congress. Hon. T. G. Croft, one of the fore most members of the Aiken bar, is a candidate for congress from the sec ond congressional district He" has had some experience as a member of congress, having been appointed to fill the unexpired portion of the term of his father, the late George W. Croft, who died while serving this district. Mr. Croft is a lawyer of rec ognized ability and will discuss the national issues as he meets with our people from time to time during the summer. Thirteen to Ten. The first match-game of the sea son was played Thursday afternoon between the Edgfield and Addison Mill teams, the score at the close of the 9th inning being 13 for the Ad dison Mill ar.d 10 for Edgefield. Both teams played well but the Addison boys led in the contest. The game was interesting throughout. Why not have a good game every week at the fair grounds. A large number of Edge field people enjoy a good game of ball. Addison vs. Clearwater. On the afternoon of July 4th two games of baseball-a double head er-will be played on the fair grounds between the Addison and Clearwater teams. Both teams are in excellent trim and a fine game is ex pected. The Addison boys are well equipped with new uniforms and sup plies and will make the visiting teams feel that they are pitted against Germans. We believe a large number of people will witness the game. A Patriotic People. The officers higher up, the local managers and the operatives of the Addison Mi'' have proven themselves to be very patriotic. Recently they went "over the top" in their contri butions to the Red Cross work and last week in response to the War Savings Stamp drive they gave about $2,250. The mill subscribed and paid cash for $1,000 and the local mana gers and operatives subscribed for $1,250. This is a splendid record for the Addison Mill. Senator Tillman Desperately 111. When the papers arrived Mon day morning carrying the announce ment of the very serious illness of Senator B. R. Tillman genuin?' sorrow prevailed in Edgefield. He is suffering from a recurrent cere bral hemorrhage and his left side is totally paralyzed. While his heart continues strong, yet there are evi dences of his steadily growing weaker. No hope is entertained for his recovery and all of his fami ly have been summoned to his bed side. About 1U years ago Senator Tillman had a similar attack which t'/mporarily paralyzed his right side. While he never fully regain ed his accustomed strength, yet he has been able to discharge his du ties as' senator. This being the second attack, and his age, Tl years, being against him, the at tending physicians hold out no hope that he will rally. His desperate condition, precipitated at a time when his activities are so mcch needed, is a great shock and tre mendous loss to the entire country. Later: Early this morning a tele gram was received in Edgefield an nouncing the death of Senator Till man which occurred this morning at 4:20 o'clock. The funeral will be held at Trenion to-morrow af ternoon, July 4, at four o'clock. Place Not Easily Filled. That "blessings brighten as they take their flight" is exemplified in the recent removal of Mrs. John R. Tomp kins to Columbia. Her musical talent which is of a very high order was recognized and appreciated when she was among us but now that she has gone from among us we realilze more than ever her true worth to the com munity. Mrs. Tompkins has been es pecially missed as organist of the Baptist church. At the union meet ing Saturday and Sunday and at the patriotic rally Sunday afternoon, to say nothing of the regular church services, she was greatly missed as the organ was not used. Their friends hope that the absence of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Tompkins from Edge field will only be of short duration. NOT? Anticipati: this summe: preserving s large orders FRUIT THR Let us su] goods. Hav tities we are close prices. Boy Scout Meeting. A meeting of the Boy Scouts of Edgefield was held in the court house Tuesday night under the direction of Mr. W. A. Strom, the Scout Mas ter. There were about 24 boys pres ent and it was decided for the boys to go on a camping trip to Bowles Mountain which they will do about August 1. Another meeting will be held next Monday evening at 8 o'clock. A lec ture will be made by the Scout Mas ter from North Augusta and all Scouts are invited to be present. Lanham-Barnes. The following announcement of a recent marriage in far-away Ohio is of intense interest to the hundreds of relatives and friends of the bride and bride's parents throughout Edge field county: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Lanham announce the marriage of their daughter Ethel Harriett to Mr. Er nest Winfred Barnes, Thursday the twentieth of June, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, Columbus, Ohio. At home, 1423 North Church Street, Rockford, Illinois. Wheat Crop Good. In spite of the very severe winter a considerable quantity of wheat has been harvested in Edgefield county. Mr. T. A. Broadwater who operates a thresher told us several days ago that he threshed 500 bushels of wheat before moving his thresher out from home. It was hauled in by his neigh bors. Mr. W. M. Sawyer, one of John ston's leading farmers harvested 100 bushels from four acres, and Mr. Al Clark made an average yield of 24 bushels from nine acres, two acres of the field made 32 bushels to the acre. Miss Parker Entertains at Tea. On Friday evening, July 28, Miss R?sela Parker entertained at tea in honor of Miss Rosada Talbert's house guests, inviting also some young la dy friends of Miss Talbert from Edge field. Those present were Misses Rosada Talbert, Faye Gulick, Myra Pierce, Gladys Padgett, Margaret May, Genevieve Norris, Florence Mims and Messrs. Roy Parker, Her bert Parks and Watson Talbert. A delightful and varied course was served and the guests found their places at the table by cards on which were written their names and an attractive couplet. The evening proved to be a delightful one for all present. Miss Talbert's guests would have been welcomed in Edgefield for a longer time, but the pursuit of other good times called them back to Parks ville again. . W. C. T. U. Meeting. The July meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperanc Union will meet on Monday afternoon next at five o clock with Mrs. James E. Hart. A pleasant programme will be car ried out and a continued offering will be taken for the French orphan fund. Each member is asked to bring her dues, so that all financial obliga tions may be met before the year closes. Mrs. J. L. Mims, President. ;E TO CA? ng the wants r when the < season opened for JARS and T EE-POUND C pply your nee ing bought ir in a position i W. W. ADI Patriotic Mass Meeting. Sunday afternoon people from all parts of the county assembled in the Baptist church, having been called together by County Chairman, E. J. Mirns to hear Gen. M. L. Bonham and Hon. F. IV. Watkins of Anderson speak on the War Savings Stamps. Edgefield county is considerably be hind in its quota and the deficiency must be subscribed. For this reason these distinguished gentlemen were invited by Mr. Mims to address our people. Their appeals were earnest, patriotic, eloquent, and the subscrip tions recorded after the addresses amounted to about $12,000 in ad dition to former subscriptions. Gen. Bonham and Mr. Watkins went from the Baptist church to the j court house where they addressed a meeting of colored people. Their ap peals to them were likewise earnest, and eloquent, resulting in some in crease of subscriptions on the part of the colored people. War Savings Campaign For Sunday, July 7 at 11 O'clock. White. Pleasant Lane School House, Antioch Church, Bearea, McKendre Church, Way Cross, Sullivan School House, Morgana School House, Horns Creek Church, Gilgal Church, Stevens Creek Church, Harmony School House, Philippi Church, Red Hill Church, Flat Kock, Collier School House', Hoper School House, Meriwether Hall, Brunson School House, Heach Creek School House, Ked Oak Grove Church, ltlount Zion Church, Trenton School House. Colored. Pleasant Lane Church, Cedar Grove Church, Moss Church, Robinson ?School, Elmwood School House, Fruit Hill School House, Liberty Spring Church, Palm Grove School Hons?, Springfield Church, Willow Spring Church, Shaws Creek Church, Simmons Ridge Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Shady Grove Church,! Flat Rock School, Mount Olive Church, Science Grove Church. Spring Grove Church, China Grove Church, Coleman Ridge Church, Bethany Church, Mount Canaan Church, Piney Grove Church. We have on hand a beautiful as sortment of ladies silk waists in va rious colors. We are selling at a very reasonable price. ISJtAEL MUKASHY. Buy War Savings Stamps and help win the war. Furthermore, these stamps are a safe investment. ?NERS of the people 3anning" and 1, we placed vVO and ANS ids for these i large quan ;o make very UVES & CO. "Comfort Kits" June 30, 1918. U. S. Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C. Dear Mrs. Mims: The "Comfort Kit" sent me by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. has been received, and please extend to them my most sincere thanks for their thoughtful kindness to a sailor boy. It will not only be very useful, but will serve as a most pleasant remind er of the good ladies of Edgefield, while serving my country. Thanking each and every one of yen again, I am, Most gratefully yours, J. R. Cantelou, Jr. Canning to be Taught Colored People, v " Clemson College, S. C., " June -27, 1918. Mr. J. H. Cheathara, Edgefield, S. C. Dear Sir:-I am in receipt of your letter requesting us to furnish some one to give instructions in canning to a number of your col ored teacher!?. We shall be very glad to have one of our experts pres ent at any meeting you may call. There will be no expense attach ed to this coming. I would suggest that you name several days in order that your dates may not conflict with any en I gagements that have been previous I ly made. Yours very truly, W. W. Long, Director. The foregoing letter explains the fact that Prof. W. W. Long has promised to send us some one to give instructions in canning, etc. The teachers of the county are urecd to take advantage of this splendid opportunity to acquire some valuable knowledge in this im portant science. It would be well for all of our colored women and girls to be prepared to take these lessons, as this is a time when every ounce of food of every description . should be preserved. These instructions will be in con nection with the summer school, if there be any, or there will be a meeting called for the purpose. As soon as dates can be arranged it will be announced. Let us can and dry fruits and vegetables in every spare moment. J. H. Cheatham, Colored Board Counsel of Defense. We have a beautiful line of ladies waists, such as georgettes, crepe de chine and China silk, and also wash waists. Come in and we would like to show them to you. ISRAEL MUKASHY. The centenarian was being eager ly interviewed by reporters, and was asked, among other things, to what he attributed his long life and good health. "Well," the old man replied slow ly, "I'm not in a position to say at the moment. You see, I've been bar gaining with two or three of them patent medicine concerns for a cou ple of weeks, and I ain't decided yet." Farm and Home.