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V0L. 83 EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918 JOHNSTON LETTER. Woman's Missionary Union Meets at Leesville. W. C. T. U. Met Friday Af ternoon. The annual meeting of the Wom an's Missionary Union of the' Ridge association is being held this week with the Leesville Baptist church, and a good delegation will go from this church from the various socie ties. Splendid reports are carried, each society going over its apportion ment. The Woman's Missionary Un ion gave this year $600.00, having a membership of about 85. The Y. W. A. with a membership of 9 gave $49.50. The G. A., having 27 mem bers, gave $56.50. The R. A., having 20 members gave between $40 and $50. The Sunbeams, having about 35 members, gave $104.00 The surgical dressings'class is very busy this week completing the Aug ust order. The force of workers is not ss large this month as many are away but the ones at work are very industrious and tireless, and no doubt the order will be dispatched as rapidly as last month. The large cotton pad is one of the named or ders but is to be made by new di rections this month and by so doing the amount of gauze on hand will go further. Miss Luelle Norris has been for a short visit to the home folks. She is stenographer for a firm in Columbia. Mrs. James Huiet and little ones have been for a visit to relatives in Savannah. It was decided on Sunday morning after service at the Baptist church that the all-day rally of September 8th would net be held and only a morning service will be held at this j time. This was to have been the an- I nual busin ports of tl will preach :.r - ba .conder^ of the gre. . Rev. W. a fine reviva? church, of which he is pastor, pi cat u ing every first Sunday afternoon. On last Sunday at the beginning of the service the service flag, in honor of i the boys who have gone from this | church, was unveiled. This week Mr. Brooke is assisting Rev. H. B. White in a meeting at Stevens Creek church. Miss Sue Sloan, owing to the sick ness of her mother, was unable to accept the three months' course of instruction that she won some time ago, the offer being made by Cornell University. She advised them of her inability to enjoy this course, so she has recently received from the musi cal department $100.00 worth of mu sic which will be a very valuable aid to her in her class work here. She took the course last year and now is glad that she really did not consider going, as she prizes the music greatly. Mrs. Manning Simmons and Misses Rachael and Marguerite Simmons have gone to Bridge Water, N. C., to spend a while with Mrs. Freddie Clary who has a cottage there. Mrs. St, Julian Harris of Dearing, Ga., has been for a visit to her moth er, Mrs. P. N. Lott. Mrs. J. A. Dobey and children have gone to opartanburg to visit the former's mother and sister. Mrs. Paul Perry has been visiting Mrs. Alice Cox. Mrs. J. Jacobs and Miss Ella Ja cobs are at home from Augusta after a visit to Mrs. C. A. Austin. Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Maxwell were visitors last week in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Black, John Howard and Oscar Black and Mrs. F. S. Jefferson spent Saturday in Co lumbia and went out to Camp Jack son for a visit. Miss Marion Mobley is at home from a two months' stay at the Sum mer school at Winthrop college. She has accepted a school at Charlotte, N. C. Misses Loise Boyd and Lou Court ney are at home from a pleasant house party given by Miss Ruth Har ris of Dearing, Ga. The W. C. T. U. met Friday after noon with Mrs. J. L. Smith, and in spite of the very hot weather there was a good attendance. The superin tendents had good reports to give. The W. C. T. TJ. is the only organiza tion that goes on through the sum mer without the rest. They are nev er weary of well doing. Comfort bags were given out to the last boys who were called out, and their words of appreciation were heard. $6.50 had been given to aid in purchasing the electric fan that would go from Edge field county to Camp Jackson, but as these are now all supplied, the mon ey will be given toward helping to support a French orphan. The letters from State superintend ents were read and their plans will be followed. The red, white and blue cards will be ordered from Miss Col lier and her idea for the flag for the State convention will be furthered. The letter from the State president, Mrs. Joseph Sprott, was also read. The Red Letter days, September 14 and also August 26 will be observed in a fitting manner. Miss Antoinette Denny, State Y. P. B. Leader, presented some plans for work and th?! union will be glad to co-operate with her in carrying these out, to get the young people interested. Mrs. Albert Lott suggest ed that some attractive cards be got ten and that all members write let ters, to the soldier boys away, each member writing to one. Several in teresting readings made up the pro gram. Miss Aileen Reames returned last week from Little Mountain, N. C., after a' two weeks' stay. Prof. John G. Waters of Vidalia, Ga., is visiting his brother, Mr. G. G. Waters. Mrs. H. A. Boger and Misses Ruth and Edna Boger have returned to Manning after a visit in the home of the formiers' mother, Mrs. Mary Waters. It is a regret to all to know that Master Carlisle Thacker is ill with fever. Mr. and Mrs. Posey of Columbia are visiting Mrs. Hattie Bruce.. Mrs. Archie Lewis and little An nie Lamar are at home from a visit to Cleveland, Tenn., with the former's sistPr MTC - Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rhodes of Hampton are guests of the latter's mother, Mrs. Lizzie Crim. Miss Edna Hutto has returned from a visit to her grand-mother in Aiken. Mrs. Eugene McAlpine and little son have returned to Hartsville after a visit in the home of Dr. S .G. Mob ley. Mrs. L. C. Latimer accompanied them home for a few weeks' visit. Miss Florence Bell has been visit ing her sister, Mrs. William Cassells. Miss Elise Mobley has gone to Co lumbia to take a business course. Miss Virginia Harrison has resign ed her position with Anderson col lege as secretary, and in September will go to Washington to take up government work. Miss Jamie Bruce is visiting friends and relatives in Atlanta. Dr. F. H. Williams has gone to Blackville where he has accepted a position. Mrs- Mike Crouch and Misses Fran ces and Louise Crouch are at home from a visit to Columbia. - Miss Mays Complimented. Miss Madge Mays, a charming vis itor in the city from Edgefield, who is being complimented with a number of attentions during her visit to Mrs. Pratt Pierson, was the honoree at an informal afternoon party entertain ed by Miss Mattie Mae Pierson Wed nesday. The red, white and blue in evi dence on every side with hydrangeas, petunias and marigolds in the Na tional shades made a patriotic set ting for the guests present who were presented with miniature flags. The place cards were decorated with red, white and blue rosettes, and these colors prevailed in all the other de tails of this delightful gathering. Gaffney Ledger. Notice to the Edgefield U. D.C. All Daughters who subscribed to the Third Liberty Loan will please send me at once the amount of their subscriptions as it is necessary for me to hand in a tabulated statement of War Relief Work at once. Also send me a list of W. S. S. taken, mon ey given to the Red Cross, garments made by each one, or any class of war work accomplished during the year. j Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson. President. A Group of Interest!] Soldier Somewhere in France. Editor Advertiser: I After many miles over ocean waves and foreign lands we rest be neath the sunny skies of France. We arrived at Liverpool and cross ed England to Southampton. Field after field of grain we pass ed and many little garden spots. Ev ery square foot of available soil in England is utilized and the princi pal crops are oats and wheat. July is to her crops as May is to ours. The civilian populace hailed us heartily all along the way. They had us puzzled for a while with a certain sign they made with the hand. .With the fingers closed and the thumb upright and the forearm worked up and down in front of the body is a way of wishing you "good luck." If the hand is inverted and the thumb pointed down the sign means "go to h-." France is .a lovely country and her crops are much like Britain's. Hundreds and hundreds of Short horn cows you see grazing in the' green pastures. But when it comes to carrying on a conversation with the French men I'm lost, but the eternal Ger man can speak English and they speak interestingly if you get a chance to talk with a prisoner. The old words, "Made in Germa ny," have changed to "Made in France by the Germans." These are the words the German prisoners stamp on the work they do in France. I wish I could tell you all about our trin but I kno'" thc Dlack crows in the pim- trees then I longed for our Eiigefield hills. I Trust the censorship will leave enough of the letter to make it stand together. Yours with best wishes, Private S. B. Townes, E Co., 37th Engrsi J. T. Littlejohn Jr., at Plattsburg. Plattsburg, New York, July 30, HUS. Dear Advertiser: I will try to write you something about my trip. I left Greenville a week ago to-night. There were thirteen of us in the crowd, all Kurraan boys. Wc took a pullman and went to sleep in North Carolina and woke up next morning some where in Virginia, We got to Washington, D. C., about 8:40 a. ra., had breakfast and went over and took a look at the Capitol. At ten o'clock we boarded the train for New York, arriving there about 3:30 p. m. Here we went to a hotel, got din ner and went out to look about a little. We ascended the top of Woolworth Building, which is tifty eight stories in height. From the tower we saw the city far below. The people and street oars looked like toys. I took my first ride on a subway car and "believe me" they move. The streets are always crowded and if you are not careful you will get run over. We left New York about 9:30 a. m.,- and took break fast in Albany N. Y. Here we changed roads, taking the Deleware and Hudson. The scenery up the Hudson river is simply beautiful. I saw the tall Palisades of which I had studied in Geography, We arrived at Plattsburg Wednesday afternoon and went straight to camp. This is a beautiful place, on the banks of Lake Champlain. I took a swim in the lake tbe other day and it was fine. From my window I can look out across the lake and i see the Green Mountains of Ver mont. I hope to go up into Canada before I come back, for we are only about twenty miles from that country. 1 heard the band playing Dixie this 'afternoon, and "great" how good it sounded. It i:i nice to visit up here, but when it comes to real living give me old South' Carolina. i? Letters From Our ? Boys. Tho boya op here call me South Carolina and I ara proud of my nama. I hope to come back to Softool in September but if the war la6ts mach longer I expect we will get i? free trip to France. ? I am in gooii health and having the lime of my ife. With best wishes I am sincerely, J. T. Littlejohn, Jr. 'CO. S." S. A. T. C. Camp, Plattsburg, N. Y. to. From Walter Grims to K:s Cousin Written From Belgium. July 13, 1918. Dear' Mary: Your letter was received yester day and was indeed glad to hear fron] you. I have just come off from a four days' hike and am tired and dirty and there's not any place to take a bath, We were in the rain part of the time so you can imagine about how I feel. W.o. are not doing anything today. I am where I can hear and see the shells burst in the air from the planes. It is right amusing to watch themjSbut of course I don't feel the best in the world when they burst so near me. The shells were bursting around us last night but I was a lit tle tired and did not pay much at tention to them. My bed was hard but I slept just as sound as a rock. Mary, when I get back home I will ' have something to tell you all. jV* ? left France about four days ? ' -- ".<-> oyo in Rolo-inro T i I wish I coula write a..^ just how things are over here but x can't Tell Uncle Jack and those hello for me and that I am all right. Write to me every chance you have. Well, I will close, with love and best wishes to alL Your devoted cousin, Walter Griffis, Co. D 114 M. G. Bn. Warren Reel Writes Fine Let ter to His Mother and Father. Camp Sims, Co. H. Philadelphia, Pa. August 9, 1918. My Dear Mama and Papa: Arrived here at 12 o'clock and think I am going to like it fine. My friend from Georgia and I are in the same tent. Also the rest of the boys that came from New Port are in this company. We left New Port by boat at 7:30 last night. Some nice trip by boat. We had nice furnished state rooms and retired about 9:30. Had a. fine night's sleep, arose at our usual hour and had fine chow for break fast. We arrived in New York this morn ing at 8 o'clock. Had about two hours there and it was awfully hot under the terminal station. I was glad when we left New York. Ar rived in Philadelphia with 58 men and stayed around the shed about an hour, so the people would have us to sing and we sure did some singing for a while. Everybody tried to make us have a good time. People gather around us everywhere we go. All say that here we will be treated royally any time we come to town. The girls would pitch notes to us inviting us to their houses, saying we would be welcomed any time. Had pretty good chow for dinner, and best of all, a place to sit dow to eat. We are in our tents now and the only thing I see that I will not like here is that it is very sandy around here, and mosquitoes are bad, but we have a net over us at night. People dress here almost any way, some with over-alls, and some with just white trousers and thin under-vest. Any way, so they can keep cool. New Port is a much prettier place than this, but I think I will like here much better. Here we have some lib erty. We get up at 6 o'clock in the week and sleep as long as you please on Sunday mornings, and lie down almost any time while in our tents. We have big buckets to get water in to wash our clothes, and I will not mind it now. It is so much more con venient. I would like so much to get in over-alls, then I would feel iike a farmer. _Well, I had better not boast any more as it might get rough yet. We are off now until morning and to morrow we will g:t off at 12 until Monday morning.I may go over and take in some of the city. Well, Mama, we do not know how long we will be here, and I guess it is best we do not. We may go just any time. I am taking life easy a*,J doing fine so do not get uneasy wl.e I go across. You may not hear from me until I get back to port, but I as sure you I will write every chance I get. I know you have written me more than once and do not see why I haven't received your letters. Guess I had better close so I will have something to write next time. Hope everybody is well, and remem ber me to all who ask of me. I can not write to all, even those who write to me, but I do not forget them. I am writing this in my shack and am feeling fine. Write to me often. With lots of love to you all, Your loving sailor boy, Warren Reel. ? Letter From Hezzie Grims to His Mother Written From France. July 19, 1918. Dearest Mother: Your most kind and welcome let ter came to hand last night and was so glad to know you are well and to know Papa and the boys have a pret ty crop. I trust it will stay that way -*-J +Vi??= fall. b need it you can put it in the bank for six months. I guess it will come in good if I ever get back. I will have something to start on but don't hesitate to use it if you need it for I don't know when I can use it. I will try to make out with what I draw over here with the help of cigarettes you send me. It is hard to get Chesterfield cigarettes or any i other; kind of American tobacco. I received a letter from Emmie ! Lou Long yesterday that was written May ISth but believe me I was glad to get it. You see it takes some time for a letter to get over here but I don't think it will take as long to get them now as it has been. I wrote to Huldah one day this week. Tell Sister I will not write her a separate letter for I have so much to write. When I write to you I mean it for all. Tell everybody I am well and in good health. Be sure to send me Calvin's pic ture as I want to see how he looks and write me if you know when Tom mie Griffis is conting over but I trust the war will close before he comes. Well, how are the young mules working? Fine, I hope. Wish I could see them. You can just imagine how I could enjoy a good meal of vege tables which grow in the beautiful gardens over there. We can't get any vegetables over here yet. I havn't seen Walter and Billy in some time. We ave not near each other now. I am going to look them up just as soon as I can. Well, I will close. With love and kisses and kiss all the good-looking girls for me. Your devoted son, H. F. Griffis, Co. E. 118 Inf., A. E.F. Hampton Medlock Writes From France. Dear Father and Mother: This leaves me well and feeling fine and I truly hope it will find you the same. We are in France now and have been for some time. I have not been sick a day yet and I was not sick a day on the ship. I just made it fine. This is a most beautiful place for grain and cattle. They have the most beautiful grain and the finest cows I have ever seen. We can buy milk almost anywhere and get it cheap. We get butter every day. It is given by the government and you know HARDY'S HAPPENINGS. Pastor Leaves the Sweetwater Church for Higher Field. N Annual Meeting to Begin at Hardy's. We attended the Sweetwater ser vices Sunday afternoon, and 1 heard Mr. Allen's farewell sarmon. He goes to Manning, c. C. Says he will have a larger field for his labor, and while he is in his prime is the time for his best work. He is a fine speaker. His dock out there regrets losing him. They, have a good attendance and fine Sunday School, and Sunbeam Band. The Sweetwater Red Cross Auxiliar ry will haye a call meeting Tues day 13, to arrange for a Red Cross entertainment to be held at Sweet water church, Saturday afternoon, August 24. Are expecting some fine speakers and military band of 50 pieces from Camp Hancock. We hope to have a large attendance on that occasion, of patriotic citi zens, with full purses when they come, and flat ones to go home with. Old men, young men and bachelors, be sure to come and bring all the ladies you can, and the rest of the girls will be there if they can get a way, [and will do their part. Third Sunday, the Hardys pro tracted meeting begins with al', day services, but after Sunday, will only have the services in the after noon from 4 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Kneejand will assist Mr. P. B. Lan ham. We hope to have good ser mons and full attendance, and a great.blessing to fall upon us all. We were glad to see Mrs. Toll Glover out. She reports him doing very well just al present. Mr. Glover's niece. Mrs. Ros*, waa ?nt. jed from her visit ora" mou tu w *M?_ I grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Sirrpeon I and Mrs. Riser, at Greenville. Mrs. Anna Mathews is visiting relatives at Batesburg. Mr. and Mrs. John Scott, and j Mrs. H. H. Scott, Sr., motored to I Beech Island Sunday to visit Mr. land Mrs. L. S. Reese. Mr. James i McClain's sister and husband have been visiting them during the past week We see the Misses Sallie, Lena and Nellie DeLaughter visit North Augusta quite frequently, and often the horse and buggy go home with out them, and we see a large auto mobile, driven by a mighty line young*man-farmer, go up loaded with ruckling young ladies, and pretty soon he goes back down alone, and lonely. We would not be surprised if one of the girls does'nt exchange homes pretty soon. Mr. Frank Townes gave a barbe cue Wednesday for his girl, we suppose as he .brought her. by go ing to it. We were sorry to hear of Mrs. Alvin Stevens having been so ill with pluracy, and am glad to' hear she is improving, she and the chil dren, of whooping cough. Mrs. S. V. Bunch has been quite sick again, and is still suffering very much. , (Written for last week.) Sunday being such a lovely day for the flag services at Republican we went up to them. Were very sor ry not to have gotten there to the opening exercises, but the roads were so terrible, and we got stuck in the (Continued on page Five) that just suits me. I think the war will soon be over and we will all be back home again. Don't worry about me. We are hav ing our little prayer meetings three times a week. Several of the boys and I are having these prayer meet ings and every time we meet we get more boys to join in with us. I am talking with the boys every day. We are having fine weather here now. Please write to me as often as you can and tell me how everything is getting on and how the crops are. Write me a long letter. May God be with you all until we meet again. Hampton Medlock, Co. H., 118 Inf. A. E. F.