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VOL. 83 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1918 JOHNSTON LETTER. Methodist Church to Be Ded icated. Bishop Darlington to Preach.'Capt. War ren Arrived Safely. Sunday, September 1, will be a Red Letter da^ at the Methodist church, for at this tine their church will be dedicated. Bishop Darlington will preach on this occasion. The beautiful and sweet toned pipe or gan has been installed and special music will be a feature of the day. Sunday, August 25, Anti-Cigaret Day, was observed here by the W. C. T. U. A number of the rad, white and blue pledge cards were gotten from the State superintendent, and these were all given to the teachers of the Sunday schools, and they were to get the cards signed by the boys who would not smoke the cigaret. These flags will all be returned to the superintendent who will make a large flag of them and display it at the State convention at Marion, S. C. The High School will begin hore on Monday, September 9th, and al ready young folks are counting their vacation days. Mr. and Mrs. Darling Johnson have moved to Columbia. Their daughter, Miss Ella Johnson >.ho has completed a business COUT-.- has a position there. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Watsor ire at home from a two weeks' visit to Glenn Springs. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stirnen visited at Edgefield this week. Mrs. J. A. Lott and Master Marion ?and Mrs. Lewis Blount and children have returned from the mountains of North Carolina. Mrs. Robert Leavell has returned to Newberry after a visit to her sis ter, Mrs. G. G. Waters. Miss Witt of Saluda has been vis iting relatives here. Mrs. J. A. Dozier has returned from Flat Rock, N. C. where she . - two weeks with relatives. The dwelling "of "???T. B. L." Reames on his lot in East Johnston, is well under way, and at an early date can be occupied. It was a great pleasure last week to see Veteran W. L. Quattlebaum out on the streets, since it has been many months since he was was able tobe out. He is at an advanced age and some time ago he had an attack of paralysis. For about six years he has been in a rolling chair. This gift came to him from the Mary Ann Buie chapter, U. D. C. Mr. Edwin Mobley has gone to join his family who are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamilton. Mrs. Charlie Brunson of Augusta is visiting her father. Mr. Henry Dobey. Miss Gladys Padgett of Edgefield has been the guest of relatives and friends. Miss Mollie Waters is at home from a visit to Mrs. Cook McKie of North Augusta. Miss Hallie White has returned from Little Mountain, N. C. after a two months stay. Miss Irene Montgomery of Spar tanburg has been the guest of Miss Emma Bouknight. Mr. Albert Lott is at home from a fishing party in the lower part of the State. Miss Annie Crouch returned last week from a two months stay in New York, having been engaged in special study of the languages. She will teach during the coming winter. Mrs. L. S. Maxwell returned last week from a twp weeks' stay at Ty bee jvith a party of friends. Mrs. C. D. Kenny and Mrs. D. D. Moorer have gone to Lynchburg, S. C. to visit relatives. They will also visit at Maxton, N. C. before their return. Mrs. Walter Ouzts was the guest of Mrs. Octavia Rushton during the past week. Miss Clara Sawyer was a visitor in Columbia during last week. Mrs. J. M. Turner and Mrs. B. T. Adams are in North Augusta visiting their sister, Mrs. Sallie Stanfield. Mr. Ben Cogburn of Neece and Miss May Cogburn of Laurens are guests of their sister, Mrs. M. W. Clark. Miss Edith White' has returned to Bamberg after a visit to relatives here and in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Long moved from our town last week to make their home elsewhere. Mrs. Long has been spending a part of the summer Capt. Henry Tillman Tells Of Voyage Over Sea. Following are extracts from a per sonal letter from Capt. Henry C. Till man, of the 61st Coast Artillery as published in the Greenwood Index: "On the Deep Blue, Near France." You can never appreciate the beautiful sameness of this old ocean until you have crossed it once. But don't do that until the submarines have been put out of business They are a constant menace to the pleasure of such a voyage. You cannot fully realize the dastardly deviltry of the little beasts until you get on one of these life belts and sleep in your clothes a few hot nights in the bow els of the ship. "But here's another side to the pic ture to<% The next time you hear any one say anything about the United States Navy, son, you get up on your hind legs and salute. The infernal beast may get this ship yet, in which case you will not get this letter, but Uncle Sam's Jackies have seen one and a quarter million men safely ov er and that is some feat-believe me. We are in the war zone and prob ably will see land tomorrow, but most of us will sleep sound tonight, and thank God for a navy that is not afraid. I think these fellows on the boat would actually go out of their way to see a sub. And these destroy ers are some boats! You know as much as anyone how I loved my father and how much I revere his memory and you will there fore know what I think of the de stroyers when I tell you that I j would rather Secretary of the Navy I Daniels had named a destroyer after him than any other type of boat. They are wonderful little boats and are certainly doing more than their bit to win' this war. Our second day out was a bit rough as it gets to be in the summer time and I tell you there were some sick boys on this boat. Most of our Greenwood boys were as sick as the.resi of them. Gaines and I prov-, ed t"S-^?*gfx>?'-?ailot? ?nctaicither of j us got the least bit sick. "We get wireless messages on the ship and keep up with the main news j of the day. We are all anxious to see ?the full details of the American French-offensive. We are all feeling fine and now the gang is ready for any fate that comes. Of course we have not forgotten the homes we came from but most of us are over here on business and just as soon as is over we will be wending our way back to the same little towns we came from. That is, most of us will and those of us who happen not to come back will be long remembered by the rest of us. The men are in earnest and making good soldiers. They will give a good account for themselves. "Well, enough for today. I will not j close because I will want to add a postscript when I see France. P.'S. Well, we are in sight of land First and island and then the main land of France. Poor France-but the Yanks are coming. H. C. T. Millinery. We have already received several large shipments of ladies', Misses' and children's hats. Miss Mary Kolland, who was with us last season, will be with us again. She will arrive next Monday. RUBENSTEIN. with her mother. Maj. and Mrs. F. M. Warren have received a cablegram from their son, Capt. John Warren, stating his safe arrival overseas. Master Carlisle Thacker who has been ill with fever is now able to sit up and is convalescing rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Will Mobley of Thompson, Ga., have been visiting in the home of Dr. S. G. Mobley. Mrs. Lucy McLenna has returned from a visit to relatives at Green ville and Newberry. Prof. and Mrs. W. F. Scott have returned from Lynville Falls, N. C. Rev. W. S. Brooke has been grant ed a leave of absence from his pul pit for the month of September. He has been selected to canvass the Ridge Association district for edu cational purposes and has decided to do it at this time. There will be no morning service for September ex cept 2nd Sunday morning at which time Dr. Z. T. Cody of Greenville will preach, and on 1st, 3rd and 4th Sunday evenings Mr. Brooke will fill his pulpit. A Group of Interesting Letters From Our Soldier Boys. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Prescott able *to make a crop now soon. I Receive Letter From Their Son in France. I Dear Mother and All: Well, r guess this will be my last chance to write to you all for some time as I am going out tomorrow night to try my hand on the Germans for the first time and I hope you all will not worry over me as I am get ting along all right so far and I am praying every day for the time to come when I will come sailing home to you all again. This is a beautiful country over here, but give me the States for mine. I haven't seen a pretty girl since I left America. These French damsels may be beautiful to their French beaus but they sure don't look good to us. Father, I hope you will make a good crop this year as I know how you need it these hard times. .1 am certainly glad you like your work with Mr. Alford. You all are certainly having a good time over there to what the poor people here are having. The women and children are harvesting the grain here now and I just wish the people in America could see these poor women gathering the grain. They cut it with a hook with their hands. I could carry all they cut in my arms as fast as they cut it and at the same time play all of the ar-f-. my games, so you can guess for yourself how slow they are. They are always on the go though. I wish every man in America could know the hardships of the women and children over here since the war started. It just makes my heart ache to see them. Janie, you are certainly blessed with a good home, and I know Moth and Father will take the best care of certainly have got to buckle down to it^ when I come home. Ruth and I both will surely have to stir. I think I" will soon be home. Chances are good and everything looks bright I think all of us boys will soon re turn. Won't that be a happy day? I don't think any of this last draft will ever cross. I am so glad to know the Ryan boys like army life. The army is all right as long as you are riot so far from home. I like the army- myself. We boys have a good time. Mama , this is my address: Co. B. 118th Inf. A. E. F., via New York. I ..will close with much love and many kisses for you all. Give Ruth my love and kiss her for me. Write sooifand a long letter. You said Harvy could plow like a man. He always was smart. Tell him* to stick to it. It will make a man of him. The boys will be lots of help to Papa. Tell Harvey I say to be a sport and give the girls a good time He has got the brass all right. Give all of the colored people my bes?* wishes. May God be with us until we meet again. Your devoted son, W. L. Bryan. yon. a?id'tht baby until I cojneJ&ack? f"zxn glad that you have been down and stayed some with Mabel. I know she was sweet to you for she is one dear sister. I haven't seen a German since I've been here except a few prisoners ! b^f guess after today I will see quite I a pew. There are lots of little villages over here. We have been to a num ber of places but couldn't find any thing of much interest to me. Will Bryant and I went out once since we have been here and we got lost and were gone a day and night before we found our company. I saw Billy Byrd a few days ago for the first time in a long while and sure was glad to see him too. He looks well-just as fat as he can be. Well, Mother, it is getting supper time so I will have to say goodbye to you all for this time. Don't know when I can write you all again but rest assured that I will write every chance I get. I wish you would send me the dear old Advertiser every week as it will be a great comfort to me to get the Edgefield news.. Write to me as often as you can. ?My address is the same except A. P. ?O. No. 749. Love to all. Stobo F. Prescott. W. L. Bryan Writes to His Mother From France. July 29, 1918. Dear Mother: Your most welcome letter received and was so glad to hear from you all and so glad to know you were well. I am well and in the best of health. Do trust this will find you all the same. I have written you all J several letters and I guess you have gotten them by this time. I haven't had but one letter from Ruth and that one was written while I was at j Long Island. The mail must have been blocked by some means, but I guess I will get some mail now. I hope so anyway. We are sure having lots of rain though we have no right to complain for we have had so much pretty weather. We boys surely have been blessed since we crossed the water. No one out of our company has been sick and that is a lot to say. . France is a beautiful place but nothing to compare with Carolina. I am glad to know that Papa has a good crop. Do hope he will make lots of money for it takes so much to run his business. I hope I will be Letter to Mrs. Sam Agner From Her Son, Mr. John Agner. My. Dear Mother and Father: How are you all getting along? Fine. I truly hope. This leaves me getting on just fine. I am somewhere on ?the sea and am certainly enjoying it but am thinking of you all. Mother, if I can just get over there and back safely won't that be good. I have not been afraid on the sea since starting because I know that. God is with me on the sea as - as on lani? Don't worry because i you know thaf I lived a Christian life at home and that I will sti?i-' live the right kind of life. There was great pleasure at home while I was there but you know if I can get back home again it surely will be greater pleasure. I guess I will have something to tell you all. Well, I will close for this time. Will write you all another letter as soon as I get to where I am going and then you all can write me a letter. As I have asked you all a good many times not to worry, please do not. Just think I am going not only to save our country but to ifave my life and you all, too, and each and every one of us. As I sit here and look at the waves on the sea it makes me think of the time you went to Charleston and went out to the Isle of Palms. Mother, it made me just a little sick when I first started but it is not so bad now. You can write and tell Sister and Brother Eddie where I am. There is preaching at the Grove church tomorrow and I know you all will go. You know if I were at home that I would be right there, too. I guess you all have fixed that bridge so you can go to church now. You asked me in the last letter if that was a picture of me and my girl. It was just one that I bought at Camp Sevier. Well, I will close for this time with many good wishes and lots and lots of love to you all. I hope to see you all soon. May God bless each and every one of us is in each one of my prayers. Tell all "howdy" for me. I will send you my address next time I write. .Your devoted son, John E. Agner. Musical Given for Endowment Fund. On Tuesday evening, August 20, a musical was given at the home of Mrs. A. A. Woodson for_the purpose of raising money toward endowing a bed in the hospital at Neuilley, France. The War Relief Committee of the Edgefield chapter U. D. C. have started this fund and so far have raised over $50.00. The amount of contributions received on this occa sion was $22.06. A special feature of the evening was the auctioning off? of a lily, which brought $5.00. Must Economize in Use of Pleasure Vehicles. Washington, Aug. 27.-The fuel administration today eilled upon the public in States east of the Mis sissippi River to cease using all classes of automobiles, with a few named exceptions, motorcycles and motor boats on Sundays until further notice, as a gasoline conser vation measure. Only voluntary compliance with the letter and spirit of the request will prevent the issuance of a mandatary order prohibiting the use of gasoline on Sundays, it was declared at the fuel administration. Automobiles for hire are included in the curtailment program. Motor vehicles to which the restrictions do not apply were announced as: Tractors and motor trucks em ployed in actual transportation of freight. Vehicles of physicians, used in performance of professional du ties. Ambulances, fire apparatus, po lice patrol wagons, undertakers wagons and conveyances used, for funerals. Railway equipment using gaso line. Repair outfits emplpyed by tele phone and public service compa nies. Motor vehicles on errands of necessity in rural communities where transportation by steam or electricity is not available. The action was taken by the fuel administration, it was stated, to meet a threatened shortage of gaso line for shipment overseas, created by increased domestic demands and extensive military operations in France. "The United States fuel admin istration considers it necessary that a hmited conservation of gasoline be undertaken in the States east of the Mississippi, in view of the in creased demand for gasolinp for war purposes aud the paramount obligation of meeting promptly and fully, all overseas requirements," .said a statement issued jointly, by "Administrator Garfield and'^JVKrrk S. Requa, director of tha oil divi sion of the fuel administration. "An appeal is made therefore,-to | the people of the United State east of the Mississippi River to ex ercise rigid economy in the con-1 sumption of gasoline during the next few weeks as a necessary and practical act of patriotism. Wa necessities are being ard wiil continue to be promptly and fully met, but this is the period of the year when consumption of gas oline is at its highest, and the in creased domestic demands, together with the extensive military opera tions in France, have rendered nec essary, for a limited period, the adoption of safeguards against pos sible shortage. "In view of the difficulty, if not the impossib'ility, of differentiating between the various uses to which automobiles are applied the United States fuel administration believes that the greatest measure of econo my can be el?ected with the least interference with the business of the country through the discontin uance of the use of all classes of motor vehicles, . motor boats and motorcycles on Sundays. "The United States fuel adminis tration therefore requests that in the section of the United States nast of the Mississippi River there shall bea discontinuance of the use of the vehicles above specified in cluding all such as are operated for hire, on each Sunday hereafter until notified thar the need for such dis continuance has ceased." After listing the exceptions to the request, the F' ?tement makes an appeal "to the patriotic men and women of America, east of the Mis sissippi River, to undertake, volun tarily, additional conservation in the operating of their own automobiles, wherever possible." A prominent and very business man on returning from lunch found a slip on his desk asking: him to call up a certain number on the tele phone. He did so and this conversa tion followed: "Do you want' nie?" "I don't know." ''Well, I haven't any time to be fooling away; do you want me? Who are you anyway?" "This is the insane asylum. If you think you ought to be here, why, come along." \ HARDY'S HAPPENINGS. Protracted Meeting Closed. Red Cross Entertainment. Meeting at Horn's Creek. The protracted meeting at Hardy's closed on Friday afternoon and there were five baptized. One will be bap tized on next service Sunday. Mr. Kneeland gave us fine sermons each day. We hope to hear him again. We did not have large congregations any day I am sorry to say, but those who came enjoyed the sermons very much. The Red Cross Auxiliary had a very delightful concert by the Jazz Band from Camp Hancock Saturday afternooon and a fine address by Mr. Curtis, also one by Mr. J. L. Mims, which were enjoyed by quite a large audience out in front of historic old Sweetwater church. A most beauti ful place for it, in the shade of the church as the sun was sinking in the West. There was a stand erected just at the outside of the large col umns for the speakers and two large United States flags floated over their heads. The young men in khaki; seat ed just below the speakers, dispensed sweet music for us all. We Red Cross ladies served them a substantial sup per before they returned'to camp as we knew their supper hour would have passed. It fully repaid us ' for the sacrifice of a part of our sugar allowance when we saw those fine fellows enjoying each mouthful of that supper so much. Almost every one of us carried a fried- chicken and they seemed delighted with the chicken. Everything was chicken, chicken-but not rice, for we cannot get any more rice until the new crop is gathered, so we are told. We do like to have some in the house but cannot get it yet. After the soldiers had finished eat ! ing we sold what was left of the sup per and wished we had carried more. "V We sold all the ice cream out and wished we had had more. Those who attended were very generous and gave.freejy, so^aiUn all we consider-, ed we did line and thank all for their part. Next comes this week the Wom an's Missionary Union at Horn's Creek. We hope to be able to attend j but feel so badly just now, so com ? pletely worn out, don't know wheth I er we can get there or not. Why don't we hear of some good church work by our men? Are they going to let the women do it all? We attended the Sunday School con vention which was the men's work, but somehow I can't help being I proud of the women's work for they Isecm to take more interest than the men and have such nice Sunbeam Bands. Mrs. Walter Stevens is doing a fine work with her two bands, Har dys and Sweetwater children. Miss Jennie Briggs, who has been visiting her brother, Mr. Will Briggs and family, has returned home. Miss Marjorie McKie is back from her visit to Miss Wise of Trenton. Mrs. H. F. Cooper and daughters attended Camp Meeting at Ninety Six last week and returned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Wright and baby visited his parents last week. The Misses DeLaughter have been quite sick with chills, so has Miss Luda Briggs. . Mis*s Fannie Munday was suffering from indigestion last week. Mrs. Alvin Stevens and her three children are still shut in with whoop ing cough. Mis. Milton Barker is very much under the weather, she thinks, with malaria. Mr. Barker came home Sat urday night from a visit to his old home place in Tennessee. Mr. Judd Scott is home on a fur lough from the naval station at Rhode island, to be with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Scott, Jr., a few weeks. We were glad to see Mrs. Georgia Hammond out at the entertainment Saturday afternoon. She told us she would not have known it if she had not read Hardys Happenings. Sever al others said the same. We are glad if our happenings brought so many out to help U3. J We noticed Dr. Traylor Briggs and his bride pass, so they are at home from th,eir trip to the mountains and he is ready to minister to the sick, if there are any calls for him now. They motored to Augusta Mon day afternoon.