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(???tn? Newspaper Un ^cilbJEarftlta VOL. 82 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917 NO. 34 JOHNSTON LETTER. ^burches and Schools Closed. Mrs. Tompkins Injured by Fall. Mr. Kemp's Home Burned. For the past two weeks on account .? influenza, all church services, school, and all meetings of any kind have been called off. Groups or crowds of people are not allowed to congregate, and all about are signs, "Get what you want and pass on." .n Saturday, especially, was this asked to be observed, and it was well carried out. Generally, on Saturday afternoon the crowds are large as late as nine o'clock, but this day was quite an exception. There have been and still are, many afflicted with the malady, and every precaution is be ing used to keep it from spreading. In a letter from Mr. Julian Bland to his mother he gives a preventive for influenza as used at the hospital ia Florida where there are so many cases: Morning and night, a little bit of Vick's pneumonia salve was rub lied in the nostrils, and at night on the chest and throat. This was also - rubbed on the gauze face mask worn over the nose and mouth when out with people. Mrs. Taylor Goodwyn of Green wood and Mrs. DeSaussure H\:M of ' Columbia have returned t ? their homes after having been at the bed-! side of their mother, Mrs. Wertz, ?who has been quite ill. Relatives from Meeting Street gave the information that Mrs. Smyly Stevens was ill at the hospital in Co lumbia. Mr. Julian Harris of Derring, Ga., came for a short visit last week to his daughter, Miss Ruth Harris, in the home of Mrs. P. N. Lott. On last Tuesday afternoon while Mrs. Willie Tompkins was walking ia the yard, ?he stepped on a rolling piece of wood, which caused her to lene her balance and fall. Her left .-.-rn?.iust,. below the shoulder was^ hroken, besides a pain ful bruise. Mrs. Tompkins has been afflicted with rheumatism for several years, and at times is scarcely able to walk, but feeling better on the afternoon of the fall she was walking about in the yard for exercise. The injured arm is mending as well as could be ex pected, although it causes much suff- | ering. Very interesting accounts of the ; government work in which ono of Johnston's noble young men, Staun ton Lott, is engaged, are heard of. He is such a fine young man for such | that he has been promoted from pri vate to corporal. He has been trans-1 ferred from Vancouver, Washington, to Coquille, Oregon. On last Friday the home of Mr. John Kemp was burned about one ! o'clock, the fire starting about the kitchen roof. Mr. Kemp's son was | ill with fever and he had to be re- j moved to a neighbor's house nearby. The barn and two bales of cotton j were also burned. Everything being ? so dry the buildings burned rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Allen, John, Jr., and Miss Mary Lewis were visitors here last week in the home of Mrs. Willie Tompkins. Mrs. Herbert Eidson is at Wright's Hospital, having had an operation. She is improving and will soon return j to her home. Mrs. Alice Cox and James Robert ' have returned from a two week's j visit with relatives in Saluda. Dr. W. S. Stokes has been spend-1 ing a while here with his family. Mr. Bell of Columbia visited in j the home of his aunt, Mrs. C. P. Corn last week. Mrs. L. C. Latimer, president of the Baptist Missionary Society, has appointed the following year-book committee: Chairman, Mrs. J. A. Lott, anti Mrs. A. M. Xickerson and Mrs. P.. C. Stevens. The linen shower for the hospital in France, which was recently held in the Red Cross rooms, resulted in a very fine box of an assortment of all the articles specified, and was valued at $7;"?. Quite a number of the college young ladies and young gentlemen are at home on account of the influ enza. At G. W. C. three of the John ston girls were afflicted with the malady: Misses Frances Turner, Ma rie Lewis and Loise Hoyt. When the doctor dismissed their cases they came home with the others. Miss Frances Turner suffered a relapse and has been ill for several day but I Letter Written by Gen. Butler to Mr. D. R. Durisoe. Hd. Qrs. 1st Carly. Dir. Nor. 29th, 1864. Dear Roper: My boy Edmund has recently made a development 'which has surprised me and has not surprised me at the same time. He says that Ben has been carrying on a regular system of trafficking on my place and that he can put a white man in the way of detecting him. I will send him home between this and Christmas and I beg that you will get Henry Gallman or Ramsey and try and ov ertake him in his rascality. I had de termined to make a change next year and put Sam in Ben's placs and leave Edmund at home for awhile and bring Ben here, but if he is de tected in this villainy I will sell him. Please look into the matter for me. I only want Sam to plant such a crop as he can attend with one horse and J manure what he does plant highly. I If possible I will get home before ! Christmas and make arrangements, j If not I will have to trust to friends and luck. What does Gov. P. say about tak ing the negroes? Mrs. Butler left me for home on Friday last (this is Tues day) and should have reached home by now if nothing^has happened and she did not stop in Columbia. Everything is quiet here. We are very busy damming up Hatcher's Run - (probably named after the an cestors of the illustrious Alfred) with a view of impeding the progress of the pestiferous Yankees the next time Grant endeavors to "spread his wings." He will get his plumes dous ed as well as burnt. We are also making arrangements to move nearer to Stoney Creek Depot so as to be nearer forage-and go regularly in to winter quarters. How are matters wagging in Geor gia? I opine badly-and am very much exercised by it. I think Hood's campaign has been the most com plete abortion of the war. Where is he and'what is he doing in the name of common sense? Very little nows is allowed to reach us or at least docs not do so. Please let me hear from you. Very truly yours, etc. M. C. Butler. Mr. Roper Durisoe, Edgefield, S. C. Postponement of County Flag Raising. On account of the prevalence of influenza in our state and at the camps from which places a large and attractive part of the programme will be drawn, such as the band and some of the speakers, it has become necessary to make a decision in ref erence to the service flag raising at the county scat. It will not be possible to decide in favor of the raising of the flag on the 20th as no one can prophesy what conditions will be at that time. For that reason it is deemed advisable to postpone the raising until a propi tious time for all of our county to be present and participate' as one in this celebration of a glorious idea, In the meantime full preparations are in progress. The platform will be built and the flag pole made and rais ed, so that the occasion may be cel ebrated at the earliest possible day. A full programme will be published in due time. The different committees are send ing in their contributions and by the time all are heard from we feel sure there will be sufficient funds to meet the price of the flag and the necessary expenses incident to its raising. Ev erybody has been enthusiastic in their generosity when approached on the subject, and it is expected that the flag will be up by the middle of November. The flag will not be raised however, till everybody in the county has had an opportunity io know of it, and read the cordial invitation in The Advertiser. . is now much better. Rev. Malone Padgett of Saluda has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. L. Smith. Mrs. J. H. Thacker has returned from Americus, Ga., where she vis ited her daughter, Mrs. Stackhouse. Watson Nickerson is now at Fort Merritt, N. J., and has been appoint ed corporal. Miss Orlena Cartledge has gone to Ninety Six to visit her cousin Mrs. Mott Payne. Frank Salier of Trej? Life for His (cunt Texas. Sept?il The following are some interesting letters which Mr. and Mrs. Salter re ceived soon after Frank's death, from his former employees and officers. Memphis, Tenn. September 16, 19 IS. My Dear Mr. Salter: We learn with sincere sorrow and regret of the death of your son. Mr. i F. P. Saltar at Rich Field, Texas. I On behalf of the company and al- j so personally. I extend to you and j your good wife our deepest sympa thy. Your son had many friends among the officials and employees of the company, who are grieved at the news of the unfortunate accident and it is with profound sorrow that we fix the first gold star to our Service Flag here in Memphis. I know too well that words cannot [Comfort you but we do want you to knew that we sympathize keenly with you in your great sorrow. Sincerely yours, The Buckeye Cotton Oil Company, J. K. Snuggs, District Manager. Memphis, Tenn. September 27, 19IS. Mrs. Pick Salter. Trenton, S. C. Dear Mrs. Salter: The Baraca Class of the First Bap tist church of which your son, Frank P. Salter, was an honored member for years, at its class meet ing last Sunday morning, directed the secretary to write you a letter expressing the love and sympathy of the class. We were ail very fond of Frank, and missed him greatly when he left us to go into the service. Wc beg to extend to you our deep est sympathy in your great loss, and wish you to know how very much as a class we miss him and mourn for him. Very sincerely, E. II. Shackleford, secretary. Sam Holloway, Teacher. September 16, 1918. Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Salter, Trenton, S. C. Dear Friends: I am dropping you these few lines to assure you that we share your sorrow in the loss of the dear boy. No particulars have been given us, but we have heard that he lost his life last Thursday in preparation for service for his country. Frank was not so very long with 3?i Who Sacrificed His rv at Kelly Field,* iber 12. 1918 .. us in our church, but he was hore long enough for us to learn to love hi n. I regarded him as a young r'. -istian whose life was beautiful and consistent. As his pastor I ob-" served with increasing delight his steady, hopeful, faithful character. As I understand he gave his life | for the cause of Christ and then for I his country. What more could one : do? It is a pleasing thought amid : all the shadows of this hour, to think of him as one who made good as far ! as he could go. Also let the words of our Savior have their.full meaning! now, when he said. "I am the resu- j rection and the life: he that believ-j Cth in me though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth arid believeth shall never die." God bless you and all those whom j you love, Sincerely and in sympathy, W. U. Boone. Hdq. Signal Corps Aviation School, Rich Field, Waco. Texas. September 15, 1918. From: The Commanding Officer, Ca det Squadron "A" To Mr. atid Mrs. T. P. Salter, Tren ton, S. C. Subject: F. P. Salter. 1. It is with a sense of personal loss that I extend to you my deep sympathy in this hour of your be reavement. 2. Cadet Salter was under my im mediate command during his entire career at this Field, and it will be a source of gratification to you to know that during the whole of that period his conduct was most exem plary and his devotion to duty abso lute. His comrades loved hil. . and he had tho confidence and esteem of his officers. o. I know that your grief will be somewhat assuaged by the knowl edge that he was privileged to die in the manner in which he would have chosen to die, "in line of duty," in his Country's cause and in the cause of all humanity. Allen Clark, 2nd Lieut. A. S., S. C. Sluggish Demand For Seed. The wheels of t^ade are not run ning us smoothly as they would if they had more cotton seed to grease them, so say the merchants. In ac cordance with a long-standing cus tom cotton seed money is spent over the county and practically never used to pay debts. The government regulations have somewhat blocked the seed business. Howevci , in time all but a few left for. planting will find their way to the oil mills. Peace Effort Made By Von Hindenburg. Washington, Oct. 15.- Internal political conditions in Germany and possibly in Austria-Hungary as well as the military situation on the wes tern front, are expected to determine the nature and time of the German reply to President Wilson's communi cation of yesterday definitely closing the door to peace negotiations with German autocracy. The president's note probably already has reached Berlin through the Swiss foreign office. Reports reaching Washington to day through official som ces by the way of neutral countries not only indicated the existence of almost cha otic conditions in the central powers, but also said that it was Field Mar shal von Hindenburg himself who was responsible for the German gov ernment accepting the president's peace terms and seeking an immedi ate armistice. It was said that at a recent meet ing of the military leaders and the heads of the parties in the reichstag vcn Hindenburg boldly declared .that Germany must have peace at once at the best terms she could get. He said the armies no longer had the necessary munitions and materials to continue the struggle, nor was there any source of supply. In the light of this situation, the field marshal said he felt the time | had come to try first for an armis tice and then for peace and he urged that this could be only in the light of a concession to the demands of the Socialists and Pacifists in Germany. Prince Maximilian, the chancellor, is reported to have strongly opposed such a course, dreading a reaction against the junker element by the Socialists, but imperial approval was given von^Hindenburg's plans and the request for peace followed. No indication has been given as to when replies will be made by President Wilson to Austrian and Turkish appeals for peace. It is un derstood that there is no ground for the apprehension which has arisen in Austria that the president w^vld re fuse to reply to Premier Burians ap peal because of the autocratic char acter of the Austrian government. It was said that this might well figure in a final peace proposal but would not operate to prevent the consider ation of an armistice which Austria seeks. Thc same is true of the Turkish appeal, and while not officially stated, it is believed that the prime reason for delay in reply to both these ap lications is to afford time for the president's response to Germany's peace proffer to filter to the masses in Austria and Turkey through the rigorous censorship that exbts. In the meantime, attention now centers in the military situation and renewed efforts to furnish the armies closing in on thc central powers all the men and material to achieve a military victory in the fieid. War Community Service Help ful. Columbia, Sept. 15. - Soldiers from South Carolina are enjoying the hospitality of soldiers' clubs in cities all over the country, and no matter to what camp they are sent they will find the War Camp Community Ser vice at work in each municipality stimulating and providing clubs, en tertainments, home hospitality and friends for them when they leave camp and go to town on a Saturday afternoon or Sunday. In the same way, soldiers from ev ery corner of the United States are Carolinians in our camp cities. The result of this War Camp Com munity Service is not only to keep uj) the spirits of the boys away from home, keeping them clean mentally and.physically, but it is introducing them to each other-soldiers ami cit izens from all parts of the country. It is not the paid workers of the War Camp Community Service who have the biggest part in this work, but the volunteer workers of all the organizations, and the citizens in the camp cities. The War Camp Commu nity Service consists not in the work of one organization alone but thc community. New goods arriving daily. We have the largest and best selected stock in this neighborhood. It doesn't mat ter what you need, if it is something to wear you can always find it here for less money. HUBENSTEIN. RED OAK GROVE. Circle Met With Mrs. Joe Bus sey. Death of Three Belov ed Ladies. Urges War Gardens. We felt sad Sunday morning and lonely, too, that we were to have no Sunday school, besides r,ot meeting with the Sunday school our W. M. U. monthly meeting was cailed off also. One matter of business was to see if our society could not have a repre sentative at the state meeting at Sumter November 5th to 7th. The Circle meeting was held with Mrs. Joe Bussey last Wednesday af ternoon instead of with Mrs. Oscar Timmerman. It was quite a good meet ing notwithstanding sickness which caused small attendance. Mrs. Griffig seemed full of foreign mission inter est, and made our study very in structive, making eaeh of us feel a real responsibility was resting u?ion us now, as probably never before since the organization of W. M. U. work. The girls will meet with Miss Ru by Dorn in their Y. W. A. work next Sunday afternoon. The president, Miss Maggie Agner, was so much missed at the last meetiing. She and Miss Clela both have been quite sick. Miss Lou Eva Parkman is learning housekeeping this week while her mother is at the bedside of Mr. Wil lie Parkman at Colliers. Miss Millie Bussey has also been real sick the past week. The friends and relatives of Mrs. John Corie/, also her sister, Mrs. White, will be grieved to learn of their deaths, both occurring last week in Greenwood from influenza. We were saddened also on learning of the death of Mrs. Bessie Partlow Andrews of Greenwood. To know Mrs Andrews was to love her. Our first days of school experience were nade more easy and pleasant by her kindness. Many times her history and geography lessons were explained to me by-the-pictures, though I was . learning then to spell "baker" and "amity" along in the "blue back speller" at Mt. Creek in the old log school house. I love to think of the kindness of Bessie Partlow and Lizzie Holloway and our teacher, Mr. Russell Bodic. Mrs. Marnie Bussey and Miss Ma mie Bussey returned from Green wood last week and report that Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bussey are both doing nicely now. Miss Sunie Sharpton has been made post mistress at Clarks Hill. There could not have been a wiser selection for Mi~s Sunie does with accuracy whatever she undertakes, besides her training in clerical work. Misses Lizzie and Annie Mae Mims returned last Sunday from a visit to their sister, Mrs. Fred Andrews in Greenwood. Mr. E. A. Rogers of Callison was among relatives near Red Oak Grove last week-end. Mr. Rogers has a sun ny nature for one of his years and makes friends wherever he goes. We should not slacken our inten tions to do all in our power to win the war, because our news of success sounds more favorable each day. At least we must, have gardens and try to continue to raise everything we consume as nearly as possible. There are men being added for us to feed, as captures are being made. Besides Germany can not be trusted. First io Pay Taxes. The county treasurer, Mr. James T. .Minis, opened his office yesterday to receive taxes and the first two men to pay were Mr. J. M. Mays and Dr. B. F. Jones. For several years .Mr. Mays has been the first taxpayer to walk up and plank down the cash for the support of his government. Some Men Bond "Tithers." The man who has bought only a one-hundred-dollar bond when he should have purchased a thousand dollar-bond feels just a bit mean and "sheepish." We know of a few fel lows who show this feeling on their faces. They can easily remove this unpatriotic expression by calling at one of the banks and doing their full duty. They will then sleep better at night and can exclaim "Hurrah for our brave boys in France" with a clearer ring to it. Such men are "tithers", having only purchased one tenth of their ability and duty to purchase bonds.