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?fei Rzwapaptc lu gai?k (tote VOL. 83 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 19?9 NO. 45 JOHNSTON LETTER. Splendid Gift of W. M. U. Sad Death cf Marvin Matheny. Reunion for Willie Lee Wright. The condition of the epidemic herc now is considered about as serious as during the first month of it, and a quarantine has again been placed by the Board of Health. The school was closed the middle of last week, and no services were held on Sunday. Every one is urged to follow every precaution and as far as possible, prevent the further spread. In some of the families there are several of the members sick at one time. The Week of Prayer was observ ed here during the past week by the Missionary Society of the Baptist Church and each meeting was con ducted by a different member and splendid, helpful, uplifting programs were carried out and inspiring songs were sung. On Friday afternoon, the Lottie Moon Christmas offering for China was taken, and after the Lead ers of the seven circles had reported, it was found that the offering had exceeded the amount hoped for $200, the total amount being $350. It was Miss Lottie Moon who form ed the plan of the women at home making offerings, that the foreign work might be aided and what a mighty work this is now. r\t this meeting, Mrs Louella S. Stirnen did a very beautiful deed, she stated that she wanted to memo rialize her mother, Mrs D. R. Stroth er in the society, and gave ?100 over to the treasurer, to be used in what ever way the society should see fit. The organizations of the church have all given generously, the Sun beams giving over $G0. The Y. W. A. $25 and the G. A. $25, this being the ,amount of the apportionment for: Foreign Missions. Mr. Fletcher Horne has gone to ; Pittsburg. Pa., where he holds a posi tion. Previous to his entering the *rmy, he had a position here in the electrical line. Messrs. Cecil Kenney and Hans Franklin have gone to Lee and Da vidson College. Mrs. C. P. Corn is at home from a two week's visit in Walhalla. The friends of Mr. Getzen Wertz were pained this week to learn of his critical state. For some time his health has not been good, and a can- [ cer on the tongue has developed. Owing to the nature of the dis ease, he is speechless, and during the week, his two sisters, Mrs. H. W. i Crouch and Mrs. Taylor Goodwyn went over to Columbia to be with him. Mr. Marvin Matheny died at his home near here on last Wednesday evening, the immediate cause being influenza, pneumonia developing. Mr. Matheny was one of the most esteemed young men of the Bethle- j hem community, and was always found engaged in whatever was up lifting and was one of the chief work ers of the Bethlehem Sunday School. About three years ago he married Miss Lois Crouch of Saluda, who sur- j vives him, also several sisters and brothers, Mrs. Ervin Smith who rc sides near here being one of the sis ters. The funeral services were con- ? ducted on Thursday afternoon at Bethlehem church, after which thc body was laid to rest under the oaks that shelter the last resting place of many other loved ones. Mrs. David Moorer is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D Ken ney. Mr. McCreight of Winnsboro is the guest of his son, Mr. Joe McCreight. The four rooms over the Farmers' ?nd Merchants' Bank which have been used the past year as Red Cross rooms for all work under this head, have been rented out, and Red Cross Headquarters are now in the second story of the store of Mr. H. W. Crouch. On Sunday there was a large fam ily gathering in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Wright, and they were ?ll very happy over the recent arri val of Mr. Willie Lee Wright from England. A turkey dinner with every accom paniment was sumptously served. Mr. Crook of Batesburg has rent ed the Wertz Hotel and will now have this in charge. Owing to the quarantine, the meet ing of the W. C. T. U. will not be held on Friday afternoon. The sub ject for this meeting was The Door of I Hope. The members can bear the sub ject in mind and have ready whatever kind of gift they wish for this insti tution, so that when a meeting: can be called, there will be no delay in pack ing the box. Mr. Olin Eidson has been quite ill with influenza, also Mr. Avery Bland, but we are glad to state that they both are now up. Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Mitchell and lit tle Emily spent Sunday in the home ? of Mr. M. W. Wright, j Mr. and Mrs. Lupo Gaston who ?were visiting the latter's mother, Mrs. ?Victoria Hart, during the holidays, returned to their home in Ga., last week, and the day after their arrival, 'developed serious cases of iniluenza which they contracted while here. |Mr. Gaston lived only a few days, ,but Mrs. Gaston, though in a serious state for several days, is now better and it is hoped that she will soon re- j : cover. -j Miss Fannie Crumley has return-1 ed from a visit to relatives at Good Hope. ; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Allen of Fruit H iii were welcome visitors here , :the latter part of the week. Mr. Loami Smith has gone to At lanta, Ga., where he will continue the course preparing himself as al .minister of the Gospel. I Miss Hallie White has returned to I her music class at Leesville. Mrs. Mary Hamilton is quite sick j at the home of her niece, Mrs. Alice 1 Cox. j Mr. Mark Toney of Columbia has J been' for a visit to relatives. Letter From Pvt. S. B. Townes to The Advertiser Somewhere in France November 20, 191S. Editor Advertiser: The war was over, the big guns j j thundered no more. It was a little .. French village badly shelled by the;; German guns. A company of quarry j| engineers, Mississippi negroes moved ;' into town and found quarters in the I old church. The church had a large!' hole in one side and three on top but 1 j the walls stood firmly. The night was'j cold-colder than these Mississippi; boys had been accustomed to. Theyi, salvaged enough burlap to cover all j. the holes and each man found for himself an old German cot. ; Walking along the street in front . of the church one could hear the . notes of the "Old Time Religion" on ! an old French orj;an. Walk in, but j ("close dat door soldier, hits cold in ?j here") what do you sec? A Catholic . gathering of French people? Xo, on j either side of the ";slp, three tall col- !, umns supported the upper structure! of the church. Three window frames -, on each side-the painted glass was j, broke by the concussion of the shells, j. I .On the left of the front wall stood i the statue of the Virgin Mary. On the ] right, a statue of one of the saints. J These Vere unharmed. But where the.!, congregation whilom sat to worship, ? now negro soldiers played at cards, ] albeit not with sacrcligeous inten- ? tions. .] Between each pair of columns sat '; a little stove and around these stoves I. a bunch of negro- Mississippians in jj perfect time with the choir-at the old U organ. Some wrote letters and read , an old New York Herald they had U there while others laid on their cots . and longed for their homes. j. Left at will, the negro soldier will li soon drop his military dicipline. Hard ly a single one had on the regulation uniform. Their dress was quiLe a mix ture. Over sea capr, fatigue hats and J campaign hats, O. D. trousers and fatigue trousers, boots, shoes and ?Dutch boots, no two dressed alike. But when it came to digging rock -they had the goods. Private S. B. Townes. Notice During the session of the Legisla ture, my clients may see mo?at my. office on Monday and Saturday of each week. In the meantime they may write me at either Edgefield or Co lumbia and all matters will receive prompt attention. B. E. Nicholson. Attention U. D. C. On account of thc influenza, there will be no January Meeting of the U. D. C. Chapter. Mrs. A. A. Woodson, Pres. Letter to The Advertiser from S. B. Townes. Trier, Germany. December 4, 191S. 1 Editor The Advertiser: As the defeated German army re treats beyond the river Rhine, the victorious Allies pour across the French frontier into Allemagne. To the very day the American soldier en tered German territory, the civilian population were under a false impres sion regarding the nature of the A merican army. They had been led to believe that we were a hot-headed people and would take offense at the slightest provocation. Therefore when we en-? tered Trier, one of the first towns oc cupied by the American army, the people distrusted us and were as in different as possible. The 37th Engi neers was the first outfit that arrived in Trier. As our train pulled into the town, an old lady slapped* her child for waving her little hand. The peo ple gazed at us and seemed to expect harsh treatment. In less than forty eight hours, avery child in town had given us the triad hand.Of course it was returned v| The people quickly took us in their confidence-found that they had been misled as regards our nature and our number. To the last they believed there ivcre merely a handful of Americans in France. To-day, four days since our occupation of Trier, the Ameri can soldier walks about the streets unarmed. The German stores are doing a [rood business. Jewelry stores and sa loons are patronized to a fair extent. Jewelry is much cheaper, that is, less costly, than it is in America. The beer and wine is not so bad-better than in France. A former Germ; himself to-day a the Americans eni his country in lie English, especiall in all, the peoplt show that they ai Germany is short ui ui._, . and fruit but other shortages are I not noticeable. Of course the coal supply is limited. The people are fair ly well clothed an do not show signs of starvation. But around the Amer ican kitchen, in Germany as it was in France, there is always a bunch of children, that is if the town is occu pied with civilians, and there are al ways some of the boys who "split" their meal with the child and both sit il own together to cat. From all that one has read and heard of Germany, he would necessa rily have to change his mind after be ing on German soil a few days. It is ?i clean country (as far as the writer has seen) and the people's spirit is not broken. They like the Americans and are giving us a fair welcome. They expected trouble when' we en tered, but so far our entrance has been very quiet. Trier is an old town some one hun dred kilometres from Coblentz and situated on the .Moselle River. It has a population of about sixty thou sand-the pre-war population was much larger. Her buildings are con structed of grey stone and red stone -some arc made of brick.The roof ing is of slate. A tall, abrupt bluff of red stone a hundred feet high bor ders the west section of the town. At the foot of this bluff is a young vine- j yard, each and every vine in perfect1 alignment. Moselle wine is better than the French vin blanc-the cost being about the same. The streets are fairly well lighted ind the lights are quite a relief, for in France, even the striking of a match might have meant grave dan arer. The country around Trier is roll ing, grain is the crop of the low-lands ind vineyards cover the hillsides. The woods are of pine and hard wood trees. Am enclosing a post card showing an old structure erected by Romans, centuries ago. Information is hard to obtain be cause I cannot speak German and what one gets must often be obtain ed from observation. Private S. B. Townes, Co. E, 37th Engrs., Am. Ex. Forces. Your bicycle can be driven by a light two-cylinder motor that will do away with your pedaling. Something entirely new but altogether satisfas tory. Come in to see it. Stewart & Kernaghan. I. s ? 1 Mies Florence Mirns Writes I from Portland, Maine. Portland, Maine. January 1919 ;P.:-ar Adveriser: We are on our way back to Bos for the holidays are almost over. ! Yesterday in Lancaster, N. H. I was t\ bl that New Year's day of 1918, l^^t?S?perature was forty two below ^?n. Ne\v Year's day 1919 in Lancas * the temperature was thirty above v c. That is an illustration of the st difference between last winter |4WNew England and this winter. In ?*nada, New Hampshire and Maine, j) v weather was cold, but pleasant ^To^comfortable, I k-.We have been spending all morn - seeing the sights of Portland, rfc-ae fashionable residence sections b| the city are on the Eastern and -.7 <?.-:.'.ern promenades. The Western Overlooks the mountains and the pastern, the sea. In winter the parks rr.,f! walks are covered with snow, but the view -was beautiful with the o ?qean in the foreground and the great grey ships in the distance. The storm signals had been given out and iii number of vessels were in the har-: ?or waiting for a safe time to leave. Across the water, just discernable in ' the distance, was an old fort built a ?very long time ago and named for j Georges, one of the discoverers of P-iaine. In the park on the edge of the water was a gun taken from the . IT. S. S. Maine which was sunk inj Havana harbor. I saw the home of Henry "Wads-j worth Longfellow, but hi winter it is not^&sgn to tourists. {flfs very much disappointed in not being able to go in. Adjoining Longfellow's home was . the library building of the Maine Historical Society. This proved to be i I? vp.ritaW? museum of relics of the 1 pictures etc. The old nou?t typically Southern that I just ?mag ined that I was in my own home. I In the public square of the city was la little log cabin, the headquarters j ;of the War Saving Stamp work. 1 'Flags were flying from the roof and 'this sign in large lettering was on the logs: "If you can't go across, come across." j In Lancaster. N. H. a very good scheme was used for the raising of ?campaign funds. Every man, the la borer and the wealthy business men gave a day's earnings. No speeches were made during the campaign and 'all the people gave to the limit from sheer interest and understanding of , the cause. The entire War Saving I Stamp fund was pledged in one night. I I will tell of Boston the next time I write. Florence Minis. Statement from Mr. Johnson, Meriwether, S. C. January ll, 1919. Dear Mr. Minis: Will you please say in your paper, for the information of the public, that the recent opinion of the Assis tant Attorney General does not an nul the Came Laws of this State. Neither the opinion of the Assistant Attorney General nor of any other lawyer can annul a law made by the legislature. It will take a decision of ! the Supreme Court to do that. The Game Laws are perfectly good and (sound as they stand and will be en-1 'forced until declared unconstitution- j al by the Supreme Court or repealed by the legislature. I ask all Deputy Wardens, Magis trates, Constables and Citizens gen erally, to take due notice and help enforce the law. Yours truly, J. W. Johnson, Game Warden, S. C. -^ Eddie Stevens Writes from Camp McClellan December 20, 1918. My dear Aunt: Your kind and appreciated letter was received yesterday and I was, as always, glad to hear from you. This leaves me well and enjoying the very best of health at present. Aunt Nannie, we are having some rain here to-day and it rained here all day yesterday and last night. It' very cold here and has been for i good many days. I thought once I would get home ?for Christmas, but will not for I wa? ?transferred from the receiving office I to the 39th company about two week: ago, and from the 39th companj last Sunday, into Company D, 43*5 Labor Batallion. I have been made sergeant there fore I will have to stay here to sec after my men. j I hope dear Johnnie will get home by Christmas to be with you all. 1 was talking to my captain the othei day about when we would get out ot the army and lie said it would be a bout two more months. That is too bad, isn't it? I got a letter from Papa and one from Effie Cosey yesterday, the same time I received yours. You spoke about my seeing the sol dier boys leaving would make me want to come home myself. Yes, it does, you don't know how bad I do want to come home. Well, I guess my time will come some day. ' You said John had been in the hos pital since he had been in France. I'm sorry to hear that. You said you want ed to see John and myself together when wc come home in our uniforms, so as soon as I get out I will come up to see you all. You spoke about Cousin Sallie and Mr. John spending a few days with you. I only wish I could have been there too. I'm sorry Eddie lost one of his cows. You asked me how I was getting along with the girls here. I'm having some big time with them. I have three in Anniston that I go to see and I have some good times with them, believe me. When you write me, just write on to the receiving or shipping station, "~~'0 over there and get them t across the street from it. ve to close for this time so /Eddie J. Stevens. ? ._. ?^Agft?r' -Wr?-?es- Hit. V?other from France Somewhere in France, December 6, 1918. My dear Mother: I received your letter O. K. and was glad to hear, but sorry to hear of Cousin Lucy Stevens' and Pressley Doolittle's death, I have thought so many times of how many times we went 'possum hunting together. I received Brother Eddie's letter. Tell him I would write him nov.' but will not have time-. Give them all my love. I read a letter from Sister a few days ago. Dear Mother, you don't say little Henry can walk. I would like to see him now. I will write to P.obcrta Bailey as soon as I can 1 also had a letter from Bruce Tin-.merman. I know you ail \vere glad to hear the Germans had given up*, but I can't say when I will be home. I suppose Brother Eddie is ?bird hunting every day. Tell Grand !papa I wish I could see him. i I have not received that package of apples and tobacco yet. It may mot reach me, but it will be all right. il appreciate you sending me a Christ mas present if I don't get it. Love to all. _ December 7, 1918. My dear Sistr: I read your very kind letter a few days ago, and was so glad to hear from you. I also received letters from Mother, Eddie and Maggie Agner. We get all the mail you send. You all have more time to write than I do so write as often as ycu can. I know !you were glad to konw the war is \ over, and I truly hope it will not be long before I can come home. We do not know when it will be. Tell Broth er John that I want to go around with him and help him sell pianos and ! talk to Miss Ruth Fouche and Miss Agnes Bullock. I have been getting a lot of letters j from Miss Cora, but haven't gotten I one in the last few days, but am look- j ing every day for one. Mother wrote ! me that Mrs. Dow was going to move j where Mr. Clegg lives. Tell Uncle Johnnie to look out, I will cut him out. I truly hope you and little Ruth are getting on fine. Hope to see you all soon. Well, I will close for this time. Write as often as you can. Many good wishes and much love to you. Goodbye. ' Your loving Brother, John E. Agner. LIFE'S PURITY. Paper Read at Red Oak Grove Y. V/. A. by Mrs. A. B. Young? Published by Request of Society. The doing of good in a small way if our hearts are true and pure, at every opportunity, will make many rich. The odd bits of way side work are very sweet-the chance to con verse with the poor or sick as the case may be. The seed sown in one five minutes may bring a great harvest of love, of pleasure, of good eternally done, ac cording to Ecclesiastes, "Sow in the morn thy seed, at eve hold not thy hand." . The age in which we live is an age of education, the development of the intellectual powers, but -character is power. It makes friends, draws pat ronage and support and opens a sure way to honor and happiness. Then if character is power, let's see what lines of character are ours. Every one from birth is possessed with a different possibility. Some are gifted with musical talents, some in speaking, some in prayer, Home have five or even more talents given them by our blessed Creator, and not one of them should be dormant or un used. We should '.se them every one to the honor and glory of God. A Friend expositor says-"We be determined that our pureness shall make no disturbance in the world but'that we will meekly, humbly gen tly, sweetly, joyously overcome all opposition by our exhibition in every case to every body, of love." This is well, but whether it will succeed in all cases maybe an open question. In our experience and lives, others as holy, as humble, as gentle and as loving as we may be have failed to secure the admiration, the coopera tion and sympathy of those around them. St. Paul giN'es his advice, "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live a* peace wit?vail ft?cr?;" Kcrattms; i2 % 18, so you see' l\vii tVe intimation is very clear that it is not always possr ble for those who have the very best intention to live peaceable with every one, although all the friendly over tures come from their side. Even af ter we have done'our part, there ara those who will not allow, through ill will and backbiting and malice, th? keeping of peace. There was nothing in the real na ture of Christ to stir strife, yet, did he not . suffer abuse in the loudest sense? "The disciple is not above his Master, nor the servant above his Lord." Matthew, 10:24. But hold up your head, despondent Christian, God is your Father, Christofs your elder brother, truth is your shield and buckler, the New Jerusalem is your home, and Eternal Life is your re ward. And dear young people, there is nothing so beautiful as to see pure, . sweet, Godly young people in their several places of honor and dignity. Even a rose in all its splendor is not more lovely. And you. dear boys, don't you want to read a love story? All young folks enjoy reading love stories. Then read Genesis 24. It gives you direct ion how to commit God's guidance in seeking her. The 47 chapter tells what a man gave his fair lady as an engagement attire, and the last verse tells what a comfort she was to him. Read the entire chapter. It is full of interest. And while reading this, ask God to give you a thirst for reading the Book of Books, the Bible. A man who loves to read the Bible and lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has in his words. Character is like bells which ring out sweet music' and which, when touched accidently, ever resounds with music. The outlook for this twentieth century is bright. A land coming into its own again; a land striving to better conditions in edu cation, in rural life, in government, wealth and in civics. To the young people of this gener ation, new avenues are opening up, new propositions and work in many fields of endeavor. Listen girls to a short romance. A-~. merry, pretty maiden in the sight of men and angels, had stood up in the brightness of her girlhood and CO?I ( Continued on page Five)