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(Mts* g?tWH?n?oM ^?|h fcplte VOL. 83 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1919 I NO. 48 JOHNSTON LETTER. Engagement Announced. Sol diers and Sailors Coming Home. Mr. Turner Now Better. Miss Elise Mobley who is taking a business course in Columbia, spent the week-end here at her home. Mr. Willie Lee Wright was here from Atlanta last week for a visit to . the homefolks. He is taking a course in pharmacy. Mr. Addy who has been connected with the Farmers' and Merchants' Baqk as assistant cashier, has return ed to Saluda to his home. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Boyd and Miss es Marion and Stewart Boyd have re ; turned from -Beaufort. Everyone is delighted to have them back. Mrs. Mobley of Columbia has been visiting in the home of her step-son, Mr. Edwin Mobley, coming to nurse his wife who was afflicted with the prevalent epidemic. Mr. M. T. Turner is able to be out after being sick for a week or more. Mrs. J. D. Bartley is improving af ter an operation a** the City Hospital in Augusta. Mrs. John Waters and children of Saluda, have been guests in the home of Mrs. Mary Waters. Mr. Charlie Cullen of the navy has also been a visitor in thr home, Mrs. Waters be ing his grandmother. Mrs. White and Miss Ruth Phillips have returned to Springfield after a visit to relatives. Mr. Burnett who has been in the navy, will soon be at his former place at the Light and Ice Plant and will soon begin the making of ice for use. Miss Maggie Criggler of Danville, Va., is spending a while with Mrs. W. S. Brooke. Mrs. Marie Dozier visited friends in Augusta last week. Miss Sara Norris has gone to At lanta for a two week's stay and while . there will make purchases of spring millinery for the ^stoblisrnaanfc?hire. Miss Violet Davis of Cleveland, Ohio is the guest of relatives. Mrs. Harry Howard of Batesburg, is spending a while with Mrs. David Howard. Mrs. W. E. Lagror.e is expecting her sister, Miss Ethel Coleman, of . Aiken at an early date to visit her. Mr. Marvin Bartley who has been in the army, was here last week visit ing his father, Mr. J. D. Bartley. His friends were glad to see him. Mrs. Harry Strother and Master Harry were visitors here during the past week in the home of Mr. M. T. Turner. Mrs. Frank has been quite sick with influenza, but is improving. Mrs. Walter Allen of Fruit Hill was a visitor here last week. Her sis ter, Miss Kitty Warren returned with her. to her home. Mrs. Maggie Hill and Mr. Carl Hill of Edgefieuld spent Thursday ! here in the home of Mrs. Willie Tompkins. Mr. George Hubbard has moved from Augusta and is now engaged in following his profssion. Mrs. Mattie Toney has returned from Charleston after a visit to her sister. While away she was quite sick. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoden have rented a part of the home of Misses Rachael and Marguerite Simmons and are now domiciled there. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wolfe announc ed the engagement of their sister to Mr. Daitch of Edgefield on last Thurs day evening. The happy event to take place in about a month. The groom presented his fiancee with a diamond pendant on this occasion. The affair was a very pleasant one. A delight ful supper was served. Red Oak Grove. There was some disappointment last Sunday that we had no service at Red Oak Grove. Many difficulties and some discouragement must come to us all, which bring out the real character. We have been called upon to close our Sunday Schools and churches. Now Christian leaders should enlarge on their vision of duty; being Christlike in their deci sion; success is theis if they use knowledge, which always brings en thusiasm, kindled in the heart by will ingness to sacrifice. Sometimes it is a stubborn heart, jealousy, ill will and some times it requires us to lay aside even more of our time for the Lord's work, as well as our means. We can's expect very much enthusi asm without some effort and sacri fice,' which will present itself when the purpose is right. x Now that spring is near at hand; we can but hope that the spirit to re sume our once well organized posi tions may be realized, working hard er, giving more, both in time and of our means, for we are happiest who love most. Our neighborhood in fast recover ing from the long seige of sickness and we have been greatly blessed, not one death among us. Next Sunday our monthly W. M. U., we trust, can meet, as we have had no meeting since December. The Y. W. A. will meet with Misses Maggie and Clela Agner on the 16th. We are thinking of holding a short memorial service in honor of Frances Willard at this meetin. Our girls held a most beautiful service in memory of Miss Moon on December 26 at Mrs Lamb's. On this occasion with them, was quite a num ber of visitors and much praise was duly given them for the lovely spirit manifested, that being made evident by each girl rendering a part of their real selves in the service, which we appreciated more than we could ex press. May they continue to let their life shine for Jesus, helping them to make leaders of efficiency in places where much is needed to be done, for surely "the field is white and the la borers few." Much moving and changing around has taken place in this community, but every body seems about domi ciled and ready for 1919. Mr. and Mrs Oscar Timmerman have at last become quartered in their new home. They have a very pretty and convenient home. Mr. T. W. Lamb and Mr. G. W. Bussey are in Greenwood attending United States Court. Some Incidents of Boston. Boston, Mass. January 30, 1919. Dear Advertiser: I can think of no particular thing of interest that I have seen or heard lately to tell you about except some little things that I have experienced. We can put our Southern life to good advantage here. I used the cotton fields as a subject for an extempora neous speech and I suppose I told all I knew in about four minutes. I never knew before that the negro dialect could be made so ideal and charming as the girls here from the South interpret it. One girl from Mis sissippi read a dialect poem on a re cital and Mrs. Powers said there was something indescribably true and beautiful about such a selection when given by a trained Southern girl. No one else can quite catch the spirit of it. Boston is really a great melting pot. I am hoping I shall come out of it in good form, still Southern, I mean, and with just a good opinion of the aggressive West and the vigor ous North. One of the girls at the Le land Powers School read a poem a bout the West.'The refrain through it all was, "that's where the West be gins," "where the hand clasp is a lit tle stronger" etc. I wanted to change the poem and insert South instead of West. Perhaps I could not take that much liberty with the author's work. There are two Japanese girls who take their meals where I do. The other day there were seven of us at the table representing South Caro lina, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Cal ifornia, Maine, Alabama and Texas. At a concert the other day there were two people behind me who spoke English a while and then stop ped and talked French. We have as many different kinds of weather up here as we have peo ple. We have snow and sunshine ahd wind and rain at irregular intervals. It seems impossible though that we could have such really delightful weather as we are having. It is often just like spring. Florence Minis. Senator B. E. Nicholson of Edge field, who died last Thursday, was an accomplished and diligent legislator, a thoroughgoing patriot and eame3t worker for the improvement of con ditions in South Carolina. He had numbers of friends everywhere in the State and enjoyed the confidence and respect of the people of Edge field County in a marked degree. He was a lawyer of first rate attain ments, and as a public spirited citi zen he was greatly useful to his com munity.-Editorial, Columbia State. Interesting Letter from Lieu A. S. Tomkins to His Father. . z Rarecourt, Prance. January 3rd, 1919. Dear Papa: i I have your letter of December and enjoyed and appreciated it vex much. Since my last letter (no, I b< lieve I did write you once from Bo: deaux) I have had a little trip, and truly enjoyed getting away from tl constant and monotonous grind c this army life. I went down to se Gus for three or four days and foun him in fine shape, but like the rest c us, anxious to get home. He loo! very good and healthy, comfortabl quarters, something the most of v haven't, but well fed-up on Franc? I dropped off at the ancient city c Tour to see Jim Sheppard and foun him in good shape too. Tours wa quite an interesting old city, havin several buildings now in use tha have stood ever since before on great country was discovered, and : is said that the most refined and eui tured people of all France live then the best French is spoken there. I every city you will find a City Hall o the most elaborate design, and ir J Tours, I saw what I consider th 'most beautiful of any. They all hav the Wedding Room, and this one wa certainly a wonderful piece of worP The walls were panelled off wit large clusters of heavy brass and be tween each panel was a hand paintei picture, the ceiling' was the same The furniture was all old mahogan; with silk upholstering, and the fire place had enormous statues on eithe side and inside the fire-place yoi could e?sily put twenty men. In Paris I visited the famous oh spots such as Napoleon's Tomb, Thi Erffje Tower, Madeline, Notre Dame The Grand Palace, The Temple o: Justice, The Arch of Triumph an< the old church which was struck b} the Big Bertha of the Boche on Goo( Friday last year and killed over i hundred people, you will recall th? ?occasion, no doubt. The blood wai still on the floor.'I didn't intend go jing there, but my guide took n?? there before I knew it-I feel I have ?seen my share of blood already or the frightful battle-fields. As masons, the French have it on us, but in no other respect was I im pressed with their cities, we are two hundred years ahead of them. I find the cities interesting, however, for you can scarcely stand on a square yard of land that hasn't some histor ic interest. This little settlement in which I am now billeted has some in teresting history; Napoleon taxed salt during his reign, for immoral purposes, I am told, to build a palace in southern France. Well, this little town and the one adjoining, were the only places in France that did not pay that taxr I cannot follow these French people with my limited knowl edge of French when they start talk ing about these tjhings, but ? think this old lady said this town had some kind of separate government, or there was some kind of cleak, and they got out of the tax. While we were advancing in Octo ber, we took a little town named Verennes, the place where Louis the Sixteenth fled with Marie Antionettc and was betrayed and given up by the town priest, or mayor. Going back to Paris for a few mo ments. I was disappointed in it. The streets ]ook as though they were nev er cleaned, only a few nice, modern stores. The only thing I found in a bundance was wine-everywhere you look you see it, and from the oldest to the youngest drink it. I care very little for it, in fact my stomach does not allow me to drink it. I have heard that Berlin was the most wicked city in the world. If it surpasses Paris I would hate to stop there. It is really amazing-I shall tell you about it when I see you. Liv ing is very high, hotel room and eat ing take almost a fortune to get a long. I was impressed with the crowds I saw shopping everywhere I went. These people may be poor but they certanily do not act like it. I priced a pair of pajamas in Paris and the cost was $60-I could not sleep in such things for thinking what I had paid for them. I bought a few lit tle things to bring home with me, and it soon ran up. Gus was with me for three days and we had good food, so my change soon left me. While at the front I lived on 57 cents a day, my board. We would go for weeks with out spending five cents. We are moving our post now, go ing furfher south, and we are all de lighted?>r trp here it is very cold and disagreeable. We go to some little town ??ar Troyes where we will stay until w# get orders to go home. I stlil know nothing as to how long we will be overmere, but think we will get home, either this month or next. I cannot'see what will be the object of keeping us over here, for our work is done, ^ery few Pioneer or Engineer outfits/frent with the Army of Occu patioujlflnd of course we are not go ing tojjattempt to help build up this countraft We^fure having awful weather, but managfe to keep warm and dry most of the!' time, even though it rains everyiS?ay. The health of my men, generi?ly speaking, is good-remark ably: so for the conditions under which^ihey are living-sleeping in barns-tr old buildings with cracks all over "tiiem, and little heat. We are having.- quite a time with the fuel question. The French never prepare one i|?y ahead, consequently all the wooj?lB wet and green. I have an aw ful tijne getting it, then making it burn,|;but am told that we will have coaljj$ our. new post. I titust the new year is full of sun shineuand happiness for all of us, and that-?rus and I may soon return to our Jived ones. My one thought is home and when will I get there. Give my love to all and write soon. Devotedly your son, Arthur. 2nd. Lt. 53rd. Pioneer Infantry. Sad Death of Joseph Boyce Johnstone. The -news of the passing away of Boyce Johnstone, came to us too late to make a notice' of this sad event last week. This, was indeed an unex pected and deplorable death in that our f?end was so young and so much valued in his community and a splen did cjpzen of our county. A toving: tribute from a friend ap pearj??n ?his issue whick g?V6S all the ?&\^*P^urrou2?fliii??.b?3 sad .departure, and those who loved him most. His beloved mother preceded him'to the grave several years ago, but his grandmother, Mrs. Bettie Allen, lives to mourn his loss, besides his father, wife, sisters, brothers and little child. Many of our most beloved and useful are being transported to a better and happier land. Death or a Dear Child. Matthew D. Smith, the handsome and beloved little son of our friends, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith of Anti och, died on Sunday afternoon, suf fering for the most part from the re sult of influenza. He was the eldest child of the family and just a few weeks ago, he and his little brother came into town with their mother wearing little sailor suits and looking so handsome and so happy, and so ad mired by all their friends. This dear little boy in whom the fond parents felt such a pride and hope, is now among the ten thousand children who. surround the throne and with their sweet voices praise Him day and night. The remains were laid to rest in Edgefield at Willowbrook Ceme tery, Monday afternoon. The sympathies of all our County go out to these friends in their sor row. Suggest A Name. A movement is underway for the purchase of a piece of land in or near town to be used as a public cem etery, and a name is desired for the new cemetery. Send in thc name that you suggest and The Advertiser will publish it or turn them over to the committee, as the committee may di rect. CHURCH NOTICE. As the influnza quarantine has been lifted, there will be Sunday School and preaching at the Metho dist Church on Sunday morning. Af ter the preaching service an impor tant church conference will be held. Sunday School at 10:30 o'clock and preaching at 11:30. It is important that we take up our work in earnest as there are big tasks ahead of us this year, and the pastor hopes to see a full attendance on all services on Sunday. We shall gladly welcome friends and strangers who may be priviliged to attend our worship. There will be no mid-week service this week. A.-L. Gunter, Pastor. Note of Explanation from Rev. G. W. Bussey. Martin, Ga., February 2, 1919. Dear Mr. Editor: I take this means to let my people at Red Oak Grove church know why I did not meet my appointment there last Sunday. 9 I have been in bed sick since Thurs day, the doctor visiting me twice a day, and while he says I have not the "flu," that I must remain in bed for several days and take care of myself. This is the first appointment I re member to have missed preaching in a long time, perhaps fifteen or twen ty years. My wife says she thinks that the idea of missing seeing Mr. Nick Grif fis and the appointment at the Grove hurts me as bad as my sickness. (Nick never fails to meet me at Mo doc.) We enjoy, your weekly visits very much. Was very sorry to learn of the death of Hon. B. E. Nicholson. I do not think the people have made any mistake in electing (I pre sume they have) my old room-mate at Furman University in 1868-1869, Ex-Gov. Sheppard. G. W. Bussey. Quarterly Conference of the M. E. Church passes Res olutions. Whereas, Almighty God in His wise providence saw fit to remove from our midst on January 23, 1919, our beloved brother and friend, B. E. Nicholson, of Edgefield, S. C., and whereas we recognize that we have lost one of earth's best and purest men; and whereas we sorely miss his wise, trusted and consecrated leader ship in all the councils of our Church; Be it Resolved by the Quarterly Conference of the Edgefield Charge, of which he has for a number of years been a prominent member. First, That we his fellow-officers1 and sorely bereaved friends bow in humble submission to our Heavanly .Father's will; J Second, That - we express' our thanks to God Almighty for the un told blessings we have received from our departed brother's pure, conse crated Christian life, and for the fel lowship we have been privileged to hold with him; j Third, That we pledge ourselves i to carry forward the work of the I Church which he so much loved, and in which he so faithfully served un til death; Fourth. That we express our deep est sympathy to his beloved wife and children and remind them of our prayers for a Father's comfort and care; Fifth, That a copy of these resolu tion be sent to our sister, Mrs. B. E. Nicholson'and family; a copy to the Southern Christian Advocate; a copy,; to each of the local papers, and that this record become a part of the reg ular minutes of this meeting. (Signed) R. E. Stackhouse A. L. Gunter M. M. Padgett i J. R. Smith ; W. W. Miller i S. B. Nicholson L. S. Kernaghan i O. B. Anderson ; R. H. Nicholson H. M. Herlong * Edgefield, S. C., Jan. 2, 1919. V We are carrying in another column l, the advertising of the F. S. Royster I Guano Company and our readers will :] be interested to know that in 1886 i ? Mr. F. S. Royster started this busi- 11 ness and still retains the ownership j ? and control of ic, although it has j! grown to such proportions that it 1 takes 13 large factories to supply the present demand for the Royster 1 Brands. It is rare that such a business 1 is built up by individual effort and 1 the results speak well for the ability J and integrity of the manufacturer 1 and for the unvarying merit of the * goods. The record of the past is the < best guarantee of future results and the success of the Royster goods has always been built upon the success of its users. - < Red Cross Meeting. ] The executive committee of the 1 Red Cross are expected at the Red j Cross rooms Friday afternoon at 4 ' o'clock for an important meeting. W. B. Cogburn, j Chairman, i CLEORA CULLINGS. Five Sailors and Soldiers Re turned. School Has Re opened. Cold Injures Oats. The "flu" is pretty bad among- the darkies in this section, but not very many cases among the whites. There were some of the children at school last week that had colds and we clos ed our school from Wednesday until Monday. If it was "flu" it was very light, as they were all right in a few days, so we started schol again. M5. George Rearcien's family had it last week, the whole family was sick at the same time, but are better now. Freeman Corley, Gus Cheatham, Tom Corley and Herbert Williams have been discharged from the navy and Press Morgan from the army. Warren Reel, the Brunson boys, Earl Wash, Clarence Seigler and the Grif fis and Prince boys haven't been dis charged yet, but are in hopes they will be soon. The freeze in January thinrted out the oat crop considerably. Some of the oats sown in December will have to be sown over. Mr?. Steve Morgan went to Beau fort Saturday to see her son, Hugh, who is sick. Homer Williams who had a bad case of "flu" at his father's has re cpvered sufficiently to come home. There is still some cotton in the fields to pick, but owing to the weath er and influenza, can't get it picked. We have decided, to have no more Sunday School until the influenza subsides. The death of B. E. Nicholson has saddened this,, whole community.. There isn't another man in the coun ty who was useful in so many ways. He was a main stay in his church, his State, his county and his town. Most of his boyhood days were spent in Moss township and he occupied the same place in the esteem and af fection of his neighbors as a man, aa he did-asia boy. It can truly be said of him ' "no'he"' kh?w lnm 'butrfctJaaai him, none named him but to praise." Few people knew the valuable services he rendered in Edgefield County as County Attorney, saving thousands of dollars. The cnly conso lation we have in such sad deaths is we know God does all things for the best. Subscriber. Tribute to Joseph Boyce John stone. Entered into eternal rest on the 28th of January 1919, Joseph Boyce Johnstone, beloved husband of Ellie Brooks Morgan. The untimely death of this noble, Christian young man aas cast a pall of gloom over the entire community and Rocky Creek church has lost one of its best and most useful members. He was one of the best of young men, and to us who loved him, his death s?ems untimely and hard to bear. Boyce had so much to live for, a devoted young wife and child, mar ried only a few short, happy years ago. Life seemed to hold health as well as happiness, but He who makes no mistakes, ^called him to Heaven, after one week's illness of influenza. While we know our loss is his gain, we can but grieve for the passing of this young man, cut down in the flower of manhood. He was only 28 ^rears of age. Besides his .vife and little girl, he is survived by his aged father, Mr. Billie Johnstone, two sisters, Mrs. Carroll Morgan and Miss Bettie Johnstone and two brothers, Tupper and Scott of Saluda, his aged grand mother and uncle, Dr. B. L. Alien. On Wednesday, January 29, Boyce ivas tenderly laid to rest in the cem etery at. Rocky Creek. There beside ;he murmuring waters and the whis pering pines and tall oaks where song oirds sing and violets bloom, his iweet, gentle spirit sleeps peact fully )n till the resurrection morn. One who loved him. NOTICE! The Edgefield High and Graded Schools will open on next Monday, february 10th, at nine o'clock. The ;eachers are anxious to have every Dupil present on the opening day. rhe monthly tests will he held next veek, hence it will be; well for the pu nis to spend this week in review. A. L. Gunter, Supt.