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EDGEFIELD.jS. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1919 JOHNSTON LETTER. Death of Mrs. Sallie Culbreath and Mr.'Silas Yonce. Apollo Music Club Meets. Edge field Visitors Honored Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bland are at home from Darlington, where they have been for about six weeks; the former having had a moist serious case of influenza which occasioned the prolonged sta^y. Mr. Bland is not yet strong enough to be out of doors. Miss Maude Nickerson has gone to Bennettsville to spend a while with Mrs. Smyly Stevens. Mrs. White of Millen, Ga., is the' guest of her daughter, Mrs. Lon Crouch. Miss Clara Sawyer is now able to be out after a week or mors of sick-j ness. Miss Hattie Rushton of Columbia, j has been the guest of relat ves here. Mrs. J. L. Walker spent last week ,' in Columbia with her husband, who is i attending the legislature. Miss Anna Swindell accompanied her home for a visit to Miss Mary Walker. Mrs. Sallie Spearman Culbreath died last Thursday about two o'clock at the home of her son, Mr. E. B. Culbreath after an illness of about two weeks. Owing to her advanced age, one month of being 85 years of age, she had been in failing health : for some time. i She was truly one of the "Mothers i of Israel" and in the home her pres ence was a benediction to all. She < was a woman of fine and beautiful 1 traits of character, sweet, gentle and 1 modest. She was the most loving of ? mothers and reared a large family in j< the fear ar l admonition of the Lord, j] When she grew feeble, these strong, '\ manly sons careel for her so lovingly, |] and especially in the home of the j son, wher? she lived, did each one t place her first, and beautiful atten-ic ?tions xvpro alwoyo l>oingf given her. ii V Mother's nowex^-?V-_~------H e placed about her in "the casket, j J so symbolic of the beautiful life, the i fragrance of which lasts on, just as 1 .the flagrance of the flower lingers. < Mrs. Culbreath was of Newberry, | and she first married James R. Payne j' and there were three children, Mr. ?1 John W. Payne, now of Belton, S. C., : Mr. M. C. Payne of Americus, Ga., j] and Miss Lula Payne, who died in her \ i girlhood. Later she married Captain li Joseph Culbreath, a brave and noble ll man. He was a veteran of three wars, j and in 1912 died at the advanced age j: of 93. ? A large family was the result of ; : this union. Messrs. Ebb, Joe, Hayne, Ernest, Will and Jim Culbreath. Mr. | Ernest Culbreath having died a few j years ago. The funeral services were conduct ed by her pastor. Rev. W. S. Brooke, i on Friday morning at Bethlehem burying ground, where her body was tenderly laid to rest beside the grave , of Capt. Culbreath. Many beautiful flowers covered her last resting place. ? Mr. Tom Milford has the sympathy ! of his many friends here, in the death of his brother, Mr. C. L. Milford,, which occurred in Columbia last week Mrs. Frank Landrum and children j are guests of Mrs. A. P. Lewis. There was a meeting last week of i the Red Cross Chapter and officers ? for the coming were elected: j Rev. W. S. Brooke, Chairman, Mrs. ' John Wright, Vice-chairman, Miss Clara Sawyer, Secretary; Mr. Earl Crouch, Treasurer; Mrs. T. R. Den ny, Junior Red Cross; Dr. J. A. Do bey, Director of Membership Canvas. There were various committees ap pointed to facilitate the work. The Red Cross rooms will now be located in the home of Mrs. Mamie Huiet, a large front room having been given over for this work. The chief work of the chapter at present is in the making of 130 refugee a prons for children. Miss Orien a Cartledge entertained in a very happy manner last Thurs day afternoon. The honorees being Misses Mae Tompkins and Elizabeth Smith of Edgefield. Sewing, chatting and music occupied the hours, and la ter an elaborate repast was/served. W. C. Grant of Mullins, has been for a visit to his sister, Mrs. H. D. Grant. The W. C. T. U. mot Friday after noon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. J. H. White. No meeting of tin..> organiza tion has been had since September, so there was much for discussion. Beautiful devotions were conduct ed by Mrs. Mam-'e Huiet, the thei being moral education. The uni had lost during the past month, o of its charter members, Mrs. Elcan Ivey, and suitable resolutions on h death are to be drafted. She c much forceful work here for t cause in the 'SO's. All of the departments, as far possible had done work. About twe ?ty bouquets had been sent out 1 Mesdames O. D. Black and W. Hatcher. Under the Soldiers and Sailors d partment the matter of the great Hi pita! at Fort Sheridan, which is tl god-child of the W. C. T. U., was pr sentod and discussed, and the unie will take a part in tMs by gifts. The War Relief oommittee, Me: dames J. A. Lott and Olin Eidsoi had a most splendid report whic they had prepared for the Octobe meeting. They at the time had $42.50 fo the French orphan fund, the adopte child being Gabriel Viaal, aged 1 years. Under new business, the great Ju bilee Fund was presented by Mrs. T R. Denney, and the purport of thi told. A committee was appointed t< agitate the matter and formul?t* plans for the drive. A communication concerning th< coming of Mrs. Atkins to this stat? to present ?and agitate the Jubile? plan, was read, and the union votec to co operate in aiding her when she is in this county. As Miss Willard's Heavenly birth lay is in this month, all present con tributed to the Fund when this was taken up in the meeting. Following ill business, a program on moral edu ction was had, Mrs. J. H. White leading, she being the active .superin ;endent, with Mrs. Huiet in this de triment. The box for the Door of Hope was :o be at the home of Mrs. Huiet and ill were asked to send some contri mtion._ -r^--?Til L.C U Li.ll iU^. f. A. Lott. The Emily Geiger Chapter, D. A. X., meets Monday afternoon at 3:30 >'clock with Miss Zena Payne. The Apollo Music Club meets on Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 in the lome of Mrs. O. D. Black, she with Mrs. J. W. Marsh and Miss Zena Payne, being the hostess for the meet ing. The club has a large membership so there has to be more than one hostess to have a meeting with all. Mr. Silas Yonce died at one of the Hospitals in Charleston last week and the details of his death are very sad, he being such an elderly man, nearly S5 years of age, and seldom leaving his home. For sometime he had been suffer ing with much discomfort in one of his lower limbs and his family hoping to make him more comfortable, ar ranged for hospital treatment, and he was accompanied by Mr. Wilbur Yonce and his physician, Dr. Stone. After Mr. Yonce had retired when they reached Charleston, Mr. Wilbur Yonce went out with the physician, who was returning home. When Mr. Yonce returned and entered the room he found his father dead. Every ef fort was made for his restoration, but after examination it was decided that Heart failure was the cause of his death, having sometimes suffered with such attacks. L The next day the body was brought here to his home in the Philippi sec tion and the interment made at Mt. Calvary church, Rev. Kinard, his pas tor conducting this. ? . I Mr. Yonce was a noble, Christian ! gentleman, and his life is full of I beautiful deeds, and now there are 'many to rise up and call him blessed. '.His life was well spent and he has re ceived the reward of "Well done., thou good and faithful servant." He leaves a wide connection and several sons and daughters. Miss Annie Holmes Harrison of Columbia .College is here for a short visit. Miss Mary Smith of Mullins is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Grace Crouch, and upon her return home, her sister will accompany her to spend a while. Misses Mae Tompkins and Eliza beth Smith of Edgefield have been the guests of Mrs. James Tompkins, and on Friday afternoon she enter tained in their honor with a very pleasant party. Miss Helen Wright went to Chap pells thc latter part of the week to ? take up school duties again, the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union. The Frances Willard meeting c the W. C. T. U. was held on Monda afternoon , February 17, the exa< date of the heavenly home-going c Frances Willard, America's grea apostle of temperance. Mrs. Manly Timm ons, who ha been a charter member of the Edge field union, was the. hostess, a larg number of the membership bein? present to welcome her and at th sanie time, be welcomed by her oi her return to our hearts and homes Mrs. E. J. Norris cc/iducted the de votional exercises and America, wa: sung. Mrs. J. L. Mims gave the rela tion of the Frances Willard Fund t< the plans of Americanization, urging the members to show the hospitable spirit to all foreigners in our towr and make them understand the Amei ican spirit, and see the reason ir Christianity for America's greatness. Miss Miriam Norris sang "Home's Love Light" a song with words writ ten by Miss Anna Gordon, president of the National W.C. T. U. A reading was given by Mrs. W. L. Dunovant, and some personal remi niscences of Frances Willard by Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth who is che only member of the union so fortunate as to have met and known Miss Willard. She also gave an account of what ivas done in li) 18 with the Memorial Fund. ' ' i A message from Miss Florence Mims, a member in Boston, was read iescriptive of the W. C. T. U. work n Boston. Two new members were received. The next meeting will held March >, with Mrs. E. J. Norris. At the close of the meeting re 'reshments of ?cake and jelly were i'erved. Little Frances Willard 7-bnson :ame on invitation of the union J lassed the collectjojijjjale_f? ncmbers hope, that she will ' 0 be a wonderful woma" :reat and good Frances W vhom she is named. _etter From W. W. Burnett to His Sister. I I January 12, 1910. j VI y dear sister: . Just a few lines to let you know low goes it with mc. I am doing fine now except (as thc colored soldiers over here say) "I's jot de homesickness blues." We have been expecting to start for the dear old U. S. A. for some time but we are still here, for only a short time now, 1 know. Sis, when have you been over home anil how was everybody-also, how is Stobo? You know I never did write to him, w..s up at the front a bout the time you gave me his ad dress and we were so busy entertain ing Fritz just about that time till 1 really didn't have ?:iuch time for any thing else. Hope he went through all right. I have boen in the Hospital since October ll, as thc result of trying to stop some of Fritz's shrapnel, in fact 1 did stop a couple of pieces, but it was a very unhealthy job, so I landed in the Hospital just one month from the clay the big fun ceased. Have just about recovered now, only a little lame in one of my "hind" legs which I hope will not last much longer. Am sure having a soft time back here, all I have to do is cat and sleep (some lazy, eh?) and go to the movies. The Red Cross gives us an enter tainment of some kind every day, be isides lots of other nice things. I don't i know wha" would have become of us had it not been for the Red Cross, and I shall always donate to help them every chance I get. Well, there is no news much a round here that would interest you so will close. Hope you all are doing fine, had a big Christmas and will have a happy New Year in 1919-also hope to be where I can see you soon. Your brother, W. W. Burnett. school having been closed since Jan uary. The friends of Miss Marion Mob ley will be pleased to know that she is much improved aftr an attack of influenza. She had returned to Char lotte where she was at one of the 1 Hospital. ^ Miss florence Mims Gives Suf frage Views. , Boston, Mass., February 9, 1919. Ivertiser: aiy.way home from church this morning I' felt myself irresistibly drawn'toward one side of the street. I lookj4';up to ascertain the cause and saw/; to my great pleasure-suf frage fosters. One had th-.se words: "Indirect influence is a broom, but the battis a vacuum cleaner, which every w^han should have." I gazed with ddnght. It rested my tired eyes, ; and I ijbad between the lines great possibilities for the future of Amer ica. [ History is repeating itself. Great things ?tever come byf-great strides, j Slo\vly,??as though the universe had ! ceased*-*-live, waiting for thc result,! the gre?t measures of the world have ! come. Prohibition, and even the right of self-government, which no one ' should |*now better than America, . have be?n' ushered in, not with pomp and gloijy, heralded by the joy of the \ \ multitudes, but with so much opposi- j tion that that very opposition caused . the fires: of duty to burn more bright- j ? iy. : The three great attributes of this , :lemocra'?y, so cailed, patriotism, re-', ligion and education have ?een left (J largely:"jin the hands of the women \ ind especially the mothers of Amer- [ ca. Why not place a part of the run- ! ling of this government, which is jut the result of years of-patriotism, if applied:religion and learning in ;he hands of the women? This government is not by the peo ple, for the people and of the people, >ut a government by half the people, )f half thc people for all the people, ^re we not blind? Why should a ?lian have the ballot vho ntns'?n cievatcrjmjnie building, md .ia.'' In'tiw ail .... .' eft their places of business and went ?"V r I: lome. He tried to phone. and no telc )hone girl answered-she had gone lome.-He started to the elevator, and lt io girl was there. He walked down ; r ?ix flights. His office was in a factory. | [Ie called for his stenographer and|i found that she also, had just gone j i lome. He changed his mind, needless!) Lo say. There are a thousand and one big questions that need to be settled in this bustling time, and some of us have caught the spirit of one and ?onie of another,-and "very one rcan learn from his ne 1 "?r a new i thought. The women o ri..'rica need rhe ballot, but Wore than thai-vast-j ly more, America and th:? ballot need women-their hearts and their heads, j Our country is looking though a glass ; darkly. Let us clear the mist from j our eyes and work together, hand and j heart, on a new and greater to-mor- j row. "T?gether wa stand; divided we 1 fall." ' Florence Mims. The Best i'ij Club Record, j Zola Walker, daughter of J .F. j Walker. Edgefield, Route 2. has made ( ihe best show of any of the pig club j members in the County, and second ' best of all in the State. Below is the j story of her good work. "At first I was undecided which to enter, the feeding or suv and litter ? class, but I finally decided upon the 'latter, and -am very much pleased with my judgment, io- now in place j of only one hog I have a beautiful J sow and a perfectly lovely litter of pigs. The Bank of Edgefield first pur chased our pigs and then sold them to the boys and girls of the pig club, lat cost. We got our pigs lots cheaper ?than we would have otherwise. I have always loved the name of Cloepatra and, too, she was my fa vorite queen in Ancient History, so I nrmed my hog Queen Cleopatra. The jDuroc Jersey, I think, is the prettiest of all breeds and is the most popular in this community, so I selected what I thought to be the prettiest and most popular type of hog. Green feeds are important in rais ing sow and litter of pigs. It keeps them healthy and in good growing j condition. It makes them shed off, have a good appetite, fatten and ?grow more than anything else, and i besides it reduces the cost of produc tion. I fed my sow all the waste and slop from the kitchen and table. Now I don't mean all of it, but about half for my brother andi both are in the pig club, so Mother divided the slop, waste and milk between us. At first my '"Queenie" wouldn't drink much water, but I kept it in a clean trough before her all the time. So gradually she began to drink z. good deal. My little pigs would come to the trough and drink when they were hardly a week old. We had, I suppose what you call platform scales. I put Queenie in a crate and placed the crate upon "the scales, so in this way I weighed my sow. My little pigs wore very gentle, so I caught them one by one and put them in a sack and weighed them separately. I did not feed my sow very much at farrowing time because most tvery one cautioned me about having her too fat. Nor, for the first week after farrowing did I feed her much. But after the first week ? added to the warm milk and slop I had been feed ing her, fine -Feed, corn and other Lhings substantial. Before weaning, I fed my litter i ivarm milk and slop, but after wean? ng I added wheat shorts, corn meal ind other foods of this kind. I fed ny sow and litter, morning, noon and light. I gave my sow about three ] r?lions of slop and milk with about i pound of shorts (fine feed) and 1 :orn. I ga-e my pigs about the same, i The time I gave to my hog was nosily spent in brushing, petting and 1 aiking to her. At farrowing time she j vas very gentle. She always knew me rom any of the other members of 1 if my family, and would come run- I ling to meet me' with all her little figs toddling behind. I have often 5 old my mother that ' Queenie" had j ense. She seemed almost human. I Mr. Stokes came to see me and jr old me'how to care for my sow and "-^^^w^tewar t,xamj L.also^ f irork for my country next yeai ?? , j aising numbers of pigs to feed our toys and allies. The old proverb tells i is "Every little helps," so I am doing j ny best. L To make a good pig club boy or jirl it takes a good, lively person who s not afraid of work, and one that eves animals and will care for them I is they should bc." r John L. Holsen Writes from Germany. Wertloch, Germany, January 5, 1919. Dear Dad: I am redling splendid to-day. Had ; 1 real dinner. Thc people 1 am stay- ? ing with are good to me. Sergeant '. Taggart and myself room together! un.I yesterday the lady of the house j said she was going to cook us a din ner for to-day, and we had just what it takes to go with a good dinner, plenty of good wine, and after dinner a ii. S. cigar, and the best of all we had a good looking girl to wait on us. She is about sixteen. Just, before we .started to eat, we took a picture of thc table and the big four around it and ;he pretty girl aiso in the picture. This was the best 1 dinner I had since I lett home. She fried chicken, and I will not mention everything else, but it was everything good you could think of. We had a nice table in our room. There were only four of us at the table. Ser geant Taggart, Cook Clarke, Phil Cruer, two good friends of the Ser geant and myself, of course I was there. I will send you a picture as soon as we get them made. I know they are going to be go )d, so you see we are having a real gc od time, even if we are in Germany. I enjoyed it all so much I had to write to you about it, and the good part was, the dinner was free. The lady wouldn't take "a penny for it. We gava her twenty marks anyway, $2.50. I heard to-day the 3rd Ammunition Train would soon come home. I do not know how true it is, but I hope it is so, as I want to see you all again. I sent you my picture some time ago. How did you like it? I am also mail ing you to-day "The Stars and Stripes" thinking you may find some thing in them you would like to read. Write the old boy a long letter soon. Your loving, son, John L. Holson. RED OAK GROVE. Clyde Dorn Returned. New Autos Bought. Red Oak Grove School Re-opens. Bungalow Built. We are sorry to hear of tho illness of Mr. Will Whatley and hope he will be himself again soon. Miss Anna Belle Saunders who is teacher of the Red Oak Grove school number 2, has returned to her duties after recovering from influenza. Mr. Clyde Dorn is now back in the States after serving his country for sixteen months. We are all anxious to see lus feet as we understand he was wounded in his toes. Mr. ard Mrs. L. M. Dorn and Miss es Ellie Dorn and Anna Belle Saun ders motored to Augusta on last Sat urday to see "Watch Your Step." We are so glad to hear of Miss Maggie Mae Roberson, teacher ofv the Choty school being back at the home of Mrs. Eulie Dorn. Mr. J. B. Dorm has been spending the week-end with his sister, Mrs. G. P. Parkman of Choty, and he ex pects to visit Augusta next week. Mr. T. J. Dorn purchased a very !ine Kentucky mare from Mr. G. L. Dom's stables. Mr. T. J. Dorn has also improved lis place by building a new garage 'cr his expected new Dodge. Mrs. Sallie Wood and her son, Mr. CVill Cul lum of Columbia are the guests of Mrs. G. L. Dorn. Mrs. Nan E. Schmidt will make 1er home with Mr.-and Mrs. G. M. )orn after next week. Mr. Charlie Hammond was in Au rusta. Saturday on business. Hon. G. D. Minis has -finished a leautiful bungalow right near, his old ionic. Miss Ruby Dorn has as her guest or the week-end, Mr. Thayler Paries dy clear r ??LUCI . I will write you a few liites to let nfw,: ay no W.i p ron all know that I am well. Every bing is quiet over here now, but I ;hought one time I would never see lome again. I was.in the last battle, and as we vent under the German gun fire, it voitld make me think of home. ? can tell you beti cr when I see you. I do noe know when I will get home, nope it will not be long! Write and let me know if Jim got through. The weather is cold over ?ure: now. Tell Uncle Bud, George DeLa'ught?r is well. .He and i ara still together. I received your la * let-, ter and was very glad Jo hear from you. . Your loving son, T. H. Burdett. January IC, 1919. My dear cousin: 1 wiil write you a few lines to-night to let you hear from me. George De Laughter got your letter to-day and he was glad to hear from you.and to know that evreybody is doing ail right. He and 1 were sorry to hear about John moving. Every thing wili change so it wont s-3cni like home when we get there, and you don't know how bad we want tu get home once more and I think wo will ;siay there. ? Say, how did Peck like the army? Tell him I was glad to hear li . had [been discharged. Tell him to get ?France oft' his mind. We will tell him about it when we get home.. You asked George if he had been in battle. You should say he was if you had been in the place we were. The morning of November ll, the big shells falling around us, we were on the Verdun front and we saw a sight for about twenty-four hours, but neither one of us got hurt, I am proud to say. Don't worry about us for we will take care of ourselves. Tell .Mother to let me know about Jim. I sent the allotment a few days ago. Your loving cousin, Tom Burdett, FOR SALE. White Leghorn Eggs for sale at $1.00 for setting of fifteen. L. C. Parker & Co.