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?t?es? Newspaper U ^mlh Carito VOL. 83 EDGEFIELD,^S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1919 NO. 51 JOHNSTON LETTER. Red Cross Workers Meet. De lightful Surprise for Mrs. Smith. U. D. C. Ladies Meet. An executive meeting of the Red Cross chapter was had on last Mon day afternoon in the home of Mrs. Mamie Huiet and at the time, a sum mary of the year's work was given. This was a splendid report and all felt proud of it and glad that so much had been accomplished. The treasurer reported on hand, $478.95, and in the Junior Red Cross treasury was $106.00. The chief work that the chapter has recently been engaged in was the making of 130 aprons for the desti tute across seas. A beautiful work that this chapter will do is the adopting of a French orphan. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogburn were visitors here last week in the home of Mr. J.-A. Lott. Mrs. W. D. Ouzts has returned from a visit to Sumter. Miss Cleo Attaway, of Saluda, has been the guest of Mrs. A. P. Lewis. Miss Frances Turner visited Miss Gladys Padgett in Edgfield last week. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Crouch enter tained with a delightful dining Thurs day, in honor of their pastor, Rev. Kellar and his family. Mrs. W. W. Satcher, of North Au gusta has been for a visit to her sis ter, Mrs. Pope Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Perry, of Blairs are visiting Mrs. Alice Cox. L Mrs. Grace Crouch has gone to Mullins where she will probably make her home with her father, Mr. Gus Smith. Master Dawson Walker entertain ed a number of his friends last Fri day afternoon in a very happy man ner, the occasion being his birthday. On last Friday, the children of Mrs. J. L. Smith gave her a pleasant surprise, the day being her birthday. She was invited out to the home of her son, Mr. Erwin Smith, and upon her arrival fmnd all her family, and her fath r, Rev. Malon Padgett. The day was greatly enjoyed, and it was a source of joy to the mother to be remembered by the loving attentions of the day. George Washington's birthday was observed at the High School on Sat urday morning and an appropriate and very enjoyable exercise of a half hour was had. From the first grade came little George and Mar tha Washington in full costume of Revolutionary day, and charmed all with the part they played. The Mary Ann Buie chapter, D. of C., met in the home of Mrs. F. M. Boyd on Thursday afternoon and owing to the absence of Mrs. M. T. Turner, Mrs. J. H. White conducted the meeting. The members were all glad to re sume activities after a cessation of meetings since October, and to wel come three new members, Mrs. James Tompkins, Miss Margaret Holland and Mrs. Rhoden. All reports of officers and commit tees showed continued good work a long each line. The social service committee had been busy, for there had been sick veterans and others to bring good cheer to, and a basketof fruit was to be sent the next day to Veteran Whit lock, who is sick at this time. Mrs. O. D. Black, state vice-presi dent, told of the executive meeting held in Columbia. The chapter decided to adopt a French orphan as one feature of its work for 1919. The Children of the Confederacy have $17.50 in the treasury, and they reported that this wc:1 a be given to the French orphan fund, and if they could do so, would increase the a mount sufficient to support an orphan this year. Misses Holland and Abrams are leaders of the C. of C. Plans were made for Memorial Day and also for the observance cf the 22nd aniversary of the organiza tion of the chapter, March 28. The next meeting will be the sec ond Thursday in March, as on the first Thursday, the observance of the Week of Prayer by the Mission So cieties will be in progress, and no meeting of the D. of C. has ever been held that might conflict with church work. The sportsmen of the town are en- j joying dove shooting and several parties have gone out in the carly hours of the morning to the farm of Maj. F. M. Warren, and one morning bagged 100 doves. Mesdames W. F. Scott and W. E. Lagrone were hostesses for the New Century Club on Wednesday after noon, the meeting being in the home of the latter. Miss Clara Sawyer pre sided. One of the chief things to occupy the attention of the club is the fight against illiteracy, and the State Fed eration is raising funds by club con tributions to aid in waging the war against this dreadful state of affairs. This club will do its part financially, I in this movement, and a committee was appointed to interview the Coun ty Representatives. The Illiteracy Commission of South Carolina is composed of: Patterson Wardlaw, Chairman; Hon. J. E. Swearingen, G. D. Brown, S. H. Edmunds, Dr. C. E. Burts, Mrs. J. L. Coker, Miss Mabel Montgomery and Miss Will Lou Gray, Field Worker. In Home Economics,"a letter from State Chairman, Miss Mulligan, was read, asking for receipts for print. It was decided not to observe Reci procity Day this year, as the general condition of affairs had been so ab normal, and such prompted the nega tive reply to State President, asking if the clubs of the cown would enter tain the State Federation this spring. Two new members were received, Mesdames Olin Eidson and Kellar. The programme followed the busi ness, the subject being "Woman's part in the War Work." Music was also had. Thc hostesses served a dainty silad course with coffee. Miss Maud Wright will go to f.he University Hospital next week for a throat operation. Mr. Powell Harrison has returned to Ohio where he is in government service. He spent the week here with his mother in the home of Mr. B. T. Boatwright. Woman's Christian Temper ance Union. On Monday afternoon at 3:30, there will be a meeting of the Wo man's Christian Temperance Union with Mrs. E. J. Norris. At this time plans will be laid for raising Edgefield's quota on the great enlargement programme of the W. C. I T. U. Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman will read a \ letter just received from Madame Olivier of Finist?re, France, the mother of our French orphan, Marie Olivier, and the little girl's picture and the street in which she lives has also reached us. Vocal solo, "The Americans Come" Miss Miriam Norris. Life sketch of Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, second president of the national W. C. T. U. will be read by Mrs. R. G. Lee. All whose subscriptions to the Union Signal have expired or who ', wish to become a subscriber as a birthday ?rift to the memory of Mrs. Stevens are asked to bring it on this I occasion to Mi's. Cogburn. Piano solo, "Scarf Dance," France's i Louise Townsend. Collection for the French orphan will be taken. We hope very much that each mern ber who reads this notice and any who wish to become a member and help us to teach the value of individ ual total abstinence and world pro hibition, will come to this meeting. You will be cordially received in one of Edgefield's happiest and most hos pitable homes-a model of what many thousands of homes would be were it not for the evil of strong drink. Mrs. J. L. Mims. Cemetery Association Organi zed. At the recent meeting of the new cemetery association, the following officers were elected: President, B. Cantelou; Vice-president, A. S. Tompkins: Secretary and Treasurer, A. H. Corley. Board of Directors: J. W. Stewart, B. Cantelou, J. W. Thurmond, A. H. Corley, A. S. Tomp kins, W. H. Harling and Geo. W. Adams. A committee to locate the site of the new cemetery, to comprise ten acres, are B. Cantelou, J. W. Stew art and A. H. Corley. Some Historic Churches of Boston. Dear Advertiser: Boston has so many old places of interest, the very ground around them seeming hallowed. I had the pleasure of attending services in the King's Chapel. The first building was erected in 1686, and this was the first Episcopalian church in Boston. Later, in 1749, this building was replaced by a different structure, and the church is now Unitarian. The interior was very quaint with its rows of Corinthian arches, and the old fashioned pews with doors that let you enter and then were closed af ter you, like numbered cells, except that they were very comfortable. The stained glass windows harmonized with the red anc/white of the arches, j pews and statues. The venerable min ister seemed to belong in this quaint, old place, and his kind face fitted his subject, "Peace." From this church I went to see the Old South Meeting House, now no longer used as a church, but as a show place of supreme historic in terest, built in 1749. "Here were held ? thc town meetings that ushered in the I Revolution." Here John Adams and ! James Otis exhorted. The land on j which the old South Meeting House ? is built was granted to John Win- ! throp. "In this house on November ; 29. 1773, a meeting of five thousand j citizens resolved that the tea should not be landed, and in this house on j December 1G, 1773, a meeting of j several thousand citizens sat 'till af- j ter candle light. At the doors of the j church the war-whoop was raised, the j citizens disguised as savages led the ? way to the tea-ship and the tea was destroyed." The interior is now a museum, con taining every imaginable Revolution ary relic, the autographs of LaFay ette, Washington, Hancock and many of the earlier presidents, various In dian curios, rifles, a spinning wheel, old portraits and old china used by j the early American patriots. One of the most unusual things was a fram ed copy of our national anthem, America, written in 1832 by Samuel F. Smith himself, in his own hand. There were specimens of all sorts of. money, of different times in the na-?' tion's history. The most uncommon! ones were three and five cent paper; bills. Any one of the relics would be a j subject for much admiration and' discussion, but this building is only j one of thc many places of Revolution j ary interst in this cradle of Liberty. Florence Minis, 56 Gainsboro St. D. A. R. Meeting. The Washington birthday celebra-1 tion of the D. A. R. took place on ! Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Peak as hostess. The members were met at the dcor by Misses Elizabeth Craig and Mary Lilly Byrd who were so like what we supposed Martha Washington to be, that we almost imagined we had re turned to the past and the days Of old. Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth, histori an, presided over the meeting in be half of the Regent, Mrs. Tillman, and j read a paper prepared on the "Friend ship of Washington ad LaFayette." Each member responded to the roll call with a quotation on patriotism. Miss Annie Clisby who has been absent for several months was cor-1 dially welcomed and was asked to give some incidents of her visit, to which she responded in a beautiful, but tragic story of the heroism and subsequent death of a young flying lieutenant at Payne Field, Missis sippi. The oldest recorded will found in the Edgefield probate judge's office, that of William Perrin, was read by Mrs. J. L. Mims. When the guests were seated, the little Martha Washingtons pinned on each a little red hatchet, the parlor ? being tastefully decorated with flags, on th? table a souvenir from Mt. Vernon, a bowl of partridge berries plucked at this historic spot, sent to Mrs. Manly Timmons as a Christmas present. Miss Sadie Mims was cordially ac cepted as a member of the chapter as \ soon as the papers are received. At the close of the programme, a ? dainty salad course was served with coffee and whipped cream. The March meeting will be held with Mrs. P. P. Blalock. ! Lieut. Beverl M. Epes Writes Mr. L . May. Cobienz, Germany, January 28, 1919. Dear Luke : Here I am keeping the "Watch on the Rhine" and the rest of the Edge field boys are perhaps on their way j home. It was hard to see them go j back, without me, but I was needed ? and expressed my desire to be sent1 here-r-so here I am. Give the boys a good time when , they arrive for they certainly deserve it They all did their part and suffer ed the hardships without a complaint. AU of them will return with the Divi sion ..as far as I know, except the one th?t'was killed and myself. You know all Ao?t these that are wounded by 1 nOrT. Every man from Edgefield that i I know is now wearing the Wound Chevron, that is, all in the Thirtieth Division, except two. This shows what they did. If you see the Medlock boy from Cleora, give him the glad hand for he deserves it. This is a beautiful city situated on the Rhine at the mouth of the Mo- \ seilt River and famous for many ! things of interest to tourists. The an- j nuai number of visitors each year is supposed to be about a hundred and > fifty thousand. - Some of the finest pianos in the world are made here and j people from all parts of the globe I come here to study under the 'great, teachers that live here The Opera is next door to the hotel I am living 1 in and I have heard some great ones. ? expect to hear Faust to-night. The restaurants all have wonderful or chestras and it is a great pleasure to j visit these places as the music is good ana they also play lots of U. S. rag-1 time. Our dining room is in a hotel on ? the Rhine and all during the meals \ we can see the ferries and steamers flying the American flag and plying ? their way up and down the beautiful stream. Just across the river is a fa- j mons old fort, located on a mountain, j and is called the Gibraltar of the ' R^ro. It is a beautiful site and the view from here ls magnificent.. , Give my best to the Madam and the boy and write to me whenever | you have the time to spare. My ad dress at present is Assistant Attend ing Dental Surgeon, Headquarters Third Army, A. E. F. Remember me j to all my friends. Hoping to hear from you soon, ! I am . Fraternally yours, "Bep." ! Brave Young Aikenite. Among those who have been re-1 commended for the distinguished j service medal, is J. Pickens Adams, > of North Augusta, the son of James H. Adams, who for years has been '? the rural mail carrier for Route 1 I North Augusta. Young Adams is a Clemson Col- ? lege boy, just 21 years old and was trained at Parris Island. His mother was a Miss DeLaughter, of Edgefield. Following is the citation : First Lieut. Janies P. Adams 7Sth Company 6th Regiment, United States Marine Carps. For extraordi nary heroism in action near Blanc Mont Ridge, France, October 3 1918, voluntarily leading four soldiers through a heavy barrage. Lieut. Adams attacked and killed a machine gun crew, which was enfilading his company first line. His willingness, fearlessness and great courage made possible the cleaning out of many more machine guns, which were hold ing up the advance -of his company. Home address, J. H. Adams, father, 410 West Avenue, North Augusta, S. C. "The American's Creed." "The American's Creed," for which the city of Baltimore offered a prize of $1,000 was the result of a "nation al citizen's creed contest" approved by President Wilson, Speaker Clark and a host of famous Americans. The author of the creed, who wins the $1,000 prize, is William Tyler Page, of Friendship Heights, Md., near Washington. The American's Creed. "I believe in the United States oi America as a government of the peo ple, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a de mocracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of ' freedom, equality, justice and hu manity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. "I, therefore, believe it is my duty to my country to love jt; to support its constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies." The creed awarded the prize was selected from several thousand sub mitted, because it was not only brief but remarkably comprehensive of the best in American ideals, history and traditions, as expressed by the found ers of the republic, and its greatest statesman and writers. William Tyler Page, the committee on awards announced, is a descendant of a president of the United States, John Tyler, and a signer of the Amer ican Declaration of Independence, Carter Braxton. lie was born in Fred erick, Md., the birthplace of Francis Scott Key, and he attended the public schools of Baltimore. This creed is advocated by chair man of Americanization to be taught in the public schools of our land. One prominent educator suggests that it be recited every morning in school. Another educator, in our public schools, equally prominent, suggests that once a week this creed should be recited from memory, after which, SALUTE THE FLAG. Why not the singing of , Amer ca? Occasionally a talk might be given by a returned sol dier telling what our flag means when in foreign land and on the battle fields. Mass Meeting at Court House. A mass meeting was held in the court house Saturday to discuss the cotton situation .ind organize for the purpose of curtailing the acreage.P. N. Lott presided and was elected per manent presiden; and J. G. Holland was elected secretary. B. Harris, com missioner of agriculture, was present z.nd made an instructive address: He,i and W. A. Strom, both having attend- I ed the recent coivention at New Or leans, gave an interesting report of that gathering. After a further dis cussion of the cotton' sit?ati?rrby-Ar ?? E. Padgett, J. W. Cox and J. L.Mims, Mr. Padgett, v ho was recently ap- i pointed county chairman, was in structed to appo nt township commit tees to make a thorough canvass of the county and secure pledges from farmers to reduce their cotton' acreage for 191?' one-third. The meet ing Saturday, in spite of the in clement weather, was attended hy J many representative farmers who j manifested much, real interest in the undertaking, and it is confidently be lieved that the farmers of Edgefield County will mal e a highly creditable record in responding to the appeals for a reduction in acreage of cotton and also in making a corresponding increase in ail i?ood crops. Letter from John E. Agner to His Mother. January 12, 1019. My dear Mother: I This leaves -me well. How is the i weather over there? Herc it is cool, ! just about like American v/eather. I sent you all three hundred francs a j few days ago, which amounts to a-1 bout fifty-fvc dollars. I will bring some francs home with me when 11 come, so you can see them at first hand and I can tell you about them. How is Brother Ed and family? Have they all started to plowing yet? Tell them to go ahead and prepare the land for planting. It may bc that I will get there in time enough to start in with a crop. I think I will anyway. I have been expecting a letter from you for several days. I have taken out $10,000 insurance on you and Papa. How about the W. O. W.? Some say I do not have to pay any thing so long as I am in the army. It has been raining and snowing some'to-day. Give my love to Grand pa. With much love to you and all. Your loving son, John E. Agner. Rubinstein's Ten Day Sale. See the splendid offers in Mr. J. ; Rubenstcin's page advertisement this week. He will make great reductions : on all his goods, and even on the new spring arrivals. These will all be sold at very encouraging prices for the i buyer. Call and see if you will not de- ] rive great benefit from investing at 1 these splendid prices. CAMP BRANCH NEWS. Suprise Marriage of Miss De Laughter and Mr. Holmes. Soldiers Return. Sad Ac- * cident of Mr. Boddie. We are stiil having some pretty weather which everyone is glad to see and the grain looks promising, all that didn't get killed. Most everybody around here has had the "flu" but am glad to say all have recovered and no deaths except a few among the colored people. A goodly number attended services* at Red Hill third Sunday morning and enjoyed a good sermon by Rev. Mr. Kesterson, and immediately af ter preaching there was the marriage of Miss Lila DeLaughter and Mr. J. B. Holmes, .which took almost every body by surprise, as but a few knew of it. The bride and groom attracted the congregation as they marched down the aisles. She wore a beautiful gray satin dress which was very be coming. They received many congrat ulations after the ceremony. We are glad to see Mr. Jim Bur nett back home from overseas with his' honorable discharge. I am quite sure he can tell you something about France and the hard fighting he was in. Mr. Charlie Morgan is also home with his discharge. He was among his many friends in this community last Sunday. We were sorry to hear of Mr. Joe Boddie from Plum Branch accidently killing himself last Saturday. He was well known around here as he was once a school boy at Camp Branch. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Holmes and Miss Marie Holmes spent a v<?ry pleasant day with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. R. DeLaughter last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson, Jr., were glad to have with, them last Sun day, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mathis and their sweet little twin daughters. We are glad to see Mr. Jim Lanier up again after a few. days' illness. Mr. Lanier is in his 92 year. ~ Mi-,-Jim .J3?r.nett..nnd hip. mother were in Edgefield Monday on busi ness. Mrs. M. A. Bartley is visiting her daughterr, Mrs. J. W. R. DeLaughter. Miss Jennie McDaniel is at Mr. Henry Bussoy's going to'school. We miss her very much while she is away. Miss Lola Young and her brother. Mr. Denny Young, came through cur community last week as agents for the "History of the WcrlJ War," we wish them much success. J*!e Holloway, Colored Soldier Writes Editor of Advertiser. Hostess House. Ca nn Upton, N. Y. February 13, 1919. Mr. J. L. Minis, Dear Mr. Minis: I arrived here safe. Am al! 0. K. Hone you are well. Am having a very nice time up here now. Of course we did have it hard in France, but we are reaping the good results of it now. We had a fine time in New York. Thousands of people waited for ns to pass yesterday and everybody treated us line. I do not know how long we will be up hero, but I can say I am thar.'.ful to greet the old U. S. A. again. 1 am glad to say that though I am MTOUI ti ed, I can still say it Tras for the best. I have done my duty, and will s ion be mustered cut and wdi come back to my same j'ob of painting as u mL I will be expecting to paint your house when I get a little rest. Jule B. Holloway 371 Inf. Med. D i. j Dollars and Coats. Counting it only in dollars and cents, how much did that last cold cost you? A man may not aiways stop work when he has a cold, but perh< ?a it would be better if he did. It i;akea about ten days to get complete ;- rid of a cold under the usual treal neut. That time can be much shorten id by taking Chamberlain's Cough R m iv and proper care of yourself, in fact, a bottle of this remedy in the Ivusa is a mighty good investment ?.'u-.ng the winter and spring months.* GINNING NOTICE. If the . r'li ar is favorable, I will gin cot i ..-ni next Monday and Tuesday fur the last time this season. J. G. ALFORD.