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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. Johnston Basket Ball Team Wins. Medal Contest Sun day Night W. C. T.U. Hold Meeting. There was much" enthusiasm at the High School on last Friday over, the game of basket ball which the team of this school was to play with that of Batesburg .in thc afternoon. Beside the team, several of the teachers and quite a party of students and others went to Batesburg in cars to witness the game. The game was a lively one, and the Johnston team was the win ner. Miss Maude Wright is expected home this week from Augusta whore she has been for the past two weeks, having had her threat treated and tonsils removed. Mrs. Watson of Augusta, is visit ing her mother, Mrs. Fulmer. Mrs. Watson is remembered as Miss Alice Satcher. Mrs. D. W. Kellar has gone to, Greenville to visit her mother who j has been quite sick. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan J ones of j Ward, have moved here to make their home. Mrs. J. L. Walker most pleasantly entertained last Thursday afternoon in honor of Miss Mae Tompkins of Edgefield. Thc hours were happily spent listening to sweet music, chat ting and sewing. The hostess served a tlainty repast in pretty style. Mr. Lawrence Yonce will have a j . dwelling erected on the vacant lot on j Edisto Street,-and work will soon be- j started on this, lumber having been laid. Mr. and Mrs. Ables are domiciled in the home of Mr. C. D. Kenncv, Mr. i 'Ables being a travelling salesman. Miss Mamie Replu.n of Charleston has been the guest of Miss Julia Shade. Mrs. J. D. Bartley is at Waynes boro, Ga., recuperating from her re cent illness^ Mx. Lon Courtney who is. attending' college in Charleston has been for a visr- to the home folks. Master Nelson Kneece celebrated his 11th birthday last week with a dinner party which everyone greatly enjoyed. Mrs. J. G. Mobley and Miss Ella Fannie Mobley have gone to Mur freesboro, Tenn., for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Crouch entertain d delightfully last Monday evening, several friends from Trenton being the honor guests. There will be no preaching at the Baptist church on Sunday morning, as the pastor. Rev. W. S. Brooke will preach at Batesburg. In the evening the L. T. L. will hold a medal, con est in the Baptist church, four mea ls to be given-two silver and two old. This will be very entertaining nd a large audience should greet the young folks, as a cordial welcome "s extended to all. A well attended meeting of the W. G. T. U. was held with Mrs. J. A. ott on Friday afternoon. Miss Zena ayne conducting this. All were interested in the box to the Door of Hope, which was valued t $56.50, and was well filled with groceries and clothing and money was also contributed. The superinten ents of the department are Mrs. J. ". White and Mrs. W. J. Huiet, the ox being packed at the home of the atter. The members and others in erested, contributed most generous Mrs. O. D. Black, superintendent f the Flower Mission reported a umber of bouquets sent during the o?th to the sick and shut-ins. The chief interest was in the Jubi e drive, and from the committee of ght appointed to. agitate this move, rs. Olin Eidson and Mrs. T. R. Den y spoke on this, and several plans ere suggested as to a good way for ising the amount from this union . 38 members. A communication and ippings were read urging concerted ti on. The medal contest to be held here the evening of the 23 in the Bap t church was told of, this to be by e L. T. L., with participants from her towns. The subject for tl 3 program was e Union Signal, and Mrs. L. M. N. evens birthf y was observed. It s the oft expressed wish of Mrs. vens that her birthday would be ebrated in such a way that it uld promote the cause, and in the ion contributing to the L. M. N. Stevens Fund and presenting The Union Signal, it was felt that her de sire was being fulfilled. Subscriptions were taken for The I Union Signal, Young Crusader and Palmetto White Ribbon. Mrs. J. P. Bean read Mrs. Stevens' "Prophecy." Mrs. O. D. Black, "The L. M. N. Stevens Campaign Fund." Mrs. A. P: Lott, "What.is The Union Signal?" The meeting concluded with an ar ticle which one of the phvsicians had i asked the hostess, Mrs. Lott, tu read at thc meeting. The article gave to the physician the chief work of wag ing war against alcohol as a remedy I in sickness. The Crusade workers nor the W. C. T. U. workers were not:' mentioned. The members were glad to have in terest thus manifested, this physician ; being opposed to alcohol as a stimu- ' liant The Mary Ann Buie chapter met ? Thursday afternoon with Miss Eu- ' nice Abrams, and in the absenee of ?Mrs. M. T. Turner, Mrs J. H. White conducted the meeting. ! The chapter had decided to support a French orphan and a part of this money was subscribed by the mern-, bers at this meeting. There are 48 to give to raise the $37.50. The District Educational Scholar- j ship Fund was presented and the (chapter gave $5.00. Mrs. M. W. Clark reported having sent the box of fruits to the sick vet eran, Mr. Martin Whitlock, and of | sending flowers to the "Girls of the ! '60's" who had been sick. j Plans were made for Memorial Day ' and it was decided to have a memori al sermon perached on the 11th in ! j the afternoon, and committees wcr% ! appointed to arrange.for such. A committee was appointed to ! draft resolutions upon the death cf I one of our loyal members, Mrs. F. M. Boyd. t The meeting closed with the ob servance of two Bed Letter'Days of the. month, the 23rd 'anniversary-'uf ' the chapter organization and Get. Hampton's birthday. "Are we attaining to the ideal chapter, the ideal member since the chapter has passed its majority?" ' was given by Miss Zena Paye. "Life"1 sketch of Hampton," by Mrs. Joe j Cox. "In Memoriam," read by Miss j Abrams', written by Mr. Blanchard j of Columbia, a member of Hampton cavalry. Piano solo. Mrs. O. D. Black. The members of the Apollo Music club all greatly enjoyed the last meet j ing held with Mrs. C. P. Corn, and all |were present with one exception, j Three new members were welcomed by Miss Payne in the opening. Ditrir.g business, a box of 23 books and two subscriptions were reported ?sent for the enjoyment of these who i were accessible to any reading mat I. ?ter. The two war garden books, free ?for the asking, which are sent out by j the government, were presented and j members were urged to get these to j aid in war victory gardens. j The subject of Ptah- proved very ?pleasant and Mrs. O. D. Black told of this musical country. The program was as follows: National Hymn, by children; Ori gin of Hymn, Mrs. J. H. White; "Vo cal solo, Mrs. Crooks; "Opera in It laly," Mrs. W. J. Hatcher; "Lives and interesting facts of Italian masters." Piano, Mrs. T. R. Hoyt; Voice, iMiss Heyward; Piano, Miss Gladys i Sawyer; Voice, Mrs. C. P. Corn. Selections by Galli-Curci on the victrola were enjoyed. The hostess, assisted by Mrs. Huiet Waters and Mrs. M. V/. Crouch served an elabo rate salad course with coffee, a fra grant carnation being on each plate, and a large vase of these flowers dec orated the room. The Hawaiian Quintette. Do not forget about the Hawaiians Monday night, March 31, 1919. Don't miss a treat like this. Talk about it to your friends and don't let them forget. If you have any extra change, in vite somebody to come with you that can't afford the pleasure. . Adventure some in neighboring and have two things to enjoy next Monday night. # A large shipment of W. L. Douglas' shoes arrived this week. RUBENSTEIN. Beautiful Memorial Service by Edge?eld Bar. Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock an appropriate and very beautiful memorial service was held in the j court bouse in honor of the late Sen ator B. E. Nicholson, being partici pated in by Judge Mauldin ?ad the j members of the Edgcfield bar. Judge i Mauldin suspended -the business of j the court in order to give place for the memorial exercise. Senator Nichholson was a member of theJEdgefield bar for about nine teen years. After leaving the Univer sity, he taught school two years and then read Jaw in the office of Shep pard Brothers. By a close application to his profession ahd through his up right, honorable dealing with all men. Mr. Nicholson saw his law practice increase year by year from a small beginning until it became second to none at the bar. The memorial service was opened Monday afternoon by the offering of appropriate resolutions from the bar by Mr. S. McG. Simkins, who follow ed the reading of the resolutions with a beautiful tribute to Mr. Nicholson. The other members of the bar pres ent, Judge J. W. DeVore, Mr. N. G. Evans, Mr. E. H. Folk, Mr. A. S. Tompkins, Mr. Orlando Sheppard, j Mr. P. B. -Mayson, Mr. J. W. Cox, Mr. M. P..Wells and District Attor ney J. Wm. . Thurmond, also spoke fitting and beautiful phrases of the ilfe and career of their brother of the bar.-Mr. W. B. Cogburn, as clerk of court, spoke in the highest terms of Mr. Nicholson. Mr. DePass, a mem .ber of the Columbia bar, was present and also spoke of his association i with Mr. Nicholson. Judge Mauldin, at the close of a beautiful tribute to Senator Nichol-1 son, ordered the resolutions placed upon the records of the court ?nd ad journed for the day in honor of Mr. Nicholson* Sit ... . ba bers of regard to ni and distinguished public services. Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Nicholson, not only has this bar lost a true friend, a lovable associate and la splendid lawyer, who was an orna ment to the legal, profession, the county and the State. A most worthy, loyal and patriotic citizen and one who served both his country and his' ?God faithfully and well. i Resolved, That as a mark of rc jspect to the memory of the deceased .the business of the Court be now sus pended to enable his associates to ?pay tribute to his great worth and ; high^ character. Resolved, That the sympathy of [the Court and the members of the bar ?be extended to his family in their !hour of sorrow. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Court, and a copy be. transmitted to the family of the deceased by the Clerk of Court. The following resolutions passed bv the Saluda bar were read by Mr. i * , j Cogbum : I "The Saluda County Bar Associa tion unanimously adopted the.follow iing resolutions: I "In the death of Hon. B. E. Nich olson each and every member of our ?Bar Association feels a deep person al loss. Mr. Nicholson by his walk ?and conversation reflected honor on ?our sometimes maligned and misrep resented profession. No word nor act of his ever caused any of his friends any shame or heart burnings. Wc all knew that on any and all oc casions, Mr. Nicholson would do and say that which was high and honor able. We mourn at his early taking off and extend our deepest sympathy jto his loved ones. .May God bless I them and comfort tfiem. I "His death was a severe loss to the ?tate and Church a?d to all people who have the welfare of humanity at heart. "C. J. RAMAGE, "Sec. Saluda Bar Association." FOR SALE. Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching, pure breed; v15 eggs for $1.50. . Miss Virginia C. Addison. Gener?! Pershing Praises the Thirtieth Division. Chari?stcn, March 16.-Col. Julius E. Cogjgvell of this city has just re ceived -3 copy from Maj. J. D. E. Meyer 'of the letter of comm'endation written*: by Gen. J. J. Pershing on February 19 to the Thirtieth Division, in whicj? Gen. Pershing pays a hand-. ; some tribute to this gallant command, emphasizing specially the glory that is theirs for the share they had in i smashing the Hindenburg line. Cen. Pershifi^s letter is addressed to Maj. G?t. Edwin M. Lewis, command ing'tlie.-vThirtieth Division, and is ns follovr?jjf I "My derr General Lewis: "It ^?^es me much pleasure to ex- j tend t?-you and the officers and men ! of the Thirtieth Division, my sincere compliments upon their appearance ? at the^pview and inspection on the ; 21st of vJanuary, southeast cf Teille, i which :u\as excellent and is just what would be expected in a command with such a'-splendid fighting record. "Aftfjjt its preliminary training the ( division entered the line on July 16, j where 5c remained almost continuous ly until! the end of October. In that time if was in the actual battle from the 30,,-pf August and took part in the Yp|es-Lys{ and Somme offensives. On September 20 the division broke through, the Hindenburg and the Le Catelet lines, capturing Bellicourt and N?uroy, an operation on which ali subsequent action of the Fourth BritishiArmy depended. From Octo ber 7 to October 20 the division ad- '. vanced'?23 kilometres in a continued .' series QX attacks,- capturing 2,352 of the e??my. BiSancourt, Premont, Bu-. sign}', i3t. Bernin, St. Souplet, Escau- j port, ft Haie, Mineresse and Vaux ; AndignV are names that will live in the m?jnories of those who fought in the Thirtieth Division. But its es fiecial glory will always be the honor you yvon by breaking the Hindenburg : f,-'-'-'n!> a record; I of the division later and found the . : same high standard of personnel that1 marks the rest of that division. "Very sincerely yours, "John J. Pershing." i ... The division commander, the mern- ' orandum went on to say, congratu- j :lates the division upon this high tri-1 j bute from the commander and chief, and again expresses his pride in be-j ling its commander. League of Nations. 'Dear Advertiser: On last Saturday morning I heard Edward Griggs, the great lecturer: j and exponent of progress, -spoke ont I the League of Nations, one of a se-i j ries of lectures which he is delivering jin this city. There is nothing more ; i stimulating to one's intellectual self! than to hear a great cause discussed and championed by a great man. He said that the whole iden of the i i league of nations is to make the laws of justice and right, by which indi- j viduals live, the standard for the na tions. This league will insure liberty, j ?equality and fraternity for the small [nations as well as .the great. j As a by-product ol the League of Nations we will have peace. No na tion shall live by aggressive warfare. ; In the time of Napoleon people gro ried in war for war's sake. It is a sig nificant fact, in that it shows modern progress, that in the late war all the nations asserted that they were the victims, not the instigator of the plot. Even Germany herself, would have rid herself of the guilt if she could. ' In the war between Germany and France in 1870, Germany came out proud and arrogant, while France humbled, saw that ultimate peace for the world must come. Mr. Griggs said that the war was won at the.Marne. Then Germany fell never to rise a gain. This analogy was made. If arro gance in America takes the place of humbleness, we too, will have lost the great lesson that comes from victory. We have turned a comer in our national and international life, and have started on a new road. Thi ^ld one ended in August 1914. America has more wealth than any ather country and we could arm our selves to a gigantic degree, therefore it is fitting that we should be the leaders in a move 'for the disarma ment cl the nations. If.this League Df Nations can be brought about' it rei ll be the most practical demonstra tion of Democracy possible, the pro tection for the weak and strong a like. In the past, some monks and kind ly kings dreamed of such a league. Then it was impossible, now it is im perative. Wilson spoke over the heads af the diplomats and kings of Eu rope-to the people. He returned reith the plan adopted by fourteen of the great world powers. Mr. Griggs voiced the opinion of many thinking people when he said :hat for this league to be made a par tisan political issue would be :t crime, it is above national prejudices and' petty jealousies. Only this remains, that n^ow is thc time for the league to be championed Jjy the people of, America, fer the sake of> themselves I and their neighbors across tho sea. Edwin Markham, the Poet-Laure ate of America said in an address at Brookline that he believed heartily in the League. Though he and the lee- j turer, Mr. Griggs think some techni- | :al forms in the drawing up of such a league may be changed from the present form, the idea is right and just. Mr. Markham said, "Ik is the ?crm of complete unity for the na tions." War means only the survival of the fittest. Peace, the fitting of all to survive. ? Someone made the remark that the | League was only half a league. The answer was made in the words of j Tennyson that it was at least "Half a lea rue onward." Florence Mims. Aiken Village Players. The Aiken all-star company came j over last Friday evening and gave a 1 very attractive entertainment in the "Til- - TTi~-4.K^U+^ T?o. I " C0f?s?.5tii s o? y- luhn-r-r- 25 ;..>:.. >/ a Schi? i." utiici .ian LU Liie purposes of the Woman's Christian Temperance Un ion. About $120 was taken in at the door. The audience was large and enthu siastic. The players were all enter tained in Edgefield's hospitable homes as follows: Mr. Laurie Croft and Mrs. Croft with Mrs. Caddie DeLoach. Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Croft, Mrs. Hilliard and Miss Grace Lawton with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogburn. Misses Ruby Wilds and Ruth Law ton with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Byrd. Misses'Bertha Hahn, Rebecca Wise, Mabel Platt, Clare Selling, Helen Busch, Messrs. John Staubes and Robert Laird with Miss Marjorie Tompkins. Misses Eleanor Laird, Lallah Wy man, Nannie Creighton and Mrs. Chas. Hill with Mrs. Hugh Nicholson. Misses Emma Edgerton, Sarah Schroder, Francos Logan and Martha Murray with Miss Edith Ouzts. .Mr - Annie and Miss Lucy Cather ine Easterling, Misses Eulalie Salley land Adelaide Croft and Master Ran dall Croft and Mrs.. Lena Croft with ! Mrs. M. A. Taylor. Mrs. Walter Duncan, Mrs. J. B. ?Salley, Mrs. Laurie Croft, Miss May ?Mackeral and Mr. Bert Wilcox with Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman. The Woman's Christian Temper lance Union is very appreciative of i the hospitable assistance received I from the kind hostesses who aided so cordially in entertaining the guests from Aiken. Home-Sick Henry. Mr. Henry W. Powell, formerly of Edgefield but now of Saluda county, was among the visitors in Edgefield Friday and he bore unmistakable ev idences of home-sickness. We do not believe he and his good wife can re main away from Edgefield, their first love, another year. Edgefield will gladly make room for them when they decide to turn their faces home ward again. A cordial welcome a waits them. Try a pair of our Martha Washing ton shoes for ladies. There are none so good. RUBENSTEIN. Pians'Under, Way for Next Census Which Begins in January. Washingotn, March 16.-The act providing for the 14th and subse quent decennial censuses was signed by the president on Mareil 3. The e numeration, which will be made in January, 1920, is now less than t?n months distant; and the census bu reau already has under consideration the selection and appointment of not to exceed 400 supervisors who will have charge of the 90,000 enumer ators. The supervisors' districts will, in most cases, except* in the large cities, have the same boundaries as the congressional districts. The super visors, under the law, are to be ap pointed by the secretary of commerce upon the recommendation of the di rector of thc census. The following instructions have been given by the secretary of com merce to the director of the census in regard to the procedure to be fol lowed in making selections and ap pointments ox* census supervisors: "Conforming to 'the assurance given the president in my letter to him of March 3. You will please be guided by the following instructions respecting appointments to the post of supervisor in connection with the taking of the 14th censns of the United States. "A test examination, of which a , record will be kept, is to be required for the appointment to the post of supcrvisor.In addition to this, a care ful personal inquiry is to* be separate ly made respecting the ejfralifications of each candidate. Of this inquiry, also, a record will be kept. "In making appoinftnelris from those who shall have passed the test examination and the separate inquiry as to qualifications, preference is to be given to those candidates who have had executive, administrative, statistical, or accounting, experience and to.thosa.JBdio-haii? n?^ -m -?? . . i i? . . ir??i?jsWatoT? riv) isponsers, and no candidates are Ito be selected for appointment who !do not pass both the test examination and the personal inquiry. "You are requested te a*S5 the civ il service commission to prepare the blanks for the test examination or to cooperate with you in the prepara tion of them. You will welcome the ?assistance of the civil sciyice com Imission in this and in any other Te ispect in which they can be helpful to you. "It is my earnest desire, a's I know it is your own, that this cens?s shall be an example in its ?juality, as well ?as in its promptness. I need hardly ?say that neither result can be had un jless the supervisors are selected with ?special care to their individual fitness ?for their task. I am depending on you I as the responsible officer in immedi ate charge of the work to see that ?every precaution is taken to* achieve ?this result. In particular, the appearT ante as well as the fact of political ?patronage are to avoided and fitness J for the work to be done will be the I controlling factor in the appoint ments.". The dirctor of the census has al ready taken steps to carry out the in structions of the secretary. The supervisor's duties will occupy their time for the greater part of a year, beginning about July 1, 1919. j Their compensation will be $1,500 ?plus $1 for each thousand or major j fraction of a thousand of population I enumerated. The total compensation jin an average sized district, outside a large city, will therefore be be tween $1,700 and $1,800. Clerk hire land other necessary expenses will be ipaid by the government. AH candidates for supemisorships ?"should address their applications to ?the Director of the Census, Washing ton, D. C. Receive State AH?. Mr. W. W. Fuller, eounty superin tendent of education, fcts received State aid for the following schools in the county that have qualified on the rural graded list: Antioch, ?300; Red Hill, $300; Flat Rock, $200; Lott. $200; Colliers, $200; Trenton, $20u; Pine Grove, $200 and Harmony $300, the total being $2,100.