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VOL. 84 GDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1919 NO. 7 JOHNSTON LETTER. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Celebrate ' Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary. New Cen tury Club Met. A most beautiful and^iappy occa sion was that of last Friday evening when Mr. and Mrs. John W. Marsh celebrated the 25th anniversary of the marriage, their silver wedding. In response to invitations, friends of the town and adjacent towns, gather ed at the hospitable home, "Breezy Heights," and happiness reigned su preme. This couple, coming here 25 years ago, following their marriage at the home of the gracious and beautiful young bride, Miss Ada Fleming, in Florida, endeared themselves to all, and the attachment has increased du ring the years, by what these two" have meant to their friends. It is beautiful to see such a union of lives, the establishment of such a Christian home, the rearing of such noble sons. These two have gone hand in hand and have been as two ! minds with but a single thought, two ! hearts beating as one. . Everyone was happy with them on j this day, when they reached ;he 2?th mile-stone of wedded happiness, so j this was why sych throngs were, ( found wending their way to offer con- ' gratulations. " |, "Breezy Heights" looked beautiful/ and was most artistically decorated. ! When the guests arrived, they were ' welcomed by Messrs, J. A.* Lott and , W. E. LaGror.e out on the piazza and were met at the front door by Mrs. ' J. L. Walker and Miss Maude Nick- ! erson. In the hallway, the registry book, the same one that was used at 1 the marriage ceremony, was held by;' Miss Theora Fleming, and on extra 1 leaves the guests inscribed their,' names. Mrs. J. A. Lott then ushered ' the arrivals to the parlor where the ^ receiving line stood, this being com-j" posed of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, Messrs. John Fleming and Theodore Marsh and Mrs. C. C. Pedrick, the mother of Mrs. Marsh. They stood under the j chandelier which was prettily covered j< in maline and orange blossoms with 1 many tiny silver bells that seemed to 1 be pealing forth happiness. Mrs.,' Marsh appeared as dainty and as ' beautiful as twenty-five years ago, in '; a white embellished ireorjr'-'tte and carried the same handkerchief and fan. . ? The decorations in this room were 1 of real orange blossoms. The guests'1 were presented to the receiving line by Misses Sara Sawyer and Zena j < Payne. Out in the hallway punch wasjl served by Mesdames Herbert Eidsonjl and Walter Sawyer and Miss Lillian < Marsh. Quantities of pink roses made j1 a lovely decoration here. Near by j stood a table filled with gifts of sil- : ver which were tokens of love. 1 From the hallway, the guests went to the dining room which was artis- 1 tically decorated in quatities of ferns ?' and white roses that banked the man- j< tie and buffet and the table was cov ered with a handsome renaissance lace cover, and lighted with many candles from silver candle sticks. The ! centre held a large silver basket of ; brides' roses. Seated at the table were Mrs. F. S. Bland and Miss Marie Marsh who cut block cream, and this I with silver cake was served by Misses j Helen and Debbie Marsh and Mattie 1 Lee and Lena Long. The matrons pre- '? siding in here and assisting, were Mesdames O. D. Black, H. D. Grant, . J. A. Dobey, J. W. Cox, Shelton Saw- . yer, W. F. Scott and A. B. Harrison. 1 The favors were tiny silver bells with .a spray of orange blossoms. During the entire evening lovely ' music was enjoyed, instrumental and 1 vocal. Those who filled the musical program were Misses Frances Tur- . ner, Bettie Waters, Emma Bouknight, j Annie Holmes Harrison and Mes- 1 dames C. P, Corn, T. R. Hoyt and J. 1 H. White. . The guests lingered on and were : reluctant to leave a scene of much joy, pleasure and happiness. Among those from Edgefield who 1 attended the celebration of the 25th ; anniversary of the marriage of Mr. 1 and Mrs. Marsh were: Hon. and Mrs. J. L. Mims, Mrs. Mamie Tillman, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Marsh, Rev. and Mrs. 1 P. P. Blalock, Mr. and Mrs. Mouzon Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Cor Jey, Mr. and Mrs. Lovick Smith. From Trenton, Mr. and Mrs. Day and Mrs. J. D. Mathis. Parties from Aiken, Saluda, Ridge Spring and Ward wer also present. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Isom of Spartanburg, Miss Theora Fleming and Mrs. C. C. Pedrick of Gainesville, Florida, are guests at "Breezy Heights/'having come to at tend the silver wedding celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh. Dr. and Mrs. J .A. Dobey are in Augusta this week with their little son, James Nixon, who is at the hos pital to have his tonsils removed. Mrs. F. S. Jefferson returned last week from the Baptist Hospital where she was under treatment for nervous indigestion, her condition being much improved. Miss Helen Walker entertained a number of her young friends with an Easter egg hunt on Saturday after noon and the young folks had a hap py time as they searched for the many-hued eggs. Everyone found some and these were placed in pretty little baskets. Later they were invited in and an enjoyable feast was had. On Saturday afternoon Mrs. J. W. Marsh entertained the "We are Twelve" Club, of which she is presi dent. There were several house guests ino n delightful time was had. During the afternoon Mrs. Marsh thanked the members of the club for the hand some silver'waiter that was present ed her on the occasion of her wedding anniversary. The death of Mr. Earl Bland which Dccurred in Florida ls3'. Thursday, .vas learned of here with sorrow. Mr. Bland was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bland, former Johnston people, ind was about 20 years of age. He tiad not seen his parents since he was out of service, and was returning, having been away over a year. His Jeath came from an autmo'/le acoi :lent. When the news of hi^ death ?ame to relatives, the sisters bf Mrs. Bland, Misses Clara, Maud and Gladys Sawyer left that evening to 3e_ with their sister. The interment ;ook place on Saturday at Vidalia, aa., where Mr. and Mrs. Bland reside. In the absence of Rev. W. S. Brooke, in the interest of the Educa tional Campaign Fund, his pulpit was Riled by Rev. Kneeland of Trenton, who preachd a good sermon upon the the theme "The Loom of Life," using as a text, "All things work together for good to those who love the Lord." Misses Christine and Marie Kinard have been guests of their aunt, Mrs. P. N. Lott. Miss Marie is attending the Woman's College of Columbia. Mrs. Frank Williams and children of Springfield are visiting relatives. Dr. G. D. Walker attended the State Medea. Association at Florence last week, and he will attend the gen eral association in New Orleans next tveek. At the association in Florence, Dr. Walker exhibited th? cut of the face mask that Dr. J. A. Dobey is having patented. Mrs. O. D. Black is in Darlington this week attending the State U. D. C. convention, being^fourth vice-Presi dent of the organization. The New Century Club met in the home of Miss Clara Sawyer on last Tuesday afternoon, she with Mrs. W. P. Cassells being hostess. Miss Saw yer presided and much routine busi ness was transacted. Miss Mallie Waters was appointed treasurer in the absence of Mrs. James Strother. The members were asked to be considering a topic for next year's study course. Mrs. W. F. Scott, as leader had a splendid program arranged, the sub ject being "Valuable Lessons Taught by the World War." Mrs. H. D. Grant gave a paper on "Immigration as learned of through war." "What war has taught us in way of education." Mrs. White. "Pure Democracy," Mrs. P. N. Lott. "What war has taught in re gard to health," Mrs. J. A. Lott. 'Moral and spiritual lessons taught oy the war," Mrs. S. J. Watson. A piano solo by Miss Gladys Saw yer closed the program. Later, all en joyed refreshing ices and cake. Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Maxwell have -eturned from Greenville where they attended the marriage of the former's liece. FOR SALE: Home-grown corn in ;he ear for $2.00 per bushel. Apply to C. W. SATCHER, Ward, S. C. 4-9-4t. I Era of Prosperity Facing Mc Cormick. McCormick, April 17.-McCormick seems to have taken on an after-the war spirit of progressiveness and sev eral new residences will go up in the i near future. Already M. G. Dorn and jj. J. Dorn have well under way the ( construction of.a handsome residence in the northern part of town and it is their intention to erect a number of cottages in this part of town to 'accommodate the increasing number of homeseekers, some of whom have had to stay away from here on ac count of a lack of houses to live in. j J. S. Strom has employed an archi tect to draw plans for a new resi dence in the western part of town on j Railroad Avenue, the erection of which will begin in the near future, j The members of the Pentecostal I Holiness Church, who were delayed in ?the erection of a new church during j the war, will soon finish their hand 'some new building at. a cost of sev eral thousand dollars. The members of this church are enthusiastic over .the building and are sparing no pains , or means to make it one of the hand somest churches in McCormick. I j Plans have been made for the building of a church at McCormick by the Associate Reformed Presbyte rians. A committee has been appoint ed to solicit subscriptions and already 'more than $2,000 has been subscrib ed. Within a month a permanent pas tor will be called by the congregation and until the new church is complet- ; 'ed services will be held in one of the other church of the city. It is under stood that a modern church will be e rected at a cost of several thousand dollars. Along with the erection of resi dences and churches the business of the town appears to be on the boom also. The McCormick telephone ex change recently moved into new quar ters facing Pine Street and has in stalled modern equipment to meet the growing demand for better tele phone service. I I. G. Harrison;-mayor- -of~MeC?? mick, recently purchased a lot on the corner of Pine and Clayton Streets and has extended his garage, afford ing excellent accomodations for the j sale and repair of automobiles. I ! The Jay Clothing Company has let a contract for the erection of a mod-: ern building to be used as a theatre and moving picture show. . j H. Druker recently purchased the store room he occupies on .Main Street. This is considered one of the best locations for a store in town and is a two-story brick building. The property belonged to M. L. B. Stur key and the price paid for it was SH, OOO. ; I j The postoflice at McCromick has long been unsatisfactory and it was ' 'hard to obtain suitable quarters. A-1 ; contract has been let, however, and I new quarters have been secured on i Pine Street from the Peoples Bank. ?New fixtures which will accomodate the growing volume of business of the ?office are being installed. The new ?postmaster, Mrs. Zella Abercrombie, who succeeded Postmaster J. A. Stuart, recently resigned, has taken charge of the office and almost imme diately her salary was raised by the postoffice department. I_ Pleasant Lane News. Mrs. Robert Seigler and children and Miss Maggie Winn of Plum Branch spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. J. C. Williams. Miss Roberta Bailey of Callison spent last week with Mrs. McKie Bailey. They with Mr. Bailey, visited relatives near Augusta last Sunday. Miss Callie Self spent Easter with relative's in Anderson. Messrs. Billie Byrd and Walter Griffis spent Saturday and Sunday in our community. The children of Pine Grove school ? enjoyed an Easter Egg hunt last Fri- J day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Manly and chil dren spend the week-end with rela tives in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hamilton and daughter, Miss Ruth, spent Easter1 Sunday with relatives near Augusta. SUBSCRIBER, April 21, 1919. Wanted. Tc buy 200 bushels of charcoal. E. W. Samuel. W. C. T. U. at Baptist Church, Sunday Evening. The W. C. T. U. will hold a public meeting at the Baptist church, Sun day evening at the time for regular service, with the following program: Prelude, Johnston Orchestra, con sisting of the following: Dr. Jas. A. 'Dobey, 1st. violin; Stanton Lott., 1st. cornet; Avery Bland, 2nd. cornet; Louise Boyd, flute; F. M. Boyd, trom bone; Claude. J. Lott, clarionet; A. B. Lott, bass viol. Scripture Reading. Hymn, "Christ for the World we sing." Prayer. Vocal solo, Inez Rhoden, Johnston, Medal Winner. Boys' Quartette, "Brighter Days are Coming." Dozier Tompkins, Ed-, win Rives, Julian Mims, Robert Ouzts Vocal solo, "There's a Shadow in the Home," Mr. F. M. Boyd. Processional of States which have ratified the Prohibition amendment, by forty-five girls "Victory," vocal solo, Mrs. A. B. Carwile. j Sermon, Rev. R. G. Lee. Hymn, "All Round the World." Collection for Jubilee Fund. Selection by Orchestra. Jubilee Song, by Chorus. Benediction. Everybody in Edgefield, Johnston, Trenton and all our country churches is invited to come and enjoy this ser vice with us, and hear Rev. R. G. Lee give us a temperance sermon. All who come will be benefitted and inspired. Mrs. J. L. Mims, Pres. Edgefield W. C. T. U. Farmers Must Have a Living Wage Clay Tallman, Commissioner of ; the United States General Land Of- ! fice, said in an address at thc opening session of the twenty-second annual convention of the American Live stock Association : "It is very well : for you stockmen to talk of limiting prediction to correspond with the de-; -rmrrfe-sb as. to .keep up prices, but thc j laboring man in the East who has to pay a day's wages for a roast does not look at it that way." Practically all of our public men are very much interested in the labor ing: man because he belongs to an or ganization that stands up for thc in terests of its members. What would happen if a party was to declare for a high tariff on beef, hides, wool, su gar, eggs, etc., in order to make it possible for the farmer to obtain suf ficient money on his farm products to enable him co enjoy the necessities and comforts of life? The consumers of farm products would snow the can- j didates of that party under Rood and deep. The farmers have been hewers of ?wood and drawers of water for cen turies. They have hustled from early till late to grow the greatest abun ! dance of food and hr.ve often sold it below the cost of production, if fair wages were allowed thom. However, the most intelligent farmers will in the future guard against over produc tion, and a subsequent loss to the pro ducers, by limiting production. There are laws against children working in factories, and town and city laborers I work eight and ten hours per day. The farmers will before long send their children tc school for nine months in the year, but when will they cease to toil for from twelve to fifteen hours per day if the prices of ?their products are to fall anywhere I near former levels?-The Progress ive Farmer. Camp Branch News. Easter was a very pleasant day Sunday, and I hope everybody enjoy ed it. j A goodly number from here attend j ed the services at Red Hill Sund 4y ! morning. Among them were: Mr. Ca pers DeLaughter, Mr. G. T. Burton, Misses Lena and Lou DeLaughter and Mrs. N. H. DeLaughter, and after preaching, they motored to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Holmes' for dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Peeler and Mrs. 0. M. Burnett visited Mr. Peeler's parents in North Carolina last week. We were sorry to hear that Mr. Jim Burnett was a little feeble last week, but glad to know that he was able to go to see his girl Sunday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson were glad to have with them last Sunday, ' Mr. John Hudson, Sr., and Mr. Eus tice Thurmond from Morgana, also Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Mathis. A number from this place attend ed the minstrel at Beaverdam school Friday night and enjoyed it very much. . Mrs. Lizzie Prince and her son, Ab I bie went to see Miss Ruth McDaniel last Thursday, who has been real sic1: Hope she will soon recover without an operation, as we have been in formed that she will have to go to the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Peeler and Mrs. Will Seigler motored to Edgefield Monday on business. I We were glad to hear that Mr. John E. Agner had landed from over seas. Modoc, S. C. I - Week-End Spent in Lowell, Manufacturing Centre. Dear Advertiser: Since I have been up here South Carolina seems to be a vast farming district dotted here and there with towns, and Massachusetts seems to be one vast factory scattered over with narrow stretches of soil scarcely seen between the houses and factories. A part of this net work of progress and achievement is Lowell, Massachu setts, a city about thirty miles from Boston, where I spent the past week end with a Leland Powers' friend. I thought before there was no hospi tality like the Southern home afford ed, but I can not hold that opinion any longer. I thought, from its name, that Lowell must have some connection with the poet, James Russell Lowell, since everything up here is tied up with history and genius, but I found that Lowell had more interest for the Revolutionary investigator. I had poited out to me a hill once used by the Indians as a fortress and a huge tree planted by the Red Men and other spots connected with the Indian tribes. The school children of Massa chusetts have but to take a look out of their own front windows to see the scenes of the battles and episodes described in their history texts. As I was sitting in the theatre looking at the movies, to my utter surprise and joy, I saw thrown upon the screen the parade of the 30th Division in South Carolina. Nothing would have pleased me more than perhaps a moving picture of Edge field Square on some Saturday morn ing, for there I would have seen peo ple that I knew. The Capitol was in plain view and all the marching men, and I can say that nobody in that huge audience was so happy as I was, unless, perhaps there was another South Carolinian there, and even then, I believe I would have been the more gleeful of the two. I came ;to Boston to see some wonderful ?sights, and after all, the finest thing ' that I have had the pleasure to view ?was the parade of the 30th Division ?in my own State Capitol. It reminds !me of what I have always known, that 'one's native state is the greatest state of the forty-eight-to her who knows and loves it. Florence Minis, 56 Gainsboro St., Boston, Mass. j Terms of Victory Loan Bonds. 10 per cent with application on or ! before May 10th. 10 per cent July 15th. 20 per cent August 12th. 20 per cent September 9th. 20 per cent October 7th. 20 per cent November 11th. Accrued interest to be paid on all deferred installments. Payment in full with application, but without Re bate of Interest. Payment in full can be made on any Installment Date, with accrued interest. No completion of payments can be made except on Installment Dates. Denomination of Notes as heretofore, $50.Od up. Award of German Helmets. One Helmet will be put on display in each of the six banks of our coun ty, and each person subscribing through that Bank will be given a number by same and the Helmet will be awarded to the holder of the LUCKY NUMBER. The drawing will be fair and impar tial. The Helmets are new; captured before being used. J. H. CANTELO J, Co. Chairman. Interesting Letter From Ger many Written by George Logue. Dear Cousin Jule: Ever since I arrived in Europe I have had an impulse to write to you but somehow, something has always occurred to cause procrastination. Now. I will try to state as briefly as possible what my life has been since I reached Europe. When the amistice was signed I was located in the village of Pannes on the St. Mihiel sector. November 29 we began to march toward Germany. On this march we encountered many hardships but never changed our in tention of getting into Germany as soon as practicable. Our aim here has always been to settle-things as rapid ly as possible and start back for home. For three days we marched through French occupied territory. Here we came in close contact with inhabitants that were oppressed and it was very evident that they were happy over being liberated by the Americans. At first many were terri fied by the sight of the Americans and many of them did not know who : we really were until the news spread. . During the fourth day we reached, the French frontier and marched into Belgium, that little nation that has been so horrified and plundered by the Germans. Although we did not stay many days in Belgium, we were there long enough to see the hard ships the people were forced to sub mit to under the yoke of the Ger mans. A few days later we crossed the Belgium frontier into Luxemburg ;and stopped for the night in the city !of Attlebuck, where we were very ?warmly treated by the population. .The next day we resumed our march and that same evening anived in the ?city of Vianden, Luxemburg, a city built in a valley between two high peaks and really a very pretty sight to me. Before the war, tourists came from all parts of the world to see this place which has so many things ,of historical interest. Inside of one of the- peaks a large castle was con- . structed by the Romans thousands of . years ago and this castle still re mains. In this town the people gave ,us a reception and made the day a feast day. The next morning we continued 'our journey and that afternoon we reached the frontier of Germany, where we halted and unfurled our coiors and immediatly our band blew i over into Germany, the glorious mel ody, "The Star Spangled Banner!" That evening we billetted in a small I German village and next day resumed ?our march. That evening we reached !a town near Bitburg which they call Spang Dahlem. After remaining there about a week we started out on an other day's march and finally reached our destination, the village of Nie ideivier, located about 8 kilometres j from Bitburg and about 25 kilo metres from Tr?ves. This is consider ed the oldest city in Germany and has many places of historical interest. In ! this city in Germany ad ztfbeautiful this village where I am stationed,' I there is'practically nothing of inter jest and when we first came here we were able to judge the wealth of every individual by the size of the manure pile he had in front of his. 'door. Later the Americans made them ?understand though, that wherever the . American soldiers are, the place has got to be kept clean. There is a big difference in the cleanliness of this, place. .,. A few days ago I went on a short leave to' Coblenz, Germany, a city bounded on two sides by two famous ?rivers in Europe, the Rhine and the (Moselle. The latter runs into the Rhine at Coblenz and on the opposite side there is a big fort built to de fend Coblenz. It certainly looks great to see the American flag flying over? this fort now. At present this fort is in the hands of the American army of occupation and a regiment of ar tillery is stationed there. TheY. M. C. A. made arrangements to accomodate every soldier on leave with a boat ride. We glided along by many old castles built on both banks of the Rhine. The next day I visited the Royal castle of Stolzenfels which is situated on a wooded mountain-side about 300 feet above the Rhine. The castle contains many fine works of art, richly carved furniture of the 16 century, statuary, and a fine collect ion of arms and many articles of his (Continued cn Page Eight.)