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??dts? .Nctuspapcr ttl Wraith (Earolina VOL. 84 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1919 NO. 17 JOHNSTON LETTER. High School Closing. Soldiers and Students Return. Vet erans' Picnic Sunday. School Convention. The closing exercises of the High School took place last Monday even ing, and a large and interested crowd of friends and patrons were present The stage of the auditorium was beautiful in quantities of daisies, and a daisy chain was festooned from the ceiling from the center of which was .?1919" in daisies. After beautiful selections from the orches tra, the audience was led in prayer by Kev. W. S. Brooke. The program this year was varied, representatives from the grades affording entertain ment rather than the graduates. Following was the first of the pro gram^ Piano duo-Miss Pearl Witt and Mr. Lewis. Reading, "In Flanders' j^lds"-J Miss Marion Boyd. ^ Reading, "The old Man's Com-if mencement"-Miss Minnie W??t- 1 moreland. * '/ Vocal Solo-Miss Leola Maffelj. Declamation, "The man with the ! Hoe"^-Mr. Judson Ready. Reading ..from "Uncle Remus" Miss Marion Boyd. .-.Piano Quarteue-Misses Maffet, Watson, Hoyt and Mr. Lewis. The address before the graduating class was made by Dr. Lee Davis ' Lodge of Limestone College and was i heard with keen attentioivhis theme ; being "The value of an education." j Following the addAss, Supt. W. F. I Scott presented diplAas to the eight ' graduates, the first ?k receiving the State High School Diploma, by virtue of their having taken the entire course in this school. i The graduates were Misses Louise I Boyd, Annie May Reames, Thelma Milford, Belle Yonce, Edith Wright, Ruth Harris and Grace Witt. Prof. I Scott, in presenting the diplomas, ; made a short but impressive talk to ! the graduates. He then read out the names of the ones leading the grades for the year, the second named mak ing second best average: First grade-Edgar Ready and Es- ' telle Wright. Second grade-Carrie Templeton j and Rhodes Watson. Third grade-Kathleen Wright and ! Willie Waters. j Fourth Grade-Oscar Black and Angeline Price. Fifth grade-William Wright and Nelson Keesee. Sixth grade-Jack Neil Lott and Willie Westmoreland. Seventh grade-Sam Ready and Mary Mitchell. Eighth grade-Elizabeth Watson ' and Maizie Kinard. Ninth Grade-Elliot Lewis and and Kathleen Gall. , j Tenth grade-Judson Ready and Alline Reames. Eleventh grade-Edith Wright and Belle Yonce. In concluding, Mr. Scott spoke of I the splendid work done during the j past year, although the school was so handicapped. There were 327 pu pils on roll and the school still ranked with the first, being 3rd best High j School in the State according to the 1 units made. There were 26 graduates during ? the past year at colleges, and special ! mention was made of Mr. Pope Sim- j mons,.who was at Wofford college,! having distinguished himself for his high average. Mr. Scott thanked all for the loyal support and club spirit that has per vaded the community. The same corps of teachers has been elected, except the teacher of the first grade who did ' not apply, and the musical director, i These vacancies are soon to be filled, t The Sunday School convention of the Ridge association met here in the ' Baptist church last Wednesday and j Thursday and was an occasion that was greatly enjoyed and was of much I benefit to all who attended. Plans were made for a much larg er delegation but the rains greatly hindered many from attending, so very few of the churches wer repre sented. Dr. E. C. Ridgell of Batesburg presided over the meeting and one of the chief features of Wednesday was the chart explanation on Bible study, \ by Rev. Jo.ib Edwards, of Leesvillc Wednesday evening Rev. E. P. Jone of Batesburg gave a very fine addres on the "$75,000,000 program." Jus how easy this is going to be forth coming in next five years was wei shown. Southern Baptists will no fail. Dr. Jones is a wonderful an< forceful speaker and his presence a the convention added much. On Thursday, the weather had im proved so there was a fine attendance and many had the privilege of hear ing Rev. Gaines, a State Sunda? School worker talk on modern* Sun day School ideas. It was regrett?e that every worker in the associatior could not have heard him, The daj was filled with much that was for the good of church workers. There was i pleasant social part of the conventior when, both days the crowd gatherec under the trees and enjoyed a boun tiful lunch. The many friends of Mr. Benja min Lewis are greatly Relighted tc haye him at home after an absence ol Mer a year overseas. ?pMr. Julian Harris of Dearing, Ga., was here last week in the home ol Mr. P. N. Lott. \lr. Bartow Walsh and Billie are at home from a visit to relatives in Sumter. The annual picnic for the veter ans of Camp McHenry will be held on Thursday, July 3rd, at the home of Mrs. Martha Edwards. This picnic is given by the Mary Ann Buie chap ter, D. of C., and is one of the means by which the chapter tries to show to the veterans its loving thought of the soldier who wore the gra?. Miss Beulah McNemar a dramatist, will give "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" here on Friday evening, July 11th at the Opera House, the pro ceeds of which'will be used by the W. C. T. U. fpr a benevolent cause. Mrs.-'W. S. Stokes, Misses Annie and Ruth Stokes have returned from Columbia and will spend the summer here. Their arrival is a great pleas ure to their many friends Mr. Jay W. McCullough of For rest City, Arkansas, is visiting in the homes of Messrs. Theodoi-e Marsh and Fred Parker. He was a class mate of these two at Georgia Tech. Mrs. W. S. Brooke entertained the "We are Twelve" club on last Friday in a delightful manner, the members spending the time in pleasant con versation and doing fancy work. The object of the club is the exchange of patterns, recipes and good ideas, and is a club that the members enjoy be longing to. Officers were elected: President, Mrs. W. S. Brooke, vice president, Mrs. T. R. Hoyt; Secretary Mrs. Herbert Eidson; Treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Walker. The hostess served a dainty salad course with iced tea. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cox will go fro Hendersonville, N. C., this week to visit the latter's mother, Mrs. Yeo mans. ? f. and Mrs. W. F. Scott and chiluren have gone to Lynville Falls, N. C. where they will spend the sum mer. Mrs. G. G. Waters has gone to Vi dalia, Ga., to visit relatives. Miss Mallie Waters is' at Spring field visiting her sistr- rs. Phillips, and Mrs. Mary Wak.a is in Green wood visiting Miss Huiet. Mrs. C. P. Corn went to Walhalla last Wednesday to visit in the home of her parents. Miss Simpson of Columbia has been the guest of Miss Ella Jacobs. Mr. Tom Mitchell visited here last week in the home of friends Sayle Andrews and Powell Harri son who have been in the army ser vice are being cordially welcomed here. The June meeting of the Emily Geiger Chapter, D. A. R., was } i last Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. Neil Lott. During business it was de cided to contribute further to the French orphan fund and Georgetown school. At the last meeting the hostess asked the members to each bring a name for her new home, the chapter had been interested in planting the memorial tree on this historic spot, and she wanted the members to give the name. All brought attractive names, which were given to the host ess to choose from. An account ofHhe D. A. R. picnic at Cedar Fields was ? given by Mrs. J. L. Walker. (Continued on 4th page) S?LVER MEDAL CONTEST. --- ' Contest Held at Baptist Church Sunday Afternoon. Ned Nicholson Wins the Silver Medal. Sunday afternoon under the aus pices of the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union, a silver medal contes^ on the subject of the cigarette \t?? held. Mr. J. H. Cantelou presided^ over the meeting and conducted the! devotions. A blackboard on which was drawn; a tree representing the tobacco habit, and its branches showing the evil re-: suits of this habit had been previous-' ly drawn by Miss Gladys Lyon and was seen by all the audience as the programme proceeded. The contestants were J. R. Tim merman, Carolyn Dorn, Ned Nichol son, Catherine Stewart, Albert Rains ford and Maizie Kemp. The subject of each one was the evil of the cigarette, and all the peo ple were pleased with the girls and boys and what they said and how they said it. One lady said she didn't know how the little folks learned to do so wonderfully, that she couldn't in a hundred years. The judges ?warded the medal to little Ned Nicholson whose subject was "Two Boys and a Cigarette." Mr. Cantelou presented it to him in behalf of the judges, and said to him when doing so that he was glad to have this opportunity as he had loved and honored his father, Hon. B. E. Nicholson, and he knew he was look ing down and smiling ' on the scene where his little son and namesake was winning his first medal. The other dear little boys and girls were highly complimented in their efforts by those who judged as well as those in the audience. Mitchell Wells who is a gold medal winner gave "some very interesting, 'acts in an oration oh the cigarette. A trio, "God Speed the Right," was ?iven in a song by Mrs. A. B. Car wile, Miss Calliham and Mr. E. J. Norris. John Owen Smith, who is now pres ident of his class at Wofford College, ind a member of the Glee Club, | ivhich is also a high ho^ 1. sang a j weal solo with pipe or^ .vcompani tnent by Mrs. Tillr ?dgefield is \ ind will continu- J be proud of j lohn Owen Smi+' .id Mitchell Wells I ind Ned Nich >!.-jn and some more j whom we will write about later. Mary and Martha Thurmond and ; Milton Swcaringen held a conference ! in dialogue form on the cigarette, j Edgefield has so many gifted boys ind girls that we cannot make op portunities fast enough that they may avail themselves of them. The last number was a chorus, 'The Cigarette Must Go," by Miss Gladys Lyon's Children's Choir and i under her supervision. This progi-amme was arranged by Mrs. J. B. Kennerly and Mrs. W. W. Fuller and was a great credit to their j faithfulness and ability. Summer Railway Folder. The fact that the United States Railroad Administration is now doing everything in its power to create travel to the summer resorts by news paper and booklet advertising is in dicated by a handsome and extensive directory of summer resorts issued by the Railroad Administration de tailing the mountain and seashore re sorts of the southern region and which is published in connection with atti-active round trip fares to the va rious resorts. This folder differs from the usual summer folder published by the va rious railroads, inasmuch as, all rail roads now being combined under one head, the inquirer for any summer re sort in the southern region is given full details in one well illustrated booklet which contains, "besides in formation pertaining to each resort, i list of golf courses, hotels and boarding houses. A copy of the book let can be obtained from local agent ar the nearest Consolidated Ticket Office.-Adv. Johnston Friday Night! Stu dents' Entertainment!! Celebrate the 4th bf July by pro noting the cause of education and at the me time having a good time at the tudents' Entertainment at lohnston. RED OAK GROVE. Church Societies Active. Mar riage of Mr. Agner and Miss Roberta Bailey. Union Meeting. _ _ The Union meeting at Red Oak Grove was not so largely attended gil Saturday but a very interesting ^discussion continued of the different subjects throughout the day. Rev. jCoogler, from Parksville delivereed .the missionary sermon on Sunday to ia large and appreciative congregation j Mr. Ed Bunch, our earnest and faithful moderator, dispensed with the business with much consideration, j The genial manner of Mr. Sam (Adams seems to be a part of our unions, and really it would not "be a j meeting without his presence, making most efficient secretary. The weather conditions and bad roads prevented large representation from the different churches but the speakers were as follows: Messrs. O.O. Timmerman, George Bussey, Jr., J. M. Bussey and J. C. Harveley and impressed the audience with many good thoughts. Several visitors were in our midst attending th? union meeting last Saturday and Sunday. Among them were the Grif fis brothers, accompanied by their cousin, Mr. Billy Byrd. Mrs. Laura Bunch added much cheer and good spirits by her pres ence on Saturday. We hope the divisional meeting of our W. M. U. will be large attended, adding encouragement to our super intendents, also strengthening the work by becoming more acquainted with each other and knowing some thing bf. ?the need and manner of work to be done by our respective societies! To be co-laborers in the true sense of the word, we.should not Refuse to le^te^e^f very best efforts in re sponse to. a request from our leaders, unless we, be providentially prevent ed, because we are due them a cour-1 tesy, besides it is our duty the Lord 1 expects of us as obedient children. And again, nothing succeeds like success. Co-operation brings success, being strength in unity. Miss Lullie Timmerman entertain-' ed the Y. W. A.'s very graciously ? last month, having quite a number of visitors. Finding the amount due on j their appropriation a little large yet, I, the girls decided to have a free will offering at the next meeting, which we commended in them being a beau- ; tiful idea originating among a body : of young girls. There is an interesting band of children in the Sunbeams, who are willing little workers. The greatest need among them is more encourage- j ment and cooperation on the part of the parents. No one thing helps the efficiency of Sunbeam work more | than that. I The parents play a big part too, in helping good work in the Sunday Schools, by seeing that the small child's Sunday School book is kept j in place and not abused. Mrs. Lizzie Shelton presides at our ? next circle which meets with Mrs. , Mellie Dow, Wednesday afternoon, , July 9th. The Y. W. A.'s will meet with the j Misses Agner next third Sunday af-;, ternoon. Misses Mamie Bussey, Ber-! tha Parkman, Lullie Timmerman and Sadie Dow will arrange the program. It has been suggested they have a specially invited speaker at this meet ing. Dr. Watts held quite an instructive . meeting at Red Hill the first of last week in behalf of graded Sunday Schools, there being much interest on the part of the young ladies of the church, half a dozen of them being contestants for diplomas in beginning the study of the Sunday School Man- ; ual. The following are the contest- j ants: Misses Essie Bussey, Sallie Smith, Lydia and Mamie Holmes, ! Pearle Quarles and Mrs. Kesterson. . Miss Gladys Davis of Statesboro, , Ga., returns to her home Wednesday ] after several weeks' visit here among j relatives and friends. The thoughtful and sweet man- j ners of little Aileen and Broadus ] Youngblood made warm friends for ? them during a recent visit in our i midst. -, Mrs. Fannie Belle Cobia was cor- J dially greeted by her old friends last Sunday having, done faithful School work among us. She has made warm friends in Flat Rock district. Mrs. Mary Burton from Pleasant Lane is visiting her son, Mr. Will Burton. Mr. Jack Bradley of McCormick came down to see Mrs. Bradley and little son who are now with her sis ter, Mrs. Eva Bussey.. Mr. John Agner and Miss Roberta Bailey gave their friends quite a big surprise last Saturday by quietly go ing to Edgefield, obtaining the mar riage license and having Dr. Lee per form the ceremony which made them life companions. Their friends* ex tend many good wishes to them. Red Letter Day at Dothan Church. The Advertiser is pleased to be able to publish an account of this in teresting occasion sent by a friend. To celebrate the birthdays of Mrs. Levy Reece and Mr. H. H. Scott, Sr., the two families planned a surprise for their mother and father. On Sat urday, June 28, Mrs. Reece was 75 year old, and Mr. Scott, 76. A few relatives and friends, weie invited to an old fashioned barbecue which was cooked by H. H. Scott, Jr., and what a fine cook he is. The meat was a credit to his skill. If any has ever been better, we have failed to partake of it. All vied with each other in do ing homage to the Lion and gentle looking Lioness. All of Mr. Scott's immediate fam ily were present, except Mrs. McKie Scott and two grand sons who are in U. S. Navy, there being four gener ations of Scotts and three H. H. Scott. Mrs. Reece was not so fortunate, as a -married daughter and family al so a son and his wife were absent, which-of course, wafted a tiny cloud into what otherwise was ? perfect day. However this gentle ' mother, though she hadn't seen the daughter for a year arose above the disappoint ment and enjoyed the day with her friends. The long table in the grove groan-1 ed beneath the load of barbecued hash, salads, pickles, etc., also cake i of all kinds and quantities of cus- j tards. After all had eaten bountifully j there remained more than was con sumed. The Scotts and Reeces do ! nothing by halves. Mr. Scott is a veteran of the six- j ties, having enlisted at the tender age of sixteen and was appointed for the responsible position of scout for General Hampton which he filled for two years. A FRIEND. Luncheon to Students. The Young People's Societies of the churches of Edgefield entertained the students of the county just pre vious to the entertainment in the Opera House on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Tillman. The oc casion was a delightful one and an grea t disappointment that heavier rains at Johnston made it too unpro pitious for all the participants to at tend. For the reason that all could not do so, it was decided to repeat the entertainment at Johnston on Friday evening of this week at 9 o'clock in the School Auditorium.. Auction Sale of Land a Great Success. In spite of the heavy rains the auc tion sale of the Jackson land Friday by the South Atlantic Realty Com pany of Greenwood, was a great suc cess. The Parker place was with drawn by Mr. S. B. Nicholson. The bidding at times on the Jackson property was quite spirited. Several persons came away owning some of the lots who never thought of making a purchase when the sale opened. Mr. W. A. Strom and Mr. W. W. Fuller bought the house and several lots adjoining and Dr. A. R. Nicholson bought the store. Mr. Wallace Hilton bought several lots at a reasonable figure. While the property sold at ?ood prices, yet it is the current be lief that the new owners have their rooney's worth. It is probable that :he South Atlantic Realty Company will conduct other auction sales at Edgefield and vicinity. JUDGE ARTHUR SIMKINS. Sketch of the Life of This Rev olutionary Patriot Prepar ed by Mr. S. McG. Sim kins. When I was asked by the fair Daughters of the American Revolu tion, whose gentle hands have done so much to secure and preserve the sacred memories of the past, "and whose hearts are made of the patri otic sincerity, as a sovereig'n is made of gold," to make an address on this occasion, the subject of which would be one of my progenitors, I was as I am now, under that feeling of re pression which one who has any meas ure of commendable modesty in his soul, naturally feels in speaking of his own, and under this feeling of re straint r first declined, knowing that it would be more appropriate that an other not related or even connected with the Simkins family, ajid better fitted for the task, should have been selected for its performance. But my ?good and partial friends were per sistent and would not have it other wise? and casting aside what, in some measure may have been false modes ty, I am here to do their bidding; im perfectly, yes; yet if I know my heart, with a sense of consecration land proud to have some part in the patriotic utterances of this hour. ?This occasion is inspirational, and let me taen on this day devoted to the heroic past when the Revolu tionary struggle for liberty was on, tell in simple but truthful words the record of him whv/oe memory 'we are here to honor. We folks of Edgefield county just ly love the record of her people past and present, and we point w o to their doings in the dra history. We love to dwell M rious record of the Ajneric iii,- this great world-wide wai terday, the American" crusaia liberty, who hurried to the b. front of bleeding? France ahd'met supreme test of their duty and stake their lives to preserve American and a world's liberty. And the splendid part our noble women played in help ing to attain the plorious end! Then a few years back came the war with Spain, a little war, as wars are measured now, but its effect on the nation was great. The best of our youth North and South, went from shop and factory, from the corn fields of the North and cotton fields of the South and in noble and sacrificial ! deeds they responded to the call of their Country. I believe that this war did more to carry American civiliza tion, which, let us hope, is synony mous with Christian civilization, and the Cross of Christ, to the Orient than any other agency within the memory of the oldest. And then, how sweet the task and with what reverential love we do hon lor to the valor and memory, dead and alive of the Confederate Soldiers who fought under the Southern Cross, and composed as brave a band of heroes as ever marched beneath the burning stars of God. It is well and fitting for us to pay the tribute of our love to the boys and gallant soldiers but let us not for get the heroes of the Revolution, which was a war of colonists against a powerful monarchy, a war of home loving people against professional soldier's, veterans of a hundred battle fields. One has said, "The American soldier then was such as Paul Revere, who rode out under the silent stars through Lexington to Concord car rying the signal for the independence of a nation." They were men like those who "By the rude bridge that spanned the flood Their flag to April's breeze unfurled 'Twas there the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world." These were the men who, during the terrible winter of Valley Forge, lived on nothing but bread and water and of whom LeP'ayette wrote "They were in want of everything, they had neither coats, hats, shirts nor shoes and who left their bloody footpprints in the snow, and for the betterment of whose condition the historians tell us the Great Washington "stole away to kneel in agonizing prayer." They (Continued on page two)