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VOL. 84 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1919 JOHNSTON LETTER. Large Attendance at Sunday School. Week of Prayer Observed. The Apol lo Music Club Met. The women of the Baptist church observed the 'week of prayer, each day there being a special object that they made a subject of study and prayer. In this society of over 100 members, there are 7 circles, and in each circle there was held a cottage prayer meeting each after noon except Thursday, which was held at the church, and at this time, the envelopes containing the offer ings were brought in to the heads of circles. The gift for State Missions was $225. The Y. W. A. met with the missionary society at this meet ing. All of the junior organizations made good gifts also. There was a large attendance at t*he Baptist Sunday School on Sun day. 235 being present. This was the beginning of the rally to bring more into the school and there were sever al new scholars. There were six of the cradle roll promoted to the Sunday School and each of these were presented with a Bible and certificate from the Sun day School. Mrs. Pickens Kinard and Mr. Quincy Kinard of Greenwood were visitors here last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Lott. Prof. W. F. Scott went to Monte cello last week to see his father, Dr. Scott, who had been quite sick and in the hospital in Columbia for treat ment. Mrs. P. C. Stevens as been visit ing in Saluda in the family of ber brother, Mr. Ira Carson. Mr. W. W. Satcher of North Au gusta was here during last week vis iting relatives. Mrs. F. M. Warren has been at Fruit Hill visiting her daughter, Mrs. Walter Allen'." " - Mr. J. T. Ayers of Columbia spent the week-end with Mr. Mark Toney. Mr Powell Harrison left on Friday to resume his-studies at the Citadel in Charleston. Mesdames J. M. Turner and B. T. Adams have been visiting Mrs. Wal ter Hendrix at Leesville. Mrs. Joe Cox returned last week from New York, being accompanied home by her husband, and is now much improved. Her many friends are delighted t<"> have her back again. Miss Annie Crouch is in Greenville this week for a visit and to hear Madam Schumann-Heink. Mr. James Huiet of Trilby Fla., has joined his family here who have been for some time with his mother, Mrs. Mamie Huiet. Every one is glad to grasp his and again. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren.Mr. Walter Warren and Miss Lizzie Wright are at home from a visit to relatives in Florida. Mrs. Strom and Mrs. Carcledge of Plum Branch have been fer a visit to their sister, Mrs. Irvin Reames. Mr. and Mrs. Josh Haltiwanger | and their daughter, Miss Grace Ha! tiwanger have been visiting relatives in Saluda. Miss Haltiwanger hasi been for sime time head nurse at the hospital in Charleston, and is at her home for a vacation. Rev. W. S. Brooke went to Pine Pleasant on Sunday to preach in the interest of the great 75 Million Cam paign. On Sunday evening, he and Dr. Lee of Edgefield Baptist church exchanged pulpits. It was a real pleasure to all here to have the priv ilege of hearing Dr. Lee and his dis course was listened to with keen in terest. He is a gifted and forceful speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Harney and Miss Shirley Montague of Jacksonville, Fla., and Miss Mary Robinson of Orlando, Fla., are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren. The first two named ladies are sisters of Mrs. Warren. Mrs. David Kellar has been at the bedside of her mother, in Greenville, who is quite sick. Mrs. Paul Perry and little Mary Caroline are visiting Mrs. Alice Cox. The little son of Mr. W. P. Cas sells has been quite sick during the week but is better now. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Branch has been ill at the home of the lat ter's mother, Mrs. Minnie Strother, but is thought to be improving. Mrs. Chas. Lamb returned last week from Ohio where she visited her sister, who is pleasantly remem bered here as Miss Flora Lott. Miss Will Johnson has returned from the University Hospital where she has been under treatment for 6 weeks. The Apollo Music Club met on Tuesday with Miss Emma Bouknight at "Mulberry Hill," which was the first of the season. It was delightful in every respect and each member entered into the work with a throb and glow that showed energy in the coming year's work. The fact that the vice-president, of this district, Mrs. C. P. Corn, is a member of the club is an incentive to good works. The members were glad to receive a "new member, Miss Frances Turner, and two more names were submitted, Misses Campbell and Thomas. The subject was "jazz" music, which proved highly interesting. The victrola gave illustrations of jazz music of the orchestra and band. There were papers read on the sub ject and piano and voice selections. The hostess served such an elabo rate repast, that it might be termed a 6 o'clock dinner. Messrs. Fred Parker, Judson Ready and Cephas Derrick, students of the South Carolina University, came home for the week-end. Vetch as a Winter Cover Crop. Clemson College, Sept. 29-Vetch is one of the best, if not the best, winter legumes for South Carolina conditions. It can be grown on any well drained land in the State, al though it does best when planted on the clay types of soil. Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) has been found to give the best results in this state? although there are sev eral other good varieties commonly grown. .-Because -of. the recumbent growth of vetch, the best results can be secured only when it is planted with some small grain. Appier or Fulghum oats, Red May or Boggs wheat, Abruzzi or Florida rye, and Beardless barley are recommended for this purpose. The seed bed must be thoroughly prepared before planting. The land can be prepared with either a disk harrow or a turn plow and after wards thoroughly harrowed with a smoothing harrow. When vetch is to be planted in cotton, all the prep aration that is necessary before planting, if the cotton has been well cultivated, is to run a 15-tooth cul tivator over the land. If vetch has never been grown on the land be fore, the seed will have to be inocu lated. Failure to do this will result in a failure to grow the crop. Two hundred to four hundred pounds of acid phosphate and 50 pounds of muriate are advised. 25 to 50 pounds of sodium nitrate ap plied early in the fail will give the plants a good start and result in a higher yield. Fifteen to twenty-five pounds of send is recommended when planted with a grain crop. Vetch, should be planted in South Carolina between October 1st and November 11th.-The grain crop and the vetch should be sown separately since the vetch seed and the grain seed cannot be mixed evenly. Vetch makes its principle growth in the early spring At that time ii may be pastured, bul care must be taken that the ground is not too wet as the physical condition of the soi will be greatly injured if pastured ir such a state. It should be kept ir mind that vetch is a legume anc that when the crop is turned undei it increases the nitrogen of the soi as well as the organic matter. If th< crop is grown with oats and cut foi hay, as much as three to three anc one-half tons can be secured fron good land in South Carolina. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup and whoop ing cough. From a small beginning ti its sale and use has extended to al parts of the United States and ti many foreign countries. This alon< is enough to convince one that it 1 a medicine of more than ordin?r; merit. Give it a trial and you wil find this to be the case. Help Save a Million Dollars. Clemson College, Sept. 29.-"Re^ ports received thus far indicate that cotton anthracnose, the fungus boll' rot of cotton, is even more wide-, spread and destructive this season! than heretofore," says Director H. W.Barre, of the South Carolina Ex periment Station. "During the past ten years the disease has caused an annual loss of more than a million dollars in South Carolina. The dis ease seems to be becoming more de structive from year to year, in spite' of the fact that the investigations conducted at the South Carolina Ex periment Station show that it can be prevented. "We have found that the fungus which causes anthracnose grows into the inside of the diseased 'bolls, at tacks the lint and seed, and grows into the soed. The fungus remains alive in such seed until they are planted and germinate an,d start to grow; then it attacks the seedlings. The disease remains alive on these stalks and attacks the bolls when they appear. In this way it is car ried in the seed and continues to spread from year to year. There is no way of curing a stalk of cotton after it once has anthrac no^e. The only thing that can be done is to protect the cotton next year. The first and most important step in this is to secure seed which are free from disease. It is best to secure seed for next year's planting from a field where there is no dis ease. If this is not possible, the next best thing h to pick cotton for seed from stalks which show no signs of disease and which are not near dis eased stalks. It is not safe to pick healthly looking bolls from stalks which have rotton bolls on them. Baraca Class' Supper. One of the livest organizati Edgefield is the Baraca class Baptist Sunday-.;, school w taught every Sunday morning R. G. Lee. It is a large class ana average attendance is large. On Oc tober 10 the .lass will give an oyster supper, concerning which the Calen dar of the Baptist church last Sun day had the following to say: "The Baraca class with its enroll ment of 120-cdd members has voted unanimously to have a big to-do of fellowship and Christian mingling the night of October 10th. That is Friday. On that night we want every fellow to come and bring a friend. It <may be some man friends you wish to bring. It may be your wife or mother or sister or sweetheart or some girl friend. Bring whomsoever you prefer to bring. The committee has announced to us that on that night three special things will be on the program: (a) Speech by some prominent speaker, (b) oysters any style you wish, (c) music by the Ba raca orchestra. "We know the speaker will bring us a good message. We know the oys ters will be fine. We know the orches tra will give us some good music, for they have already been practicing for the occasion. Besides this the quartette which sang so beautifully the other night will he asked to get together and give us some selections. You will miss a treat if you are not there. You already miss a treat and a blessing if you do not meet with the class on Sundays. Come that night. Bring a friend. Each member of the class has the privilege of being there himself and having a friend." Interesting Figures. Did you make a study of the fig ures shown in the statements of the six banks in the county published in The Advertiser last week? The peo ple of the county have on deposit in the banks the large sum of 81,723, 832.84 and they have borrowed from the banks the large sum of $2,482, 616.95. Verp soon the deposit figures will steadily increase, as farmers realize from the sale of their pro duce, and the amount of loans will steadily decrease. As we stated last week, the banks of the county are well managed and are the pride of the county. Very soon another; the Peoples Bank, located at Edgefield, will be added to the list of banks in the county. A call has been made to the stockholders to pay 20 per cent, of their stock in this bank by Octo ber 10. Campaign Progressing Well. ^Greenville, Sept. 27 (Special) !|The work of preparation for the Baptist 75 Million Campaign is pro gressing wonderfully. Interest is iCr;<).ving in every section of the St?te, and the demand for literature ?n'd special speakers is simply over ?ynelming, but we are meeting this demand with an unusual degree of su'?c?ss." *$This was the statement made at |&te campaign headquarters here to ?t?rV. by Dr. Thomas J. Watts, publici ty director of the drive for South Carolina. ?? "Hundreds of ministers and lay men over the state stand ready at a moment's call to assist in the work of the^best of their ability," Dr. Watts said, "and I feel that the quota of the state will be attained before the B?? of Victory Week, Nov. 30 to ?Kember 7, during which time ac tual canvassing will be done." Lumber Business Increasing. h:??he number of lumber wagons driving into Edgefield has been large for" some time and the number is likely to increase, as the saw mills are increasing. A gentleman, who seemed to be informed, stated to the writer yesterday that the average person does not realize how many saw mills are now in operation in the county. He said the number is not faT from forty. Who ever thought that the lumber business would be attie such an important enterprise mfthe county? It is well that there ir*;other sources of money besides :ot*on just at this time. The lumber incests will help business during :h?. period of adjustment, if the boll weevils are to march upon us as vig yias did the Germans in their toward Paris. Would that a *_--a...j ii.. ---.iVn?i . . sther [food example in road building. Mr. W. G. Wells was in Edgefield Mon day and told The Advertiser's repre sentative that Another meeting of :itizens of Colliers will be held to day to make further plans for om proving the Martin Town road. Mr. Wells said the Colliers people have gone at the undertaking in a busi ness-like way by appointing a fi nance committee, a secretary and treasurer. No funds are to be paid out until the work is inspected and found to be well done. Already the citizens, from the money they con tributed, have purchased and hauled lumber for rebuilding the bridge at Mill creek. Mr. Broadwater, the su pervisor, will take one of his road working squads down on the Martin Town road and do much of the heavy work, such as laying out new roads around hills, etc. The people of Col liers can not be commended too high ly for taking the iniative in road building, contributing generously themselves and also soliciting sub scriptions from others who are inter ested in'improving this road, one of the main arteries. Who Was the Pr?vale Soldier and What Did He Do? When I use the word, private sol dier, I mean the rank and file on the firing line. The man behind the gun is the greatest man. The private sol dier is a necessary and distinct char acter in every age and every civili zation. In the earliest records we have of any people we find among them the soldier, in war to fight, in peace to watch; in war to labor, in peace to wait. He was a product of natural evolving conditions of the world. He was produced for a dis tinct purpose and labored for a defi nite end. The private soldier was never free from the responsibilities inposed by the nation or tribe. In war, a soldier, in peace, a citizen. He was every where in every land in every time. No civilization has a history without the soldier. So it seems that the sol dier is a great economic plan of crea tion. He is but a tattered atom, no rank, no recognition, no future save hope of success. Why notice him? I will say he was the eye and ear, the arm and body of the service. He was the first to hear, first to see, first to meet and last to leave the enemy. The value of his service was first heard upon the outpost and with lightning speed it was taken up by the skirmish line and ceased only when victory took his place. His breast-bore the shock of battle while his strong arm planted the col ors upon parapets shot-raked, shell sown and reached only by hearts of gold and nerves of steel. It was the private soldier, the man behind the gun that carried the gen erals' plans to success, from which was woven an additional star to adorn his uniform, and thus brighten his history. It was the private that kept watch while his commander slept and it is he who occupies the mounds that mark the spot where contending armies met in battle ar ray. He rests where he fell, his face to the foe, and was wrapped in the winding sheet of the nation's love in an unknown grave on the field his valor had won. Love and patriotism have embalm ed him. From the general commanding, down to the company commanders, the private soldier was looked to and relied upon for information regard ing the location, number and move ment of the enemy. His alertness, endurance and nerve were put to the test. The forced march, sleepless hours, scant rations, the summer's heat and winter's cold, the roar of ;runs, the shriek of shells, the rattle of musketry and the groans of the dying were his constant companions. To be continued. J. Russell Wrigt. Great Day at Red Oak Grove. On Sunday last, the Sunday school I and "Woman's Mission society, Y. W. A..'s and Sunbeams observed togeth er the State Mission Day program, me Iliucbiiig noa . rus of the Sunbeams and then a ui-1 ble quiz was conducted by Mrs. J. j I. Griffis, responded to by the Sun-1 day school pupils. A lovely exercise representing our State and the different needs of State Missions was given by Misses Clela and Marie Agner and Bertha r?r':man, Perry Hamilton, Clifford Dow, Henry Timmerman, Misses Lullie and Maggie Agner and Kath leen Kenrick.Three little boys, Lewis and Boyd Agner and Claude Clegg, five little folks, Allie Dov/, Lizzie Agner, Sarah Parkman, Crafton Tim merman and T. J. Dorn. Collections were'taken from each department and were so generous as to show that Red Oak GroveNis al ready looking forward to going over the top in the 75 Million Campaign, all the collection going to State Mis sions. The collectors for the envelopes and the Sunday school were Misses Bertha Parkman, Clela Agenr and Sadie Dow. A splendid paper was read by Miro Mamie Bussey, the subject being "A challenge to the Y. W. A." Afetr the program was finished Mr. Timmerman gave a very cordial invitation to all the people to dinner which was served out under the oaks. This gave the friends an opportunity to meet and have pleasant conversa tion. When the meeting was called to gether again, Mr. J. L. Mims was called upon to make an address on the 75 Million. At the close, it was announced that the Campaign song, "Millions for 'the Master" be sung, copies having been brought to the meeting for this purpose. Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman acted as organist for the afternoon session, and this song was sung by the congre gation with great enthusiasm. While it was being sung Rev. and Mrs. Kes terson of Red Hill came in and this good brother knowing how to sing as well as preach, added greatly in making it ring. At the close of the song, he made a strong oddress on the 75 Million Campaign. MRS. J. L. MIMS. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordin?r* Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c. DIVISION MEETING. Ladies of First Division Held Missionary Rally at Edge field Thursday. Large Attendance. The churches of the first division W. M. U. held their meeting at Edge field on Thursday of last week, ob serving State Mission Day, by all the grades of societies at the same time. The division president, Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, called the meeting .to order and delegates reported from Edge field, Berea and Stevens Creek. Mrs. Cogburn made a very helpful talk to the merr.bers of the division present and Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth, presi dent of the Edgefield society, presid ed over the State Mission program. Mrs. W. A. Byrd read.an interest ing article from Home and Foreign Fields on the great need for State Mission work in our own common wealth. One-m:nute talks were made by Mrs. E. J. Norris on How South Car olina's contribution to the 75 MilLjn will help Connie Maxwell Orphanage, Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman on How it will help Christian Education; Mrs. Abner Broadwater, the Baptist Hos pital and Mrs. J. L. Mims, the Aged 1 Ministers. Dr. R. G. Lee made a magnificent address on the 75 Million Campaign and at the close, dinner was an nounced ?'.nd all the visitors and all the local Mission'society, Young Wo I man's Auxiliary, Royal Ambassadors, Girls' Auxiliary and Sunbeams were invited to partake of the meal which was bountifully spread in the church dining room. I After dinner the R. A. chapter came in as a processional and occu pying the choir with . Miss Helen Mrs. A. B. Carwde nau charge of this session and made a talk on the Y. W. A. and the 75 Million Cam paign. . Miss Florence Mims conducted the Y. W. A. devotions and gave the Y. W., A. reason for believing in the 75 Million. The Girls' Auxiliary gave a beau tiful pageant showing the Christian womanhodd of the world giving the light to the heathen womanhood of the world. The Sunbeam session was under the leadership of Mrs. Tillman. Miss Gladys Lyon having trained the local society to carry out the State Mis sion program, which was beautifully done. Mrs. Tillman called the roll of societies, some of whom answered by giving their reason for believing in the 75 Million. Miss Miriam Norris sang a beauti ful selection in the morning and the music of Mrs. Carwile and Mrs. Lee added greatly to the occasion. It was a great joy ~o see so many friends from Stevens Creek, that church be ing most largely represented. NOTICE. The drive for raising Edgefield county's quota of the State Memo rial Fund for the erection of a Me morial Building at State Capital in honor of the men and women who served iii the recent World War has begun, and I now make an earnest appeal to each and every member of the various committees appointed to aid in this work, and whose names have been set forth in the county pa pers for several issues thereof, to" help me in obtaining subscriptions to this cause. I shall appreciate your co-operation and assistance. Thc question v/ith us is-Shall we permit History to denominate our county as a DELINQUENT in the final discharge of its duty to its sons and daughters who contributed their services and lives to the VICTORY, which we now enjoy? We have never been so dnonnnated, shall we now? Pride dictates to the contrary. J. H. CANTELOU, County Chairman, j Cures Old Sores, other Remedias Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of bow long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Healr at the same time. 2}',50c. }\J#