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@l BH BB Mir HH MB ?Buf BB HR SH ' gSflBaWL BBS BO IBS I MBms^ BM EB BB 19BV^9E HB Bli /l y i ? ' I BBV V H 91 HsL y BB' Bi ^KSI?J iMBSff BM H I fl I WW / H& BB i fl Jr I . fl I * VOL. 84 '^/^ EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5.1919 N0 35 JOHNSTON LETTER. Frances Willard Day Observed in School. Emily Geiger Chapter Met With Mrs. Mobley. Last year the Legislature set aside the birthday of Frances E. "Willard for observance in the schools of this state. There are now ten states that have taken such action and are hon oring the memory of this great pio neer worker in the cause of temper ance. On last Friday the Johnston High School observed this day in a beautiful manner, and the life and causes for which Miss Willard work ejif-were deeply impressed on the fininds of the pupils. A splendid pro gram was carried out. Miss Helen Wright has accepted a school near Saluda and has entered upon her duties. Mr. Graves Cooner of Batesburg, was here on Sunday and spoke in in terest of the great campaign at the Baptist church. The friends of Mrs. John Mobley will regret to know of her illness at the Columbia Hospital. She was op erated on last Wednesday and her| condition is as well as could be ex pected. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Cheste.r arriv ed from their honeymoon and after I a visit in the home of the brides' L father, Mr. W. M. Wright, will go to ' Augusta, where they will make their home. j Mrs. David Kellar has gone to Greenville to see her mother. Miss Maude Sawyer sprent last week in Aiken with her sister, Mrs. Henry Clark. Mr. and Mrs. David Phillips and family of Springfield, are guests of Mrs. Mary Waters. ~*""*mr*~?t. > Mr. A. B. Lott w?n. - i- *ood on Tuesday to atteno???^ ? iiage ; Miss. N^a .Qc/tejo Yr. vVubi\r_ Wat irinsi the gr .vam being ii cousin bf his. Mr. Wallis has recently return-j ed from France. Mr. and Mrs. George Golphin and Mrs. Watkins of Nine cy Six, have been guest? in the home cf Mr. ai?d Mrs. Albert Lott. Mr. Claude Lott, who was quite ill Sast week is now able to be out again. Iis condition was such that arrange nents were made to have him carried o the hospital, but there was a hange for the better and he was reated at home. Miss Mary Waters who is teaching ear North Augusta, spent the week nd here with the home folks. The Basket Ball team of North ugusta High School and the team f the Johnston High School had a ost exciting game here on Friday 'ternoon, the latter winning by a g score. Y ne Baseball team of the Johnston igh School crossed bats here last eek with the team from Columbia igh School, Columbia winning. There was much cordial interest entered in the marriage of one of ohnston's most esteemed and belov d young men, Mr. John Fleming] arsh to Miss Lois Thayer Kerna han, which took place on Wednes ay of this week at the home of the ride at Batesburg. Following the eremony an elegant reception was ad and there were quite 'a number | om here to attend. The New Century club met with rs. J. L. Walker x>n Tuesday after on and all were entertained most rdially, punch being served as the mbers and guests arrived. Reports ng business were interesting, ere was $21.50 in the savings de ment and $13.00 in open ac nt, and $10.00 for library pur ses . A box of books had been sent the Girls' Industrial school at mpobello. [The subject of the program was he Jew," and a good program was L ""ollowing the program all enjoyed ?ainty salad course with iced tea. fesdames W. J. Hatcher and P. iStevens wen:, to Sumter on Tues to attend the State W. M. U. an il convention. liss Gladys Price is at home from fisit to her sister, Mrs. Te.igue :e, ii. Augusta. Irs. W. S. Mobley was hostess for Emily Geiger chapter D. A. R., [Monday afternoon. Two new ibers were received at this time, Mrs. J, W. Stirnen and Mrs. Joe Cox, this being four additions since the resuming of activities. The chapter was glad to learn that it was 100 per cent for gifts to Til laloy and Liberty Loan. Some time ago, one of the mem bers, Mrs. J. Neil Lott, asked the chapter to name her new home, and all the members gave in names for her to choose from. At this meeting she stated that she had chosen "Fair haven." The memorial tree, to the boys who gave their lives for our country will be planted on the grounds of "Fairhaven." The planting of the tree was the suggestion of the his torian, Mrs. O. D. Black, and the chapter instructed her to order the tree. The coming conference was dis cussed and the regent, Mrs. Scott, being unable to attend, Miss Fran ces Turner was appointed to repre sent her. A splendid program was had on South Carolina's Part in the Revo lution," closing with a duet by Miss es Frances Turner and Bettie Wa ters. The hostess served a delicious re past. The friends of Prof. Scott deeply sympathize with him in the death of his fahter, Dr. Scott, which occurred on Sunday morning at the hospital in Columbia. Dr. Scott had been sick for some time. Prof. Scott was with his fath er at the time of his death and dur ing his illness several times. Mrs. Scott and little boys left on Sunday afternoon for Montecello, the home of Dr. Scott to attend the funeral. -/ . ?: ? . v ' .?# - '-* ? . ? ?U Day Meeting at Republican Rep'-?-lican church is one of our. mc: . .<. 1 obasr " situated! ?j^:,v. .j . \ . grr^v ?v !?4t|ft] . and the church is o; ? ? as it does just by the Mar?,, road. This church, along with Anti och and Red Hill, has just called Rev. Mr. Barnes of Kingsburg, as pastor. Sunday morning, Rev. Mr. Kester son preached a fine sermon on the 75 Million Campaign, making every point plain to the hearers in refer ence to the great undertaking. After the sermon and some good music by the choir, Mrs. D. T. Math is, Jr., acting as organist, the meet ing adjourned for dinner, where un der the lovely old trees the hos table and kindly people of this com munity dispensed their generosity. While the dinner was being served, Dr Lee, Messrs. A. A. Edmunds and W. E. Lott, who had come from Edge field after the morning service, ar rived, having been brought from Edgefield by Mr. Thomas Adams of Colliers. Afte the recess, the Sunbeams and Girls' Auxiliary of Republican gave the Victory pageant, showing the va rious ways in which the cause will be aided. Many little girls and boys took part in this under the direction of Mrs. W. 0. Whatley and Mrs. W. G. Wells, leaders of the Girls' Auxil iary and the Sunbeam society. Rev Mr. Kesterson, before the close of the morning service, had a conference of the church at which time the clerk, Mr. Murphy Miller, read the minutes and a collection was taken to help repair the roof of the parsonage at Red Hill. The house which is now occupied by Rev. Mr. Kesterson is owned by Rev. J. T. Littlejohn. Mr. Frank West has of fered the three church es a lot cen trally located which the members hope to accept and build upon it a parsonage for the use of the pastor for this field. Mr. Kesterson introduced Mr. W. E. Lott who spoke first on the 75 Million Campaign and then Dr. R. G. Lee gave his address as associational organizer At the clcse, cards were distributed and pledges made amount ing to the full amount of $4,000 ap portioned to Republican, lacking a small amount which will be secured from those who were not present. MRS. J. L. MIMS. REWARD: I will pay a reward of $25 dollars for evidence to convict the party who took a new Fisk tire 32x4 from the rear of my Chalmers car Sunday afternoon between 5:30 and 8:00 o'clock. EDGAR STROTHER. Three Hundred Thousand Coal Miners Quit Work. Chicago, Oct. 31.-Bituminous coal fields of the nation to-night w?re in the grip of a strike effective at midnight which leaders of the un ion miners declared already had seen more than 377,000 of their members out of -the works to remain out un till the strike should be settled. Thou sands more of the miners whose whole number is roughly placed at 500,000 would be out tomorrow they said. The men already on strike, the leaders reported, were those who had left the mines today, taking th?ir tools with them. Reports from the soft coal fields were very incomplete tonight and even the. union leaders agreed to wait until tomorrow before being able definitely to know the number pf men who had obeyed the strike call. But in almost every in stance, the miners' spokesman assert ed that the tieup of the mines would be virtually complete although the unions will leave a sufficient number of men in the mines to man the pumps and keep the property in shape for resumption of work when the strike shall be ended. Some un ion leaders refused to talk on ac count of the restraining order issued at Indianapolis. Reports to the union leaders to night indicated that the bulk of the miners in the great producing re gions of Pennsylvania, ?West Vir ginia, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Colorado, Kansas, Montana and Wy oming had left the mines at.the close of the day shift to remain on a strike. But with the strike officially start ing at midnight, tomorrow being vir tually a holiday in coal mining, and Sunday also a day of non-production, it was generally conceded that not befr- ? 1?...- .?1. . . . -J ? ..lilf.'-tl'-Wl'il'i- *. ' will know to what extent they will, be able to operate if they should decide to attempt actual mining work . The following table by states of men who left the mines today and to night to obey the strike call is based on reports, in most instances esti mated, received by the union leaders throughout the country: Arkansas, 1,000. Colorado, 5,000 Illinois, 80,000. Indiana, 25,000 Iowa, 14.000 Kansas, 12,000. Kentucky, 30,000. Maryland, 1,800. Michigan, 2,400. Mississippi, 1,000. Montana, 4,000. New Mexico, 300. North Dakota, 1,000. . Ohio, 40,000. Oklahoma, 8,000. Pennsylvania, 100,000. Tennessee, 2,000 Utah, 1,000 Washington, 6,000. West Virginia, 40,000. Wyoming, 5,000. While no reports were available from Alabama, Texas and Virginia, union leaders said there were num bes of men on strike and thousands would be out tomorrow in the South ern fields. WThat tomorrow's reports would show the union chiefs said, they were unable to predict, except that the strike would be of so vast an extent as to paralyze production of bitumi nous coal. Marsh-Willis. Mr .and Mrs S. B. Marsh have an nounced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Annie Marie, to Mr. Perry Dalphus Willis of Gaffney. A Good Cough Medicine for Children Mrs. J. W. Phillips, Redon, Ga., phoned to J. M. Floyd, the merchant there, for a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and said she had bought a bottle of it at his store re cently and that it was doing her chil dren so much good that she wanted to keep up the treatment. You will find nothing better for coughs and colds in children or for yourself. It keeps the cough loose, expectoration easy and soon frees the system from the cold. MisM Florence Mims Writes . ||j From Boston. Deailadvertiser: 'Probably there is a reason even backibi the literary advantages, why so ??hy students return year after year 'io ' Boston to study instead of seeking elsewhere. There are many plaies where students can meet each other-^or a social good time. One of these ? places is the First Baptist church, where every Sunday evening a social club for students is held. ? -, . Ou^Thursday evening one of these socials was developed into a Hallo we'en^ party. . It seems- that the Hallowe'en cus tom'i's a very old and really admir able-one. In the old world the Pagans used ii to celebrate it at the end of s?mm?r as a thanksgiving to the sun for having ripened the grain and fruit. The Druids ' also celebrated this occasion and the reason the black cat figur?s,' so much in evidence at the Hallowe'en time is because the Dru ids thought of it as a sacred animal. Tho day wa s first observed in the fourth century when the Christians were no longer persecuted, and they named the time for the saints and called^ it All Hallows or All Saints Day for there were, of course, too manr?saints for them each to have a special celebration. ' ' Ireland has a specific Hallowe'en literature and Japan, France and others"* countries, continue to cele brate?^ Though, little observed dur ing our Colonial period, the custom is now growing. The day is but a fore runner of Thanksgiving, both occa sions rejoicing over the harvest of plenty in the land. 'Tale' tapirs glimmer in the sky, Thejpead and dying leaves go by; Dimfy across the faded green Stra- ge shadows, stranger shades H^WKF^ ????? .'"Th? ; . " . thc i'V-v-r K.-., all sorts ? ... , . ? . We sang, played games and hid our fortunes told, and at last were led by several ghosts to the basement of the church which was most sepulchral as the ghosts shrieked at us in the dim light and finally led us into a huge hall where appropriate Hallowe'en refreshments were served. The evening closed as we all sat around a fire in a huge circle and heard the pastor of the church, the Rec. Newton C. Fetler, play the gui tar, sing and tell ghost stories. I thought, "what a great thing it is that the church, not the dance hall, is being transformed into a whole some, uplifting place of amusement, that the modern church has learned that religion has lost some of its traditional long facedness, and is now taking on a more cheery spirit that it may draw nearer to the stu dent, the future thinking citizen of tomorrow. FLORENCE MIMS. 142 Hemenway St., Boston, Mass. Statement by Dr. John R.Mott. Under date of October 21st, Dr. John R. Mott, General Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Associa tions of North America, sends the following wire from New York: "I am greatly surprised to learn that notwithstnading my previous statements on three important sub jects my attitude, belief and prac tice are still misunderstood. Request, therefore, that you give widest im mediate publicity to the following statement : FIRST-Today as always I believe in the Providential character and mis sion of our Evangelical Christian De nominations. I have never been iden tified with and have never counte nanced ?n organization or move ment which stands for breaking down denominations. On the con trary have devoted most of my thought and strength for over thirty (30) years in seeking to raise up leaders for the different denomina tions in their work at home, abroad and in other ways to strengthen the hands of these denominations. I be lieve in cooperation and in the one ness for which Christ prayed but this does not imply any weakening of de nominational integrity, loyalty and efficiency. I have not worked in the dark. My public utterances in all parts of the world during all these years largely on denominational plat forms and in the councils of trusted denominational leaders ought to make such misunderstandings impos sible. SECOND-Regarding Camp Pas tors, let me state that as a member of the Committee of Six, I opposed the proposed action regarding their withdrawal from camps. The minutes of the Committee and testimony of my colleagues corroborate this state ment. When I learned that I was be ing quoted to the contrary and this apparantly with support of War De partment, I called and entered pro test in person to War Department and was exonerated. Not only have I not opposed Camp Pastors but on the contrary have always instructed our Young Men's Christian Associa tion War Workers to give full sup port to all properly accredited Camp Pastors. THIRD- Regarding the charge that the Association minimized the religious side of its work, especially overseas, would state that our pur pose, policy and effort were to secure the exact opposite result. Notwith standing short comings and weakness in the work owing to inadequate leadership and other handicaps, this most vital part of the program be came increasingly prominent and ef fective. A larger number of pastors were sent overseas than of any other profession, not excepting reg ular Young Men's Christian Associa tion Secretaries. They numbered over fourteen hundred. They had a leading part in the control of the en tire movement with results of which we are proud. The charge that we did ? not devote relatively sufficient mon- J sy to religious work is absolutely i false and misleading because this iharge does not take account of the j iian Association wai vvorners over seas has come from writers, speak ers and others who charge that our work was too religious and in par ticular, too much in the hands of Evangelical denominational leader ship. (Signed) DR. JOHN R. MOTT. From the Agricultural Agent. A car of wire has been ordered for the Trenton farmers. Another will be ordered out soon. Probably three will go to this section. Edgefield should order out a car at once. Canvass will be made this week and .next for or ders. Those farmers who expect to have their wire shipped to Edgefield should see County Agent Carwile at once, as this order must be put in. There will be a sale of Aberdeen Angus cattle at the State Fair Grounds, November 7, 1919. Farmers interested in stocking with this breed of beef cattle should get in touch with Mr. Carwile in order to make the trip over to this sale. Greenwood is now in the weevil territory. There is no danger in sell ing seed on that market by the far mers of the upper part of this coun ty. The State Crop Pest Association has ruled that they may do so. Rhoda Royal Hippodrome Shows Coming. The above named shows will arrive in Edgefield on November 8th for their first time here. It will be a won7 derful feat for the show going peo ple, charming for eye and ear, and eclipsing all past amusement enter prises. Everywhere honored as a welcome guest, whose coming visit has been waited for, it will be a glo rious, glittering and entrancing ex hibition. You will see the best one ring performance ever given under a tent, a brilliant array of talent, male and female artists from all parts of the world, triumphantly advancing upon an overwhelming tide of super lative endorsement by an applauding press and satisfied public. All in one big ring, Rhoda Royal's Circus will appear twice daily on above day and dates. Free open air exhibition on grounds at 1 and 7 P. M. Perfor mances start at 2 and 8 P. M., rain or shine. No Law Prohibits Teacher Us ing Rod. Thi.t there is no law on the statute books of South Carolina prohibiting a teacher from inflicting corporal punishment on a disorderly school child is in substance the answer S. M. Wolfe,, attorney general of the state, has made to a letter asking for information on the point. Mr. Wolfe's reply in full is as fol lows: "Replying to your inquiry of the 27th instant I advise that the matter of disciplining a school is one for the board cf trustees and the teacher in charge to determine. There is no law on our statute books in this state prohibiting corporal punishment. If to compel obedience and to conform the pupils of the school to proper" de corum it is necessary in some in stances to resort to corporal punish ment, the law does not prohibit its be ing inflicted. A teacher in charge of pupils and responsible for their con duct while in the school at least is in loco parentis and has such a portion of the powers of the parent delegat ed to him may be necessary to an swer the purposes for which he is em ployed. "Of course if the teacher inflicts punishment which is wanton or mali cious in tts nature or which results from soma motive other than that of punishing the, child for some misde meanor in the school, the law would hold him responsible. It would like wise hold him responsible for punish ment which was brutal in its nature and out oi! proportion to the offense committed by the child. Where a pa rent objects to a child being made to conform to the regulations of the school as approved by the board of trustees, hu should be requested to withdraw bis chi?d and send it else where. . ' "If you williexcv^v^^^e^P - . .-?y own experience as a tea"' *hiit I adopted a sy . .*?.? 60 demer dered the offender subject to expul sion or corporal punishment and I always permitted the parent to indi cate to me either in writing or per sonally his or her desire as to the method of punishing the child. If they preferred expulsion, the child was forthwith expelled, if they said corporal punishment, the child was punished accordingly and retained in the school. This might be adopted as one means of getting around any possible objection on the part of con tentious and unreasonable patrons. As I have sail above, however, when ever corpora; punishment is admin istered it must be administered in reason and just what would consti tute this is a question of fact. The child should, above all things, be thoroughly cognizant of his offense. No child should be punished unless he is fully apprised of the offense for which he is being punished."-The State. ? " -?;" ; 'Edgefield Theatre Under New Management. Mr. Thomar, H.v Wall, the well known Augusta "movie man," has taken over the management of the Edgefield Theatre and patrons may look forward to a series of up-to date features. ? , Mr. Wall, who was Assistant Di rector of Cinema with the Y. M. C. A., in France has more than an av erage understanding of the moving picture world. It is confidently ex pected that wi?h such a knowledge, the Edgefield Theatre will prove a source of unending enjoyment. Pci tures will be run four times weekly,* Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Sat urdays, and as Mr. Wall remarked, "there will be no efforts spared to bring Edgefield into line with any other town in the social, educational and topical news of the world." Continuous musical accompani ment will render the pictures popular and more interesting. Every good luck to Mr. Wall in his new enter prise, and hopes that he may succeed as well on this side as he did for the boys in the trenches. LOST-A bla:k, folding pocket book containing $207.15. A liberal reward to finder of same. > JAMES TURNER, JR. \ Pleasant Lane, S. C.