VOL. 84
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31,1919
NO. 42
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Week of Prayer W?1 be Ob
served. Sudden Death of
Little Child on De
cember 16.
The W. M. S. of thc Baptist church
and the other auxiliaries, also will
observe the first week in January as
a special week of prayer. There will
be a special service each afternoon
except Wednesday, when the service
will be held instead of the regular
prayer service, this to be in charge
of the'Y. W. A. and G. A.
On Sunday, December 21st, at the
Baptist church, a large congregation
had the great pleasure of hearing
Rev. Leon M. Latimer, who has been
' pastor of the Parker Memorial Bap
tist church in Alabama. This church
is one of the best in the South, and
has recently contributed $112,303 to
the great campaign.
Mr. Latimer spent his boyhood
days here and it was a real joy to
every one, of whom all were his
frie. Js, to meet him again, and to
bear him preach. His message was a
beautiful and impressive one and all
were helped and comforted as they
listened to his theme on our follow
ing out God's plan in our lives.
After spending two days here with
his mother, Mrs. Susie M. Latimer,
he went to join his brother, Mr. Hugh
F. Latimer, who was in his way to
Johns Hopkins University for an op
eration.
A beautiful Christmas eve prayer
service was held at the Baptist
church and the birth of the Saviour
of the world and His mission was
deeply impressed upon all preseni.
"Silent Night" was given as a spe
cial musical number. After the meet
ing, many of the church members
surprised the pastor, Rev. Brooke
with a Christmas pounding.
On Christmas eve, a beautiful spir
it was manifested in several of the
good folk, who arranged, baskets of
fruits and Christmas goodies and
even some big stockings were filled,
o give brightness to the act, and
these were given to those in whose
homes so much Christmas cheer did
not abound. This was indeed, the
real spirit of Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brunson of
Augusta, spent a part of last week
here.
Mrs. Cobb of Union is expected
next week to visit her sifter, Mrs. W.
F. Scott.
Mrs. J. W. Mixson of Union and
Mrs .Rodgers of Bennnettsville, have
been guests in the home of Mrs. 0.
D. Black.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Blalock of Edge
field were visitors here on Sunday.
During the holidays, Mr. Artis
Price of this place and Miss West of
Batesburg, were married, and Mr.
Ed Johnson and Miss Holston of,
Edgefield were married. Both affairs
were quiet ones.
On Sunday, December 28th, Cupid
worked rapidly and there were three
marriages at'the parsonages, the
couples being young people of the
nearby community.
Mrs. M. E. Norris is spending a
while in Florida with relatives.
Miss Frances Turner spent the hol
idays in Timmonsville with Miss Lu
cile McLendon.
Misses Elliot and Gonya Hardy are
at home from Washington, D. C.,
where they hold positions.
Mr. and Mr.s John Fleming Marsh
will soon be domiciled in the resi
dence of Mrs. Annie B. Harrison.
Mrs. J. B. Haltiwanger of Charles
ton and Mrs. Scott of Monticello,
lOthers of Prof. and Mrs. W. F.
cott, spent the p?st two weeks here.
Mrs Martha Dorn, of Spartanburg
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dobey.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Pearce Ste
ens, of Florida, are here for a visit
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Lewis have
turned to Johnston to make their
ome, naving resided at Eureka last
ar.
Little George Lee Scott, the baby
y of Prof. and Mrs. William F.
ott died suddenly on Tuesday af
rnoon, December 16th. The little
e would have been two years old
December 30th.
Little George Lee had been play
during the afternoon with his
her, and later the two, with the
se, went out into the yard. While
ying he lost his breath, it seemed,
never regained it.
A physician was immediately sun
moned and he stated the child ha
died from heart failure. He had su:
fered similar attacks.
The deepest sympathy of ever
one, not only of the town, but til
community, was for the grief-stricl
en parents.
The little one was an unusual!
bright and atractive child, and ha
completely entwined its dear littl
self into the hearts of its fond pi
rents.
The funeral services were conducl
ed in the home on Thursday morr
ing by Rev. W. S. Brooke, who wa
assisted by Rev. David Kellar an
Rev. J. D. Kinard.
The little white casket was the:
borne out by the young gentleme:
of the High School and the internen
was made in the Mt. of Olives cerne
tery, and the precious form was plac
ed beneath a covering of lovely flow
ers. The little spirit was a rose hui
here, which the tender Shephen
wanted to blossom out in His owi
Kingdom.
Mr. and Mrs. David Crim havi
gone to Alabama to make their home
Mr. Raymond Sifley of Orange
burg is a welcome visitor here.
Mrs. J. H. Knight, of McBean, Ga.
has been the guest of Mrs. Georgi;
Turner.
Mrs. Leora Wright Simmons, whi
is Matron of Coker College, is her*
for a visit.
Mrs. J. F. Browne of Spartanburg
has been for a visit to her nieces
Mrs. Stirnen and Mrs. Howard.
For many years her husband wai
principal of the High School here
and her many friends gave her a cor
dial greeting.
Messrs. David and William Ouzti
have been for a visit to the home
folks.
Mr. J. A. Suber spent a few days
of the past week at Saluda with nh
parents.
Rev. and Mrs. David Kellar anc
family have gone to Greenville tc
visit Mrs. Kellar's mother.
. The members.-.of the. W.oman'i
Missionary Society of the Methodisl
church gave the little baby of Mrs
Kellar a beautiful carriage for s
Christmas gift.
Mrs. Kate Rushton Barr and fam
ily will soon move here and will oc
cupy the residence formerly occupied
by Mr. Olin Eidson, he with his fam
ily having moved to the home of his
father, Mr. J. D. Eidson, who is alone
since the death of his sister.
Mr. Fred Parker, Jr., has been
spending the holidays here and has
had visiting him two of his college
mates," Messrs. Crawford and Webb.
Miss Annie Stokes was a welcome
visitor here during the past week.
Little Annie, the baby of Mr. and
Mrs. James Cullum, has been quite
sick with pneumonia, but is now im
proving.
The many friends cf Miss Eliza
Mims will be gratified to know that
she continues to improve, having suf
fered an attack of pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Nickerson of
Augusta have been visiting their
mother, Mrs .Fannie Nickerson.
Mrs. Horace Wright of George
town is the guest of her sisters, the
Misses Sawyer.
Misses Eva and Jessie Rushton
spent their holidays here in the home
of their sister, Mrs. Olin Eidson.
Miss Louelle Norris of Columbia,
spent the week here.
Mrs. Huiet Waters and little
George are in Alexandria, Ala., vis
iting the former's mother.
Miss Annie Waters and Miss Bes
sie Plunkett of Augusta, were visit
ors here last week.
Master Willis Dozier invited about
twelve of his young friends to this
home on Christmas eve to enjoy a
Christmas tree party.- The tree was
beautiful and he gave everyone of
his friends a pretty gift, and it was a
happy surprise to him to find that
each of those present had placed a
gift on the tree for him.
There was a large family re-union
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. S.
Wertz, all of their ,children gather
ed under the home roof.
On Christmas eve the Mary Ann
Buie chapter, U. D. C., sent to Vet
eran W. S. Quattlebaum, who has
been paralyzed for several years, a
beautiful Christmas box of fruits.
Mrs. Eugene McAlpine and little
son, are visiting in the home of Dr.
S. G. Mobley. She was accompanied
by Miss Sarah Carwile, who has been
visiting her.
i , 'I
Miss Florence Mints Writes o
a Visit to Concord, Mass.
Dear Advertiser:
The famous spots of Revolution?r
interest are very unevenly distribu?
?ed; some little towns being marke
from one edge to the other with bal
tie fields or ancient taverns conned
ed with famous generals. One of th
most prominent of these in the com
monwealth of Massachusetts is Con
cord, a name poorly suited to it
fighting patriots of seventeen seven
ty-five.
Battle fields are generally barre:
fields, where one has to imagine, wit]
the help of a few historical facts
that here his ancestors made them
selves famous. I never expect to se'
anywhere a more delightful histor!
spot, even in the spring, than th
scene of the Concord battle at tb
Old North Bridge over which tradi
ti on says Paul Revere brought th'
news of the British approach. A love
ly shaded lane leads to a pleasan
spot surrounded by trees and dividei
by a stretch of water. On one side o:
the bridge the British were poste<
and on the other the Americans. I
lonely statue of a soldier with om
hand on his gun and the other on hi:
plow verifies the statement that tti<
men actually left their plows am
came to fight in the battles of tha
memorable time.
In the square was a quaint ol<
tavern built before seventeen seven
ty-five where we had lunch. On th<
nineteenth of April it was the head
quarters of Maj. Pitcairn . and hil
British troops. Here he uttered hil
famous saying, while stirring hil
toddy, that he would thus stir th<
American troops.
On the Concord square was i
statue of one of the famous minut<
men and a towering flag staff 01
which were the words "The birth
place of American liberty."
Concord is not only famous for it;
b^ttj.es^but for its authors, wbr>. alon<
would have made the "town prom!
nent. On one street alone were th(
homes of Hawthorne, Louisa Alcotl
and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Johr
Thoreau also an author was a native
of Concord. The graves of these foul
are placed in a most beautiful ceme
tery over rolling hills interspersec
with paths and covered with shrub
bery. I was impressed especially witl
the simple markers that denoted the
final resting place of these so worths
of a great monument.
The first normal school in America
was founded here on the fourth ol
July, eighteen thirty-nine with thret
pupils. The country is now so scatter
ed with them that no one thinks ol
attributing their beginning to Con
cord which seems to claim all the hon
ors of many different kinds.
Sight seers are very interesting
people to me, though I am ofter
among them and one of them, with
my pencil and hurried notes some
times written so that they can scarce
ly be read the day after I have writ
ten them. I sometimes wonder, too,
if the people who live under the shad
ow of battle fields or even those who
occupy these historic houses, get the
refreshing, exhilarating inspiration
of those who consider themselves
favored to oend a few hours and
glean a few facts that these residents
have known all their lives nor cared
perhaps to enjoy.
Just as great events sometimes
take on added significance as the
years pass over them, after time has
had the chance to give them their
rightful place in history, so is famil
iarity a breeder of contempt in the
instance of great places. Perhaps
those who walk the same streets that
Hawthorne trod see less wonder in
his wonder books and less interest in
his "Twice Told Tales" than those
who dream only of these scenes in
the midst of which he wrote.
FLORENCE MIMS.
142 Hemenway Street,
Boston, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. LaGrone and
children are at home from a visit to
relatives in Aiken.
Miss? Emmie Mitchell has gone to
Augusta to spent a while with her
niece, Mrs. Chester.
Miss Helen Lott entertained a
number of her young friends on Sat
urday afternoon with a Christmas
party, and every one had a very hap
py time.
WhatSouth Carolina Owes t<
Her Women.
;. The prosperity of a state does no
consist in the fertility of its soil, th<
richness of its mines and forests, th<
v?lue of its manufacturers, or the ex
tent of its commerce. . The wealth of i
state is in its men and women. Land;
and houses, mines and manufactur
ers, have value only when interprete*
in terms of human welfare. Barrel
seil is one thing and barren souls art
another and worse thing. Uncultiva
ie?. fields produce no wealth; uncul
tr-?ated men and women only scratel
the thin surface of life for small ex
i.s'sence. We come therefore, to tall
to:you about the human problems
We come with that problem limited
fo./ we propose to discuss briefly
what South Carolina owes to har wo
m?n. We confess that we come timid
lyi but at the same time we have the
consciousness of your interest anc
sympathy.
Woman's greatest influence is up
on social conditions. In proportion a:
her women are educated ard pro
tected, the state prospers. It seem?
to us therefore, that it is a vital mat
ter; when South Carolina is face tc
face with the question of the meas
urer of the privileges and opportuni
ties she shall extend to her women.
?In many respects, the laws ol
South Carolina in their particular re
lation to women hold an honorable
place among the laws of the othei
states of the Union. Broad and no
ble was the conception of the men oi
our'state when they made provision
forewoman's higher education by ad
mitting them to the University ol
Sooth Carolina. South Carolina
women already have a great numbei
of privileges that women in some
other states do not enjoy. A woman
may own real and personal property,
and 'sell or dispose of it as she pleas
es. If she he married she moy dispose
of 'her property without her hus
band's consent. But these laws rel.at
^^j_-wom.en^r were- enacted* many
years ago. They are "excellent as fai
as they go, but they do not go far
enough. Social conditions have been
completely revolutionized within the
I memory of those now living. Among
?the evidences of this revolution we
have but to recall that a vast numbul
!of women have been forced into the
'business world. They did not seek the
;turmoil of industry and most of them
I would have evaded it if they could
have done so, but the fact remains,
that every day increasing numbers
of women must go into the world of
business competing with men for the
bread of life. The sorrowful truth is,
that they are competing under whol
ly unequal advantages. If a woman,
through necessity is thrown upon
the world, then every opportunity
should be given her by her state tc
fight successfully the battle of life.
Deep in her heart the ambitious and
sincere woman says l'l am faint with
hunger and I must have bread. I can
not be deterred from doing my best
to earn it by the fear that some man
may fail to remove his hat in my pres
ence or will sit in a street car while
I hang on to a strap. If I must I can
do without a seat in the street car,
but I cannot do without bread." But
do we not wish the bread spre 1 with
butter? And sometimes we also like
a little marmalade! A way in which
South Carolina should protect her
women is by the enactment of a min
imum wage law. Fundamentally, hu
man beings are very much alike,
their fundamental needs do not vary
greatly in kind. There is a certain
minimum wage which, vary as it may
in different industries, should be fix
ed by law. Below that minimum
neither man nor woman can provide
for himself or herself the necessities
that keep life upon a higher plane
than just merely human. Standards
of living of course always vary. They
vary among communities and among
individuals in the same community.
Teaching is the lowest paid profes
sion in which men and women of
South Carolina enter. There are men
in the cities of our state who pay
their chauffeurs one hundred to one
hundred and fifty dollars per month,
while sincere, conscientious, well
trained and noble young women get
less than half as much to teach their
children. If anyone can see the jus
tice or intelligence in this he has the
gift of second sight. One day we shall
learn that there is justice in the plea
of women for equal pay for equal
work. Furthermore, South Carolina
owes it to herself, her men and esp?
cially to her women and children t
enforce the prohibition law. It i
worse than idle for men to talk aboi;
chivalry when they stand by and se
a woman's heart broken by the rui
of her husband or son. It is difficul
to see where the chivalry comes i
when the state allows so many thoi
sands of men and women to becom
physical and moral wrecks becaus
of alcohol. South Carolina owes it t
herself now and to the unborn gent
rations to protect herself from thi
curse. And if the women were give
a chance to help decide it they woul
put men into office who would er
force these laws. Also the pro-sui
fragists hold that a constituency o
voting women would have a very dil
ferent influence on the managemen
of cities, on the cleaning of th
streets, the building laws, the schoc
accomodatipns, the board of healtr
the general sanitary and moral con
ditions. The woman half of the com
munity, speaking generally, is moral
industrious, economical and devo?ei
to loving, disinterested service am
in consequence, claims to be an ad
vantage to the state as well as th
home.
Since the day the wily serpen
tempted Eve in the Garden of Edel
and beguiled her into eating the for
bidden fruit, woman has been man'
intellectual equal. And when sh<
gave some of the fruit unto her hus
band and he did eat and his eye:
opened, did he reproach her? Ah, no
We fancy he offered her a brand o:
flattery that was subtle and intoxi
eating. He must have told her tha
she was wise and intuitive; that sh<
was a marvel and a wonder."
Anent the scathing commentarj
of a distinguished South Carolins
Judge on woman suffrage and of wo
men serving on juries, we would saj
that the time is coming. Personally
we do not wish to serve on juries, bul
in every community there are num
bers of well-off, middle-aged women
?locally renowned"-for .-. their^SBK
horse sense and their kind hearts
women who are wise in the knowl
edge of the human heart and ripe ir
experience ; women to whom every
one who knows them goes for coun
sel and advice. These women woulc
make ideal jurors, who would bring
an unhurried, unworried attention tc
the consideration of a case submitted
'to them that is impossible to mer
j worried and troubled about theil
own affairs. Men universally asserl
'that they have never been able tc
learn even the a b c of feminine psy
chology, and that womankind is a rid
dle beyond their guessing. Realizing
this, men juries generally just throw
up their hands and give the problem
up when they are called upon to deal
with a woman criminal, and let hei
go scot free. This gives us those tra
vesties on justice that disgrace oui
courts, where after the prosecutoi
has spent weeks of time and hun
dreds of dollars in proving a woman
guilty of some crime, the jury brings
in a verdict of "not guilty" in the
face of overwhelming evidence to the
contrary. A woman jury would cor
rect this evil. A woman jury would
have no traditions of gallantry to up
hold, nor would it be affected by the
beauty of the defendant or consider
that the possession of blue eyes and
golden hair and a willowy figure
gave a lady a right to put poison in
her husband's coffee because she had
fallen in love with another man. And
a woman jury would possess the in
fallible recipe for testing a woman's
tears and telling when they were
genuine tears of grief or repentance
and when crocodile tears. Nor would
women juries be unduly harsh to
their sex. They would simply under
stand just what motives lay behind
every act that a woman committed.
They would simply judge her intelli
gently as men judge another man.
That women should be on the juries
that try cases that involve little chil
dren and erring.girls is self obvious.
They have an intuition that is a sort
of second sight in these matters and
that would enable them to dispense
justice with the wisdom of a Solo
mon.
Before the legislature of our state
the door of opportunity swings wide.
It is a new world of effort that lies
before them-to legislate for those
who having but recently entered the
industrial world has had as yet but
little thought bestowed upon them,
"Miss not thc occasion; by the fore
My Eightieth Mile-Post in Life.
I am, standing this morning at the
eightieth mile-post the 10th of De
cember in the year of our Lord 1919.
And with a grateful heart I can say
that I have a healthy body, a .sound
mind and a clear vision ; my vitality
is still strong, nothing I eat hurts me
and I can sleep as soundly as a lazy
negro. I hardly ever feel a pain or
ache, I have never had any protract
ed sickness in all these years. The
longest that I have ever suffered was
from the wounds received in the bul
let-showers of the battle field. And
as I stand by this eightieth post, my
mind is active, looking back when I
was a bare-foot bey, as I worked in
the cotton and cane. And the dear
old school days! What hallowed asso
ciations cluster there! Yes, we were
happy then and we loved each other
as .only school mates can love. But
memory holds them sacred. The old
school house has been torn down
and camed away and the wild briar
now marks the place where it stood.
The little spring where we went for
water has dried up, sweet wild daisies
grow in its bed. There are only three
or four of us living who so much en
joyed those dear old' school days at
the old field school, while a few of us
remain near the sacred spot where
the old school house Stood.
On the 24th day of April 1861,
when my company "G" volunteered
in Allen Kemp's old field for the war,
there were 105 men who went from
there to Virginia. Now I can call to
j memory only five of that grand old
Company "G" living.
During the blood? struggle of the
"sixties" I was wounded severely
three different times. I received my
third wound through the hip at the
j Wilderness on the 6th day of May,
j 1864 from which I suffered for
?months. On the 7th of August 1864,
il married (on my c ..' 'le's} ~~~ bf'''
the best women, thal i ever
?to man. We were' ? !
for forty years, and .. ... <
jf or ty.-year?. . the- an '
?came in the stillness
!hour and said to he.
?come up higher." And for sixteen
?years I have been battling alone with
the world, the flesh'and the devil, and
have often come through without the
smell of fire upon my garments.
As I look back to-day from this
mile-post, how well do I remember
the hopes of youth, when the blood
?in my veins leaped like quick silver,
?singing to me the sweet song of life,
and across the field of hope, sweet
zephyrs blew. Youth and hope poured
out their treasures at my feet, uncon
; quered lands shook out their banners
in my face, great sun-lit paths strewn
with passionate flowers, beckoning
me to come, but the gaily painted
boat in which I started out on life's
voyage that was such a brilliant one,
now lies rotting at the wharf. Youth
has gone and old age is here and
close behind me stalks a shadow
grim. I hear its foot steps more dis
tinctly every day and ^eel its icy
breath upon my cheek. My prayer to
God is, that I be kept from imbecility
and decrepitude, that I may retain
my vision and that "He will not leave
me in time of old age, nor forsake
me when my flesh faileth."
J. Russell Wright. ,
Facts About 1920. ">j
The year 1920 comprises the lat
ter part of the 144th and the begin-,
ning of the 145 year of American in
dependence, and corresponds to the
year 6633 of. the Julian period, the
year 5,681 of the Hebrew era begins
at sunset September 12; the year
2673 since the foundation of Rome
according to Varro; the year of
2580 of the Jananese era, and to the
9th year of the period entitled Tai
sho; the year 1339 of the Moham
medan era, or the era of the Hegira,
begins at sunset on September 14.
The first day of the year is the 2,
422,325th day since the commence
ment of the Julian period.-Colum
bia Record.
lock take
Thatv subtle power the never-halting
time,
Lest a mere moment's putting off
should make
Mischance almost as heavy as a
scrime."
SARAH RAINSFORD COLLETT.
The Advertiser $2.00 a year
in advance.