Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 28, 1920, Image 5
Tribute to Mrs. Robert
Mims.
(Read by a member of the
man's Mission Society at their 1
ing on Friday afternoon at the
tist church.)
This morning as I sat at the b
fast table, I was thinking of the
happy home where children had
ed and the grand-children had j
ered and where there were al
enough loved ones and frienc
make good che?r, and now the h
is desolate and that, by the los
just one who dwelt therein,
thought came very forcibly to
mind, that the death of one pe
changes the whole world. The mc
thought of it, the more I believe
was true. Each one, whether grea
mediocre or small is such a par
some life or some interest that t
loss creates a decided differenc
what is and what may be.
For many years, as far back as
memory runs, the face and figur?
Mrs. Mims has been very familia:
me. I have faint recollections of
in my earliest childhood as she wc
pass our home on her way to Sun
School and to minister to the i
and suffering and carry them c
fort and solace. In the old chu
which stood in this same spot, I
member how she sat at the organ
those days when it was not such
easy natter to get an organist e1
for one of the old fashioned k
?nd especially such a faithful <
who nejver missed in rain or sunsh
or for what most people would hi
considered a genuine reason. At 1
revival meetings, I remember t
away back when I was seven ye;
old, when Dr. Luther Gwaltney v
conducting a revival servico and h
inspiring the singing was with 1
playing of the old organ and h
my own heart was thrilled as I det<
mined that I too, though so sm
would be a Christian. Later, wher
was ten years old and very ill wi
pneumonia, near death, they said,
remember how the presence of tl
sympathetic comforter charmed a:
cheered me. Somehow she had a ma
netism for me which I still recs
very vividly, and now it is all a mei
ory, her life and labors and associ
.tions of the past, but this memory
the connecting link between 01
. present and our reunion hereafter,
is what makes our associations ete
nal.
Through Sunday School, churc
prayer meeting and special meeting
?through more than forty years si
.made the music for the church se
vices from the time of the little ol
tumble organ till the great pipe oi
gan was finished and the Centennii
of the Edgefield Association was ce
ebrated. It was not many years ag
since her eyesight so failed that sh
could not read the notes, and if it ha
not been for hearing the music, sh
could have played on and on thoug
blind, so familiar was she with ever
metre and all that suited it. She irr
provised her own voluntaries and th
memory of these sweet harmonie
will go with me down the years
Every time another comrade alon,
the journey of life takes abode in th
netter land, we become more rem
iniscent, and more ready too, for tn
change ourselves, as more and mor
faces beckon us onward and upward
Shewas born in 1836 not far fron
the Pleasant Lane community wher<
she was reared and where her homi
was a centre of refinement and chee:
for all the people in that section
Rose Cottage is known by many wh(
have read the stories of the past anc
I have never passed there, the hous<
-Still standing today, without thinking
of the family who once lived there
of what I know of Dr. and Mrs. Johr
Lake and of his grandson, John Lake
.who labors in China today.
The golden anniversary of her mai
Tiage to Mr. Robert H. Mims was cel
ebrated in 1905, seven years before
"his death and her death came seven
years later. In the home in which
they both died, these two lived to
gether for fifty-seven years and were
always known for their devotion and
congeniality of disposition. Mrs.
Mims never lost interest in the affairs
of life. She was of unusual intelli
gence and culture and every detail of
public interest was a new centre of
thought for her. She was one of the
most interesting and accurate con
versationalists I have ever heard"and
had magnetism which never lost its
freshness even in her declining years.
She .also had a keen sense of humor
?and was full of enthusiasm in what
tever she undertook.
Her tired body was released from
its bondage near midnight just be
fore Christmas after several days
of little communication with those
.around her but doubtless in sweet
comradeship with the brighter sphere
?which God in His mercy has be
queathed to us and where He was pre
paring that mansion for her not made
with hands. She was a faithful mem
. Jber of the Mission Society ever since
it was organized, always lending her
co-operation and sympathy in every
thing which was undertaken.
INSURE YOUR LIFE
IN THE
ANCE
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COMPANY OF
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and Progressive.
Gives you all the new forms of
Life Insurance and pays BIG DIVI
DENDS. Pays twice the amount if
death should occur by ACCIDENT.
Only conpany writing business in
Edgefield County that ever paid
$3,000.00 for a policy that called for
$1,500.00.
This amount was paid upon the
life of one of our best young men
who was drowned near Edgefield last
summer.
Young Man, Let us Talk to You
About a Policy in This Grand
Old Company To-day.
HARLING & BYRD, Agents,
At the Farmers Bank of Edgefield,
Edgefield, S. C.
FOR SALE: One second hand
?piano, in good condition. Apply at
The Advertiser Office.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I have procured the agency
for the Penn Mutual Life In
surance Company of Philadel
phia for Edgefield County.
This is a well known old line
company, purely mutual, with
lowest rates and highest cash,
loan and paid up values guar
anteed.
A Penn Mutual Premium,
less Penn Mutual Dividend,
purchasing a Penn Mutual Pol
icy, containing Penn Mutual
Values-make an Insurance
Proposition which, in the sum
of all benefits, is unsurpassed.
Can I not interest you?
M. B. TUCKER, Agent,
Edgefield, S. C.
The Penn Mutual Life Insur
ance Company of Philadel
phia.
Lumber for Sale!
I already have on the yard a
quantity of lumber cut to stan
dard dimensions which I can
deliver at once or I will cut as
desired when bill is submitted.
Will deliver lumber in Edge
field. Let me have your orders.
D. W. SMITH,
Edgefield, S. C., R. F. D. 2
Don't Ride on the High
Winds of Extravagance
You may be uprooted and blown away
in the blizzard's track. Probably you will
never know why.
Example is better than precept.
Don't lecture the youngsters on saving.
Start an account for yourself.
The Peoples Bank, Edgefield, S. G.
The home of service and where small deposits
are appreciated
TIRES and TUBES
We desire to inform auto owners that
we carry a complete line of "J. & D."
Tires and Tubes. We will be glad to
supply your needs.
We also carry a full line of parts and
repairs for cars and trucks. VVe make
a specialty of re-covering Ford tops.
MAKE YOUR OLD CAR
LOOK NEW
All repair work on automobiles and
trucks promptly done and guaranteed
to give satisfaction.
Lyon Brothers
Opposite Cantelou's Stables
NOTICE! NOTICE!
With no competition I paid for Lime $2.50 per
barrel. Now you can get lime from the same party,
with competion, at $2.10 per barrel. With lime
costing by the car $2.10 per barrel, with advance in
price by the car from 20 to 30 cents more than last
summer. So keep competition by giving me your
business.
j_E. S. JOHNSON_J
?
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Arguments We Rest Om* Case
YOU, the buyers, are the real builders of wagons. You put
the final Okay upon the use of certain materials and con
struction when you buy a wa^on containing them-und
refuse to buy a wagon that does not. Wc want to show you how
the Thornhill Wagon is built Upon a plaia statement cf facts
we are willing to rest our case. We believe thc Thornhill way
would ht your way if you should build a wagon.
For spo!:cs and axles tough cecond prowth highland hickory it
used For hubs and feliocs the sturdy whi:e oak is preferred.
This wood grow" upon the mountain side. The ground is hard
the climate severe. It has to ii?;h: i!or life. It has nearlytwice
the strength of oak ar.d hickory that grows under softer conditions.
Outdoors under shelter it remains for three to five years. Th?
sap dries ir. it, giving it a strength that's kin to steel
Full Circle Iron
Malleable Front Houri Plata
Trussed Bolsters and. Long Wear Beds
Bolsters Cant
^ang in Turning
In turning and backing up, with the ordi
tvary circle iron, which is only a halt circle,
Dlsters run off the end of the track and
iiang. It is difficult to make short turns and
back up. The Thornhill full circle iron
gives a continuous track on which the bol
sters can turn.
The gears of Thornhill wagons stay in line for
life. Instead of the usual front hound plate,
a hound plate of malleable ii on is used. It is
a metal jacket braced at eight points that
keeps gear? from ever getting out of line.
On the front bolsters of Thornhill wagons
are heavy iron platen running along top and
bottom-connected by rivets that run clear
through the bolster. Strength and lightness
are combined. Rear gears are strongly
ironed. There are braces on both top and
bottom that extend the full length of the
. hounds.
Solid trust bars extend the full length of thc
axles giving them double strength.
If you examine the beds of Thornhill
Wagons closely you will see at once thc
superiority cf the construction. The
bottoms are re-inforced over front and
rear bolsters.
Come in and examine this wagon for
yourself. We will take pleasure and
pride in showing you a Thornhill-The
wagon made of tough highland oak and
hickory-with features all others lack.
[610-S)
BETTIS CANTELOU
FOR SALE: Wannamaker's Pedi
greed Cleveland Big Boll Cotton
Seed. This strain advertised hy the
[Government in fight against boll
weevil. Write for prices.
. J. M. VANN,
Trenton, S. C.
l-28-2tpd
SALESMAN WANTED to solicit
orders for lubricating oils, greases
and paints. Salary or Commission.
Address
THE TODD OIL & PAINT CO.,
Cleveland, 0.
Abbeville-Greenwood Mu
tual Insurance Asso
ciation.
ORGANIZED 1892.
Property Insured $8,875,360
WRITE OR CALL on the under,
signed for any information you ma;
desire about our plan of insurance.
We insure your property against
destruction by
FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT
NING
and do BO cheaper than any Com?
pany in existence.
Remember, we are prepared to
prove to you that ours is the safest
and cheapest plan of insurance
known.
Our Association is now licensed
to write Insurance in' the counties
of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor
mick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda,
Richland, Lexington, Calhoun and
Spartanburg.
The officers are: Gen. J. Frases
Lyon, President, Columbia S. C..
J. R. Blake. Gen. Agent, Secty. and
Treas., Ureenwood, S. C.
DIRECTORS.
A. 0. Grant, Mt Carmel, S. C.
J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C.
J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C.
A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. G.
R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C.
J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C.
W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. N
W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C.
J. R. BLAKE,
GEN. AGT.
Greenwood, S. C.
January 1, 1920.
"TlrTcAT?rELW
Attorney at Law
Will Practice in All Coarto.
Office Over Store
of
REYNOLDS & PADGETT
Telephone No 103.
Vulcanizing
Service
Why buy new tubes and casings until
we see your old ones?
We can make them practically new. Our
service guaranteed to auto owners.
Ward & Hill
Back of Turner's Store and Near Sheppard Bros.' Office
V !
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