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EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21,1920 JOHNSTON LETTER Revival Services Well Att ed. Have Donned Ove alls. To Attend Con federate Reunion. The revival services which ar ing held in the Baptist church attended by very large audienc? fact, at nearly every service, < seat, as well as the gallery is i and the aisles are filled with cl Dr. R. G. Lee of Edgefield, who i sisting Rev. Brooke, is a wonde and most magnetic preacher, an every meeting great good is ac plished, in church members re secrating their lives to greater i for the Master. The merchants are all closing 1 stores for the morning services. Sunday afternoon a special sei was held for the men, and this w great meeting. The services will tinue through this week. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mobley rived last Friday for a visit to : Lillian Mobley, and are recer warm and hearty congratulad their marriage having been a ha event of the past week. The bride was Miss Williams Orangeburg and is a young wor of many beautiful traits of chara? and the groom is in every way v thy of his fair bride. Mrs. M. T. Siftley, of Orangeb and Miss Ella Mobley of Columl are also visiting their sister, anc happy family re-union is being h Mrs Marie Ware Shumate, Washington, D. C. is spending while here with her aunt, Mrs. W. Coleman. The institute of the W. M. U., the Ridge Association will be held Williston, on April 22. The delej tion from each association is i limited, so each church. is urged send as many as five delegates. The-institute will.last only for t day. Mrs. W.' J. Hatcher is ene the teachers in the institute. Miss Ruth Harris of Dearing, G is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. N. Lott. The many friends of Mr. 0. Wertz ae delighted that he is able be out again. Mr. Garland Coleman of Califo nia, arrived last week to visit h . mother, Mrs. W. L. Coleman. Mr. and Mrs Claude Wertz of C lumbia were visitors here this wee Mr. Bob Perry of Saluda is visi ing his sister, Mrs. Mary Hamilto: and niece, Mrs. Alive Cox. Quite a number of citizens hei have donned the overall, and wea ing tiis uniform at their places c business. Some think it a fine thin to do, some that to wear oid clothe already on hand, would be bette: and others that the overall movemer is a boom to the overall factory. Miss Mary Lewis of Meetin Street is visiting in the home of he aunt, Mrs. Willie Tompkins. Mr. J. Russell Wright has gone t Florida to spend a few months. Du ring the winter he was quite ill, am has not yet gained his strength, s his physician recommended this tri] as it might prove beneficial. Mrs. Harry Hamilton of Swoope Va., will arrive Thursday to spen< . a while with her mother, Mrs. Am Mobley. Rev. W. R. Brooke, of Virginii was here during the week, visiting in the home of his uncle, Rev. W. S Brooke.A call has been extended hin: from the three churches, Stevens Creek, Rocky Creek and Dry Creek, and on Sunday he preached at Rocky Creek. These churches have preach ing only twice a month and the same pastor has been supplying these. Mr. J. W. Marsh'has purchased a city block in Columbia between Lin coln and Gadsden streets and at an early date will have erected there a modern cotton warehouse. This cot ton firm will add business to the city. Mr. John Fleming Marsh is asso ciated with his father in this business and both are much pleased with the location, and the advantages offered by Columbia as a business centre. Mr. John F. Marsh has purchased from Mr. J. W. Tompkins, the resi dence on Pendleton street, and he and his wife hope to get possession in a few weeks. News has been received here of the death of Mr. W. M. Mayes, at his home at Punto Gordon, Fla. Several years ago, he with his daughter, Miss Willette Mayes made their home here for two years, and they made many warm friends. The annual State Re-union of the Confederate Veterans, meets in Sum ter about the first of May and a num ber of veterans are contemplating attending. Mrs. T. R. Denny and Mrs. A. P. Lewis attended the State Executive meeting of the W. C. T. U. which was held in Columbia" on Saturday. They invited the State convention to meet here, which will be sometime in September. Miss Bernice Black of Atlanta, is visiting in the home of her cousin, Mrs. Alice Cox. Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Schnell of Greenwich, Conn., have been here during the past week, other members of the family accompanying them, the trip being made in their car. Mrs. Schnell came to see about some improvements in the home place of which she purchased the in terest of her brothers, following the death of her mother, Mrs. Eleanor Ivey. Mrs. Schnell, who is remembered as Miss Ellie Ivey, has always held Johnston in warm affection, al though she has made her home else where for a number of years, but re tained the homeplace as she makes a visit here yearly. Big Movie Attraction. Owing to the more favorable weather conditions, Mr. Wall has contracted for a series of pictures which cannot be excelled at any of the leading theatres in the bigger towns, to be shown both here at the Edgefield Theatre and Johnston Theatre. The first of these, BLIND HUS BANDS, will be screened at John ston on Thursday the 22nd of April, and in Edgefield on-Friday 23rd of jJ April. This is a super-production and 1 is classed as one of the very best ever produced under the trade mark j of the Universal Jewel de Luxe Pro- ] ductions, which is sufficient in itself to mark the play as one worthy of everyone's attention. BLIND HUSBANDS was run at the Capitol Theatre in New York, the world's largest theatre, recently and created a great sensation which caus ed the picture to be held over for an additional week's run. Mr. Wall, since taking over the Edgefield and Johnston Theatres has endeavored to give the very best and he hopes that the patronage will be sufficient to warrant his continuing with his series of expensive contracts for super productions. The box office will be open at 7:45 p. m., promptly and show will begin sharply at 8:30, so that to ensure not missing a single moment of this wonderful picture. Be on time. Prices, for Adults 55c, and Chil dren 25c, plus War Tax. Postmaster Examination. At the request of the Postmaster General the United States Civil Ser vice Commission has announced an examination to be held at Augusta, Ga., on May 19, 1920, for the posi tion of postmaster at Johnston, S. C This office has an annual compensa tion of $1,700. To be eligible for this examination an applicant must be a citizen of the United States, must actually reside within the delivery of the office and have so resided at the time the pres ent vacancy occurred. Applicants must have reached their twenty-first but not their sixty fifth birthday on the date of the ex amination. Application Form 2241 and full in formation concerning the require ments of the examination may be se cured from the postmaster at the place of vacancy or from the Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Applications should be properly executed and filled out with the Commission at Washington, D. C., in time to arrange for the examina tion of the applicant. WANTED: At once, good honest, industrious young white man io d^ive .truck in town of Edgefield. V?'il"' pay good salary and furnish room. POSTOFFICE BOX HG. Edgefield, S. C. Miss Florence Mims Writes From Boston. Dear Advertiser: Several times almost every day, I pass Mrs. J. L. Gardner's famous Art Palace, which is just next door to my school. Today for the first time I had the pleasure of going through it, for it is open only three days every year. From the exterior it looks like some old European cas tle, surrounded by a wall. It is se vere and prison-like but with all the door-ways, windows and decorations in keeping with the foreign atmos phere. Two marble lions guard the door-way. This mornlrg there were many cars and some old carriages at the entrance, which were bringing many Boston aristocrats to this great art centre. Most of the treasures found on the inside came from Europe. Mrs. Gard ner was exempted from duty by(the government on these treasures pro vided she would let the public enter, every year and give the proceeds from the tickets to the government. There were many pictures by fa mous people and much antique fur niture. On the first floor, near the centre of the palace there was a love ly court filled with flnwers in full bloom, statuary and fountains. There were walks around this leading to i stairway on the right. This mounts cd up and up and led to great galler ies filled with tapestries, a little, chapel with a rich red and blue stain ed glass window and choice relics that are not often to be seen in or dinary museums. For all the sur roundings, the quaint fireplaces, the decorated ceilings, and splendid col sr schemes moke a more excellent jack ground for these treasures than ivhite walls of new and modern build ings. In one room you might imagine*! /ourself in Holland, in another, in ttaly..In. the. court -you -would'.almost Delieve yourself in fairyland. I always knew that something sim lar to the garden of Eden must lie oehind those stalwart stone barriers, out today they were burned awTy, md I shall always have a pleasur able sensation when I pass them here ifter on my way to school. ' FLORENCE MIMS. 142 Hemenway St., Boston, Mass. Cotton Growers Take Notice. Notice has been sent to W. A. Strom, president of the Edgefield county Cotton Association that there will be a rally at the Court House on Friday, April 23, beginning at ll a. m. This notice was sent out by Mr. R. M. Mixson, President of the South Carolina Cotton Association, who is striving to get the workings of the Association before the people of the State. The subjects of marketing of cotton through the association, of warehousing the cotton and many points vital to the interest of the cot ton producers of this county, will be discussed. Heretofore, Edgefield county has not taken the active part in the as sociation movement that it should have, but this is no reason why we should neglect this important move ment any longer. Some may question the benefits of such an organization, but we are here to say that the good to be derived from the Cotton Asso ciation depends on the interest put into it and the efforts put forth. As a good example of what the Asso ciation is doing, we cite you to Spar tanburg county, where they have built many warehouses to store their cotton and have arranged a credit system and spread the selling of the cotton over the entire twelve months of the eyar, instead of the few fall months, a matter that relieves the distress cotton from the market. And besides this, the Association has en gaged the services of an expert cot ton grader for the county, a matter that will mean much towards aiding the farmer to get the proper price for his cotton. Now, Mr. Farmer, Mr. Business Man, Mr. Banker, Mr. Merchant, Mr. Preacher, Miss School Teacher, we urge you to lay down your regular schedule for the day and come to this meeting to lend your influence to make the Cotton Association of Edge field county the hardest working or ganization in the South. "Uncle Iv" Morgan Writes 1 teresting Letter. After a silence of a good while will inform who may want to kn< whether I am still alive. For the 1 nine months, with the exception November and December last, have been in very poor health, une treatment of a physician most the time, and even while I write ? hardly able to be up. I just wanted to know whether of the correspondents to your pai were dead or like myself, just wo out or just of no account. Where is Mr. or Mrs. Trente Hardy's, Cleora, Camp Branch, G liers and others that used to let hear from the four corners of C Edgefield county? I was so glad to see and read t first of the Sweetwater letter, tellii about Old Mike (H. E. Mealing) st being able to milk the cows and fe the horses and pigs-and also to kne that his sister, Mrs. Lucretia Adan was still alive. A better woman have never known, and as for O Mike, a better soldier did not beloi to the Confederate army. A bett friend I never had. He and I bunk? together for quite a while during tl Civil War. He had a habit of grow i?g, scratching and almost barking his sleep so much that I would hai to wake him up so that I could get 1 sleep, so at the last he told me just 1 pinch him, so whenever he got 1 growling, scratching, snorting ar kicking the blankets off I would gi\ him a good pinch and after pinchin him a few times, just as soon as Y commenced his antics he would fete a snap and a growl and wake up. S I broke Mike from having nigh mare. How many are there living no1 .Tbi'.Co. I, 2nd S. C. Calvary? Let u c?unt them. There is Heavy (J. W. ?G^ffis, Mike (H. E.) Mealing, Litcl ?vi (E. G.) Morgan, J. N. Fair, Elia t5?sbert- . and. Joab.^.Edw.axds^.an^ sometimes wonder how a man wh belonged to Co. I could be a preach cr, for we were a reckless set wit th. exception of a very few but Joa Edwards was one of the best boy that I ever knew. Six of the sixty eight disbanded at Chester C. H., S C., in April 1865. Why, it seems lik it was just yesterday that I kissei N. D. Timmerman for a partinj scene for Co. I. We named N. D "Buttermilk" from the fact that hi was very fond of it, and some of thi boys told it, that when he went to ? farm house for milk that if there wa none in the dairy or house, the far mer's wife or daughter would go ti the pasture and milk the cows so tha he could get milk. Now mind you, '. know that he liked milk, but woulc not vouch for the truth of going t< the pasture to milk the cows foi him, oh no, but I do know that h< was a good soldier and loved hi; horse, Old Ned. Hugh Scott, the last to die of Co I a braver man I never knew. He jusl did not know what fear was. He die scout duty most of the year of 1863 and when the 2nd Cavalry was senl to South Cai-olina in the spring ol 1864 General Hampton asked our colonel (T. J. Lipscomb) to leave Hugh with him, which he did. I dc wish someone who scouted with him would write up his adventures. I notice in your paper that Oki Man Covar is dead, and if my mem ory serves me, is he not about the last of the old residents of Edgefield village that was living in Edgefield when the Civil War closed? My, my, how time flies! Why, it seems only a short while since I was a boy and had eggnog every Christ mas, and cake. And I can see again the old slaves coming to the house for their Christmas dram, and hear them say, "Thankee Maam, Thankee Sir." Those were good old days, and the old slaves are about all gone, only a few of them living now, and those few love to talk and tell about how. their old Master and Mistress and young Master and Mistress treat ed them. But those days have passed and gone and we are living in a new or different day. A day, must I say it? of greed, grab and get all you can in any way you can just so the sheriff don't get you. Am I wrong or is it just fancy? Politics, did you ask me about them? Well, they are certainly get ting pretty hot. So much so that one can hardly keep from singing the song, "Hot times in the old town to night," but the weather would in cline us to sing "Hard times," for since about the first of February the ground has been too wet to plow over half of the time, and cold, too. Had thick ice here on the morn ing of the 6th inst, and while I write, 'tis cold and windy, and a fire feels good to me. But you know I am old, blood thin, nothing to heat it up ex cept coffee once a day, but I had rather it was so than have our young men to become sots and drunkards. Though I am afraid the way prohi bition was brought about, was not the right way. When you force peo ple, or try to force them to do any thing in which they have not been al lowed a voice I'm afraid it wont hold. But if you will educate people to a thing then it will be of lasting good. Am I right or wrong? God never made man to be driven to do a thing but to be led into doing it. Men can be led, but very few will be driven. No sir, when you under take *o drive men into doing a thing, you may expect a fight. No matter if that which you are driving him into is for his good. Am I right or wrong, again? I think I hear someone say, "I do wonder of Old Uncle Iv is op posed to prohibition." No, I am not opposed to anything for man's good, but am opposed to a good many things that have been done the last three years. I am now nearly 76 years old and hrave never known of as much force being used on every hand to throttle free men. And if it is not stopped I am afraid serious trouble is ahead in our government. J tvy to hope that I am wrong in see ing things as I do, but for the life of mc, I can't see things in any other way. "Well, you say that you are not well, and, maybe that accounts for it. Your liver needs regulating.*' Well, maybe so, but if it is my liver, it has affected my brain and heart, too. ~->?"notice in your - last issue that. you said that some had called Presi dent Wilson hard-headed, and if he failed to listen to those who were opposed to his candidacy for the third term, you would think so, too. Now, isn't it a faft that he has been too much inclined to have his own way in the League? That is the way I see it. No man knows it all, and every man has a right to his own opinion. I am only one, but'have the God-given right to think and at the same time to accord to every other man the fame right-and not fall out with him because he sees through different glasses. No, I haven't forgotten the far mer, and he certainly is having the time of his life on the farm. Already a month behind and the ground now about as wet as water can make it. But very little corn planted yet and little cotton bedded, but the grain looks fine, both wheat and oats only j not half enough of either sown. j Well, here is love to all of Old Edgefield county from "UNCLE IV." Clemson College Gets New Church. Special to The State. Clemson College, April 18-South Carolina Methodists are to build a good church at Clemsun College, one that will adequately fill the needs of this important point for the religi ous training of the hundreds of Meth odist boys who pass through the in stitution year after year. This is the decision reached by the joint com mission from the two Methodist con ferences in a meeting here recently to consider the needs of the situa tion and take steps to meet those needs. The joint commission, consisting of the Rev. J. C. Roper, the Rev. J. W. Kilgore and M. M. Roddey of the upper conference, and the Rev. C. C. Derrick, the Rev. H. G. Hardin and Thomas 0. Lawton from the South Carolina conference, met here April 3 and elected the Rev. J. C. Roper, chairman; the Rev. A. E. Driggers the local pastor, secretary, and the Prof. S. M. Martin, treasur er. After a thorough examination of the situation, it was the unanimous decision of the commission that a church plant costing approximately $100,000, with a seating capacity of about 750, is necessary to meet the needs of the situation, and it was de cided to proceed at once with ar T. C. Callison Announces Can* didacy For Solicitor. An interesting political develop ment of the week was the definite announcement by Hon. George Bell Timmerman that, upon the expira tion of his present term as solicitor, he would retire, at least for a time, from public life and devote himself to private practice. Immediately following this an nouncement -came the further an nouncement that Col. T. C. Callison, his law partner, would cast his hat in the ring as a candidate to succeed Mr. Timmerman. While Col. Calli son has never sought office before, he comes of a family which has for many years been prominent in pub lic life in this State, his grandfather, Capt. James Callison, having been a member of the famous Wallace' House in 1876, performing good ser vice in the memorable campaign of that year which rid the state of ne gro rule. He later served Edgefield county in both house and senate. His father, Preston B. Callison, re presented Greenwood county in the house from 1902 to 1906. T. C. Callison is what is generally termed a self-made man, working himself through high school and the University of South Carolina, going to school in winter and working a crop in summer. While at the Univer sity he was honored by being elected vice-president of the law class and president of the Clariosophic Liter ary Society. Since coming to Lexington Mr. Callison has devoted himself to the practice of law, being a member of the firm of Timmerman, Graham & Callison. He has built up a large practice and enjoys the confidence of a large clientele. He has the unique distinction of never having lost a criminal case in which he has appear ed alone. Mr. Callison believes he sees in the office of solicitor an op portunity for service, and he offers his services with this idea in vioY rather than merely wishing to get in to politics. Mr. Callison is well known in the other counties of the circuit, having been born in old Edgefield, spent his boyhood days in Greenwood county and is favorably known in both Sa luda and McCormick counties. He has many relatives and friends in all of these counties who will be glad to hear of his purpose to try for solici tor and he will no doubt make a splendid race.-Lexington Dispatch. Bettis Academy Commence ment. M. Editor: Our commencement at Bettis Academy will be on the 29th inst. For a number of years the good white people of Edgefield have en couraged this school by their pres ence and it will be a great pleasure to us to have as many as will come to our commencement this year. We assure them the patrons and friends of the school will do all ire their power to make it pleasant for them. Exercises will begin at ll o'clock. A. W. NICHOLSON. rangements looking towards raising funds and erecting such a plant, which is to contain all accessories such as Sunday school rooms, social ? hall, dining room and kitchen, etc. Briefly, the plans for raising the necessary funds, including the secur ing of about half the necessary amount from the general church ex tension boards of the two conferen ces of this state. The rest of the funds will be raised by direct appeal to the alumni of Clemson college, the patrons of the present student body, the local church membership and ^friends of the enterprise wherever, they may be found. The pastor, Rev. A. E. Driggers, was authorized by the commission to give as much of his time as possible to the work of securing funds, and Thomas 0. Lawton, who is a gradu ate of Clemson college, was appoint ed to have special charge of the work in reaching the alumni. It is hoped that the work of raising funds and making other preparation for build ing may advance sufficiently during* the coming summer so that the work of building may be taken up withii?. a year.