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V0L g4 ^ EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 26,1920_ No-11 JOHNSTON LETTER. Union Meeting Saturday and Sunday. Apollo Music Club Met. June Bride Com plimented. The union meeting of the Ridge .association will be held here Satur day and Sunday in the Baptist church and it is 'expected there will be a large attendance. Owing to the two days of service there will be no preaching Sunday evening. Children's Day was well observed on Sunday at the Methodist church aid everyone present greatly enjoyed the exercises. The church was artis tically decorated for the day, but no prettier or brighter flowers were there than the beautiful, flower-like happy faces of the little girls and boys. The program was gotten up by Miss Ella Jacobs, Mesdames Olin Eidson, Joe Cox and Herbert Eidson, and these trained the children, each rendering the part assigned, wonder fully well. These days mean much to the children and no doubt, make a great impression for good in their lives. Rev.* E. C. Bailey preached his farewell sermon on Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church, having accepted a call to the church at Lat ta. Mr. Bailey is greatly beloved by his flock here and they, as well as others regret that he will no longer serve them as pastor. On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Tom Milford sustained painful injuries while out riding. In some way the car she was in collided with another one, and all thc occupants of the cai were thrown out. Mrs. Milford re ceived a severe cut on the head, which necessitated several stitches. The' others were only bruised. Misses Louise Boyd and Sallie Do zier entertained the -Senior class on last Friday evening, with a-delightful tea, the occasion being in the home of the former. Later during the even ing a large party gathered upon cor dial invitation and a happy time was had. Block cream and cake were serv ed. The graduating class of the High School this year is composed of Miss es Birdie Fulmer, Nellie Workman, Pearl "Witt, Sara Ready, Messrs. Wil lie Johnson, James Murrah and Frank Wright. This fall each of these will enter college. Those from here to attend the Shriners' meting in Charleston last week were Messrs. Will Rhoden, John Wright, Joe Cox, George Har dy, Mark Toney and J. W. Stirnen. Delegates from the K. of P. to the meeting in Greenville will be Messrs. C. E. Edwards and D. E. Stirnen. To better equip the department of vocational training at the High school, a minstrel is being planned. Frank Quin of the Neil O'Brian Minstrels will coach the tro?p.which is all local. Mr. J. C. Lewis and Mr. Elliot Lewis are at home after a week's stay in Washington attending the Southern Baptist convention and a week's stay in Baltimore, New York and other places of interest. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams of Seivern are visiting in the home of the latter's father, Mr. Yonce. Mrs Sam Browne and children of Brunswick, Ga., are guests in the home of the former's brother, Mr. Frank Bland. Mrs. Reuben Fulton of Virginia is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. S. Brooke having returned with Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Brooke, who had stopped over at Danville on their return from the Southern Baptist Convention. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wright are oc cupying the residence of Mrs. Oc tavia Rushton. Mrs. Rushton has gone to New York for a visit and from there will go to Cuba for a visit. Mr. Mijford of Abbeville is visit ing his nephew, Mr. Tom Milford. Miss Orlena Cartledge entertained on Wednesday afternoon in compli ment to Miss Sallie Heyward, a June bride. The rooms were fragrant with quantities of roses and the tables for rook each held a bowl of roses. After a spirited game, an elab orate salad course was served from lovely china and cut glass. The hon oree was presented with a beautiful piece of crepe-de-chine lingerie. At an early date Mr. Walter Saw yer will have erected a modern two story residence. His present home was purchased by Mr. Albert Lott, and as their lands join, the house, as it stands is being rolled over to Mr. Lott's side which is considerable dis tance. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer did not remove any of their household fur nishings, in fact, still reside in the house as it is slowly being moved. Mr. Sawyer will occupy his former home until the completion of the new one, and then Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lott will occupy it. Mesdames G. D. and Mims Walker were hostesses for the Apollo Music club on Tuesday last. During busi ness the chief point was choosing a topic of study for the coming season. Each member gave a subject and af ter voting on these it was found that "Sources of Musical Inspiration" was the choice. There are many sources that inspire the masters to beautiful results, such as water, the wind, birds, night, love, the seasons and one has only to give a thought to name some great piano or voice composition thus inspired. Plans were made to make some money to reimburse the treasury. The program was very attractive being arranged by Mrs. T, R. Hoyt and consisted of papers, duets an piano and voice solos. There were several guests present and all enjoyed a social while and the 'dainty salad course with iced tea that was served. Miss Quattlebaum of Leesville the guest of Mrs. Gall. The seventh and the eight grades of the High school enjoyed a picnic at Salters' pond on Friday and general good time was had. Mrs. Eugene McAlpine and little son and Miss Sara Carwile have ar rived from Hartsville for a visit in the home .of Dr. S. G. Mobley. The friends of Miss Lena Stevens of Meeting Street will regret to ?Jcnqw. pf her illness at the^hospital in Greenwood. She has not been well since an at tack of influenza and on last Thurs day, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs Smyly Stevens and Mr. Ben Stevens she went to the hospital. Her mother Mrs4 Ida Stevens, was in bed sick and could not accompany her. Mrs. W. B. Ouzts is in Tennille Ga., for a visit, having returned with Mrs. Willie Bob Smith, who was her recent guest. Lumber has been laid for the bun galow of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Tur ner and work will be started on this very soon. Mr. and Mrs. Butler will move next month to Greenville to reside. Strenuously Engaged. Dr. R. G. Lee's speaking engage ments are so numerous that they al most pile one upon another. Friday he attended the celebation at Connie Maxwell orphanage at Greenwood, and spoke there. Saturday he went to Edisto Academy to the commence ment, where he participated in the exercises, and Sunday morning early he and his faithful Ford left "for Blackville where he preached the commencement sermon and returned in time to be p?sent at the night ser vice in his own church. He has other speaking engagements yet to fill. Lovely Party For a Lovely Little Girl. "Tuesday, May 25, 1920 My Birthday, Come and spend a while with me 4:30 to 7 p. m. Frances Moore." The above invitations occasioned much happiness in Buncombe where a large number of the friends of the little hostess gathered to celebrate a happy anniversary. Bright music and merry games were enjoyed until late in the after noon, when strawberry and vanilla block cream and several kinds of cake was served. Each child was given a cunning souvenir, a pink box, the lid being a fluffy pink . carnation, filled with bonbons. Numerous gifts were given the little hostess with every good wish for many more such joydus birth days. Ice Cream freezers-a good, first class line. See us before you buy. QUARLES & TIMMERMAN, VARIETY STORE. Mrs. B. L. Mims Hostess, for May U. D. C. The U. D. C. had a delightful May meeting with Mrs. . B. L. Mims as hostess in her beautiful home "The Pines," on Thursday afternoon, May. the 23th. The president, Miss Gladys Rives*' presided, calling the meeting to order with the members rising to repeat the Lord's prayer. The minutes were read and ap proved. A resume of the Aiken con vention was given by the delegates who had attended. It was voted to assess the members ten cents each for a fund for the Confederate Museum at Richmond, Virginia. After all business, Mrs. Woodson presided for the historical session. As Mrs. Eloise Welch Wright's splendid history of the South Caro lina Division, covering the first twen ty-one yeai-s of its life, never had been read to the chapter, it was read' by Mrs. P. M. Feltham. Mrs. B. L. Mims read a most in teresting paper on Andrew Jackson, exhibiting photographs of his histori-; cal old home "The Hermitage." Mrs. Mamie Tillman, who was in the gallery of the House during the recent deplorable scene when the northern congressman, Madden inter rupted the southern congressman, Upshaw's speech to call Lee and Jackson traitors, gave a graphic aCT count to her attentive audience. She stressed the self-control of the- Geor gia representative, who, when order could be gotten, pointed to the Stars and Stripes and quietly, but impress ively urged that all sectional hatred be buried now that southerners have borne so valiantly a part in the na tion's recnt crisis. The incident did but redound to the dignity^of our beloved South. The hostess and Mrs. Tillman fur-j nished several charming instrument al solos. Miss Helen" "N?cTi?Tson, assisted by1 little 'Misses Katherine Mims and Margaret Mooney, served iced tea and baskets of nut bread and lettuce sandwiches. The members were very happy to welcome Mrs. J. G. Edwards into the chapter membership at this meeting and special mention was made of her father, the late Mr. W. D. Allen, whose activity in all Confederate memorials was always enthusiastical ly rendered. The June meeting will be held with Mrs. Jeff Wright ct her country home on the Johnston Road. College Entertainment. It would be a lovely addition to our summer activities to have the third College Entertainment. Every body wants t o see the youth and beauty of our county and hear them give an account of themselves. Many invitations have come to this office to the commencement exercises of various graduates, and we should like to hear them all. There is no one who takes quite such an enter est in Edgefield talent as the home folks. Last year the people manifested their appreciation by coming out in great crowds through pouring rain. This year let us hope it will all be sunshine. House-Warming at the Attrac tive Alford Bungalow. Mrs. J. G. Alford entertained with a brilliant afternoon bridge party on Thursday afternoon, May 20th, the occasion being in the nature of a house warming, as the hostess has just moved into her modern, charm ing bungalow. Ten tables were arranged in the big living room and dining room, the pretty French doors standing open between the "two attractive rooms, which were adorned with masses of beautiful pink roses. Mrs. Willie Adams won the club prize, a box of delicious sea foam candy. Miss Charlotte Strother cap tured the guest prize, a deck of cards. The lighting effects in this new home are most artistic and the soft glow from the floor lamp, electroliers and chandeliers added charm to the refreshment hour. Several kinds of delicious sand wiches and refreshing ice tea was served, concluding the brilliant par ty. ? Trip Through New Engla: Part ll. , Having spent ten days in Bos and the environment, an early ti was taken at North Station for a it- into Northern New England the Boston and Maine Railroad wi has a . net work of branches all o ijhis section, carrying in the sumi months thousands of visitors to ? ijrom the White Mountains, so] femes called the "Switzerland America." There were several routes" wh could have been selected, but the < r?hosen went in a northerly direct from Boston, through Lowell, Mas chusetts and up the Merrimac rix for many miles, which river is s to;run more machinery than any the world. I had studied all th things in geography, but never fi any desciptions sufficient in the m helpful detail. ; On each side the railroad a along the river were many manuf fcfinng plants, but they were something else besides the famil: cotton factory. I was interested the logs floating down the river a the beautiful white birches growi on 'either side. After crossing the boundary frc Massachusetts into New Hampshii since the early settlements a dispi ed line, which I afterwards learn had .been surveyed and made sat: factory by my cousin in Littletc N. H., we passed through the mc populous cities in the state at Nas ua?; -Manchester and the capit eily of . Concord. Almost from tl time we .entered New Hampshire, t] scMery began to change, and soi t?foothills of the White Mountaii bopan to be seen and then higher ai higher they loomed, and the lakes c either side'were glistening in the si light. .As?J sat in the car, I look? from one^'wmdow to the other, fea One of the most startling seem was Mt. Washington, covered wil snow. This, is the highest peak i New Englana, but not quite so hig as Mt. Mitchell near Asheville whic has the greatest altitude east of th Rockies. /The most astonishing thing of a tourne was that I was actually ther to see it, and I had to soothe my cor science many times that I had allow ed myself to indulge in such a depai ture from my accustomed routine. I there had been anyone else to hav taken my place I should certain! have surrendered the joy to then for I can enjoy good things by prox; and have done so many times. About four o'clock in the after noon, we began to see some of tlv places which had been familia scenes to my grandmother who cami from Littleton, N. H., to South Car olina about 1840, and where mi father as a little boy, had visit?e his relatives. This part of our visii became interesting in quite a differ ent way for besides all the charms' oi nature which this country affords I was to meet and know for the firsl time some of those who were of mj own blood. In many places on the sides of the hills and in the valley? were great banks of ice and snow as well as on the mountain peaks, and the further we travelled, the more of it we saw. As the train stopped at the station at Littleton. I looked out to see of I could recognize anyone wnom I thought might be there to welcome me. Sure enough, there was a shining face and arms ready to receive us. I had always had a wist ful but not hopeful longing that someday I might tread upon the soil and look upon the places that my grandmother had seen, without whose adventurous coming to South Carolina "I would never have been." In a short time in company with my cousin, Mrs. Isabella Weller, I reached the home of more relatives, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Gile. The father of Mrs. Weller, Dr. Abbey, as a young man taught at Bethany for a year in Edgefield county, and refer red to it in his journal to Edgefield and his visit to my grandmother, Mrs Hiram Adams. He was afterwards Dr. Abbey, a physician in Philadel phia. Here everybody loves the moun tains and the snow, and fear the heat as we do the cold. As soon as the welcomes had been said they would have us to go at once and see Mt. Lafayette, as the sun was setting, speaking of it in a most affectionate manner as if it were a real person whom we must see. I had seen moun tains, but never when they were snow covered in May and yet the weather was not at all uncomfortable wearing a coat. It was in this beautiful mountain villiage that the author of Polly anna, Just David >and Mary Marie grew up and wrote in her school days promising stories. Eleanor H. Por ter has stired the hearts of people all over our country by her wonder ful word pictures, and is spoken of now in Littleton as Nellie or Nellie Hodgman, and she is not without honor in her own country for the people of Littleton buy her books and read them with interest. The delightful home in which we visited seemed to me to be typically New England, for my cousins had lived always in this section and had been educated in the state of New Hampshire. I had been told that New England hospitality was not exceed ed by the hospitality of the South and here I found it so. E\ery mo ment was filled with some attention which made the time pass all too swiftly. One morning the ca came to the door to transport us to that wonder ful natural phenomenon, "The Old Man of the Mountains," a profile on the top of one of,the highest peaks, called "The Profile" or "Cannon" Mountain, as on its top is a rock shaped exactly like a cannon which can be seen at a great distance. Haw thorne has idealized this in his story for enfloren, "The Great Stone Face." The drive was about twelve miles each v/ay, going and returning by a dlifJ'erent route. Over all this road, though in some places we ploughed through- what I thought was deep snow, and up to the high mountain sides, there_was but one -plae?^whore^-we saw any suggestion of difficulty and that we passed with ease. The roads were wonderfully good and well kept. On our way up we passed a beautiful natural ex panse of water called "Echo Lake," which wa? really named from the fact that, a call would be re-echoed distinctly. My cousin, Mr. Gile, made a shrill call and in the distance it sounded as if some Indian warrior were answering a summons. The people of the North certainly make use of what we call their obsta cles. The ice factory in the North is not at all necessary for they cut ice from the lakes and rivers in winter, pack in cellars in saw dust and keep it for the whole length of the sum mer. The ice then becomes an asset instead of an obstacle. I saw some of the large tourist hotels and presume that the keepers or caretakers as they are called, clo this service of icepack ing from the nearby lakes during the winter when there are no guests. In the little town of Bethlehem, N. H., through which we passed and where my great grandfather once lived, there were said to be thirty ho tels for tourists. Another fact which in the South would be called an obstacle is the snow. I was surprised to hear a gen tleman say that lumber men and wood gatherers refused to work ex cept when the snow was deep upon the ground and frozen over, as they could cut and transport it without going through bramble. Sliding it on the top of all this frozen under growth and fences made it a com paratively easy task. We cannot con ceive of such a thing, where we rare ly have snow deep enough to cover the ground. Last winter in Littleton there was ten feet of snow. The drive over this mountain coun try was very exhilarating, viewing, as they pointed out to us the Presi dential Range of the White Moun tains^ Washington, Madison and Jefferson, all snow covered. The New Englanders in the White Mountains do not have to build mon uments. They have already been pre pared by nature, and the people hon or those whom they desire by giving these monuments their name. There has been no man gr??t enough to give a name to the "Great Stone Face" on the Profile Mountain, but nameless it stands as an ideal to be reached by some hero in a future (Continued on page five.) Red Oak Grove News. (Written for last week.) The weather remains so cool, the wind sounds like real winter and I am sure it must make people feel like winter has returned, because many are seen donned in heavy win ter wraps. While farmers are having many discouraging features, yet we know it is all Providential, therefore, we are constrained to have good faith, for^all will be well. i ' v& are anxious to hear the Con-, vention's plans launched last week at Washington. And should the Bap tists not be proud to call it the Vic- \ tory Convention? Edgefield county had a goodly number who attended and we feel sure our association will be benefit ted for their having gone. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bussey from Greenwood visited their aunt, Mrs Mamie Bussey last week. Mrs .Emma Mason of Cleora has returned to her home after spending several days in our midst, making friends while here. We were pleased to have her pres ence at our circle last week which was one of our very best meetings, . and largely attended. Mrs. Oscar Timmerman has invit ed the circle to meet with her which will be on Wednesday afternoon the 9thr.of June. It is a band of interesting, sweet spirited girls, who carry sunshine - wherever they go. We were pleased to have Miss Pearl Bailey from Red Hill and Miss Mary Griffis from Cleora at our last meeting. Both spoke- with determi nition to overcome the conditions brought about by bad roads and long winter months. The friends of Mr. Tommie and Hubert Bussey! greeted them very" cordially jt,ipprayer meeting last Sat spectively. \' /T . : \! Mr. ?nd Mrs. W. F. McMurrain of Edgefield spent last Sunday at Mr. ard Mrs. Travis Dom's. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Dorn from Augusta have been visiting relatives here. Mrs. Dorn is pleasantly remem- j be red as Miss Scott, who taught at Flat Rock two or three terms several years ago, and she has many warm, friends at Flat Rock. We are glad to learn Mr. A. V. Bussey, the faithful depot agent at Modoc, has returned from Florida' very much improved in health, where he went to recuperate. Mr. and Mrs. 0. 0. Timmemanr and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bussey spent la;-t Saturday in Edgefield. Mrs. Jack Bradley with her inter esting little boy, Jack, Jr., returned to their home last Sunday at McCor mick, being guests of Mrs. George Bussey last week. Mrs. Riddlehoover and daughter, Miss Parks and McDonald from Parksville attended Sunday school at Flat Rock last Sunday. The presence of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bailey was very much missed at Sunday school. Mrs. Bailey being one of the teachers. The health of Mr. John Robertson is somewhat improved. He and Mrs. Robertson have been th? guests of their daughter, Mrs. D. C. Bussey for several weeks. Mr. Frank Kenrick came over from Atlanta last week to see his homefolks and was accompanied by his cousin Mr. C. S. Lamb. They re ceived a very cordial welcome from their friends. Messrs. Perry Hamilton and George Gilchrist spent last, week-end in Cleora as guests of Mr. A. Gil christ, the latter's grandfather. The Young Woman's auxiliary at Red Oak Grove has begun a good record by having, now this the sec ond year, a representation at the . Southern Baptist convention. This year Miss Mamie Bussey will bring; to us gleanings of the meeting. We" rejoice, both old and young, that Miss Bertha Parkman has re covered in health. ,Miss Bertha lias many warm friends whereever she is known. Mr. Clifford Dow and his sister, Miss Sadie Dow visited in Parksville last week-end. Mrs. Press Parkman and her at tractive daughter spent Monday in Edgefield. y