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EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920 No. 10^ JOHNSTON LETTER. Division Meeting Held. Com mencement Exercises This Week. Mrs. J. A. Lott Entertained. A division meeting of the Ridge association was held here at the Bap tist church on Saturday and Sunday, Mr. George Scott of Philippi church being moderator and Mr. Will Saw yer, Secretary. There are seven churches in this division and all sent delegates, these churches being Mt. Pleasant, Ward, Speigner, Philippi, Dry Creek, Rocky Creek and Johnston, among those present being Rev. A. C. Baker, Rev. Baggott, Rev. Finch, Rev. Minion Padgett and Rev. Chapman. The de votion was conducted by the Rev. Padgett. In the reports of the churches there was seen great advancement in several lines and all gave thrilling reports of their efforts in the cam paign. Mt. Pleasant reported preaching every Sunday, once a month having been the custom. Ward reported 100 in the Sunday School and renewed interest. Speigner, which is only two years old, told of its new church, preaching twice a month and prayer meeting once a week. Philippi report ed preaching every Sunday and that a separate Sunday school room would soon be built, the material being ready. Rev. W. S. Brooke made the state ment that the Ridge association stood fourth in the state in gifts, and tliat the three associations above this tad twice' as many members, so this prov - ed that Ridge was with the first. iL question box proved very in structive, and the address by Rev. Baggot on "The great importance of Evangelistic work" was a fine one. After a bountiful dinner on the Following the Sunday school a most helpful address was given by Mr. Corsine on "How to have a good Sunday school." He is a fluent and magnetic speaker. We learned with pleasure that he has recently joined the Sunday school staff of this state, being formerly of Illinois. At the preaching hour Rev. A. C. Baker, of Mt. Pleasant, preached a good sermon on "The blood of the Cross." In the afternoon Rev. T. H. Posey spoke on "Stewardship," and Mr. Corsine again addressed the assem bly. Dinner was again served on the grounds and at this hour there was much pleasant intermingling. Mrs. J. B. Branson of Fairfax and Mrs. W. H. Yeomans of Richmond, Va., have been guests of Mrs. Joe Cox. Mrs. Barney Frost of Atlanta and Mrs. Wyman Wood of Hephzibah, Ga., have been for a visit to Mrs. T. R. Hoyt. Mrs. Knight of McBean, Ga., and Mrs. Agatha White of Greenwood, niece and sister of Mrs. Georgia Tur ner, have been for a visit to her. The commencement exercises of the Johnston High school will begin Friday evening, with the musical, and .Miss Campbell, instructor, has a very attractive program for the pa trons and friends to enjoy. The commencement sermon will be preached on Sunday morning at <he High school by Dr. McLean, of Aiken. In the evening, he will preach at the Baptist church, it being the custom of the one who preaches this sermon to preach in the church of his denomination in the evening. The graduating exercises will oc cupy Monday evening, the literary address to be delivered by Dr. Thom as of Richmond, Va. The friends of Mrs. W. L. Cole man will be pained to know of her critical illness at her home her?. About two months ago, she suffered a stroke of paralysis and has been on a bed of sickness ever since. For several days she has been in a semi conscious state. The prayers of all are for her and the family during this sad hour. Mrs. Leora Wright Simmons, ma tron of Coker College, arrived this week to spend the summer here. . Misses Janie Brace and Carrie Belle Stevens are at home from Co ker College. Miss Lena Stevens who has been at the Greenwood Hospital, was he on Friday en route to the Bapt Hospital in Columbia, where she v? be treated. Her health was impair by a severe attack of flu and aftei stay there it is hoped that she w be well and strong again. Mrs. W. J. Hatcher attended t Board meeting of the State W. M. last week in Columbia. Miss Emma Ready and Their Milford are at home from Winthr< College. Mrs. Albert Lott has the honor making the best record in Edgefie county, in poultry raising, as a; nounced by Miss Patti Major, Cou ty Home Demonstrator. Mrs. Lott has received a certifica and as a reward, will be given a nil days' free course at Winthrop Co lege, when the summer classes begi: Mrs. Lott is not only qualified i poultry raising, but in every dome tic work she could be given a ce: tificate of distinction. Her home : an ideal place in which to stay. Mrs. W. B. Ouzts is at home froi a visit to Tennille, Ga. . A largely attended meeting of th Emily Geiger chapter D. A. R. wa held recently with Mrs. Harry C Strother. The members were glad to knoi that $25 had been sent to the D. A R. school. This school has bee: chiefly the beneficiary of its effort during the year, and a report of th school and a short while spent ther given by Mrs. M. T. Turner, who ha? attended a Board meeting, was hear/ with keen interest. Plans were made for an entertain ment and each member was remind ed to bring a suggested study topii at next meeting ,?lso that it wouh be time for the election of officers During the program a most inter esting paper was read by Mrs. W. B Cogburn on "Edgefield Men in th? Revolution," and Mrs. W. E. La Grone read a selection on some oi M^usic'"closed' the program'. The hostess, assisted by Mrs. J. Howard Payne, Mrs. Wallace Tur ner, Misses Frances Turner and Mary Waters, served an elaborate salad course with iced tea. The friends of Dr. John W. Mobley of Milledgeville, Ga., will regret to know of his sickness at the home of his father, Dr. S. G. Mobley. Recent ly he was in a railroad accident, and suffered severe bruises, which ap pear to be the seat of the trouble. Mrs. Harry Hamilton has returned td her home at Swoope, Va., her husband coming for a visit and to make the return trip with her. Dr. and Mrs. G. D. Walker have gone on a northern trip and will visit several points of interest. Mrs. Carl Richards has returned to Toledo, Ohio, her visit being cut short by the sickness of her husband. The friends of Miss Eva Rushton welcome her home, she having taught the past year, in Georgia. Mrs. Octavia Rushton has gone to Panama with a party of friends. Pre vious to this trip she spent a while in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wright are domiciled in the home of Mrs. Octa via Rushton. Mr. J. W. Marsh returned last Wednesday from the City Hospital, Columbia, after a month's stay, his wife being with him the entire time. Every one is delighted that he is now rapidly improving. Miss Ina Hill, who has been in Co lumbia for several months, has been spending a few days at the home of Mrs. P. N. Lott, and is now visiting Mrs. F. M. Warren. Later she will have rooms here. Mrs. J. A. Lott entertained on Thursday in compliment to Mrs. Les ter Broadwater. The honoree is pleasantly remembered as Miss. Irene Montgomery, and all were delighted to see her again. The rooms were prettily decorated in Dorothy Perkins roses and score cards for rook were decorated in roses. After all had greeted the honoree, a spirited game of rook was enjoyed. The. hostess, assisted by Miss Hel en Lewis, Miss Kathrine Thomas and Mrs. W. E. LaGrone, served a dainty course of pink and white block cream and pound cake. Pink and white mints were enjoyed while the game was in progress. The New Century club met with ; -.: MM Congress Plans to Ad jot Saturday. Washington, May 31.-^Eep can leaders of the house and se today 'agreed tentatively on a adjournment of congress Satur Many members of both'the re and house, however, have" in lie that they prefer a recess ' for vh* litica'l conventions to a sin^^? journment and this may-^?U? change in the plans as ten. i.fci agreed upon. .j,--. The agreement reached byA^^ today contemplates the calln^Rf Representative OMondell of-Wi;-jin republican leader, in the hp' sV morrow of his resolution final adjournment at 4 p. ??*^a day. Final decision as between <. re< or an adjournment, it was san; ni hang fire until the last momea . I conference with senate leader - to however, Representative ; Mortal) understood to have been adviVad go ahead with his adjournmen re lution under the assumption liai probably would be found satisfact to the senate majority. Only the Armenian mand?t' re lution and conference reports \re the list of important measures -la for passage before congress quisia it is likely that after the sena-e 1 voted on Armenia tomorrow-; v spend its time on various bili j o? minor or special character wh 'e i house considers the Aremnian rei lution. This process can be hasten at the will of the house leade 3 x der the suspension bf rules pla x ii iting debate and amendments^ iib] ed last week. In order to speed up its proct ;clu the senate today agreed Xoa^r.'i^ session tomorrow at ten o'cloc , t\ hours earlier than the usual in. fefcii time, and. various committee ?hai men were to hasten their w? Ic order to clean up loose ends J^fc Meeting of w?^^^p Tho June meetirig of the Vlf. ( T. TX will be held with Mis. H. I Sanders, one of our members ne; Antioch, on Monday afternooi The meeting will begin at 4 o'cloc! and the programme will be as fo lows: Devotions, Mrs. E. J. Norri Luke 22:23-30. Hy;nn8: "Let the Lower Lighi be Burning" and "Help Somebod To-day." Sketch of Jennie Casseday, Mr: W. L. Dunovant. Annual report of Flower Missioi Mrs. W. B. Coeburn. Citizenship Study, Mrs. Tillmar Memorial service and sketch o our deceased member, Mrs. Job: Mays-Mrs. N. M. Jones and Mrs Dorn. Plans for County Horne picnk Mrs. J. L. Mims, President. Mrs. T. R. Denny on Tuesday after noon and a very pleasant meetinj tvas had, the chief business being ii the club discussing ?the study topic the sending of $5.00 to assist ii State work of Federation and th? subscribing for the General Federa tion Magazine. The silk investigation of the gov ernment was discussed and the mern bers urged to co-operate. A very good program was carried out on the subject with papers ano selected readings, followed by a dis cussion on some of the points brought out. The hostess, assisted by Miss Antoinette Denny served a tempting ice course with cake. Mrs. Frank Bland entertained on Wednesday afternoon in compliment to Miss Sallie Heyward, whose mar riage will take place June 23rd at her home in Beaufort. The color scheme of lavender and pink was prettily carried out in every detail. After cordial greetings, a "wed ding contest" was had and Mrs. B. T. Boatwright answering the most questions correctly, was given a bou quet of sweet peas, which she pre sented to the honoree. Little Emmie Dozier Tompkins,as a little fairy, came in with a large pink parasol and from it was sus pended many beautiful gifts which were showered upon the bride to be. This was all a happy surprise to her. Later the hostess served an enjoy able repast. Interesting Letter From John Lake. Canton, China March 26, 19 Dear Advertiser: My type-writer ribbonj is worn frazzle, just like the patience o correspondents was before I go typ?-writer. We had planned t to Hongkong, when I could have ten ? new ribbon this week; bu couldn't go. Anyway, I have bj side a little type-writer with a and when she writes for me, ? are two advantages: people can what she wrote, and I can be att ing.to other work at the same tih killing two stones with one bir am just at this moment g through a pile of letters, get ready to start on a missionary j Tiey Friday, and wife lets me die to her while I am sorting the let -I wouldn't dare to try dictat< her m any other way. Ha, ha ! (D you think I'm good to take down this so meekly? C. B. L.) l am writing this to thank you sending us a copy of the Colun State, which we both read with gi interest and passed on to anot South Carolina missionary. Isn't it hard to realize that il about thirty years since you an were at college together? Why, m I have just taken out insurance -pers with the Annuity Board for preachers! The Edgefield church .een'sed me to preach thirty years i this year. I only lack fifty years i two months and sixteen days of be: a hundred! But speaking of the journey, ] about to' take, and speaking of g ting along toward a hundred, wi will you think when I tell you tl ?I am to take part of that trip in airplane? We are to go by boat Macao, where I have been asked preach Sunday. Then Monday we a to proceed to that island tn, t ?h':i?/-2c?v soux--thirty- miles/.fi th er on,- which I- have helped r Chinese Christians to buy, and whi is to be used for a leper colony. E I write you that a few weeks ago I Wu Ting-fang, formerly ambassad at Washington, handed me his chei for $5,000 for this work? Thi3 tr to the island is for a double purpo -to hold a week's meeting in ' tl one little fishing village on this islar where there is not yet a sing Christian; and to make a thoroug survey of this magnificent propert; which has been deeded to the Ba] tists. Dr. Wu Ting-fang's gift paid fe the entire village and the entire ii land of eight square miles, with pei haps a square mile of land that ca be cultivated, a fine stream of ires water and plenty of stone and timbe for building material, etc. There we hope to erect a big lepe hospital and other buildings. It ma; be a year or two before the hospita is erected and the lepers moved t the island. They are now in thei miserable villages, scattered throng] the large field of work wife and lo\)k after. This leper work will ad< ?to the burdens of us two, for we an already looking after nearly thirt: churches and chapels and half tha many schools for boys and schooL for girls. But we are glad to under take it for the Master and for those whom He so pitied when on earth. Hitherto, we have gone to the is land on gunboats and cruisers loan ed us by the government. Some oi you wrote us about reading Dr. Love's description of his' trip with us, in the April, 1919, number pf Home and Foreign Fields. But this time we have secured the loan of a big 14-passenger American built airplane for the trip. And wife and Ii expect to take this "flying visit" along with Mr. and Mrs. King- and Mr. Galloway, of our Mission, and three orffour Chinese friends, includ ing the Chinese physician whp may have charge of that hospital. China's revolution, North against South, drags its weary length along; and now, alas, there is a fight on be tween the two wings of the Southern forces; so that they are fighting, or preparing to fight, over a large area in this province (state). This means that, in the present state of things in China, the robbers and pirates are unchecked and rampant-the sol diers are too busy to bother with ?them. And that island has been a stronghold for the pirates for many, many years. There is not even a na tive officer of the law on it. So an or dinary Chinese junk wouldn't take us into those dangerous waters for less than exorbitant price; and we couldn't think of asking thexgovern /ment for a gun-boat at a time like this-so it's borrow this airplane or walk-and we mustn't postpone the visit. How the Lord has prepared the way for the missionary, as the mis sionary, in his humble way, is trying to prepare the^way for the. coming of the Lord! ^government in revo lution; pirate-infested waters; an is land without law, the headquarters of some of the robbers-but there are the lepers rotting with the loath some disease, and God gives the is land for the leper work, and puts it into the heart of a Chinese officialto pay for the island-and in prepara tion for this particular work, we ask, and we receive, the use of a gun boat, a specian train, a flying ma chine!-we ask and He gives; for aren't you at home praying for us, and holding the ropes? Yours cordially, JOHN LAKE. Mrs. Woodson Entertains Teachers. On Monday afternoon Mrs. A. A. Woodson's artistic bungalow, "Lone Pine," was the ecene of a de lightful afternoon tea in honor of the teachers of Edgefield. .Beantiful Dorothy Perkins roses filled many vases in the reception hall. The teachers present were Misses Miriam Norris, Gladys Rives, Eliza beth Rainsford, Katherine Earle, Ruth DeLoach, Katherine Mims, Mamie Dunovant and Prof. Charles F. Brooke, superintendent of the Edgefield High school. D?lightfnl tea, sandwiches and wmtk .ww &<irv.efl in. the ..attractive j dining room'. Mrs. R."6"." Lee, Miss' Ho. tense Woodsen, Mrs: P. M. Feltham, Miss Bettie Lou Morgan and Miss Florence Mime assisted Mrs. Woodson in serving. The guests derived much amuse ment by trying to pronounce several extremely long words-so long in fact that the teachers found they could not be pronounced. Miss Miriam Norris enteitained the guests delightfully by her gift of song.. Miss Florence Mims read a poera,"My Ships," by Ella Wheel er Wilcox. The invitations consisted of a charming bit of verse written by Mrs. Woodson in her usual oelijrht ful style. A GUEST. Music Recital Saturday Even ing in School Auditorium. Saturday evening at 9 o'clock the music pupils of Miss Fannie Shep pard will give a recital at the High School Auditorium. The public is cordially invited to be present and encourage those who are studying this most inspiring bf arts. Miss Sheppard has been taking great in terest in the music department of the High and Graded School and will ap preciate the interest of the public in this recital. There is no admittance but a new piano has been purchased and not fully paid for, all who wish to do so are invited to bring a free will offering to be given at the door and to be placed on the payment for the piano. Miss Brumbaugh Resigns Po sition. Miss Grace Brumbaugh who has done such a wonderful work in in troducing the ideals of district nurs ing into our county, left on Tuesday for her home in Greencastle, Pa. She has resigned her position in our county to take up other work and will attend "The Castle/ 'Miss Ma son's school at "Tarrytown on the Hudson" preparatory to entering some secretarial work in which she has been offered several positions. Edgefield county regrets to lose Miss Brumbaugh, who has rendered great service to our county. Crockery, Enamelware, Aluminum and Glassware---fine variety of new goods in these lines. QUARLES & TIMMERMAN, VARIETY STORE. High Price Reign Not Yet ; Stopped. Washington, May 31.-Despite re cent reductions in prices, little relief from the general reign of high prices is seen by the federal reserve board, in its analysis of May business con ditions made public tonight. The y board expressed the view that there has been no change in the underly- ' ing conditions responsible for the high cost of living. Asserting that while! "store sales" and a tendency to lower prices bear witness to the presence of "disturb ing factors" which suggest the ad vent of wide alterations in price lev els, the board declares it can not ac cept the situation as a whole for its face value. The explanation is added, that there has been only a slight in- S crease in production and there is no greater disposition on the part of the general public to economize and in vest than had ruled heretofore, "The changes- that have taken place, therefore," the board's state ment said, "can not be looked upon as indicating a modification of under lying conditions. They may, however, afford a basis for changes in business 'relationships that may broaden into m'ore far reaching alteration of the essential price structure." Business Suffers. Business in every section of the country has suffered considerably from the freight jam which has pre- ; vented normal rrovement of products to markets. Effects of the tie up are noticed in the agrcultural districts as much as the industrial areas, and that farmers are not the smallest f class/which ' has sought -more bank help in the way of credit as a result.. Results of the board's action in the direction of restricted loans already has begun to be evident, according to reports of the various reserve banks. In answer to a general reduc tion in the value as well as volume of securities in . the \ :financial centers Iwte/c. rte?.-:- Ut-f.-ii ..1 '?tijei:,>. ????ai?;. Gt interest rates affecting'both commer cial paper and call money. The labor. situation during this month has been one of the outstand ing elements of doubt and difficulty, and is one of the larger problems' with which the country is expected to have to deal this summer. "Wages have apparently fallen be hind the advance in prices and the cost of living," the statement contin ues. "The movement of labor from farm to city is continuing Various de mands for higher, wages have been taken under advisement for the pur pose of bringing about compromise adjustments. General complaint of low efficiency or small output per unit of labor is prevalent and the dif ficulty of getting skilled labor in some of the more highly developed lines of manufacture is now very considerable." Disturbing Factors The "disturbing factors" have ma terially affected many lines of man ufacturing although general manu facturing continues, in substantial volume. Cancellations of orders in botb. cotton and wool by the jobbing and retail trade have not yet reached large proportions bu t they are al ready noticeable. This has resulted in some manufacturers being forced to "make concessions to retailers," ' who were described as being quite "unsettled." The same situation was said to obtain in the leather trade. With respect io conditions, local to< thc various reserve districts the . board's review said in part: "No. 2. (New York).-Price re ductions are noted in retail stores, a considerable accumulation of goods awaiting shipment resulting from : strikes, a growth in the cost of doing ; business, great reduction in securi ties prices, but nevertheless, a con tinued high demand for goods and ac tivity in trade. ' "No 5 (Richmond.)-Unrest and" uncertainty in commercial fields have continued ano1 agitation against high prices has led to some curtailment in purchasing. Collections are good on the whole, and the most serious cloud on the horizon is the trafile outlook." "No. 6 (Atlanta.)-The peak of ' high prices has been reached in most lines and the tendency is downward while there is some indication of re duction in stocks of goods. Unrest still prevails on account of high prices."