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V0L< 84 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1920 ' No. 15
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Cotton Growers Organize. Pic
nic for Confederate Vet
erans. Sunday School .
Convention.
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The Cotton Growers' Association
which had been well advertised has
been organized at a very enthusias
tic meeting.
Present was a large per. cent of the
farmers and many interested, and an,
election of officers was had. Presi
dent, Mr. P. N. Lott; secretary, Mr.
Walter C. Derrick.
During the meeting there was a
discussion as to the erection of a cot
ton ware house, it being dceided to
erect this and Mr. M. T. Fulmer was
made chairman of a committee to ob
tain government weighing scales.
Everyone is greatjy interested in
the association and it is hoped an
available lot far the warehouse vcan
he obtained at an early date.
Mr. Theodore Marsh has recently
graduated at Pittsburgh University,
and is now at home.
Friends of Mr. Claude Denny have
received cards of his approaching
marriage in Savannah, and hearty
congratulations are wafted to him.
On last Wednesday the annual pic
nic given by the Mary Ann Buie
chapter, U. D. C., for the veterans of
the town and the Girls of the '6O's,
was had and this proved one of the
most enjoyable, and was largely at
tended. To this was invited the world
war veterans of the town. There were
twenty seven veterans and twenty
four world war veterans.
For several years this annual pic
I nie has been held at the home of Mrs.
Martha Edwards, upon a cordial in
vitation and the place is admirably
adapted for the occasion, with its
long piazza, broad hall and spacious
t; rooms. Flags waved a welcome to
each arrival and soon the piazza was
fyled jK#k the old soldiery wno were,
all happy to see each, other again,
while the hall and parlor was occu
pied by the elderly ladies. The world
war veterans and young folks found
the shade trees more conducive for
enjoyment.
It was very interesting to hear the
veterans talk.
At one o'clock all were invited to
the grove in the back yard where a
long table was covered with all kinds
of good things, everyone being seat
ed. All were first served with barbe
cue hash, bread and pickle, this treat
coming through the generosity of Mr.
S. J. Watson, who has always been
a staunch friends of the U. D. C. and
then he wanted to make all the vet
erans enjoy the day.
Later fried chicken, ham, chicken
pie, sandwiches, stuffed eggs, salads,
hot biscuits, coffee and iced tea
were served, followed by every kind
of cake and pie.
Before leaving the table Rev. W.
S. Brooke, expressed for Mrs. Ed
wards her great pleasure in having
so many present, and he also wel
comed the world war veterans and
spoke in nappy words of these and
the veterans of the '60's.
After dinner the crowd dispersed
in groups about the house and before
the happy day ended, all joined in
singing war songs and ballads and
ended with "Till we Meet Again.'"
The Sunday school convention of
the Ridge association will convene
Wednesday and Thursday at Sardis
Baptist church. A very interesting
program has been arranged, the chief
speakers being Rev. T. J. Watts and
Mr. Corzine, State Rural Sunday
school organizer.
Ten messengers will go from the
the Johnston Sunday school.
Mrs. Clarence Hart is a{ the Uni
versity Hospital, having been operat
ed on there Wednesday. She was ac
companied by her mother, Mrs. Hat
tie Bruce.
Mrs. Lizzie Crim is at home from a
two months' visit to relatives in Ala
bama.
? Miss Carrie Mobley of Thomson,]
Ga., is visiting her cousin, Miss Marie
Lewis.
Mrs Hattie Mobley of Columbia is
the guest of Mrs. E. R. Mobley.
Dr. Kneece and Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Kneece of Monetta have been
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
M. W. Clark".
Miss Margaret McGee of Columbia
is visiting Miss Kathrine Wright.
On last Tuesday the dwelling of I
Mr. Will Sawyer was rolled aero
the street to the lot in front to gv
way for the new dwelling, Mr. Say
yer has the material already laid,
platform was built across from 01
side of the road to the other, as tl
road was about two feet lower. Tl
work was slow but the house was c
the opposite lot before the day em
ed.
Mrs. T. R. Weiderman is at hon
from a visit to relatives in Columbi;
Miss Emma Bouknight is expec
ing her cousin, Mrs. Miller of Rici
mond, Va., to visit her during the la
ter part of the month.
A marriage of great beauty ws
that of Thursday evening at Bethh
hem church when the lives of Mis
Kathleen Barre and Mr. Luthe
Wright were made as one.
The church was artistically decc
rated in pink and white, the pin
flowers being made into bells, eac
one holding a light. The altar wa
encircled with candles and these wer
lighted by two little fairies in pin*
Frances Eidson and Willette Cul
breath.
Miss Evans of Woodruff playei
the Wedding March and just previou
to the entry of the bridal party Mis
Claudia Rushton sang that wonderfu
aria "Thy people shall be my people.'
The ushers were Messrs. Claudi
Rushton and Ben Wright; the brides
maids, Misses Emmie Wright ani
Claudia Rushton; maid of honor
Miss Hettie Barre.
The.maids wore lovely white cos
turnes and carried armfuls of sweei
peas'.
The groomsmen were Messrs
James Barre and Jesse Ballentines
the best man being Mr. Charlie Cul
breath.
The bride was attired in whitt
georgette and the veil was caughl
from her face with orange blossoms
She held a shower bouquet of brides
roses and valley lillies.
- .After the - ceremony a* reception
was held and later the bride and
groom slipped away to enjoy a hon
ey moon. The bride's travelling suit
was all in navy.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Kate Rushton Barre and is an ac
complished and lovable young woman
and the groom, a young business man
of sterling worth, is in every way,
worthy of his fair bride.
On last Tuesday evening the ga
rage of Maxwell and Perry was burn
ed, the fire being discovered about
9:30 o'clock.
Owing to the very hot weather and
amount of gas in the garage, the in
terior of the building was a seething
mass of flames soon after the fire was
discovered. It was too dangerous to
enter the building so nothing was
saved, there being three new cars
and several old ones burned.
The building was owned by Mr. H.
W. Crouch, and in the rear was a
warehouse which contained cotton
and phosphate, all of this being burn
"ed. Both parties carried insurance.
It was by most heroic efforts that
the dwellings occupied by Messrs
John Browne and Ben Wright were
saved, these catching several times.
Mr. Will Sawyer's new warehouse
joined the burning garage and it was
completed except the front doors and
two large glass windows. The'two
I story wall of the burned garage fell
j on this crushing in the top and total
ly ruined the side wall. Mr. Sawyer
had not yet insured his building.
Mr. Herbert Eidson also sustained
a loss, having cars stored in the rear
of the warehouse.
Mr. B. T. Boatwright has been to
Savannah on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pedrick and
Miss Theora Fleming of Gainesville,
Fla, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Marsh.
.Visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Glover during the past week were Mr
and Mrs. H. H. Sanders of Edgefield,
Mr. and Mrs. Plunkett of Eureka,
and Miss Bessie Plunkett of Augusta.
Mrs.\ W. P. Cassells entertained
the Young Matrons' club on Satur
day afternoon in a thoroughly pleas
ant manner and during the time rook
was enjoyed. After the conclusion of
the game a dainty ice course was
served.
Miss Carrie Thrailkill has gone to
Rutherford, N. C., to spend a while
with her cousin, Mrs. J. C. Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith and lit
Meeting of Philharmonie Mu
sic Club.
Mrs. L. S. Kernaghan was hostess
for the June meeting of the Philhar
monic Club. In the absence of the
president; Miss Rainsford, vice presi
dent took charge of the meeting. This
wa^ the time for the election of of
ficers and Mrs .Tillman was elected'
president while the other offices were
[re-elected by acclamation.
After the business session Miss
Miriam Norris took charge of the mu
sical program for the afternoon. A
piano duet "Floretts," was played by
Miss Gladys Padgett and Mrs. H. C.
Mitchell. Miss Florence Mims read |
two flower poems, "The Weed and
the Rose" and "Why the Rose is
Red" which everyone enjoyed as Miss |
Mims is -a talented reader. Miss Mar
garet May played a loviely piano solo,
"The Dolls' Ballet.
Miss Katherine Mims, Miss Marga
ret May and Miss Florence Mims
were welcomed as new members into
the club.
At the close of the program Misses.
R?sela Parker and Rosada Talbert as
sisted the hostess in serving a de-|
lightful salad course and iced tea.
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN.
Planning for New Church.
While they have no well defined
plans, yet it is a fact that the mem
bers of Antioch church are planning
in a tenative way for the erection of
a new church building. It will be sit
uated on the opposite side of the
road from the present building, un
der the beautiful oaks near the mod
ern school building. The present site
of the church will be used to en- jj
large the cemetery. Already graves
have been placed on two or three "]
sides of the building. Very probably
the plans for the new building wilt^]
assume definite form this fail. Sue-,
cess to them in their very laudable
undertaking?
tin tflnipwf
Ditch Digging Machine.
As Edgefield is a new town, some
thing new is to be observed here al-1J
most daily. The newest thing to at
tract attention is the machine for
making the excavation for laying the
water pipes. It can easily dig a ditch
two by three or four feet at a speed
of three lineal feet a minute. This
enormous mass of iron and steel
which seems to possess almost human
intelligence can be operated by one
man and a helper. Since it was put
in operation.Monday morning fifteen
men of the water works installation
force have been discharged, thus re
leasing this man-power for other
kinds of work in the community.
tie son, and Mrs. Garlington, have
been to Newberry for a visit.
Mrs. Ben Wright has been to
Greenwood to visit her sister, Mrs.
Emma Calhoun Cartledge.
. Dr. and Mrs. Coleman and Miss
Elizabeth Coleman of Aiken have
been guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. LaGrone.
Dr and Mrs. L. S. Maxwell are at
home ?rom a week's visit to relatives
in Greenville and Walhalla.
Mrs. Sammon of Macon, Ga., is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Joe
Wright.
Miss Bernice Black has returned to
Atlanta after a visit to her cousin,
Mrs. Alice Cox.
Mrs. Youmans of Fairfax and Mrs.
Hames of Jonesville are guests pf
Mrs. Joe Cox.
Miss Bessie JCellar has been quite
sick for the past two weeks.
Mrs. W. B. Ouzts and little son,
and Miss Orlena Cartledge will go to
the mountains of North Carolina
next week. The little boy of Mrs.
Ouzts has been ill and the doctor ad
vised a cooler climate.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wertz of Co
lumbia are guests of relatives.
Mrs. Carrie Dorn has erturned to
Meeting Street after a visit to her
niece, Miss Orlena Cartledge.
Mrs. Frank Warren, Jr., is the
guest of her sister in Georgia.
Mrs. T. R. Denny has gone to
Thomson, Ga., to spend six weeks.
Misses Louise and Marion Boyd
are at home from a visit to their
grandmother, Mrs. Stewart in Ches
ter, i
A Voice From the Land of t
Roses.
? I will send you a few locals t
tipie, as locals are much moi'e po;
l|r than letters.
& Some anglers went out the otl
night to fish for a shark that 1
been seen at the electric dock, a
^jewfish Was caught instead ol
shark. It took three men thirty-f
minutes to land it in the boat, and
tipped the scales at 385 pounds,
was given to the aligator farm, i
dinner next day. It took twenty-o
^gaters thirteen minutes to devour
?0u may call that a "whopper," t
fcjpld on, I'll tell another. A logg<
a^ad turtle was caught in the b
n^ar Pass-a-Grille that weighed 5
p??nds. The parties gave it to t
fishing club there which was goi
fco have a^)ig fish-fry in honor of t
Salvation Army. I did not go but
friend of mine did, and he said th
had turtle soup all over that tow
Now that is another "whopper" y<
will say. Well, I'm not through .yet
? I took a boat ride to Tampa la
Tuesday. Some negroes were gru
bing and cleaning off a jungle ne
the city. A six-foot rattle snal
struck a big fellow in the face, sin
ing his fangs deep in his cheek, ai
?hocking him down. He died in tv
hours. These are "whoppers" neve
theless they are facts.
! Tampa is a big city of 55,000 sou
ind I am told that two thirds of tl
population are aliens, from every n
i??n, tribe and clime. I don't wondi
1$ so many strikes. Twelve cigar fa
:bjries here have been on a strike f<
forty days. Tampa is strictly a bus
aejss city. No tourists stop here f<
me winter. The streets are narro?
ind withal, it is a dirty city. As
lave said before, St. Petersburg
:he cleanest and prettiest town thi
[ have ever seen and more accomi
iations for the travelling publ;
ihan I have noticed in any other cit;
;|jjjis - is.,.not^;..farming,."section^ b
iny~-means. SoTnere^srnaiPmic
patches. But it is God's country. Th
lir is soft and balmy, the sea breez
from the bay on the east and the gu]
jn the west, makes one feel glad an
strong.
There are two flowing sulphu
wells in the city. One on the nort
md the other on the south side,
suppose these are the springs tha
Ponce de Leon looked for in 151
ind never found.'
The first drink that I took I hel
my breath as long as I could, but o
my! what a bad taste! I hardly kne;
what I had swallowed, a rotten egg o
i pole cat, but if you will hold you
breath thirty or forty minutes afte
drinking you won't mind the tast
or smell afterward.
. The fruit crop has been gathere
and sold. The orange and grape f ru i
crop was indeed good in this sectior
My brother has a patch of cotton o
one of his lots. The only cotton pate
that I have seen since I have bee
in the state. He planted the seed o
the28th of March, it is now, June 14
breast high and full of fruit from th
ground to the top. A friend of hi
sent him the seed from South Care
lina and he planted them to see wha
it would do down here. So far, it i
ahead of any cotton plant that I hav
ever seen the middle of June.
He had eight rows of celery in hi
garden twenty feet long. From thes
eight rows he sold eighty dollar
worth and had all he wanted for hi
own family. To prove these big fiish
turtle, snake and celery tales, I'll re
fer you to the two papers printed ii
this city, The Times and The Inde
pendent, and everybody knows tha
the editor of a paper never write
anything but stubborn facts. See?
Once more and I'm done. Upon th(
highest elevation in the city is i
shell mound, said to be pre-historic
The oldest man in the city told mi
that he supposed it had been then
five or six hundred years. They ari
oyster shells such as have never beer
seen in the bay or gulf. They wil
measure from three to eight inchei
long.
The mound is 336 feet round thf
base, 94 feet through the center anc
24 feet high. There are forty-five
steps from the bottom to the top:
with a platform and seats at the top,
I wish to correct a mistake I made
in my first letter to the Advertiser.
I said there were 12,000 tourists in
the city last winter. There were 25,
000 registered for the winter, and
15,000 came and went, making a
sum total of 40,000 visitors. The city
park has a seating capacity for 10,
000 people.
St. Petersburg employs the Scotch
Highlanders Band of New- York to
give the visitors music. There are
twenty-five members, they are given
one thousand dollars a week and
generally stay about twelve weeks.
They can make music to "beat the
?band."
J. RUSSELL WRIGHT.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Antioch Sunday School Picnic.
Saturdaywas a1 very pleasant day
to all who gathered under shady oaks
of the Antioch church and school
grounds, the occasion being the an
nual picnic of? the Antioch Sunday
school. Mr. H. H. Sanders, the popu
lar and capable superintendent, with
the full co-operation of his teachers
and others interested in the Sunday
school and community life, carefully
laid their plans for a pleasant occa
sion and every detail was well carried
out. Ice cold lemonade was served
free all through the day, enough be
ing provided for everybody to quench
their thirst and then plenty to spare.
Ice water was also provided for those
who did not care for lemonade.
As threatening clouds came up
around the noon hour, dinner was
served a little earlier than usual so as
to make sure that this important fea
ture of the day was not disturbed by
a down pour. A long rectangular ta
ble was arranged under the oaks and
it was well filled with good things
in great variety and boundless quan
tity. Barbecued hash, seasoned to the
king's taste was provided in quan
tity far beyond the capacity of the
crowd. This feature was provided un
der the supervision of Mr. A. A. Ed
munds, who is a regular Waldorf-As
toria chef. The delightful basket or
icnic dinner reflected the resource
ulness as well of the skill cf *
good women of Antioch in being able
to iprepare so many good things at a
season when it seems almost impos
sible to get anything to eat-at least,
that is the way it seems to us town
folk who live much of the time from
paper bags and tin cans.
Mr. Sanders had invited several
gentlemen to make Sunday school
addresses in the church after dinner,
but the lowering clouds made it
necessary to abandon this feature of
the day. Many had to leave in their
cars early after dinner so as to avoid
the mud of the west-side red hills.
Rev. W. R. Barnes, Mrs. Barnes
and their interesting children attend
ed, giving a number of persons an
opportunity to meet them and know
them personally. Mr. Barnes is do
ing a great work in his three-corner
ed field which consists of Republican,
Anitoch arid Red Hill churches. He
and his family have aleady won a
warm place in the affections of his
people.
lA quiet day of real pleasure was
spent at Antioch by those who attend
ed. Such community gatherings are
helpful and wholesome, being worth
all and more than they cost to a
community. A live, progressive spir
it is fostered for a community and a
comradeship and spirit of good,
Christian fellowship is engendered
and fostered among neighbors
and friends by such gatherings. We
trust and believe that the good peo
ple of Antioch, which is rapidly com
ing to the front as one of the first ru
ral communities in the county, will
continue this social gathering as an
annual affair. The editor of The Ad
vertiser is greatly indebted to the
cordial hosts and hostesses of Satur
day for a very pleasant day. t
Wells Being Drilled.
A force of experienced men are at
woric boring two wells near the elec
tric plant from which water will be
pumped for supplying the town's
water system. It is contemplated that
the wells will be sunk a depth of 250
feet, supplying 60 gallons of pure
water each per minute. The water
will be pumped or forced by air from
the wells into a near-by reservoir of
100,000 gallons capacity. From this
reservoir near the wells it will be
pumped through an eight-inch pipe
into the "stand-pipe' 'or tank near
Governor Sheppard's residence, and
from this sent by gravity to every!
nook and corner of new Edgefield. I
CHILDREN'S DAY.
Large Congregation at Vernon
Church to Witness the Beau
tiful Exercises by the
Children.
Notwithstanding the belated arriv
il, the editor of The Advertiesr spent
l?verai hours Sunday very pleasant*
y with the good, people of Vernon
:hurch and community. While the
:hurch building is located in McCor
nick county, yet a very large portion
>f the membership reside in the
?orthwestern corner of old Edgefield,
hese devout and consecrated men
md women of Edgefield furnishing
t very substantial portion of the
?hurch's activities.
Rev. W. P. Meadows is the pastor
>f the church and he, together with
ily men and women of his flock,
s to be congratulated upon the
icautiful new building which has
>een completed and is now used for
vorship. It has not only been beauti
ully painted inside and out but a
landsome carpet has been placed up
m the aisles, around the chancel and
iltar. The new building. is situated
nidway between the old church and
he road, which is ai more desirable
ocation. The pastor conducts ser
'ices twice each month, the first and
hird Sunday mornings, and he an
tounced Sunday that the new build
ng will be dedicated on the first
Sunday in August by Bishop Kilgo.
?his will, be a red letter day in the
listory of this very old church, which
urnishes a field for spiritual activi-.
y for people from three counties.
Unlike many country . churches,
Vernon has Sunday school every Sun
lay moning in the year and its su
ierintendent is Mr.\J. J. Mayson, who
3 progressive, capable and widely
eloved as a leader. Mr. Mayson and:
is corps of teachers and other co
workers laid their plans some time
go for observing.jphUdrep?s' Daj^the
hird Sunday in June, last Sunday.
L varied and very attractive pro
xamme was arranged and the chil
ren performed their parts highly
reditably. The entire morning was-,
evoted to exercises by the children^
n the afternoon the writer was ha
lted to make an address.
Soon after the large congregation
.djourned for dinner all gathered
bout the long table near the old
hurch upon which a princely feast
iras spread. Everything that the most
xacting taste demanded was provid
ed in great abundance. Hospitality
iras generously dispensed in the good
dd Edgefield way. After the large
hroug had finished there was much
eft untouched. Certainly the good
tousewives left nothing undone to
nake this feature of this very pleas
int occasion a complete success.
The following is the programme,
if the children's exercises:
Song by the children.
Welcome by William Mayson and"
Vngelle Reames.
"Mr. Tongue" b^ Cecil Reames.
"I came to see Children's day" by
Fewell Jordan.
."Bad Little Boys" by Edna May
son.
"An Explanation" by J. H. Maysorr
"A Sunbeam" by Roy Callison.
"Our Colors So True" by five little
rirls, Effie May. LaGrone, Evelyn
Sullivan, Lucile SuHvan, Deilne Sul
ivan and Luella Lewis.
"His Speech" by J. P. Sullivan, Jr.
"Summer Gladness" by three girls
Angelle Reames, Murtis Jordan arid
rhelma Reames.
"When I'm a Man" by Julian
Reames.
"Love's Lesson" by Rubie Maysons
"Children's Service"' by Alvin
Reames, J. B. Mayson, J. H. Mayson,
Clarence LaGrone and James Hand
:ock.
'"Mama's Helper" by Emma May
sun.
. "A Flower Mission" by four girl's,:
katherine Seigler, Pauline Britton,
Margaret Reames and Emma Mayson
"A Holliday" by William Mayson.,
"Sunbeams" by five girls, Ruth
Vlayson, Alma Mayson, Fannie Lar
Srone, Lucile Wren and Lillie Harri
son.
"Conquest Flag" by two boys,,
?oward Jordan and Claude Reames.
"Summertime" by ten girls, De
ine Sullivan, Evelyn Sullivan, Olive
Hayson, Lucile Sullivan, Effie May
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