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(Mest ??tttJspapcr ?a ?wrtfa (to?te VOL. 84 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1920 No. 16 JOHNSTON LETTER. Ridge Sunday School Conven tion Held. Superintendent of School Elected. New Century Club Met. The Sunday School convention of the Ridge association, which conven ed at Mt. Pleasant, Thursday was largely, attended by representatives from the various Sunday schools of the 18 churches and all the sessions were real helpful ones. The addresses of Rev. T. J. Watts and Mr. Corzine, State Rural S. S. organizer, were the chief features. Both of these men are forceful speakers and from the talks there will be, much fruit no doubt. The next convention will be held with the Ward church. Prof. Crompton has been elected superintendent of the High School here and he and his family expect to arrive some time in August. They will occupy the school manse on the campus, i There' was a full meeting of the Cotton Growers' association one day of the past week and there is much interest manifested in the movement. A committee, with Mr. M. T. Turner as chairman, was appointed to make plans for the erection of a laTge warehouse and a committee, Mr. S. J. Watson, chairman, was appointed to procure the government scales. A beautiful reception was that of last Thursday given by Mrs. John Wright and Mrs. Joseph Cox, in hon or of Mrs. Luther S. Wright, a re cent bride and Mrs. Youmans, moth er of the bride. The home was artistically deco rated in shasta daisies and ferns, and soft colored lights cast a pretty glow over all. There were about 75 guests to caji during the afternoon and these were --whxi$?*t*i^by~?MXTT.-.<T:. Boalwriglil ?fo? fe, G D. Walker,- 'Miss ^va j Rushton directed all to a pretty al cove, where punch was served by Misses Marion Mobley and Orlena Cartledge. The receiving line stood in the par lor and was composed of the two hos tesses, the honorees, the bride's mother, Mrs. Kate Rushton Barre, and her sister, Miss Hettie Barre. The arrivals were introduced to these forming the receiving line by Mrs. O. D. Black. Mrs. J. W. Browne and Mrs. Archie, Lewis escorted all to the din ing room where from a prettily ap pointed table, yellow and -white block cream with bride's cake was cut and served by Misses Maud Sawyer and Sue Smith, those assisting them "being Misses Clara Sawyer and Jessie Rushton, also Miss Helen Lewis. In the hall sweet music was en joyed after all came from the dining room. The occasion was one of many pleasures. Mrs. J. H. Payne, Margaret Helen, Mrs. Wallace Turner and Billie, and Miss Hallie White are spending this week at Ninety Six with Mrs. George Galphin. These four were class mates at school. -Mr. and Mrs. Luther S. Barre are at home from their bridal trip and are domiciled in the Rushton home on Edisto street. Miss Frances Turner will leave on the 5th of July for a visit to a school friend, Miss Dickinson, at Glascow, Kentucky. Guests this week of Miss Emma Bouknight are her cousins, Mrs. Kit tie Poppenheim Miller of Richmond, Va., with her four children, and Miss es Mary and Louisa Poppenheim of Charleston Mrs. J. A. Dobey and children have gone to Spaxtanburg to visit rela tives. Mrs. Matilda Rayburn has been visiting Mrs. M. W. Clark. Mrs. Mott Payne of Jacksonville, Fla., has been for a visit to her cou sin, Mrs. G. D/Walker. Mrs. Walter Marsh and Miss Lena Long are both at the University Hos pital and were operated on last Thursday. Mrs. Paul Perry and children have returned to their home at Blairs, af ter a visit to Mrs. Alice Cox. Miss Eunice Chambers has been spending a while with Miss Helen Lewis. Mrs. W. S. Brooke went to Dan ville, Va., on Thrusday and later will go to the Richmond Hospital for an operation. Her father accompan her. \ Mrs. J. A. Lott and Marion s|p< a part of last week in Augusta. Mrs. C. C. Pedrick and Miss Tl ora Fleming, who have been visiti Mrs. J. W. Marsh have gone to Sp; tanburg to visit Mrs. Wilson and M Isom, daughters of Mrs. Pedrick. IV Marsh will join them soon and t party will spend a while in the moi tains. Mrs. J. H. Finley of Gastonia, a Mrs. J. W. Booth of Charleston a visiting in the home of their fath< Mr. Whittle. Mrs. Maude Quattlebaum Pittm; of Birmingham and Mrs. lone O dom are spending this month he with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. "\ L. Quattlebaum. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wertz spe a few days of their visit here to rc atives as their little girl was tak< quite sick and they thought best return to Columbia with her. On Sunday evening of July 4th, special service will be had at the Ba tist church, at which time the servil flag will be furled. Mrs. T. H. Weiderman has rerun ed from a visit to her cousin, Mi Dickert in Columbia. Misses Bessie and Isabel Bean "ha? gone to the University of Virgin; for a special course, and Miss Lott: Bean is at Winthrop College at tl summer_ school. News comes from Mrs. Ann Mol ley, who is in Virginia- with hi daughter, Mrs. Harry Hamilton, thi the latter is much improved in healt and it is hoped ere long that she wi be strong and well again. _ Mrs. J. W. Marsh was hostess o Friday afternoon for the New Cer tury club, this ending the club's ac tivities. The chief business was in choos ing a study topic. There were severa 'good -suggested" topics, "Civil gov eminent," "Americanization,^ whid includes- literature, music and art and Southren writers, so these topic were turned over to the year bool committee, who will arrange thi year book, with programs on th< above. ~r $1.00 was contributed to state anc national library movement, a bool for every one. Miss Clara Sawyer retiring president, after thanking thc club for its co-operative spirit dur ing her term of office, turned thc gavel over to Mrs. P. B. Waters, whc in accepting it, asked for the same co-operation and gave out the va rious committees for the coming year. It was decided to have an en tertainment during the summer to get funds for the coming year's work. After current events, and the question box, a musical program was enjoyed. The hostess, assisted by her moth er, Mrs. Chas. Pedrick and sister, Miss Theora Fleming, served a deli cious ice course with cake. Mrs. Walker Mobley is at home from a visit to relatives in Georgia. Mrs. S. G. Mobley has gone to Hartsville, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Eugene McAlpine. Little Wilmot, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ouzts has been quite sick and during the past week, Mrs. Ouzts carried the little one to the clinic of the University Hospital for treatment. Mrs. J. D. Bartleys is at the Uni versity Hospital quite sick, haying been carried there last Friday. Protracted services are being held this week at Ebenezer church, Tren ton, of which Rev. W. S. Brooke is pastor. Dr. R. G. Lee of Edgefield is assisting him and Mr. McCravy, the wonderful singer, has consented to be with them during the meeting, and thus with the gospel song mes sage, help in the work. Misses Louise and Inez Rhoden have gone to Covington, Ga., to spend the summer with their grand mother, Mrs. Wheeler. Mrs. T. R. Brannon has-returned to her home at Spartanburg after a visit in the home of her father, Mr. Jim Huiet. Mrs. John Sawyer went to Bates burg last week to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. J. H. Quattlebaum. She has the sympathy of her many friends. Mrs. Clarence Mobley has gone to Orangeburg to visit her home. Later Mr. Mobley will join her and they will spend the summe up north. Mrs. John Briggs Celebrates Her 75th Birthday. On June 19th Mrs. E. B. Mathis served a most enjoyable dinner in honor of her mother's seventy-fifth birthday. For fourteen years Mrs. Mathis has entertained in her home on this occasion. Mrs. John Briggs, who was Miss 'Getzen, is a remarkable person for one of her age. She is very active and know her is to love her. During the at present enjoys good health. To winter she spent several weeks visit-* ing relatives in Florida and is now in Florence with her oldest son, Mri George Briggs, superintendent of tifo' Florence High school. v.. An elaborate course dinner was served out of doors beneath tower ing elms and oaks which surround the attractive house of Mr. and Mrs. Mathis. Many beautiful gifts and .best wishes were bestowed ' upon Mrs. Briggs. Among the guets were Mr. J. S. Reynolds and family of North Au gusta^Mr. and'Mrs. D. T. Mathis, Mr. C. T. Mathis, Mr. G. A. Adams and daughter of Colliers, Mr. and Mrs. TV J. Briggs, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Math is; Mrs. Mattie Roper and family,' Mrs. Tom Roper and Miss Mattie Briggs of Sweetwater section. A GUEST. Mr. Vause to Leave Belton. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Foy A. Vause will be sorry to learn that they have decided to leave the Belton Hotel and move to Edgefield, where Mr. Vause has leased the new and modern Dixie Highway Hotel, the change to-take effect the first of September. The Dixie Highway hotel has 30 rooms with steam heat, hot and cold running water throughout, electric" elevator and will be elaborately fur-i Mr. and Mrs. Vause hate been in Belton nearly two years, during which time they have been in charge of Geer hotel. Under their manage ment the hotel enjoyed excellent patronage-each of them at all times giving their undivided attention to the guests, more if possible, for their monay than could have been expect ed of them during the high cost of buying. ' Mr. Vause was editor and manager of the Belton Journal for six months during his residence here, and at all times worked for the best interests of the town. He advocated Belton be ing pushed forward and at no time did he cease hammering for a live, chamber of commerce for the town. He is not only a good hotel man, but he is a clean and up-to-date "news paper man and would make good on a modern daily paper. Mr. and Mrs. Vause will leave Bel ton on August 1, and will spend two weeks of vacation among relatives in North Carolina before going to Edgefield on September 1.-Belton Journal. Woman's Christian Temper ance Union. On Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock the W. C. T. U. will hold their July meeting with Mrs. Israel Mukashy. Subject, Medical Temperance. Scripture, Matt. 9:35-38. Citizenship study. Vocal duet, Mrs. W. S. Robinson and Mrs. R. G. Lee. Readings on the subject will be given by Mrs. J. W. Thurmond and Mrs. Edgar Crews. "If I had Time," reading by Miss Florence Mims. Plans for students' entertainment and luncheon. ?-:-( Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea I Remedy. Every family should keep this prep aration at hand ready for instant use ? when needed. Severe attacks of colic and cholera morbus often prove fatal before medicine can be procured or a physician summoned. The uniform succ?s sthat has attended the use of , this remedy and th<; prompt cures which it has effected have made it a staple article of trade. Students' Entertainment. Thursday, July 8, 9 p. m. Edgefield Opera House. Tickets 75 and 50 cents. I \ We Must Boost the Land of ? Roses. Florida is essentially -what might be temed^ian 6ut-d6or state," a part of the woirld where it is possible for inhabitants to be out in the open the greater part of the time, for here there arejmo days of blizzards or cruelly qold weather and there ?re but few jj?ys in the year that the sun does not!: hine during some part of the hours of daylight'in consequence, camping;; hunting, bathing, fishing a^^??jstaing are common in the IW Jj^W^^?ents ?^ Florida- Win ^rammun JBL alike, all of which tends to heal^Bkd happiness and al so tend'sV to .j Florida a section where people grow up vigorous and strong.: Loomat the map of Florida; a fin ger painted out toward the south, surrounded on three sideS by oceans and with the longest coast line of any slate in the union ; a flat and nar row .jountry acioss which salt laden bree|?s blow gently nearly every day in ti? year. Particularly do the people of Flor ida like and*excel in swimming, and the?' numerous salt water beaches, rivers, springs, pools and lakes offer splendid opportunities for this sport. Swimming, fishing and boating par ties, are in vogue. Some hardly have clcf{;hes, enough on to flag a train. Boys and giris, young men and maid ens; all dress alike when they og in bathing. It is a shame and a disgrace to|Southern womanhood. The women of St. Petersburg picked it up from these Northern gals. If men and wo men must go in bathing together they should dress enough to hide their limbs. |, Florida's beaches are really won-" derful, and the whole world knows I pf some of the most famous ones, j particularly those of the east coast, Daytona, Palm Beach and Miami. Those of the 'west coast are not as Taxed- bot nature made,them no less attractive.1 Though as' ? rule the surf from the Gulf is milder than that of the Atlantic, an advantage or dis advantage, just as.one happens to view it. There are no really national famous beaches on the West coast, though many that are well known, such as Clearwater, Indian Beach, Pass-a-Grille, St Petersburg. St. Petersburg, the tourist' city, is the largest community close to the beaches of Pinellas county, a city that has shown wonderful growth in the past ten years. I have before me a paper in which the statement appeal's that there 'are 50 hotels and 30 apartment houses in the city; that 23,254 tourists regis tered with the Board of Trade lasj; winter, the number from .each state being given, Ohio having the largest number with 4,550, and which fur ther says that probably a total of 75,000 were here. Another means of judging the growth is through figures that show increases in bank deposits, post office receipts, etc. The bank deposits in 1917 were $3,256,969; in 1920 they were $7,416,304. The post office re ceipts for 1917 were $56,282 and in 1920 they were $83,240. During the year 1919 building permits totalled $1,427,146. Sheridan's Official Report. Todaythe world shudders at the kind of warfare that Germany waged on Belgium and France.- I will pro duce the following reports and or ders that were issued, not by von Hindenburg or the Crown Prince of Germany, but by Grant and Sheri dan. Listen-this is Phil Sheridan's official report: "I have burned two thousand barns filled with wheat and corn; all the mills in the whole country; de stroyed all the factories of cloth; killed or driven off every animal, [ even the poultry that could contrib ute to human sustenance. Nothing ? should be left in the Siiennandoah but eyes to lament the war." Grant's Orders. City Point, July 14, 1864. "Major General Hallock, "Washington, D. C. ^'If the enemy has left Maryland, as I suppose he has, he should have upon his heels veterans, militiamen, men or horseback and everything : that can be got to follow, to eat out Virginia clear and clean as they go, 30 that the crows flying over it will , have to carry their provender with them. "Signed "U. S. Grant, Lieut. Gen." City Point, Aug., 26, 1864. "Major General Sheridan, "Halltown, Va. "Do all the damage to railroads and crops you can. Carry off stock of every description, and negroes, so as to prevent further planting. We want the Shennandoah valley to re main a barren waste. "Signed "U. S. Grant, Lieut. Gen. Is it any wonder that now the peo ple oi the South are still distrustful of the Republican party which fath ered the "force" bill'and which today waves the "bloody shirt" in Congress and which has men in its ranks who declare n the floor of Congress that Lee and Jackson were traitors. I was talking the other day with a fel low who said he fought under Sheri dan, and he was speaking of the way that Germany treated Belgium and France. I had this official report in my pocket at the time. I pulled it out and told him to read it and then brush around your own door. Now, don't you every again say what Germany did. Phil Sheridan and the gang that followed him in his tracks, did just as bad as the Huns did, so far as he went. Both Grant and Sheridan were men with iron hearts and steel souls. I told this fel low that Sherman did the same thing from Atlanta to the sea, with nobody in his path but women and children. You will notice that this order of Grant's was issued July 26 when Gen. Lee was skinning him alive, from the time he crosses the Rapadan to Pe tesburg. Grant was a creature of cir cumstances. J. RUSSELL WRIGHT. The Old Maids' Convention. At the Opera House, July 16, 1920 at 8:30 p. m. A farcial drama which never fails to provoke laughter and when you have enjoyed the hearty laugh in which you are sure to in dulge you will not forget the cause of your laughter, for some quotations or some bit of wit of the association will haunt you and you will laugh again. The best local talent has been secured for this play as will be seen by the following cast of characters: Jerusha Eliza Bangs, President, Miss Florence Bfims. Rebecca Retrace, Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Hortense Woodson. Marianna Melissa Plack, L. T. May Minty Clovertop, Miss Calliham. Desire A. Mann, P. P. Blalock, Jr. Hepsibah Odelia Oeds, Mrs. Lovic P Smith. Ann Ellen Pattcrly, Mrs. John G. Edwards. May Haverman, Mrs. A. B.Car wile. Petunia Pickles, Claude Lyon. Serena Hasbeen, Miss Patti Major. Charity Hopegood, L. W. Cheat ham. Rachael Ketchem, W. A. Strom. Belinda Bliss, J. S. Scurry. . Hannah Savannah Biggerstaff, J. H. Tompkins. Professor Makerneux, the inventor of the marvelous rejuvenating ma chine, W. E. Lott. After passing through the reju venating machine some of the old maids will be rejuvenated by the fol lowing beautiful young ladies: Misses Elizabeth Rainsford, Grace Tomp kins, Elizabeth Smith, Helen Dorn, Ruth Lyon, Lydia Brunson, Kate Mims, Mary Nicholson, Anna Belle Saunders, Elizabeth Rives, Bessie Punovant, Thelma Jackson, Ouida Pattison and Mrs. J. S. Scurry. Preceding the presentation of the above drama, the following numbers will be rendered: Song, Miss Miriam Norris, with violin obligato by Miss R?sela Par ker. Song, Miss Susan Elizabeth Mathis Instrumental solo, Miss Margaret May. Song, Miss Ray Swearingen. "Fancy Dance, Miss Elizabeth Smith. Song, Miss Rosa May Miller. FOR SALE: Several milch cows, fresh to pail. D. R. DAY, Trenton, S. C. 5-26-6tpd i ? CHINA LETTER. Beloved Edgefield Missionary, Rev. John Jackson, Writes Interesting Letter From Far-Off Shanghai. 179 North Szezhuen. Road, . Shanghai, China, June 3, 1920:. Dear Advertiser: Although it has been nine months since I saw a copy of your paper, I very often think of you Edgefield folks and long to see all of you. But I have six years more to wait in China before I can see old Edgefield. But even so, I shall be so busy that: those years will seem very short tb* me in some respects, but long in other ways. Not long after I reached'. China John Lake sent me a copy of The Advertiser; it is needless to say that I enjoyed it very much. On last Sunday I was* reminded of the time when I used to walk the streets of Edgefield as a cadet of the S. C. C. I. We observed Memorial Day by holding service this morning at the Bubbling Well Cemetery. I, with about five hundred Americans, listened to a great address recalling the great ideals and principles for which our nation stands and for which our noble heroes gave their lifeblood. A large body of sailors werfe present, besides the American company of the Shanghai Volunteer V Corps and the Boy Scouts of the American School. After the address we listened to "America" and then the American company fired three, vollies over the decorated graves of our dead. But among the soldiers who were there, I saw soldiers of another army-nurses, doctors, teachers and preachers, who are still fighting for the same principles ahat our nation has always stood. To our sorrow, these kind of soldiers are all too few, the ranks too thin. We need thou sands of such to live here in this land of darkness and night and give to the people'the true light. There is still another class of< sol diers that I want to mention, it is the native Christians. There is in our church a man who saved $10.00 out of his year's salary of $80.00 and gave it to the new building fund for a new church. He is a faithful mem ber and is the sexton, too. Another case will give you an idea of the real greatness of the Chinese when they have a chance to reach their best. A missionary bought a small boy from a boatman-'i nd taught him of Christ and trained him in His way. This boy was of the commonest clay, but he made a college president. I heard ' Dr. Judson tell of a man who had be come interested in Christianity and told his fo?ks about it, so while his brothers and mother held him, his father put out his eyes so that he could not see how to go to church: any more. But he remained true to? the Christ.he had learned to love. The missionaries took him'to the hos pital for treatment, but his sight is gone, still within his soul there is the Light of the World. One other" instance will give you some idea ?of how they can change things. In a small, dirty house lived i a father, his seven wives, their thir- ' teen sons with their wives and chil dren. Through the Y. M. C. A. one of the sons .became converted and told his folks about Jesus, but they were not very anxious to accept this new?" religion. This man went out to do what he could for the Master and be gan teaching in a free night school. In his home he also influenced one brother very strongly toward Chris tianity. Of course very often the new converts suffer untold persecutions* in many ways and are often driven * from home. But in almost every in stance they remain faithful to Christa You at home know nothing of the; \ agonies that they suffer for the: Kingdom. Still with all this it seems' I that the work goes on very slowly. Of a population of more than 400, 000,000 there are less than l,00O 000 Christians in China, leaving 399,000,000 in the darkness of heath' enism. In a social and educational way the Chinese are making much progress Many girls are allowed to choose: their own husbands now adays, but. (Continued on Page Five.)