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VOL. 84 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 21. 1920 JOHNSTON LETTER. Death of Mrs. Lavinia Wright. Death of Mrs. Sallie Cobb. Automobile Turns Over. No One Injured. Mrs. Sallie -Sloan Cobb died dur ing the early hours of last Tuesday morning at her home here. Owing to her advanced age, she hs.cl become very feeble duing the last few years of her life and the end was not un expected. Mrs. Cobb was first married to Dr. Sloan in 1865, at Pendleton, and their union was blessed with several children, only one now living, Miss Sue Sloan. Her second marriage was to Mr. George P. Cobb, and a few years af ter, they came to Johnston to reside. Mr. Cobb preceded his wife to the grave just one year. Mrs. Cobb was one of the most in tellectual, the most gifted women that the town has ever afforded. Her conversational powers were rare and is was ever a pleasure to be in her company. She was a woman of the old school, and* modest, sweet and gracious, and her home was the type of the true Christian abode, and many remember it, fragant with the charms and harmonies of love and hospitality. She was a member of the Baptist church and during her active days was a regular attendant and was sec retary of the Missionary society. She was a very patriotic woman, being a member of the D. of C. When she first came here, she was director of the Music Department of the school. On Tuesday afternoon the funer al services were conducted in the home at 6 o'clock by Dr. W. S. Dor set, a former pastor, in the absence of her pastor, and that evening tire' body was carried to Pendleton to rest beside the graves of her first husband and six children. The body was accompanied by her daughter, Miss Sue Sloan, nephews, Messrs. David and Willie Ouzts, also Mrs. Kate Lvnch, of Edgefield and Mrs. Scruggs, and the faithful servant of many years, "Aunt Sophia." There were many beautiful flow ers on her casket, a mute testimony of the love of many friends. Mrs. W. S. Brooke is expected home this week from Bichmond. Mrs. T. R. Denny is at home from a month's stay in Georgia with rela tives, and Miss Antoinette Denny has returned from a western tour, going as far as California, of which trip she has most interesting ac counts. Mrs. W. P. Cassells and children have gone to Ellenton to visit rela tives. Mrs. Horne of Ridge, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Horne. The annual meeting of the W. M. U., Ridge Association, convenes on Wednesday of this week at Philippi Baptist church. Miss Emmie Wright has gone to Springfield to visit her sister, Mrs. Paul Gleaton. Miss Mallie Waters is visiting her sister, Miss Annie Waters in Augus ta. Mrs. J. D. Waters of Saluda, has been for a visit to relatives. Mrs. Thomas Weiderman has gone to Prosperity to visit relatives. Messrs. David and Willie Ouzts were here last week, having come at the death of their aunt, Mrs% Cobb. Mrs. Clifton Mitchell has returned to Batesburg after a visit to Mrs. J. W. Stirnen. Mr. J. W. Stirnen is at home from at visit to his sister in Michigan. Mrs. Mena Calhoun of Florida is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ben Wright. Mrs. J. M. Tuner spend last week in Leesville with her niece, Mrs. Walter Hendrix. Mrs. Lavinia Wright, the widow of Mr. Bob Wright, died suddenly last Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lula Wright Eidson, at Ward. She had been well during the day and while seated at the evening meal was stricken with apoplexy, living only a short while. Mrs. Wright was a Miss Cogburn before her marriage and is widely connected. She was a woman of many beauti ful characteristics, a chief one being her lovable disposition, this making her beloved by everyone. She was kind and gentle and many are the noble deeds done by her hands. "Hands, that for many years Had wrought for others-soothed the tears, Rocked the cradle, eased the fevers' smart, Dropped balm of love, in many an aching heart, Hands, now folded like rose leaves pressed, Above the silence of her breast, Immute appeal they told of labors done, And well earned rest that came at set of sun." The funeral services were con ducted Thursday morning and thy body was tenderly laid to rest at Bethlehem church cemetery beside the grave of her husband who pre ceded her to the grave nine years ago. There are several noble sons and daughters left to mourn this good mother: Messrs. Ben, Fletcher and Berto Wright and Mrs. Kittie Rush ton of Greenwood, Mrs. Allie Kin naird of Edgefield, Mrs. Nan Wright Culbreath, Mrs. Mary Anna Long and Mrs. Lula Eidson. The Misses Watkins of Cross Hill have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. Albert Lott. * ^ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Derrick are at home from the mountains of North Carolina. Mrs. Herbert Eidson and children are at Wrightsville Beach for a few weeks. Dr. Mal Anderson is visiting in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Milford. Mrs. Leora Wright Simmons has returned from Greenwood. Mrs. W. P. Westmoreland went to the Baptist Hospital on Friday for treatment. Mrs. J. A. Dobey is at home from a visit to relatives at Spartanburg. Among those going to the moun tains last week were Mesdames H. W. Crouch., L. S. Maxwell, Grace Crouch, J. H. White, J. A. Lott and Mrs. W. E. LaGrone and children. Mrs. Newton Broadwater and Miss Mamie Broadwater, while re turning to their home Thursday from Johnston, narrowly escaped a serious accident. While going down an incline some parts of the engine refused to work and the car left the road, turning completely over. As the car went over the ladies were thrown out, l-eceiving no injuries, but bruises. Miss Hortense Padgett is visiting Miss Helen Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Harry White whose marriage was a recent happy event are here for a short visit to relatives. Mr. White is the son of Rev. George P. White and has many friends here who are offering hearty congratula tions. / Prof. and Mrs. W. F. Scott have returned from Montecello, being ac companied by the former's mother. Mr. Thomas Rowland is still quite sick and a nurse has been gotten for him. Miss Louise Boyd entertained last Friday with a very pleasant lun cheon in compliment to her visitors. Two hours were happily spent. Mr. Rubenstein's Clearance Sale. In this issue will be found a page advertisement of Mr. J. Rubenstein in which he tells our readers about his annual summer clearance sale which will begin Saturday. This will be a real feast of bargains. It has been his policy many years not to carry over summer goods into the next season and he uses the clear ance sale to clean up his store. Mr. Rubenstein will make good every statement his advertisement con tains. If you question this statement, take the advertisement along with you to his store, giving him an op portunity to prove the truth of his attractive offers. Seasonable goods in every department will be put on sale at very low prices. Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy is certain to be need ed in many, many homes before the summer is over. Buy it now and be prepared. It is recognized as a most reliable remedy for bowel complaints and may be obtained at any drug store. i Splendid Division Meeting at Parksville. The Third Division of the Wo man's Missionary Union held a very' profitable meeting at Parksville on Thursday of last week. Every society in the division was well and largely represented, about a hundred or more children taking part. On the West side the people have, every facility. All the churches in this division except one, ?Red Oak Grove, is on the railroad, and if they do not care to go by rail, they can go by auto, as they say the roads are good. The Sunbeam societies of the four towns were represented by very in teresting exercises, and the spirit of the occasion was fine. Miss Ann Rowland, a very gifted and attractive young woman of Clark's Hill brought over in cars from Clarks' Hill three whole bench es of boys and girls who gave a won derful demonstration of what a Sun beam leader can do if in earnest. Be sides singing and having a prayer by each one, they gave from memory, eyery book in the Bible and recited in concert several chapters from the Bible and told where many famous passages of Scripture are to be found. The visitors from outside the division were Dr. R. G. Lee and Mrs. Tillman and Mrs. Mims. Mrs. Till man was deeply gratified at the re markable accomplishment of the third division sunbeam baunds, one having been apportioned $5.00 rais ing already $75.00, in one of the smallest churches in our association. Mrs. Tillman has given herself whole heartedly to the Missionary task in the Edgefield association and is now reaping some 'of the fruits of her la< bors. Dr. R. G. Lee gave a very encourr aging talk to the women in their work and they were heard to give expression to their gratification. At the dinner hour the people gathered around a bountiful boarcT and partook of a delightful meal among a host of kind friends, some of whom we had not seen in a long time. The next division meting will take place at Plum Branch in the fall. Mrs. J. M. Bussey presided over the meeting as Division President and every indication manifests growth of the societies under her ef ficient direction. MRS. J. L. MIMS. Picnic of Mt. Zion Sunday School. Having applied themselves closely to the work of their farms from the early planting season, the good peo ple of Mount Zion community came together at the church "Satur day in the capacity of a Sunday school picnic. The day was ideal for such an occasion and the people, bouyant over the prospect of a large harvest entered heartily into the spirit of the occasion. About 12 o'clock the people gath ered in the church and Rev. P. B. Lanham, the pastor of the church conducted devotional services and gave expression to appropriate words of welcome. The exercise con sisted of recitations and songs by the children of the Sunday school. Addresses delivered by Mr. J. H. Cantelou and Mr. J. L. Mims. At the close of the program in the church all were invited out to partake of a feast that had been prepared for the day. The contents of dozens of well filled baskets were spread upon the long table, and in addition to the meats and sweetmeats, ice cold lemonade was served fre,e to every body in true Southern style. The day was one of genuine pleasure to all who attended and it will be^a bright day in the memories of the children and young people who com pose the Sunday school, in whose interest the picnic was primarily given. Mr. Walter Carpenter is su perintendent of the Sunday school, ?which meets the second and fourth Sunday mornings. Senatorial Campaign Meeting. The senatorial campaign meeting will be held in the Court House at Edgefield next Wednesday, July 28. There are four aspirants and they will doubtless have some things to say that Will be of - interest to our people.. Old Maids' Association Tri , umphant Success. (Communicated.) On Friday evening, July 16, Edge field had the pleasure of attending the Old Maids' association. Despite the rain a very large audience greeted the performers. There was not a dull moment from the begin ning until the very end. ? . The musical concert preceding the drama was exceedingly high class, and greatly enjoyed. The opening number was a song by little Miss Rosa May Miller, whose voice is sweet and caressing. There is some thing, truly bewildering about this little cherub and the memory of her? fijong lingered with us long after she had ceased singing. This was fol lowed by Miss Miriam Norris, who sang "Beauties Eyes," by Tosti, with charming effect. Her rich, sweet yoice never appeared to better ad vantage. Miss Susan Mathis delight ed the audience with a piano solo. Her sensitive touch, with its delicate yariety of color and subtle gradua tions, jjer rythmic and poetical feel ing strongly appealed to all music lovers. The clear, deep, rich, contralto voice of Miss Ray Swearingen was listened to with rapture and she re ceived vociferous applause. The ac companiments of Miss Swearingen and -Miss Miller were charmingly played by Mrs. P. B. Day. '. Miss Margaret May, whose artistic person?lity exerts a facination up on her listeners played with abun dant - energy, ' clear articulation and fine skill. There was an infinite charm in her rendition of "Dolls' Ballt" by George Morris. - Mrs. Madison Tucker, a recent lovely bride was enthusiastically re lived. This was her first appearance public in Edgefield. She is an ar ;? whose voice is of great beauty j nd volume. She sang impressively, :'The Swallows," receiving tremen dv^-applause. She very graciously j gave an encor?. Her accompany ' ments, as well as Miss Norris' were gracefully played by Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman. Mr. Authur S. Tompkins, in his inimitable way, announced the num bers on the program, closing it with a few witty remarks. Then the curtain rose upon the scene of the club room and members of the Old Maids' association in reg ular 'session, the audience shrieked with laughter and the applause was great. It was clever, unique, witty, comical, delightful, uproariously fun ny! The characters were well delin eated by the best local talent, the leading role, Jerusha Eliza Bangs, president, being played by Miss Florence -Minis, whose power to charm and entertain are limitless. The impassions of an artistic talent that Miss Mims has made since her first appearance as, a reader has been strengthened and deepened by her successive readings, but this is the first time she has ever appeared in drama and she displayed marked and wonderful ability. Miss Minis is very young and there are great possibili ties in the further growth of her powers, which have already reached so high a level. Miss Hortense Woodson's imper sonation of Rebecca Retrace, secre tary, was strongly marked. She put in it enough expression, variation and vitality to almost make it genu ine. Her curls and bonnet were in- j deed cunning. GJaud T. Burnett, as chairwoman of the club, appeared to good advan tage. He was gowned in satin, low neck and sleeveless. Satin pumps and silk hose, with rolled tops, com pleted this striking costume. Minty Clovertop was cleverly por trayed by Miss Ernie Lou Edmupds. Her natural wit combined with good acting made this a very interesting character. P. P. Blalock, Jr.'s artful imper sonation of an old maid was exceed ingly attravtive. He appeared in blue georgette and blue hat with pink; roses adorning it. As Hephzibah Odelia Olds, Miss Evelyn Edmunds came in for a "big" j share of admiration. Her coy man ner in which she explained the art of | "catching him of whom you had hopes of and making his love glow) like the summer sun" was indeed rich. Miss Sarah Lyon, as Ann Ellen Patterby, proved such a good actress that she was placed on the end of the stage for the audience's benefit. Her red hat with its white and red plumes ? ever on the nod, and her huge fan completed a most pictur esque character. Miss Elizabeth Calliham of Green ville, as May Havermann, displayed wonderful histrionic ability. She also occupied a place on the end of the stage, and her acting was greatly enjoyed. She wore a tighTblack vel vet basque and long, straight, red severely back and tightly caught, in knot on the crown of her head. She was the "real article." Claude Lyon, as Petunia Pickles, was indeed comical. His woeful ex pression and wailing voice proclaim ed his case hopeless. Miss Patti Major was an ideal Serena Hasbeen. Fearing that she might not come out alive, before en tering the rejuvenating machine, she kindly gave to her less fortunate sisters her necklace, shawl, and "false teeth" to keep for remem brance. L. W. Cheatham, as Charity Hope good, and chairman of "Foreign Im portations' brought forth vociferous applause. As became his blonde "beauty" he was attired in pea green organdy and wore a large black pic ture hat. W. A. Strom, as Rachael Ketch em, was the cynosure of all eyes. His costume consisted of white sat in skirt and blue bodice, large red hat and streamers. Miss Mary Lyon made a clever Be linda Bliss. She wore a sweeping red robe and snugly lying in her lap was a kitten around whose neck was a red ribbon and massive bow. Han nah Savannah Biggerstaff was in deed jovial and was none other than R. L. Young. His costume was an old fashioned basque and skirt with a huge brown hat adorned with sev eral plumes. D?intyT?t$^ an adorable Rhododendron Hopkins. She wore a tight blue basque and pink skirt, diminutive black bonnet with tall blue plume and large pink bow under chin. Had we imported a Frenchman direct from Paris he could not have played the part of Professor Maker neux more cleverly than did W. E. Lott. His gesticulations pronuncia tion and articulation were the real Frenchman . He wore a Prince Al bert suit, false mustache, eyeglasses and even a red boutonnierre on the lapel of his coat. The old maids were represented by the following: Misses Ruth Lyon, dashing brunette; Margaret May, musician; Mary Nicholson, summer girl; Mary Dorn, angel; Lois Mims, artist; Annabel Saunders, vamp; Elizabeth Smith dancer; Ouida Patti son, sweetheart; Helen Dorn, college girl; Alma Thomas, Red Cross Nurse Margaret Madden, equestrienne; Mr. Wood, a "lady tall and stately; Dio mede Hollingsworth, a man who did some very fine dancing. The last of the old maids to enter the rejuve nating machine requested to be made a silver throated, golden voiced songster, and immediately ap peared as if from an unseen forest, Edgefield's mocking bird, Miss Eliz abeth Rainsford, who warbled and sang, rivaling in beauty the notes of the bird for which we have grace fully named her. The closing scene was a march by the old maids, led by Miss Florence Mims, who appeared in quaint poke bonnet, costume a la polonaise, dain ty shawl and corsage bouquet of "old maids." This delightful enteratinment was given under the auspices of the La dies' Guild of Trinity Episcopal church. The net proceeds amounting to $90 will be used for a carpet fund. The members of the Guild wish to express their thanks and appre ciation to all who helped to make the entertainment a success, and to the public for the generous patronage and interested attention. What To Do When Billiout. Eat no meats and lightly of other food. Take three of Chamberlain's Tablets to cleanse out your stomach and tone up your liver. Do this and within a day or two you should be feeling fine. Stanmore Townes Visits Home Folk and Hurries Back to Post of Duty. Dear Advertiser: Once more above the red old hills of Georgia and this afternoon across the Blue Ridge back to Indian Head; great state of Maryland. Down in North Augusta a few days ago it was the season of water melons, peaches, blackberries and red bugs. And I enjoyed them all, with the possible exception of the red bugs where the enjoyment seem ed to be more or less retroactive rather more than less. Tell me, ye youngsters of the male specie, where are alL the blond angels and brunette sisters? Time was when the old countryside above North Augusta bloomed like the chrysanthemums in Phipps Con servatory with these fair specimens of the human race, but certainly "the time is gone by." But lest we write the record wrong here is wishing all the good things in the world for some certain, several that still keep the Sunday midnight lamps well oiled Coming down from Washington three weeks ago I was surprised to se? the general outlook of the farms along the Southern railroad so poor and the "crops along the Georgia railroad are only fairly fair them selves. Cotton is small and needs work and nobody seems to be work ing. The cotton and corn around North Augusta is the best I have seen. The Southern train is rearing to go-once more above the wheels through the apple orchards of Vir ginia. S. B. TOWNES. Woman's Christian Temper ance Union. . On account of the reporter for this organization having an unusual number of duties to perform during held with Mrs. Israel Mukashy on the fifth of July, was left out of last week's Advertiser. It was not for gotten, however, and could not have been, as it was one of the most de lightful occasions of its kind this summer. / At the door of Mr. and Mrs. Mu' kashy's lovely new home there were several friends to welcome a larger number of members than usual. De licious fruit punch was served and enjoyed by all who entered and it was specially refreshing this warm afternoon in celebration of the Fourth of July. The dainty home was tastefully decorated with lovely flowers and flags of our own coun try draped most gracefully in con spicuous places. Mrs. J. L. Mims, the president, presided and the program opened with the recitation of the twenty third Psalm, which all believers in God can unite in repeating. The lovely victrola in the home gave several musical selections, among them "Nearer My God, to Thee," and several new member." were received, among them Mrs. Morgan' and Miss Schenk. Mrs. Wall was called upon to say a few words and did so most gra ciously, saying that she had not been accustomed to prohibition in the country from which she had come, Ireland, no France where she had spent many months in the Snglish service during the world war, where wines were served at every meal like water. Miss Florence Mims gave a read ing "If I had time," and Mrs. W. L Dunovant made a report on the re cent Suffrage Convention in Colum bia which she was privileged to at tend. This report was very favorably commented upon and took the place of the usual Citizenship study. At the close of the program the hostess served block cream and two kinds of cake. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. W. L. Nicholson, early in August. Money to Loan. I have money to loan on South Carolina farnJST Would also like to have someone to represent me in Edgefield in th? placing of these loans. Write W. M. LESTER, 210 Masonic Temple, Augusta, Ga.