Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

VOL. 84 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1920 No. 20 JOHNSTON LETTER. Annual Meeting Woman's Mis sionary Union. Marriage ' of Miss Lewis and Mr. Timmerman. The annual meeting of the Wo man's Missionary Unfon of Ridge association met last Wednesday with the good people of Philippi church and owing to conditions, there was only one day's s?ssidn, but this day was a very full day's work, productive of much accomplished in the future, was the result. There was a good representation of the 18 churches in the associa tion and the reports of delegates present showed the best in the his tory of the societies, in gifts. The president, Miss Sallie May Burdon, of Batesburg, gave a wonderful re port. The great campaign had been . a' means of showing to the people just what they could give and do for the Lord. Dr. Sam^Pruiett was a guest of honor and during the afternoon made a talk that was very appealing. Soon he will go to China as a medi cal missionary and will be the only physician within a very large range. The unon decided to adopt the Ridgedale school and lend a helping "hand in better equipping it with ne cessities for the students. It was sug gested that the various societies fur nish the dining room. \ . This school is between Ward and Saluda and is situated 'in a section where a religious school is greatly needed. Within the past two years there has been established a creed that the Baptists of the association want to blot out. This school is lo cated at the old Watson place, the large residence and* store being used s?^as school and dormitory. The union will hold its next an nual meeting at Richland Springs. The ladies of the Philippi society and al] of thc members were very hospitable and entertained the union in a royal manner. Rev. W. S. Brooke is conducting a protracted meeting at the Baptist church of Wards. Rev. David Kellar went to McCor mick last week in interest of denomi national work in the State. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Black enter tained with a very pleasant tea on Saturday evening, in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson of Birmingham, Ala. Miss Helen Lewis and Mr. Price Timmerman were married last Thurs day at Aiken, and the news was re ceived here with pleasant surprise, and much cordial interest. The happy young couple returned to Johnston on Saturday and in a few days will go for a honey moon to northern points of interest. The bride is the daughter of Mr. J. L. Lewis and is one of the town's most beloved young women. She has many beautiful traits of character, f. and her pleasant manner and cor diality has always won for her, hosts of fri??w*C. The groom is a prosperous planter of Eureka, and upon their return, they will reside at the pretty new home the groom has recently built. .Mrs. Mettie Jacobs and Miss Ella Jacobs have gone to Michigan to vis it the former's brother whom she has ' not seen since she was a child. Mrs. John Waters of Saluda visit ed relatives here last week. Misses Julia and Kate McFarlane of Darlington have been guests of Miss Louise Boyd. Miss Nelle Bailey of Columbia is^ visiting Miss Sallie Dozier. Mr. Heber Ballentine is at home from Hendersonville, N. C. Mrs. George Reynolds has return ed from Modoc, where she visited relatives. % Mesdames G. G. Waters and W. Wallace Turner entertained on Sat urday afternoon with a very pleas ant party for Mrs. Charlie Brunson, of Augusta, and Mrs. Horace Wright of Georgetown. Several tables of rook were arranged and an animated game was enjoyed, later a tempting salad course being served. Prof. John Waters of Vidalia, Ga., is visiting his brother, Mr. G. G. Waters. Mrs. M. E. Norris spent last week in Columbia with her daughter, Miss Louelle Norris. Messrs Howard and Oscar Black have gone to Abbeville to spend a while in the home of their uncle, Mr. Frank McCord. Mrs. C. P. Corn has gone to Wal halla to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Strother. Miss Lottie Bean has returned from Winthrop College where she has been taking a special course. Misses Isabelle and Bessie Bean will return this week from the Univer sity of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson and children of Birmingham are guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Lott, and a cordial welcome is being given them. It has been several years since they visited here. Prof. and Mrs. W. F. Scott left on Friday for Batesburg, to make their future home, Mr. Scott having been elected superintendent of the joint school system of Batesburg and Leesville. During their eight years' stay here they greatly endeared themselves to all and it was with real sorrow that our town sees them go elsewhere to reside. Miss Frances Tur ner returned on Monday from a visit to a class mate at Glascow, Ky. Mr. John Suber has gone to Hen ?dersonville, N. C., to enjoy his va cation from the Farmers and Mer chants Bank. On Wednesday evening at the Bap tist church Dr. Pruiett, who had at tended the annual W. M. U. meet ing of the Ridge association at Phil ippi church that day, made a most interesting talk and all heard him with keen interest. In a short while, Dr. and Mrs. Pruiett will go to China as missionaries, the former as a medical missionary in a field of 20,000 inhabitants with no other physician but himself. Mr. Pruiett is a native of Anderson and his wife was Miss Mary Cullum of Batesburg who is well know in this association as a great worker and she will be a great aid to her husband in the work. On last Thursday the Masons and Pythians had a picnic here on the , school campus and this was largely attended. There was no special pro gram and a general good time ?was had. The lodges furnished the bar becue and the ladies all brought bas kets of sweets and a sumptuous din ner was enjoyed. In the afternoon, a ball game be tween Johnston and Saluda teams was played, which resulted in a score of 9 to 8 in favor of Saluda. Misses Mary and Helen Walker have gone to Newberry to visit rel atives. Miss Lucile Smith of Newberry, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. L. Wal ker. Mrs. Horace Wright of George town is visiting her sisters, the Miss es Sawyer. Mrs. Charlie Brunson of Augusta is in the home of her brother, Dr. J. A. Dobey. Miss Mallie Waters is at home from a two weeks' stay in Augusta with her sister, Miss Annie Waters. Club Boy's Short Course Ends. Clemson College, July 24.-In teresting closing exercises for the Short Course for Club Boys were held on Thursday evening and cer tificates were awarded to seventy six boys who completed the course by Director W. W. Long of the Ex tension Service. Short talks were made by L. L. Baker, Supervising Agent; W. W. Long, Director; A. B. Bryan, Agricultural Editor; B. 0. Williams, Assistant Agent; and Pro fessors L. V. Starkey, W. W. Fitz patrick and A. J. Godbey, and an nouncements made of the winners of prizes, places on the stock judging team, etc. The lively contest for places on the stock judging team has been the outstanding feature of this year's Short Course. The object of this con test was to select a team of three, with two alternates, to enter the In ternational Club Boys' Livestock Judging Cont?st at the Southeast ern Fair next fall. Instruction and practice work on pure bred live stock were given from the first, and the boys most apt in this work were given daily tests. The competition was keen and it was finally decided to select six boys, who will be taken on an experience trip through the state and probably into Tennessee for further training before going to the Southeastern Fair. > Schedule of Events During Visit to Boston. Mr. R. M. Scurry has just return ed from a great Northern trip given him by the Addison Mills. Following was the schedule for the week be ginning July 19th: Monday morning arrived at Bos ton office at 10:45 with Mr. Barker. Inspected Manager's office, 60 Fed eral St., then Engineer's office at 245 State St. A visit to the Wharf, and other fish piers along Atlantic Avenue followed, and then a fish din per at Durgin & Parks Restaurant Immediately after lunch, a visit was made to Faneuil Hall Market. Then, accompanied by Mr. Cooper, super intendent of Cotton Research Co., an inspection of this plant was made. Theatre in the evening. Tuesday morning a visit was made to the Pacific Mills in Lawrence with Mr. Barker. There the party under the direction of Mr. Taylor and Mr. Lever inspected the Atlantic and Up per Mills* of the Pacific Mills. Af ter lunch inspection was made of the Pacific Print Works under the guid ance of Mr. Clough. Mr. Reoch, su perintendent* of the Print Works ?greeted the party before leaving. Mr. Everett joined the party at the Print Works. Guests of Mr. Everett at the Touraine for dinner, follow ed by a Mary Pickford movie show. Wednesday Mr. Schubarth con ducted the party from Boston to Providence by train and from Prov idence to Plainfield, Conn., by auto mobile. Here* a visit was made to the Lawton Mills. Lunch at Lawton Inn and returned to Boston in time to see a musical comedy, "Mary." Thursday morning Mr. Lane, as sistant to Mr. Henry P. Kendall, mo tored the Addison and Wateree men to Walpole where they visited the; Lewis Manufacturing Company's; plant. Lunch at Walpole Inn at noon^ and upon their return to Boston they' witnessed a ball game between the ^Chicago and Boston American League Team3. Messrs. Thompson, Simms, Bur gess and Bai-ker visited the Bay State Cotton Corporation at Lowell, Mass. I inspecting the old weaving mill and the new spinning mill in which ma chinery is being installed. Thursday evening, Wateree and Addison men with Mr. Barker took in the sights at Revere Beach. Friday morning Mr. Schubarth again piloted the overseers, this time to the Lancaster Mills at Clinton. Saturday nothing was planned. Saturday evening, 5 o'clock boat J sailed for New York. A Faithful Record Miss Emmie Cartledge will be in , the employ of "The Corner Store" \ after August 1, where her many friends will be pleased to see her. Miss Emmie holds a splendid record having worked for fourteen years in the same store, first for Mr. J. M. Cobb, later for Rives Bros., and re- 1 cently for E. S. Rives. She is one of 1 the most efficient and agreeable young ladies in her line of work to .' be found anywhere and we are glad .that Edgefield is holding her. The six who won places on the team were Roy McCombs, Abbeville; Province Branham, Kershaw; M. Calvin Moore, Greenville; Carl M. Smith, Anderson; James C. Garrison, Pickens; Boyd Blakely, Lancaster. A Radiolite watch offered by P. H. Sanders, Associate Editor of the Southern Ruralist, to the club boy making the best all round record during the Short Course was won by Boyd Blakely. The club boys returned tb their homes Friday afternoon and Satur day after passing resolutions expres sing-their appreciation to Clemson College for the benefits and pleas ures of the course. It k noticeable that for the first time there were many pay students in the crowd, : whereas, heretofore the attendance has been almost exclusively the prize winning scholarship boys from each '. county. The boys attending from Edgefield county were J. T. Barnes, Jr., John ston, Route 4 (scholarship) ; Thomas P. Mealing, North Augusta, Route 1, (scholarship) ; Dabney Talbert, Edge field, Route 2, (pay student) ; Dan Brunson, Cleora, Route 1, (pay stu- , dent). iMiss Lena Wells Celebrates Thirteenth Birthday. Little Lena Wells, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wells entertained a number of her young friends at her home on Wed nesday, 22nd of July from three un til seven o'clock, in honor of her birthday. The h*.me was thrown open for the little guests-to enjoy ^them selves, all arriving promptly at three o'clock and you could readily see they were neatly and sweetly dressed by the supervision of a good moth er's care. Pink and white sashes and such beautiful embroidery made an endless array of beauty and loveli ness, not a one of the little guests presenting themselves with any tim idity and the prospect of joy and a good time gleamed from their bright fa?- ? I Pink and white was the color scheme. The little hostess was sweet ly dressed in pink and white. She conducted all the boys and girls in the dining room where there was a long table bountifully loaded with icecream and cake, the birthday cake placed in the centre of the table which was heavily coated with snow, white icing, with thirteen lighted candles to represent the age of the little hostess. All the young folks were seated around the table and en joye themselves to their hearts con tent. Among those invited were Jack, Preston and Lucia Miller, Marten McKie, Mayme Mathis, Virginia Mil ler, Edward and Jack Harling, An nie and Ethel Miller, Burnard Mc kie, Eugene Mathis, Florence McKie, Ethel, Marion and Robbie Miller, Lizzie Hammond, Carlton Pardue, Eu gene Hammond, Lois Pardue, Ruth Miller and Fannie Wells. f After the pleasures of the ice cream and cake were over they all repaired to the shade under the large oaks in the yard, and played games until seven o'clock, when the little ' 7^-vd.,dr^w;.away,.retreatm , th? calm that followed the jolly com panionship. ' The little hostess was the recipient : of several nice presents. Mr. E. J. Miller and his bonny bride were with I the young folks, giving spirit to the occasion. p ' ^- "DAD." Great Day at Red Oak Grove. Sunday, July 11th, was one of the '> most wonderful days for good weath : er and occasion of many days which : Red Oak Grove church has experi- j enced. For a year or more the peo- . pie of this section have been pre paring and planning for this day. For fifty years one of the noble sons ! Df this soil has been a faithful and successful minister of the gospel, and the friends and family and ac- t quaintancos wished to celebrate this golden anniversary of service. ? As the last arrivals drove up ' to the church on Sunday morning it seemed as if there had never been so many vehicles seen at one time at a church before. There was all kinds of transportation, one convey ance being an old fashioned two horse wagon in which our good friend, "Uncle Iv" Morgan rode with his son-in-law, Mr. Dorn and his fain ily just to set an example to all the extravagance of the age, for Mr. Dorn has a handsome Buick he could have used. Cars of every description took their places on every possible place and the people could not gath er in the church at one time. The meeting was called to order by Rev. G. W. Bussey, who is still pastor of the church, a call having been renewed to him on this occa sion. Mr. Bussey stated that the day would be one of reminiscences, and that each one would take a back ward, look. The minutes of the conference of the church, Red Oak Grove, which called Mr. Bussey to ordination was read. This was written in June 1870. The ordination took place in July by a council consisting of Revs. D. D. Brunson, S. P. Oetzen, J. P. Meal ing and Luther Broadus. Mr. Bussey called the roll of members at that time, only three responding, all la dies, two of them being Mrs. Zelpha Thurmond, president still of the Red ( Oak Grove mission society and Mrs. Carrie Nixon. He referred to the great kindness and love which the early families had bestowed upon him in the past and spoke gratefully of the continued love and affection of their descendants of the present day. Mr. Bussey said of himself that Jae felt unworthy of all kind things said of him, but that he owed it all to the Lord, "Praise be to His Name." The writer did not reach the church until after the services had already begun and did not ascertain who the first speakers were, but heard favorable comment on the words of Rev. W. R. Barnes of Red Hill. As we entered Mr. Bussey called on the people from Edgefield who were present to stand, and several rose and were welcomed. Hon. S. McG. Simkins was first called on and commended the service and that for which it stood, saying that if the history of all the Baptist churches in Edgefield county were written it would cover the history of most of the county. His remarks were brief and appreciated. Mr. J. L. Mims was the next speaker and told of the in fluence of Mr. Bussey on his young life and of his baptism by him at Stevens Creek more than thirty years ago. "Uncle Iv" Morgan was most cor dially welcomed again to his old, church and community and talked in a reminiscent vein part of the time, but was full of present day wholesome advice to his hearers as well. Dr. D. A. G. Bell was present and made an enthusiastic talk and Mr. Nixon of the Connie Maxwell Or phanage /whom "Uncle Iv" said learned to read his letters out of an Edgefield Advertiser lying on the ground in the grass. Rev. Charles Wilkinson, whom all the people on the West Side call "Uncle Charlie," was present and as sisted with the singing and talked also. The quartette from the Green wood* MeihcrdisindKurch"" was present and Mr. Bussey's daughter who as sisted at the organ. The quartette was a great addition to the service, giving quite a number of solos and quai-tettes to the great enjoyment of Lhe audience. Mr. Harvey of Modoo was another who gave interesting reminiscences of the past. Mr. 0. ?. Timmeman arose before the closing of the after noon meeting and expressed his grat ification at the response of the peo ple in coming and invited them to come again at any time. One of the very best talks made was the one by Rev. Byer Bussey of Georgia, a son of Rev. G. W. Bussey and who was born in this neighborhood. The dinner hour was spent around a bountiful table where everything delightful was served hospitably and abundantly and the social hour was blessed in giving opportunity for re newal of friendships and strengthen ing of the ties of love and affection among those who may not meet again soon, nor perhaps any more on earth. Such occasions are wholesome and uplifting and come for our edi fication. May the Lord spare our Brother Bussey yet a number of years to go in and out among us. Services at McKendree Church Meeting at McKendree, Sunday, August 1. Preaching by Rev. John L. Harley. Program for each day, ser vice at ll a. m., dinner on church yard, service at 2 p. m. Rev. John L. Harley is a man of God possessing some ability of speech and forensic power coupled with a spirit of deep piety. He was formerly president of the Anti-Saloon League in South Carolina. When,I was a lad grand mother carried me to Mt. Holly church to hear Bro. John Harley preach. Not long since Bro. Harley held a meeting at Waverly church in Calumbia. There were something like 50 conversions. Don't forget the date. S. C. DUNLAP, Pastor McKendree Circuit. To Give Entertainment. The Kill Kare Klub of Trenton has an announcement and program of a very interesting occasion to be held under their auspices Tuesday evening, August 3. Read it elsewhere in this issue. COUNTY CAMPAIGN. First Campaign Meeting Held at Johnston. Utmost Har mony Prevailed. Repre sentative Audience. The county campaign was formal ly opened with the holding of the first of the series of county cam paign meetings in the Opera House at Johnston Thursday. While the at tendance was not large, yet it was a representative body of citizens who gave the most patient attention for more than three hours. The meet ing was called to order by J. W. Cox, Esq., who presided as chairman. After the county chairman, J. L. Mims read the list of candidates who had complied 'with the requirements of the rules governing the primary election and are therefore entitled to enter the campaign, the chairman presented Mr. T. C. Calilson of Lex ington, who is the candidate for the office of solicitor of this circuit. Candidates For Solicitor. Mr. Callison said he is not a pro fessional office seeker but is seeking this honored position as a man and and would rather go down in defeat than to employ questionable means in order to win. He urged his hear ers to select a man who has power, ability and courage to put into ef fect the laws of the country. The speaker said that if he has to resort to pointing out the demerits of others in order to win votes he will never have public office. By constant diligence, said Mr. Callison, the so licitor can curtail court .expense. The solicitor should be at the Court House one day before court con venes and keep in touch with the magistrates in order to cut out a number of useless witnesses. He said also, that it is the duty of the State to protect the innocent as well as to punish the guilty. Re peatedly-he re fused _to -take. a. case .from a- client because there was no merit in his case, seeing that it would be a waste of money to bring legal action. He urged that the standing of the legal profession should be raised until it was on top where it should be. Mr. Callison told of working his way through school, farming and teaching in order to make money to pay his way through the law course at the South Carolina University, all the while aiding in the education of his two sisters. Mr. S. M. Smith, who is also a can didate for the office of solicitor was the next speaker. He stated that he was reared in two miles of Johnston and attended school in Johnston. He is now 47 years of age and has been engaged in the practice of law for the past 26 years, during which time he has been employed in the trial of more than 100 murder cases. Some of these were lost but most of them were won. If elected he said he will do his duty if it be necessary to fol low a case through the United States court. He stated that he has for years had the ambition tp be solici tor, as he pref erred ' criminal to civ il law, stating also that his 26 years of active practice equips him for dis charging the duties of solicitor. Mr. Smith said he loves the people of his State and county and that he will serve them to the best of his ability ? all the time. He said many small cases should be settled in the magis-^ trate's court, thus effecting a saving to the county. If elected he will send many cases back to the magistrate's court and save many dollars for the people. Mr. Smith said: "You know me as a man and if you think I am capable, I ask you to vote for me." He called attention to the fact that he resides near the geographical cen ter of the circuit and at the same time at the home of the judge, and is therefore in a position to serve to. the best possible advantage. ^ . Candidates for Senate., Col. P. B. Mayson was the first candidate presented for the state sen ate. He said that in the absence of any strong issues he would present his views on some subjects concern ing which he had decided convic tions. Good roads are needed and there are none who do not desire them. Col Mayson stated that he had no pet scheme f^or improving the public roads but will favor any prac (Continued on Second Page).