Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 20, 1920, Image 1
VOL. 84
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY? OCTOBER 20, 1920
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Sunbeam Band Elects Officers.
/ Mrs. Kellar Entertained
Apollo and Nacoussa
Clubs.
Rev. and Mrs. David Kellar visited
relatives at Abbeville last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Allen and John,
and Miss Mary Lewis were here on
Thursday en route to White Sulphur
Springs, Florida, making the trip in
their car. Miss Mary will spend a
while there.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Satcher of
North Augusta were quests of rela
tives here last week.
Mrs. J. W. Browne went to Au
gusta last Tuesday to attend the mar
riage of her cousin, Mr. Wash
Teague to Miss Jones of this place.
Mr. Teague is a former Johnston
man and there are many here who
are interested in this happy event.
Mr. F. M. Boyd has gone to Nash
ville, Tenn., where he will engage in
business.
Mr. Pickens JVIilford of Columbia
is visiting his son, Mr. Tom Milford.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Mitchell of
Bat?gburg were guests last week in
the home of Mr. David Howard.
Mrs. W. L. Walker has returned
to Hawkinsville, Ga., after a visit
to Mrs. T. R. Denny. )
Mr. Thomas Stevens left on Sat
urday for Florida where he will take
an electrical course.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith are now
domiciled in the dwelling recently
vacated by the family of Mr. Gall.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Holmes are at
home from their honeymoon, and
have rooms with Mrs. Alice Cox.
The Sunbeam band had a fine
m?eting on Sunday afternoon, hav
ing the first lesson in the mission
study. At the close of the meeting
the followings were elected as
officers: Miss Willie Waters, presi
dennt^ Miss Inez Rhoden, vice pres
ident; Miss Grace Turner, Treasurer
and Miss Katherine Wright^ secre
tary.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hardy visited
the family of their son, Mr. Eric
Hardy in Augusta last week.
In the death of Mrs. Harriet Ken
ny the town sustained a great loss,
for she was a real mother in Israel,
and was a sweet, pure Christian
character, whose life had wield
ed a great influence.
. Her spirit .le^this. WPi'IdJ?or- tha
Heavenly Home Monday morning
about 3 o'clock. For the past few
years she had made her home with
her niece, Mrs. James White.
She was 82 years of age and until
the past year she was able to be
about, and her presence was always
a benediction.
She was a very remarkable woman
in many respects, with many beauti
ful characteristics. Duty was a sub
lime word with her and she was al
ways found faithful. She loved to
serve others, and never thought of
self. Many are the kindly deeds and
little gifts made by her own fingers
that are now treasured mementoes.
t She was a member of the Chris
tian church,' but as there? was no
church here of her faith, she was a
very regular attendant of the Baptist
church and Missionary society as
--long as her health permitted.
The funeral services were con
ducted in the home Monday after
noon by Rev. W. S. Brooke, assisted
by Rev. David Kellar and Rev. J. D.
Kinard. A beautiful tribute was
paid her memory. After the service
the body was carried to Harmony
burying ground, and tenderly laid
to rest beside the grave , of her hus
band,' the lamented Charles Kenny.
A sister, Mrs. Lou McCartha, of
Aiken and Mr. Jimmie Cates, are
left besides a number of devoted
nieces and nephews.
There were many beautiful floral
designs sent by friends and different
organizations, among them being
the missionary society and the D.
of C., of which she was a charter
member of the chapter here.
Mr. Leland Chester, who is at a
sanitorium in North Carolina has
been in a critical state during the
past week and his relatives have
had him moved to another point, hop
ing that a change might effect his
condition. His illness is a result of
being gassed while in the world war,
having affected his lungs.
Miss Mamie Cassells of Ellenton
is visiting in the home of her broth
er, Mr. W. P. Cassells.
Mrs. David Kellar entertained the
members of the Apollo Music club
and Nacoussa club on Saturday af
ternoon, this date being the 21st
anniversary of her marriage. The oc
casion was a very happy one, and
those present had many cordial good
wishes for the hostess. Mrs. Kellar
did not tell her guests of this being
an anniversary, but any way she was
-pleasantly surprised by a large china
fruit bowl from the Nacoussa club
and a china tea service from the
Apollo club.
A program of music was had, the
hostess stating that the 100th anni
versary of the birth of Jenny Lind
was being celebrated, and /the pro
gram at this time followed out as far
as possible, the one Jenny Lind gave
when she appeared in Charleston in
1850. After this was enjoyed, a de
licious repast was served.
Breezy Heights, the attractive
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mrash,
held a charming house party of
young people for the week-end, these
being Miss Smith of Florida, a cousin
of Mrs. Marsh, and several college
girls of Columbia College.
The Apollo Music club held a very
enjoyable meeting Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. Edwin Dasher.
During business $10 was given to
the music scholarships and $12.50
paid for the attractive year books.
Mrs. David^Kellar was elected dele
gate to the district meeting at Edge
field, with Mrs. J. W. Marsh alter
nate, t
The subject of the program was
"Night Music" and a paper on "The
Influence of Night Music on the artis
tic temperament" was given by Miss
Zena Payne./ Night music was given
by Mrs. Mims Walker and Misses
Frances Turner, Clara and Gladys
Sawyer. Current events was told by
Mrs. W. J. Hatcher. 1
The hostess served a dainty salad
course.
Mr. Harry White of Bamberg is
visiting relatives. '
A silver tea was had on Friday
evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Cox, under the auspices^of te
New Century club.
Progressive rook was the diver
sion, each member making all ar
rangements for her table, las to par
ticipants and refreshments. A very
pleasant evening was spent and
$24.25 was made.
Miss Lucille Smith of Newberry is
the guest of .her aunt, Mrs. J. L.
Walker.
A large party from here attended
the General Reunion of Veterans,
held recently in Houston, Texas. The
occasion was a great one and will be
remembered especially by the veter
ans. Those who attended of the vet
erans were Judge J. G. Mobley, and
J. D. Eidson and others going were
Messrs. P. N. Lott, E. R. Clark, Joe
Clark, Marion Carpenter, Boze Car
penter and Mike Hair.
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Meeting of Music Club.
Mrs. W. M. Mooney and Miss
Katherine Minis were the hostesses
for the October meeting of the Phil
harmonic Club in the charming new
?bungalow of the former.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, and during the bus
iness session several new committees
were appointed. The club discussed
the Federation to he held here and
Mrs. 'B. B: jT>nes^\?^:e^t^?,K?a*^P:
egate, Miss Elizabeth Rainsford be
ing chosen as alternate. It was de
cided that the club should meet on
the second Wednesday in each
month. The names of Mrs. Lovick
Smith and Miss Emmie Lanham were
presented for membership and they
were unanimously voted into the
club.
Miss Rainsford sang a lovely solo,
"Deep in the Heart of a Rose" which
every one enjoyed. Mrs. H. C. Mitch
ell played one of hen own composi
I tions and the club has reason to be
very proud of this talented and gift
ed member.
Mrs. P. B. Day of Trenton was a
welcome visitor for the afternoon.
The hostesses, assisted by little
Margaret Mooney, Katherine and
Helen Wallace Mims served a most
delightful salad course with coffee
and whipped cream.
Lake-Chase Marriage.
Married on October 6, 1920, at
12:30 o'clock Miss Elise Lake of
Edgefield to Mr. John Mitchell Chase
of Clearfield, Pa. The marriage took
place at the Presbyterian manse in
Augusta and the officiating minister
was Dr. Sevier.
The occasion was said to be a
beautiful one, the bride wearing a
travelling suit of blue tricotine with
hat and accessories to match. Only
the immediate family and Mr. and ?
Mrs. B. B. Jones and Mrs. T. L.
Nicholson were present.
Many beautiful gifts showed the
esteem in which the bride was held,
among them being a chest of silver
from the nearest relatives.
Miss Lake studied in Boston and
had been teaching since her gradua
tion in -Maryland College. She is a
beautiful young woman and from
one of Edgefield's oldest and most
honored families.
A honeymoon trip was made to
the North and East. The grocr.i is a
prominent lawyer of Clearfield, Pa.,
where they will make their future
home.
Will Curtail Production.
On account of there being now
practically no demand for inanufac
tured cotton goods the Addison Mills
will for an indefinite^ time run only
four days in the week. The mill will
until further notice shut down Fri
day and Saturday in every week.
Such a condition - exists among cot
ton mills all over the country. Some
have closed altogether and others
ar?, like the Addison Mills, closing
only a portion of the time until con
ditions are more favorable. The mill
will operate as much as possible in
order te provide employment for the
employees.
FOR SALE OR TRADE: Tw,o
mules for sale or trade for milch
cows. /
B. T. LANHAM,
Edgefield, S. C.
/
Miss Florence Mims and Other ]
Teachers Take Hike in
Minnesota Woods.
Dear Advertiser:
Every year thousands of immi
grants land at Ellis Island, evenla^
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
The first possessed a better sort Of
courage. The difference is that the
Pilgrims landed on a "rock bound
shore" with no greeting but the war
whoop of the. red man, and the
Finns nd Swedes arrive at a well
populated coast, but lonely, too, for
crowds are as unfriendly as solitudes.*
The Pilgrims were influenced by-la
desire for spiritual freedom but the
immigrants of today by a desire fm .
citizenship in a free country, and, a
chance to make a livelihood.without*
interference frojn the man higher up.
Just what the foreign element !
the middle west is, I have very re- !
cehtly learned. 1 *:
On the farms and in the mines4??
Northern Minnesota are literally' j
thousands of Finns, Italians, Swedes, ,
Austrians, Monetnegrins and Nor-, '
wegians who speak the English lan- \
guage very imperfectly, or not at \
aol. J:.< '
Yesterday a party of five started
out on a seven or eight mile hike j
through a forest that resembled? I',! j
presume, the forests of northern EUT? }
rope, with the pine, spruce and 'fir *
itrees, interspersed in the clearings'
?with the peasant-like cottages of sub- ^
stantial folk who will in time become^ H
good Americans.
At this time of year "Nature is ..
wearing her full dress, uniform." The- .
white birches stand like painted mile \
posts against the dense green, and
the golden leaves pf the slim white, j
maples /eem to touch the blue sky
itself. The trail was covered with au
tumn leaves and their dry crackle
under our feet was the Only sound .
that pierced the absolute stillness of
the forest, except now and then the
rustle of the frightened partridg?s .
mistaking us for hunters. It -seemed,
"as though all Nature was holding; -
its breath." Before the trail had end- .
ed the sun was setting in the west \
with, all the brazen splendor of ? ,
forest fire.
On the edge' of the forest we '
came upon a small farm house, sur- '
rounded by a rail fence. On stopping ]
to .prepare our supper, we always go '
to the nearest farm house for a buck? -i
et. of water. I remarked as I c?amr?*
hered. . over the ??hclosuTa - t-hr?t'?' tiliU?
was perhaps" the f?'rsV South Carolin- ]
ian who had ever made a visit to this
Finnish home, especially in so un- '
ceremonious a fashion.
In asking for water we felt like <
the American soldiers must have felt ?
in France, asking for a drink if they <
did not know the French ^vord for 1
water. The Finnish woman came to
the door and carried on a prolonged |
conversation in what might have (
been Japanese or Hindu for all I (
knew. We looked at her, arid drank
it all in, not doubting for a moment j
that what she said was true. Then
we held our bucket up and started :
to drink water in pantomine, when ,
the little boy about seven years of
age, playing in the yard, approached
and spoke to us in perfect English.
Using him as an interpreter, we fi
nally made the woman understand,
and the three of us, my friend, the ?
Finnish woman and I, set out over (
more rail fences and through a pas- (
ture full of formidable looking cows, i
to the spring, about a quarter of a j
mile away. She carried,us to another j
farm house inhabited by Finns or ?
! Swedes who knew\ a little English. ,
I We asked the man of the family to ]
thank our benefactress for us, since
we had no way of assuring her of our ,
heartfelt appreciation. <
Here we found cold water in plen- ;
ty, which we carried to the others of 1
our party who had built a fire and J
? were awaiting our coming to put the ?
kettle on. i
As the stars came out in the sky 1
and the camp fire blazed brightly,
some little boys came by to drive the <
cattle home and one of them , we ]
recognized as a pupil of ours at the i
Aurora school. His name, Arvo Heit- .
taba, is somewhat characteristic of 1
the foreign titles of many of the i
blue-eyed, fair-haired youths who i
have America as their new found 1
home. , :
We- thought how wonderful it is, 1
that children may leave a bit of a <
cabin, where all their environment :
is foreign, and go every day to a ]
school so well equipped that it would 1
grace the campus of many a college, i
If America is the great melting
pot, it is the schools of America that 1
refine and mould the ctizenship thus 1
gathered together.
FLORENCE MIMS. / j
Aurora, Minn.
Financial Loss Due to Colds.
It is estimated that the average
man loses three days time each year
from inability to work on account of
having a cold. Much of this loss can
be avoided by treating every coldr as
son as the first symptoms of the dis
ease appear. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has won a wide reputation
and immense sale by its cures of this
disease. Try it. You are certain to be
pleased with its pleasant taste and
I the prompt relief which it affords.
Elaborate Shower For Miss
Helen Tillman
The pretty, old Tompkins reti-?
dence in Buncombe was the sc?ne of
one of the most elaborate parties of
this very gay season when Mrs. Hugh
Mitchell and Miss Marjorie Tompkins
entertained on Tuesday afternoon,
October 19th, at a linen shower for
Miss Helen Tillman.
The hostesses welcomed the guests
in the hall and little Ethelyn Byrd,
in a Hallowe'en costume fashioned of
frilled yellow organdie adorned with
black cats, evidently of the Kilken
ny family, presented Hallowe'en sou
venir cards.
The spacious parlor had been trans
formed into a Hallowe'en scene. The
large chandelier, which centers the
room was twined with red and yellow
autumn foliage, the many lights
glowing through yellow pumpkin
shades and corn in the shucks mak
ing an effective shower.
The darkened room glowed with
the soft lights from many yellow
?haded candles, throwing into .: strik
ing relief the owls, black cats'? Jack
oManterns and witches against the
background of autumn leaves and
golden rod.
I October, golden harvest month,
lilted her horn of plenty and deft
iiands arranged the graceful grains,
mammoth pumpkins and luscious
fruits into a picture of weird beauty.
The bride elect's bower, in one cor
ser Of the large? room was particular
ly effective, a large Jack'o-lantern
srilliantly illuminated seemingly on
watchful guard.
' Instrumental music by Miss Gladys
Padgett and a vocal solo by Miss
Elizabeth Rainsford, accompanied
?>y Mrs.^Hugh Mitchell on the piano
mmmenced the regular program.
Next, each guest was asked to
write a recipe, which, when filed intd
rn attractive cook book was given the
?onoreei and will be, no doubt, an ac
ceptable souvenir in her new home
tn Cincinnati, for Edgefield recipes
ire famous.
I To the opening chords of Mendels
sohn's Wedding March little Welling
LaGrone dressed in a yellow and
jlack suit, made with long trousers
mft a cunning little coat, topped with
?"high peaked cap and little Marjo
rie Mitchell in a quaint long yellow
Iress, brought in a huge pumpkin
which they presented to the honoree,
it was filled .with lovely linen, gifts
? ?' the popular , bride elect-hand
l??d? lingerie','" center pieces, hariB
cerchi?fs, towels aird^ dainty articles
)f wearing apparel. .
A delicious sweet course was serv
ed by Mrs. J. H. Tompkins, Mrs. J.
3. Byrd and Mrs. Percy, Feltham, who
is ghosts had completed the array of
Sallowe'en visitors.
Miss Tillman was very beautifully
rowned for this brilliant affair in a
costume of black velvet, worn with
i large picture hat, her clear cut
features , and queenly carriage show
ing to exquisite advantage.
Mrs. Mitchell and Miss Tompkins
were very gracious and charming hos
tesses at this beautifully planned
party.
Are You a Good Husband?
Do you want to know whether you
ire a good husband or not? Do you
aften wonder when your wife kneels
iown to say her prayers at night
whether she is thanking God for hav
ing bestowed you upon her as a life
partner or beseeching the 'Lord to
rive her grace and strength to en
dure you? If you do check yourself
by these points:
Do you treat your wife with the
courtesy and consideration that you
show to any strange woman whom
you happen to meet at ? dinner par
ty? You have quite a reputation
among th2 ladies for being gallant
and chivalrous. Do you keep that line
of conduct for society, or do you
hand it out also at home?
Do you remember your wife's birth
lay and the anniversary of your
marriage, without having to be re
minded of'these august occasions?
And when you are reminded do you
throw a few dollars into her lap and
tell her to get something for a pres
s?t, for you don't know what she
wants? Before you were married,
you thought her little fancies impor
tant enough to recollect. Do you oc
casionally bring her a bunch of vic
let, a box of candy, or the book she
has said she would like to read, just
to show her that you are thinking of
of her?
W?ien put an absurd valuation
on little attentions, and a very few
of them planted along the matrimo
nial road make it a primrose path to
a woman, instead of a track through
an arid desert.
. How do you talk to your wife? Do
you speak to her in a manner that
you7would not dare to use to a man
of your own size and weight? Do you
sneer at her opinions and tell her
that she doesn't know what she is
talking about, and call her a fool?
Do you yawn in the midst of her
stories, and remind her that they are
ancient chestnuts and that she al
how?
Do you knock everything that she
ways misses the pbint of a joke any
does and enlarge with brut?l candor
on her faults and weakness?
Did you cease telling her that you
loved her on your honeymoon, and
has it been years and years since
you showed her the least particle of
affection, or given any visible sign
that you cared for her?
Women don't shed their sweet
tooth when they^ get, married, you
know, and a wife craved affection
from her husband ten times as much
as she did from a sweetheart. When
she was a girl there were plenty of
men to pay her compliments and
make love to her,vbut marriage nar
rows her visible supply of sentimen
tal bonbons down to one possible giv
er, *and if he withholds them, he
starves her heart to death.
Do you ever show your wife any
appreciation? The life of the aver
age married woman is a life sentence
at hard labor with mighty little pay.
It is one never-ending round of
cooking and washing, cleaning, sew
ing, and sick nursing, and baby tend
ing, and scrimping and saving, and
the only thing in the world that can
make it worth while for her hus
band to show that he appreciates her
and that he is grateful'to her for all
that slie does for him and his.
How many times a year do you tell
your wife that she is the most won
derful little woman in the world,
and the greatest manager, and the
best cook, and that you think that
your guardian angel must have been
working over ;timeSjyhen she made
up her mind to accompany you to the
altar?
Funny creatures, women. They
put great stress on words and any
one pf" them will cheerfully work her
fingers to the bone for a man-and
be glad to do it, if he will only kiss
her hand and tell her how he thanks
her for all she does for him.
Do you ever do any particular
thing to make your wife happy? Or
are you one of the men who think
that just being married to him is joy
ride enough through life for anyHvb
man. The treadmill is no pore mo
notonous than the daily round of ex-,
istence for the woman who spends
her hand and tell her how he thinks
of her home doing the same never
ending round of tasks.
Do you realize this and devise little
treats for your wife? Do you go with
her occasionally to places of enter
tainment without having to be drag
ged there, fighting and protesting?
Do you take her out to the theatres
or the movies on your own accord
now and then? Do you sometimes
spend a holiday in taking care of the
baby and the children and let her
have.? da-y"^f,.reaLirecdom to-be*
How do you act at home? Are you
a grouch or a ray of sunshine? Are
you one of the men who dump down
upon their family all of the nerves,
and irritability and temper and
swearing that they did not expend
upon their clients, or customers, or
boss? When you put your key in the
lock at night,- do your wife and chd
di*en conje .running to meet you or do
they groSv suddenly silent and tim
orous?
Do you sit up silent as a dummy
behind your paper, or are you chatty
and chummy with your wife and
children'.' Do you growl like a bear
when your wife asks you if you have
heard any news during the day, or
do you try to be entertaining and the
life of the party, as you are outside
your home?
,A woman can't make a happy
home by herself. That's a two-hand
ed job. Nor can she carry on a con
versation by herself, though many
wives acquire the monologue habit
of trying to break the awful silence
that pervades, where the man of the
house feels that home is the place in
which to gloom.
How do you act about money? Do
you go fifty-fifty with your wife, or
make her feel when the bills come in
as if she were a criminal ,who had
devoured every particle pf food and
monopolized all of the light and heat,
and was generally responsible for the
high cost of living? Do you gjve your
wife a personal allowance as her
right or make her come like a beg
gar to you for every penny?
Check over these little items of
conduct and you will have a pretty
good idea of how you stand with
your wife, and what she's telling the
Recording Angel about you.
A. B. CLOER.
Look for "Are you a good wife?"
Another article by the above writer
which will appear in next Wednes
day's paper.
Beautiful Luncheon For Miss
Helen Clark.
The beautiful home of TVIr. and
Mrs. Julius Vann was the scene of a
delightful occasion on Tuesday at
12 o'clock when the wedding party
in attendance on the Clarke-Bomar
wedding was entertained, Mrs. Ju
lius Vann, Mrs. D. R. Day and Mrs
P. B. Day being hostesses.
The dining room was most elabor
ately decorated in real Killarney
roses, and the pink color scheme was
carried out in the pink tulle draper
ies and festooning and the mints.
A three course luncheon was serv
ed, fruit cocktail, a salad course and
cream and cake.
Charlestonian in Connect cutt.
Special credit is given to Miss
Anita Pollitzer in the Connecticut
fight for suffrage ratification. Miss
Pollitzer is a native of Charleston.
Miss Parker Entertains With
Lovely Party.
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock
Miss Helen Tillman was the'honor
guest at a lovely party and miscella
neous shower given by Miss R?sela
Parker at her home on Columbia.
Avenue.
_ Everything was productive of hap
piness and mirth, and the colors,
pink and white lent a charm to every
face and costume.
The color scheme in every room
was seemingly in combination to add
youth to those who had bade it
goodbye and to make more lovely,,
the already beautiful.
The hostess, Miss Parker and Mrs.
Leslie Kernaghan greeted the guests
at the door and two flowerets in pink
and white/ little Beulah Lee and
Margaret Asbill met the happy com
ers and presenter them with lovely
favors tied with white ribbon and1
on one side the afternoon musical
program. The guests entered the ?eft
room and were registered by Mrs.
LaGrone and Miss Virginia Addison.
Here the lovely table was decorated
in .pink and white roses and mints of
the same color.
Across the hall the merriment con
strained each one to hurry that they
might not miss-a moment of the
gayety to be afforded by contact
"with congenial companionship.
The program was, first a piano
solo, "Love's Golden Dream," Miss
Genevieve Norris.
Violin solo, "I Love You Truly,"
Miss Annie Wilson, accompanied on
the piano by Miss Ruth Lyon. ~_
? Vocal solo, "All For You," Miss
Ransford, with piano accompaniment
by Mrs. Hugh. Mitchell.
In a few mpments there was the
sound of ari aeroplane approaching,,
but one of melodious _sound, and
leading it were Thomas Motte Ker
naghan and Virginia Holland follow
ed by little Beulah Lee and Marga
ret Asbill, their arms full of love .
gifts. The plane was a real one of
diminutive size and bore beautiful
presents for the bride to be. One of
the entertaining features of the af
ternoon was the reading of ways by
which husbands may be most easily
managed. The consensus of opinion
was to let them think they are having
their own way, and one even went
so far as to say, let him have the
woman's"* prerogative?' for as^Sftother
said "a good man now a days is hard
to find."
The parlor was most tastefully
decorated in pink cosmos, the most
graceful of fall flowers.
After the aeroplane had taken
flight a jar of pink carnations was
brought in by two of the same little
fairies who had so gracefully flitted
about so airily during the whole oc
casion and was presented to the hon
or guest.
As an aftermath block cream in
pink and white was served by Misses.
Helen Nicholson and Isabelle Eyrd
and mints by the fairies.
Negroes Held Under Serious -
Charge.
Four negroes have been commit
ted to jail from Johnston under a
very serious charge, one which if
proven,should cause them to receive
the maximum sentence under the
law. It is alleged that the negroes
wrote threatening letters to the own
ers of three public ginneries in that
vicinity notifying them to shut down
their gins. Such outlawry has appear
ed in several other States in the Cot
ton Belt but this is the first appear
ance in this county, and it is the wish
of the people that all such persons,
white or colored, be dealt with to the
fullest extent of the law. The people
of Edgefield county will not tolerate
such acts of lawlessness and those
who are so depraved as to resort to
means that will make an already bad
situation worse had as well under
stand it now". If the men who are
now in jail are guilty, and we under
stand that the circumstantial evi
dence is strong, they should be pun
ished according to the degree of the
offense. S
Death of Rev. A. E. Cornish.
Charleston, Oct., 15.-The death
of the Rev. A. E. Cornish which oc
curred Tuesday night at an infirm
ary here, after an illness of two
weeks, came as a shock and brought
general grief to this community. Mr
Cornish was widely beloved and la
bored for many years as an Episcopal
rector in thi? city and vicinity. He
was about 5 9years of age and is
survived by his widow, whom he mar
ried a few weeks ago; three daugh
ters, and a son. He was'rector of St.
John's church and chaplain of the
Church of the Redeemer and the
Harriott Pirckney Home for Sea
men. The funeral was held this morn- ?
ing, with interment in the James Is
land Episcopal church yard.
In the years gone by Rev. Mr.
Cornish served Trinity Episcopal
church in Edgefield as rector and was
greatly beloved here. The announce
ment of his death saddened many
of his former parishioners and many
old friends in Edgefield.