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?t?ts? ??eu>Hpaper ?n &mrtb (festina VOL. 84 EDGEFIELD, S, C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1920 No. 7 JOHNSTON LETTER Hold Union Thanksgiving Ser vice. Delegates to U. D. C. Convention. Death of Mrs. Bruce. Thanksgiving Day will be observ ed here by a union service by Rev. David Kellar. It is hoped that every one will attend this service and unite in a general thanksgiving to the Heavenly Father for His loving care and gracious kindness during the \ past year. It has always been the custom at this service to take a col lection and the gift is divided among the orphanages of the local churches. In the evening the big community sing will be held at the Opera House. This will begin at 7:30 o'clock and will be in charge of Rev. David Kel lar. Everyone is cordially invited and be sure to bring a song book, and hear your favorite song. ' News comes that Miss Emma Bouk night, who has been abroad about three months will arrive at New York on the 30th. Before her return she will visit her cousin, Mrs. Miller in Richmond. Mr. Leland Chester, who is ill at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. Will Wright, is about the same. His very weak state necessitates both a day and night nurse. The manual training class of the high school is one that each is inter ested in and specimens of the work are proudly exhibited by the mem bers of the class. During last week some of the boys had their parents to visit the room to see what they were doing. This department at the school is one that should be well maintained, for the boys and girls as well, are so enjoying this, that some are even going in at recreation. Dr. Bruce Coleman of Aiken has ben the guest of his sister, Mrs. W. E. LaGrone. Mrs. O. S. Wertz has returned from Columbia. While there she was under treatment at the Baptist hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Allen, John, and Miss Mary Lewis have, been for a visit to the home of Mrs. Willie Tompkins. Miss Lewis is much im proved after her stay at White Sul phur Springs, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. M.. O. Fulmer hitve taken rooins iri'the' home of Mr. Eu gene Thrailkill. Mrs. Mary Hamilton has been quite sick at the home of her niece, Mrs. Alice Cox. Mrs. John Wright has been for a visit to her friend, Mrs. Sallie Rice Owen at Bamberg. Mrs. Claud Hart and little son, have returned from a visit to the for mer's mother at Macon, Ga. Mrs. Hattie Bruce is at the Bap tist Hospital in Columbia for medical treatment. Those from here to attend the State U. D. C. convention in Green ville will be Mrs. O. D. Black, 1st State vice-president, Miss Zena Payne, district historian and Mrs. J. H. White and Mrs. P. B. Waters as delegates from the Mary Ann Buie chapter. During the past year the Loyal Temperance Legion of Johnston did the best work as a junior organiza tion in Flower Mission and Social Service. Recognition was made of this at the recent state convention. On Sunday morning at the close of the Sunday School Mrs. James White presented Miss Inez Rhoden, presi dent of the L. T. L., with a gift, in token of her splendid work. Miss Mallie Waters spent the week end in Augusta with her sister, Miss Annie Waters. Mr. William Bell has, been for a short visit to his aunt, Mrs. C. P. Corn. Mrs. Silas Bruce, of the Dry Creek section died on Friday last at a hos pital in Charleston, her death being the result of an operation. The body was brought here and carried to the burying ground at Dry Creek church, where is was laid to rest in the soil that holds the sacred dust of the family. Mr. Ebb Culbreath and family who reside about three miles north of Johnston will, at an early date move into town. Mr. Culbreath has pur chased the Gibson dwelling, which is now occupied by Mr. Pope Perry and family. This will necessitate the moving of the family of Mr. Perry. Mr. Jesse Ballentine has accepted a position at Batesburg. He left on Monday, but bis friends will be glad to know that he will return with the New Year. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kneece and children of Monetta have been visit ing in the home of Mr. M. W. Clark. Mrs. Archie Lewis entertained the Young Matrons' club on Saturday af ternoon in a very happy manner, the diversion being rook. Several tables were played and the prize, a box of stationery was cut for by Mrs A. P. Lewis and Miss Louise Hoyt, the for mer winning. The- hostess served a dainty salad course. Mrs. Mena Calhoun has gone to Greenwood to visit her daughter, Mrs Robert Cartledge. Don't delay your order for hand painted china for weddings, Miss Eliza Mims will do it for you. Miss Florence Mims Writes of Sousa and His Band. Dear Advertiser: We have had, all of us, long dis tance introductions to Sousa and his band through the pages of maga zines and the victrola record. Like any other long distance communica tion, however, this is too short and .unreal. I had the privilege of seeing this celebrity and the lesser celebri ties that constitute this company in St. Paul some time ago. A great man does not have to wor ry about either first or second im pressions, for they have already been made before he is seen in person, and usually are in his favor. That does not mean, however, that he one day, was not as obscure as the rest of us. He became a musician of note, I suppose by paying attention to de tails and perfecting them. An orchestra or band seems to me like one great music club, with a competent president and a uniformly musical membership. I have gradually come to under stand why it is that the General in an army, the producer of a play, or the director of an orchestra receives more credit than the individuaals who compose these organizations. It is because I have been teaching, and I find that the teacher not only has to train the student, but produce the ideas and assume the responsibility for the students' interpretation of them. It is the same way with any leader of any company of peo ple whether he be directing them to fight or to play. One can get no clue from the sound of it as to what the nationality of John Philip Sousa may be. The first part is good plain American. The second might be French or Span ish or Italian, and the latter part be long to almost any one of a number of European nationalities. However, [Sousa is a well-built, kindly-looking gentleman with gray hair. He wears glasses which give him a somewhat intellectual appear ance. He does not look like the typi cal musicianrOne of my friends has suggested that he is a good musician minus the freak characteristic which even some modern celebrities are blessed or cursed with today. As luck would have it, the band played Dixie as a part of a medley. Ijdways want to stand for that al most as mueh-^^wMihe- 'H3t?r Span-' gled Banner." We South Carolinians seem to be unable to get away from the old an te-bellum love of State and especial ly love of our own section of country. I hear Dixie every now and then. Even this morning at the high school I heard the student body down stairs singing a medley, in which Dixie had a part. No one ever rushed more rap idly down to the lower floor than I, and fairly falling into the auditori um, I secured a copy of the song and began to take part, as several under standing smiles came to me from the students. Another part of the medley they sang was "Marching Through Geor gia," I waited calmly-as calmly as I could-until they had finished prais ing Sherman, and then took up the rest of the song which did not of fend my spirit of loyalty to the South. FLORENCE MIMS. Aurora, Minnesota. Information About the Export Corporation. Mr. R. C. Hamer, president of the South Carolina Branch of the Cot ton Association, says "I am con vinced that our greatest and only opportunity for relief lies in our ability to make the Export Corpora tion function. It is my belief, as it is the belief of others who bave giv en the matter close study, that the cotton market will respond to the first shipment of cotton abroad. The corporation now has arrangements for the shipping of cotton, and all it wants is the cotton and the imme diate payment of all ' subscriptions, whether in cash of Liberty bonds, as it will be necessary to use the cash and proceeds of the Liberty bonds to purchase the cotton necessary to fill its orders." Mr. E. C. Steifert, of the Orange burg Marketing Association, says: "The Export Corporation is the only feasible way for the cotton market to be vremedied. The Southern far mer must make up his mind that he is the only one from whom to expect help, and unless he does help him self he is doomed. We need not ex pect anything from the Federal Re serve Board or the cotton exchange or local banks. We must help our selves." And yet what has Edgefield county done? We have raised about $5,000 in stock. Saluda county has raised over $15,000. What is wrong with the Edgefield people? Committeemen get busy. FOR RENT: New five room house with bath room and large closets, doors and windows screened, rooms equipped with grates. Store house and garage, large space for garden, ample water supply. Good neighbor hood. Apply to T. B. GRENEKER, i Edgefield S. C. Negro Shot Deputy Sheriff Saturday Night. Saiuda, Nov. 21.-Webber Ed* wards, deputy sheriff, was shot and instantly killed last night about ten o'clock in the northwestern section of Saluda county by Elliott Ctu\ breath, a negro whom the officer had gone to arrest. Culbreath escaped, but a search was kept up throughout" the night and today. The Saluda county authorities have offered ? reward of $300 for the apprehension of the negro and it is understood here that Governor Cooper will be asked to supplement this. From what can be learned here it. seems that a Mr. Ouzts of Green wood county had a warrant issued for the arrest of Culbreath, who lived on Mr. Ouzts' land in Saluda county, the charge being the disposition of property under lien. Mr. Edwards and two or three other officers sur-v rounded the negro's home to make the arrest. Mr. Edwards was in an alley between the house and the kitchen when the negro opened the door slightly and fired on Mr. Ed wards, one shot taking effect in the chest and causing instant death. From the mark of a glancing bullet on the door it is believed that Mr. Edwards returned the fire as he fell. Mr. Edwards had served as deputy sheriff ten or twelve years and was a fearless and efficient officer. He was 38 years old and leaves, a widow and six children. Culbreath is about five feet eight ' inches tall and weighs nearly .200. : pounds. He has a scar on one side of the face. He is said to bear a bad ' reputation. Ell Culbreath, as the negro is ' know, is well known in Edgefield, having practiced some high financing } here. It is probable that some of his ! Edgefield creditors will lose consid- 3 erably by him. We heard an attor- i ney who it appears had looked up < the record, say Ell owes about $9,- ' OOO. Credit will not be so cheap, next year. ? Edgefield Grader on the Job. j At this season of the game some !} are beginning to wonder how the. a Government Cotton Grader at Edgey/j field is getting along and just what 3 good he is doing the farmers. County ., Agent Carwile has gone to 'the trou- j ble of having a number of farmers and business men to write letters to Dr. W. W. Long, Extension Service, Clemson College, stating their atti tude towards the grading work and J giving their opinion of what the grad- < er has made the farmers who have ' had their cotton graded. Every letter 1 that has been written frankly stated < that the cotton market at Edgefield J has been much better than ever be fore, and that many dollars have been ] made for the Edgefield County cot- 1 ton growers by knowing the grade 1 and value of their cotton before sell- 1 ing it. A number of farmers stated 1 that they have received as high as 1 $10 per bale after having their cot- 1 ton graded than they were offered < before the cotton was graded. County < Agent Carwile says that he saw the < Grader make $20 on one bale for a negro farmer one day in the early j part of the season and that he again j saw the Grader make $27.50 for a j negro only a few days ago on two 1 bales of cotton. This is good work for . our people and yet some of the men who call themselves farmers will not , support this work! J Some of the buyers have remark- | ed that the Edgefied Grader has not been consistent in his work; that he r often graded too high and that they . could not deliver on his grades. Mr. R. T. Hill ,one of our best farmers, j as well as ginners, received a few days ago a letter from Barrett and , Company, Augusta, in which they said that they could accept the grades of the Edgefield Classer, that , they did not find that our Grader had j graded too high, but in a few cases j found that his grades were under . their classification. Farmers, know the value of your ] cotton before selling it. The Edge- ? field Cotton Grader will put you wise j at a small cost. j Henry Grady to the Cotton Farmer. Clemson College, Nov. 22.-In . 1888 Henry W. Grady had a vision of undisturbed farm prosperity for , the South. The fullness of the day ' which he foresaw has not yet come or our farmers would not now be so ' disturbed over low-priced cotton. In deed when 'such a day does break, there will be no low-priced cotton ', forced on an unwilling market. "When every farmer in the South 1 shall eat bread from his own fields and meat from his own pastures, and disturbed by no creditors, and enslaved by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming gardens, and orchards, and vineyards and dairies, and barn yards, pitching his crops to his own independence, making cotton his clean surplus, and selling it in his own time, and in his chosen market, and not at a master's bidding-get ting his pay in cash and not in a re ceipted mortgage that discharges his debt, but does not restore his freedom-then shall be breaking the fullness of our day." Offices For Cotton Classer and County Agent. We have been asked to announce that the metal building erected be hind the County Court House by sub scriptions from the business men of Edgefield and prominent farmers of the county, is now complete in its arrangement for the County Cotton Classer and the County Agent. Here Mr. Gordon, the Cotton Classer keeps ?ll of his records and the Official Standards, and Mr. Carwile, County iiSgent, keeps his office here and also has two large files full of Govern ment bulletins that are free for the asking. This building will hereafter t?s headquarters of these two gentle men, and anyone wanting to find them or wanting them on business will find them there or will there find information as to their whereabouts. - In Garden and Orchard. Clemson College, Nov. 22.-Plan anv all-the-year garden for 1921. Write for seed catalogues and order a iupply of seed now and start right with the new year. / Ther crops that are now in the garden should be given some pro tection before the advent of severe weather, v Mulch the strawberry batch with hay or straw; apply sta bl? manure liberally to spinach, kale and other salad crops; and mulch 3?qh root crops as beets, carrotts, salsify and pai-snips to prevent the ground from freezing. Thoroughly clean the garden of all rubbish, weeds, and decaying veg etables, instead of turning them un der. Apply stable manure to that part of ..the. garden not in vegetables and plow up the soil before winter. Except in isolated localities, the 5g c?in be grown successfully in this state.. Now is an excellent time to plant.vthis fruit, which will thrive best in a sheltered place about the house jr garden. The Celeste and Brown Turkey are two excellent varieties. Orchard trees badly infested with San Jose scale should be sprayed with.* commercial lime-sulphur as soon as the leaves fall, and again just Defore growth commences in spring! Spray thoroughly covering all twigs ind branches for only in this way is t possible to control this perrennial: ?est.'r:i Ga m pa i gn Fund of Republi cans Short. New York, Nov. 23.-An appeal 'or contributions to make up a ieficit of approximately $1,500,000 n the campaign fund of the Repub ican national committee was sent jut tonight by Will Hayes, its chair nan. The appeal, addressed to the "Re publicans of the country and all those ivho aided them," called attention :o the report of the committee's measurer filed yesterday in Washing ion, pointing out that although the juying power of the dollar was ma terially less than in 1916, the 1920 ' campaign had actually been conduct id at less expense than the Hughes campaign four yeai's ago. Mr. Hayes accompanied his plea 'OT further funds by an expression of ugliest praise for the spirit of Re publicans during the campaign. More ;han 50,000 individuals contributed ibout 2,000,000 to the fund, he said. The presidential campaign this /ear, cost approximately 83,400,000, exclusive of preconvention expend? ;ure, he wrote, leaving a net deficit jf nearly a million and a half dollars. This, he declared, he hoped might be promptly made up by popular sub scriptions in amounts less than the 51,000 limit set during the campaign. What is Cotton Going to Do? Who can answer the question? At present it seems that no one can. But lere we want to quote portions of letters received by Cotton Classer W. P. Gordon, from E. C. Steifert, who is in charge of the Cotton Mar keting Association at Orangeburg, and who is an old cotton man and is in position to know what he is talk ing about. Mr. Steifert says: "I am not at all pessimistic about the cotton market. There is nothing to be gained by get ting blue over conditions. I expect to see good cotton sell for 15 cents before it reaches the bottom. But I also expect to see it climb to 30 cents before the seed goes into the ground in the spring. I have handled only one fourth as much cotton here as I did thus far in the season last year, but I expect to be swamped from February until June. This is one time that all class es, farmers, bankers, and those of all other industries, either stafid or fall together; for the crop, if sold at present ridiculous prices, would re sult in financial ruin for the South. I believe that the mills can squeeze through until the New Year, by run ning on part time and curtailing, but they and the speculators have milked a fine cow (the cotton farm er) dry, and she will not come in again." This gentleman, who is well versed on the cotton market thinks as all the bullish, good cotton men. There must be something to it. President Harding and the South. Chairman Isaac Seigel, of the house committee on census, who is framing a bill which will add fifty or more members to the house mem bership, tells Washington correspon dents that "there is a strong demand that representation of the Southern states be reduced 'because of their failure to carry out provisions of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment to the constitution.' " He admits that Republicans con cede they will have a royal battle if the reappointment bill undertakes to reduce the southern part of the United States to a mere province of the nation to be taxed, ruled and oth erwise used as a buffer state. The Columbia Record says that "Because of their large majorities in both the House and Senate, and their man of paste, as they seem to think, in the White House-ready to bend or bow when the chief pulls the strings, they are in a better position to bring ?the smouldering "sectional issue to ?the front now than they have been since the force bill of the Lodges and Blairs flared in congress back in the early 80's." Had we not better give President Harding a chance. We acknowledge that we have been much impressed by the address made by him a few days ago in New Orleans. In this speech there was no bitterness and no sectionalism. In truth, there was appeal to the South. He spoke most kindly of this part of the country and he evinced a deep and intimate in terest in our agricultural and indus trial affairs. To be sure there will be Republi cans, both in the house and in the senate, who will wish to "hit" at the South. There are always a few of this kind' and for the most part they are prompted by "back home" con- : ditions. But, as in the time of the Lodge bills and the other like bills, there j have been northern men big enough .' and broad enough to check up the agitators, and they have had the ( backing at the White House in the ; checking up.. . . At any rate, let us of the South not . commence fighting at Harding and his administration in advance-be- j fore provocation' is given. Let us hus- ; band our strength and not; spend of ? it before, the battlejs on. For, if fight we" must; wm^?'mull^?na^e^wnT'; need all our effort to then bring : about the victory. Certainly we can j accomplish nothing by fighting at this time. -Augusta Chronicle. The "Near Ejast" Relief Ap peals to Americans. Uneasiness as to the effect which ! the disturbed conditions in the Near j East would have on the Near East , Relief work has been entirely set at j rest by the direct news received of Col. J. P. Coombs of Appalachicola, J Fla., the Near East Relief commit- j tee's director in Asia Minor, who was , reported as detained with his party at Sersoun by Turkish Nationalists. The dispatches from Col. Coombs ' give detailed information as to the 1 status of affairs in that part of the world and contain this paragraph: "Twenty-five thousand orphans in ] our care would have small chance of surviving if we left." j And so of course the Near East Re- , lief men will not leave. So far from . doing so, they will exert even great- , er efforts to meet a more critical ] situation. Charles V. Vivkery, secretary of the Near East Relief, has given out a statement which is in part as fol lows: "Our experience with the Near East during the past five years has | been that orphanages, hospitals and j other similar institutions under con- : trol of the Near East Relief have : been free from molestation by the 1 Turks and others when these nnsti tutions have been administered by 1 American relief workers in whose ? unselfishness and altruism the Turks, : Kurds and Tartars, as well as the Ar- ' menians, have complete confidence. "There are 6,000 orphans in the . Near East Relief orphanage at Har- ; poot alone who have been kept there ! safely during the entire war, and smaller numbers at other centers in Anatolia-a total of 110,000 in the Near East." A party of six new relief workers ] sailed from New York for Constan tinople last week. Among them was Dr. Russell T. Uhls of Kansas, an eye specialist, who goes to help stamp out the trachoma epidemic now rag ing among the children of the Near East. His wife, who is graduate trained nurse, will assist him in his work. Mr. Daitch's Bargains. Mr. Abrom Daitch announces in his full page advertisement this week that "he has slashed prices in every department, which gives the patrons' of this pouplar store an op portunity to make their few dollars go much further than heretofore ir supplying the family needs. Read what Mr. Daitch says and see what close prices he is making. Then you will not have to be urged to make a visit to his store. He also urges the people to begin their Christmas shop ping which is good advice. Final Tabulation of Carolina Vote on November 2. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 23.-Final tabulation of the votes cast in the general election was complete here today in preparation for the meet ing of the state board of canvassers tomorrow morning. Some interesting facts were brought to light during the count. For example nine candi dates for presidential electors re ceived 26 votes and no attaches of the state government are able to place what party the candidates are affiliated with although the general' opinion is they are socialists. The vote as counted today, one or two counties missing in several instances,, shows that Senator Smith received the largest vote with 62,151. The democratic electors received 63,933. votes against 2,244 for the ''Regu lar" Republican and 446 for the: Adams-Blalock faction of . the Re publican party. George Warren and Ed. C. Mann,, neither of whom was a candidate, re ceived one vote each. The constitu tion was amended 33 times, all the proposed changes carrying by a large vote. The board tomorrow will hear two> contests, one from L. A. Hawkins, negro, who was defeated for con gress in the seventh'district, and the other from T. St. Mark Sasportas,. who lost his congressional-race in-the? first district. Long Branch Items. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Derrick and family motored to Edgefield last Saturday. Misses Azalee and Farrah Salter visited Miss Ethel Clark last Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lybrand of Ridge Spring visited Mrs. E. L. Scott last Sunday. Misses Cleo Attaway and Lizzie Harvey, teachers of Long Branch; school spent the week-end with rela tives and friends in Saluda. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Salter spent a. day recently with Mr. and Mrs. A.. B. McGee. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Scott and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ogi The Long' Branch boys and gills lum recently. are very much interested ia. basket ball. ? i. . \ iVah'd M?ss-L?ha: Purvis of Langley were guests of Mrs. Lewis Clark a few days ago. Wages Going Down. Abbeville Press and Banner. The low price of things generally is being felt these days by laboring people. The city council has reduced ;he daily wages of the street force from J 3.. 00 per day to $2.50, and a further cut. is scheduled for January 1st. A carpenter who has been re ceiving $6.50 by the day has reduced lis price to $5.00 per day. He may still reduce. The fact is jobs are going to be ?lard to find unless there is an im provement in the general outlook; tvhich will mean not only lower ivages for the people who work, but lonemployment for those who have been accustomed to collect wages ind do little work. The day of the loafer is about gone, that is the man ivho loafs on his job is going to be without a job. There will be plenty of people who will thus be forced to loaf. Teachers' Association Organ ization. A meeting of the teachers of the county was held in the Court House Saturday for the purpose of organ izing a teachers' association. The meeting was called to order by the county superintendent of education, W. W. Fuller, who welcomed the teachers from all parts of the county and stated the object of the meet ing. An organization was effected by the election^ the following officers: E. W. Rentz, principal of the Tren ton School, president; Miss Hortense Padgett of Edgefield, vice-president; C. F. Brooks, superintendent of the Edgefield schools, secretary; antf Miss Sallie D. Cunningham of the Antioch school, treasurer. The organ ization will be completed by the adoption of by-laws at the next meet ing, which will be held the second Saturday in December. An attractive program will be arranged by the program committee for that meeting. There were about 30 teachers pres ent, practically every section of the county being represented. Quite a , number participated actively in the meeting and all were enthusiastic . over the outlook for the ne\vly form ed organization. D. A. R. Meeting. . The D. A. R. meeting which could not be held at the regular time on account of the inclement weather will '?e held with Mrs. A. A. Woodson on vriday afternoon of this week. An interesting program is arranged, at which Mrs. Toney Turner, Miss Zena. Payne and Mrs. Mamie Tillman, who were attendants at the recent conve?r tion in Anderson will speak.