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<?ttt*i ^ewsfraper M #?utb (talina VOL. 84 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1920 No, 40 ?JOHNSTON LETTER Ridgedale School Accepte Baptists. Death of R Chester. School to Giv Short Holiday. The Ridgedale school at Speij six miles north of Ward, has made one of the regular schoc the State Baptist Convention, action being taken at the rece?? ^ vention. It will be the property c state, and a Board of Trustees be appointed. This school was o ized about three years ago by Posey, who saw the great ne? such. Varipus beliefs were sprii up in this section and the sehe meeting the needy situation. L" this time the only aid the schoc ceived was through the Ridge ciation, which adopted it a little a year ago. A fund is being raised to keep or three girls at this school, whe needy of necessities, which fund most needy one. A contribution this will go from our town thn i the Sunbeams. Mrs. W. J. Hat? ' leader, has planned a Christmas .tertainment for the evening of 17th, given by the little ones, proceeds of which will go toward fund. The school library of the Ba; Sunday school is being greatly en ed by the young people, and so n books are in demand that addit will have to be made, although shelves are all filled when the bi are returned. On Sunday morn the 19th, all contributions of classes will go toward the purcl . of more books, and as every one le a good book, no doubt there will be a good amount. The contribution of the Sun school on the 12th was given to in the fight against tuberculosis. The High school will give only week for a holiday at Christn There will be school on Saturday this week so there will be no t: lost on New Year's observance. A sign at the postoffice ur everyone to post early and s< cards early. Do not wait until Chr mas eve to mail every thing. T will allow the mail from getting c gested and the postoffice officials minute to breathe, occasionally. Mr. Leland Chester died-on M< day last at the home of his father law, Mr. W. M. Wright after a c< tinued illness. While in the world war he v gassed and this later caused tub culosis to develop. For some time had been at a sanitarium in Noi Carolina, but about a month a came here to join his wife. Mr. Chi ter was the son of Rev. and M Chester of Macon, Ga., and was years of age. He was a young man many noble qualifications and 1 passing at this age is very sad indee Besides his widow, who was Mi Edith Wright, he leaves an infa k son. Also several sisters . and * brother.* The funeral services were co ducted on Tuesday afternoon by tl pastor, Rev. David Kellar, and tl body was laid to rest in the Mt i Olives cemetery. There were mai beautiful flowers sent from organiz . tions and sympathizing friends. Mrs. Huiet Waters entertained e Friday afternoon with a xsurpri: shower for Mrs. William Connerl a recent bride. She was assisted in receiving 11 Miss Mallie Waters and the bride mother, Mrs. P. B. Waters. The hal way and parlor was artistically de orated in Christmas greens and re bells. A large number of friends were ii vited and after they had arrived a were asked to write a favorite recir. for the bride. These were collecte and made into a book by Mesdame M. Ji. Wright and M. W. Crouch an presented to the bride. The ringing of sleigh bells and th blowing of a horn, and the door fle-i H open and Santa Claus was in th midst, of the "party, with a large pac I on his back. He searched until h I found the honoree and then place ? his p?ck at her feet, and disappeare B as mysteriously as he had arrived. The pack was opened and con rf tained all kinds of pretty gifts, eac jg with a good wish. The honoree feel 9 ingly thanked all for the many beau I tiful gifts. I Later a tempting salad course witl coffee was served. L Miss Annie Amick of Newberry is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. B. Lott Mrs. Robert Cartledge of Green Iwood has been for a visit to her sis ter, Mrs. Ben Wright. Miss Dassie Stevens has been th< guest of relatives in the Good Hop? section. Miss Hallie White had as hei guests last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs Jonas McCartha, Mrs. Graham anc Miss Norma Graham of Leesville. The Mary Ann Buie chapter mel Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Harrji C. Strother and from all the reports the chapter is in a flourishing condi tion. A report of the visit to the County Home was told of by Mrs. J. H. White, the chapter having spread a turkey dinner at Thanksgiving for the inmates. The chapter hopes to buy a $5 bond to aid in the tubercr. losis campaign. It will send $1.00 to state treasurer as requested at con vention ,to help make the needy wid ows of veterans spend a happy Christ mas, also make a gift to aid in giv ing Christmas cheer at Confederate Home in Columbia. ? A full report of the State conven tion held in. Greenville at the Im perial Hotel was told by Miss Zena Payne,. As historian of the Edisto district? she, stated that she was hap py to report her district ?gain the banner district for having best his torical work, and the Mary Ann Buie chapter as having won the certificate for best chapter work . She also stated the full report of this district given at the convention by Mrs. O. D. Black, was considered the best. Mrs. Joe Cox was hostess for the Apollo Music club Wednesday after noon. \ The community sing was discussed and the song books were reported on hand. The club will cooperate in the civ ic improvement movement, and Miss Denny appointed from the club as a committee, Mrs. David Kellar, Miss Frances Turner and Mrs. Joe Cox. The club decided to buy a $5.00 bond to aid in the tuberculosis cam paign. A most enjoyable program on "Serenades" was given. A vocal se lection, "Schubert's Serenade" by Mrs. C. P. Corn. Piano selections-Mrs. Mims Wal ker, Mrs.N L. S. Maxwell, Miss Barr. Vocal selection-Miss Crawford. Piano Duet-"Schubert's Sere nade"-Mrs. William Connerly and Miss Frances Turner. Miss Emma Bouknight who has just returned from abroad spoke very interestingly of her impressions of music abroad. In her remarks she said it was clearly seen that there was a decline in students going abroad to study music. At a noted school there were only 50 students; where there had always been over 100. After the program the hostess served a dainty salad course with coffee. The W. C. T, U. met during the past week with1 Miss Clara Sawyer, with a full attendance, several of the new members being present, twenty five having recently been secured. Mrs. T. R. Denny conducted the meeting, the devotional being led by Mrs. Mamie Huie? .The union voted to-send ^Q? .io ward the fund that is being raised to aid Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, a great W. C. T. U. woman, who has done much in the past, but is -now old and in a needy condition. $5.00 was given toward helping pay for medals presented at the re cent contest, the union to give more if the amount is not raised. Mrs. J. H. White reported a box valued at $23 sent to the Door of Hope. Mrs. Mamie Huiet told something of the evangelistical work as follow ed out by the W. C. T. U. and offer ed some beautiful suggestions that met with the hearty approval of all. The subject for discussion was "Law Enforcement" and two good articles were read on this, "What We Can do to Brinp: About Law En forcement" and "Who is Responsi ble?" The next meeting will be with Mrs. T. R. Hoyt. Mrs. John Wright is making a very enthusiastic leader, Children of the Confederacy, and the last two meetings have aroused much inter est among the young people. They had a box party on Friday evening in the home of Mrs. P. B. Waters and a good sum was realized to help in the work. i To help the starving children across the seas, the Baptist Sunday school, together with other money contributed by members of the church, has sent $126.15 to Herbert Hoover, who will further direct the money. Mrs. Irwin Welling has returned to Darlington after a visit to rela tives here. A party of tourists en route to Florida, while passing through town, decided to rest for a night here, find ing accomodation in a private home. They liked the town so well that they spent three days here. Mrs. Grace Crouch, who has been in Mullins for the last few months, is now spending a while in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crouch. Miss Leila Bland Tompkins Entertains. The young people of the High School are' vying with the older young people in their methods, and plans of having a good time. On Friday evening Miss Leila Bland Tompkins entertained at a six o'clock /dinner for the following young people : Misses Gertrude Thur mond, Elizabeth Lott, Hammie Scur ry, Isabelle. Byrd, Eleanor Mims, Helen Nicholson, Mary Lyon, Elise Hudgens and Mitchell and John .Wells, Allen Edwards, Robert Ouzts, B. E. Timmerman. Dixon Timmer m'an and George. Evans. A very elab orate turkey dinner was served and the hospitality of the home and the cheerful atmosphere left a great im pression on their minds. $1.25 White Flannel, good quali ty, 85 cents. SMITH-MARSH CO. . ! Minnesota's Unique Healt Campaign. Dear Advertiser: "We must all learn," it is sa "that play is not a luxury, but a.r cessity." I have always seen teach! done by imparting inform?tion in serious way, but if merriment can1 properly introduced, let it be dor for a hearty laugh may make much of an impression ?s a profoui remark. I had this most forcibly impress.! upon my mind yesterday when "j Jo," a famous vaudeville actor ai clown ,came to the schools of tl district to interest the children co cerning the laws of health, and I da say I shall remember longer what ] said than I shall the hygiene cour which I took at college. His demonstrations proved so e fective in the lower grades that tl superintendent brought the cIov\ over to the High School to talk b fore the faculty and students. The health officials of the stai have chosen this channel throng which the subject of health shall I presented. He came on?to the platform in fantastic costume blowing a moul organ and laughing so heartily, thi in a moment the whole audience wi in an uproar. He performed trick taking out of the waste basket var ous fruits and vegetables, and tellin the children which were good an which were not good for them to ea: j and then asked questions about whf he had said, and they all made a sta I on their replies. He illustrated his remarks wit funny motions >and stories and ha the entire attention of the audienc the whole time. Personally, I cbul not take his advice as to eating cai rots and beets, nor could I drink th milk, but he made me believe it is ; good thing, which is more than I hav before been actually convinced oi The climax of his program was a ver; interestig dance. It was very amusing to hear of tb real efF?ct that his speech made upoi the students, for several days after wards. One of the English teacher asked her class how many drank tea or coffee since "Jo-Jo" had tob them it was a bad thing for childrei to do. Six students, acknowledged bj all in the class to be the, brightest arose and said that th^^^^.v?ejih One little boy said he drank sis cups of coffee a day. About thal time the students were given a tesl and this particular student failed or it. He came to class next day anc said. "I have stopped," meaning thal he did not intend to drink any more coffee. Such were the results of "Jo. Jo's" speech. I wish to thank Mr. Arthur for his reply to my letter in regard to the origin of John Philip Sousa. One ol the music teachers and I were read ing The Advertiser, and she called my attention to his article. We both wei'e surprised and pleased to know the most interesting origin of his name. I am very glad I acknowledg ed my ignorance for I learned some thing by doing it. FLORENCE MIMS. Aurora, Minn. Dial to Support Mr. J. Wm. Thurmond. Washington, Dec. ll.-Senator Dial was seen today in reference to the appointment of a district attor ney for the Western district of South Carolina. The name of J. William Thurmond, he said, had been sent to the senate. Senator Dial said further that practically every one in South Carolina knew that Mr. Thurmond, the present occupant of the position, wasi not an original supporter of his. However, he appreciated very much the assistance Mr. Thurmond had rendered him in the late campaign, and yet at the same time he was un der prior obligations to friends who aided him on former'occasions. /When the question of appointing Mr. Thurmond's successor came up he felt it was his duty, the senator said, to recommend another attorney, who had always supported him and who was one of the best lawyers in the state, residing at a court house town and therefore accessible to the litigants and witnesses and to the court. He stated that he had been in formed that when the question of opening the list 4?r new candidates to enter the senatorial race of South Carolina in 1918 came up before the state Democratic executive commit tee, that Mr. Thurmond advocated letting others enter, but that later, and also very recently, he had re ceived information that this was er roneous. The attorney he recommended, the senator said, after giving the matter most careful consideration, decided that he would not accept the place. Senator Dial said that his efforts had always been to harmonize the people of the state and that his whole ambition was to serve the entire people of the state to the best inter ests of all. He was always mindful of and duly appreciated the help of his friends. Senator Dial announced that he would ask the senate to con firm the nomination of Mr. Thur mond and hoped the matter would be disposed of at an early date. Springing the Mine at Th H| . Crater. ?^'Sometime ago I promised to giv ^.description of the springing of th .jpnine at St. Petersburg. The histor; 'General Grant's campaign by th ??ft flank from the Rapidan to th .defenses around St. Petersburg is to> ??miliar to need any description. ^';The best equipped army ever mar iShaled on American soif crossed th ?Rap?dan on May 3, 1864, -with a to W&roll of 141,160 men fit for dut; gjMjj&e field. To meet this vast force <&an?ral Lee could muster bareh more than 50,000 men. In th? ^Southern Historical Papers," volumi 6,,page 144, there appears the fol Jobing statement: "Grant says hi lost, in the campaign from the Wil |s$ress to Cold Harbor, 39,000, bu guit?n puts his loss as 60,000, am fwys'his real loss was nearer 100,001 nte?'''' , From Cold Harbor, where his mer Stubbornly refused to go like duml animals into the jaws of death to ,th< b?ttle of the Crater, General Gram itt, his official reports shows a loss ol 20,436; men making a total loss ai admitted,, of 68,436, just about one half the vast army which commenc?e the campaign. 1 Such tremendous losses to the ene nry ;meant ,of necessity irreparable lo?fvjs to our army, ' hough Genera! Lee. had repelled ev J assault anci succeeded in carrying 1 rge majori ty of. the aggressive ir .nents made by him. In the light OJ. -^eriences it was- not surpri. % uC Graet sought : some other ana different means of assault than those ordinari ly^ employed. So he decided that a mine under bur works should be ex cavated/and sprung. The excavation was commenced on June the 25, and completed on July 28. T^he main gallery of the mine was five hundred and twenty-two feel; in. -length and the size of the galleries were forty each. "Official Records," Series 1, volume 2, part 1, pages 137,-.556, 5,63, says: "On July 20, General Grant issued an order that this, general assault be made on tte next day, leaving all. thjb1 details including, the springing of the mi??, to Major General Meade, and he, oft the Mame day. issued instructions Mr titi0;gu>dance of all concerned. 3:30 on the morning of the 30, Major General Burnside will spring the mine and his assaulting columns will immediately move rapidly upon the breach, seize the crest in the rear, and effect a ?lodgment there. -Upon the explosion of the mine all the ar tillery will open upon the enemy's works." But the mine was not exploded un til 4:45, just one hour and fifteen minutes after thc appointed hour. General Grant on the day of the ex plosion and after he had learned of its failure, but before he was aware of how disastrous the failure was, thus reported to General Hallock, chief of staff : "Having a mine pre pared running for a distance of eighty feet and twenty-twe feet be low the surface of the ground ready loaded with 85,000 pounds of pow der, and covered ways made nearj to the enemy's line, was sprung at five o'clock this morning, throwing up four guns and burying most of a South Carolina regiment." "The effort to carry the ridge be yond, and which would give us St. Petersburg and the south b?nks of the Appomattax failed." And on the next day Grant reported: "The loss in the disaster of Satur day last foots up about 3,500 of whom 45.0 were killed and 2,000 wounded. It was the saddest affair I have ever witnessed in the war. Such opportunity for carrying forti fications I have never seen and do not expect again td have. City Point, Va., Aug. 1, 1864. Major General Meade: Have you any estimate of our losses in the miserable failure of Saturday? I think there will have to be an investigation of the matter. Preparations were good, orders am ple, and everything, so far as I could see, previous to the explosion of the mine shows that almost without loss the crest could ' have been carried. This would have given us St. Peters burg, with all its artillery and a large part of the garrison. An intercepted dispatch states that the. enemy re captured their line with General Bartlett and staff, seventy-five com missioned officers and nine hundred rank and file, and recaptured five hundred of their men. Such a blun der I have never known." I will now invite your.attention to the happening of these thrilling events as seen from the Confederate side. General Lee with his character istic truthfulness and conservatism, makes this brief report of the hap penings of the day: "Dunn's Hill, "July 30, 1864. "At 5 a. m. the enemy sprung a mine under one of the salients on General B. R. Johnson's front and opened his batteries upon our lines and the city of St. Petersburg. In the confusion caused by the explosion of the mine he got possession of the ; salient. "We have retaken the salient and driven ,the enemy back to his lines with loss. (Signed) "R. E. Lee." What I have written is from the official records of the two command ing generals, U. S. Girant and R. E. Lee. N This severe check seems to have cured Grant of his taste for pound ing, pegging away. During the au tumn the army of the Potomac fought with the spade and pick rath er than the rifle and sword. The op erations were slow, uninteresting, in glorious, but all the more critical and decisive. General Johnson has this to say; "On the morning of July 30, at 4:30 o'clock we were aroused from sleep by a most awful explosion. When we arose the earth trembled like a bowl of jelly, so that we could scarcely keep on our feet." He says the Cra ter measures one hundred and thirty five feet in length, ninety-seven feet in breadth and thirty feet deep. These are historic facts from the War Records at Washington. J. RUSSELL WRIGHT. Asking Congress to Save the Forests. Washington, Dec. 10.-+The Na tional Forest Reservation commis sion, the American Paper and Pulp association, the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' association, the Na tional Lumber Manufacturers' as sociation, the National News Print as sociation, and the chamber of com merce of the United States have pe titioned congress to authorize the purchase of lands and to appropriate the necessary money for the exten sion of forest reservations in the East and South. The great importance of the world is said to be emphasized in the re port on the Senator Capper resolu tion last spring which showed 80, 000,000 acres of denuded and unpro ductive timber land in the United States, while the cutover area is in creasing at the rate of 4,000,000 acres per annum. The National Forest Reservation commission has authorized extensive purchases in New York and Pennsyl vania, in the White and Southern Appalachian mountains in . Grafton cocn-ty-,~Nt\v - Hampshk'^-iwi^.tmetef in Madison county North Carolina, at $4 per acre for 2,948 acres, and 1,345 acres in Burk county, North Carolina, at $7.50 per acre. There were also approved for purchase 608 acres in seven tracts in Winston and Lawrence counties, Alabama, at $5.19 per acre, and 4,450 acres in Arkansas. The commission will investigate all purchasable and desirable tracts in all the states of the East and South. It is anticipated that congress will continue to co-operate in the work. Edgefield County Teachers' Association. . Saturday the second meeting of the Edgefield County. Teachers' asso ciation took place in the Court House when about a dozen of cur teachers took advantage of the opportunity to interchange .experiences and co operate for the betteriTi3nt of edu cational conditions in our county. It should be the duty of teachers not only to imp?rt information and inspire aspirations in the hearts of the children as they find them in the various communities, but to have a large vision of what conditions should be and help the community in which they live to see the high ideals for a model school. This can not be done as long as selfishness and love of ease blind the vision. Professor Rentz, principal of the Trenton school, a very earnest and interested young man, president of the asscoiation had charge of the pro gram. Superintendent of Education, W. W. Fuller, was present and assist ed by his sympathy and suggestions. Prof; Long of the Harmony school manifested interest in the growth of the idea. Miss Berrie of the Trenton school spoke with enthusiasm in behalf of the chairmanship of the committee on the Athletic Meet in the spring. Miss Katherine Mims suggested the idea that an eminent or experienced speaker be invited to each meeting which would fill most of the time for the educational program. Prof. Brooks of Edgefield gave an account of the State Teachers' asso ciation in Calumbia. Mrs. Mims and Mrs. Tillman were called on and presented the essay con test plans for the coming year, for the W. C. T. U., which plans will be published in the first January issue of The Advertiser. Dr. Guilds, president of the Colum bia College was present and made a very forceful and important mes sage to teachers on Loyalty. If every teacher would follow the advice of this address our state and county would be many decades ahead in progress and power for good. FOR RENT: A two-horse farm, good land, near Mr. Darling Jack son's in the Philippi section. Apply to Dr. W. P. TIMMERMAN, Batesburg, S. C. Yon Can't Afford to Neglect Your Fruit Trees." Under normal conditions the im portance of the home orchard in sup plementing the famliy food supply is too great to be estimated. Therefore, with the invasion of the boll weevil_ a menace to the South's money crop and a pest to remain with us-arid the abnormal prices of all food (stuff, a few fruit trees should be planted, about every home. Fall and winter months are best for orchard work and there is only one thing that pays better than having a sound knowledge of how to care for the or chard, and that is to USE it and. make your's the best fruit trees in ? the county. The mere fact of a high priced fruit tree having been planted does not insure fruitful returns, and if this is not properly cared for all the owner gets for his labor and mon ey, invested is a case of disappoint ment. We urge you to begin at once I and either plant a few trees or prune, spray and cultivate those that you i already have giving these a fair chance, and note results. The shortage of good trees and vine? with the prevailing highe prices of fruit should be accepted as an ob ject lesson and the combination ought to encourage the planting of a few fruit trees on every farm and better attention given to the old orchard. If you have a home orchand, or even scattered plantings of a few fruit trees worthy of attention begin at once to prune, spray, worm and culti vate; otherwise, arrange to plant one fourth acre 'approximately 30 trees and vines.) At this time trees and vines* enough to plant one-fourth acre, which is enough to supply the average family will cost between $10.00 and $15.00. You can't afford, to neglect your orchard as the fruit tree, not unlike man, will get sick when neglected. In conjunction with the county agents throughout the State a cam paign of winter pruning, spraying, and -related orchard work is already on in the various counties. The Hor ticultural Specialists of the Exten sion Service, Clemson College, S. C., have arranged and are now carrying out a schedule ^by which/to spend one to three days'with e^ch county . agent. If you are .interested in gr ow ing'fruit either on a small or large scale'?and d?sire information con ?oe^i?*g^-ir?te?b^ and- ar range tb attend some - of the field demonstrations in pruning and spray ing that will be given in the various orchards over the county during the week designated as "Orchard Week." "Man never plants a tree for him self alone"-Get behind this move ment and let's see a good orchard on every farm throughout the county. . ADDISON B. CAWILE; County Agent E. M. McCreless Sends Greet ings to Relatives and Friends. Edgefield Advertiser: My last letter was principally about those whom I used to know, but now passed away. This time I'll speak in part with those whom I met, however, I have no relatives there nearer than cousins. Their kind treatment and sweet association to ward me causes me to supplement a little and call all of them double cousins. I'll only mention (by name) a few of the older ones, commencing with cousin Jimmie Faulkner and Talbert, his brother, and all the rest of that family. Next, Tom Faulkner and all the rest of that family. Then Consins Martha and Elizabeth Ouzts,. and all that family and Cousin Mary Freeland and all her connection. Cousin Margaret Griffith and family ; I Cousin Rufus Dorn and his connec Ition. _ . If there is any of my connection whom I've missed, please accept a double portion. I conclude by say ing ''God bless you all." . As to my friends and new ac quaintances, time and space forbid me to speak of you all separately* but feel j assured, one and all, that you will have a warm place in my heart the remainder of my days and ( I hope some sweet day to meet you again. All this brings up one of David's songs of degrees which I will just change a little and say, "Behold how good and pleasant it was for kindred and friends to meet and mingle to gether in social greetings." ? Now a special word to the editor of The Advertiser. Your genial face, your cheerful smile, your kind words and acts, will ever be cherished in. I my memory. I am well and have been ever since^ my return home. We have made a bumper crop of cotton, but realize a very small amount out of it. E. M. McCRELESSi \ Colorada, Texas. j How to be Healthy. If you would enjoy good health keep your bowels regular and your stomach and liver in good working order. This is easily ?one by taking Chamberlain's Tablets. These tablets strengthen the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. They are easy to take and mild and gentle in effect. They only cost a quarter