Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, February 09, 1921, Image 1
VOL. 84
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1921 No. 47
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Organize For Civic,, Improve
ment. Music Club and
Mary Ann Buie Chap
ter Meet.
During the entire past week
force of hands has been at work trim
ming up the trees and removing
broken limbs caused by thc recent
freeze. There was scarcely a tree that
was not injured in some way.
On Saturday afternoon in the
home of Mrs. A. P. Lewis a meeting
was called in the interest of civic im
provement. The organizations-of the
town had each previously appointed
a committee concerning civics and
those present were the various com
mittees. Mrs. Lewis conducted the
meeting, and after a number of
- points were discussed concerning the
work, officers were elected.
President or general chairman,
Mrs. Bartow Walsh; vice-chairman,
Mrs. Heber Ballentine; recording sec
retary, Miss Frances Turner; cor
responding secretary, Miss Clara
Sawyer; treasurer, Mrs. Calhoun
Kammer.
Mr. Dred Gibson has been quite
sick for the past two weeks.
Misses Daisy and Maude Sawyer
have been visiting their sister, Mrs.
Henry Clark at Aiken.
Miss Virginia Harrison left last
week for Atlanta where she has ac
cepted a position.
Mrs. J. Howard Payne and Mar
garet Helen have been visiting Mrs.
Price Timmerman at Eureka.
Mrs. Edith Chester and little son,
and Miss Maud Wright are expected
home this week from a month's stay
in the home of Rev. Chester in Ma
con, Ga.
Dr. and Mrs. William Conneny
have been visiting the-former's pa
rents in North Carolina.
Little Rachael BlJfe, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Avery Bland was
quite sick during the past week.
Mr. F. L. Parker spent the week
end at his home here.
A full meeting of the Mary Ann
Buie chapter met on Thursday with
Mrs. T. R. Hoyt. Among matters dis
cussed was Memorial Day. The chap
ter decided to have the observance
on April 29, as at this time the flow
ers were in full bloom. An invitation
is to be extended Dr. Lee of Edge
field to make the address.
It was decided to offer a medal at
the High School for best essay on
Confederate subject. Iron crosses
were to he placed on graves of vet
erans that had not yet been marked.
Mrs. T. R. Hoyt was elected historian
to fill the place of Mrs. William Con
nerly.
Upon request, Mrs. 0. D. Black
told of her visit, as first state vice
president, to some of the chapters,
and of organizing a chapter at Ehr
hardt, and a prospective one at Gran
iteville.
A very interesting program on
"Charleston" was carried out. After
an article on "Fort Sumter" Miss
Clara Sawyer exhibited a pen sketch
of the fort made by a soldier that
well illustrated the scene when the
northern war vessels came that caus
ed the first shots in April 1860. Af
ter the program the hostess served
tea and several kinds of sandwiches.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Nancy Lott.
Mr. J. W. Boone of Wilmington,
N. C., has been the guest of friends.
The remains of Mr. Henry Rhoden
were brought here from Sumter on
Friday and buried at Mt. of Olives
cemetery by the grave of one of his
children. The body was accompanied
by his wife and son. Mr. Rhoden was
reared in the Meeting Street section,
and after his marriage lived many
years here. He was a brother of
Messrs. Charlie and John Rhoden.
Misses Mary and Sophia Meyer
are guests of their aunt, Mrs. M. E.
Norris.
Mrs. J. W. Stirnen is at home from
a two weeks' visit to her sister, Mrs.
Clifton Mitchell at Batesburg. Mrs.
Mitchell accompanied her home for
a visit.
The Apollo Music club held a,very
interesting meeting Tuesday with
Mrs. G. D. Walker. It was decided to
invite Mrs. Robert Earle and Miss
Purcell of Columbia to come at the
occasion of Reciprocity and take part
on the program. The club had pre
viously decided to, invite musicians
to come and the entertainment would
be for the pleasure of the public.
The giving of the medal to the pu
pil making best average at High
School was discussed and Miss Fran
ces Turner and Mrs. E. B. Dasher
were appointed to decide on the
grade and the prize or medal.
An invitation was read from the
Edgefield Music club inviting the
president to attend Reciprocity day.
An excellent p rogram on "Lulla
bies" was had, Mrs. O. D. Black lead
|ing. In opening she said "We like to
know the origin of everything and
?we could readily decide that the first
lullaby was the crooning over the
first child of Adam and Eve. Ever
since then, mothers have followed in
her wake and nothing stands out in
our remembrance as the lullabies
sung to- us in our childhood. The
mother love then has crept in as a
theme for many of our musicians,
and finds expression in numberless
compositions under the classification
of lullabies.
The program was composed of a
paper on the subject and several pia
no and voice selections. The hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Mims Walker and
Miss Orlena Cartledge served a tempt
ing salad course.
Those from here who were present
at the organization of the Shriners
at Edgefield last week were Messrs.
J. A. Lott, J. W. Stirnen nad Will
Rhoden.
Ever since the prayer meeting was
first had here in the Methodist church
the evening has always been Tues
day, but recently by some ruling of
the general conference, the prayer
meeting was set for Wednesday, so
in accordance, ^the Methodist prayer
meeting will hereafter be on Wednes
Ivey dwelling.
The friends of Mr. Charlie Austin
now of Augusta, will regret to know
that he has been quite sick for some
time.
Mr. Willis Holmes who has been
at the University Hospital, following
an operation,- will return home now
in a few days.
Mr. Hugh Rushton of Gleenwood
spent the week-end here with, rela
tives.
Mrs. Paul Perry and children will
visit Mrs. Alice Cox and are expected
this week.
Mrs. Fannie Hoyt of Oglethorpe,
Ga., is the guest of relatives and
everyone is delighted to see her
again.
Mrs. J. W. Pender is expected next
month from Panama, and she will
spend a while here. Mr. Pender holds
a government position there and
they have resided there since their
marriage last summer.
Everyone will be delighted to see
"Miss Tave" hack again and a warm
welcome awaits her.
One of the good, men of the Bap
tist church recently made this re
mark ;
"We used to be called the pillars
of the church, but the tables are
about to be turned. The women are
turning out to be some of the good
pillars, so I guess we are now pillow
shams."
"Freckles."
The Broadway Amusement com
pany who are responsible for the
dramatization of Gene Stratton-Por'
ter's popular novel, "Freckles," to be
presented here Friday night, Febru
ary ll, at the Edgefield Theatre, in
structed the dramatist to incorpo
rate every charac.er possible in the
play that appears iii the book, and to
adhere as closely as possible to'Mrs.
Porter's charming story. Consequent
ly, "Freckles," the plucky waif, who
guards the Limberlost; the Swamp
Angel; McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Dun
can; th? Man of Affairs; Black Jack
and Wfssner all appear in important
roles. In addition to this many beau
tiful song numbers, including two
written by Anatol Friedland, the
Vienese composer, especially for
"Freckles," will be interspersed
throughout the play. Tickets are on
sale at Collett's Drug Store, Dixie
Highway Hotel Building.
FARMER'S PLEDGE
, of the county of Edgefield,
do certify that I am a farmer and C4?jB0n grower, and hereby solemnly
promise and agree on my sacred woi?,,of honor that during the year
1921 I will not plant in cotton nitre than one-third of the lands
cultivated by me during the year 1920
And I further promise that I will,use whatever influence that I may
have with my friends and neighbors t? have them sign a like obligation
and to co-operate with the county committee in the organization and the
work for the said cotton reduction.
Witness:
Miss Florence Mims Sees "Real
Americans" at Ely, Minnesota.
Dear Advertiser:
I spent last v??ek-end in Ely, Min
nesota, a town about twice the size of
Edgefield, perhaps fifteen or twenty
milos from the Canadian border.
Between Aurora and Ely near a
place called Tower, there is a large
Indian Reservation.
When we passed through this town,
I walked up to the forward coach to
see what the train official called "real
Americans." At first I thought he
meant ordinary Americans like my
self, of which there are few enough
here to make us particularly con
spicuous.
On reaching this coach, I found;,
greatly to my delight, that he meant
Indians, for seated there were real,
swarthy Chippewas, with red skin and
very black hair. I have never heen
able to repress my enthusiasm, and
?gj^aeingMfljQ3tebt..nanp.ose with ??y 1
ively. Probably they did noT under
stand anything at all that I said, for
besides being English, my speech
had a Southern accent, but thc tone
of voice one uses is intelligible when
words are not. I wonder whether the
papoose's name is some characteris
tic prae-nomen like Eagle-Eye or
Cross Feather or whether it was Tom
or some other adopted American
name.
The papoose was wrapped in a
plaid Indian blanket and lying in a
little cradle, which the mother would
hang on her back when she left the
train.
The Indians on the shores of tha
Atlantic were incensed when their
land and hunting grounds were usurp
ed by the English. Now they have
been pushed farther and father west,
and these last habitations are in the
line of march of the great northern
European horde:; who are populating
this part of America.
The history of the Indian race cer
tainly repeats itself for wherever,
they find a new home, they are soon
er or later followed up by more Eu
ropeans.
However small the number of re
maining Indians may be, the name
they have given the state of Minne
sota itself, its lakes and rivers, and
towns will always remain, as well as
their quaint legends and their inter
esting history.
The white birch trees, the lovely
lakes, the fleet footed deer, and the
forests, seem made for the Indian, or
the Indian made for them.
Beside them, the white man seems
stranger in a strange land, for,
"One loved the solitude, the forest
paths,
The lonely night, the voices of the
stars,
The rain upon the roof, the scent
of trees.
The light upon the hill, the open
road.
'The other cared for crowds and
comradeship,
The bustling streets the plauding
multitudes,
The council hall, the camp, the bat
tlefield,
The glare and tumult of the vic
tory."
FLORENCE MIMS.
Aurora, Minnesota,
February 2, 1921.
|? Letter From Mr. Tiliman.'
?Farmers of Edgefield County:
^Gentlemen:
The progress made in getting
pledges signed, while reasonably suc
cessful, is not nearly so unanimous as
we could wish. In order to know
where we stand I want to urge that
$ou meet in the Court House, Satur
day, February 19th at 12 o'clock.
There has been a good spirit of co
operation among those to whom
pledges were sent, but a few have not
returned the pledges sent them. It
is not difficult to clip a pledge from
the county paper and mail it to me.
Organization means in effect unit
ed for a common purpose. It means
with us cooperation as to acreage re
daction, and pledged to reduce to the
ppint where cotton will become
scarce. Unless we sign these pledges
no one can give definite information
[as^to what, Edgefield county will do.
Saturday; february ll)thT^-"I",i lJ""M"
I am inteersted in farmers because
I am a fanner, and if I were privi
leged to define the work needed to be
done among the farmers of this coun
jty so that they can become an inde
pendent class, I would say first, join
hands to cooperate with one another
where it is evidently a benefit. Sec
ond, have an ambition to see how
nearly everything needed can be rais
ed at home. Raise cotton as a surplus,
and when you sell it, knock out the
middle man. When you sell cotton, it
is a self evident proposition that you
are contributing by thc ?ale your
proportionate share to tho livelihood
of the cotton buyer. Has he always
given you a fair price and a fair
grade? There is no use to bael: and
fall on it. You do not know. It
stands to reason since the average
cotton buyer is in that business to
make money, that he buys as cheaply !
as possible and sells as dear."A few
years ago public weighers for cotton
were provided for. Next in order, pro
vision was made for official graders.
These graders have been successful
'and lave saved farmers money. It is
but common sense to hang on to
these advantages and cooperate in
selling. I have seen cooperative sell
igawstes Su,opinion Ihfsrrsic fflxffl
ing and IT IS WORTH WHILE. If
you doubt this ask every man who
belongs to the South Carolina Aspar
agus Growers Association. You will
get from each thc answer: "It pays
handsomely."
I want to see a large number of
farmers come to Edgefield February
19th to see how far we have gotten
in organization. I am not attempting
to run your business. I want to help
to get to the point where we will in
telligently work together. There is
some opposition, wherever self in
terest is in conflict with the move
ment. There will always be those to
throw cold water on a movement of
this kind, and those who will point
out tho lurking dangers that beset
you. The truth is you are always in
danger, to a certain degree, from
drought or tornado, from a slump in
the market, or other ills that the
flesh is heir to, and there is less dan
ger to men who will cooperate with
each other than to any individual. To
a certain degree you are to answer
the age old question, "Am I my
brother's keeper?" and the more in
I dined you are to say "yes" the more
is the benefit to you.
When your banker asks why you
are planning to organize, ask him if
he is a member of the State Bankers'
Association. When a lawyer asks you
the question ask him if he is a mem
ber of the State Bar Association..
When a plumber asks you, or a bar
ber asks you or a brick mason asks
you, every one of them who can get
in belongs to a union, designed and
created for self protection and pres
ervation.
Your son of the soil is the only
man nowadays who attempts to go
it alone. There are some who are too
busy to give the time; some are in
different; some have condemned any
movement of the kind to failure be
fore it starts. These men are in ef
fect enemies. Not intentionally so,
but in getting results. ,
I see farmers, honest, earnest men,
who have worked faithfully, financial
ly failing because they have produc
ed t>o well, and MUST sell at the
bidding of some one else. PRODUC
TION is not the sum total of farm
ing. If the South planted not a seed
of cotton next year, and produced
plenty of food, poultry hogs, corn,
cane, hay and potatoes and every
other thing that grows here, except
cotton we would be richer than we
can be to pile up another crop on top
of the one on hand. It is a fact that
the total crop of cotton of the State
will not sell for enough to pay the
cost of imported food and feed stuffs
last year. Our net deficit is greater
than the cost of the 1,248,000 tons of
guano used.
I have no panacea for all the
troubles we have at present. The
times are out of joint, 'but I do know
the War must be paid for, the State
government maintained, the County
'government paid for and the deficit
gerel :
"I wish I was a rock, a sittin on a
hill,
A doin' nothin' all day long, but just
a sittin' still; ,
I wouldn't eat, I wouldn't sleep, I
wouldn't even wash,
I'd just sit still a thousand years an'
rest myself-by gosh!"
Quit restin' yourself. See if we
can pull out cf it. See if we can pull
together. Decicle to take the step,
openly and come to the meeting to
join in thc reduction campi-.ign to cut
the cotton acrcafo, to raise your food
stuffs at home, to sell what, you raise
intelligently. Those who are not for
us are against us, whither they in
tend to be so or not. WHERE DO
YOU STAND?
B. R. TILLMAN.
Church at Chester Calls Dr.
Lee.
? Chester, Feb. 7.-Tho. congrega
tion of the First Baptist church of
Chester at a conference yesterday
morning extended a call to thc Rev.
Robert G. Lee, D. D., of Edgefield to
become pastor of the church at a
salary of $4,000 per year.
Dr. Lee filled the pulpit of the lo
cal church Sunday morning, Jan
uary 30, and captivated the members
of the church here. He has accepted
an invitation to visit Chester this
week and look the field over.
Dr. Lee is a native of the Fort Mill
section of York county and was edu
cated at Furman university and
Northwestern university, his LL. D.
degree being from the latter institu
tion.
The Rev.'L. McB. White, present
pastor of the First Baptist church
here, goes to Kinston, N. C., about
February 15 to become pastor of the
First Baptist church there. Mr. White
has done a great work in Chester,
and while the Chester people regret
to see him and his family leave, they
are glad that he has received a very
substantial promotion.
For the Liver and Bowels.
When your liver and bowels be
come torpid get a bottle of Chamber
lain's Tablets. They will tone up your
liver and cause a gentle movement
of the bowels. They also improve the
digestion.
TEXAS LETTER.
Mr. E. M. McCreless Writes of
His Visit to Relatives and
Friends in Edge?eld
Last Summer.
Since my trip to my beloved native
State last summer it seems overwhelm
ingly dear to me. I wish to recall the
places I visited after reaching South
Carolina. The first place that I found
any one I knew was in Greenwood, and
I hadn't seen any of them in about
fifty years. Still I knew them just as
soon as I found out who they ware.
After tarrying in Gleenwood for a
short time I sailed by rail to McCor
mick. Afterwards back to Greenwood
and thence to Ninety Six. From there
I went through the country traveling
in various ways. Partly with an old
friend, Rev. Sam Whatley. For ?
while in an auto and then footback.
Next in a buggy with a colored man.
who had pity on me and offered me a
seat. This was the second day. When
my ride was at an end with the negro
1 had all the road to myself for several
miles. It was a warm day in August,,
too. I was then picked up by two
young men whp were motoring through
the country. These youug men deliv
ered me to another young man who
waa traveling in a buggy, and he took
me to the home of my dear old friend
and companion, C. M. Williams. My
next visit was to Edgefield. then back
to Cris's home.
Soon afterwards I made a trip into
what we used to know as the Dutch
settlement, taking in the country
around Sleepy Creek church and my
dear old home church, Stevens Creek.
Then I wended my way back to my
dear old friend Cris Williams, but to
see him linger and die. In a short
time I returned to the Dutch settle
ment, where a large portion of my
childhood days were spent. Oh, what
a privilege it was to visit the old Hai
ling ? graveyard where my .fathe?.
is
I then visited in the home of Rufus
Dorn, who lives at his father's old
homestead, where my father used to
oversee for James Dorn. It was the
place where he lived when he gave up
his position to join the Confederate
army. After being in the army a short
time hie contracted a case of measles
and was sent home. In a short time
he died. All readers of these lines im
agine my feelings upon visiting this
place in my seventy-third year. On
the old Dorn place I saw some of my
father's work still being used, two lot
g i tea in particular that he made before
he died February 8, 1SG5.
I next visited in what was l^nown as
the Good Hope section, then to Saluda
at;d Ratesburg. From Batesburg I
journeyed to Graniteville and Augusta,
returning to Graniteville. Next I went
to Edgefield again- and then "went
through th! country to Greenwood for
a start back to my home in the Lone
Star Stale.
Now I want to say in r.ll candor that
everywhere I went I met with a hearty
welcome, and my life is too far spent
for me to ever forget the exceedingly
pleasant trip. Time and space forbid
my writing of all I met with,? as I
would like to do. I haven't written
aa much about my trip as I expected to
do, but dear readers, remember that I
will be seventy-three yeaisold the 12th
day of this month, February.
In conclusion I wish to say to all
who are interested, that I am enjoying
good health, and that this country has
surely made a bumper crop of cotton
only to be sacrificed. Yesterday our
campaign was begun to establish a
Federal Farm Bureau, which it is to be
hoped will bring about better times.
E. M. McCRELESS.
Colorado, Texas.
District Conference at Trenton
Rev. J. R. T. Major, D. D., presid
ing elder of the Columbia District,
preached in the Trentdn^^ethodist
church Sunday morning ftEr? large
congregation. This was Dr. Major's
first visit tb this charge since he was
assigned to the district last Novem
ber. His sermon on Christian Influ
ence was greatly enjoyed by all who
heard him. After the religious ser
vice the first quarterly conference
for the ensuing year was held. Re
ports from the two churches showed
the work to be in a prosperous con
dition. All finances were paid in full
to date.