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?ttefi? Newspaper In ^mith tonina VOL. 86 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1921 JOHNSTON LETTER. Material For Water Works Ar riving. Beautiful Easter Services. Celebrated Hampton's Birthday Beautiful Easter services were held in the churches on Sunday and the holy and sacred joy in the risen Saviour was not only impressed on the older hearts, but the ? young as well. At the Methodist church a beau tiful service was had, this being par ticipated in chiefly by the children. The week previous to Easter, Holy Week, the members of the Lutheran church each evening had a beautiful and impressive service. ' Rev. Maxie White, who is a mis sionary in Brazil, preached on Sunday evening at the Baptist church, and there was a large audience to hear him. He described the people he la bored with and the field he worked in, telling of the problems, and many wonderful results, and all listened to him with keen interest. In concluding he made an earnest plea for laborers on the field. The world, he said, is to be evangelized by the young, and it was his earnest wish that some would go from this church. When a small boy he made a profession of faith in this church, his family living here during his early boyhood days. It was a pleasure and a joy to all to hear him preach. On Sunday morning at the Baptist church, Mrs. James H. White united with the Baptist church, having pre viously been a member of the Chris tian church. Mr. O. S. Wertzs has been sick dur ing the past week, and on Sunday all of his children came for a visit to cheer him up, and also to be with their mother on her birthday. This couple has six children to be with and comfort them now that they are not as young as they used to be, and these are certainly model.ones, for al though they live about over the Stater ' they frequently give their parents surprise meetings. On Sunday afternoon, April 2nd, at Ward Baptist church there will be a Layman's meeting, which will be composed of representatives of the Third Division of Ridge Association. Gov. R. A. Cooper and others are ex pected to be present and make speeches. Mrs. W. J. Hatcher has returned from Chester, where she went in in terest of missionary work in the W. M. U. Mrs. S. J. Watson was hostess for the New Century club Tuesday after noon, there being a full attendance. The chief business was in the reports of committees. The library has now become a reality, and an attractive room has been secured over the Far mers and Merchants Bank. Several contributions have been given to make the room comfortable, and the 140 books placed. A gift of a large collection of books from the Ameri can Library Association is soon ex pected. These books having been for the camps and are given with the re quest from the government that world war soldiers pay no fee to read the books. The committee reported that gifts of books were coming in from those in the town that are interested. Before business ended officers were elected for next year: President, Mrs. P. B. Waters; Vice-president, Mrs. J. H. White; Recording secretary, Mrs. Olin Eidson; Corresponding sec retary, Mrs. Huiet Waters; Treas urer, Mrs. T. R. Denny; Critic, Mrs. Joe Cox; Parliamentarian, Miss Clara Sawyer. After a good program on South Carolina poets, led by Miss Ciara Sawyer, the hostess served a delicious sweet course of strawberry cream and caramel cake. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Browne have moved into their new home on Aced emy street. Mrs. Lillie Andrews and Mrs. Jack Milne and Master Jack have arrived for a visit in the home of Mrs. J. H. White and Mrs. Archie Lewis. Upon invitation Mrs. O. D. Black and Miss Zena Payne attended a spe cial meeting of the Lucinda Horne chapter, U. D. C., at Saluda last week. The former made a talk on "The U. D. C. State Work," and the latter told of the Historical department and its plans. The name sake of this chapter, Mrs. Lucinda Horne, was a most noted wo man. When her husband and sons went to the war she left with them, and remained through the four year and cared for them and other sol diers in evei'y way she could. Many a soldier has testified to her loving and motherly care, for she would keep their scant clothing in as good order as she could, and when they would insist on her taking some money, she always converted it into something to eat for the next time they came in. The company of the regiment of Edgefield county to which her hus band and sons belonged erected a monument to her memory in 1897, over her grave at Chestnut Hill church, near Chappell. Miss Nell Ferguson and Mr. Olin Clark were married last week at the Philippi Baptist parsonage by Rev. G. W. Sexton. The bride has taught in this section and has many warm friends. Hearty congratulations are extended them. Gen. Wade Hampton's birthday was celebrated by the Mary Ann Buie chapter, the occasion being in the home of Mrs. T. R. Hoyt. Previously the chapter had decided that a fine way to observe the day, was to do something for the veterans, so as the needs of thc veterans at the Con federate Home in Columbia were great, it was decided to have a towel shower. A beautiful and interesting program was had and then the box of towels arranged for sending. The hostess served fruit punch. The town water tank arrived last week and it is hoped that ere long work for the placing of the pipes will begin as the latter has been here for some time. Mr. Manning Black of Anderson spent the week-end here in the home of his uncle, Mr. O. D. Black. Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Corn spent Eas ter at Walhalla with the latter's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. William Stroth er. . ? ._i .' . . . -~ . -. ?' Mrs. Joe Cox entertained her Sun day school class with an Easter egg hunt on Friday afternoon and all the little folks had a good time on the lawn. After the hunt sweets were served. Mr. Theodore Marsh has gone to Pittsburgh, Penn., to be presnt at the laying of the cornerstone of a new building on the campus of thc busi ness college he attended, all of the former students having an invitation to attend. Mrs. J. L. Walker is spending this week in Columbia attending Palma festa week. Shipping Sweet Potatoes Out of South Carolina. Clemson College, March 2-1. South Carolina is now becoming known in the sweet potato markets of the country, and the Extension Ser vice marketing agents are giving their time and efforts toward send ing out a graded product and that well packed, ventilated and loaded for either a short or long haul. To date this season sixteen cars of sweet potatoes have moved out of this state to Eastern, Northern and Western markets. Some of these have gone as far west as the state of Iowa, and several have gone to points in New York state, reports F. L.. Hark ey, Extension market agent. Most of these shipments have been made by members of the South Caro lina Sweet Potato Association and have been sold by the Southern States Produce Distributing Company, Co lumbia, S. C., which company has signed a sales contract with the Sweet Potato Association. Potatoes shipped by members of the Association bear the brand "Sugarspuds, South Caro lina Sweet Potato Association, main office, Florence, S. C." The grading and loading of one or more cars at each shipping point has been made a demonstration of proper grading and loading by an Extension Service market agent, and in sever al instances a great saving has been '.'ffected for the shipper. Sweet potatoes are a very perish able product and have never received in this state the pi-oper handling to .vhich they are entitled, since they had not been shipped from this state in car lots until last season. It is there fore necessary that every shipper make use of the experiennce and as sistance offered by the Extension Ser vice of Clemson College. Miss Florence Mims Writes of Hike of Seven Miles Over Ice and Snow. Dear Advertiser: Yesterday morning at nine o'clock a party of eleven started out on a seven mile hike to Twin Lakes, where there is an attractive club house. In the fall the roads were 'ideal for hik ing, being hard and dry, but at pres ent the snow is melting and it is as treacherous as quicksand, having melted into streams of water that may be deep. The snow banks are just soft enough to let you slip down through their fty depths. Spring has come in this North country, but you would call it De cember in the South. The evidences of Spring here have nothing to do with budding trees this early, but merely a certain warmth in the air. In our line of march, we crossed the St. Louis river about three miles from town. This river is not only froz en but is covered with snow, so that were its banks not high, you could not tell it from the surrounding coun try. Along its banks were pile on pile of long logs waiting to be floated down when the melting snows have swelled the river. Transportation of lumber, etc., is carried on by means of huge sleds that run along easily through the snow. On these are carried great loads of hay and birch logs that look like white-washed posts, so white are they and so perfectly straight. . They say "It is a long lane that has no turning," but the trouble .with our seven mile lane was that it had too many turnings. When we expect ed the next corner every time to re veal the club house, it revealed only another lung stretch of country road. When the club house at last came in sight through the trees, We welcomed it as a lost mariner would a light house. We had long ago taken off our coats, and were now carrying them iii our arms since we wera-o^ercome1 with the heat. Our party divided itself into three groups, 1hose who were very fast walkers, those who were moderate, and these who preferred to walk lei surely. I happened to be in the middle group. We had packages of food stuff in our arms for the midday meal. When the first group grew tired of a bundle they left it in thc middle of the road, trusting that the next group would pick it up; and when the sec onnd group, in turn, became exhaust ed, they laid it down for the third, and the last group having no one coming behind, had to lug the food stuffs the rest of the way. We arrived at the club house about fifteen minutes past eleven, and im mediately stretched out on the chairs and covered ourselves in coats. Some of the industrious ones did not even wait to rest, but repaired to the club kitchen and there made coffee and broiled steak with a certain success that the South can not rival. We ate like miners or lumbermen, a meal that we thought had been very well earned. The party had fully intended to walk the seven miles back also. That was when the first rosy glow of the hike was in our cheeks and in our thoughts, but on seeing two tremen dous trucks making ready to go to Aurora, we climbed in and rode back singing as we bumped along. I think that one reason such an out ing is so enjoyable is that it requires effort on one's own part, and wc are more impressed with enjoyment se cured by our own labor than that at thc expense of some one else. FLORENCE MIMS. Aurora, Minnesota. March 20, 1921. Colonial Tea. (Copied from the Knoxville Ten nessee paper, February, 1921.) Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Boyd delight fully entertained a number of their young friends Tuesday evening, the 22nd at their home on 912 East Hill Avenue, with a Colonial tea party. The guests were in Colonial cos tumes representing the family and friends of Washington. The home was beautifully decorated with flowers from Mi*; Sue Sloan of Johnston, S. C., who is the South's famous musi cian, and a very dear friend of Mrs. Boyd. Tea and sandwiches were serv ed and games which were very much in keeping with the Colonial days. 1 Miss Sue Sloan Receives Hi Honor. Miss Sue Sloan is one of fifty "thc vast number of music teach throughout the United States -v teaches the "Progressive Series," receive an appointment to stanc personal examination to be gi' by Leopold Godowsky, in Chic; on June 8th, to compete w the fifty selected ones to enter a c test for a free scholarship to att< the "Godowsky Master Class" wh will be conducted by Leopold God( sky, who is the world renowned r sic instructor. . Miss Sloan writes: "He is editor-in-chief of the Publication Society, which I descrit in a previous letter, after my vi to this wonderful building in Louiswhere the Progressive Series printed. He is the famous pianist a composer, now in the very zenith his powers. He was born at Wilna, Russian Poland, in 1870. His tea< ers were, first Ernest RudoriF piano, Kiel and Bargiel (the hi brother of Clara Schumann), in co position. Later he studied with Sai Saens. In 18S4 he toured America company with the violinist, Dvid IV! sin. In 1S90 he toured France, havi: previously played at the Marlborou; House, London at the command the Princess of Wales, who accept the dedication of a "Valse Scherzo He returned to America, where married Miss Frieda Saxe, of Nc York, now generally acknowledgi to be one of the most popular, ho pitable and beautiful hostesses in "V enna. Many of the celebrated arrang meats for left hand of the Chop Studies were made during his sojoui in America. In 1900 he left for Ei rope. His success at Berlin v/as ii stantaneous and triumphant. At th concert, which was attended by whole colony of pianists, Godowsk played, in addition to works from tl standard repertory a number of tl most difficult of his transcriptions c the Chopin Studies, besides his ow arrangement cf Weber's "Invitatio to the Dance," which is probably tli most difficult piano piece in existence His performance of the entire pr< gram, an enormous test both as mental feat and as an example o physical endurance was such as t gain for him the unanimous verdie of being the greatest pianist livinj; This superb control of all the rc sources of technique was the resul of his improved methods of studj which he fully sets forth in the Prc gressive Series. After leaving Berli the Emperor of Austria appointe' Mr. Godowsky as Royal Professo and head of the Master School o Piano Playing in Vienna. This position was created for Mi Godowsky, and he has a life incum bency with distinguished honors o rank. Besides a large number of orig inal compositions, Godowsky has giv en to thc pianistic world his lift; transcriptions of the Chopin Etudes the greatest innovations in piano lit erature since Liszt. The Progressiv! Series is the first work ever publish ed which embodies fully and com pletely his ideas, methods and princi pies by the use of which he has ob tained such marvelous success botl in his own work and in that of his pu pils, and his entire reputation, stand ing and authority are placed in sup port of this work. The reader of these columns will recall my standing the Normal exami nation of the Progressive Series un der Mr. E. R. Kroger, who is the United States examiner of the Pro gressive Series and examined me when I attended the session at Cor nell University, Ithica, N. Y. I was justly proud of passing this Normal examination of the Progressive Series and the scholarships I won while in New York City and the one in Boston and others. None of the scholarships I have won, however, have delighted me more than the recent appointment to Chicago under the instruction of Leopold Godowsky, and if those in heaven know of earthly things my dear mother and beloved step father will rejoice with me that I am making an effort to fulfill my last promise to them to try and be submissive to God's will and not lose my ambition in life and reap the golden fruit their sacrifice purchased for me; and as Mozart wrote his "Moonlight Sonata" on the house top by moonlight, so I wrote my examinations the last two winters by the glow of the fire in the still hours of night, waiting if neces sary to minister to those whom the tie of parental love had divinely bound me so strong that what seemed to others a sacrifice, to me was my only comfort and pleasure. "God works in a mysterious way His wonders to perform" for had it not been for this and had I not turned night into day I might have devoted the time in the day to the technical part of music for which you are generally praised most, but which in teaching is- like prayers without works. There must be a combination of the two to make a success and properly utilize the talents which God has entrusted to our keeping. Music is the only earthly talent we have any assurance of being trans formed to heaven, and those. I loved most have joined the heavenly choir around the great white throne, leav ing me in my loneliness to "Turn backward, turn backward, oh time in your flight, Make mc a child again just for the night," but to realize "They have gone from me forever here longer they could not stay, they have reached . a fairer region far away, far away," and only those who have passed through the sad experi ence can realize how much 1 miss the support, counsel and advice of loving, unselfish parents. I trust Providence will so arrange that I can attend the Godowsky class" in Chicago and add another spoke of knowledge and exp?rience to strength en the wheel of my profession, that I may be better prepared to properly revolve it to success, which will aid me in fulfilling my promise to my pa rents and be a benediction to others as well as myself. SUE SLOAN, Johnston, S. C. Letter From Mr. Bussey. Married, by Rev. G. W. Bussey, at his home in Gleenwood, March 21st, Mr. Y. L. Timmerman of Kirksey and Miss Tommie Patterson of Epworth. By the same, at the same place, March 24th, Mr. Eddie Bell of Mc Cormick and Miss T. M. Acker of Honea Path. The Advertiser will allow me to add that it is interesting to me, at least, that just 40 years ago, I mar ried Dr. D. A. G. Bell and wife, Miss Mamie Middleton, (the father and mother of this young man). I remem ber to have married the same day, Press Whatley and Miss Lucy Thur mond. Wife, who was with me says we had a big wedding at both places. I am tempted to acid more bul re frain. I learn, that on last Sunday, be cause of failing health, the Grove church voteePto grant me a vacation of two months and more if needed to rest. This is just like the old church to do this. They have always, boon very kind to me. I hope they may be able to get someone to fill the inter val, and if it has to be final, that che Lord will lead them to the viprht man for the place. At present my hcaiili doesn't seem to improve. I appreciate the weekly visits of the old Advertiser. Respectfully, G. W. BUSSEY. Greenwood, S. C. Methodist Tent Meeting. The members of the Methodist church are planning to hold a tent meeting on the church lot fronting on Main street. The meeting will be held as soon after May 15 as arrange ments can be made. Rev. Luther B. Bridges, one of the general evange lists of the Methodist church, has been engaged to conduct the services. Mr. Bridges is now holding a meeting at Bamberg, and a committee from the Edgefield church will go down to Bamberg Friday to confer with him as to the final arrangements. Mr. Bridges will bring his singer with him to Edgefield to conduct thc song ser vices. While this meeting is being pro jected by the Methodists all the pas tors and the people of the town are cordially invited to participate and co-operate in making the meeting a great success and of great benefit to the town. When You Feel Rheumatic. For the aches and pains of rheu matism Chamberlain's Liniment is excellent. Massage the parts thor oughly twice a day with this liniment and you will be surprised at the relief which it affords. , Letter From the Lone Star State. Since my last writing I was pained to learn of the death of two Edgefield citizens, one a near relative, B. T. Faulkner, the other one, Willie Still, a boyhood companion and friend. He was a son of James Still, a strong friend of my father, and for one to know him could not wonder at Willie being called a good man. So I can but offer my sympathy to the bereav ed ones. In my previous write ups concerning my trip last summer, I spoke of the dear ones whom I missed from the common walks of life passed over to the far beyond. Then of those whom I met with and their many kindnesses to me. Now, I'll ?speak of the dear old county, my native land. I love it stronger than any other part of the globe that I ever knew, and it pains me to know that it has passed from good to worse and can't bring forth a sustaining yield without commercial help. This is but natural, and no surprise when well thought, of. So is man, when he comes forth as a bud in springtime, grows into man hood and usefulness, then often out lives his days of usefulness and lives into dotage, worn out and has to be helped. When all this is realized, what thankful beings we ought to be. Now," just a word to the rising gen eration of the dear old home state. There is part (and a large one too,) of God's country in the state of Tex as that has never budded into useful ness. Come and sec. Springtime is now on and the tillers of the soil are getting ready for another crop, but things generally are in an unsettled condition, very little encouragement to farming, yet if farming stops the world suffers, so let us realize that inasmuch as we know that takes the combined efforts of heaven and earth for the mother earth to bring forth its proper yield, so it takes the com bined efforts of every human being that lives to make thc woi'ld better, to lend his best efforts to the main substance and sustenance of life. Now in conclusion let me say that this section has a fine planting sea son in the ground, and the prospects are bright for a crop now. I bow my head and tip my hat and say good wishes and God's blessings upon all who may read these lines. E. M. McCPvELESS. Colorado, Texas. Play in the Opera House on April 22. Miss Ruth Tompkins and her pu pils will give a play in the Opera House* Friday night, April 22, under the auspices of thc Civic League. The fellowing is the program: "1921 Follies." Portland Fancy, Virginia Holland, Either Rubcnstein, Janie Edwards, Martha Stewart. A Trench Lady, Mary Cantelou. The Glow Worm, danced by Esther Rubenstein. Sung by Margaret Lyon. The Vintage, Mary Marsh. Florolina, Mary Cantelou, Martha Stewart, Esther Rubenstein, Janie Edwards. . Chopin Waltz, Kathryn Stewart. Columbine Qui Flirte, Martha Stewart, Mary Cantelou, Janie Ed wards. Song: "I'm in Heaven When I'm In My Mother's Arms," Lucy Scurry. The Witches' Dance, Virginia Hol land. Curtain. Simplicity, Martha Stewart. Troika, Esther Rubenstein, Kath ryn Stewart, Mary Cantelou, Janie Edwards. % Song, Margaret Lyon. Shawod Dance, Janie Edwards. Japanese Dance, Esther Ruben stein. Song, "Alice Blue Gown," Lucy Scurry. Curtain. The Four Winds: North, Esther Rubenstein^ South, Mary Cantelou; East, Kathryn Stewart; West, Janie Edwards. That Naughty Waltz, Virginia Hol land. Blue Bird's Dance, Janie Edwards. Narga, Mary Cantelou. NOTICE. On and after the first of April I will operate my mercantile business on a cash basis. Very truly, L. T. MAY.