Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, November 02, 1921, Image 1
VOL. 86 ~ EDGEFIELD, S,C, WEDNES|)AY? NOVEMBER 2, t92i 1 }, ? > , ' 3fr ' ?
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JOHNSTON LfcTTER.
Potato Curing House Busy'
Scene. Lyceum Course Se
cured. Arbor Day to
be Observed.
All the farmers are interested in
. the method of curing the sweet pota
to- and the potato curing house was a
busy scene during the past week,, the
potatoes being stored in crates. The
potatoes ^will be kept an "even tem
- peratu^B during the whiter. The ex
( pense attached to storing the pota
f toes will be more" than covered when
one thinks of the many potatoes that
are in a^state bf rot when a bank is
opened, thus making a loss. Mr. Wil
liamson, who* has been here for the
past two years assisting the farmers
1 in the ?cultivation bf tobacco, is in
charge ? of the curing house, and the
' plant is owned by a corporation.
MTS. Mary Hamilton, the niece of
Mrs. Ailee Cox, is in a'very feeble
state, and is now confined to her bed
all the time.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hansford Rhoden,has been ill nvith
pneumonia, but is thought tb be bet
- ter now.
The union meeting of this division,
Ridge association, met; Saturday and
Sunday at Dry Creek. The sermon cn
;. i -Sunday was preached by Rev. W. S.
' Brooke.
. A very exciting, game lof foot ball
j was played here oh Friday afternoon
between the teams of Ninety Six and
Johnston. The Johnston team did
good playing, but neve;.*-the-less the
' Ninety Six team won, the score be
ing 14 to 3. The stars of the John;
ston team were Wheeler Rhoden and
Victor Johnson. On Friday afternoon
. of this week a game is'arranged, to
taike place here between Johnstb^ ^
and the united teams of Epworth Or ']
phanage and Shandon High school
of Columbia.
Every tnonth the Woodrow Wilson
society of. the high school has a de
i bate and. this month -the debate^w?s
more for ' amusement and a mirthful j
meeting^ was had oh Friday at the
last period. The query was "Resolved
that '\\ is better to be fat than to be
lean." i The affirmatives were Butler
Derrick and Misses Edna Hutto,
Helen '? Stevens and Bessie Yonce.
The negatives were Misses Mary Wal
ker, Cornelia Webb, Stelle Ouzts aid
Wifiiam Hal&wanger.
Mrs. M. M. Coleman who has'been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. E. La
Grone has returned to Aiken.
Little Natalie Jones who has been
ill with typhoid pneumonia was car
ried to the hospital on Saturday for
, treatment. The little girl seemed to
be progressing well afte r her fever
? did not range so high, but complica
tions developed that made hospital
treatment necessary.
Rev. W. S. Brooke spent the past
week at McCormick conducting a re
vival meeting.
Miss. Mary Waters who is/taking
a business course in Augusta, spent
the week-end at her horns h?re..
Mrs.'Vannie Hoytj or Oglethorpe,
Ga^, will arrive soon to make her
, home with the family of* her step-son,
Mr. T. R. Hoyt. Everyone welcomes
her, for she has many warm friends
here, having previously made this
' plac? h?r home.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom,Mitchell have
returned from their honeymoon and
have been in the home of the latter's
father. Mr. J. H. White, for a few
days before going to their home in
Leesville.
' 'Mr^ J. L. Walker was hostess, for
the Emily Geiger chapter on Mbnday
afternoon, there being a -large at
tendance. The chapter had been ask
ed to send the names- of schools in
. the county that did not h?v? the flag,
and this- was reported as being done.
These flags can . be secured very
cheap. 30 new books were'reported
sent to the library at Tamassee In
dustrial school.
^The report for the State confer-.!
?nce was read, anti was considered a]
splendid one. about $200 having been
"in the treasury during the year, and
was expended for, the various cours
es. A#very interesting^program on
"Legends? of the Old Ninety Six Dis
trict" was given and after this the
hostess served' ' a ytempting salad
course.
The'first meeting of the League for
the Improvement of the High School
was held Friday afternoon. During
the past week an entertainment had
been i given and $30 was cleared.
Membership week will soon be had,
?and a canvas- for members made.
Arbor Daf will be observed and some
trees^will be planted on the campus.
A memorial tree will be planted in
memory of the World War soldiers of
this vicinity who gave their lives for
their country.
< Some of the young business men pf
the town have arranged for a lyceum
course for the winter' months, and the
numbers promise to be very attrac
tive. J
The play "Miss Fearless and Co.,"
that was given Friday evening under
the auspices of the Daughters of
the . Confederacy, ,was quite' a suc
cess, and the door .receipts amounted
to $50. /
'Mr., McDaniel of Auguste, spent
the week-end here with friends. -
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Allen, John and
Miss- Mary Lewis of Meeting Street:
were visitors here during the week.,
*Mx. JJ A.'?Suber visited his sister.a
Mrs. JJavis'in Columbia during th??
past week. )
There was a large attendance from j
here at the State Fair, the largest
crowd going over on Thursday-. The
students of the high school were .al
lowed Thursday to attend, and a good
per.cent attended. All students who
did not attend the fair were expected .
to report at school, as a fine of $5
is fixed on any student absenting him
self, unless sick or otherwise Excused
by the board. . - /
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Baptist Church Fellowship
Day.'
On the, 13t hof November, 19,21, '
in accordance with a' new plan an?ong -
the Baptist churches for the purpose
of cooperating in the Seventy-Five j
Million Dollar .Campaign, the follow- ;
ing appointments have been made :
at the various churches located in the ?
Edgefield Association. ?
Bold Spring at 16 o'clock, a. m., ?
mnducted -by Rev. W..R. Barnes. (
Mountain Creek at 3 o'clock, p. m., ;
Bethany at^^^^??c^^^n^^^ \
Rev. W. P. Brooke.
Red Hill 10 o'clock a. m., conducted
by Rev. J. A". Hunnicutt. - ?'' .
. Anroch 3 o'clock p. m., by Rev. .
P. A. Hunnicutt. ,
Colliers 7:30 p. m., by Rev. J. A.
Hunnicutt.
Gilgal 10 o'clock a. m. conducted ,
by Rev. W. P. Brooke.
Berea, ll o'clock a. m., conducted :
by J. H. Courtney.
Little Stevens Creek il o'clock a. ;
m., by Rev. E. L. Kugley.
Ebenezer 4 of clock p. m., by Rev. ;
T. J. Watts.
Mt. Zion 3 o'clock p .m., by Rev. ?
M. D. Padgett.
Edgefield, ll o'clock a. m. by Dr. ;
D. M. Ramsey. , ! I
Horn's Creek 3 o'clock p. m.,,by
Dr. D^ M. Ramsey.
Clark's Hill, 10 o'clock a. m., by
Rev. P. B. Lanham.
Red Oak Grove, 3 o'clock p. m., by
Rev. P. B. Lanham.
Modoc, 7:30 p. m. by Rev. P. B.
Lanham.
Plum Branch, ll o'clock a. m., by
Rev. G. W. Bussey.
Rehoboth, ll o'clock a. m., by J.
H. Cantelou.
Parksvrlle 3 o'cloek p. m., by J. H.
Cantelou. ' . 1\
South Hill or Cotton Mill church, .
3 o'clock p. m., by M. B. Tucker.
All the members of these churches
are urged to be present at these;
meetings, respectively, on the. 13th
dajr of November, 1921, being the
second Sunday in said month, as very
important matters vital to th? church
welfare will be brought up, and have
a prayerful preparation beforehand.
A. S. TOMPKINS,
Chm. for Com.
Long Branch News.
There was a Hallowe'en party at
the school house on Monday night.
Mrs. Kate Clark had quite a crowd
of company on Suftday, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Clark and family, Mr. Butler
Clark and family, Mr. Cleveland Clark
and family and Mr. L. C. Clark and
family.
Boy Clark and Albert Herrin went
to the fair in Columbia last week.
Daisy "Bell Clark .and Ruby Ripley
spent Saturday night with Mrs. Bo
mar Scott.
Ruth Corsia and Alma Clark spent
Saturday night with Chloe Rhoden.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B.. Cromer from
Call on Farmers to Hold
Cotton.
Washington, Oct. 29.-Southern
senators-* yesterday agreed to call up
on cotton growers to tie up the mar
ket until it advanced from $50 to $75
per bale.
The position was taken that on . ac
count of the very short crop |he pro
ducer' could take that action, and
ttiat he was justified in doing so.
Senator Heil in of, Alabama, in
speaking in the senate this afternoon,
declared that'since August, 1920, the
world has consumed more than twice
as much cotton as was producedJ;his
year.
"We intend: to tie up the market,"
he said, "until the price will cover
the cost of production-25 cents per"
pound-plus a f?ir profit."
He called upon producers to bor
row from federal reserve" banks andj
the war finance corporation in order
to aid them' in holding cotton.
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Curtailment of Electric, Power.
At the hydro-electric plant bf the
?fcgusta-Aiken Electric, Corporation
at Stevens Creek a head of onlyj'21
feet of water is now available. Under
normal conditions the pjant is oper
ated at a head of 3? feet and up
ward of 15,000 horse power. Tester
day this plant was struggling along
with a production of 4,000, horse'pow
er. The company's ste'Sm plant at
Fifteenth street is in full operation
and additional power is being gener
ated at its water plant on the canal,
although the water supply at this
plant has been greatly curtailed. But
these additions do not .nearly make
up for the' shortage caused , by low
water in the Savannah river.
The power situation therefore, is
going fto be more or less critical as
long as the present condition lasts,
for numbers of local industries which
are large users of power. In Horse
Creek Valley some of-the cotton mills
are running at partial capacity and
others are'using their steam plants.
En Augusta some of the oil miljs are
bave t?mpora
ation. Officials of the company stated
that the ?hortage had so far not in
terfered with .city lighting or the
smaller users within the city or the
operation of the street cars. The
power' company is cooperating with
industries having Unfilled orders un
der contract or material now passing
through the mills in process of manu
facture, in order that these concerns
may get through -without suffering
loss.
' At the office of the Weather Bu
reau, Mr. Emighwas not optimistic
about the outlook. He said that rains
were about due in this section. He
said they would be local in character,
however, and that there was no in
dication of a general rain which
would increase* to any extent the vol
ume of wateriin the river.-Augusta
Chronicle. ?
Saluda spent1 Saturday night' with.
Mrs. G. L. Salter. '
Mr. G. W. Scott, Mr. and Mrs.'G J
L. Salter attended the Union meeting j
at Dry Creek Saturday.
Mr. Jesse Derrick and family spent |
Sunday with Mr. Joe Clarke
Mr. Luther Lott and family went |
to his mother's near Ward Sunday.
Mr. Alvin Scott and family spent
the day with Mr. Thompson Sunday!
Mrs. Haskell Clark of Ward spent [
Sunday at the home of Mr. B. D. Der- j
rick.
Mrs. Rhoden and Mrs. Walton went
to Mrs. J. K. "Hair's Sunday. '
Mrs. Clark, better known as
"Grandma Clark" has gone .home af- j
ter a visit among her grandchildren
here.
Mr. Rob Williams and family vis
ited at Mr. O. C. Clark's Sund?y.
* Mr. Horace Jones spent Saturday
and Saturday night ta Mr. B. D. Der
rick's.
Raymond Derrick was at home
Monday night.
Long Branch school has finished
one month's work. The pupils have
been doing very good work. Several
are on the honor roll: Eighth grade,
Alma Clark, Myrtle Salter and Ola
Mae Scott; seventh grade, Vera
Clark; sixth grade, * Ruby Duffie;
fourth grade, Mary and Annie Mab
Clark; second grade, Chide Clark, ?
trwin Duffie and Frank Yonce; first
grade* David Williams and Guy]
Scott.
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' Miss^i^i*?h?e Mims Visits Gov
ernttjent Indian Schcol. -
1 Dear Advertiser :
For,lo these many weeks I hav
been .looKing forward to writing this
artict??0|?eause I have been antici
pating" the very, rare .privilege of vis
iting ??iejlChilicco Indian School, one
of the,'i'a'tgest .Indian schools in the
United States, with a student body of
800,..a?j^ithere to witness ^ spirited
foot bat?.; game between the Indian
"football eleven" and the team of
the "U^ersity Preparatory School.
I:,fclf?yesterd?y as though I were
living and acting a dramatic story,
leaving Tonkawa.'in the first chapter
and, in.vt^ach 'successive paragraph ex
p?rkncmg enough-, to furnish memo
ries, -foivthe rest * of a dull lifetime,
were it h?cessary to be dull, but I am
Gy^sjj-.'rover and for such as I, un- |
Expected joys and'thrills turn sud
denly^ around? corners and startle me
with their strangeness.
I ha^e' adventures because I ex
pect thernj^they ahvays'ccme to peo
ple who are in a receptive/state of
mind^'A*V?-?
Chil??co is a co-educational school,
situated-vin ?the., country about four
miles south of the Kansas, border
line. Here are students \ who- have
corney from North and South Caro
lina, .Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Kansas*-, Oklahoma and other states.
In other and different.states, I have
me?;.cwored people'from Southe Caf-'
olm?i.aii? felt a spirit of comradeship,
but it .seems impossible to. have.any
feeling; ?f mutual' state love with In
dia?s^ot because I dislike them, but
rather^because I have never seen a
native {South Carolina Indian. I have
seen them in the far west and middle
west, but not at home. That is ever
thj'way.
Th?*s6t?ool is under the supervi
sion of. the United States govern-?
m^t ?nd Uncle Sam has made this
prairies-region "blossom like a rose'
with fine buildings \ for these stu
dents^. giving them their schooling
and lioard free.
^P|f^^ian boys-of the football
very, tall,' except one who" mus?'have j1
been six feet'..
I know you are immediately won
dering what soft of game the In
dians played and whether or not they
were victorious. They'swept the U.
P. S. team off its feet and carried the
victory for ChiJicco at a score of 26
to 6,1 wish you could have seen them
run/ They were as fleet of foot as
young elk, and ,as lithe and*- strong.
On falling, they rose up again with
the plasticity of savage vigor and
started again, playing with marvel
lous, cleverness and endurance. The
Tonkawa' football coach said this
wai the finest team the U. P. S. had
played this year.
One reason for their excellence is
the splendid physical fitness in which
$ey arte kept. The dormitories are on
the campus and the boys keep regu
lar hours, eat wholesome food, have
regular work to do and are forbidden
to smoke, and these rules are observ
ed with military precision. Thus phy
sical fitness tells when they are in a
contest on the gridiron.
Between quarters the Indian band
played, having an Indian director.
The1 music was excellent, and-one
would not have known froni the play
ing; that the performers were not of
the white race. . - *
.The Indianiis not red, birt brown.
Hevderiyed the' name "red man" from
the red war paint which deceived the
first whites into thinking that this;
was the natural color of the skin.
I think there is a great* similarity
between the Indian and the Mongos
lian, more especially the Japanese.
Some of the students had decidedly
slanting eyes. I am more and more
bf the opinion that ,the theorjf,. is'
right whjch says that thp early an
cestors of the"American Indian cross
ed'the Bering Sea straight from' Si
beria and scattered over North Amer
ica, perhaps ?s early as the (Stone
Age., .
Naturally the difference in climate,
and habits pf life' have changed the
Indian, but there are still some ^signs
of his kinship with the Asiatic.
The Indian students were ral
along either side of the field, y
as we were, f hf the team which
was backing.t .l
The Indian students at Chilicco
represent the* fol?&Ving tribes: The
Otoei--, Osages, - Pon?as, Seminoles,
Kaws, Arapahoes, Cherokees, Kia
was, Pawnees, Choctaws, and per
haps others whose, names I did not
get.
,The girls wore blue gingham uni
forms, which hurt my artistic sense
to such a degree that I shall never
even partially recover\ from the'
shock. I always want to.^take the per
son by the collar; though my.right
arm is not very mighty, who plans an
inappropriate uniform, and tell him
or her that the uniforrft^should be an
outward expression of' the inward
beauty and symmetry of mind which
the school tries to teach iii th? class
room. ; \
.In this case, I would- suggest'|
khaki with a reasonable amount, of
beads and head dress. I like to see a
jftihnehahft dressed to sui? h?V tribe.
There -were.no Miimehahas in that
line of students, because any possi
ble good looks were nipped . in the
bad. by ?h# impossible( blue, that
should have been red,' or some color
tha.t blended with the love of gayety
that these daughters of a vanishing
race 'haye so magnificently inborn in
them. One sayjhthe uniform they
wear is more pract*a'l, but that is the
bestvargument agapfct it. It is too
practical. ' 'r' ; . \
What we* need is more idealism in
everything; I have. b?en told that I
lived too much : in; the clouds and
should. come to**earth. Nothing could
be. more of the earth earthy than
teaching. I hope %.am "a'practical
^reamer; seeing reasonable visions.
Thes impossible is ever easier than
the possible, fn the former,' one takes
aid paths.tb the goal and is bored;
in the latter, one soars, disregarding
traditions and j precedents, and comes
it last to be old with understanding.
Two bf .the literary societies at
Chilicco are the Minnehaha and the
Etiawatha. How appropriate!
.By far the most interesting age of
Indian:-}ffe, as I have seen it here,
md elsewhere, is the Indian baby and
attie* boy. ; ? little chap about six
pears old, with big^rown elyes, dress
id in Anierican costume, stood back
L1 r. lines with grand unconcern
ab,: nncolascious .of m
admiring- "ga
On the way back to Ton^awaTfrom
Chilicco, :iwe passed an Indian woman
ivith a p^bose; strapped on her back.
I rather, admire'- the' Indians' inde
pendent .altitude. toward our cus
toms, accepting the ones he approves
md rejecting those , he deems im
practicable.
I have ben told more than once
that no mather, how good a college or
university education an Indian gets,
that ne is very apt to return home
ind revert directly to the bid habit
sf wearing a greasy blanket and liv
ing in a wigwam with his old friends
af pre-educatjon days. Of course,
there must be many expections to
this rule, but in many cases the state
ment holds good.
The habits o/f hundreds, perhaps
:housands of?years, can not be
:h?ged in four years of college life,
bejause it takes' time, growth,'* -a
chfnge of mind and a goodly share
of ambition. , . ,
FLOBENIC? HIMS.
.-^Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
Oclober 22, 1921.
Sweetwater New*. f
We were glad to have Master. Til?
man Bunch back at school.
The Sweetwater school improve
ment association met last Thursday
and they-elected new officers, Mr. P.
B. Barker, President, Mrs. F. B. Bar-i
ker vice president,. Mrs. J. T. Reese,
secretary and 'the same treasurer,
MfV ii. M. Cater, as./they thought
they could not .- improve. They will
meet again oaf next Thursday the
third. '
Our Calhoun LiCferary society met
Fridayv28tt?and w? had an excellent
program. $he Sidney Lanier society
will 'me^next Friday. ^
We^w?r? very sorry to hear of-.Miss
Mary Roper's illness but glad she:: ig
some better?. . t
. Mr. W.r H: Morgan,. Sr.; -left for
Beaufort last Friday to remain there
several days. <?
We will have a meeting- at the
s'chool house'F?iday'night the 11th of
November to discuss improvements
for the school grounds. The man in
charge., ?f the playgrounds in the
Atigust'a: parks will meet us and give
us a lecture' on.'"Improving Play
grounds." , ..
A SCHOOL GIRL.
RED OAK GROVE.
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Divisional W. M. U. Meeting
at Red H Iii. Negroes Mov
ing Away. Progres-' '
sive School Work. ip.'
The -superintendent of W. Mi S.,
of our division,' Mrs. J. M. Bussey, ex
I pects to hold a meeting *at Red Oak; .
?Grove in November, which program :i
will be i published in The Advertiser
soon. " ?
Mrs. W. R. Barnes has arranged:
the date of her divisional work in or
der that both churches liave the priv
ilege of. attending the two meetings! :
Red Hill date being November 19th.
So far we have been unable. ?o get
a representative from our society to
attend the State W. M: ?. at Spar
tanb'urg. '
Circle Nb. 1 meets 'on the 9th at
Mrs. T. W. Lamb's, Mrs. Eddie Ag
ner having charge of the meeting.
Mr. Wiley Agner has renurnei
from Greenwood where he has/been
visiting his sister, Mrs. John HiftlancL
: Mr. and Mrs. John Agner were visi
itors recently in the home of the for
mer's, sister in Greenwood. ,
The'friends^ of Mr. and Mrs. .Henry'... p
Bussey will be glad to learn that Mn;.
Bussey is convalescing, having had
a severe attack' of .erysipelas. /
Mr. and-Mrs. Ed Prince from Red
Hill were guests in the home, of Mrs.
Frank Bussey one*day last week. ' ?;
Little Georgia Mae Doolittle cor
tinues on the sick list, which has pre
vented her taking up her school wprlL -
Mrs. Oneal Timmerman^sp?nt last :!?
Wednesday with Mrs. Oscar Timmer- *s
man.
Mrs. Georgia Morgan Whittaker ,
from Harlem, Ga., was the guest of
her brother, Mr. D. B. Morgan' this
week. . .. $
'?.Mr. Joe Bussey can smile again#
now, since Mrs. Ifussey has returned
from the home of her brother, Wc.
Jamgs Kemp near C?llison, where she
sp?nt several days. .
Mr, Percy Hamilton had the. mis- .
fortunje of getting his hand badly hulrt
at the-saw mill last; week. |
?V. Thomas-E...Seago from Vau-'.
Sunday and tl^re were many words
of praise1 on the sermon, being as1 it
was, a goodly message on our obli
gation-to God in filling ,His appoint
ments-with us as His children. : ' ? . ;
Miss Mamie Bussey spent the week
end with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans Morgan frW
Harlem, Ga., spen^; the-week-end with
relatives in this section.
Misses Minnie Bell Bailey, Louise
and Elizabeth Bussey were guests of
Miss Cornelia v Buteey ~4ast Friday
night. I
The weekly Sprayer meeting was
very interesting last week, having
"young People" as the subject. The
evening has been changed from Wed
nesday to Friday on account, of the
school. ' [ -
Rev. E. G. Kugley is coming soon j
to organize ?/?jeachcr Training Class
in our church. *r
The ladies hs|g organizedk a Mis- '
sion study clajs.fflg?>J '^?M
. Capt. Hugh \ Gpjfakt from Camp
Meade, Md., has^wSen visiting r?la- k
tives in Greenwood and Cleqra, stop
ping for\a few days' in the Red Oak
Grove section. Capt. Gilchrist mide
for. himself an honorable record iii <
the service of U. S., having been welt / ;.;
drilled and ready for the place of re- >
sponsibility when the J World War
began. We' congratulate our Edge
field hero; i f
Mr. George Gilchrist accompanied
his brother'back tp Maryland, where/ .
he-pro bably may remain for the win
ter. . . ' ^
, The sdhcol at Flat Rock is well'Un
der way fer successful work. Mr.-.
and Mrs,, Bussey ?re gaining ftr ^
themselves much praise from4he^??^
pupils, which /means good for ooth.
the pupils and teachers. ' )
.There seems to be much moving
already.'.'Great numbers of the. co!-.7^
pred f oiksjleaving, going t? tho north- $
send b?ck good reports and nutnyjffli
others are so'c-n to follow. The color?
ed people aie thinning out in thia mi-,, ,
mediate section, going in several d?
dections: It seems though, it \?$iaM .
times''everywhere, soi why be;ij(f?c'es|:
less? Better to be settled if ya
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fbe Quinine Mat Dees Hot ?ffart 1
Because of its tonic and laxative effee
TIVE BROMO QUININE is belier than
Staine and <loea not canse nututuueisiBiu'
gins in head. 'Remember the fun name and ..
look; ior the signature of E. W. GROVE 25c '