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VOL. 86 EBGEFIELD, S. C.? WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1921 No. 31 es. - ,ii JOHNSTON LETTER. Water Supply Inadequate, tatoes Stored For Curinj "Work Day to be Observed. It has been estimated that the 1 will use over 100 gallons of wat minute, and the well is found to duce only .25' gallons a minute further work will yet have to be < before the town supply is turned One half of the storage roon the large potato curing house is filled, and the farmers all s pleased, with this new method. Ur sufficient potatoes are sent in to the other section, this will no1 used this year. No doubt next 3 all available space will be taken. Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Tarrant < template moving to McCormick s< Mrs. Hattie Bruce is spendin while with her daughter, Mrs. O Mr. S. J. Watson, Sunday sci superintent of the Baptist church nounced *on Sunday that the Saturday would be "Work Day" the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, made on this day to be given on S day_as a special offering. A largely attended meeting of W. C. Tl U. was held on Friday ternoon at' Mrs. J. A. Dobey's ho Mrs. T. R. Denny leading the me ing and after the business, a progr on Armistice Day was fittingly c ried out. Armistice Day was observed hi by all the public buildings bei closed, . and after roll call of s dents at the hi~h school, they w< given holiday. BtSore leaving, a shi program on Armistice Day was h? Thanksgiving Day is to be obsei ed here by the closing of public bui ings and the majority of the stoi will close. Beautiful services are 1 ing arranged, these to be held in t Methodist church. A collection w be taken for the po?r. It is a great pleasure to everyoi here to learn that Rev. David Kell will again be pastor of the Methodi church. Rev. Kellar . is a fine ai scholarly preacher and makes a go< pastor in every way, so he is lov< not only by his own flock, but by.? the other denominations as well, is the wish that he could always r main here. Athletics is quite a feature of ii terest in the High School and eac week some team plays. On Friday a: ternoon the foot ball team and ba: ket ball team went to Ninety Six \ play the teams of the high schoo Some of the teachers and friends a< companied the jolly crowd. The SCOT of the foot ball team was 7 to 6 i favor of Ninety Six, and the baske ball teams tied, 9 to 9. The Manual Training class of th high school now in the second yeai is making some very attractive an desirable articles, and at the clos of the term the exhibit will riva that of any larger institution. 1 large porch swing that was made b; Mr. John Howard Black is on exhi bition in the Farmers and Merchant Bank. The Farmers and Merchants bani has on exhibition some fine corn grain and other products beside cot ton, that has been produced from thi soil here. This shows the farmer whal he can put on his cotton fields nexl year. Op Monday afternoon at the Bap tist church a full report of the rece?? state W. M. U. meeting held at Spar tanburg was given by Mesdames S. J. Watson, W. J. Hatcher and P. C. Stevens, these having attended. The report was g?'en in detail and was ex ceedingly interesting. The reguhor Wednesday evening prayer meeting hour will be taken up by these ladies, the pastor having requested them to give their impres sions at this time. Mrs. Orrie Sease Quattlebaum wan buried here Wednesday morning, her death having occurred in Florida at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Blanche Wiggins, on Tuesday. The body was carried directly from the train to the cemetery where the in terment was made by the grave of her husband, Mr. W. Y. Quattlebaum who died about a year ago, and a son, Aimer Quattlebaum. Upon the death of Mr. Quattle baum, Mrs. Quattlebaum went to Summerville to visit her daughter, Mrs. Ficklin, and soon after suffered a stroke of paralysis. She had gone to Florida hoping that a warm cli mate would prove beneficial. She leaves four daughters, Mesdames Fickliin, Wiggins, Pittman and lone Owdom, and one son, Mr. Cal Quat tlebaum, of Charleston. The family and children all lived ' here many years,' and were held in love and es teem by all. On Sunday morning Rev. Mitchell of Soluda filled the pulpit of the Bap tist church, this being Fellowship Day. He preached a fitting and very interesting sermon from Jeremiah, 6th chapter, 16th verse: "Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." He preached again in'the evening and it was ' > pleasure to all to hear him. Mrs. M. M. Coleman has returned to Aiken after a visit to her daught-j er, Mrs. W. E. LaGrone. Mrs. Taylor Goodwyn has returned to Greenwood after a visit to the homefolks. The following went to Charleston on Tuesday to attend the State D. A. R. Conference: Mrs. M. T. Turner, state corresponding secrtary ; ' Miss Zena Payne, state librarian and Mrs M. R. Wright, delegate from the Emily Geiger chapter. , Mrs. George Alexander contem plates going to the hospital this week for medical treatment,'it being prob able that she will have a slight nasal operation. The friends of Mrs. -Mary Hamil ton will regret to know that she is still confiend to her bed, and is in a very weak condition, at her ad vanced age. She makes her home with her niece, Mrs. Alice Cox. Little Natalie Jones, the 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jones died, on last Tuesday morn ing at their home here, after a six weeks' illness of typhoid fever. About a week before her death, complica tions set in, which, the,pb,ysi? * cian felt should be treated at the hos pital, so the little girl was carried to the Baptist hospital in Columbia. The child was . an unusually bright and attractive one and her death is a severe blow to the devoted parents, who spared nothing to try to save th':s precious little life, "Of such is tha Kingdom of Heaven." The little form was tenderly laid to rest Wednesday morning beneath a mound of flowers. The New Century club held a very interesting meeting recently with Miss Clara Sawyer. The club decided to use its influence in the "Better Speech Week," and try to get the high school to observe this. Having a bazaar near Christmas was discuss ed. A very instructive program on Mythology wa? carried out, follow ed by music. The hostess served a sal ad course, with hot tea, there being several visitors to enjoy the social period. The . School Improvement League will observe Arbor Day Friday after toon, the exercises to take place in the school auditorium. It is the inten tion of the League to beautify the school grounds, so a tree and shrub bery will be planted in memory of the hero boys of this county who gave their lives in the World War. All over the country these memo rial trees are being planted. The first World War memorial tree planted in this county was two years ago, when the Daughters of the American Rev olution planted such a "tree, this be ing planted on the grounds of the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Neil Lott, near the spot where General George Washington stopped and had lunch, when he made a tour in the state. Mrs. James Tompkins entertained the bridge club Thursday in a very cordial and hospitable manner^ all of the twelve members being present. The highest score was made by Mrs. Archie Lewis, who received a pretti ly embroidered towel, and the guest prize was cut for and won by Mrs. Halford, a basket of flowers. Later a h,ot turkey luncheon was served with all the enjoyable accompani ments. FOR SALE: A limited amount of good seed wheat and Appier oats from Pedigree strain. 'All f. o. b. PEOPLE TRADING CO., 11-15-lt Trenton, S. C. / Winter Legume Green Manara' Crops Pay. ?Clemson College, Nov. 14.-Qjjjraj; of the most striking series of ex periments testing the efficiency of le-; gume green manure crops was c?fS ried out .on the poor depleted sollst? Southern California over a period of, seven winters, says N. E. Winter^; Extension Agronimist, in speaking,' of the value of winter legumes as green manure crops. Nine different winter legumes were used in th?, test and three non-legumes. Six dh**; ferent indicator crops were used foKi lowing the green manure crops. The legumes were found to be far.' superior to the non-legumes aft gr??lpl' manure crops when measured byi their effects on the field crops fol lowing'. The legumes plowed undej" increased the yield of potatoes: Si per cent over the non-legumes; coin/ 45 per cent; cabbage, 44 per centf;: sugar beets, 44 per cent; sorghum^ 25 per cent; and Sudan gr?ss; 18 perf cent. The average of all crops show ed 37.7 increase following a legume green manure crop over a non-legume such as rye. 1 Nitrate of soda and dried blood were compared with the legume green manure crops and with the non legumes. Rye turned under plus 600 pounds of nitrate of soda or its' equivalent in dried blood, gave 30. per cent increase in yield over rye alone; and rye plus 1000 pounds of nitrate of soda gave for six years an average increase of 51 per cent over rye alone. Although these soils re sponded well to applications of eith er nitrate of soda or dried blood, the commercial form of nitrogen did not give the increases that the le-; gumes green manure gave. The aver age for the nine legumes showed over 37 per cent increase above the ; non legume compared with the 30 per cent increase for the commercial. Melatotus, indica, an annual sweet clover, showed an increase of 57 per cent as compared with a 51 per ?e?rt?., . of soda per acre. Program of Public Meeting of High School Literary So ciety Friday Night.. Welcome address-Elyse Hudgens. Declamation-J. C. Hughes. Want Ads-Sarah Reeves. Recitation-Rhett Morgan. Quartette-Alice^ Prescott, Ham mie Scurry, Lucy Sheppard. Debate: Resolved That Athletes Making Below 75 Should be Debar red from Athletic Contests-Affirm ative: Robert Ouzts, Allen Edwards; Negative: John Wells, Dixon Tim merman. School Gossip-Corrie Cheatham. Music-May Rives. Dialogue- Kate Mims, Dozier Tompkins. Long Branch News. Prof. Watson of the Fitting School at Bamberg visited the Long Branch school Monday morning and gave a very interesting talk to the boys and girls. Mrs. G. W. Scott and* Mrs. Duffie went on a business trip to Vaucluse last Wednesday. We are sorry that Mrs. Duffie is moving. Her children have been do ing good work in school and we hope they will do as good work in school at Vaucluse. ' , Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Clark and son, J. O. were visitors of Mrs. Joe Clark one day last week. Misses Thelma Derrick and Lizzie Harvey spent the week-end with Miss es Azilee and Farra Salter. Miss Nora McGee spent the week end with Mrs. R. L. Williams. Mr. Sexton did not fill his pulpit Sunday but Rev. Hyde preached for him. There was a large crowd at Philippi Sunday afternoon and heard a very good sermon from Mr. Hyde. Miss Bessie Thompson spent the week-end at home. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Clark, Daisy Belle and Mr. T. J. Ripley went to Augusta one day last week. Mrs. G. D. Rhoden, Cleo and Doris spent last Monday with Mrs. G. L. Salter, and qn their way home the horse.han away and very seriously hurt Mrs. Rhoden and Cleo, but lit tle Doris escaped being hurt at all. Mrs. Silas Yonce is better at this writing. Prof. Asbill of the Jeffcoat school has resigned and Mr. John Sawyer has been elected in his place. 4 Miss Florence Mims Writes i a Visit to Oklahoma City. Dear Advertiser: If every state called its capital its own name plus "city," it would a blessing straight from heaven the average school boy, who memori 'es that Olympia is the capital Washington, when he would mu rather be thinking, and probably that nothing like food for thought so good as food for his gun, and tl fact that practice makes perfect shooting rabbits is worth more thi the thought that is perfect in mei orizing geographical situations. Although I have never been small boy, I have been a small gil and I can sympathize. Now, ye doubtless begin to think that I hai some thought back of this long, my terious statement. . I made a recent trip to Oklahorc City through the country, and I WJ just thinking of what a blessing th; I could easily remember the capit; of at least this state. We passed cotton fields on the wa down, real prairies and old wells. O wells are a common sight to me nov though the extent of my knowledg is this, that the oil is under th ground and the derricks above. In the party Saturday were sevei al members of the faculty, arnon them President Caldwell, who has keen wit that he displays with muc frequency. He said that he had live in this country for about fiftee years and in that time he had man aged somehow to learn that whe; the workmen drilled for oil, the; bored down in the, ground instead o up in the air. Beyond that his know] edge stops, so he says, but I am sur that he knows more. Blessings OJ the man who sometimes admits tha he knows" nothing about certain giv en things. I very often, in answer t< a student, say "I don't know," anc inore often than that accept sug gestions from them ' in certain mat $?rs, reserving at all times the righ when it pleases me. I sincerely trust that no teacher oi student will ever try to outline one of these struggles on my part tc write, for it can not be done. The letters are "neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring," but a freak of literature which can not be clas sified. But to return to the subject .ol oil wells, I have learned two or three things kbout them. The nearest field is the Tonkawa oil field about six miles from town. The largest produc ing wells bring 3,200 barrels a day. Sometimes the oil shoots high above the derricks like a geyser. As soon as possible, however, when the oil is reached its current is turned into pipes and led away to tanks, and thence taken to Ponca City ten miles away to the Marland refineries. Fortunate are those people who owned the land thus, oil lined and silver lined. As we passed the cotton fields, I missed the melodious voices of the Southern cotton pickers and their big baskets and picturesque grouping. To rae a cotton field is not a cotton field without the colored people. That is but the stage setting and they are the actors, and when the curtain of the present is rolled away, I shall once again be glad to be in thc audience before that southern stage. Red hills, oak covered, reminded me of Edgefield as we rode farther south and nearer the capital. What was my surprise on reaching the outskirts of the city to be greet ed first by the Capitol itself, sitting out in a cornfield, as though it had come to meet me, a stranger. There were no finely kept lawns, and no shrubbery, only a bare field in the midst of which was a large square white building. So much for the real estate people, who managed to get the Capitol on the outskirts, so that the city will build out around it. The lack of well kept surroundings is due to the Republican element in the state who refused the necessary appropriations for the beautifying of the grounds. In Southern towns and cities the Court House is the center from which all important things radiate, not sc the west. Here there are few precedents, and each community is a law unto itself. In the Eastern cities, the im portant historic buildings are some t? ' ? ? . .', ' . I., ; times in the slums, where the city has grown away from them, while here the buildings of importance are on the outskirts waiting for the city to grow out to them. I really can not reconcile myself to the fact that the capitol of this great state should be surrounded by a corn field rather than by the busi ness section of the city. The west and I do not agree. I live like all Southerners, in the past. FLORENCE MIMS. Tonkawa, Oklahoma. November 9, 1921. Banquet a Success. Once more the American Legion Post of Edgefield county, under its present administration, made quite a success of a banquet given in the Dixie Highway Hotel on NoVember 11th, 1921, in celebration of Armis tice Day. About fifty guests wer.* servad by Capt. and Mrs. Moore, who are adepts in preparing a feast. Those who hon ored the ex-soldiers by their pres ence as honorary guests were a num ber of ladies and Judges James B. Tompkins and W. T. Kinnaird. We were very glad to have with us these honored ?Confed?rate veterans and were sorry that the cold weather kept some of the other veterans of the Confederacy away.. We were also charmed to have with us the young ladies. The orchestra played several pieces and 'those present paused be tween courses to hear Judge James B. Tompkins, who made a delightful talk, tell us of the wonderful spirit of "pep" that he witnessed, while in Chattanooga at the recent reunion .of the Confederate veterans. Another delightful speaker was Mr. Frank Adams of Colliers, who is Chaplain of the Post of the county. The Hon. James 0. Sheppard made on inspir nig talk. The commander of the Post officiated as master .:??' ceremonies. ?After-'-the-.dinner . quite a few ad journed to the parlor and several had the opportunity to dance by the mu sic of our local musicians. A MEMBER., I Sweetwater Notes. Our school work is still progress ing. With such an able corps of teachers it could not do otherwise. Last Friday afternoon at four o'clock Mr. Cartier who has the play grounds of Augusta in charge, met a committee at Cooper school house to look over the grounds, ^discuss and suggest games that would be most suitable. A Wonder Box was consid ered, w?iich consists of basket ball, volley ball, base ball and a giant stride for the larger children; see saws, swings and other games for the smaller ones. That evening at seven-thirty the neighborhood met at the school house and had an informal program. Mr. Cartier was introduced by Professor Barker. He stepped forward and had the crowd to sing American and Dix ie, and then gave a delightful talk on school ground improvement, and dia gramed on the black-board what he had mapped out for our future pleasures. We then had other songs, a few readings from the school chil dren and closed with"Till We Meet Again," which we hope will be in the near future, for we were fortunate in securing such a valuable instruc tor. Mrs. Norman Lawrence and little Christine were entertained in the home of Mr. H. F. Cooper for the week-end. Mr. Lawrence joined them later and Sunday afternoon they re turned to their home in North Au gusta. Mr. Cartier was entertained ih Messrs Stevens' and Reece's homes during his stay in the neighborhood. We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving which will be our next legal holiday. Our Sunbeam leader, Miss Mattie Williams, will give a candy pulling at the school house on Friday after noon, November 25. The W. M. U. hold their regular meeting at Mrs. John Reece's on Thanksgiving Day. LOST: Friday on the Dixie High way a Red-top Fisk tire mounted on rim. W. P. YONCE. RED OAK GROVE. Rev. P. B. Lanham Spoke For 75 Million Campaign. Bai ley-Corley Marriage at Parsonage. Rev. P. B. Lanham brought to our congregagation an earnest and faith ful appeal in behalf of the 75 Million Compain on last Sunday. While only few endeavored to be present, they felt encouraged. The treasurer, Mr T. W. Lamb continues to receive funds even if it is in small amounts, it counts up, making each donor f?el "he hath done what he could." Each of us owe to our Maker gratitude, if but for nothing but our existence, therefore we are at all timas debtors,, no matter our circumstances and if we can give nothing, God holds noth ing against us, unless we have it. But let us be sure we are honest in that class. < Sunday school was suspended at Flat Rock last Sunday for the ser vices at the church. ' Our divisional meeting is lookdd forward to with joyous anticipations. Most of i;he members will attend, for there seems to be encouraging in terest among the members. We cor dially invite a goodly attendance. One of the most enjoyable fea tures of our prayer meetings is the improvement in the song service. Miss Cornelia Bussey had vocal train ing at Limestone Colleg? and it is the good fortune of this community to have her among us. We think there is wonderful inspiration in song service, and to us, the rural churches have so little assistance for improve ment, while there' is rare and val uable talent among the young men . and women. What has become of the old time singing school teachers who used to get up classes in the country churches? Think right now one could do fine work and get up a claus at Flat Rock. Mrs. Jack Bradley has many friends here, who wilL. be pleased to learn she is now improving since: her return to her home in McCormick. ?Mr. George Bussey left Monday for Savannah, Ga., on business. Mr.. John Morgan Gilchrist ajnd bride from Chicago visited relatives in McCormick and Edgefield coun ties last week. Cupid has been shooting more of his fairy darts among our young peo ple. Mr. Wayman Corley and Miss Bessie Bailey quietly stole away to Red Hill parsonage on the evening of the 6th and Rev. W. R. Barnes, their pastor, performed the marriage ceremony. Only a few freinds wit nessed tho happy occasion. We ex tend to our young friends many wish es for long, long years of happiness. We greatly appreciate and enjoy Miss Florence Mims' letters to The Advertiser, there being in our nature a certain degree of Western romance that makes her writings quite inter esting to read. Golden Wedding. The fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and. Mrs. S. J. Cor ley was celebrated at the home of their : on, Mr.lS. W. Cox-ley on Sun-- . day, the sixth. The house was beautifully decorat- t ed with ferns and evergreens and yellow chrysanthemums and golden rod, the color scheme being green, and ,gold. Dinner was served at high noon arid the table was spread with a bounte ous feast. The many good things to ' eat were enjoyed by all present. The only thing to mar the pleasure was, that all their six children could not be present on account of sickness. Never-the-less, they received many useful surprise gifts. After many hearty congratulations they left with, one of their daughters, for a short visit in Georgia. The couple looked young and wei! for their age. Mr. Corley is 77 years old and never had a doctor but once.. Mrs. Corley is very pleasantly re membered as Miss Isabelle Strom, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Ben Strom. Mrs. W. B. Adams and Mrs. S. W. Corley gave the luncheon. A GUEST. At the drawing last Saturday Mr. J. P. Pruitt drew 660, the lucky num ber and vms given a Fisk inner tube free. It pays to trade with us. YONCE & MOONEY.