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VOL. 86 EBGEFIELD, S. C.? WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1921 No. 31 JOHNSTON LETTER. School League Does Good Work. Mothers' Day Will be Observed Next Sunday. The league for the improvement of the High School has done a good w?rk during the year. At the last meeting it was reported that the Science room had been fitted up at a cost of $101. 54, the league raising the funds. Du ring the summer the leagues hopes to keep busy and make a good amount to turn over for the use of the school. It was-discussed having a May Day fete, getting all of the patrons and the friends together with the view of arousing enthusiasm in the/money making project. Mothers' Day will be observed on Sunday afc all the churches and beau tiful exercises are being arranged. At the .Baptist church there will be no preaching and the special exercises will be in the auditorium. At all the churches, the request was made that the white flower be" worn in memory of mother, and the red flower for the living. Cupid'is a most wily little god, and his pranks often bring about many pleasant surprises. That he had been at work was evidenced by the .surprise marriage of Saturday morn . ing, his two victims being Miss Ruby Witt and Mr. Stanton N. Lott. This happy event took place at the Baptist parsonage, Rev. W. S. Brooke per forming the ceremony. Later the young couple left in their car for a > short honeymoon. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Witt and is a very pretty young woman. The groom is principal of the Johnston High school and ranks with the leading instructors of the state. He is an honor graduate of South 'Carolina University. The best of good wishes and congratulations are for these two. ;;'X. Mr. and Mrs. Mardon. Sho?ea moved to the Stirnen residence. [si, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher went to Aiken last Tuesday to attend a Missionary Institute. . Mr. Billie Walton had the misfor tune to fall one day of the past week, and broke three of his ribs. He has been suffering from his injuries, but is more comfortable now. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Watson and Miss Louise Watson attended the spe cial service at Sardis church on Sun day. > Miss Dorothy Williams is filling the place of Miss Fannie Pruitt as teach er at the High School here, the latter being ill at the University Hosptal. Miss Milliams is well known here, hav ing graduated from the High School, and following this she graduated at Coker College. The Jones residence on corner of Mims and Church streets, has been remodeled on the inside and is being occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Will Adams and family. Mrs. Youmans has gone to Fairfax after a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Joe Cox. . t The senior and junior reception which was field Friday evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Rhoden, was a very pleasant affair, and brought much happiness to all the young folk. The piazzas were illu mined with Japanese lanterns and many cosy seats were arranged, and the summer evening made this a fav orite spot. Progressive conversation, was enjoyed and ices and cake were served during the evening. Judge and Mrs. William Swaney o:f Chattanooga, Tenn., spent the week end with their daughter, Mrs. Betti;; Bouknight. The meeting of the League of Wo men Voters was held Wednesday, in the home of Mrs. J. H. White, Mrs. P. N. Lott, president, in the chair. Their chief matter discussed, was the soliciting of members. A circular, stating what the League stands for, is to be printed, and will be placed in every home. Committees will be ap pointed to frame a constitution, and for other matters. It was decided to hold the meetings on the first Wed nesdays. A most delightful meeting of the Apollo Music club was held recently with Mrs. O. D. Black, the business being conducted by Miss Antoinette Denny. A full and comprehensive re port of the recent State Federation held in Columbia was told Mrs. Black who^went as a delegate from the club. She outlined the objectives of the music clubs, "and told of the state prize offered for the best article an a South Carolina musician. This prize was offered that there might be some research work as to what South Caro lina has done in music. The program for the afternoon was on Ballads and Serenades, and was of selections of voice and piano. The social half hour was very pleasant and all enjoyed an elaborate salad course. The Johnston High School will close on Friday 26th, and on that evening the .music recital will be had; the baccalaureate sermon will be preach ed on Sunday morning in the school auditorium and on Monday evening the graduating exercises will- take place. iMrs. F. S. Williams was hostess for vthe Emily Geiger chapter, D. A. R. on Monday afternoon and at the busi ness hour, conducted by Miss Zena Payne, good reports were heard from each officer. Several matters were dis cussed, that were of interest to the chapter. An interesting feature of the meeting was the report of the National D. 9A. R. Congress which was held in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, this being given by Miss Frances Turner. A point of es pecial interest to the chapter was. her description of the rooms of the dif-! ferent states, as this chapter hopes soon to give her quota for the fur nishing. Among the favors she had was a gavel, a replica of the one that Peace Conference was called to order with, in Memorial Continental Hall. The chapter gave Miss Turner a ris ing vote of thanks when she had con cluded her report. Later a social hour was spent and all enjoyed a dainty salad course. Mr. William Bradford of Sumter has been visiting his niece, Mrs. G. R. Jones. Mrs. Jasper D. Bartley was buried here, last -Tuesday, -he* death having occurred early Monday morning at the University Hospital in Augusta. For the past two years she had been "in declining health, but it was a great shock to learn that she had died, hav ing been in the hospital only three days. The interment was in the Mt. of Olives cemetery, the services be ing conducted by her pastor, Rev. D. D. Kellar, who was assisted by Rev. W. S. Brooke. She was a beautiful Christian character, and was loved by all who knew her. Before her mar riage she was Miss Nora Cox. Besides the husband, are two step-children, Mrs. D. A. Hunter, of Savannah, and Mr. Marvin Bartley of Edgefield, and one brother, Mr. Jeff Cox of Sumter. Mrs. J. W. Mish went to Middle brooke, Va., on Thursday to spend the summer. Mrs. James Hill of Rock Hill has been visiting in the home of her fath er, Mr. W. S. Mobley. Everyone is delighted to see Miss Blanche Sawyer out again after sev eral weeks' sickness. Mrs. Knight of McBean, Ga., spent the past week here in. the home of her aunt, Mrs. Georgia Turner. From here she went to Edisto Academy, Seivern, S. C., to witness the grad uation of her two daughters, Misses Ray and Lona Ivy. 'Mrs. Grady Hazel of Saluda, has been the guest of Mrs. J. W: Marsh. Mrs. Walter Ouzts has been quite sick, but is now able to be out again. "The Spinsters' Convention," giv en here Tuesday evening under the auspices of the music club, was large ly attended, and was a most amusing affair. $51.25 was cleared and a per cent of this will be given to the High School, the remainder used in fur thering the club objectives. A Birthday Party at Trenton Presbyterian Church. Whose? The Woman's Auxiliary. When? Next Sunday night at eight, o'clock. Guests? Everybody is invit ed and we hop? . you will- all come. There will be a beautiful but short exercise by eight little girls and three young ladies .of the Sunday school; special music and sermon by our be loved young pastor who so soon leaves this field. An offering will be taken which will be divided between Miss Dowd's "School for Girls" in Japan and fur nishings for the splendid new audi torium at Montreat. Applying a Blow-Torch to a Cotton Bale. At a recent convention of cotton ginners in Dallas, hundreds witnessed an effort to set fire to a bal?, of cot ton which had been chemically treat ed. The cotton would not bum. Matches were lighted and applied to the surface of the bale. Cigars were jammed against the cotton and final ly a blow torch was' allowed to play on the bale during a high wind, and the only effect was io scorch the sur face. The bale had been dipped for a pe riod of sixty seconds in a chemical known at "Cotton Protecto" and.al lowed to dry. It is said that experi ments with bales five years old from date of treatment have remanied im mune from fire and country damage. The United States Bureau of Markets reports that the treatment doe? not stain the cotton or injure the fiber. A. treated bale can not be told, in ap pearance, from an untreated bale. The bale is treated by dipping at the gin and not after it leaves the com press. Farm and Ranch. m Cold Spring News. -, We had a good Sunday school Sun day, although our crowd was small. The importance of the religious *b servance of the Sabbath is seldom suf ficiently estimated. The violation of this duty by the young is one of the most decided marks of incipient moral degeneracy. All tired people should know the infinite rest there is in fencing off the six days from the seventh. In anchoring the business ships of your daily life as the Satur day draws to its close, leaving them to ride peacefully upon the flow or ebb until Monday morning. 'Several from our community :?at tended the American Legion picnic at Edgefield Firday and report a-.good time. . Miss Myrtis McClendon and broth ^K?nse? went to the minstrel given ?y:t?e^: M. I; :boys:Fria^y^g^? *cwdc ! were the guests of their uncle, Mr: Byrd McClendon. Miss Lillian Holmes returned to her home -Sunday after spending a while with her brother, Mr. H. R. Holmes at Modoc. We are glad that Mr. Luther John son has returned home and is doing fine. Miss Manie Holmes spent the week end_with her brother, Mr. Cornelius Holmes. " r We miss all of our teachers in our community^ince they have returned to their homes. Grain seems to be ripening real fast and soon the harvesting of it will begin. Peopie are doing a of fishing while the ground is too wit to plough. They are catching some nice ones. Mr. Jack McClendon has a large patch of Irish potatoes, the prettiest that we have seen. ; Misses Hattie, Ola ad Daisy Gard ner visited their aunt, Mrs. Ola Prince Wednesday night and Thurs day. We are glad to have Miss Emmie Sue Quarles in our community. She is staying with her brother, Mr. Wal lace Quarles and clerking for him. Mr.' Paul Eubanks seems to be a constant visitor in our community here of late. . Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith visited Mrs. H. H. Smith Sunday. >? Dr. and Mrs. Whitlock and their two attractive children visited Mrs. 0. J. Holmes Sunday afternoon. ^ Card From Mr. Harling. Mr. Editor: I desire to make use of your col umns to give a very brief statement in reply to that part of the article of Mr. M. B. Tucker in your last week's issue, wherein he stated "I demanded of the Marshal upon the scene that the Marshal place them (meaning the Abneys) under arrest, etc." When Mr. Tucker first spoke to me, the Abneys had already gotten in their cars and had driven "away and of course I had no opportunity to comply with any "demand" of Mr. Tucker, even if he had made any, and I will state further that Mr. Tucker never made any demand on me as Marshal to arrest the parties, either before or after they -had left town. ' LEM H. HARLING. Miss Florence Mims Believ in the Old South and Its Traditions., Dear Advertiser: There is a poem called "Out Wh< the West Begins." In it are th< statements, "Out where friendshi a little truer," and "where the bor of home are a wee hit tighter.' v Poets are given the license of S? ing things that rhyme, things tl catch the imagination of a reader can not say that I agree with the s thor^f^the quotation. . In the first place it is the old Sou which has welded the bonds of hoi so tight that the exceptional Soul erner and not the typical one lea? the South. "The bonds of home" the South reach back even to the lo of the native soil, the Revolutiona soldiers' and the Confederate vett ans' supreme love of state. Sons of successive generations li in the ancestral homes, and tl bonds of those homes are treb strengthened by the inherited love i the places themselves, v The Western Coat-of-Arms wou I>e a large dollar mark. For variet some families might have it artist cally framed on a background < ?reen wheat, while others mig] frame it emblazoned among sever oil derricks. The plow versus sentiment, hast versus slow growth, hilarity versi quiet refinement, might be fitting sei timents to engrave under the a: morial bearings. These family mo to es, are, I. believe usually seen i Latin. The Westerner will prefer hi in slang for quicker understanding Speaking of slow growth, the tree that are now shading the entire tow are poplars that sprang up over nighi They are planted in straight rowa that arrangement was evidently som pioneer's idea of good landscape gai dening. ^&^&-days ago, in passing a farr Sro?e miles from town, I saw a hug clump of trees growing very near to gether in a square, even, symmetri eal group. They are leafless, and with out beauty. I remarked upon the pe culiar arrangement and also th< strangeness of seeing so many tree! at one time out here. I was told tha the land was more valuable if it hac a number of trees on it, and so th( owner, a rank materialist, had plant ed them. They were not stately oafc or pines that oould be used for th< masts of great ships or for the walli of a home, but scrawny sticks thal would some day be used for inferioi posts. The owner planted them to in crease his bank account. If utility happened to bring with it beauty, the beauty would not be ob jected to, but beauty without utility would be void and senseless. Someone said that the value ac cruing from having money was that when one possessed it, it was not necessary to think about it. But the western idea seems to be that money gives the opportunity of getting more money and so on through the suc ceeding financially successful years. To be comfortable financially, gives one a different mental attitude to ward the world, but a miserly attitude ever grasping and never satisfied is worse than mental depression. Labor is the law of life in the West. There are no servants, and no leisure class. The twelve hours of a day are the alloted divisions in which to accomplish material things for ma terial ends. Meditation is a foe to occupation, therefore life is an un broken circle of endless accomplish ment. School ?stops at noon. The church service is supposed to end at noon. Everything of the sort is systemati cally planned, so that "the day's work and regularity may be undisturbed. Twelve o'clock is the meal hour. The West eats at twelve, because by so doing the West can start back to work at one. What a blessing to think the South does not limit the time of the church service. The meal hours in the South vary, because to the Southerner eat ing as a rite, as it is to the Asiatic. It is a communion of friends around a family board and the meal, takes place, not when the clock strikes twelve but when the family assem bles. Custom is subservient to the people. Material forms were made for the . individual and not the individual for them. The Western type of person is like a child rapidly growing. Now the Westerner is in'the early years of his progress, and is attracted like the child to the bright toys of life. Later he will learn that "all that glistens is not gold," that the real gold is. gold of mind, the real progress, progress of mind.' the only real wealth, wealth of mind, and the only real superior ity, superiority of mind. FLORENCE MIMS. Tonkawa, Oklahoma, May 2, 1922. Epworth News. . On last Wednesday night we had the hardest rain that was ever known to fall in this section. Miss Mattie Freeland and Mr. Fur man Freeland were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ouzts Saturday night and Sunday. ' Mrs. Coke Rowe spent a pleasant afternoon with Mrs. J. G. Freeland Sunday. Misses Grace and Bertha Ouzts spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Ethel Ou:'3. Mr. Belton Watkins was a business visitor in this community one day last week. Mrs. Gaines Boone and little son were the guests of Mrs. Paul Lowry W?dnesday night. Master Calvin Rowe fell out of a tree Sunday afternoon and was knocked senseless for a few minutes, but he did not get seriously hurt. Mr. Jim Ouzts spent Sunday after noon with Mrs. Nancy Ouzts. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Freeland spent Monday afternoon with relatives in this community. ' Mrs. E. T. Chappell visited the sick Sunday afternoon in this vicinity. "ROSE BUD." Camp Branch News. -.VAs-jI did not see any news-from Old Camp Branch, thought I would fall in in a few lines this week. The farmers don't seem to know what to do as the land stays too wet to plow. Some of them are spending their time fishing. There has been quite a bit of sick ness in our neighborhood for the past month but all are improving. Quite a number enjoyed a dance at Mr. Elam Prescott's last Friday night. Little Miss Margaret Bartley spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Hugh Seigler. We are glad to know Mrs. 0. M. Burnett is up again after being on the sick list for a while. . Mr. Capers DeLaughter had as his guest, Mrs. John Mealing Morgan last Friday and Saturday nights. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hudson and chil dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. R. DeLaughter. We are glad to know the sweet lit tle daughter, Margaret, of Mr. J. B. Holmes is well again after "two weeks' illness. John Burnett spent Saturday night with Mr. Monroe Prescott. Some in our community attended the funeral of Mrs. J. D. Bartley, whose death was a sad shock to us. ' Messrs. Tom and Jim Burnett and Mr. McIntyre made a flying trip to Augusta Sunday afternoon. We are glad they have moved the saw mill nearer to us. Mrs. Hugh Seigler is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Bratley. We are glad to hear the praises of Captain Glenn's talk at Field Day last Friday. Miss Lou DeLaughter is visiting her brother, Mr. J. R. DeLaughter of North Augusta. We are expecting to see a large attendance at Barrs' Chapel Sunday, as there will be an all day meeting and two sermons by Rev. Mr. Round tree. Messrs. Coonie and Arthur Mc Intyre and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burnett will motor to Shelby, N. C., Tuesday to spend several days with relatives. The fish fry Saturday night given by Messrs. Jim Burnett, Jinks Mor gan, and Capers DeLaughter was much enjoyed. See Miss Eliza Mims' exquisite new china for wedding presents. Buy a FORD and bank the difference.-Adv. American Legion's Secon?? An nual Picnic. Friday the members of the Edge ifield Post of the American Legion held their second annual picnic on the school, grounds, which is an ideal place for such a gathering. The speak ers' platform was erected on the hill side south of the building and the au dience was grouped on the declivity below. The exercises were presided, over by Major W. A. Collett, the commander of the Post, who called' upon Rev. G. W. M. Taylor for the; invocation. Mr. T. B. Greneker in a brief address gave expression to words of welcome, making all feel, glad that they were present to share in tfie pleasures of the day. The chairman then called upon Hon. James O. ^heppard to introduce the orator of the day, Capt. J. L. Glenn,. Jr., -of Chester, in a very fitting: manner. Capt. Glenn is not an orator of the stentorian type but he is a logical, clear thinker and grips his hearers in such a manner as to hold their closest attention. He urged the mem bers of the American Legion to keep> alive the tradition of the past ?nd to? foster the fellowship that existed be" tween the men in uniform. Ht ahso? urged the ladies to give their loyal" support to the woman's auxiliary... Capt. Glenn referred at some length to. present conditions of Europe, de fending the ; French for their alert ness and watchfulness of their treach erous next door neighbor, the Ger man, who is yet not above suspicion Capt Glenn said the military faction, in Germary as been vanished in name only, the real pre-war spirit still ex ists. He does not censure the French for looking with suspicion upon thc recent German-Russian alliance. Jg In conclusion the speaker his comrades to think right on public matters. Having had an op portunity for broadening their hori zon, they should be men-of breadth of vision. H? urged the men who for merly wore the unif?rm tb properly, value and appreciate the privilege: they have of becoming a member of.' the Legion. Said he, there are teem ing hundreds who would give large sums for the honor and privilege of being members of the American Le gion. His address was. well received. Immediately following the address, of Capt. Glenn all were invited to gather about the long table where a. bountiful free-for-all dinner was spread. Barbecued hash seasoned to the king's taste was provided by the. hosts in almost unlimited quantity and the ladies supplemented this with, sweets in endless variety. Surely no one went away hungry because of the shortage of the supply of good things to eat. Unfortunately, rain be gan to fall before the feast was over, causing everybody to devour their food hastily. The occasion in spite of the after noon rain was a pronounced success,, everybody present being glad that, they came to be guests of the Legion. Later in.the afternoon a game of base ball was played on the local diamond between the high school team and the. team from,the Legion. The spirited contest was enjoyed by those who witnessed it, the score at the close being ll to 8 in favor of the highu school team. Way Cross News. Mrs. N. L. Ransom visited her mother, Mrs. J. M. Smith Sunday. The many friends ,of Mrs. S. S. Timmerman regret to learn of the serious illness'of her brother. Mr. and Mrs: Clayton Pardue and children visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.jP. Ouzts- Sunday. Miss Emmie Bryant spent Monday night with her grandmother. Mrs. C. H. Johnson and daughter went to Red Hill Sunday. Mr. and .Mrs. S. S. Timmerman and children were visitors in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Parkman Suit day. Mrs. N. L. Manly visited Mrs. Sal lie Bryant Monday afternoon. Mr.. ?Fred Wates and Ransom Bush of Red Hill section were visitors in this community Sunday. Mr. J. P. Ouzts has been on the sick list for the last few days. We hear of orange blossoms in our community. "BLACK EYES.'