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Mr. A. A. Glover Gave Barbi cue to Friends On 27th. Birthday. About 12 years ago Edgefield lo; a good citizen through the remov; ofMr. A. A. Glover to Nortl Orangeburg county. Having marrie a very estimable lady from Nortl Miss Florence Livingston, it w< quite natural for him to decide to li cate in her home town, thus enablin her to be constantly among he friends and loved ones. After movin to North Mr. Glover served for te years as rural mail carrier on on of the three routes leading from ths town and as the people had oppoi tunity to know more and more of th new comer their respect and esteei for him steadily grew. This confi dence in the erstwhile stranger wa the more quickly and firmly estab lished by the active part which Mi Glover began to take in every phas of the community life. Instead o being as "dumb driven cattle," Mi Glover always preferred to be "a he ro in the strife." Having two daugh ters to educate, he began at once t< take an active interest in the soho o and also became actively identifi?e with the Baptist church, transferid his membership from Edgefield sooi after locating in North. It matterec not what was undertaken for th< public welfare, Mr. Glover was al ways ready to join head, heart, anc hand with the good people of Nortl for its accomplishment. .When a vacancy occurred in the post office at North about two yean ago he was urged to become an appli cant for the place, easily securing the appointment. Through his native ability, together with courteous and obliging treatment of everybody he not only made good with the govern ment but the manner in wh??h he has filled the office has been entirely satisfactory to the people. When his term expires in 1924 it is not proh able that anyone will oppose him for the place. It is generally conceded that he will continue to serve thc people as postmaster irrespective of whatever party is in power in Wash ington. The job will not be handed out from the political "pie counter" in Washington, as Mr. Glover will probably be unopposed for the place. Since Mr. Glover located in North, a stranger among strangers, the peo ple have been good to him and he ap preciates their friendship and es teem. As an expression of this ap preciation, some weeks ago he hap pily conceived the plan of entertain ing his friends for a day on Thurs day, July 27, with an old-fashioned Edgefield barbecue, bearing all the expense himself. And in order to make it fcfuely a la Edgefield, he re quested Edgefield's leading chef, Mr. A. A. Edmunds (bearing the same initials of Mr. Glover but somewhat different in statue) to come over and superintend the serving of the "cue" for him. Mr. Edmunds very cheerfully complied with this request of his old Edgefield friend. Nearly a dozen other Edgefield men were invited by Mr. Glover but some were prevented from attending. Those present besides Mr. Edmunds were Hon. M. P. Wells, Mr. Barnwell Jones and the writer. The host greet ed us with true Edgefield whole hearted cordiality on setting foot on North's soil, making us feel at home and altogether at ease among the good people of that goodly town. Being amid a new environment, the Warldorf Astoria chef was a lit tle late getting on the job, conse quently the feast was not served un til about two o'clock in a shady grove about a mile south of the town, the Center Spring of North. The host was promptly on hand to greet hi3 nearly 100 guests as they arrived. A large rectangular table was arranged with seats enough for all, enabling those who partook of the feast to be as comfortably seated as if they were in their own dining-room. A more complete menu we never saw at a barbecue, and all prepared and seasoned to the king's taste. Besides beef, pork and mutton, both roasted and made into hash, onion sauce, Irish potatoes, stewed corn, toma toes, rice, pickles and bread were in limitless quantity, with countless gallons of iced tea frequently passed by numerous courteous and attentive colored waiters. There was no rush ing and crowding and pushing and jamming and sweating among the men lest some other fellow would get first choice of the viands or the supply become exhausted. When bid den to do so all were quietly seated and quietly ate (as quietly as pinch ing appetites would permit) until the inner man was satisfied. We re ? fer to pinching appetites because some had traveled far and others, it was alleged, had groomed themselves for the Glover barbecue by omitting several previous meals. Despite this abnormal demand, there were huge . baskets and dish-pan3 of food loft untouched. Just as Mr. Glover passed the ci ^ gars, pure Havanas at that, Ex-Sen ator E. B. Friday arose, and to th surprise of the generous and widel; beloved host, presented him, on be half of the citizens of North, with . handsome Morris chair of the de lux type ar. an expression of their hig] regard for him. This surprise com pletely took Mr. Glover off his fee and it was evident that in more way than one, certainly for the moment he was too . full for utterance. Not withstanding his consternation, hi acknowledged the thoughtful act o: .his friends in a very beautiful man ner. Out of the fullness of his hear his lips feelingly expressed his grati tude. Immediately following this touch ing incident, Dr. Davis, in the capac ity of toastmaster, announced that i little program had been providtd bi way of intellectual feast. The follow ing toasts were responded to in a highly creditable manner in the or der named: "'Our Guests", Mr. A. A. Glover; "Our Host", Mr. J. L. Mims; "Our Nation", Rev. Mr. Simpson, pastor of the Baptist church; "Our State", Hon. M. P. Wells; "Our County", Hon. E. B. Friday; "Our town", Mr. W. A. Johnson, and "Our Churches," Rev. J. J. Stevenson, pas tor of the Methodist church. Just be fore the last toast was reached, the writer, greatly to his regret, had to leave hastily in order to catch a northbound Seaboard train for Co lumbia and was deprived of the pleasure of hearing the last speeches. Having made such a favorable im pression through the manner in which he served the fatted calf and other good things, Mr. Edmunds, though not on the formal program, neat cards of the toasts having been printed and one placed beside each plate, was called upon for a speech, and we have been told that he "brought the house down." Several gentlemen remarked to us, after eat ing the Edmunds hash, that they wanted to keep him over there, ex pressing themselves as needing such a good cook. We told them that we need him to build our roads and to build up the waste places in our county's finances, and for that reas on would have to bring him back with us. This brought to a close an occa sion that had been faultlessly plan ned and one which afforded much real joy and pleasure to such a large number of people. Mr. Glover's guests wished him many more happy and useful years and also expressed the hope that as each succeeding mile post along the highway of life was reached he would thus again and a gain honor hi3 friends far and near. When Mr. Glover left us he had two daughters, Kathleen and Evelyn, who have grown into young woman hood. In fact, Kathleen is now mar ried and has her own home, having married Mr. Livington, an excellent citizen of North, who is a brother of her step mother, and who Mr. Glover introduced as his brother-in-law and son-in-law. Evelyn was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Carrie Forrest of Saluda county, when we were in their home. The Town of North. This enterprising little city of some 800 inhabitants is situated about 30 miles south of Columbia on the main line of the Seaboard between Colum bia and Savannah, about five miles from the Lexington-Orangeburg line. While of course North, like every other town in the country, it matters not where the location be, bears scars of the war's aftermath, yet there are evidences on every hand that the town is wide-awake and pro gressive. Its strong banks, two in number-its modern places of busi ness-its handsome residences, some representing an outlay of $40,000 its large, modernly appointed brick churches, one Baptist and the other Methodist, both costing upwards of $40,000-its modern brick school building, the capacity of which is now in process of being doubled, costing also above $50,000- all these and other things indicate un mistakably that it is a community of wealth and enterprise. But that which most commends North to the visitor is not found in structures of steel, brick and mortar, nor in its other evidences of mate rial success and progress, rather that which impresses one most on visiting the town is its strong, sturdy,loyal, enterprising citizenship. After all, the men and women make a town, and we are constrained to believe that a majority of North's citizenship is composed of high-minded, right thinking men and women. In "The Deserted Village" Goldsmith said: "111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay." It is evident that in their fat years when money was easily accumulated the good people of North did not let their manhood and womanhood de cay. Placing the proper estimate up on things, they did not neglect the invisible for the tangible, and mor sordid things of life. In truth, Mi Glover's lines have fallen in pleasan places, having cast uis lot in a good ly land and among a goodly people Strong Agricultural Backing. In the matter of producing grea men and making history for Soutl Carolina, Orangeburg stands in th< forefront amid the other countries o: the state. And yet Orangeburg' claim to greatness lies not alone ii the soldiers, statesmen, jurists ant ministers of renown whom she ha: produced, but Orangeburg is knowi far and near as being one of thelead ing counties in agriculture in th( country. For a number of years this county has had the distinction oJ being second in cotton production being excelled by only one county ii: Texas, which if that county be ir proportion to the size of the Lone Star state, must be something like as large as the entire Palmetto state. The town of North has the good fortune of being surrounded by fertile fields that are owned and cul tivated by intelligent, thrifty far mers. Through the thoughtfulness-of Mr. Archie Livingston, one of North's most substantial business men, Mr. Wells, Mr. Jones and, the writer took a motor trip Thursday morning in several directions some eight or ten miles from North. Here we saw many large fields of cotton, corn and peas, the two latter crops predominating in acreage. The cot ton in the main was farther advan ced than cotton in this section and iad been damaged but little up to that time by boll weevils. Some far mers had applied poison at regular intervals, while others had used none at all. The largest farm we visited was that of Mr. Shingler B. Knotts who las about 500 acres under cultiva tion, most of this being in corn that ?vas practically matured. In every acre of this corn Mr. Knotts had vel vet beans planted and in s >me both beans and peas. Nowhere else, ex cept possibly in the river bottoms of Translyvania county, North Carolina, lave we ever before seen such fields sf corn, all of which was very fine. ?Vhen asked what he expected to do with so much corn, Mr. Knotts said ie feeds it to cattle in the ear just is it is hauled from the field, allow ing hogs to run in the lot to utilize ;he waste. Mr. Knotts purchases sev eral car loads of steers in Tennesee ?very fall and then ships them to narket in car lots when in prime condition. Last winter he fattened seventy-odd Tennessee steers that were purchased at three cents per pound and sold at six cents. When purchased their weight was around 300 pounds and when sold they aver aged 1,000 pounds. The increase in price and weight both will figure a rood profit. Another item of profit from feeding the steers, and a con siderable one it is too, is the fertil izer. Mr. Knotts pointed out diffe 2nt fields, some of them side by side, to which this form of fertilizer had been applied and some upon which commercial fertilizer only had been U3ed, and the most casual observer could easily detect the difference. Mr. Knotts' farm is equipped with modern machinery of all kinds and electric power, which is generated upon a stream running through the farm, is used in operating his thresh er and other similar machinery. A visit to this farm makes an Edgefield man feel like he has been suddenly transported to some other state than South Carolina. If there be many Shingler Knotts in Orange burg one can not wonder why that county has such a prestige, agricul turally. A Rare and Very Choice Spirit. On this hurried trip a-wheel, at the suggestion of Mr. Livingston, we made a brief stop at the home of Dr. Ben H. Knotts, a kinsman of Mr. Barnwell Jones. This venerable gen tleman, a connecting link between the present and the good old days of long ago, is now in his 86th year, yet his mind is surprisingly clear and active. He always welcomes visitors and delights in relating interesting reminiscences of the past, very re mote past. He spoke of having wit-i nessed punishment meted out to criminals at the whipping post at Lexington court house and marveled at the wonderful strides that have been made in the lives of three peo ple, his grandfather, his mother and himself. His grandfather, Jeremiah Jones, fought under Francis Mar ion in the Revolution. To illus trate how slow travel was and how limited were the means of commun ication among the early settlers of this country, Dr. Knots - said his grandfather and his brother came to settle in that section of South Caro lina, then probably one of the Amer ican colonies, each iocating without knowing at the time just whare the other had located and although they were only 25 miles apart 20 years elapsed before either one knew where the other lived. Although there is much of interest that could yet be written, this story of our visit to North and Orange burg county must close. Senator Dial Opposes Joe W. Tolbert's Confirmation. The following is taken from a dis patch from Washington in which Senator Dial gives his reasons for voting against the confirmation of Talbert for Marshall of the Western district of South Carolina. . "Mr. Tolbert poses as a large farmer, whereas the record in Green wood County shows that he does not pay a cent of taxes, except a dollar poll tax, and the records in the mu nicipal, state and federal courts both on the civil and criminal side show that his record is an unenviable one. I do not mean to say that it is necessary for a man to own property to hold office: far be it from me to take any such position, but Mr. Tol bert is sailing under false colors. "Mr. Tolbert's conduct since he has been appointed "referee" has shown him to be a spoilsman of the worst class. For instance, under the practice of this admin:-tration in se lecting Postmasters, * Civil Ser vice Commission sends the Post Office Department th - names making the highes! nd this department delegate*, o ioert the "referee" -the right to select whichever he chooses. These offices are not political ones, and in our State the patrons are not one per cent of Republicans, and the officers should be kept out of politics. How ever under party rules, where they have a competent person, it is their privilege to appoint them, and we have made no objection. "In these matters Tolbert has ruthlessly ignored the spirit of the Civil Service and has refused to recommend parties making the high est marks, except in a very few cases. He has almost universally ig nored the claims of ladies and ex-ser vice men. Under the spirit of the Civ il Service rules, ex-soldiers should receive the preference, but this has had no weight ' with Tolbert, even where they made the highest marks. He has endeavored to turn lady Post masters out where they have been in the office many years, and where they have made the highest marks. Moreover, he has turned out many faithful officials-some who have served in this Department for practi cally forty yaars, and he named per sons who were totally without expe rience-and not republicans either. *in" other words he has run rough shod Aver our people and seems to be drunk with the power of a little au thority. "Worst of all, under previous ad ministrations, I am informed that the "referee" in our state sold patron age and that the universal charge was one half the first year's salary, and it is now claimed and generally believed, that this practice is in vogue; the proof presented to me is unquestionable on the subject and is convincing beyond the peradven ture of a doubt. The practice is to divide the state into districts and have someone in such district look after this part of the nefarious bus iness. I am told of many instances where the offices were sold-one bringing seven hundred and fifty dollars, another twelve hundred, an other six hundred, another two thousand and different sums all a round the state where was competi tion. A recent case was reported where twelve hundred dollars wa3 paid and the party failed to get the office, and after considerable wrang ling, the funds were returned. It is alleged that appointees to small of ces often have to contribute. "One of Tolbert's 'referees' was recently rejected by the senate be cause he endeavored to get a lady postmaster to pay him three hundred dollars to get her confirmed. An af fadavit of one of his former follow ers states Tolbert admitted he ex pected to realize $100,000 from this source. "I cannot condone the practice of buying an office and if the compet itors would cease bidding against each other this most disgraceful practice would be obliterated. How ever they are to be pitied for being forced to come in contact with such a corrupt system. It can readily be seen that someone will have to ful fill the office anyway. "Furthermore I am" told by the best authorities that Tolbert is by no means in sympathy with the enforce ment of the prohibition law, and he has even bragged to this ef fect. It is shown by affada vit that he had a barrel of liquor at one time. Many of his associates are among the most lawless class of our people, and it is commonly reported that he has formed a political com bination with certain parties in our state' calling themselves democrats, Excursion Fares Via Southern Railway System ROUND TRIP IDENTIFICATION PLAN One and one half fares for round trip. ATLANTA, GA., American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, November 13-18. AUGUSTA, GA., Georgia State Sunday School and A. C. E. League Convention of A. M. E. Church, (Colored) September 6-10. ATLANTIC CITY, N. 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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Annual Meeting American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngelogy, September 18-25. NEW ORLEANS, LA., Southern Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers Annual Convention, December 5-7. NEW YORK, N. Y., National Association of Retail Clothiers and National Association Men's Apparel Club, September 11-15. NEW YORK, N. Y., National Police Conference, September 11-15. ST. LOUIS, MO., American Veterinary Medical Association An nual Convention, August 28-September 1st. For further information call on nearest Ticket Agent or com municate with R. S. BROWN, District Passenger Agent, 741 Broad St., Augusta Ga. J. A. TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent, Edgefield, S. C. to create a political machine with the view and for the purpose of under mining, disrupting and destroying the democratic party. "It is generally believed that pol itics is rotten, and I am sorry to ad mit there are some grounds for such opinions, particularly as to republi can administrations, and it is incum bent upon me and all other citizens who care for the maintenance and perpetuation of good government to expose and obliterate all fraud and corrupt practices in our power. No man shall have a government com mission, with the approval-confir mation of the senate, to plunder our people, if it is in my power to pre vent it. Loving my state as I do, and feeling the pride of its reputation that I have always felt, I will not stand for the nomination one min ute. Cheap Money For Farmers. The Edgefield National Farm Loan Association has $36,000 to lend to farmers at five and one half per cent, for The Federal Land Bank of Columbia. Applicant may file application not later than Sept. 1st. next, for this al lotment. B. E. Timmerman, Secretary-Treasurer. Farm Loan Association, Edgefield, S. C. 8-2-31. 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