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VOL. 77. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY. DECFMBEB 18,1912 ~ NO. 46 JOHNSTON LETTER. The Advertiser Enjoyed. Mrs. Kirby Entertained New Cen tury Club. Smyley Name Not Extinct. The Christmas edition of The Advertiser was especially attractive, and appealing and breathed of the Yuletide spirit and each page has been enjoyed. May the Adverti ser live 70 times 17 years to greet its readers with Xmas wishes. The Christmas exercises of the Sunbeam band will be held on Sun day evening, Dec. 22nd, at the Baptist church. This promises to be very interesting and no doubt there will be a large audience. Mi9sEmma Watkins entertained a few of her school friends with a dining on Saturday. Mrs. W. A. Kirby was hostess for the new century club on Tues day afternoon and two profitable, and delightful, hours were spent by the members with her. Follow ing routine business the lesson for the/afternoon, "The Tempest," was lead by Mrs. W. S. Scott. Several interesting discussions were brought ' forth, and the "Wooing of Mi rapds," was given in dialogue form. After the reading of the account of "that storm,*' Miss Gladys Sawyer ?.gave a perfect rendition of it on the piano. Refreshments served was ?n ending, and the salad course was followed by sweets with cake. The sweets were served in oranges cat like baskets and the bandies were tied , with the club colors green and white. In an account of the death of Mr. Mott Smy ley, which appeared in one of the papers, the writer sta ted that with him passed away the Smiles name. There are several living decendants of ..thfl late Col. St. Clair Smyley, of ?>irmincHam, [Ala., who has two sons, James Smy lley, of Charlotte, grandson of first |mentioned, and John and Jackson smyley, of Ala., grandsons, and ?ons of the late John Smyley. The Phi Alpha Sigma circle was entertained on Wednesday after ?oon by Miss Orien a Cartledge, 'wo hours were happily spent, and frefreshments were served before the merry party adjourned. Mrs. Susie Latimer, who is spend ing the winter in Charleston with her son, Dr. Latimer, arrived this week for a few days stay, and from tere will go to Birmingham, Ala., 8) end the holidays with the fami ly of her son, Rev. Leou Latimer. Miss Josephine Mobley visited in lugusta the first ef the week. Mrs. James A. Dobey and Mas ?r James Nixon, have gone to ^rksville for a week's stay. Mr. O. D. Black, traveling sales ian for R. M. Hughes & Co. of [y., of Monogram vinegar fame, lade the highest sales of his repre jntatives in South Carolina for iis year, he having sold over $12, )0.00, of the line carried. Mr. Julian Mobley has gone to loridato join his parents, Mr. and [rs. A. J. Mobley, where they are Hiding the winter months. Miss Ivy Turner, of Randolph, [aeon college, Va., will arrive this ?ek to spend the Christmas with grandmother, Mrs. Eleanor rey. _ J Christmas season is well on and |e shop windows are very attrac re, and a number of them are lite original with the display of! iristmas goods. Holley and mis- j ?toe are much in evidence, and the [reeta are beginning to be filled fith shoppers that are being wise an early start. Mr. J. L. Oxner, of Hephzibah, [a., was here during the past week. Mr. Frank Boatwright, of Ridge, fas been the guest of his brother, [r. B. L. Boatwright at The Ce lara. Miss Daisy Sawyer of Vidalia. ra., ai rived last week to spend ?ome time with relatives. Mr. J. W. Scott, of Columbia,1 |pent Sunday here with his family, rho are spending the winter here. Miss Inez Wetherford, of Augus is visiting Miss Lottie Bland. Bella-Oh, doar, the diamond in ry engagement ring has got a flaw j it. George-Take no notice darling. | )ve should be blind, you know. Bella-Yea, but one need not be I ktone blind. Cash Prizes Aw MK. JOHN P. HOYT, Winner of First Prize. good yields, but as tl increase the yield, ed. This closes the fou has cost the Editor cc paid by the stimulus the contests. A Clod Breaker From Flat Rock j Good morning Mr. Minis, and all schools! Be not too busy to hear j'Wb?^a Jjriend baa to - say, j)eccmber "the VSl dearly an^t?ieV^y?ar ha's rolled around and we are all here yet. Who can see why God lets special ones of us live, and oth ers who are justas useful die? That is a question we are apt to ask our selves about this time ev*?ry year. We can not hope for an answer to it until we understand the great plan of things better than we do now. I think tho yeai 1012 will be remembered by all of us who live. Just think of the deaths around us, the Titanic disaster, the Mississippi flood, and many other things. This shows to all we ought never forget the duty of obedience to our God. Now, Mr. Mims, please get all school cousins to be quiet and not worry you for I will worry you my self, ?iret, I wish to choose for my subject "Sunshine." It sounds queer doesn't it? Cousins, I won der how many of us carry sunshine with us during the day, lighting up some one's pathway so dark by fiendinir forih a lew slanting rays ol cheer, hope or courage? Sunshine cha>eth away t^e clouds, causing a bright light lo appear on the hori zon of some poor soul. Oh, if we realized the value of scattering sun shine instead of frowns. ? smile has won a thousands times more than a frown. So lee's up and be doing and open doors and windows wherever we are, for the sunshine to have full sway. Sunday afternoon just as the gol den slant of the afternoon sun was slowly disappearing behind the! western banks, friends and cousins I gathered at my home, some of the girls at the organ playing and sing ing. Cousin Pat Bussey made a delightful talk. It will long be re membered by a'.l. Mr. Casey is very sick. His daughter, Mrs. Annie Aguer, has arrived to be with him. Miss Ruth will close our school a week bffore Christmas. Cousin Mattie Bailey will go home with her. Tee Bailey. Tho philanthropic lady was visit ing a lower East side school. To test brightness of some of the poor er pupils, she asked them: "Children what is the greatest of all the virtues?" No one answered. Think a little, she said. "What is it I am doing when I give up time and pleasure to come and talk with you for your good?" A grimy fist went up. "Well, what am I doing little boy?" "Butin' in." arded In The Corn Contes Hf' i' There were about entered the contest two had their corn by the judges appoii pose. The yields reports were as foll Mr. John P. Hoyt Mr. Asa G. Broadwater These gentlemen and $10, respective] $5 was offered 1 awarded as only tw< A large number of ?eir corn was injured The Advertiser regre irth corn contest tha msiderable time and i that has been given Sympathetic Letter. For several consecutive mon there have been! quite'anKH^^H deaths in our commun! necessity haveTrougn&'Qm^apS^S into the lives of a number of per sons. A perfectly satisf?o?tbfy^ex*' ' planation of the mystery cf sorrow may not be afforded us in this pres ent life, for the Man of Sorrows said, "What I do now thou knowest not; but thou shalt know hereafter." Our ignorance on earth is an omen of our perfect knowledge in the life which is to come. What most we lack, then, is patience to wait and an abiding trust in which to be at peace amidst life's storm. These dear departed ones have left a mes sage for earth's pilgrims, and it is this:. "Weep not for me; but *or .yourselves." I once read \p3n a tombstone an epitaph which was evidently copied from the Psalms, it was this: "We asked his life of thee; thou iO-vest it him, even length of days forever and ever." The dead now enjoy the substance of life, if they died in the Loni. The living are subsisting on the shadow. It might be well for us lo remember that the same storm cloud which seemed so dark and threatening afterward became a background upon which the rays of the Betting sun painted a panorama of peaceful glory. A glory so transcendent, as we gazed upon it, that it uot only inspired a hope of immortality, but made us long for wings that we might fly away and be at rest. It is this person, after all, that can look beyond life's ho rizon and see the Celestial City and the King in Bis beauty. Those who have no vision of the Eternal cannot suffer much, because they cannot see; and those whose vision can reach to the land of Beulah, will not suffer much, because they can see. The writer of this article has had the sad experience of parting with three grown members of his imme diate family within thc short space of eighteen months; but never once has he questioned thc wisdom and mercy ot' the Almighty. It is the vision of the eternal which has re moved every interrogation mak and subslituted an exclamation of praise to Him who bleseed us in giving and blessed THEM in taking away! You will observe that "most of the beatitudes" which fell from the lips of Him, who spake as nev er man spake, had "the sorrows of life for their subject, but the joys of 1 Heaven as a result. It is the real I heart-felt sorrow which afterward I yields the peaceable fruits of right- I eousness unto them which are eier- I cised thereby." "Sorrow is only I one of the lower notes in the ora- < toria of our blessedness." The sad ' Advertisers st Of Nineteen B i forty farmers who this year but only officially measured itea for that pur according to these ows: 118 io Bushels 94% ? will receive $15 y.k A third prize of , 3uC it cannot be 3 reports were filed. contestants made [ by insects or the dr ts that the third priz t Tie Advertiser ha! effort, as well as mon corn growing throug word Marah* (bitter) is only the rich S?jWjJfepf-which grows the beauti fff] -.hof divine grace. We /ue^h?s gone down; the ' moon of our 'pride has ceased to shine, that the stars of our virtues shine in the darkness of the night of disap pointment and grief. Moses saw the land- of promise from the place where he was buried. The rainbow of promise is formed of the mists and clouds of life. Jesus appeared to His disciples on the sea shore when it wa9 so dark they could hardly perceive who He was. It was amidst the raging of Galilee that they heard His voice saying, "peace be unto thee." In the daylight of prosperity God led His ohosen people by means of a cloud. It was in the darkness of despair that he led them by means of a pillar of fire. Sorrows enrich life's soil, and tears are the dews of Hermon to revive the drooping flower. It is in the valley of humil iation that we find the ripe fruits of a transparent life. But I cannot comfort you; and for this I thank God: for if I conic], you would not seek the comfort which comes from Him alone! You must find com fort where I have found it-in sweet communion with theComiort er. Otherwise, you must trudge along through life bearing your burden of sorrow alone. But sym pathy we all can give, if we only possess it. One has/said, "The ca pacity of sorrow belongs to our grandeur, and the loftiest of our race are those who have had the profoundest sympathies, because they have had the profoundest sor rows. " Without sympathy life would soon become intolerable. When every other thing has fled, upon that downy pillow we may place our weary head. Just to know that the path we trod is a beaten one; that the tears we shed are salt ed with human sympathy; that the groans we utter are echoes of the past; that others have had as much lead in their hearts as ours; that their though t? have been the tem per of our thoughts; that their feel ings have been the forerunners of ours; that the sun of their hopes had gone down behind thc same clouds; that tho spell of death had cast upon them the same shadow; that iheir ships had staggered in the same dark waters; that their valley had been as gloomy as ours; that their sting of death had been is sharp; that their grave had as ?u.ned as much victory. If from inch we can receive a sympathetic glance, listen to the throbbing of a sympathetic heart, hear the voice of compassion, and know a love bap tized with a similar woe, it will al ? ?undred Twelve MR. ASA G. BROADWATER, Winner of Second Prize. ought, they did not ;e can not be award 5 held, and while it ey, he feels fully re hout the county by leviate our pain.dissipate the gloom which almost defies human solace, brighten life aud scatter the flower? of hom along our pathw;i\\ as w . thanks to God for the Hiib,'.who is the first fruits of the resurrection from the dead. To ill of earth's sorrowing pilgrims I extend through the columns of this [?aper my heart felt sympathy. I ask thee for a thankful love, Through constant watching wise, Po meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes, And a heart at leisure f.-ora itself, To sooth and sympathize." E. C. Bailey. News Items From Trenton. The music class of Mi<s Roseva Harrison will Lrive a recital at tin school house Friday night. Th . public is cordially invited. Thr exercises will begin at 8 o'clock No admission fee will be charged. The many friends of Miss Ida Ryan u ill rejoice to know that she will be at nome this week. Mis. H. M. Murlong spent the week end with her mother at Hates burg. Mr. John McCarty of Mt. Will ing visited relatives here last week. There will be a Union Xmas tree for the Sunday sc'iools at the Bap tist church on the 20th. Mrs. Leila Leppard is at home again af:er visiting relatives in Georgia. It is commonly reported that at least one, if not more, surprise mar riages will take place during the next fortnight. Sunday Deliveries of Express. Mr. J.? A. Townsend, Agt., Edget?eld. S. C. Dear Sir:-To relieve the con gestion and facilita.e prompt de liveries of Christmas packages, please see your mayor now and re quest the privilege of linking deliv eries on Sunday 22nd inst, to such patrons as arc willing to receive their shipments on that day. This has always been done in thu past. We will NOT make deliveries of liquor and you should inform the tn ay or of that fact. Request your local papers to print news items asking patrons who will ir will not receive packages on Sun lay, to inform you promptly as we lo not desire to send out matter to ) thc rs than those who are prepared o receive and receipt for it. Also see your merchants and carn if they will receive their mat er date named. Advise promptly. O. M. Sadler, Supt. Death of Mr. Hugh Wates. While Mr. Hugh Wates had been in feeble health for the pasfc three years, yet within recent, months there had not been any d# cided change for the worse. Mig; sudden death last Sunday ni?rh> ihout 9:15 o'clock, after he had >een discharging his duties as usual turing the previous week, was g rre?t surprise and shock to hi^ ?iends. The other members of he family circle went to ch turk is usual Sunday night and left hirt\ itting by the fire reading, l/polk i heir return from church, Mr. WatoS vas found in an unconscious coa lition and died in a few minute*, tie was a member of the Baptist .burch and a member of the Park? villecampof the Woodmen of vVorld, in which fraternal order 1ft .arried insurance to the amount o? 53,000. He was in his 35th year, Mr. Wate.s was a member of I very large family that has alwa3'j* neld high place among the citiai?a *bip" of the county. He had en deared himself to a largo number of friends in the western side of tl$ county ?where he spent thfc greater part of his life, and sind* coming to Edgefield several yeaiS ago to make his home he has bee* held in very high esteem here. Mr. Wates is survived by his wife, three brothers, T. A., J. EL and D. B. Wates, one half-eistot, Mrs. Dolly Turner, and two half brothers, H. H. -and J. W. Smith. The funeral service was conducir? in the Baptist church Monday af ternoon at three o'clock, Dr. M. ?. Jeffries officiating. Honor Roll Edgefield Gracie*! School, for December. 1st grade,* section "B"i-Manly UeLoach, Emma Martin, W. C-. Ouzts. Seetion "A"-Elisabeth - Loti, Mary '}.;?:)?:. " IVn !. -r 2nd grade-J&U; rie Cheatharn, Hel^h^SllflBBMI^ Mitchell Wells, Geonfl Tompkins, Kay mond Folk, RobfW>uzts. Third grade-Elijfciieth Rjvej, Rosa Zimmerman, Lois Mima, Lil lian Pattison. 4th grade-Edith Ouzts, Strom Thurmond, Norma Shannah Raymond Dunovant, Mary Catn> bftll, Alma Thomas, Sara Lyda, lid gar Padgett. 5th grade-Arthur Britt, E^wi* Folk, James Sharpton. 6th grade-Leila Roper, Marga ret May. 7th grade-Onida Pattison, A? tiie O'Hara, Carroll Rainsford. 8th grade-Ida Folk, Alma Da Loach, Blondelle Hart, Guy Broad water, Ruth Lyon, Florence Mina?v lielen Dorn. Union Meeting.. The union meeting of tho s>wond division of the Edgefield Baptiifr association will meet with the Re publican church on Saturday befoT* the fifth Sunday in December, afc 10 a. m. Devotional exercises by the moderator. 1st Query-What are the sbliga tions of a Christian to the churcfc and the world? George Wright?. J. D. Hughey. 2nd Query-Is it not the prevail ing idea of many that people ^ora the church to be saved rather th&JI to serve? If so is it in accord with the teaching of the scripture? ft. W. Medlock, Rev. J. T. Littlejohn 3rd Query-Shall our inability t? meet our temporal obligations loe sen our .contributions to the cause of the church? S. "B. Mays, Mkn. J. P. Mealing. 4th Queiy-Can a Christian who devotes most of hi* time and thought to business affairs fulfill his mission in life? Wallaoe Pres cott, H. L. Bunch. Sunday services to be provided, for. P. B. Lanham, For Committee. Foils a Foul Plot. 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