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?West Jfetuspaper 3H ^otitb (tolina VOL. 78. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, A'CVrKHR 12.1913 NO.30 i JOHNSTON LETTER. Memorial Day Observed Mary Ann Buie Chapter. Miss Zena Payne Enter tained W. C. T. U. Sunday May lu, Memorial D was observed here by the Mary Ai Kuie chapter, D. of C., and on Sa day evening a union service w held in the opera house a lat? gutheriug being present to pay tn ute to the heroes of the O?'s. Tl ? stage was decorated in red an white lillies and roses, and the Co federate Mag was in evidence. Re G. T. Hutchenson presided and tl exercises opened with Onwai (Christian soldier," the choirs of tl various churches juging. Tl scripture lesson was read by Ret Rester, Kev. Hutchenson offerin the prayer. '"Marylaud. my Man land," was beautifully played by tb orchestra. The address was made b Dr. A. T. King, who used as li theme "The Confederate soldier, the discourse being a very fine on and especially beautiful were hi closing remarks. "The son of Go goes forth tn war," sung by th choirs, closed thc exercises. On Saturday evening at 6 o'clock the school children assembled a the campus and gathering up th garlands of Howers; marched to iii cjmetery near by and decorated th? igiMve.*' of the .Confederate soldiers *'For those of us who linger, nan gb remains, Hut floral tributes for our ?ler dead. The pure, proud record of theil fame to g/iin, And to train our children to . e vere their ?ead." Mrs. M. K. Wright has returnee! from Kno wi ton's hospital and her igj^PjflPj fj?iqfids axe pleased -to kn?v that she has improved. Kev. (-i. A. Wright suffered :i third stroke ol paralysis on Sunday morning, and is now ii: a critical state. Mrs. W. I?. ();;/.!s has gone to Teniile, Ga., to visit ie. the borne of her father, Mr. Smith. Mrs. Frances Williams h:x< re turned from Bennetwsviile, where she visited friends. Dr. F. L. Parker has returned from a week's stav in Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Ella Mobley has gone to Saluda to visit her cousin, Mrs. Will Crawford. Mis. F. M. Boyd is in Spartan burg this week attending the state federation of women's clubs. Mrs. James White and Miss Hal lie White who have been in S par tait burg, enjoying the musical fes tival, will remain ii: tie* city until alter tile federation, whjie there being guests ol' Mrs. Chas. Gould Mrs. Ai. M. Stewart is spending a few weeks herc in thc hume ol lier daughter, .dis. jj ?yd. Mr. and Alis. J. Iv. Alien were visitors here last week. Mesdames .I. A. Loll and A.P.; Lewis attended the Inter-denomina- \ al Sunday school convention at ' ridgefield last week. Mrs. Tom Milford and children have gone to Atlanta for a visit to ! the former s parents. Mrs. Frank Warren, of Lawton,j Mich., returned with Col. and Mr?. F. M. Warren, from Jacksonville, ! and will spend some lime with' them. Mr. C. F. Pech man' is spending . awhile rn Columbia under medica! i treatment. Tue W. C. T. I", met * J n Friday ! afternoon, with Miss Zena Payne and a very good meeting was held, Mrs. T. li. Denny, president, pre siding. Excellent pap?is were read by Mesdames M. A. Huiet and P. Ii. Waters, Jr., arrangements were made to participate in the picnic ?linner that is to be spread for the inmates of the County Home by the various unions in June. Among tiiose to attend the C. C. V. re-union were Messrs W. T : Walton, Whitlock, Russell Wright, O. S. Wert/., G P. Cobb. Miss Sue Sloan, Mrs. Mattie Perry, Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Strother. Although second Sunday in June is entered on the church calendar as children's dav, tbjs happy event i was observed by the members ol'! the .Methodist Sunday school ot, j, May lu, and the exercises were h beautiful, ?j.each selection being j: bright and inspiring. Mother's day ' : wa* aUo ?riven proper tribute in l observance, and bea uti fid AV h i paper flowers were used in the dt orations about the pulpit. The Iii children's day had was in a Sundi school at Chelsea. .Mass., on 2i Sunday in June f&57 of whu church. Kev. Chas. Hall Leonar was pastor. Daring that year the was such response and end?rseme that it was deem rd wise to fix tl day as a permanent festival. Ji seemed that Mottler's Day w: observed by all on Sunday May li for every one, young and old. woi a white bio: -om to pay tribute 1 mother, whether living or dead. 1 show forth their love and honor f< her. The orchid and the rose were di carded Ay, and even the sw 'et violet, Por to-day sees the wbite carnatio In the crown of mother love se Some wealth which they owe t mother, That the world has never guest ed, Whose sign is the white carnatio That lies <>n each loyal breast. Misses Ruby and Willie Glove! are guests of Misses Alma and Bel th a Woodward. The New Century Club met will Mrs. ET. D. (xrant on Tuesday al ternoon and several points of inter est were discussed during the busi ness seseion, and plans were mad lortlie observance of ' Peace day,' and the program committee will ai range an appropriate order of e.vr uise. 'Measure for measure" was tin pl y studied and Miss Kva l?ushtoi w.:.> teacher.CurrentieveiitStwere ~?v an by Mrs. P. N. Lol I* Tuen: wcr< several visitors present during tin. social half hour, and the hostest served a tempting repast. Dr. A. T. King has sr ?ne tc Nashville. Tenn , to attend the min sters conference, which will be in ies>iou until the 2Uth. There will be Vifcpreac.iiir.g at the oap- ist church )ii Sunday the 17th. The commencement sermon "? Jie liiuii School will be preached lere on Sun-lay morning May 81, md the school exercises will occu py the two following evenings. F roi'. I). Wistar Daniels of Clemson College, will deliver the address be fore the graduates. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. (.Hark enter tained with a dining the firs? ?d' the A eek and present w re Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Yonce and Mr. E. B. L>asher. Mr. |:nd Mrs. Louis Hardy, of savannah, have Leen visiting in the lome of Mr. J. W. Hardy. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award ?!' vacant scholarships in Winthrop ! "?liege; and for ii:'- admission of i w students will be held ai the ...uni;, court hon>e on Friday, July at a. m. Applicants must liol >? los than sixteen years of age. IVhen scholarships are vavaut after ?illy they will 1?'* awarded to ,hose tnakinir the highest average at his examination, provided they neet the conditions governing the ivar!. Applicants for scholarships thould write to President .Johnson 'afore the examination foi scliolar iliip blanks. Sch'dnrships ar" worth .>'!.'!; and i 'ree tuition. The next session will ?..en September l?, 1914. For 'urlher information and catalog, iddress President D. B. Johnson, Rock lliil, S. C. -.Of?- - Death of B. P. Covar. 15. P. ?"ovar died last night at his I lome on the Dri ller's ferry road in Lexington county, about midway between Lexington and Irmo. Mr. Co var lived on the farm of D. K. Klird and was employed as overseer, [ic was about 7o years of age. At .ne lime he was a deputy sheriff of Edgelieid county. Ile married Miss S'ora Cleekley,of Lexington county. Mr. Eli rd was attending the greenville horse show yesterday, )ii? .?)>oii being informed of Mr. Jovai"s death last night he (eft 5 reen viii?; for home, passing through Columbia this morning. Columbia Record. Mr. Covar's body was brought to Sd gefiel d and interred Saturday norning. Ile leaves besides his vite and son. four sisters, Mrs Sella Paul, Mrs. M |tl?c Dorn, Miss ? [da Covar .-md Mrs. Willie liritt, j md two brothers, Messrs. A. F?. md A. T. Cu var. GEORGIA LETTER. Uncle Iv Morgan Writes In teresting Letter. Wanted'to See Deestrict School of Long Ago. Den- OM Advertiser: I have been wanting to send you a few ?lots for sometime, but have not felt like writing for the last three weeks on account of not feeling very well. I am about all r-iirht again. Anyway I am feeling bet ! ter, and as to-day is the day for [your weekly visit, I decided to ?commence jost as soon as I had. j breakfast. I guess the moon is ! about to change as the weather has made a considerable change, :ind: this morning a fellow that has none too much iron in his blood from aire or disease feels better with bis coat on. ?he day before yesterday he would have felt better and more comfortable without a shirt if he I could have stood lo be baked by the sun. Coats have been laid aside for tiie last two wecKs, and in some eases shoes but the sand especially, about noon and in the evening, has begun to make the ants hurry up. When they t ome lo the top of the ground with their little lump of moist s.ind or clay and get back, the barefoot boys and girls I im agine make shorter and quicker steps. Cotton chopping is now in full blast and so far I hear no com plaint as to ilia stand. Corn is about re idy for the second plowing .!i.d the farmers areal it soon and ?ale. riiey tell tn" that this month is tiie time to put in full time so that when June comes in the work will not bc so regular or pushing. The lirsi of July the work in the crops is about through. Of course it is new to us whj came here last winter and had. been accustomed to work right on tili fodder was? about r-.;dy to pull. Well, so far I don't see that our move was a mistake, if lhere has been a mistake il was in not coming here or somewhere else yeftrs ago. Now 1 want lo be un- ' derstood. I du nut advise anyone to move here or anywhere else till j t iiey li ? st, e?) and see with their own eyes and use their own judgment. ??ut J do say that a< far as ? am aide to judge at this time there are a encl many families that 1 know of who own their lands are making a mistake in working the lands they own and getting poor rm urns for their labors. They could pay a| reasonable; rent on some land I see I and know ol and have more at the close of thc year. Yes, lhere arel disadvantages to contend with, mostly m the matter of schools, j loit from what I can hear that isl fast passing away, and will soon be a thing of ihe past from one simple fact, and that is the landowners are b ginning lo realize lliat intelligence c.mitts tor some.lung even on thu farm, it is nothing uncommon for some of the large landowners lo. even a build s school house for the benefit of their renters, children] (wh.le of course.) In fact I have talked with one of them and have j heard of others. While on ;his? subject I want, to say that not very j far from where I now live there is j aman who last year bought six thousand acres of land and now proposes tu cut it up in [rom twen ty-fi v?j to two hundred cere tarms and colonize it with good while families. He says most positively that 'ne will not sell one foot of it '? to anyone who is not a sober and upright man and that he intends! making it his business to know lie-j fore he sells to them. Further than j thai, he says that with bis own ! money he propeses to build a goo IJ church and school building for the benefit of those to whom he sells. Were I to write or call his natue ii would be very familiar to a good many ridgefield people. I may later tell his name but not now. Well, what was my surprise to lid a ?etter from a Mr.i T. R Get ?en of Wad ley one day last week asking me to visit hun on last Sat urday. I went and who should it be but a son of Capt. Thomas Get sen and a grandson of Old Fatner ur .Sam Geizen, a Baptist preacher and my mother's brothel. To say that I enjoyed being in his family would bc putting it rather mildly. I found him to be a man that every one seemed to like ;md had all con fidence in: a leader in church and Sunday school work. Yes, I cer tainly enjoyed being with bim and for the first time m ninety-six months I heard a sermon by a sionary Bap'.ist. I have nothinj say asrainst other Christian den inations. I know of some ti people of other denominations have hear! a Presbyterian, Metl ist.and Primitive Baptist since ipg here and enjoyed their mons, but tile sermon I heard Sunday I must confess I did en most. ; ;;While in the town of Wadh nivt a Mr. May whose parents cf from Edgefield county veirs : from near little Stevens cr .md. is a relative of Airs. M VVates of your town. II?; told that his father or grand father \ once Sheriff of Edgefield county, was with him a few minutes, i he said Hiram and Charley X vere either his cousins or uncles ?fj?^ret which. Wad ley is in Jell sol: county and fenced off to its Tm^acconnt of the citizens voti ^bejstock law. or no fence they c it. The Inst name I think sn best for there wasn't much fenci except the pastures, but wheat a oats just acres of them and prom iifg prospects for a good crop ?a?h. 1 saw a field of wheat tl must have l>een sown since Chri mas or late last fail. There mi have been ii ? ty or sixty acres in t wild and it just beginning to hen ?ti**as about hip high ami is ffjSlii till it looked blue. Weil, what do you thinks j gut .letter from some "in1 up in Eds field wanting to know it' the une j^S'changed down here. Did y< ever? Well, it chanties alunit on in two ilion i hs was my reply to ii; <jj<nas.tioii. Why let me tell all wi don't know about tilings down Geon- ii ! h i! lin' MU? rises_ in tl j?usJ/and sets in the West and ll moon ch;:riges livre j'isi ??io- it do up lhere, if any di tl".'renee a ii:; just al this li,ne rain co-n: and cotton need work. Mr. Editor, should you see I W. Dobeyteil him i got his nie sage y estel day about going to Me: ico and just say to him I ain't ii vine. I came on from my son (Bub) yesterday I caine a near wa and found n ditch that will hid 11 Miry and me all right and. if und Sim should call on us just you com d wn and we will lake to thai dite or Al?galo r's den, that [ got enougl of war nearly fifty years ago, am propose to let the fellows who toa something else in their hip pocket b-side a ' tie or handkerchief g< and try t ''.and. If the Mcxi cans clean oem up we who hav? had a taste of war will elect Mur by or B?falo Bill to lead us ami v\e. too will then help uncle Sam uphold hi< dignity. But let ta. s! :gs have first chance and il nee - s rv the old roosters will put ??i the gaffs ?:ii?r. Look herc man I don't '.vant. t< monopolize your whole issi e bul II mt --ay a little about your Dees trick Skule. Had ! been in Edge ll -td county I certainly would have ?? ?en lhere. \\ hy, Sir. I could just i ; H agi ne I was there and could see George Evans knocking the flies m? his bald head where the tiies had d ithered to get a taste of the mo lasses that that devilish Mack Simp kins had dropped oil his head while ii^ was laking his noon nap, and lo s.e Mr. W. B. Couburn balancing uu his arms trying to ger the peg from the ground and to see A. S. Tompkins Straddle Brooks Mason's neck in a game of !eii> frog. Oh, yes, I could i maui ne just almost anything and then my mind wau de red back to my "school-boy days ind i lived over again those days ;ind called to mind incidents that occurred that can never be forgot ten. I thought of Schoolmates of both sexes, and of the boys but few are living now. Quite a number gave their lives in defence of their homes and Ho buried on the battle field. All have pissed thc meridian of life and are now on the sunset side. In lt?iil lhere were about forty or forty-five boys who attend ed school at the old Liberty Acade my just a mile South of the town of Parksviile and to-day I can count those wiio arc living on my fin ger. Vet with all that, I like to go hack to those days in my tn ind and play the games played in those days and take a look into the eyes of thc girls and think of the thousand and one things and live over again those days. Then I draw in the wanderings of my-inim) and coin pare the boys and girls of those days with the boys and girls of tho j present and though I admit thu th?; advantages of to-day are much better, yet with all these things. I see boys and girls do ami say things ?in this day that the boys and girls j of the old school days would blush to do or .say. Ami right or ami j dreaming? When I was a boy T j made my own pop-gun, but now T lam sorry to say some carry in the hip pocket or somewhere on their ' person not a pop-gun. I wont, say what, I am sorry for the boy who can't wear his pants without some thing in his hip pocket. Weli, J hear a boy say how about the girls? Well, yes, justa few words and the ?dd man will stop. 1 remember how fond the girls were of sweet gum and how their eyes would sparkle when her boy classmate would hand hera lump of-that i precious gum that he spent quite ai j while in getting for his-yes, his j sweetheart. Do they chew sweet-j ?gum now? Home few do, but am ?sorry to say some chew the end of a stick after that has been dipped in a box of what-I leave you to I guess. No all the boys and girls are not like those mentioned. No thank j (?od there are as noble boys and girls to-day as ever lived. Aro you I <>nn of the noble . ;.es. Boys and ( ri rib "r Love lo all from ! l ucie Iv. A Story for the Children. Little Connie Max, Mrs. Stebbins1 j little five-year-old girl, was sitting on the back door steps eating a pince of pie, wheti >h" thought that she heard music, down under the big shady tree, at the edge of the woods. I have heard abont fairies she said to herself, and they say that tiiey live in the woods away from common folks, 1 would like I j to see them. Lo. Connie went dewn the'p??h. j climbed over the fence, and seeing a large bed of violets under the I ?nady tree, began plucking the! I! >w??rs. Oh. they are too lovely fort anything, she murmered. Suddenly there caine a burst, ol musis from I somewhere, and looking up, Connie j saw lovely creatures moving about, j One of these little fairies came to ward !u.-r and asked her what she ! v. ished. "I want to see all the fairies andi the fairy queen, too," Connie said Tue fairy took her by the hand, and said: "I will lead you to our fairy j palace, and will take you to our] i| c eu " When Connie cam? into ! tue palace, where til'' queen was! s'tliug on her th rone, wi th her maids 0 honor all around uer, she was so j much dazzled by what she saw and ! 1 vi'- l that sue could scarcelv nu s vcr the queen who spoke t<? her a ?1 ba ie her come ti. ar, ami asked h *r some questions. riu* queen then told two fairies > Iver-Leuf and Gohh-n-Berry, to i ike charge ol' Connie Max ami make lier feel happy. So the fairies i ! ..>!; Connie and brought robe? to pu on her, that she might join with! them iu their plays and not look difiere i t from the others. They a ll had a mern time togeth er. The queen had cake, strawberry j icecream and ambrosia prepared! f r them, am ail the tim- tile fairy | b ind was playing the most beanti tal music. When the queen thought ti:" j I a i ries and Connie hail enjoyed j themselves to theil heart's content.! stie sent little Connie home with an j escort of fairies, and Connie took her seat on .the steps, and thought of all the lovely things she had .-cen. Soon her mama cime ont and said to her, were yon asleep, Connie dear? Come to supper. Verbena, j Johnston, S. C. R. F. I). Child Cross? Feverish? Sick? A cross, peevish, listless child, with coated tongue, pale, doesn't sleep; eats something very little, ? then again ravenously; stomach sour, breath fetid; pains in stomach, with diarrhoea; .grind:? teeth while asleep, and starts up with terror all suggest, a worm killer-some thing that expels worms, ami a!mos! ; every child has them. Kickapoo j worm killer is needed. Get a hov ; to-day. Start at once. Vou won't! have to coax, as Kickapoo worm killer is a candy confection. Expels j the worms, the cause ol your child's trouble. 25c al your druggist. WELL MANAGED FARM. County Demonstration Agent P. N. Lott Practices on His Farm What he Preaches to Others. A short i.ime ago it was the priv ilege of the editor of The Adverti ser to spend some time in the home .>f Mr. P. >i. Lou, the county de monstration agent. Heine: actively interested in fanning, we not only passed the time ver3r pleasantly so cially but very profitably as well, instead of being a theorist and dreamer. Mr. Lott is a practical, successful farmer. What he ad vises and urges bis fellow farmers to do as he visits nere and there he I has already proven on his own farm. In the matter of seed selection, fer tilization, preparation of seed bed, I cultivation, rotation, cover crops. .* oiI buildiog,be has proven by actual test or experiment just what he s ivs. Many farmers know this, and that is why they so willingly i ike to bis suggestions. Winter Cover Crops. Mr. Lott had when we were at his home the finest crop of wheat, oats and vetch that we have ever seen grow. Thc stand was good and in spite of the prolonged drought he will harvest a very large yield of I he best stock feed obtainable. I n addition to this there will be left above ground a coat of vegetable matter that wilt improve the char acter of the soil. And beneath ground tho vetch has stored away a II jan ti ty "?' nitrogen which although i.ot visible to the eye will bring profitable results'in the increased j .cid of ci tion that will follow. '! brough the co-operative plan Mr. J.utt purchased hundreds of pounds L:' vetch seed last fail for farmers at a very low ligure and stands ready l-.- a/oibl irv:iu again n.-.xi l;J,i in ob; t lining seen for their coy?r crops. We wish every farmer in the coun ty could sec Mr. Lou's fields of vetch in ! flower. Sto:k anci Pasturage. Mr. Lott is righi abreast .>( the times in in the matter of fenc ing h:s fields .;.! i having CT tai M plots sowed tu Bi rm ida ;_r.i>s. Af ter razing in on" enclosure for a time he eau utirt: iii- dairy cattle on i;ther fields, lo the lal! hu so ?vs legumes in soire enclosures near his lot in order that his cows- may have lite proper green food tn winier and early spring. As a result of this ?iud o? management his cows are kept in the best of condition at a minimum of expense. The. quality of the milk and cream is also supe rior to that taken from neglected cows or fruin cows Lhat are well ted bul not upon the proper diet, bruin his own experience Air. Loi* eau advise and ii.struct ochers just what is cheapest ami best in pro viding for the dairy. Heavy Horse Fever. Another thing thai arrested our attention was the heavy draft mules Ui be seen 11 i .Mr. Lou's barnyard. He has improved machiucry which in some instances is necessarily very heavy. In order lo i blain thc very best results, ami iou lu relieve the heavy strain from thu beasts, of burden, ?ic uv, us uoihiut; hut very heavy mules. These he linds con Mime b'U lillie more food than tue ?mall mules. Mr. Lou realizes from actual experience the value of having adequate horse-pu wer ou the farm. Rotation of Crops. Mr. Lou follows a regular sys tem ol rotation of crops on his I arm, which, instead of constantly impoverishing the soil as the one crop system docs, is the means of . constantly adding to its fertility. Ile has learned that proper rota lion, together with a liberal plant ing of leguminous: crops, ?s the cheapest way of putting vegetable matter in the soil. This is one of the things that be urges in his work dong the line of soil building. Fruits and Nuts. In addition to tho regular field crops, Mr. Lott, gives due attention to ids orchard, providing staple fruits of the best quality for ihe household. Several years ago he grew peaches fur marke:, but found that unprofitable, as th? shippers are g?nerai.y completely ai the mercy ol ?.he cummissiun me;i ol. the large enies. Mr. Loti bas a larne ;.? can ?.?rove (Continu.j j on page four)