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EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917 NO JOHNSTON LETTER. Enthusiastic Temperance Meet ing. Dual Birthday Celebra tion. Apollo Music Club Hold Reciprocity Day. One of the most enthusiastic tem perance meeting? ever held in John ston was that of last week in the Baptist cturch, and all denomina tions met in a co-operative meeting to pray for national constitutional prohibition. Every one present, the church be ing filled, wa? in hearty sympathy with the occasion, and there is no doubt this meeting will occasion telling results. Rev. W. S. Brooke, pastor of the Baptist church, greatly aided the local W. C. T. U. in planning for \ this service, and secured the speak ers, and did much to make it the great success it was. He presided over the service, and the music all bore on temperance, lfiss Sallie Heyward effectively sang, "Brighter Days Are Coming." The "Young Campaigners," in costume, under the leadership of Mrs. J. H. White, came in and j made a striking tableau with ban ners of the dry states. They then sang, "Prohibition Plenty in 1920:'' Mrs. L. C. Latimer read selec tions from the national presidents address* and Mrs. M. E. Norris read the ??. M. ls\ Stevens proclamation for prohibition. After fitting words upon the oc casion by Rev. W. S. Brooke, ad dresses were heard from Mr. H. G. Eidson, Supt. of the M. E. Sunday School, Rev. M. L. Rester, pastor, St. John's Lutheran church and Mr. S. J. Watson, Supt. of the Baptist Sunday School. All pr?tent endors ed "national constitutional prohi cition." In the afternoon a meeting of prayer was held in the home of Mrs. M. A. Huiet. Joining with the W. ??T. U. was the Thursday aft?r " 1 noon grayer circle. Mr. Albert Lott has been spend ing awhile in Florida, and the cli mate has already benefitted him greatly. Mr. Oscar D. Asbell died on last Tuesday at his home in Tompson, Ala. He leaves a wife and three little children and several brothers and sisters. He was born and rear ed here, and was a student of this school and a member of the Baptist church before making his home elsewhere. He was the son of Mr. L. G. Asbell, a brotifer ol' Rev. Tillman Asbell and Mr. Abner As bell. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crouch vis ited in Columbia last week and at tended the reception given by Gov. and Mrs. R. I. Manning on Tues day evening. Mr. F. M. Boyd is at home from a.week's stay in Charleston, in the interest of his business. Mrs. Saunders spent last week in Aiken in the h( me of her father, Capt. Mm ray, who has been ill. The dual birthday celebration of the two great chieftains, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson was had on Sunday afternoon, by the Mary Buie chapter, D. of C., and an aj> proprjate program was arranged by the historian, Mrs. O. D. Black. In opening, she slated that it was fitting that this be had on Sunday, as these two great men were such prayerful men and their religion was shown in the battlefield. The meeting was opened with, "How Firm a Fpuudation," a favor ite hymn of each, and which was sung at their funerals. The Ritual prayer was read by Mrs. P. B. Waters, Jr., all joining in the Lord's prayer. ''The Life <>i Lee" was^given by Mrs. F. M. Boyd. Reading, "The Sword of Lee," Miss (.'lara Sawyer. "'Lee's March," a piano Bulo, Miss Bettie Waters. "The Life of Stonewall Jackson," -Mrs. M. T. Turner. Vocal solo, "Stonewall Jackson's Prayer,"-Mrs. J. H. White. Capt. Quarles, of Abbeville, made a splendid talk pn "The Lives and Character of Lee and Jackson.v He is a veteran and there were many personal touches in,his talk, he hav ing been with these two noble he roes at various times during the war between the States. * "America" was sung, and the oc (Continued on Fifth Page.) Trial of Mr. Spanell tor Killing Col. Calbreath Butler. San Angelo, Tex., Jan. 21.-The trial of Harry J. Spanell on the charge of having murdered Lient. Col. C. M. Burler, of the Sixth United Slates Cavalry and Mrs. Harry J. Spanell, in Alpine, Tex., while the three were automobiling on July 20, 1916, is attracting wide attention. The killing caused a sensation among army men on the Mexican border. Spanell was indicted by the grand jury at Alpine on a charge of murder but because of the local feeling it was deemed advisable to grant a change of venue and the trial was set for San Angelo. Spanell was a music teaefcer at Baylor College at Waco, Tex., when he married Crystal Holland, the daughter of Colonel John Hol land, a wealthy cattle man of wee tern Texas. Later Spanell went to Alpine with his wife, where he as sumed the management of the Hol land hotel which was owned by Mrs. Spanell's father. Mr. and Mrs. Spanell made their home at the ho tel. It was there that they met Lieu tenant-Colonel Butler when thearmy officer came to Alpine in command of the oaralry troops on that part of the border. Lieutenaut-Colonel Butler made his headquarters at the Holland Hotel and became the friend of Mr. and Mrs. Spanell. On the evening of the tragedy Spanell drove up to the door of the hotel in his automobile and invited Lieutenant-Colonel Butler to accom pany him and Mrs. Spanell for a ride. When only a short cVislance from the hotel and on the principal .treet of the little town, shots were heard from the Spanell automobile and Mrs. Spanell was found in al dying condition in the rear seat of' the car with Lieutenant-Colonel Butler's body beside#her. Her death followed soou after. Spanell gave himself up but re fused to make any statement re garding the tragedy. Because of the prominence of the victims, a board of inquiry was ap pointed from the army to make an investigation of the facts leading up to the tragedy. This board com pletely exonerated Lieutenant-Colo nel Buller from any blame and the report stated that the army oilieer's friendship for Mr. and Mrs. Spanell was honorable and his conduct above reproach at all times. Lieutenant-Colonel Butler W89 the son of Major-General Calvert Math ew Butler (retired) of South Caro lina who was a United States sena tor at one time. His wife was the daughter of a leading family of Nashville, Tenn. New Directories Issued. The new directory of the South ern Bell Telephone Company bas been delivered to the subscribers in Edgefield and Johnston by manager J. J. Roach. The new directory is attractive in appearance and con tains all the changes and corrections in listing that has been made Bince the last directory was printei. The number of new names ap pearing in list would indicate that there are constant additions to the number of subscribers in Kdcefield and Johnston and vicinity and the ttlophone development is contin uous. The Southern Bell Company has evolved a plan whereby it furnishes telephone service to farmers and other rural residents on an economi cal basis. As a result the telephone is now the rule rather than the ex ception, on the farm, and farmers in all sections of the State are install ing telephones in their homes. The plant of the Southern Bell Company in Edgefield and Johnston is main tained at a high state of efficiency and the subscribers are well satis fied with the service that Manager J. J. Roach is rendering. Mr. Knight Buys Home. J. Broadus Knight, clerk of the federal court for the western dis trict of South Carolina, who is well known here, has purchased the home place of the late James R. Laurence at the corner of North Main and Eatle streets, in the city of Green ville, for a consideration of $15,000. Mr. Kniirht will make his home at that place, it is announced.-Green ville Piedmont. LEE CELEBRATION? Birthday of Great Confederate General Fittingly Celebrated. Maste/Iy Address and in spiring Music. At noon Friday, the 110th anni versary of the birth of General Rob ert Edward Lee was appropriately celebrated in the high school audi torium under tho auspices / of the Edgefield chapter, U. P. C. The attendance wa? larger than usual and the programme was splendidly arranged. The rostrum was fitting ly decorated with Confederate col ors and flags. Hanging on the wall to the rear of the rostrum was a portrait of Gen. Lee of life sise, with Confederate flair? draped about it, the"whofe furnishing an inspir ing background for those who par ticipated in the exercises. Prof. T. J. Lyon acted as master of ceremonies, calling upon Rev. Arthur L. Gunter to open the exer cises with prayer*. Then " Dixie" was sung by the several "hundred pupils of the graded and high schools. A recitation, "Marse Robert is , Asleep," was well ren dered by Miss Emmie Broadwater. Rev. E. C. Bailey introduced tho orator of the occasion, Dr. Ashby Jone?, pastor of the First Baptist ohurch of Augusta and a brother of Dr. E. Pendleton Jones. Dr. Jones' subject was "Robert Edward Lee." He fir*t presented the personal side of the life of the great chieftain and next referred to his achievements as a military genius. Dr. Jones fol lowed or traced Ihe military career of General Lee from the beginning of the war, when he resigned his commission as an officer in the Fed eral army to fight with his own peo ple of the South in defense of honor and justice, down to the surrender at Appomattox. Campaign after campaign, battle after battle, and year by year of the four years of deadly struggle, were taken-up by the dintinguished speaker to show the marvelous achievements of Gon eral Lee. Dr. Jones is peculiarly lilted fo the task assigned him, in that his distinguished father, the late Rev. William Jones, D. D., was a member of Gen. Lee's staff, and upon the death of the g?n?ral his family selected the late Dr. Jones lo write his biography, turn ing over to bim all of the official documents and private papers of General Lee. Dr. Ashby Jones stated lhat it had been his privilege to read these papers, even the let ters ol General Lee to members of his family and to most inundate friends. This opportunity which earne to but few made it possible for him to know thc great Confed erate general as but few were privi leged to know him. For more than an hour Dr. Jones held the closest attention of the large audience, many leaning forward in their seats in their eagerness to catch '?very word. It is deeply regretted that the masterly address, so replete with personal reminiscence and^ valuable historical data, can not be preserv ed. At the close of Dr. Jones' ad dress a vocal solo, "Carry Me Back to Ole \-irginny," was sang by Miss Ruth Tompkins, with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman. Er-Gov. J. C. Sheppard present ed in a very fitting manner large portraits of the three greatest Con federate heroes, Gen. L?e, Gen. Jackson and President Davis, to the graded and high schools. He also, in behalf of Mrs. Agatha Woodson, presented to tho Edgefield chapter for their museum the roll of the Edgefield Rifles, the first company to volunteer for service in the Con federate army from Edgefield comi ty. The portraits were accepted for the school by Prof. James Bon ner, his remarks being altogether appropriate. A pleasing feature of the pro gramme announced at this time was a piano solo, "Dixie," by Master Benjamin Cogbnrn, which was fol lowed by a reading, "The Conquer ed Banner," by Master Edwin Folk. At the beginning of tho sessioh last fall the Edgefield chanter, U. D. C., offered two prizes to the pu pi 1 ? of the school writing the best essays on 1 R. E. Lee, the Man, the Soldier, the College President.'" These prises were presented by Mr. Arthur Tompkins, the first prize, five dollars in gold, to Miss Brooke Jones for writing the best essay, HARDY'S HAPPENINGS. ?ft -? Bad Roads Make Travel - Diffi cult. Service at Hardy's. Mis sion Society Meets With Mrs. McKie. We have been having such miser able ! weatbei and roads that we bave^pitied those who were obliged to go^out in the weather and over the roads. Then too, we bad some such.cold days that the school chil dren-would almost freeze. The three DeLaughter children have to leave/home by seven o'clock to get to North Augusta in time, also the four^McKie children leave a few mihntes after seven. They also go to North Augusta. Mrs. Harry Bunch and her little folksjleave just after eUht to go to Centenary Hill school. The two smallest only come a third of a mile and are almost frozen when t^ey get this far. The other two, we Tiiiow, suffer before reaching school. Those little fellows that have I to walk over the cold wet ground, and through wet, frosty weeds, surely haye a rough time also. I School days though, are the hap piest 6f all, if we could realize it at the time. But as a rule, all chil dron consider them their hardest days, until they have grown old and look back, think of the many happy "times they have had at school and wish they had taken more ad vantage of their opportunities that they .wasted then, thinking it so hard to go to school such weather. I often dream of being back at the dear old Haughton Institute and wake to realize, * 'tis only a dream." The pew Haughton building does not'resVmble the one that was de stroyed' by fire last 22nd of March. The now one will be grand when finished: ' Sunday being service day at Har dy's^ we attended and the day brig?;une^^^We '* went, until the clouds bad vanished, leaving the beautiful blue sky. Such a welcome sight, by the time we came out of church. There were no automo biles there, as it was about all the "mule obilcs" could do to get through tho mud. Very few of those even, were there. The W. M. Society is to meet next Thursday with Mr?. Georgia McKie at her home. We hope that there will be a full attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fouche attend ed service at Hardy's with Mrs. Frances Townes, .Mr. Martin Med lock, and Mr. Ingram with Mr. Harry Bunch. Mesdames Frances Townes and Hortense Fouche visited Mrs. Har ry Bunch Sunday afternoon. The Meriwether Agricultural Club met Saturday and enjoyed an "oyster stew" instead of "barbe cue." Mr. Milton Barker was vot ed in as a member o'f the club. Mr. Herbert Bunch attended thc Richmond Co. Club "cue" on Thurs day and heard Mr. Worsham talk on the boll weevil question and what the farmers should plant. If "Mr. Weevil" does take possessio which he says, is as as sure to come, as the sun to rise. There seems to be a great many hogs dying from cholera over in the Sweetwater section. We hope that it will not spread over this far. Those that die should be burned, so as to keep dogs and buzzards from spreading the disease. We are very sorry to hear of Mr. John Scott having lost his horse while at Edgefield. Horsss cost al most as much as an automobile now ad ays. Mr. Henry M ed lock's little baby boy has been right sick with croup, but is better now. Mrs. Frances Townes had two chills last week. They have not stopped, even during the winter. What can those people over in the mosvnito zone expect for the sum mer if chills continue now? We had lots of rain Monday morning, accompanied by high winds. Another dark, bad day. and the second prize, two dollars and a half in gold, to Miss Willie Peak fdr writing the second beni .-sr-ay. , The celebration, which in many respects was the best of the kind ?vcr held in Edgefield, waiconclud d with the h.', mn, "How Firm roundation." by the entire audienoe, ibis being Gen. Lee's favorite hymn. Major Anderson is Some Senate Doorkeeper. Washington, Jan. 2u -Maj. "Dick," Anderson of Edgefield, guardian of the main entrance ti the senate chamber at the capitol, is as full of good stones as it is pos sible for a human to be. He not only knows the present but the pa-? also, and tells interestingly of the battle of the crater and other en gagements of the War Between the Sections, as well as of the days when horse racing, chicken fighting and dueling (vere the real thing in South Carolina and bow the famous old Sand Bar ferry" was used in the days now gone. At any rate, this man who weut through four years of strife and is willing, at this time, to walk from Washington to Edgeiield, if he should have to dd" it, as he once said he would when a railroad strike was imminent, is doorkecp iug and he ie on the job every min ute of the time that the senute is in session. A few days ago Maj. Anderson was there and a tall, well built citi zen approached and started into the senate chamber. "Private, can't go in there," the major said: But this did not 6top the aforesaid citi zen who wanted to see what Ihe -nate was doing without the .onblf of going upstairs to a gallery. This inquisitive individual made another attempt to make his way past Maj. Anderson, when the lat ter though not a large man at all, rose from his chair and blocked his way. With this the stranger put his hand in his vest pocket, pulled a card therefrom, and here is what it said: "James J. Corbet." That did not set Maj. Anderson back a bit. Kot much. He, too, pulled out a card which bore his name and handing it to the former king of the boxing ring he taid: "My name is Anderson, you can't go in there and that's all there ii. to it." That settled the matter and Edge field won again over the man who was the ring hero with the famous John L. Sullivan many years ago. Mr. Calhoun Mays Urges oreen wood Delegation to Take First Step. (Greenwood Journal.) Mr. Calhoun A. Mays has sent the following letter to each mem ber of the Greenwood delegation. Is it not appropriate that the del egation fruin Greenwood County, a county which has never li arl legal ized sale of liquor, should take the lead in passing a law which will prohibit the advertising ol' liquor in J this State through newspapers, mag azines, bill boards, baud bills, per sonal solicitation or otherwise. lam not informed as to whether or not such a bill is already before the leg islature. If there is I am sure that ,it will have your hearty support. If it is not, I would respectl illly sug gest that you introduce one. The late reports from Congress indicate that it will pass a law prohibiting the use of the mails for the purpose of liquor advertising in those States which have local laws against such advertising. Let us t,et in shane to receive full benefits of such a law. The greatest evil of liquor adver tising is not that it mikes liquor ac cessible to those who cravj it and who would otherwise not know where to get it, but that the adver tising, by clever suggestion, creates an appetite which would otherwise not exist. The advertising is, t herefore, one of the greatest evils involvedjin the traf fic, in that it is a constant menace to the younger generation and to others who have not been so unfor tunate as to form the liquor habit. The country is to be congratulated that Congress is cooperating willi the States in their tight for freedom against]this great evil. Yours respectfully, Calhoun A. Mays. Mr. D. C. Smith of Salada and Mr. Thaddeus Strom of E igefield spent Friday and Saturday at tin home of the former's daughter, Mrs. E. T. Carlston. Mr. Strom is a veteran, and although 73 years old and wounded t wice during the war, as hale and. heany a> a yoting man of 50 yeans. - Newberry Herald and News. RED OAK GROVE. Good Sunday School. Convention at Clark's Hill. Sick Conva lescing. Y. W. A. At tendance Small. We regret we can't report large representation from Red Oak Grove Sunday School at the convention yesterday at Clark's Hill. Frank Kennjck.and Dewey Dorn were the only attendants and they report good news for the speakers present. Their remarks were helpful and en couraging to all interested in Sun day School work. The work being a most important oue, an opportu nity for improvement should not be carelessly overlooked or neglected, for by so doing, we indirectly rob the children under our care of knowledge that we should impart to them. Children are largely what we make them, and a. good Sunday School is just what the older mem bers make it. We should remem ber that the children today are the governing powers tomorrow. They are the greatest asset of the world. We are due them the best of our ability in the Sunday School work. The only religious training many ever know and retain, is obtained while a child in Sunday* School. The sickness in our community yet prevails, though some are bet ter. We console ourselves though, hoping it is the unseasonable wea ther conditions and not a local cause for the continued sickness in our "little town." Mrs. Mamie Doolittle and Mrs. Mattie Lamb has been suffering from rheumatism. Mrs. James Hamilton has also been confined to her room for sev eral days. Df Whitlock is successfully handling his duty, and we are sure his success largely lies in his likjng his profe-^^E. ' ."21-e-kV "?" broaden ing out, and being such a voting man with his present ability his fu ture career is bright. Life is largely what we make it, " no matter what we be. As much sunshine for us through life as gloom and dispair, if we earnestly seek for it. Mrs. Hattie Wald rofl: left for a few days sojourn at Batesburg and other places before returning to her father's, Rev. G. W. Hussey, whom she will leave about the middle of Feb. guing back to Chicago. She leaves pleasant memories of her vis it in our midst, the home of her childhood. The automobiles after a bod spell of weather, remind us of a brood of little chickens. You see very little ol' them till the sun comes out, and then some'go one way and some another, but bad weather makes them come back to "mother na tuie." Th? sickness in community caus ed only few Y. W. A. to be pres ent at meeting yesterday, hut as several visitors were present, had a good meeting. Row at "Hot Supper." Saturday night some negree? held a "hot supper" on the farra of Mr. J. C. Berry of the Harmony sec-lion and as usual for such functions, es pecially when whiskey is present, a disagreement arose and a general shooting up of the place resulted. .Just how the disturbance began The Advertiser is nut informed. Sheriff Sweariugen was telephoned for and went at once to the scene of the trouble. He made six arrests, the following persons being lodged in jail, Charlie Mays, Dred, Willie and Bee Gray, Wallace and Ed Hampton and Skinner Johnsen. All of them except Charlie Mays have been released on bond, he being held awaiting the result of a gnu shot wouud alleged to have been in dicted by him upon the thigh of Jim Abney. The only fatality thus far was the shooting of a fiue mule. Owe of the negroes who attended the supper hitched his mule to a post of the front piazza and during the shoot ing, probably 20 shots being fired, the mule received a load of. buck shot, Lulling dead in the harness. Sheriff Swearingen made a thorough search of the community and arrest ed all parties in any way connected ?vith tho shooting aud it is probable that others will yet be drawn into the affray.