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EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1918
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Children's Day at Methodist
Church. Surgical Dressing
Class. Red Cross Great
Success.
Children's Day at the Methodist
Church here is one of the Red Letter
days and on Sunday this day was
observed in a most beautiful and ap
propriate manner.
The church was lavishly decorated
with tu? choicest blossoms and made
a lovely place for these little human
blossoms, as they each so well ren
dered a pari of the program.
Cradle Roll exercises were had
and each little one was given a
bunch of sweet peas. The songs and
readings by the older ones and that
part of the program by the little
ones made it all one of the best,
most impressive and most memorable
days ever held in the church.
Following is the program:
Chorus, by choir.
Prayer, Mr. H. G. Eidson.
Song, "The Children's Hosanna."
Talk, Mr. H. G. Eidson.
Recitation, "Children's Day." Fran
cs Crouch.
Recitation, "When, we Grow Big,"
Louise Crouch.
Recitation, "God Needs the Chil
dren," Lona Perry.
"Praise," by twelve primary chil
dren.
"Little Soldiers of the King," by
nine beginners.
Cradle Roll call by Margaret Rey
nolds.
"Welcome to Cradle Rollers,"
Eloise Eidson, Mary Toney and Car
rie Louise Templeton.
Recitation, "When Jesus Was a
Little Child," Everett Yonce.
"Jesus Loving Little Children,"
Mary Reynolds.
Song, "Jesus Loves Me," Prima
ry and Beginners class.
Recitation, "The Light House and
Its Keeper," Vernon Sawyer.
Recitation, "I Cannot See the pow
er," Mildred Crouch.
Exercise, "Those Who do not
Sing," by six little ones, each carry
ing a contest flag.
Song, "The Sweetest Story," choir
Reading, "Rock of Ages," Ora ;
Belle Perry.
"Jesus Our Keepera" six little
girls.
"What Jesus Thinks of Me," Hel
en Yonce.
Song, "Children's Day Ode," Ora
Belle Perry.
"Our Offering," Margaret Rey- j
nolds.
Prayer song.
The surgical dressing classes are j
making fine progess in the class les
sons and much interest is being man- j
ifested. Miss Carolyn Guignard is one
of the finest instructors and the Red
Cross Chapter considers itself very
fortunate in having secured her. The
morning class is composed of Mrs. !
J. W. Mish, Mrs. W. E. LaGrone, Mrs
J. H. White, Mrs. L. S. Maxwell,,
Mrs. E. 0. Crouch, Mrs. Olin Eidson
Mrs. J. L. Walker, Mrs. J. R. Hoyt,
Miss Clara Sawyer and Miss Zena
Payne.
The afternoon class is composed of
Mesdames J. W. Marsh, J. A. Lott,
Alfred Hutto, Lewis Blount and
Misses Eva Rushton, Gertrude Stro
ther and Daisy Brockington..
There are four rooms for the work i
two for surgical dressing and the j
other for general work, sewing and
knitting.
On Thursday afternoon the rooms
were open for visitors and there
were many, scarcely a man of the
town who did not tome in at some
time of the afternoon. Each one was
greatly pleased with the work and
the progress made.
The sudden death of Mr. Albert
Dozier in the early hours of Mon
day morning, brought sorrow, to the
hearts of all. He had not been sick
any length of time, and on Sunday
evening talked with his family and
Father La Revier who was spending
the night with the family.
For several years he has suffered
with asthma, but the immediate
cause of his death was heart failure.
Soon after r etiring he suffered an |
attack of asthma; and later his phy- |
sician was called in, but his condition
grew so alarming his wife phoned for
another physician to aid, but the end I
came before he reached the bedside, j
Mr. Dozier was a devout Catholic,
(Contined on page One.)
HARDY'S HAPPENINGS.
Woman's Missionary Society
Met. Service Flag to be
Presented to Hardy's
Church.
We have been having such fine
rains all along until tb is past week
that we have missed it, now, since
it shut off and failed to give us
some. The gardens and corn show
the need of it already. In the sand
country the Irish potatoes have
turned vellow and are dying. I
heard of some expecting to plow
them up and plant again this week.
As a rule the potato crop has been
exceptionally fine. Some of the
cabbage have blistered and some the
lady bugs are sucking to death.
There is always some pesky insect
at work, doing damage to some
thing. The borers are killing some
fruit trees. The apples are falling
very fast. We did not tret to spray
the trees the second time, as they
should have been.
The harvest season is at hand,
and where are the reapers? That is
a problem, in this community. As
I was looking at the beautiful grain
and thinking the cycle will soon
come along and mow it down, it
occured to rae it stands like a
mighty army of soldiers. And they
are being mowed down by those
"Tanks," almost like the grain will
soon be. Oh! this war! this terri
ble war! Even the 'school boys are
being put in training this summer
in New York. Will be carried
right on from Clemson, without go
ing home to see their parents. We
will miss seeing our boy this sum
mer. We hope he will come back
in August.
Thinking always of the war, we
think and pray every day for our
soldiers and red cross nurses, and
the wounded men in those hospitals,
Gud bless them all, and bring them
back to us victorious.
The W. M. S. met last Thursday
with Mrs. T. L. Harley and enjoy
ed a splendid program. Mrs. T. J.
Briggs, presiding, asked Mrs. Kato
to read a piece in the "Kansas City
Star," written by some lady, tell
ing of her 12 year old boy doing
harrowing for his father while he
was off selling Liberty Bonds, and
the little boy came very near being
seriously injured by falling and
catching his foot between the dicKS
and his head was within a foot of
horses feet. He called his mother
several times to come help him, but
she did not hear him. Finally she
went to call him in and found bini
in this condition. She got help by
calling the neighbors over the phone
and the boy fortunately was not in
jured. She then told of her eider
boy being in the service and said
mothers do not let your boys call
you for help and you do not hear,
do all you can to help the "Red
Cross." Collection for the Red
Cross was then taken, and soon
$35.00 given for it. There were
nothing like a full attendance, and
we hope all those were not lhere
will contribute generously as the
others did. We hope to organize a
band of "Red Cross" workers soon.
After the delicious refreshments
were served, as it was quito late, we
had to hurry off home.
But I forgot to say, we voted to
raise a service Hag at Hardys
church, fifth Sunday in June, if it
will not interfere with the union
meeting services. Committees were
appointed to see about the flag,
also for the special music. Mrs. J.
T. Reese, and Mrs. Walter Stevens
were the Hag committee. And Mrs.
Fred Barker, Mrs. Lewis Kato and
Mrs. W. Stevens for music.
We were sorry to hear of Mrs.
Georgia Hammond having been
quite sick and hope she is much im
proved ere this. Also Mrs. Hugh
Harrison, glad to say she is un
again. Mr. IL G. Bunch, and
baby Ruth, aie real sick. She is
teething and we are very uneasy
about her, as whooping cough is all
around here. Mrs. Bunch we hope
is some better of her cold. Mrs.
Baynard is a little better.
Mr. John Matthews passed away
Sunday afternoon, May 2G, an ill
ness of three weeks. He was 83
years of age, Feb. 22nd 1018. A
good christian man has gone to his
reward. He has lived in this com
munity all his life and I never
heard aught said against him. He
has been a member of the church
for 50 years or more, and was the
oldest deacon of Sweetwater church.
SECOND REGISTRATION
Pursuant to an Act of Congress which has been approv
ed by President Wilson, every young man in Edgefield
county, both white and colored, who has attained to the age
of 21 years since Jun: 5, 1917!,--will be required to report to
the Local Board for EdgefielcLcounty on June 5, 1918, at its
office in the town of Edgefield? to be registered for military
service. The registration will;begin at 7:00 A. M. and close
at 9:00 P. M.
Those who should register under the provisions of the
Act of Congress and fail to do will lay themself liable to
prosecution. .
The white people should, inform all colored people of
[the registration that is to be h?ld Wednesdaj*, June 5. Un
like thc registration of a year ago, when a place of registra
tion was provided in each townv there will be only one place
provided for registration in the county, and that will be in
the office of the Local Board
J. L. M IMS ,
W. B. COGBURN,
R. A. MARSH.
... Local Board.
Appeal to the Farmers.
To the Farmers of South Carolina:
This letter is a direct appeal from
your government to give assistance
in this hour of our greatest national
trial.
The War Savings Committee for
South Carolina will conduct a cam
paign during the period of June 14th
to June 28th when four hundred
thousand of our men, women and
children will be asked to sign pledg
es to purchase thirty-three million
dollars worth of war Saving stamps
during the year 1918.
During the same period the peo
ple of the state will be asked "to pur
chase at least $6,000,000 worth of
these stampsr'You wiil~riote inclosed
some literature. Please read this care
fully.
1
Mt. Zion News.
(Written for last week)
We are having some refreshing
showers in this section and every-1
thing is looking beautiful.
The friends of Mrs. James Frank
lin will regret to hear that she is
sick with fever. We hope she will
soon recover.
Mr. David Harris and family spent
last Sunday very pleasantly at the
home of Mr. Milledge Strom.
Miss Marie Padgett has returned
to .Seviern after spending a few days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
M. Padgett
Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Barton and
Mrs. Susan Gamer visited friends
at Trentonsuhday.
Several of the children of our
?community have been suffering with
The campaign is to be conducted j the whooping cough.
under the direction of our chairman
in each county. He in turn is to
name a chairman for each school dis
trict. These school district chairmen
will need a great number of volun
teer workers to assist them in visit
ing all the homes of the people of
our state. It is possible that you may
not be directly asked to aid; how
ever, will you give us the pledge that
you will give every assistance possi
ble to these workers? See that South
Ca-olina does not fall down on this
important governmental program.
You can perform no greater service
for your country just now than by
purchasing and urging others to pur
chase war saving stamps. We must
save so as to release thc service and
material for our armies in the field.
We would like to have assurance
from you that you will give us the
support which we ask.
Yours faithfully,
Joe Sparks,
State Organizer.
Perrjr-Charous.
On Sunday afternoon at the resi
dence of Mr. Bob Smith in the Har
mony section, Mrs. Mattie Perry,
who was formerly Miss Kenny, was
married to Mr. Frank Chavous who
holds a position in the Addison Mills.
A number of friends were present
at the marriage, among them, Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Smith of Edgefield,
Mr. Charles Kenny and Mr. and Mrs.
I Jas. H. White of Johnston.
A large shipment of shapes and
ribbons, arrived to-day.
Hubenstein.
We have a large assortment of
men's and boys' summer suits in
kool cloth, palm, black and mohair.
Hubenstein.
Every one will miss him at his
home and church in maqy ways. It
was very pathetic to see his two lit
tle grand nieces grive for him.
They have been chums all their
lives. He has takenHheir side when
ever they were corrected. They went
to him to be comforted. They will
all miss him greatly. One by one
they are passing away, leaving sad
hearts to mouin their loss. So we
must all go some day, and we
should be ready to answer the call
when it comes. We extend our
sympathies to the bereaved family.
Hardys.
Mr. Dewey Padgett and Miss Lilla
Mae Padgett spent Sunday with
friends at North Augusta.
Mr. Claud Harris, Mr. Sammie
Carpenter, Mr. V. D. Harris and
Misses Helen and Fannie Harris and
Mabel Carpenter had a delightful
trip down to see the chalk bed Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. Eldred Barton has purchased
a beautiful Overland touring car.
Mrs. Emma Weeks and daughter,
Mary, are expected to return home
soon after an extended visit with rel
atives. They will be accompanied by
Mrs. Susan Garner who will visit
her daughter, Mrs. J. Whitlock.
Grateful For Sweater From
D. A. R.
U. S. S. Nashville,
March 25, 191S.
Dear Miss Annie:
The knitted outfit {ou good women
of Edgefield sent me was received a
few days ago, and I will try to thank
you for so useful a present.
The sweaters constitute a part of |
our uniform whether at sea or on lib
erty, and all of the boys think
them great. The mufliers, mittens,
and helmets are used on the watches
at sea, and when clad in them we have
no fear of the winds. Whoever de
signed such an outfit is worthy of a
heavenly crown, very little, if any,
brighter, however, than the thousands
of noble women and girls who devoted
so mu:h of their time, and energy,
to the execution of this design and to
many other ways to help make the
sailors and soldiers comfortable and
happy.
You have no idea how much it helps
one so far from home and friends to
know Lhat the people he left have his
welfare at heart. It is a great incen
tive to bring out one's best efforts.
I would like to write you of our work
and some of the interesting sights I
have seen, but of course that is not|
permissible. Let us hope, however,
that when it is over we can all come
home and tell exactly how our little bit
helped to win.
Sincerely yours,
Hammond Carmichael.
(This sweater was made by the
Edgefield D. A. R., which organization J
sent a number of these splendid gar
ments to our boys.)
I respectfully announce that I am
a candidate for the office of magis
trate of the second magisterial dis
trict of Edgefield county and pledge
myself to abide the result of the
Democratic primary election.
Wallace W. Wise.
RED OAK GROVE.
Sunbeam Band Met. Fire Nar
rowly Averted. Young Sol
dier Entertained. Respond
ed to Red Cross.
The next Sunday School lesson is
very interesting, "Self-forgetful ser
vice." Not many of us imitate either
the "widow" or "Mary" in our gifts
to missions.
The Sunbeam Band met last Sun
day at Red Oak Grove and in the
absence of the leader, was conducted
by Miss Kathleen Kenrick. Good at
tendance and four new members en
rolled. They have raised their appor
tionment.
The home of Mrs. "West Doolittle
came near being destroyed by fire
last Saturday. The entire roof near
the chimney was burned off before
the fire could be controlled. Had it
not been for the ready and heroic
efforts of their good neighbors, the
home would have been entirely con
sumed. At present they are occupy
ing the two rooms that remain un
der cover.
Mrs. Fannie Griffis will return
home this week from Augusta where
she has been with her sister, Miss
Mamie Bussey who will return also,
having undergone treatment at the
University Hospital. Her friends re
joice at her speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Byrd McClendon
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb
last Sunday.
Miss Marie Timmerman and Mr.
Bruce Timmerman were guests of
Miss Kathleen Kenrick last week-end
Mr. Dewey Young spent last Sat
urday night and Sunday with Mr.
Frank Kenrick.
Messrs. J. T. Griffis and George
Gilchrist made a pleasant visit to
Augusta last week-end.
MT. George Mathis returned to
his home last Sunday, having been
with his daughter, Mrs. Jessie Bailey
for several days.
Mr. John Agner, one of our best
young men, was called to service at
Camp Jackson last Saturday. He left
with the best wishes of his many
friends. Mr. Charley Bailey was call
ed to report, but returned for the
time being, having his mind fully rec
onciled to go in training. We rejoice
that the boys manifest such splendid
spirit in answering the call to ren- j
der a service of self-sacrifice.
Mr. John Reese from Fremont
Camp, California, has been warmly
greeted by his friends during the fif
teen day's furlough spent with home
folks. He volunteered four years ago
for service and re-enlisted. Now he
is to leave for France on his return
to California, having had valuable
experience in army life in the Phil
ippine Islands and elsewhere.
Mr. Reese, with Mr. Charley Bai
ley as host, was entertained at the
home of Mr. Pickens Bailey last Wed
! nesday night with a -very interesting
;and pleasant little program arranged
by Miss Kathleen Kenrick. The dec
? orations were simple but beautiful
being exclusively patriotic. Red Cross
emblems were conspicuously in evi
dence. On the whole the evening was
a very enjoyable one.
The people responded so beautifully
to the support of the Red Cross, the
gifts from Red Hill and Red Oak
Grove going in together. The amount
asked from Red Hill was raised and
exceeded by several dollars.
Besides the work of the campaign
I for the Red Cross, the various branch
es of the work were discussed and
the ladies in both sections we find
actively at work, some supporting
the work of the Red Cross in Au
gusta, contributing there. While it
goes for the same cause, old Edge
field should have credit for the work
her people are doing, we think. If
some one would come and tell us
how, we would like to organize so
that our efforts might be more defi
nite and distinct.
The many friends of Mrs. Maggie
Griifis miss her pleasant, cheerful
face in her home but rejoice that her
condition was such as to enable her
to enjoy a change which is being
pleasantly spent with loved ones and
friends in Edgefield.
Many good wishes to The Adver
tiser for the success of the new im
provements and I feel sure that the
patrons will, too, be the winners
thereby.
May 27, 1918.
MEETING STREET.
Successful Red Cross Rally.
Contributions Generous.
War Savings Stamps Ef
fectively Presented.
I am writing to tell you of a little
Red Cross rally we had at Stevens
Creek church last Friday night with
three of your Edgefield patriotic
sons in our midst, namely, Messrs.
J. W. Thurmond, A. S. Tompkins and
P. B. Mayson, who addressed us in
short speeches on the necessity of
the Red Cross Fund and showing the
great good that is being derived
therefrom. Well, our people up here
as they usually do when they see the
importance of the matter, just came
right across with a subscription of
one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
I am sending you a list of the sub
scribers which you will please be
kind enough to publish. I think it a
good idea to publish these things so
that Uncle Sam can see who does
and who does not come to his rescue
in a time of need like the present
crisis that now overshadows our
whole country. T think there are a
great many more who will yet sub
scribe to this worthy cause and I
want to say that the good colored
people of this section have set out
to do their bit and in the near future
I feel sure that you will see a nice
subscription from them also. You
can just tell Kaiser Bill that we are
going after him with our religion,
our money and our men and that we
are sure to get him sooner or later
but I am trusting that we will get
him soon and then we will all join
in singing, "Sweet land of liberty,,
of thee I sing."
Mr. E. J. Mims was in our commu
nity last Sunday in the interest of
the War Savings Stamps He address
ed the colored people at Willow
Springs church in the morning and
the white people at Stevens Creek
church . in the afternoon. We were
glad to have Mr. Mims with us, and ,
by the way, he is one of our boys
although Edgefield claims him, be
cause he was reared here and carried
character and business qualifications
from this section by which he has
been enabled to hold a place of
trust and honor for the many years
he has been in Edgefield. We are al
ways glad to have him with us.
Now after a few words about the
crops I will close. "General Green"
is now making about such efforts to
conquer us in our crops as the Ger
man people have been making for
the past forty years to conquer and
dominate the balance of the world.
Spring oats are fine and we have
good stands of cotton upon which
we are now working very hard.
Corn is now being pianted. We
haven't much early corn in this sec
tion as we usually plant the bulk of
the corn crop here in May and June.
We are working unceasingly and
trusting for a brighter future than
present and praying that ii may not
be far ahead of us. Wishing every
thing good for you and yours,
Respectfully,
J. H. C.
Meeting Street, S. C.
Daughters American Revolu
tion.
The May meeting of the D. A. R.
met last week 'with Mrs. Maner Law
ton as hostess.
As it was the afternoon for the
election of officers, the historical
program was not so full as usual,
but the occasion was a very pleasant
one.
An account of the National D. A.
R. Congress was read by Miss Sarah
Collett, and Mrs. Shannonhouse, ac
companied by her daughter, Miss
Norma, on the piano, sang a beauti
ful selection. Fifteen glasses of jel
ly were reported sent to Camp Jack
son by the chapter.
The officers elected were, Mrs.
Mamie Tillman, Regent; vice Regent,
Miss Sarah Collett; Secretary, Mrs.
W. C. Tompkins; Recording secre
tary, Mrs. Maggie Hill; Treasurer,
Mrs. Jas. R. Cantelou and Registrar,
Miss Annie Clisby.
At the close of the program a very
dainty salad course with iced tea
was served.
Delightful apple-butter, 20 cents
per pound at
L. T. May's.

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