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VOL. 86
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1921
No. 4:? ?i
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Ordination Service Second
Sunday in September. Re
vival Closed at Har
mony, Tobaccoo
Barn Burns.
On Sunday morning, at the Bap
tist church, plans for the ordination
to the ministry, of Messrs. James
Edwards and Ed Johnson, were ar
ranged for. This occasion Will take
place on the second Sunday in Sept.,
and in all probability, will be an all
day service. The pastor appointed as
a committe to arrange for this, Mr.
S. G. Watson, Mr. Lucas Walker,
and Mr. Will Sawyer.
In resolutions, concerning the or
dination which were passed on by the
hoard of deacons, and read by Mr. S.
J. Watson, the churches of Red Bank,
Ridge, and Phillipi, were to send
represenatives to examine the two
young brethren, upon their taking
this great step.
A special sermon will bev. preach
ed -during the morning, and the or
dination will take place during the
afternoon service.
This will be a great day for the
church, this setting aside of these
two. young men to be lab'orors for
God.
Rev. Daniel Kellar has just closed
a revival service at Harmony Method
ist church, which has proved a great
blessing to all. There were many
that were brought into the fold and
the entire membership was spiritu
ally strengthened.
Mrs.* P. C. Stevens has gone to
Perry, Florida to visit in the family
of her son, Mr. Willie Pierce Stevens.
Mr a.nd Mrs. Newton Broadwater
have returned from a stay at Pine
Hill, N. ?.
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo .? Horne, of
Columbia and Messrs Guy Horne, of
Porthmouth, Ohio,, and Fletcher
Horne, pf lPittsbough, Pa., have been
for a visit to friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fleming Marsh,
of Columbia, spent last week^^here
with Mr. and Mrs. John Mars?T*""^ '
Miss Minnie Kinnedy, of Augusta,
has .been visiting her Aunt, Mrs. Eu
gene Thrailkill.
Mrs. G. R. Jones has returned
from Abbeville where she visited rel
atives. ,
Every one here deeply regrets the
fact, that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lott
contemplate making Augusta their
home, and will probably go in Sept.
Wherever they go, Johnson will claim
them as her own.
Mrs. L. C. Latim?r has gone to
Macon, Ga., to visit Dr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Latimer. This is her first visit
in the home of her son, Dr. Latimer,
since his marriage a few weeks ago.
Misses Isabel and Bessie Bean are
at home from visits to class mates,
who resided in the upper part of the
state.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Strother,
Harry and Josephine are visiting in
Newberry.
Miss Mary Walker entertained
very pleasantly on Friday evening
with a water melon cutting.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Tarrant and
little son, who have been residing at
Ridge, have returned to make John
ston their home.
Miss Leda Gall has returned to
Leesville after a few weeks visit
here with friends.
Miss Ruth Harris, of Albany,Ga.,
is visitinng her grandmother, Mrs.P.
N. Lott.
Mr. and Mrs. Pender and Miss
Pender arrived last Thursday from
Panama, annd will spend awhile here,
before going to the mountains for a^
three weeks stay. Mrs. Pender is
very pleasantly remembered here as
Mrs. Octavia Rushton, and her
friends are delighted to see her after
an absence of nearly two years.
Mrs. Frank Landrum and children,
of Florence, are guests of Mrs. A. P.
Lewis.
Mrs. J. Howard Payne, Margaret
.Helen, and Mrs. Wallace Turner and
Billie, spent the past week at Ninety
Six, with Mrs. George Galphin.
Dr. and Mrs. Horace Wright, of
Georgetown, are guests of the Misses
Sawyer.
The choir of the Baptist church is
planning to have a sacred concert
during the first part of September.
Mr. Paul Perry and Children, of
Peak, are guests of Mrs. Alice Cox.
Miss Fannie Turner entertained
the club on Thursday afternoon, and
besides the members, the visiting
young ladies were also guests.
As all arrived they were served
with punch out in the pergola, and
later were seated at tables on the
piazza,- for the game.
Four hands were played, and Miss
Maud Sawyer received the score
prize, a set of table markers, and the
consolation, a set of tally cards, fell
to Miss Gladys Sawyer.
Later all enjoyed a dainty salad
course with iced tea.
Mr. Mark Toney had the misfor
tune to lose his tobacco barn by fire
on Thursday hight. The barn was
well filled, and Mr. Cullam, who was
firing, left the barn about 1.0 o'clock*
with practically no fire. About an
Jiour later Mr. Toney returned from
Augusta to find the building/falling
in. It is supposed that the building
caught from the pipe, which had
been red hot. There was no insu
rance.
Mrs. Alvin Wright and children of
Anderson, are visiting in the home
of Mr. Joe Wright.
Rev. W. S. Brooke has closed two
fine meetings, one at Wards, where
twenty-two made profession of faith,
and one at Bethea, over thirty unit
ing with the church. A notable fea
ture of those. joining at Bethea is,
that many/ were heads of families.
During this week he is conduct
ing a meeting at Chestnut Hill
church.
County Chairman Issues Call
To Women Voters
Ladies of Newberry county should
avail themselves of the opportunity
to enroll in Democratic clubs:
I desire to call attention of the
ladies of the county that the Demo
cratic executive committee desires
all. ladies qualified to do so to call
upon the secretary of the club in
their precinct and sign the club roll
on or before August 23.. The fact
that you are registered does not al
low you to vote in the primary on the
30. You cannot vote in this primary
unless you sign the club roll in your
precinct.
You have been given the ballot
and it is your duty as good citizens
ion'. It matters hot how you feel a
bout it, it ie a duty you owe your
country, and the Democratic organ
ization wants you to avail yourself
of the privilege.
Do not fail to put your name on
the club roll on or hefore the 23d
instant. You cannot vote in the pri
mary election of the 30th unless you
do
J. B. Hunter,
Gounty (.Chairman.
The foregoing has been clipped
from the Newberry Observer..
Political Campaign On In
Newberry.
An election has been ordered in
Newberry County to fill the vacancy
in the House of Representatives
caused by the death of Col. Mower.
Already several candidates have an-,
nounced for the place and the follow
ing taken from the Newberry Obser
ver shows that already things are
getting pretty lively:
"A ripple of excitement was
caused on the street Thursday af
ternoon about six o'clock by a per
sonal encounter between Sheriff
Cannon G. Blease and H. H. Evans,
in which Mr. Evans struck Mr. Blease
in the face and Mr. Blease attempt
ed to draw his pistol, when bystand
ers interfered and stopped the
trouble.
"The difficulty arose over some
thing Mr. Evans said in announcing
his candidancy for the house of rep
resentatives in the newspapers. In his
"platform", published in the town pa
pers that afternoon, he said, among
other things, 'If the voters want the
fearful expense of the sheriff's of
fice, don't vote for me.'
"The two men met on the street
shortly after- the papers came out,
and in the course of discussing the
language above quoted, the sheriff
used the short and ugly word "lie",
with a handle to it, and it was an
swered by Mr. Evans with a Mow.
Mutual friends took the matter up
and brought about a reconciliation."
Cuts Out Most Expensive Crop.
Well, it's not so bad as it might be.
The weevil are only making us cut
out our most expensive crop. Of our
cheapest crops, the cereals of all
kindsy we are yet permitted to make
a maximum harvest at a minimum
of labor and expense. Everybody
knows that it requires more money
and labor to make cotton than any
other crop.
To The Churches of The Edge?;
field Baptist Association.
Dear Brethren:
With the end of' our associational
year practically upon us, l?t mej
make a final appeal to your farfcn
and loyalty on behalf of the most he-|
roic endeavor that our Southern Bap.^
tists ever entered .upon, the seventy
five million campaign. In rece???
numbers of the Baptist Courier you
have doubtless read the letter fron?
Dr. Burts, as to the very serious e-?
mergency confronting us. Our de
nominational institutions, the State>
Home and Foreign Mission Boards;
the Orphanage, thc Aged Ministers
Relief, and other benevolences are
entirely dependent on a pro-rata dis
tribution from the ' Secretary-Treas
urer of this fund, and this board is
now badly hampered by the slowness';
of some of our people to pay their;
pledges. Of course no one doubts
that our'churches will in the end re
deem every pledge they have made.
But it is of the utmost importance
that the pledges should be met as
they fall due, if our boards are to be
spared sositive humiliation. We
ought as far as is possible keep up
with our pledges, because it is th^e
Lords plan "to pay as we go", and
paying doubly next year will not off
set our failure to pay this year. Two
or -three weeks ago Dr. Jamison
wrote to the. Baptist Courier that his
cash funds had been so exhausted
that he could not even pay small .
charges- such as telephone bills and
express rates. Our denominational
work is constant, daily. It cannot be
carried on by spasmodic jerks; we
cannot possibly sustain our denom
inational enterprises hy offering in
alternate years. We might as well
recall our, missionaries, /as toT fail
them for a single year. They need
promptly, month by month, their
sacrificially small salaries, in fact
our work cannot suffer retrench
ment. We must back up, and
st*ength5n>( <lU jour. investments,
lose them. A gain made but not held,
becomes a loss. For our encourage
ment let us remember, that though
we have suffered from short crops
and low prices, our burdens are not
relatively greater than those of our
brethren of other states. Compared
with multiplied millie^-., of people in
Continental Europe, and in Asia, we
Baptists of South Carolina are still
relatively- comfortably situated. We
are not starving, we are not suffer
ing for clothes, and I confess with
a feeling of awe- that I do not be
lieve we can yet plead "hard times"
as am excuse to the Lord for failing
to ' redeem pledges triumphantly
made two years ago. Finally- if a.
candid appreciation of our blessings
does not impel us to give gratefully
to the Lord, a prayerful study of
His promises should inspire us to
give sacrificially out of our limited
means. Read and read again the third
chapter of Malachi, and see if a God
who challenges us to test him, does
not offer the age-old remedy for
hard times, hoth financially and
.spiritually. If conditions are hard,
with us, may they not be signs of
blessings withheld until we do our
part. If we believe him can vv. for a
moment doubt that when with chari
table hearts we give to Him our store
He will return to us out of His
bounty and abundance, that will
crush us into humble amazement at
its undeserved richness. I am afraid
that the need is more acute than we
realize. Our resources in spite of
temporary depression, if loyally and
trustfully considered are still ad
equate to the needs. Let the re-'
collections of the blessings we have
enjoyed in the past; the great oppor
tunities of the present, and the tre
mendous possibilities of .the future
inspire us to greater zeal and ser
vice to the Lord, who has given us
all these blessings. His promises are
sure and steadfast, let loyalty and
trust control us in this emergency
and all will be well.
0. Sheppard.
Moderator.
Edgefield, S. C.,
Card of Thanks.
To the relatives and Friends of Mr.
H. W. Jackson:
We take this opportunity to thank
our friends and relatives in Augusta
as well as at home for every deed of
kindness shown us during our fath
er's illness and ask God's blessing on
them all.
His Children.
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In Regard to Disable Ex-Sc
diers of Edgefield County.
il^ptie of the greatest proble
'Wich the United States has had
facre'since the war ended has be
JP&t of adjusting the compensati
?Bch the disabled war vetera
Mf e entitled to. The Bureau of/W
$?k 'Insurance has had the task
|?$fending to this matter and from
j.jw?f of the country there has be
?j?ch ' dissatisfaction at the mann
j??&vhich the Bureau of War Risk I
i'lujahce has dealt with the disabl
|5yf|eran. There has been a lot of r<
rape and much confusion and t
r?gult has been that some f the d:
aifed men received adequate co:
pehsatioii, while on the other" hai
there are thousands who are not r
c&Ving what they are-entitled to r
eeiye'and there are some cases whe:
dj^Wed ex-soldiers are receiving i
compensation whatsoever. The Go
erarme'nt wants to do the rig
t?npg and the confusion ar
apparent unjust discrimination is. r
doubt due to the vast task which hi
confronted thei Bureau in that d<
pairtment has had thousands ar
thousands of claims to handle an
when one takes the fact into consi<
exati?n that no matter how ci?se!
the rules and regulations of this d<
partment may have been followed, :
is such a huge task that mistake
would have been made had the Bi
r?||i';of War Risk. Insurence been
hundred per cent efficient as an 01
ganizatio.n and from what I hav
heard ano!; seen of its work in cor
ne^Boh with the claims of men fror
this' County, I feel absolutely no \he?
itaiicy in saying that the Bureau o
War Risk Insurance has been mis
managed .and been absolutely ai
organization full of chaos from with
in. ,
Coi. Forbes, the director of th
Bureau seems to be, cognizant of th?
fact that thousamds of disabled vet
erans are not receiving what is thei:
due frorry-the hands of the riches
an^;most .powerful Government ii
ihg 'thc situation Col. Forbes has in
augurated what has /been termed i
"Clean up Campaign" all over th(
United States for the purpose of get
ting every disabled man, who is no1
already receiving as much as h(
should receive, cared for by ade
quate compensation. This clean ur.
campaign begins in' South Carolina
on August'the 15 and the F?d?ral
Board has fixed an itinerary for the
"Clean up Squad." s
Aiken will be Headquarters foi
Edgefield, Saluda, and Aiken coun
ties. This Clean up Squad will be in
charge of a representative from the
Bureau of'War Risk Insurance and
will consist of an experienced man
from the Bureau, a Doctor to exam
ine all claimants, a Red Cro'ss repre
sentative and a .representative from
the Natational Headquarters of the
Legion. The Dr. will have all. facil
ities for the filling of all claims with
the government. The representative
from the Bureau will be supplied
with transportation and meal and
lodging requests, which will be is
sued to ex-service men so that they
will have free transportation to re
turn to their various homes and so
that they may obtain meals and lod
ging free, if they care to do so while
in Aiken.
This Clean Up Squad will be 'in
Aiken on August the 31, and if there
^re any ex-soldiers in this county
who believe they are entitled to
more compensation than they are
receiving at present, if they will
send their names in, I shall be glad
to give them any information in con
nection with this matter.
From what has come under my
personal observation, it is certainly
high time for the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance to put out a Clean up
Squad to adjust the claims of ex
s?rvice men, not only in those cases
where men are disabled and need
help, but also in those cases where
men of full physical ability are re
ceiving more than they deserve.
There, are a lot of ex-soldiers of
both the white and negro race are
?eceiving under the present system
money unjustly, and this should he
remedied. On the other hand it is
absolutely a disgrace ta our civiliza
tion that men from this county who
were wounded and gassed on the
fields of France are dependent on
others because their Government,
that they fought and bled for has
not yet made adequate compensa
tion for them.
But from the propaganda that I
. r '' '-' ; . ? , '
have received from 'time +o time I
believe that the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance has at last hit on the
right plan toward- getting the sit
uation cleared up. If these ex-ser
vice men who should receive more
compensation will take the matter up
with the Clean Up Squad at Aiken
it will no doubt be beneficial to them.
. Claud T. Burnett.
Commander of American .Legion
?; Post of Edgefield County.
Restoring a Respect for the
Law.
John A. Boykin, Solicitor General
Atlanta Judicial . Circuit, in the last
issue of the Christian Index, has the
following timely and forceful appeal
for the return of a proper respect for
law. He says:
"Laws cannot be enforced without
ari aroused moral sentiment behind
them. This applies to any law. Laws
are not invented, tout grow out of
circumstances, that justify and often
times demand their enactment. It is
the public demand that creates laws.
It requires a-powerful public demand
to enact any good law. If the same
force that demands and creates a law
will back- it up, then it will generally
be obeyed. But if those who cause
the enactment of laws retire or rath
er rest upon their oars and leave its
enforcement to those who are indif
ferent, su?h laws will not be enforc
ed. The friends of a law must see to
it that those who are charged with
the duty of its enforcement do not
fail to, discharge such duty.
"Neither the enemies nor those in
different to a law's observance can
be relied upon to do this. The senti
ment that creates laws must stand
behind them and hold up the hands
of those officers who fearlessly dis
charge their duty. It is too often true
that men who are fe?rless in the dis
charge of their duty are defeated
when they come up for re-election,
because the enemies of the law or
ganize, register and vote; while those
who stand for. law. and order too ofr
and well-meaning citizens to the fate
of those public officials who dare to
do their duty, -and in so doing incur
the displeasure of the lawless, who,
aided and abetted by corrupt politi
cians, often encompass their defeat.
"When public officers feel sure of
approval and support they will re
spond to duty more willingly. The
public conscience should so support
and uphold those public officials who,
stand by the cause of good govern-'
ment, righteousness and ]{?w en
forcement that they would not be
timid and afraid. The thing for the
people to do is to make it popular
for office holders to stand ort the side
of good people, law and order. It has
been stated that "law is the embodi
ment of the moral Sentiment of the
people." It naturally follows that the
greater this moral sentiment the
greater will be the observance of the
law.
"We need in this period of utter
lawlessness a rebirth of respect for
the law. The church is the moral force
that must restore this respect for the
law. When we fully realize how much
law means to the individual and to
civilization itself, and when we come
to look upon law as the great Clar
endon did as "the standard and guard
ian of our liberty" then indeed will
w ehave that rebirth of respect for
the law that we now so sorely need.'
-Augusta Chronicle.
Should Drink Quart of Milk
Daily.
* Boston, Aug 10.-Milk is rich in
vitamines, says Dr. M. J. Roseneau,
professor of preventive medicine at
Harvard, in an original article just
published. Furthermore, he says that
milk is rich in calcium in a readily
available form-and that children
need five times as much calcium per
pound of body weights as adults.
"In order to supply this important
salt to growing bones and developing
teeth, as well as to furnishing vita
mines for the utilization of food,"
says the article, "a child should drink
a quart of milk a day. It will not then
suffer from a deficiency disease. Our
health, as well as our power to utilize
food, depends upon the daily intake j
of these vitamines. Life itself is
threatened by deprivation of them
for any length of time. Hence, the
vitamine problem is of daily and uni
versal interest to all persons.'
Bores OM Sores, Otfiei ?emeifles Won't Ctn*
rh e worst cases, no matter cf how loop standing
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dt,
Porter's Antiseptic Heuling* Oil. It relieve*
*^ cad Beate at the ?asirtisc. 25c.5Qc.aL0?
\
Cooperative Extension Work
In Agriculture and Home
Economics.
To The Legislative Delegation Of
Edgefield county:
In checking up on the weekly re
port of your County Agent, Mr. A.
B. Carwile, I find that he made 83
visits to farmers in* various' sections
of the county and traveled 1021
miles in the interest -of demonstra
tion work. Assistance was given
with 8 meetings with a .total attend
ance of 870 people. Two articles on
timely agricultural subjects were
published, 8328 circulars mailed
out to interested farmers.
The month has been free from live
stock diseases. No calls for assistance
for cholera among hogs and black
leg among cattle. Edgefield is one of
che few counties where there has
not been some out break during the
month of July.
87. men called at Mr. Carwile's of
fice to consult him on their prob
lems. 88 letters were written and 49
bulletins mailed in response, to in
quiries. 9 Specialists and administra
tion agents from the college visited
the county and gave assistance in
marketing cotton and tomatoes, boll
weevil control, budding of pecans and.
soil building.
Mr. Winters was with Mr. Car
wile at Trenton, Meriwether, and
Johnston meetings where soil fer
tility and fertilizers, were discussed
Arrangements were made by Mr. Car
wile to have a commercial pecan bud
der come into the county and do bud
ding work for the owners and com
mercial growers. *
Assistance was given farmers a
round Johnnston in organizing a new '
Farmers' Club at that point.
A delegation of represenatiye far
mers and business/men was directed
to the Blackville meeting where the
cooperative marketing of truck crops
was discussed and a temporary or
ganization formed.
In company --with-' farmers Mr..
<<5??wile-..niade~visite-ta Greenwood,:.
Abbeville and Augusta in the inter
est of marketing tomatoes. The cot
ton grading work has been arranged
for another year and the services of
Mr. Bramlett secured to fill the place
vacated by Mr.-Gordan.
Mr. Schmolke, specialist in dairy
ing, spent Some time with Mr. Car
wile making a study of the dairying
situation around Johnson and an ef
fort made to see if a commercial
creamery should be established some
where in the Ridge section.
One of the most interesting pieces
of work was that in the connection
of the State Board of Health and
the County Superintendent of Edu
cation. Six meetings were held and
a moving picture shown on typhoid
fever and tuberculosis control. These
meetings were attended by 700 peo
ple.
Criticism and suggestions for the
development for efficient County
Agent work in Edgefield County
are most cordially invited.
Very truly yours,. ,
District Agent
Aiken, August 10, 1921.
Saluda Adds Inspection Officer
H. G. Crouch, clerk of the Saluda
county board, yesterday wrote L, H.
Thomas, secretary of the state high
way commission, that a special in
spector had been added to the coun
ty's forces to look after the violations
of the automobile license and other
laws and that the* first two days the
inspector was at work he rounded up
50 machines that were violating the
law.
A. T. Davis is the inspector, Mr
Crouch says, and, according to his
letter Mr. Davis lost little time in.
making his hop after the violators.
The inspector will work with the
sheriff's office and the state highway
department, but will be paid by the
county. All money collected from the
sale of licenses will be divided, 80:
per cent to Saluda county and 20 per
cent to the state, while all fines, go
to the county treasury.
-Secretary Thomas said yesterday
that the department was well pleased
with the efforts being made by Sa
luda county.-The State.
Attention farmers: If you need a
tractor, now is the time to buy. We
will accept Liberty Bonds in pay
ment, making it easy for you. to
buy the machine you most need op
your farm.
Yonce and Mooney.
