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. i VOL. 84 NO. 22 JOHNSTON LETTER. Annual Meeting Woman's Mis sionary Union. Mr. Bledsoe and Mr. Clark Elected. Cotton Marketing. The annual meeting of the Wo man's Missionary Union of the Ridge Association will be held at the Sardis Baptist church on August 12 and 13. A very full and interesting program 'has been arr?nged and it is hoped that every one of the churches in the association will have full represen tation. Miss Sallie Mae Burton of Batesburg, a very consecrated wo man, is president of the association. The annual protracted meeting be gan on Sunday at Rocky Creek church,, the first service uting held Sunday afternoon. Rev. W. S. Brooke is supplying this church, reaching every first Sunday. The friends of Miss Frances Tur ner will be pained to learn of her se rious illness at the Baptist Hospital in Columbia. Following the operation pneumonia developed in a few days. Her mother has been with her during the entire time, also other members of the family. An election for cotton weigher was held here last Saturday and the two * elected were J. W. Bledsoe and Sim Clarke, their term of office being two years. The problem of marketing cotton here is becoming a serious one, as the present facilities are entirely inade quate. There has been a suggestion that the Town Council appoint a com mittee whose duty it would be to in vestigate and at a meeting of the bus iness men of the town and communi ty, make a report. While visiting in Tampa, Fla., Miss Sue Holmes and Mr. Olin Fowler were married at the home of rela tives. The latter has just returned from France. ' Mrs. J". Howard Payne 'and little Margaret, Mrs. J. A. Lott and Master Marion, went to the mountains of North Carolina last week to spend a while. Mr. Will Hoyt went on Sunday to join his family who is spending the summer in the mountains Miss Lizzie Wright went to Bam berg on Thursday to visit her cousin, Miss Edith White. Mr. Jule Wright, of the Southern Railway, is here with relatives for a vacation. Mr. Albert Woodward of North Carolina is here for a visit to friends who are glad to greet him again. Little Sara Carolyn Dobey who has been ill with pneumonia, is now able to be up and about the house, which is a great delight to all. Misses Maude Wright and Emmie j Mitchell returned last week from a two weeks' stay in Augusta. Mrs. Paul Perry and little daugh ter have returned to Bookman, after a visit to relatives. She was accom panied home by Miss Orabel Perry. Mrs. W. P. Cassells and children are at home from Ellenton, where ? they visited in the home of Mr. Hor- ? ace Cassells. Mrs. Taylor Goodwyn, of Green- : wood and Mrs. DeSaussure Hogan of Congaree are the guests of their sis ter, Mrs. H. W. Crouch. Misses Antoinette Denny, Helen ' Lewis and Ella Jacobs are at home from a visit in New York. Misses Mary Smith and Helen I Marsh and Messrs. John Owen Smith and J. B. Yonce are at home from a \ trip to Sullivan's Island, where they enjoyed the pleasures of the surf and the cool breezes. While there they met with some of their friends. Mr. Summers Weaver is spending a while here with relatives and there are many old friends who are glad to greet him. His boyhood home was ? the old Weaver place that was near! Mt. Tabor church and there are many who recall pleasant days spent in the Weaver home. Mr. John Waters and Miss Mary Jenkins are expected this week to vis it in the home of the former's broth er, Mr. G G. Waters. Mrs. Walter Sawyer entertained the We-Are-Twelve club on Friday in a very happy manner. Occasions m her home are always very enjoyable. Mr. Chester of Macon, Ga., has been for a visit in the home of Mr. Will Wright. Mrs. Leora Wright Simmons has accepted a position as matron at Co-\ ker College. The college is very fortu nate in securing Mrs. Simmons who is a noble, Christian woman and well qualified for the position. . Mrs. David Crim and children have gone to Chimney Rock, N. C., to stay the month of August. Miss Virginia Harrison, who has a position in Hartsville, is spending a while with her mother, Mrs. A. P. Harrison. ' / Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Corn are expecting next week to visit them, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Strother of Walhalla and Dr. and Mrs. William Corn of Atlanta. W. C T. U. Meeting. Monday afternoon Pt 6 o'clock the W. C. T. U. was entertained in the home of Mrs. W. L Dunovant, and in spite of a steady drizzle most of the day a very good program was carried out.. Mrs. E. J. Norris conducted the de votions and Mrs. Manly Timmons read a fine article on "The church and the W. C. T. U.," showiug that this pioneer temperance organization was the child ci: the church and an aid in betteriiig conditions in the world. Mrs. W. L. Dunovant gave an en thusiastic account of her recent trip to Montreat, giving many interesting and amusing as well as instructive in cidents. Mrs. Tillman read an article on the "W. C. T. U. the Pionrsr of all Wo man's Clubs," this organization hav ing paved the way for ?'ill activities of women in the person of Frances Wil lard who blazed the trail for the wo manhood of the world. Mrs. Estelle Norris of Johnston, had been invited to come and tell of her recent opportunity to attend the Methodist Centenary in Columbus, Ohio. This was most delightfully giv en in a paperfj^hich Mrs Norris had prepared and which will be published in next week's paper. Jubilee pledge cards, were dis fcribjui?k-aakit each-member, asked to gain a new member by next meeting. A collection was taken for the French Orphan. Th? next , meeting will be held with Mrs. A. L. Gunter in Sep tember. Great Day for Edgefield. Saturday, August 16, will be a great day in Edgefield. After the un veiling of the memorial tablet two patriotic addresses will be made in the. Court House by two men, young men, who are serving their day and generation well. Neither of these men have ever spoken in Edgefield before. Therefore, a new treat, not something stale, is in store for those who attend. Addresses will also be made to the colored people at Macedonia church by Judge Hammond and Major Till man. Welcomed New Pastor. The following dispatch in this morning's Columbia State shows what a warm welcome has been extended to Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Bussey, who have just located at Andrews, S. C., to make their home : Andrews, Aug. 5.--There were un ion services at the Baptist church Sunday , night to welcome the new pastor of that congregation, the Rev. P. H. Bussey of Greenwood, who re cently accepted a call to this pastor ate. Welcome addresses were made by the Rev. J. E. Ford of the Metho dist church, and the Rev. D. M Clark of the Presbyterian church, after' which Mr. Bussey made a few appre ciative remarks, and preached a ser mon to a large congregation, many of whom had to stand for lack of sitting room. This field originally included two churches in the county, but recently the Andrews church arranged to call a man for all of his time. Mr. Bussey is a young and capable minister, and has mad? a very favor able impression upon the people of the town. He expects to move his fam ily here about November 1. Card of Thanks. I take this means of expressing my deep appreciation for the splendid support given me in the election Sat urday for cotton weigher. I shall further endeavor to show my appre ciation of this manifestation of con fidence in me by rendering the best service of which I am capable to all of the people. WILLIAM G. BYRD. ? Welcome for Our Soldiers. On Saturday the 16th, the Memo rial Tablet for our soldiers who have given their lives as well as in com memoration of those ' who still live to serve their county, will be unveil ed on the Court House. This tablet was purchased by the Edgefield Daughters of the American Revolu tion with the aid of some who loved t?ie memory of the boys and honored the living. As this presented an auspicious oc casion for the welcoming, home of our men, the program which appears in this issue has been.prepared, and as all the soldiers of the county are in vited and the welcome will be in be half of the county each family who comes is asked to bring a basket that the hundreds who come beside the soldier boys may have plenty and to spare. The dinner will be served near the Court House. There will be a meeting at the same time at Macedonia church for the colored soldiers and the colored people will serve dinner for them i there. The same speakers will address both audiences, going back and forth in automobiles. . There will be a band furnished by the citizens of Edgefield and every thing possible will be done to make^ the home coming day be happy. All the people in our county are invited and everybody, no matter where you live must be a host or hostess for these wonderful guests of ours, the returned soldiers. Let everybody be gay and joyful and kind-and helpful on this occasion. / * On August 16, there will be thou sands of hosts and hostesses and sev eral hundred guests. Who of all the j thousands will be the jolliest and j most cordial and most hospitable . host? This will be one day when it will be in order to laugh and make An ideal Colored Leader. The faithful and honorable record which Rev. William Peterson, famil iarly known by both white and col ored people as "Uncle" William Peterson, has made as a colored min ister and as a* resident-of the Lime stone section of*the county deserves special mention. He was in Edgefield yesterday and when the writer met ?him on the street we engaged him in I conversation, as we have frequently j ? done in the past. It is interesting to I hear him tell in a modest and unobtru i sive manner, something of his re- ? Imarkable record as a minister. Al-1 though now past the three score and ten milepost, he is the active pastor of four large churches. He has been the pastor of one of them 45 consecu tive years and has served another church 40 years, his pastorate of the other two extending over about 20 years. He was ordained for the minis try in the church which he has been serving for 45 years and during his ministerial life has never had any di vision, discord or unpleasantness of any kind among his flocks. His walk and conversation, his goings in and out among his people, all down through the years has been so blame less that his reputation has never been tarnished nor his usefulness im paired. Furthermore, "Uncle" Will iam Peterson has held the confidence, respect and esteem of the white peo ple among whom he has, without in terruption, spent his long, useful life. Would that the colored* people of every church and every community had such a wise, conservative leader as this devout, consecrated, colored man has been to his people! A Travelling Man's Experience. You may learn something from the following by W. H. Ireland, a travel ing salesman of Louisville, Ky. "In the summer of 1888 I had a severe attack of cholera morbus. I gave the hotel porter fifty cents and told him to buy me a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and to take no substitute. I took a double dose of it according to ;he directions and went to sleep. At five o'clock the next morning I was called by my or der and took a train for my next stop ping place, a well man." Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. Thc worst cases, no matter of how long: standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same time. 2i-. 50c, MSf A Delightful Occasion. From time to time for several months the Baptist Mission society has appointed a time for beginning a mission study calss. Each time there were heavy rains, and it became evi dent that at this late day before the annual Woman's Missionary Union, if something was not done speedily there would be no class held. Accord ingly on invitation of the president of the society, Mrs. D. B. Hollings worth, the ladies accepted a very cor dial invitation for a day at her home, in which the whole time would be spent in study of the Manual of W. M. U. Methods. It rained again this time too, and some one said it looked as if the ele ments, meaning Providence, was against the enterprise, but that could not be. Another said it was to try our faith and tenacity of purpose. By the hour to begin, automobiles, buggies and carriages had conveyed more- than twenty-five ladies to the lovely home of our mission society president and on the spacious piazza where many, many more could have assembled, the class was held. The yard was beautiful with coleus of every hue and color and other beau tiful plants and flowers and the light rains made the foliage of the stately trees glisten in the sunlight as it came . and went. Little squirrels climbed the trees and ran about on the lawn .in full light of the women as-they sat there in Christian fellow ship to study the great question of the ages. It was a great occasion. The devotion were conducted by Mrs. Abner Broadwater from the 68th Psalm, and ?he chapters were taken in review, having been previous ly studied. The chapters on the Wo man's Missionary Union were igven by Mrs. J.. L. Mims, "Gifts and plans of giving," as set forth in the book, by Miss Kellah Fair. The Young Wo man's Auxiliary Ideals, Miss Florence Mims;, The Girls' Auxiliary, Mrs. R. ^.iw^T^Rdyi^Ami^sadoiV Mrs. E. S. Rives; "The Work of the Sun beams," Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman. When this much of the program had been completed, the hostess an nounced that lunch would be served. The whole day was spent in the fresh air and though it was strenuous in some respects, there was no tired feeling at the close of the day. On the back piazza, tables were set and this congenial company partook of a bountiful and delightful repast. After the dinner, the class was re sumed, and Mrs. W. B. Cogburn gave the chapter on Literature^ and the Margaret Fund and Training School were explained. Mrs. M. E. Norris of Johnston was present and on invitation gave a charming description of her visit to the Methodist Centenary Celebration in Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Norris is gifted in her descriptives and has a soothing voice which is full of appeal. The meeting was closedwith the singing of "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" sung on the piazza, without an instrument, each singing with enthusiasm. All were helped and inspiredj?or better service. Ford Trucks Growing in Pop ularity. Just as there are new methods in business, old time-worn systems hav ing been abandoned, so are new and rapid means of transportation being adopted. One feature about the Ford trucks that commends them to far mers and other business men of mod erate means, is their1 cheapness, both, in original cost and in operating ex pense. A farmer can purchase a Ford truck without tying up much money and he can afford to keep it up be cause of the low cost of Ford parts and repairs. If you need a truck, bet ter file your order ' now with the Yonce Motor Company. First come, first served. Most Delightful Social Affair of the Season. The largest and most delightful social function of the summer season was the birthday party that was given by Miss Virginia Addison Thursday night at her home. Neatly printed in vitations were issued to nearly one hundred persons and about seventy five were present. Soon after the guests arrived they repaired to the lawn which was brilliantly lighted, where twelve tables were arranged for those who are gifted at bridge. At the close of a very spirited con test,* the score showed that Mr. H. C. Mitchell had made'the highest score among the gentlemen, receiving the first prize, a dozen cigars, and the highest score among the ladies was made by Miss Helen Tillman who was presented with a beautiful box- of stationery. After the prizes were pre sented ,block cream and several kinds of cake was served. On this birthday anniversary the popular hostess was presented with a number of beauti ful tokens by friends as an expression of friendship and esteem. The ^occa sion will be pleasantly remembered by all those who were present. Red Cross Badges. According to instructions from headquarters, all Red Cross workers who have done a minimum of four hundred hours work *in six months, are entitled to badges. These service badges are awarded by periods of six months each, and a worked must have served either four hundred or eight hundred hours in six months before being entitled to one. The badges are the same for all, but the different hours of service are indicated by the ribbon from which the badges are suspended: a buff ribbon for four hundred hours, and a blue ribbon for eight hundred hours (each in six months). For sixteen hundred hours service in twelve months a blae rib bon with one white stripe is used and for twenty-four hundred hours ser vice in eighteen months, a blue rib bon with two white stripes. ' / The Edgefield chapter will pay for these badges for the members of the chapter, the Trenton branch and the ?county auxiliaries. Every member ?who feels that he or she has worked the required number of hours in the six months periods can obtain, a print ed application to be filled out and signed. Miss Sarah Collet has been appoint ed to take charge of this matter, and the application forms m'dy be'"secur ed from her and must be returned to her when filled out. Please-act promptly if you wish?to apply for a badge'as the list will be sent to headquarters before long. ANNIE M. CLISBY, Secretary. Unveiling of Memorial Tablet 1 at Edge?eld Court House, ll O'clock, Saturday, 16 of August. . Mr. J. H. Cantelou, Master of Cer emonies. America, by band. Prayer, Rev. A. L. Gunter. ' Unveiling of Memorial Tablet by children of the families of the deceas ed soldiers. Star Spangled Banner by band. After the unveiling, simultaneous meetings will be held in the Court House, and Macedonia church, Judge Henry C. Hammond of Augusta and Major Henry C. Tillman of Green wood, speaking at both places, alter nately. Court House, 11:30 a. m. Introduction of Judge Han^nond, Mr. S. McG. Simkins. Address, Judge Henry Hammond. Music by band. Introduction of speaker, Hon. J. L. Minis. Address, Major Henry C. Tillman. Speakers will be conveyed in auto mobiles to and from the speaking I places for simultaneous meetings. The following committees will ar range for the entertainment of our soldier boys, the first named being chairman: " . . Brass Band : George W. Adams, W. H. Harling, Dr. J. S. Byrd and Leon Warren. Dinner: W. A. Strom, A. A. Ed munds, S. B. Nicholson, L. T. M?y, J. G. Alford, Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, Mrs. S. M. Smith, Mrs. J. E. Hart and Mrs. J. L Mims. Table: J. R. Timmerman, B. L. Mims, R. T. Hill and J. L. Prince. Ice Water: J. W. Stewart, W. P. Yonce, W. R. Swearingen and J. T. McMany i. The Best Physic. When you want a pleasant physic try Chamberlain's Tablets. They are easy to take and mild and gentle in effect. They are highly prized by peo ple who have become acquainted with their good qualities. They only cost ?a quarter. \ RELATION S. S. TO CHURCH Paper Read by Mrs. J. L. Mims at Horn's Creek Church at Sunday School Con vention. The Sunday School was not origi nally an organized part of the church, hut it was the thought of a Christian trained in the church, to help igno rant and poorly environed children to a better life. No doubt it was in the mind of God to make this the begin ning of a great movement. Just a suggestion to the church, which ia now being adopted by the church in its proper relationship. For many years, and even now, churches and communities have failed to lay hold on this inspired suggestion and have themselves been the losers thereby, just as many other reforms or great altruistic movements have been sug gested by the aggressive , work of some Christian individual or group of persons, who have had to move ahead of the church, because their own enthusiasm and conviction could not wait for the awakening on the part of the church. In the great temperance movement, the Y. M. C. A., the Red Cross and Salvation Army and other movements the church has often looked on, some times in derision and cirticism, some times with disapproval, sometimes with envy, as if some rival of the church had come upon the scene of action when really it was the church itself, through the individual with a vision, going ahead as a torch bearer for the Kingdom, doing the will of the Lord and under His leading. It is the church in action, because if it had not been for all the instruction of the past and preaching of the gospel, these things could not have been; the temperance, movement, to rid the world of strong drink and all its al lies, which have been for centuries, . .one. of-the mo?t-unnecessary .and-un natural and yet one of the most in siduous foes to the spread of the gos pel in the earth; the Salvation Army, once the object of ridicule, now the admiration of ^1 for its directness of purpose and simplicity of working plans, and yet understanding the nat ural love of the human mind for the spectacular; the Red Cross, which has so emcienctly looked afr.er the bodies and relieved the sufferings of our men here and over there; the Y. M. C. A% which has helped to make the life here and over there better and has given refreshing hours to the wearied men, hese, and many other things, have been, not allies of the church, but the church itself. Nothing Tvhich is good is a rival of the church if we appropriate it. We should never look askance at any good thing being done. Nothing but evil is a rival. In some families there are genius es and perhaps the father and mother will say, "No. don't do that. It is im practicable and visionary." If the son or daughter goes ahead and becomes great and good, he is no less a mem ber of the family. He is a part and product of it, and has raised the fam ily to a loftier height and has made it great. So ?ll these pioneers have been sent of the Lord to blaze the trail and make way for the church militant as it goes forth conquering and to con quer. - .--*,>?! God does not wait for every mem ber of the church to see the vision before He starts the movement. He takes the willing man or woman with a vision and sends them forth. It is a sad fact that the ordinary mind at tempts to clog the wheels of progress. It is human nature to ?ght new move ments, to throw obstacles in the path if innovations. -If you know a rainy season is com ing, it is not a wiso thing to go around complaining about the weath er, or standing out to throw iJ ones at the rain, as I have seen children do when they wanted to play in the sun shine, but to get to work and elimi nate the grass and weeds from the crops and gather, so that the rains may benefit the crops and not the weeds. Cultivate the good things! When you know a great reform or even a movement that you may think is not a reform, is on the way, do not stand around and discuss its bad fea tures or the evils which will come (Continued on page Five)