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EDGEFIELD, S, C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1918 NO. 12 JOHNSTON LETTER. Sunday School Convention in Session. Red Cross Cam¬ paign Now on. Class Reception. The Baptist Sunday School con¬ vention of the Ridge association is bein«; held this week, Thursday and Friday, at Richland Springs church. Rev. Thos. Watts of Columbia, state S. S. Sec.. will be one of the chief speakers. Delegates from this church are Messrs. Abner Asbell, P. N. Lott, J. C. Lewie, Stanton Lott, W. S. Sawyer, Dr. J. A. Do- bey, Joe Herl on g, J. C. Rodgers, Y. E. Edwards, S. J. Watson and Rev. W. S. Brooke. ounday, May 19th, marked the second anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. W. S. Brooke, and he preached anniversary sermon using a» his text, "For we are laborers together with God." In concluding be said that the eharch though doing a wonderful work could follow some lines of im¬ provement in a few matters and in the coming years work, he urged that the members attain to an even higher record for their church. Following his sermon, Mr. Wiil Sawyer presented the Red Cross Drive, $1500,00 being asked from this District. There are 10 men on Mr. Sawyer's committee who will personally canvass the membership. In the last Drive 190 of the mem¬ bership were represented in the Drive. A suggested amount is named for each member, to aid in making the amount he will realize. Mr. Herbert Eidson is with Mr. Sawyer in canvassing and will pre¬ sent the matter in a similar man¬ ner in the Methodist church. The service closed with a beauti¬ ful sierht, the baptism of young Jack Neal Lott, who had joined the Sun¬ day before. Rev. Galbraith visited his daugh* ter, Miss Selina Galbraith herevlast ?week, in the home of Dr, J. A. Dobey. Mr. and Mrs. Knight, and Miss Pearl White, of Greycnt, Ga., spent the week-end here with Mrs. Geor¬ gia Turner. Mrs. Daton Toole of Aiken, and Mrs. Crouch, of Batesburcr, are visiting their mother, Mrs. Price. Mr. and Mrs. Teague Price, of Augusta, are guests of relatives here. Miss Antoinette Denny of Aiken, was a welcome visitor here the lat¬ ter part of the week. Mrs* Lee Price and four pretty little girls, of Florida, are visiting in the home of the former's father. Mr. Smyer. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strother and little son, were visitors here this week. News comes of the arrival of a fine little son in the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McAlpine, at Hartsville. Every one well remem¬ bers Mrs McAlpine as Miss Mary Lucia Mobley. Mrs. Joseph Cox is at home from a visit to her mother at Henderson- ville, N. C. Mr. W. P. Cassel I s has purchas¬ ed the dwelling on West Main St.. owned and formerly occupied by Mrs. Robert Leavell, now of New¬ berry. He and his family will soon be domiciled here. Mrs. P. N. Lott was quite sick last week, but is now able to be out again. Mr. W. S. Mobley has been con¬ fined to his bed for a week or more, but is now at his place of business. Mr. T. D. Padgett, visited last week in the home of his uncle, Mr. J. C. Lewis. Miss Emma Lou Bean and Sadie Bruce are at home from a visit to their sisters at Coker college. Misses Isabel and Bessie Bean are graduates this year, at Coker. Mrs. Flora Reardon has returned to Augusta after a visit to Mrs. Phil Waters. Mrs. J. W. Bradfield, of Char¬ lotte, has been visiting her son Mr. W. A. Bradfield, in the home of Mr. C. D. Kenney. Mrs. Susie J. Latiraer has return¬ ed to Birmingham, Ala., after a month's stay with relatives. Mrs. J. L. Derrick and Miss Ray Scott visited during the past week in Columbia. Mrs. A. P. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Lewis went to Camp Jackson recently to see Lieut. Ben j. Lewis, before he left for Camp Sevier. ¡ Mr. and Mrs. Will Wright. Misses Maud, Helen. Edith and Agnes Wright and Miss Emmie Mitchell went to Greenville Sunday to see Mr. Willie Wright, who is at Camp Sevier. The Camp Fire Girls gave a splen¬ did entertainment, under the direc¬ tion of their leader, Mrs. Lewis Blount, on last Friday evening. A nice amount was realized. Mrs. lone Owdom of Ehrhardt, has been visiting in the home of her father, Mr. W. L. Quattlebaum. and from here, went to Birming¬ ham, Ala., to visit her sister, Mrs. Pitman. Mrs. Lillie Morgan, of Greymont, has been visiting her father, Mr. H. W. Dobey. On last Thursday evening the Junior class of the High School gave a reception to the senior class, nine in number. The occasion was held in the home of Miss Sallie Dozier of the Junior class, and the evening proved a most happy one and a memorable one as well. The veranda held many cozy nooks and with swings, this was the most pop¬ ular resort. The chief diversion was progressive conversation, but these happy, care-free young people needed nothing to aid in producing conversation, they were joyous and merry throughout the evening. Bright music was enjoyed, and later, block-cream and cake, in the class eolors, were served. The new century club met Tues¬ day afternoon with Mrs. W. P Cas¬ sels, in the home of Mrs. J. A. Do¬ bey, Mrs. II. D. Grant presiding. The club has a box 23 books with a subscription to a good paper, to send to the tuburcular ward at camp Jackson. The matter of aiding in the es¬ tablishment of a District Turbucu- lar camp for negroes, was taken up, and Mrs. J. A. Lottlwas appointed from this club to confer with others. $50.00 was reported cleared at the entertainment given under the aus¬ pices of "the club: "Of "this" "$25.00 was given to the Red Cross chapter here, and *20 to be used for library extension. The club by an unani¬ mous vote will study next year "current literature." The year books will bo written, and each meeting is to be in charge of speci¬ fied ones. The subject of current literature was. suggested at the Federation. Just now, every one is busy at the Red Cross rooms and in the winter every one is more busy. There will be no time for much study and read¬ ing and the idea was to have the leaders glean such reading matter and items as every one wants to know and keep abreast with the times The program for the afternoon was "Southern Dramatists," and proved a most informing and interesting one, there being several good papers. The hostess served a tempting salad course with iced tea. Children's Day at Methodist Church. Sunday morning at the Methodist church at the regular service hour, a very interesting children's exer¬ cise was held in observance of the annual Children's Day. All the mem¬ bers of the various classes had a part, the Cradle Roll department be¬ ing in charge of Mrs. Lovic Smith. Little Thomas Motte Kemaghan and John Lovelace Gunter in their mothers' arms were beautiful pic¬ tures of youth and innocence, and other little children spoke to them words of welcome and presented them with flowers. The exercise of the day was in charge of Mrs. J. G. Edwards, whose absence was regretted on account of illness in her family. Hon. B. E. Nicholson, superinten¬ dent of the Sunday School, presided over the meeting, and Rev. A. L. Gunter gave a very practical and instructive talk on the Sunday School department of work, and the need o/ funds and the uses to which they would be assigned. The colection amounted to about $25.00. For Magistrate. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of magis¬ trate of the first magisterial district of Edgefield county and pledge my¬ self to abide the result of the Dem¬ ocratic Primary election. N. L. Branson. For Sale: 200 bushels of good sound peas at S3.75 n^r bushel. Mrs. Julia K. Prescott, Modoc, S. C. RED OAK GROVE. Red Cross Rally at Red Hill. Y. W. A. Meet. Social Circle Met With Mrs. Bailey. Life is so full, and at the present crisis, when a demand is made on" our time should we not consider, "time" in a different light, from various stand-points. This week is Red Cross week, while that means a contribution from all, yet much time necessarily must be consumed, through reaching the people in some territories where it is thinly settled, but we trust none will feel it of no use to try, but with earnest efforts reach every person possible. And theu may each man, woman, boy or girl, that is approached feel moved to do all they can, that wo here at home may help in sharing the bur¬ den of this,cruel war. Last Sundav was Red Cross Ral¬ ly day at Red Hill. Hon. J. W. Thurmond accompanied by Judge DeVore came down from Edgefield and made earnest pointed addresses, facts were plainly given in regard to the needs of the Red Cross work. Then following came a most inter¬ esting Biblical demonstration of. the duty of us as true patriots to this gi eat and worthy cause by Rev. Mr. Kesterson. Brother Kesterson has his hands full to over-flowing, but his unsel¬ fish spirit is being fully manifested by his actions, so with co-operation of the people on part of the west¬ ern side of our Edgefield Associa¬ tion, Bro. Kesterson will render valuable service. The Y. W. A's. had new feature added to their meeting lasi Sun¬ day, and that was the presence of about ten young men, who witt such beautiful attention inspired the girls to do their very best. And upon a whole, with the subject "Our Training..SchoolIV.to ..which we are constrained to believe, some of our girls have become greatly interested in, and that in future may bring developments, it was just a beautiful meeting. The secretary Miss Deadis Dow was absent on account of measles, but was repre¬ sented by the minutes she so beau¬ tifully prepared, was presented by Miss Mamie Bussey. The Circle was so much enjoyed last Wednesday with Mrs. Jessie Bailey, having with us our good neighbor Mrs. Piekens Bailey. Mrs. West Doolittle is hostess for our next meeting, Miss Mamie Bus¬ sey presiding. We have heard many good things for our service on Mothers' Day and especially the splendid address by Mr. J. L. Mims. We feel his visit to our Sunday school will bear fruit in tho present campaign for Red Cross- The girls regretted that Mrs. Mims and Mrs. Tillman could not share some of their time with them while here, but we en¬ joyed the knowledge of rest for them, aud believe they deserve some occasionally, but shall hope to have them give us some third Sunday real soon. Mr. George Gilchrst visited his grand parents near Cleora last week. They are quite aged, and he seem to appreciate so much the privilege of being with them, as he has been in Chicago io* the Dast several years, and was quite a boy when he left South Carolina. A very successful Red Cross rally was held in the Baptist Church Sun¬ day afternoon, the devotional service being conducted by Rev. R. G. Shan nonhouse. Ex-Gov. John C. Sheppard and Mr. J. Wm. Thurmond also took part in the exercise, the principal speaker of the occasion, Bishop Guer ry, being presented by Mr. Thur¬ mond. After the very inspiring ad¬ dress by Bishop Guerry a collection was taken by Mr. Sheppard from the rostrum, the subscriptions ranging from $100.00 down to $5.00. The re¬ sponses were very general and quite generous, the aggregate of the sub¬ scriptions being about $1,900. We confidently believe that the county will go beyond the amount apportioned to it to raise. And why should we not? Giving for the sup¬ port of our boys at the front is the very least service that we can render in this war. Let's give and give again and keep on giving as long as the appeal comes from our boys at the front. MURRAY-TOMPKINS. Lieut. A. S. Tompkins Wed Miss Mary Murray, One of Columbia's Best Beloved Debutantes -.- One of the most prominent of Col umbia's army weddings thus far wa that of Miss Mary Murray, younge: 'Slaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J .Murray to Lieut. Arthur S. Tompkin: Jr., of the Fifty-third Pioneer Infan try, Camp Wadsworth, which wa¡ solemnized yesterday evening at ' o'clock at the Washington , Stree Methodist Church. The ceremony wai i-cllowed by a reception for abou 200,, guests at the Murray home or Servais Street. The bride has beei one of the leading society girls o: Columbia since making her debui a year ago last fall and the brid« groom is also well known in Colum and throughout the State. He is th« son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Tomp kins of Edgefield and was educatec at Davidson College, having begur the study of law at the Universitj of South Carolina, when he decided fi volunteer for military service. He received his commission at the sec ond Oglethorpe Training Camp. .' '; The church, filled to its capacitj With invited guests, waa decoratec in effective but simple manner, the ^chancel being banked with palms and white hydrangas with white ta¬ pers gleaming among them and the special pews marked with bunches "oí carnations tied with white tulle, While the guests were assembling i&e organist, D. A. Pressly, played a beautiful program of appropriate se¬ lections and announced the arrival of the bridal party with "The Star Spangled Banner," playing as the processional "The Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin." "'.The bride's attendants, a charm- mg group of ll maids and matrons, .wore gowns of filmy cream lace ov¬ er chiffon with pink sashes, and wi M e leghorn hats lined with pink . .'. trirónW with. pink.rose?.'..:..Tha n~ 3s carried pink Killarney roses ar the matrons Ophelia roses and the costume of the maid of honor was distinctive from the others in that it was fashioned over pink and her bouquet was in shower effect. The young women were: Miss Ruth Tompkins, sister of the bridegroom, as maid of honor; Mrs. Henry H. Harris, sister of the bride, and Mes¬ dames William J. Murray, Jr., and Louis Murray, her sisters in law, as matrons of honor, and Misses Jaque¬ lin Cooper, Ida Fripp, Louise Wat- rous of Tampa, Grace Earle, Sara Cain and Mae Tompkins, another sister of the bridegroom, as brides¬ maids. Acting as ushers were the bride's two brothers, William and Louis Murray, Capers Powers of Columbia Hugh Aiken of Laurens, Lieut. Ad¬ dison Johnson of Camp Jackson, and Lieut. Frank Simrill of Camp Wads¬ worth, and the groomsmen were: Capt J. E. .Wylie of Camp Wads¬ worth, Lieut. Bruce Hodges of Camp Jackson, Lieut. Nathaniel Stimson, Lieut. Arthur Hill of Camp Wads¬ worth, Lieut. Roger Heyward of Camp Jackson and Lieut. W. S. James of Camp Jackson. The bride entered with her father, and was preceded immediatley by her little nephew, Henry H. Harris, Jr., who, dressed in a smart suit of white corduroy, bore the wedding ring in a basket of pink roses the petals of which he scattered in front of the bride as she left the church after the ceremony. The bridegroom was attended by Lieut. Donald Sanders of Camp Jack¬ son and the ceremony was perform¬ ed by the Rev. Mark Carlisle, form¬ er pastor of the Washington Street Church, assisted by the Rev. A. N. Brunson, the present pastor. The bride's wedding gown of lus¬ trous imported white satin and tulle was fashioned with a simplicity which well suited her petite figure and piquant style. It was untrimmed save for a bead¬ ing of pearls and brilliants around the decolletage and a cluster to hold the side draperies on the skirt, and it was made with flowing tulle sleeves and a court train of the satin. Her wedding veil was the same one worn by her sister, Mrs. Henry H. Harris, as a bride, and was arranged with a bandeau of orange blossoms and her bouquet was of pale lavender orchids and valley lilies. In the decoration at the house pink and white prevailed among a [miscellany of the season's flowers. m the drawing room where the bride ind bridegroom received with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. Murray and Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins of Edgefield, tall palms filled the bow window md white roses and candles adorned ;he mantel. Mrs. Murray was gown- îd in black chantilly lace and Mrs. Tompkins wore lavender crepe me¬ teor. The guests were received in the hall by Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Län¬ gster, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. C. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Luther McKay Hawkins Dr. and Mrs. Frank Durham and Dr. md Mrs. Pinkney V. Mikell. In the library where a wealth of wedding presents were displayed, Mrs. R. J. Blalock, Mrs. Kate Patter¬ son, Mrs. J. G. Wannamaker of Or¬ angeburg and Mrs. R. C. Holman of Barnwell received. The bride's register in the hall was in charge of Misses Mary Hampton and Jane Kealhofer and punch was served in the living room by Miss Marguerite Patterson, Mrs. John K. Aull and Mrs. Howard Dewey of Orangeburg. The dining room was in bridal smite and green, the bride's table being beautifully appointed in silver The centerpiece was a large silver basket filled with white roses and tied with white tulle and the table candles were held in three single candlesticks fitted with shades of pendant pearls. From the chandelier three streams of tulle delicately trac¬ ed with smilax, were drawn down and caught to the cluny lace cloth and the beautiful wedding cakes wera placed on silver stands; Accord¬ ing to the traditional army custom, the bride cut the cake with her hus¬ band's sword and it was served with ices and.sweets in green and white. Assisting in tho dining room were: Mrs. William Earle, Miss Kate Hamp¬ ton Manning, Mrs. J. T. Gray, Miss Blanche Jones, MissLila May Mim- naugh, Miss Elmire deGraffenreid, Miss Louise Bruton and Miss Esther Graydpfc, t. The Little-Davis orchestra played all during the reception. The bride's souvenirs to her attendants were gold friendship circles and the bride¬ groom presented each of his fellow officers in the party with the regu¬ lation army name plate to be worn on the leather wrist strap. Lieutenant and Mrs. Tompkins left last night for Ashville, where they will spend the former's short leave at Grove Park Inn, going thence to Spartanburg, where Mr. Tompkins is on duty at Camp Wads¬ worth. The bride traveled in a navy blue tricotine coat suit, a white crepe blouse with blue checked plac¬ ings, a chic little navy blue hat smartly trimmed with a stiff, un¬ curled feather, and tan pumps. She also wore a cape of Kolinski fur. Among the out of town guests at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Tompkins, the bridegroom's par¬ ents; Mr. .and Mrs. Joe Holland, his brother-in-law and sister; Misses Ruth, Mae and Grace Tompkins, his sisters, all of Edgefield; the bride's aunt, Mrs. J. G. Wannamaker of Orangeburg, Mrs. Howard Dew of Barnwell, Miss Carry Darby Harri¬ son of Walhalla and Mrs. F. P. Mc¬ Gowan of Laurens. Dinner for Bridal Party. The final party of a series which has been given for Miss Mary Murray whose marriage to Lieut. Arthur S. Tompkins, Jr., will be solemnized this evening at 7 o'clock at the Wash¬ ington Street Methodist Church, was a dinner given last evening at the Jefferson Hotel by Miss Ruth Tomp¬ kins, the bridegroom's sister and the bride's maid of honor. The guests were confined to the wedding party who adjourned to the hotel after the rehearsal at the church. Dinner was served in one of the private dining rooms, covers being laid for 25 and the table being dec¬ orated in pink carnations. The place cards were handpainted in graceful little brides. Five courses were served Miss Tompkins' guests were: Miss Murray and Lieutenant Tompkins, Miss Jaquelin Cooper, Miss Ida Fripp Mrs. Grace Earle, Miss Louise Wat- rous, Miss May Tompkins, Miss Sa¬ ra Cain, Mr. and Mrs. William Mur¬ ray, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Louis Murray, Mrs. John K. Aull, Mrs. Henry Hol¬ lingsworth Harris, Lieut. Donald San ders, Capt. J. E. Wyl.e, Lieut. Arthur Hill, Lieut. Roger Heyward, Lieut. Frank Simrill, Lieut. Bruce Hodges, Lieut. Stimson, Capers Powers and Hugh Aiken. HARDY'S HAPPENINGS. Oat Crop Good, Delightful Bar becue at Meriwether Hall Missionary Society Holds Meeting. We have not had quite so much rain this week, but plenty of clouds. Fine for corn and grass. Well, as both of those were such a short erop last year, through this section, we are glad to see the corn coming so nicely, and .grass, where it can be cut for hay. And we are fighting it in the crop. Oats bid fair to be splen did. Wheat has been injured by so much rain while it was in "the boot." As I have heard my father say, "A wet May is fine for oats but very bad for wheat. Cotton is very small and backward so far. Lots of it has had to be plow¬ ed up and planted over. The corn in most places is looking mighty pretty. Mr. H. h. Bunch has the prettiest we have seen, so far. His field of three or four acres is shoulder high and dark, rich green like bottom land makes. Also his roasting, ears are just as fine. Messrs. Sampson and Mealing Bunch's corn is next to that of Mr. H. L. Bunch, in size. Mr. George McKie's wheat seems to say, "He can feed his new bride on flour bread every day." Miss Lizzie Butler's corn, cotton and rye are beautiful. The gardens are all fine and finer, especially the Irish Potatoes. Our good friend, Mr. J. H. Adams brought us a beautiful head of cab¬ bage as large as a child's head. We gave him some of our good-sized beets. We have a fairly large num¬ ber of chickens now, if no more of them die, but none come up to one and a half pounds yet. We will need several more sacks of feed to get up to it, and that means feeding them money. We attended the enjoyable barbe¬ cue ar, Meriwether Hall, on last Sat¬ urday. There was quite'a good atten¬ dance and that which some feared, that is, that the club would be dis¬ banded on account of lack of funds, was averted. The men came forward and cheerfully paid the amount need ed and we are rejoiced to see that the club will continue. We hope to see new interest and new life in it now , as they reorganized and elect ed new officers. The following offi¬ cers were elected: President, Dr. W. T. Briggs; Vice Pres., Mr. H. F. Cooper; Treasurer, Mr. Alvin Stevens Secretary, Mr. Fred Barker; Exec. Committee-man, Mr. H. L. Bunch. Mr. H. H. Scott w,as chosen to attend to selecting and cooking the meats. Mr. Stokes gave a little talk after dinner and promised to help us when ever we should need him. The follow ing new members were voted in: Messrs. Stokes, H. H. Scott, G. L. Wright and Mealing Bunch. The club meetings are a great source of pleasure to everybody. It is like paying a social visit to all of one's friends at a time. The meetings are also instructive, for we exchange ideas and learn something from t¿ch other. Then too, it is a protection to our community, and would be of greater benefit if the farmers would co-operate with each other. The W. M. S. meets with Mrs. T. L. Harley May 23. We hope to have a good attendance full purses and liberal hearts to help with the Red Cross fund. There was good work done by Mr. H. F. Cooper at the Hall Saturday for the Red Cross. The thought of so many of our home men having gone makes us want to do all we can for this cause. Three of Mrs. John Mays' sons have already gone and one of Mr. George Adams' sons are to leave within a short time now. He had already started farm¬ ing. Mr. John Matthews is still des¬ perately ill but his friends hope for his speedy recovery. Natural Deduction. Mrs. Murch-"What dreadful lan¬ guage your parrot uses!" Mrs. Nothing-"Yes, my husband bought the bird one day and brought it home in his car, and I have always suspected that he had engine trouble on that trip."-Firestone House Or¬ gan. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA¬ TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look ior the uienatnre of B. W. GROVE. 25c
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EDGEFIELD, S, C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1918 NO. 12
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Sunday School Convention inSession. Red Cross Cam¬paign Now on. Class
Reception.
The Baptist Sunday School con¬
vention of the Ridge association isbein«; held this week, Thursday andFriday, at Richland Springs church.Rev. Thos. Watts of Columbia,state S. S. Sec.. will be one of thechief speakers. Delegates from thischurch are Messrs. Abner Asbell,P. N. Lott, J. C. Lewie, StantonLott, W. S. Sawyer, Dr. J. A. Do-bey, Joe Herl on g, J. C. Rodgers,Y. E. Edwards, S. J. Watson andRev. W. S. Brooke.
ounday, May 19th, marked thesecond anniversary of the pastorateof Rev. W. S. Brooke, and hepreached anniversary sermon usinga» his text, "For we are laborerstogether with God."
In concluding be said that theeharch though doing a wonderfulwork could follow some lines of im¬provement in a few matters and inthe coming years work, he urgedthat the members attain to an even
higher record for their church.Following his sermon, Mr. Wiil
Sawyer presented the Red CrossDrive, $1500,00 being asked fromthis District. There are 10 men on
Mr. Sawyer's committee who willpersonally canvass the membership.In the last Drive 190 of the mem¬
bership were represented in theDrive. A suggested amount isnamed for each member, to aid inmaking the amount he will realize.Mr. Herbert Eidson is with Mr.
Sawyer in canvassing and will pre¬sent the matter in a similar man¬
ner in the Methodist church.The service closed with a beauti¬
ful sierht, the baptism of young JackNeal Lott, who had joined the Sun¬day before.
Rev. Galbraith visited his daugh*ter, Miss Selina Galbraith herevlast?week, in the home of Dr, J. A.Dobey.
Mr. and Mrs. Knight, and MissPearl White, of Greycnt, Ga., spentthe week-end here with Mrs. Geor¬gia Turner.
Mrs. Daton Toole of Aiken, andMrs. Crouch, of Batesburcr, are
visiting their mother, Mrs. Price.Mr. and Mrs. Teague Price, of
Augusta, are guests of relativeshere.
Miss Antoinette Denny of Aiken,was a welcome visitor here the lat¬ter part of the week.
Mrs* Lee Price and four prettylittle girls, of Florida, are visitingin the home of the former's father.Mr. Smyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strother andlittle son, were visitors here thisweek.News comes of the arrival of a
fine little son in the home ot Mr.and Mrs. Eugene McAlpine, atHartsville. Every one well remem¬
bers Mrs McAlpine as Miss MaryLucia Mobley.
Mrs. Joseph Cox is at home froma visit to her mother at Henderson-ville, N. C.
Mr. W. P. Cassel I s has purchas¬ed the dwelling on West Main St..owned and formerly occupied byMrs. Robert Leavell, now of New¬berry. He and his family will soon
be domiciled here.Mrs. P. N. Lott was quite sick
last week, but is now able to be outagain.Mr. W. S. Mobley has been con¬
fined to his bed for a week or more,but is now at his place of business.
Mr. T. D. Padgett, visited lastweek in the home of his uncle, Mr.J. C. Lewis.
Miss Emma Lou Bean and SadieBruce are at home from a visit totheir sisters at Coker college.
Misses Isabel and Bessie Bean are
graduates this year, at Coker.Mrs. Flora Reardon has returned
to Augusta after a visit to Mrs.Phil Waters.
Mrs. J. W. Bradfield, of Char¬lotte, has been visiting her son Mr.W. A. Bradfield, in the home ofMr. C. D. Kenney.
Mrs. Susie J. Latiraer has return¬ed to Birmingham, Ala., after a
month's stay with relatives.Mrs. J. L. Derrick and Miss Ray
Scott visited during the past weekin Columbia.
Mrs. A. P. Lewis and Mr. andMrs. Archie Lewis went to CampJackson recently to see Lieut. Ben j.Lewis, before he left for CampSevier. ¡
Mr. and Mrs. Will Wright.Misses Maud, Helen. Edith andAgnes Wright and Miss EmmieMitchell went to Greenville Sundayto see Mr. Willie Wright, who isat Camp Sevier.The Camp Fire Girls gave a splen¬
did entertainment, under the direc¬tion of their leader, Mrs. LewisBlount, on last Friday evening. Anice amount was realized.
Mrs. lone Owdom of Ehrhardt,has been visiting in the home of herfather, Mr. W. L. Quattlebaum.and from here, went to Birming¬ham, Ala., to visit her sister, Mrs.Pitman.Mrs. Lillie Morgan, of Greymont,
has been visiting her father, Mr.H. W. Dobey.On last Thursday evening the
Junior class of the High Schoolgave a reception to the senior class,nine in number. The occasion was
held in the home of Miss SallieDozier of the Junior class, and theevening proved a most happy one
and a memorable one as well. Theveranda held many cozy nooks andwith swings, this was the most pop¬ular resort. The chief diversionwas progressive conversation, butthese happy, care-free young peopleneeded nothing to aid in producingconversation, they were joyous andmerry throughout the evening.
Bright music was enjoyed, andlater, block-cream and cake, in theclass eolors, were served.The new century club met Tues¬
day afternoon with Mrs. W. P Cas¬sels, in the home of Mrs. J. A. Do¬bey, Mrs. II. D. Grant presiding.The club has a box 23 books with a
subscription to a good paper, tosend to the tuburcular ward at
camp Jackson.The matter of aiding in the es¬
tablishment of a District Turbucu-lar camp for negroes, was taken up,and Mrs. J. A. Lottlwas appointedfrom this club to confer with others.$50.00 was reported cleared at theentertainment given under the aus¬
pices of "the club: "Of"this""$25.00was given to the Red Cross chapterhere, and *20 to be used for libraryextension. The club by an unani¬mous vote will study next year"current literature." The yearbooks will bo written, and eachmeeting is to be in charge of speci¬fied ones.The subject of current literature
was. suggested at the Federation.Just now, every one is busy at theRed Cross rooms and in the winterevery one is more busy. There willbe no time for much study and read¬ing and the idea was to have theleaders glean such reading matter
and items as every one wants toknow and keep abreast with the timesThe program for the afternoon was
"Southern Dramatists," and proveda most informing and interestingone, there being several good papers.The hostess served a tempting saladcourse with iced tea.
Children's Day at MethodistChurch.
Sunday morning at the Methodistchurch at the regular service hour,a very interesting children's exer¬
cise was held in observance of theannual Children's Day. All the mem¬
bers of the various classes had a
part, the Cradle Roll department be¬ing in charge of Mrs. Lovic Smith.
Little Thomas Motte Kemaghanand John Lovelace Gunter in theirmothers' arms were beautiful pic¬tures of youth and innocence, and
other little children spoke to themwords of welcome and presentedthem with flowers.
The exercise of the day was incharge of Mrs. J. G. Edwards, whoseabsence was regretted on accountof illness in her family.
Hon. B. E. Nicholson, superinten¬dent of the Sunday School, presidedover the meeting, and Rev. A. L.Gunter gave a very practical andinstructive talk on the Sunday Schooldepartment of work, and the needo/ funds and the uses to which theywould be assigned. The colectionamounted to about $25.00.
For Magistrate.I respectfully announce that I am
a candidate for the office of magis¬trate of the first magisterial districtof Edgefield county and pledge my¬self to abide the result of the Dem¬ocratic Primary election.
N. L. Branson.
For Sale: 200 bushels of goodsound peas at S3.75 n^r bushel. Mrs.Julia K. Prescott, Modoc, S. C.
RED OAK GROVE.
Red Cross Rally at Red Hill.Y. W. A. Meet. Social
Circle Met With Mrs.Bailey.
Life is so full, and at the presentcrisis, when a demand is made on"our time should we not consider,"time" in a different light, fromvarious stand-points. This week isRed Cross week, while that means
a contribution from all, yet muchtime necessarily must be consumed,through reaching the people in some
territories where it is thinly settled,but we trust none will feel it of no
use to try, but with earnest effortsreach every person possible. Andtheu may each man, woman, boy or
girl, that is approached feel movedto do all they can, that wo here athome may help in sharing the bur¬den of this,cruel war.
Last Sundav was Red Cross Ral¬ly day at Red Hill. Hon. J. W.Thurmond accompanied by JudgeDeVore came down from Edgefieldand made earnest pointed addresses,facts were plainly given in regardto the needs of the Red Cross work.Then following came a most inter¬esting Biblical demonstration of.the duty of us as true patriots tothis gi eat and worthy cause byRev. Mr. Kesterson.
Brother Kesterson has his handsfull to over-flowing, but his unsel¬fish spirit is being fully manifestedby his actions, so with co-operationof the people on part of the west¬ern side of our Edgefield Associa¬tion, Bro. Kesterson will rendervaluable service.The Y. W. A's. had new feature
added to their meeting lasi Sun¬day, and that was the presence ofabout ten young men, who wittsuch beautiful attention inspiredthe girls to do their very best.And upon a whole, with the subject"Our Training..SchoolIV.to ..whichwe are constrained to believe, some
of our girls have become greatlyinterested in, and that in future maybring developments, it was just a
beautiful meeting. The secretaryMiss Deadis Dow was absent on
account of measles, but was repre¬sented by the minutes she so beau¬tifully prepared, was presented byMiss Mamie Bussey.The Circle was so much enjoyed
last Wednesday with Mrs. JessieBailey, having with us our goodneighbor Mrs. Piekens Bailey.Mrs. West Doolittle is hostess forour next meeting, Miss Mamie Bus¬sey presiding.We have heard many good things
for our service on Mothers' Dayand especially the splendid addressby Mr. J. L. Mims. We feel hisvisit to our Sunday school will bearfruit in tho present campaign forRed Cross- The girls regrettedthat Mrs. Mims and Mrs. Tillmancould not share some of their timewith them while here, but we en¬
joyed the knowledge of rest forthem, aud believe they deserve some
occasionally, but shall hope to havethem give us some third Sundayreal soon.
Mr. George Gilchrst visited hisgrand parents near Cleora last week.They are quite aged, and he seem
to appreciate so much the privilegeof being with them, as he has beenin Chicago io* the Dast severalyears, and was quite a boy when heleft South Carolina.
A very successful Red Cross rallywas held in the Baptist Church Sun¬day afternoon, the devotional servicebeing conducted by Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse. Ex-Gov. John C. Sheppardand Mr. J. Wm. Thurmond also tookpart in the exercise, the principalspeaker of the occasion, Bishop Guerry, being presented by Mr. Thur¬mond. After the very inspiring ad¬dress by Bishop Guerry a collectionwas taken by Mr. Sheppard from therostrum, the subscriptions rangingfrom $100.00 down to $5.00. The re¬
sponses were very general and quitegenerous, the aggregate of the sub¬scriptions being about $1,900.We confidently believe that the
county will go beyond the amountapportioned to it to raise. And whyshould we not? Giving for the sup¬port of our boys at the front is thevery least service that we can renderin this war. Let's give and give againand keep on giving as long as theappeal comes from our boys at thefront.
MURRAY-TOMPKINS.Lieut. A. S. Tompkins Wed
Miss Mary Murray, Oneof Columbia's BestBeloved Debutantes
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One of the most prominent of Columbia's army weddings thus far wa
that of Miss Mary Murray, younge:'Slaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J.Murray to Lieut. Arthur S. Tompkin:Jr., of the Fifty-third Pioneer Infantry, Camp Wadsworth, which wa¡
solemnized yesterday evening at '
o'clock at the Washington , StreeMethodist Church. The ceremony wai
i-cllowed by a reception for abou200,, guests at the Murray home or
Servais Street. The bride has beeione of the leading society girls o:Columbia since making her debuia year ago last fall and the brid«groom is also well known in Columand throughout the State. He is th«son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Tompkins of Edgefield and was educatecat Davidson College, having begurthe study of law at the Universitjof South Carolina, when he decidedfi volunteer for military service. Hereceived his commission at the sec
ond Oglethorpe Training Camp..' '; The church, filled to its capacitjWith invited guests, waa decoratecin effective but simple manner, the^chancel being banked with palmsand white hydrangas with white ta¬pers gleaming among them and thespecial pews marked with bunches"oí carnations tied with white tulle,While the guests were assemblingi&e organist, D. A. Pressly, played a
beautiful program of appropriate se¬
lections and announced the arrivalof the bridal party with "The StarSpangled Banner," playing as theprocessional "The Bridal Chorus"from "Lohengrin.""'.The bride's attendants, a charm-mg group of ll maids and matrons,.wore gowns of filmy cream lace ov¬
er chiffon with pink sashes, andwi M e leghorn hats lined with pink. .'. trirónW with. pink.rose?.'..:..Than~ 3s carried pink Killarney roses
ar the matrons Ophelia roses andthe costume of the maid of honorwas distinctive from the others inthat it was fashioned over pink andher bouquet was in shower effect.The young women were: Miss RuthTompkins, sister of the bridegroom,as maid of honor; Mrs. Henry H.Harris, sister of the bride, and Mes¬dames William J. Murray, Jr., andLouis Murray, her sisters in law, as
matrons of honor, and Misses Jaque¬lin Cooper, Ida Fripp, Louise Wat-rous of Tampa, Grace Earle, SaraCain and Mae Tompkins, anothersister of the bridegroom, as brides¬maids.
Acting as ushers were the bride'stwo brothers, William and LouisMurray, Capers Powers of ColumbiaHugh Aiken of Laurens, Lieut. Ad¬dison Johnson of Camp Jackson, andLieut. Frank Simrill of Camp Wads¬worth, and the groomsmen were:
Capt J. E. .Wylie of Camp Wads¬worth, Lieut. Bruce Hodges of CampJackson, Lieut. Nathaniel Stimson,Lieut. Arthur Hill of Camp Wads¬worth, Lieut. Roger Heyward ofCamp Jackson and Lieut. W. S.James of Camp Jackson.The bride entered with her father,
and was preceded immediatley byher little nephew, Henry H. Harris,Jr., who, dressed in a smart suit ofwhite corduroy, bore the weddingring in a basket of pink roses thepetals of which he scattered in frontof the bride as she left the churchafter the ceremony.The bridegroom was attended by
Lieut. Donald Sanders of Camp Jack¬son and the ceremony was perform¬ed by the Rev. Mark Carlisle, form¬er pastor of the Washington StreetChurch, assisted by the Rev. A. N.Brunson, the present pastor.The bride's wedding gown of lus¬
trous imported white satin and tullewas fashioned with a simplicitywhich well suited her petite figureand piquant style.
It was untrimmed save for a bead¬ing of pearls and brilliants aroundthe decolletage and a cluster to holdthe side draperies on the skirt, andit was made with flowing tulle sleevesand a court train of the satin. Herwedding veil was the same one worn
by her sister, Mrs. Henry H. Harris,as a bride, and was arranged with a
bandeau of orange blossoms and herbouquet was of pale lavender orchidsand valley lilies.
In the decoration at the housepink and white prevailed among a
[miscellany of the season's flowers.
m the drawing room where the brideind bridegroom received with theirparents, Dr. and Mrs. Murray andMr. and Mrs. Tompkins of Edgefield,tall palms filled the bow windowmd white roses and candles adorned;he mantel. Mrs. Murray was gown-îd in black chantilly lace and Mrs.Tompkins wore lavender crepe me¬
teor.The guests were received in the
hall by Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Län¬gster, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. C. Bates,Mr. and Mrs. Luther McKay HawkinsDr. and Mrs. Frank Durham and Dr.md Mrs. Pinkney V. Mikell.
In the library where a wealth ofwedding presents were displayed,Mrs. R. J. Blalock, Mrs. Kate Patter¬son, Mrs. J. G. Wannamaker of Or¬angeburg and Mrs. R. C. Holman ofBarnwell received.The bride's register in the hall was
in charge of Misses Mary Hamptonand Jane Kealhofer and punch was
served in the living room by MissMarguerite Patterson, Mrs. John K.Aull and Mrs. Howard Dewey ofOrangeburg.The dining room was in bridal
smite and green, the bride's tablebeing beautifully appointed in silverThe centerpiece was a large silverbasket filled with white roses andtied with white tulle and the tablecandles were held in three singlecandlesticks fitted with shades ofpendant pearls. From the chandelierthree streams of tulle delicately trac¬ed with smilax, were drawn downand caught to the cluny lace clothand the beautiful wedding cakeswera placed on silver stands; Accord¬ing to the traditional army custom,the bride cut the cake with her hus¬band's sword and it was served withices and.sweets in green and white.Assisting in tho dining room were:
Mrs. William Earle, Miss Kate Hamp¬ton Manning, Mrs. J. T. Gray, MissBlanche Jones, MissLila May Mim-naugh, Miss Elmire deGraffenreid,Miss Louise Bruton and Miss Esther
Graydpfc, t.The Little-Davis orchestra played
all during the reception. The bride'ssouvenirs to her attendants were
gold friendship circles and the bride¬groom presented each of his fellowofficers in the party with the regu¬lation army name plate to be worn
on the leather wrist strap.Lieutenant and Mrs. Tompkins
left last night for Ashville, wherethey will spend the former's shortleave at Grove Park Inn, goingthence to Spartanburg, where Mr.Tompkins is on duty at Camp Wads¬worth. The bride traveled in a navyblue tricotine coat suit, a white
crepe blouse with blue checked plac¬ings, a chic little navy blue hatsmartly trimmed with a stiff, un¬
curled feather, and tan pumps. Shealso wore a cape of Kolinski fur.Among the out of town guests at
the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. A.
S. Tompkins, the bridegroom's par¬ents; Mr. .and Mrs. Joe Holland, hisbrother-in-law and sister; MissesRuth, Mae and Grace Tompkins, hissisters, all of Edgefield; the bride'saunt, Mrs. J. G. Wannamaker ofOrangeburg, Mrs. Howard Dew ofBarnwell, Miss Carry Darby Harri¬son of Walhalla and Mrs. F. P. Mc¬Gowan of Laurens.
Dinner for Bridal Party.The final party of a series which
has been given for Miss Mary Murraywhose marriage to Lieut. Arthur S.Tompkins, Jr., will be solemnizedthis evening at 7 o'clock at the Wash¬ington Street Methodist Church, was
a dinner given last evening at theJefferson Hotel by Miss Ruth Tomp¬kins, the bridegroom's sister and thebride's maid of honor. The guestswere confined to the wedding partywho adjourned to the hotel after therehearsal at the church.
Dinner was served in one of the
private dining rooms, covers beinglaid for 25 and the table being dec¬orated in pink carnations. The placecards were handpainted in gracefullittle brides. Five courses were served
Miss Tompkins' guests were: MissMurray and Lieutenant Tompkins,Miss Jaquelin Cooper, Miss Ida FrippMrs. Grace Earle, Miss Louise Wat-rous, Miss May Tompkins, Miss Sa¬ra Cain, Mr. and Mrs. William Mur¬ray, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Louis Murray,Mrs. John K. Aull, Mrs. Henry Hol¬lingsworth Harris, Lieut. Donald Sanders, Capt. J. E. Wyl.e, Lieut. ArthurHill, Lieut. Roger Heyward, Lieut.Frank Simrill, Lieut. Bruce Hodges,Lieut. Stimson, Capers Powers andHugh Aiken.
HARDY'S HAPPENINGS.
Oat Crop Good, Delightful Barbecue at Meriwether Hall
Missionary SocietyHolds Meeting.
We have not had quite so muchrain this week, but plenty of clouds.Fine for corn and grass. Well, asboth of those were such a short eroplast year, through this section, we
are glad to see the corn coming so
nicely, and .grass, where it can becut for hay. And we are fighting itin the crop. Oats bid fair to be splendid. Wheat has been injured by so
much rain while it was in "the boot."As I have heard my father say, "Awet May is fine for oats but verybad for wheat.
Cotton is very small and backwardso far. Lots of it has had to be plow¬ed up and planted over. The corn inmost places is looking mighty pretty.Mr. H. h. Bunch has the prettiest wehave seen, so far. His field of threeor four acres is shoulder high anddark, rich green like bottom landmakes. Also his roasting, ears arejust as fine. Messrs. Sampson andMealing Bunch's corn is next tothat of Mr. H. L. Bunch, in size. Mr.George McKie's wheat seems to say,"He can feed his new bride on flourbread every day."
Miss Lizzie Butler's corn, cottonand rye are beautiful. The gardensare all fine and finer, especially theIrish Potatoes.
Our good friend, Mr. J. H. Adamsbrought us a beautiful head of cab¬bage as large as a child's head. Wegave him some of our good-sizedbeets. We have a fairly large num¬
ber of chickens now, if no more ofthem die, but none come up to one
and a half pounds yet. We will needseveral more sacks of feed to get upto it, and that means feeding themmoney.We attended the enjoyable barbe¬
cue ar, Meriwether Hall, on last Sat¬urday. There was quite'a good atten¬dance and that which some feared,that is, that the club would be dis¬banded on account of lack of funds,was averted. The men came forwardand cheerfully paid the amount needed and we are rejoiced to see thatthe club will continue. We hope tosee new interest and new life in itnow , as they reorganized and elected new officers. The following offi¬cers were elected: President, Dr. W.T. Briggs; Vice Pres., Mr. H. F.Cooper; Treasurer, Mr. Alvin StevensSecretary, Mr. Fred Barker; Exec.Committee-man, Mr. H. L. Bunch.Mr. H. H. Scott w,as chosen to attendto selecting and cooking the meats.Mr. Stokes gave a little talk afterdinner and promised to help us whenever we should need him. The following new members were voted in:
Messrs. Stokes, H. H. Scott, G. L.Wright and Mealing Bunch.The club meetings are a great
source of pleasure to everybody. Itis like paying a social visit to all ofone's friends at a time. The meetingsare also instructive, for we exchangeideas and learn something from t¿chother. Then too, it is a protection toour community, and would be ofgreater benefit if the farmers wouldco-operate with each other.The W. M. S. meets with Mrs. T.
L. Harley May 23. We hope to havea good attendance full purses andliberal hearts to help with the RedCross fund. There was good workdone by Mr. H. F. Cooper at the HallSaturday for the Red Cross. Thethought of so many of our homemen having gone makes us want todo all we can for this cause. Threeof Mrs. John Mays' sons have alreadygone and one of Mr. George Adams'sons are to leave within a short timenow. He had already started farm¬
ing.Mr. John Matthews is still des¬
perately ill but his friends hope forhis speedy recovery.
Natural Deduction.Mrs. Murch-"What dreadful lan¬
guage your parrot uses!"Mrs. Nothing-"Yes, my husband
bought the bird one day and broughtit home in his car, and I have alwayssuspected that he had engine troubleon that trip."-Firestone House Or¬
gan.
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