Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

AS we near the Thanksgiving sea-
son. we feel that we, as a community,
have much to be thankful for. We
have had during. the past year a
considerable amount of sickness but
through it all the Lord has been
with us and the once i'll are now re-
joicing in health.
Our crops have been better than
in many other sections, and with
the good prices the farmers are in a
prosperous condition.
A young mems Baraca class has
been organized in our Sunday school
and is in a fourishing condition.
The young men are rallying to the
work. and we feel that this move
will mean much to our Sunday
school and community. The officers
are: Chas. Mcdaniel, president; T.
E. Wood, vice-president; Fl. E..
Quarles, secretary; T.. G. Mathis,
assistant secretary; J. b. Holmes,
treasurer; G. M. Mellichamp, teach
er and Mrs. DR.. Prescott, assistant
teacher. The chairmen of the COM
mittees are: Il. G. Mathis, member
ship committee; Levi Quarles, at
tendance committee; Jasper cDan-
iel, relief committee and Lewis Eu-
banks, music committee. The meet
ings are held in the school house, a
few yards from the church,.during
the regular Sunday school service
each Sunday. Visitors are welcomed.
Probably the Baraca bntton has
been more noticeable and Ba.aca
grips" more frequent, here recent
ly, than has been the w. O.W.
badge and grip"
Our b. Y. p. l.. meetings have
been large and the young people
have been taking great interest and
doing excellent work. On last Sun
day our union made u special offer
ing to state missions to help answer
the cry and prayer of the South
Carolina Baptists, to the convention
out of debt" Our two last subjects
were Decision" and Happiness"
We want you, Mr.. Editor, to teach
our Baraca class and address our b.
Y. P. u. on the next third Sunday.
We welcome to our church the
following new teachers in this sec
ton, who have been out with us:
Prof. r. H. Hasty, teacher of Bars
Chapel school; Miss Eileen,
teacher of Flat Rock school Miss
Matte Lee Schenk, teacher Of the
China school, and Miss Reece, one
of the Golfers teachers. Prof. Hasty
has been making himself useful in
our Baraca and b. Y. P. U. work.
The return of Miss Constance
Long to the Mcdaniel school and to
our B. Y. P. U. and social circle is
welcomed by her many friends.
Our school is now running with
a much better attendance than at
this time last session. We have the
same principal, Mr.. Mellichamp,
and as assistant, Miss Mabel Strom,
an experienced and efficient young
teacher, a cousin of Miss Weinona
Strom and another of Rehoboth's
young ladies. We are glad to see
that She is making herself useful not
only in the school but in Jul church
work.
We will not attempt to tell Of all
the 'comings" and "goings" as it.
has been so long since our lasta re-
port, but will. mention that there
has come into the home of Mr.. R.
M. johnson a little girl, whose
name we know not, except that it is
Johnson. Though deacon Rufus is
still one of,our young folks land
only about half grown, if you Judge
him by his father this is about the
sixth or twelfth" arrival. Little
Warren wishes that it was a boy.
We regret to say that Mr.. w.
H. Quarles, Little COL" is suffer
ing very much from an .infamed
cratch on the hand, but we hope
that his fear of blood poison is un-
founded.
The lunch party at DR.. Prescott's
last Friday night was quite a sue
cess. The social feature was excel
ent besides being a financial help
to the Prescott school, as the sun of
ifty-fve. dollars was raised. The
Redhillians are planning to have a
similar party in the near future, but,
with some new features.
So far, very few hogs have been
sacrificed to our craving appetites,
and they are living high on the best
hog food our farmers can produce
but when the next cold snap comes
my, won't we "live high!
X. Y. q.