Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-05-29
HARDY'S HAPPENINGS.
Woman's Missionary Society
Met. Service Flag to be
Presented to Hardy's
Church.

that we have missed it, now, since
it shut off and failed to give us
some. The gardens and corn show
the need of it already. In the sand
country the Irish potatoes have
turned yellow and are dying. l
heard of some expecting to plow
them up and plant again this week.
As rule the potato crop has been
exceptionally fine. Some of the
cabbage have blistered and some the
lady bugs are sucking to death.
There is always some pesky insect
at work, doing damage to some
thing. The borers are killing some
fruit trees. The apples are falling
very fast. We did not get to spray
the trees the second time, as they
should have been.
The harvest season is at hand,
and where are the reapers? That is
problem, in this community. As
I was looking at the beautiful grain
and thinking the cycle will soon
come along and now it down, i:
occurred to me it stands like a
mighty army of soldiers. And they
are being moved down by those
Tanks" almost like the grain will
soon be. Oh! this war! this terri
BILE war! Even the school boys are
being put in training this summer
in New York. Will be carried
right on from Clemson, without 60
ing home to see their parents. We
will miss seeing our boy this sum-
mer. We hope he will come back
in August.
Thinking always of the war, we
think and pray every day for our
soldiers and red cross nurses. and
the wounded men in those hospitals,
God bless them all, and bring them
back to US victorious.
The w. N. S. met last Thursday
with Mrs. FL. Harley and ENJOY
ed a splendid program. Mrs. T. j..
Briggs, presiding, asked Mrs. Kato
TO read a piece in the Kansas City
STAR" written by some lady, tell
ing of her - year old boy doing
narrowing for his father while he
was off selling Liberty Bonds, and
the little boy came very aear being
seriously Injured by falling and
catching his foot between the dicks
and his head was within a foot of
I horses feet. He called his mother
several times to come help him, but
she did not hear him. Finally she
went to call him in and found him
in this condition. She got help by
calling the neiShbors over the phone
and the boy fortunately was not in
jurcd. She then told of her elder
boy being in the service and said
mothers do rot let your boys call
you for help and you do not hear,
do all you can to help the Red
Cross Collection Tor the Red
! Cross was then taken, and soon
$500 given for it. There were
nothing like full attendance, and
we hope all those were not there
will contribute generously as the
others did. We hope to organize q
band of Red Cross workers soon.
After the delicious refreshments
were served, as it was quite late, we
had to hurry off home.
But l forgot to say, we voted TO
raise service flag at Hardys
church, fifth Sunday in June, if 1t
will not interfere with the union
meeting services. Committees were
appointed to see about the flag,
also for the special music. Mrs. j.
T. Reese, and Mrs. Walter Stevens
were the flag committee. And Mrs.
Fred Barker, Mrs. Lewis kato and
Mrs. w. Stevens for music.
We were sorry to hear of Mrs.
Georgia Hammond having been
quite sick and hope she is much i'm,
proved ere this. Also Mrs. Hugh
Harrison, glad to say she is W
again. Mr.. H. 6. Bunch, and
baby Ruth, ale real sick. She is
teething and we are very uneasy
about her, as whooping cough is all
around here. Mrs. Bunch we hope
is some better of her cold. Mrs.
Baynard is little better.
MIR. John Matthews passed away
Sunday afternoon, May 26, an ILL.,
ness of three weeks. He was SO
years of age, Feb. 22nd 1918. A
good christian man has gone to his
reward. He has lived in this com,
munity all his life and I never
heard aught said against him. He
has been member of the church