Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-08-25

and frst.c class in every particular,
with good library. 1t ia largely
attended, afording ample opportu-
nifty to all children, rich and poor
if there are any poor; we never saw
any. Thus the curse of illiteracy
that is such a blight on this South
land does not exist In Beech Island.
All the people met were we'll edu-
Gated and far from the prejudice
and suspicion that ignorance breeds.
But with all their great crops and
fine stock, roaming over fertile pas
lures, the best element OF admlra-
tion produced there is her men and
women.
Tell me not that all men are Gre
ated free and equal-not as long as
some families SO far surpass others
in all the nobler attributes of me
soul. Good blood will. tell, even
among cows and hogs-much more
in mankind. The families that
sprung from such men as j. ii.
Hammond, the Lamars, the Dun
bars, the Atkinses, the Fairs, Walk
ers and others, are just natural born
arlstocrats-no such aristocrats as
the Romanoff and Hollenzollerns,
who waded through sea of blood
to renown, but the real aristocracy
of brave, Southern gentlemen and
fair and virtuous women above re-
proach of dear Dixie's land.
We had the pleasure of meeting
several of our Edgefeld friends
there, Dick Parker, who married
Miss Gertie Galney, and his son
John Parker who was a gallant
captain in France, where he ren-
dered great service in helping to
down the Kaiser = William Dob
son, Henry Lake, Hughes Lake,
Law Hill and John Hill, and sev.
eral others, all prosperous plan
ters.
The great point in calling the
attention of the people lof Edge
field to Beech Island, is to show
the good of this Agricultural Club,
which is good model for the va
rious communities of Edgefeld to
follow. The secret of the success
of this club is that it is devoted to
farming altogether, nothing but
farming, and of course the neces-
sary appurtances of farming. 1t
has never been allowed to become
Political Organ on which. men
ride into office, it is not in any
sense welded to any Religious De.
nominations, neither is it a place
where young people can indulge in
frivolities of social festivity, then
the members all act in harmony
and thus cooperation they save
much money and trouble, and esi
pecially potent to keep up the or
ganization is that monthly barbe.
cue. A young married lady once
wrote to an elderly woman to know
the secret of keeping her husband
happy, the old lady answered in
three words, feed the brute"
Man is naturally convival and fond
of good eating and also we all love
a change of diet at times, and there
is nothing that so draws US together
as to sit down and dip out of the
same dish. NOur Saviour set good
example in this respect as in case
of the Lords Supper, and very few
men will miss meeting when they
know that they will get a good
barbecue dinner, that draws more
perhaps than any other one thing.
Then too the subjects of discus
sion are not dry abstract theories
on abstruce subjects, where there is
diversity of opinion, but they dis
cuss practical matters, that relate
to their every day wants and inter-
est, and there is nothing that draws
people together like united in
terest in financial way, and op,
posing common enemy.
Then again, the people are edu-
Gated, IN vain can any people act
in harmony who cannot read or
write, they have good schools there
and spend money on them and no
amount of money spent on educa-
tion is wasted, provided it is salted
down with wholesome Christian
influence. We have just been
taught by the Kaiser, that educa-
tion alone is dangerous thing
when not welded to Religion, the
Beech Island folks are peaceable
and religious class.e
When we think of what 1oIi-