Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-08-24
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Enthusiastic Meeting of Far
mers Held. Revival Services
Will Begin in Methodist
Church Next Week.

On Thursday morning at the Au-
ditorium large and enthusiastic
crowd of farmers of Saluda and Ed
gefield counties, met for the purpose
of considering Dairying.
The boil weevil has reached this
section and is destroying whole
farms, and the farmers are realiz-
ing the necessity of diversified farm
ing. The ridge section is especially
adapted to Dairying.
The chief address of the morning
was by Mr.. C. schmolke, agent in
Dairying, of the Dairy Extentiorl
Dept, Clemson College. His talk
was exceedingly interesting and ne
told his experiences in South Africa,
of Is years of dairying.
Talks were made also by Mr.. Allen
Mobley of this. place and Mr.. B.. R.
Tillman of Trenton.
Both of these have had experience
in dairying for the past few years,
and were able to give splendid sug-
gestions and practical advice.
Each impressed the fact that those
engaging in dairying must grow their
own feed and give personal attention,
if the venture was to prove success
full.
There was much interest manifest
ed.
A number of farmers agreed to
form a cooperative dairy associa-
ton, and to further effect this, there
will be another meeting at the opera
house, on the afternoon of Sept. 16,
at four o'clock, the men being
anxious to put this through. =
An invitation to all farmers living
near the town to join in was given.
An instance was told of a young
man who lives near the S. c. border
line, in another state, who has q 10
acre farm5 where ne opssates dairy.
His farm produces all the feed and
the dairy has his personal attention.
It was told that last year his
profits, not including the sale of
calves, was the sum of $4,000.
It was decided that the Holstein
was the best COW for dairying and
to operate the proposed dairy it
would take 400 cows.
A revival service begins here at
the Methodist church, on Sunday, %,
and the pastor, Rev. Kellar will be
assisted by the Rev. Mahaffey. Mr..
Mahaffey is a fine and forceful
preacher, having been heard here
before.
On Sunday morning, at the Bap-
tist church, the church letter which
will be sent to the annual association,
was read.
The association will be Thursday
and Friday of this week, at Speig-
ner's, and the letter or report of
church activities that will be read
at this meeting, is a good one, some
of the items being as follows:
During the year there has been an
increase of 29 members by profession
of faith and % by letter.
The church membership is 434.
The Sunday School numbers ATS,
with 25 officers and teachers, 19
classes.
The church is very happy in the
fact that two Ministerial students
will go from it this fall, to Louisville
Seminary, Mr.. James Edwards and
Mr.. Ed Johnson.
During the year the church has
cont ibuted to the campaign fund,
s6444.22, of this amount the mera-
bers of the church gave S29S0, the
members of the Woman's Missionary
Society, s2o16.42, the Young Wo-
mans Auxiliary, $780,, The Sun
beams, s333.55, The girls Auxiliary,
$3.50, The Royal Ambassadors $192.-
go. The Sunday School 5000.
Other gifts and expenses of the
church amounted to s5363.20.
To all purposes the church has
given about $4,000 during the year.
About ten delegates will go from
this church.
Mr.. H. w. Dobey has the sympa-
thy of his friends here in the death
of his brother which occurred during
the past week at his home in Aiken.
He was with his brother at the
time of his death.