Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
News From Meeting Street.

news from Meetlng Street.
Editor Edgefield Advertiser: !.
1t has been quite a while since
I have seen any news in The Adver-
tiser from this section, so / have con-
cluded to write few lines to let your
readers of other sections know that
some of us are still here in this old
section and living, but not as fast and
high as for the past few years. Still,
we have the staff of life, cornbread,
with some other things to make life
worth while, so we are working to
try to gain some of our losses from
last years business.
1t seems that we had reached the
pinnacle of prosperity last October,
and just had to turn loose and fall
back to the bottom and start over
again, which / attribute as results of
sinful world war, for if we had no
sin, we would. have no wars. In fact,
when old Sherman defined what war
was l feel sure he had it right. The
next worst thing as I see it is the wo-
man suffrage act that has been passed
by your Congress. I don't think that
any such thing can be justified by the
Bible which should be our guide in all
things here on earth. Some writer has
truthfully said that the wife is might
lest in the home and that the keepers
at home are the keepers of power and
the wife loses her power when she
takes her husbands place, or under
takes to perform functions in public
or private relation. Our mothers start
us in life, but our wives keep us 60
ing. The social, the church, the edu-
cational, some charity spheres, and
some of the business sphere Of life
are consonant with the home sphere,
but generally the public affairs of the
world intrusted by God to man are
best affected by the women who do
their full duty as wife and mother,
and make good men of their hus-
bands and sons. But when our good
women aspire to political Offices or to
practice law or to the pulpit to preach
or on the battlefield, they are far
from the sphere our Creator Intended
her to be as I see and understand.
Also beggaring their sex, effeminating
their husbands, subjecting themselves
to corruption and criticism, thereby
robbing themselves of modesty and
destroying the very life of the do
nestle sweetness and power. God
bless our wives, mothers and daught-
ers and ever incline their hearts to
ever be found in the sphere of the
home circle that thou hast intended
them to be. And also incline them to
more decent styles and fashions
whereby they will command greater
respect from men than has been for
the past several years. $50 mote it
be, amen."
Our people around here have been
busy since they began work in spring
and I think, have done their best,
considering the little or no help they
have had financially this year. We
hope to see all get through with their
crops some way and thereby learn a
lesson to profit by, be able to pay up
their last year,edebts and go on the
same plan next year and be inde-
pendent of all corporations for credit,
then we will see more people on the
farm and not so many spectators
and gamblers against the people who
have to produce a living for the
world, and yet not have any say so
as to what their product is worth.
People around this section are
about done saving their grain. There
was not good acreage of same plant
ed for lack of money to buy seed with
last fall. We hear of some finding a
few boil weevils, but still hope to
not have much this year around this
section. am your same
J.H.C.
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