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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-04
Left Husbands in Pool.

.uereu nus
bands, after which she took a fourth,
and was herself finally slain in front
of the court house by her own broth
er, who coolly mounted his horse and
rode unmolested away while the gap
ing crowd which had watched him
beat her brains out with rock,
stood by and gazed after his retreat
ing figure.
In a dark forest which skirts the
town stands also haunted tree, a
wicked looking old beech, and the
dusky denisons of an African settle
ment just beyond will tell you that
dogs which happen to be black and
white always stop at the foot of this
tree and bark frantically while look
ing up into it's branches, Jumping and
tearing up the earth in their endeav-
ors to reach some object in the
boughs above them. No human eye,
they tell you, has ever beheld even
sparrow perch upon the accursed
limbs, but all the world knows that
black and white dog can see ghosts.
But if Edgefeld was wicked and
infested with chants" it early adopt
ed wholesome antidote. The first
church established was a Methodist,
which was built on the ground later
occupied by the Minis residence.
One of the first preachers of which
there is any record was John B.
Mitchell, soldier of the Revolution,
captured by the British in some
Northern colony, and brought South
as a servant of one of their officers.
For more than so years he labored
faithfully in the little village of
Edgefeld.
The next church built was Bap-
tist church, and an early preacher of
that faith was William Eddins, also
a soldier of the Revolution, who en-
tered the service from Newberry at
the age of 16. At one time young Ed
dins was captured and with other
prisoners was being escorted to Nine
ty Six. His horse was taken from him
and assigned to the soldier sent to
guard them. On the way the sentinel
dismounted and leaning his musket
against tree, took a pull at black
bottle which he carried. Young Ed
dins saw his opportunity and seizing
the musket, mounted his own horse
and made his escape. He. served the
church in Edgefeld as pastor for
number of years, after which he emf
grated to Tennessee.
The third church to be built in
Edgefeld was Trinity Episcopal,
erected in 1889, large through the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-04

solemn words Of the marriage ser
vice, when shell fired by the bonn
harding enemy crashed through the
building and a fragment penetrated
the brides heart, crimsoning her robe
with blood and snuffed out her life. So
sudden, so awful was the tragedy,
that for an instant she still stood
erect with hand upon the bride
groom's arm while the voice of the
minister continued reading the mar
riage words, until groan broke
from the horror stricken audience,
and the dazed bridegroom caught in
his arms the falling body of his bride.
Another daughter of Governor
Pickens and his first wife, the loved
and honored Mrs. Rebecca Pickens
Bacon, died only few years ago,
after long and useful life:
Just before going to represent
America at the court of the Car,
Francis Pickens, then widower,
married Kentucky girl, Miss Lucy
Holcombe, whose wonderful beauty
created sensation even in St. Pc
tersburg. While living at the Russian
capital another daughter was added
to the family, and the Czarina her
self became the child's godmother.
Francesca was the baby christened in
honor of her father, though never in
all her brief life was the maiden
called by that stately name, but al
ways Darling" though the love
word was in the Russian language,
where it is "Douschka." Little
Douschka was, however, but baby
when the chunders Of war reverber-
ating from her far off birthplace call
ed her parents back. Then the darling
of the Romanoff court grew to charm
ing girlhood at her quiet ancestral
home on the outskirts of Edgefeld.
Greatly was the girl beloved by all
who knew her.
Red Shirts Ride.
In later days when cred Shirts"
companies all over the state wrested
political victory from the hands of
an interloping enemy, Duoschka
Pickens won for herself the title of
"The Joan of Arc of Edgefeld."
Benjamin R. Tillman in a speech in
Anderson about the year 1892 or
1893 gave very vivid and lucid ac-
count of the first appearance of the
"bloody shirt" in Edgefeld county,
making clear what before that time
had seemed to be a thing inexpli-
cable. how both Anderson and Edge
field could and did claim to have ORR
ginated the red shirt uniform. Sena-
tor Tillman, who was young man at
L. +ir,na was one of nnn,hc----'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-04

.--..~uuusuLe or her huS-
bands uncle, Gen. Elijah Clarke of
Georgia. Of this lady General Pick
ems said, "She is a beautiful woman,
the sweetest and most interesting
lady ever saw in any society"
Eldred Simkins served his district
in congress for four years. At the
end of that time he declined reelec-
tion in favor of his friend and law
partner, George McDuffie. At later
date Mr.. Simkins practiced law in
partnership with F. w. Pickens.
Members of the Simkins family
have been intimately connected with
the history of Edgefeld throughout
its whole career. A son of Eldred
who bore his grandfather's name,
Arthur, was editor of the Edgefeld
Advertiser, established in 1889, one
of South Cardinals oldest newspa-
pers. 1t was not, however, the first
published in the district. Preceding
it was The Edgefeld Bee Hive print
ed at Pottersville. Its existence was,
however, of short duration. John G..
Simkins, another son of Edgefeld,
was killed at Battery Wagner.
The village of Edgefeld was made
the county seat in 1871, and court
was held there in 1892.
The Edgefeld academy, which had
been in operation for some years, was
incorporated December 1S, 1924,
though the town was not incorporat-
ed until 1880. James Caldwell of
Newberry, afterwards chancellor,
taught there in 1919. Another of it's
teachers was Robert L. Armstrong,
one of the instructors when Profes-
sor LaBorde of the South Carolina
college and author of history of
that institution attended school.
Dies at Altar.
Another of Edgefeld's distinguish
ed citizens was Francis w. Pickens,
appointed by President Buchanan
minister to Russia, and later elected
governor of South Carolina, which
Office had been held by his father and
his grandfather before him. In the
lonely old Simkins graveyard sleeps
his first wife, Margaret Eliza, daught-
er of Eldred and Eliza Simkins, and
beside her two sons, Francis and Ell
dred. Her daughters lived to grow up,
one of them however, only to reach
young womanhood. The girl was be-
ing married in st. Michael's church in
Charleston during the distressful and
1nournful days of the Confederate
war: the clergyman was reading the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-04

Scenes" was sketch of Col. Edmund
Bacon of Edgefeld, descended from
the Virginia family, of which Ma
thaniel Bacon was a member, and
also related to the distinguished Eng
lish family Of the same name. Col.
James T. Bacon, as remarkable a
character as Ned Brace himself, was
his grandson, and for many years the
brilliant editor of the Edgefeld Ad-
vertiser.
Edgefeld was the home of A. P.
Butler, NJ. C. Butler, Preston S.
Brooks and four of South Cardinals
governors, Pickens, Bonhan., Shep-
pard and Tillman.
Edgefeld sent to the defense of
the South many brave soldiers and
among them was a woman. When
South Carolina seeded, Cornelius
Horne and his wife, Lucinda, with an
only child, William, just grown, were
among the humber citizens of the
district. Both father and son enlisted
in Company K, Fourteenth South
Carolina volunteers, and when Nc
Gowan's brigade, to which Company
X belonged, went to the front, Lu-
cinda Horne went too. All through
Jackson's hard campaigns she accom-
panied the soldiers, cooking, washing
and nursing the wounded. Where the
field hospital was located, there af-
ter every battle was Lucinda Horne
to be found, by her sympathetic min
istrations relieving suffering, saving
life and soothing the dying. At
Jones farm her son was wounded and
his mother had the satisfaction of
nursing him herself. William lived IL
years after the war, but finally died
from the effects of the injury then re-
ceived. Mrs. Horne also outlived her
husband. For many years after the
war was but memory, she was great
ly honored by the Confederate vet
erans, and attended their reunions,
welcome and venerated guest.
In the old days Edgefeld in spite
of its gallant gentlemen and charm
ing women, won the reputation of be-
ing the wickedest section of pretty
stormy little state, championship
which it has long ago lost. There are
other counties today where unaveng-
ed murders and black crimes are far
more common than in Edgefeld.
Left Husbands in Pool.
Among the interesting places in
the town which cause delightful
thrill of horror is a deep black tarn
known as "Becky's pool" Into its
depths by day venturesome boys cast
challenging stones and stoutlv "''''
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-04

.,e., HIunrng them es-
pecfaI1y adapted to the person wish
ing supply of both eggs and meat.
AS one has to make frequent sales of
flesh in the shape of surplus cockerels
and hens, the carcass as we'll as egg
production should be considered. The
general-purpose breeds are usually
good sitters and good mothers. They
have medium-sized combs and wattles
and endure cold weather well. They
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-04
Historical Sketch of Edgefeld.

To the Editor of The State:
In 1855 Edgefeld district was
carved out of the old domain of
Ninety Six. The locality had already
become we'll known. During the Rev
olutionary war two skirmishes of i'm
portance took place within its bounds,
one at Clouds Greek in 1882, where
fell in the cause of liberty 80 Ameri-
cans. The spot is in the eastern part
of the county, three miles from the
town of Leesville. The other was a
battle of more note, fought near
what was known as 'The Old Pine
House," the home of the Weaver
family, burned soon after the war of
the SOS, which stood where the vii
lage of Trenton has grown up.
Among the scattered dwellers in
old Ninety Six district was Arthur
Simkins, native of Virginia, where
his family had been prominent for
over century. In 1772 he emigrated
to South Carolina and purchased a
large tract of land. He called his
plantation "Cedar Field" 1t lay
about three miles from the present
town of Edgefeld, which was largely
built on part of his land. Mr.. Sim
kins gave to the infant village site
for Baptist church and graveyard,
the same on which the present build
ing stands. He also donated ground
for school, and one of the present
public school houses stands on that
original site. Mr.. Simkins built on his
plantation a handsome and commo
dious dwelling. He established or
chards and gardens, all of which have
been swept away by the hand of time.
Only the magnificent cedar trees re-
main. They were fourishing & very
few years ago, and may be still, love-
lier perhaps in This goth century than
they were to the eyes of Arthur Sim
kins and his friends in that far away
18th.
Held Various Offices.
Mr.. Simkins was soldier of the
Revolution. He was regarded as the
founder of Edgefeld, and held a
number of responsible Offices in it's
early history. In 1855 county courts
were established in South Carolina,
and he became one of the county
judges.
Arthur Simkins married Margaret
Clarke, sister of General Clarke of
Georgia, said tc have been very
handsome and charming woman.
Their graves are side by side in the
old Simkins burying ground not far
from their home.
srrrl .ia. s-tL~,- rroa Gphtinp for
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19

The smallest baby at birth known
weighed two pounds one ounce.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
RESIDENCE SALES
MARKET FEATURE

Residences find ready sales on
Rock Island real estate markets,
according to realtors. and this in
dication is sustained by report this
week from the J. J. Gruske agency
Of sales of eight properties repre-
senting $4,000.
The following transfers have
been affected through the agency:
John N. Ruck to Elmer J. AL
brecht, 5-room bungalow, 1112
Eighteenth-and-a-half avenue; John
Taylor to Mrs. Irene Heegen, s.
room cottage, 1850 Twenty-thnd
street; Mrs. Nettie A. Dindinger
to Andrew Gianulis, 8-room house,
$50 Twenty-first street; Sol Lang
man to John Mortell, 7-room house
734 Thirtieth street; H. NJ. Scrog-
gin to l. ]. Roberts, 5-room cottage
243O Seventeenth avenue; G. G
Pemberton to H.. Witherell, 5-roon
bungalow, 1916 Ninth-and-a-hall
street; John Mortell to Sol. Lang
| man. Groom cottage, 3416 Ninth
and-a-half avenue; Mrs. Dora Nc
Williams to H. D. Budelier, 5-roon
bungalow, 4425 Eighteenth avenue
| Tibet is larger than France, Ger
many and Spain combined.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19

the child to be told the reason Tor
. request or command. but thefV
are times when prompt and un-
questioning obedience 10 essenttal
II q child is in danger. there ~
be no time to reason. argue or ex-
plain-in such q case prompt oAed-
fence may be necessary to 49,
him from serious injury. The Aen
Of obedience will never be f0tmed
through making unreasonable or
unjust demands, but . demand
once made should be followed to
the end-absolute obedience.
There is no place in society
where the lsw-breAker is welcome
there is no gang or group n
child life in which the child lis
wanted who does not respect: tia
law of the group. The child who
does not obey will develop into =
citizen having little or NO respect
! for the laws Of the community.
A free country is not a place
/. where every individual Goes - he
pleases. regardless OF the rights OF
! his neighbor, but place where ev-
/ cry individual has a right to the
opportunities of the land and the
| privilege of making the most Of
them, provided he does not inter-
fere with the rights Of other MEM
bers of society.
| 1t is the duty OF each to obey the
laws of The group. and the place
in which this respect for law. order
/, and the rights OF others should DC
i iuculcated is the home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
TABLETS PLACED
IN FRANCE BY "

O. ]. Stirratt, general secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A., this morning
received a bulletin from the Inter
national committee Of Y. M. c. AS
telling of the placing Of tablets on
buildings in France in appreciation
of the hospitality Of the citizens OF
the 90 leave" areas where mem
bers of the American forces spent
their furloughs.
The tablets contain in French and
English, the following:
This tablet is placed by the
Young Mems Christian association
of the United States in appreciation
! of the hospitality Of the citizens OF
this town during the great war
when the American soldiers were
permitted to use this building FOL
/ rest and recreation"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
BY Gertrude E. Skinner.

The life Of every individual IL
largely made up Of habits. The
time when habits are most easily
formed is during the early years
OF life. It Is therefore most I'M
portant not only that habits are
formed which will develop the best
children today and the most useful
citizens in the future, but that the
formation Of all good habits begin
very early in life.
Everyone interested in the chill
dren OF today desires to see them
develop into good boys and girls
and later into the right kind OF citi-
gems. Good habits are. however,
essential in the child's life il he is
, to become good citizen.
There are many ideals and stand
ards to be desired. many good hab-
its that should be formed in early
Observation-Disclosures, honesty
justice, cleanliness. service. cour-
/ tesy and obedience. In this brief
article we are to consider but one
obedience. to the laws of home
| school, state and country.
The lack of respect for and ODE,
dience to the laws of the group in
both adults and children is one Oi
the greatest dangers Of our coun
! try today, yet great men Of oul
! country,-WashingtOn, Lincoln ant
Roosevelt-had the utmost respec
for law and order. II we are t.
have law-abiding citizens, we mus
have obedient children in tn,
:. home and school.
i 1t is a common criticism toda,
that children do not obey II thi
/ is just criticism, the fault is witt
the adult, not the child. 1t is oftel
too much trouble to insist upo
obedience but this course will lea
i only to greater trouble in the fu
ture. Sometimes it is the right G
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
Enforcing Prohibition.

It Just won't do! That seems to
be the consensus Of opinion on the
various suggestions to dam up the
flow of contraband liquor into the
United States by some drastic, even
il unlawful, method. The search
and seizure PROPOSAL whereby
United States revenue and dry cut
tiers could halt British shipping
wherever located, Is potent cause
for mirth. Memories OF 1912 are
too easily recalled for editors to
feel kindly along such lines. One
suggestion fairly well received is
that by understanding granting OF
clearance papers from Bermuda
and West Indian ports. which &C
knowledgedly are fraudulant, be
ended. On the whole, however, edi-
tors. consider that. until other ma
tons adopt prohibition the United
States will have to get along al
best it can with arresting the
smugglers only after they actual,
! enter American territory.
IL JUST WIN w, ooyo inc w"
ark News. 1T is too Jolly-Roger
ish. The British may, and probabl!
will cooperate to prevent the SNUG
Cling by their nationals OF liquol
into the United States. But wha
they most emphatically will not d.
is to delegate to any nation a pow
er whose exercise is cause o
war, and in a. quiet way they hay
made American statesmansh'l
aware Of their inability to oblige
Not even to bolster a sumptuar
measure written into American or
ganic law. Would we go back o.
1872 and do it ourselves?"
4 In the opinion of the Burial
: Times the point that in 1872 tn
|, search was for men. and in 1922
:, will be for beverages. is immatel
Iial. 1t was search and seizure
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
outrage on American shipping by

outrage on American shipping by
q foreign power-the treading Of
American decks by British heels,
against which Scott fought his bat
tie at Lundy's Lane, Perry his on
Lake Erie, and Jackson his at New
Orleans. The prohibition goaded
officialdom, which is asking Eng
land to allow her ships to be
searched for liquor, admits that it
cannot KEEP it's own ships dry. The
international imbroglio in which
prohibition is involving us with
England is replete with menace
But in the view of the New York
Post "if friendly governments start
ships clean from their ports and
hold their merchant marine re-
sponsible, according to their sew
eral codes, they do their duties by
US. Anything further would be in
the nature of favors and favors are
most unsettling in the internation-
al sphere, where every nation de-
sires to be most favored nation.
The Detroit Free Press recalls that
'as late as 1890 the great maritime
nations still hesitated to permit
their vessels to be searched fol
slaves on the high seas. though q
very limited right Of that kind was
granted in the seas that lie be-
tween the African hunting grount
and the Asiatic countries which
still furnished a market for slaves
The United States cannot expec
. Great Britain and France to regart
} the liquor traffic as equal in in
fanny with traffic. in human beings
But these ought to be no difficult!
: about securing British cooperation
| in preventing smugglers from us
ing false but official papers. in tn
} prosecution of their business"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
.=. : From The Arxu Fla of 1871 :. :. =.

prisoner In TIE IN since July >.
charged with larceny. Her hail was
fixed ct $3.50. She could mot fur-
nfah the amount
The beautiful flagship Quincy OF
the Diamond 10 line came down
this, morning and remained between
here and Davenport until noon.
The F. c. Denkmann brought down
"a strings Of logs todsy.
Aug. 1s-The Rock Island Man
nerchoir was formed last night at
! q meeting of German citizens, held
at the home OF Henry Strive, TWEEN
tieth street and Third avenue. The
! following officers were elected:
president, Henry Strive: vice pres
ident, Emil Jacobsen; secretary, p.
W. Tiedemann; treasurer, c. G..
Wulff; director, Fritz Wernentin,
Davenport.
DR.. James Cozad passed away at
his home in Reynolds Sunday eve
ming.
! Augrstana Business college will
open Sept. l.
The great Cherry Sisters will be
at the Watch Tower theatre Friday.
Saturday and Sunday afternoon
and evening. These sweet. simple
country maidens will give their en-
tire program, including the bare
foot Trilby act
I
i Aug. 1S-At this time the corn is
suffering from want of rain.
4 Alderman H. L. Wheelan, wife
, and daughter Charlotte, left this
morning for a visit to Pratt. Neb
4 MES. L. S. McCabe and children
, left this morning for Maryland t.
spend the remainder Of the sum
mer.
{ Four lives were lost and propert!
to the extent of $4,000 destroyed
: in an explosion and fire at the giu
. cose plant in Davenport this morn
. ing. The dead are William Wolf
$ John Ham, Amy Wolf and Johl
e Rap. The works has a history o
5 destructive fires. The last fire oc
CURED March 20, 1896.
< A. H. Lift, Claus Franck, j., L
e i Haas, Gustav Stengel. Louis Engli
h and George Behrens Of Rock Islam
were chosen delegates to the Stat
Liquor Dealers convention Of tn
|. S3rd district at Geneseo.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19

Tibet is larger than France. Ger
many and Spain combined.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
Pungent Paragraphs
The Cream Of the Nations H,

COlumbus-the who place Europe
row money-Nashvlle Tennesseean.
Eveybodys the inaenabe right quit
except acknowledgements Star
The rail and union executives standing Harding
thinks he win with full House-vrgnian Pilot Nor
folk Landmark sY
Long skirts back" ncognita.
We surmise.-St Joseph News-Press.
The who whixzes pretty girl who has had blow
out not be dscourteous He have white flannel
pants.-Hartford Times
Lightning knocked Kansas Of his bed and accord
ing the reports right
I'll get up"-Louisvlle Courer-Journa.
Lives Of speeders oft remind break the limit
and departing behind what is left home
Hartford Daily Times
Three prominent Americans have recently secured divorces
in Paris Isn't it about time Nevada First
paign!-Cleveand Plain Dealer.
The biggest The strike the biggest
The smallest thing the pocket book-New York
World
Don't Lady She deceitful coQuet
that his run-Jacksonvle (Forida Times
: Union.
The sngiest know has figured cheaper to
than to buy phonograph.-Nashville Tennesseean.