Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-09

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Mrs. Camilla falbert is visiting her
father, Mr. Mott Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. May visited rela-
tiyes and friends at Modoc last week.
Mr.. Loudon Brooks, of Ninety Six,
is visiting Mr.. Walter Sheppard.
Miss Sallie Parker has returned
home after 8 pleasant visit to Miss
Lilly Sheppard.
Butler Bedenbaugh, of Saluda coun-
ty, has enlisted in the United States
army for the Philippines.
The Dangers Of q Malarial Atmos-
phere may be averted by occasionally
taking DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medi-
cine. For sale by G. L. Penn & Son.
Mr.. Ben Livingston, of Charleston,
is spending a few days is our city vis-
,ting relatives and friends.
Miss Ivy Henderson, OF Aiken, and
Hiss Jessie Covington, of Florida, are
visiting Miss Efie Sheppord.
Mr.. Ralph Jones : and his sister
Lizielou, have returned from 3 very
pleasant visit to relatives near john
ston.
Mr.. jamie Jones, who has been at
tending the Atlanta Business College,
has returned home much to the delight
of his many friends.
Our charming young friend MISS
Ella Mays Allen is much missed over
in Buncombe, and it is hoped she will
soon return from her visit to Trenton.
Our people VIII get together in this
school snatter-the stakes are too large,
the consequences Of onr action or want
ofsction too momentous. Gov. Shep-
pard's contention in this issue, that We
should "get together" is the key note
and the tune should be pitched to that
note.
Mr.. B. F. Glanton, of Cold Spring,
was in town on Monday. Mr., Glsnton
will attend the Wheat Growers Con-
yention at Greenwood. In speaking
on this subject of wheat growing, Mr..
>seld- US that good many
years ago he sowed nine acres in wheat
and threshed out l79 bushels. The
land was manured with cotton seed,
but in other respects no special effort
was made for big yield.
Mr.. M. B. Sturkey, Of Modoc, who
was in town on Monday, reports crops
in desperate way in his section as
well as between his place and Edge
field. The rain he says must come in
few days or the results will be dis
astrous. The one hopeful sign is that
Mr.. Sturkey is wheat man, and most
of his neighbors, making their own
wheat last year, and they expect to
do so from now on.
The Summer School, or rather the
Teachers Institute for Edgefeld
county, begins on Thursday, the 18th
August inst. Prof. w. G. Blake, of
Wofford College, will have the supreme
direction. Prof. Blake, If we are not
mistaken, is q grandson of the late
Capt. Lewis Jones, long an esteemed
resident of our town. There will be
other prominent teachers present,
among them Prof. Matthews, of Winns-
boro. Let all Edgedeld county teach
ers attend.
Mr.. Luther E. Jackson has removed
his stock of goods to the corner store
next Mr.. o. Sheppard, Jr., where Miss
Ids Covar kept her millinery goods
until recently. Mr.. Jackson has at
this new stand Of his larger and more
commodious room for his increasing
trade. Apropos of Mr.. Jackson's re-
moval, he tells as that he has made ar
rangements with Mr.. w. r. Parks (or
Bob Parks, rs everybody calls him) by
which he to be supplied with freshly
ground uRbolted meal every, week or
oftener; this meal will be ground at
Bob's new up-to-date mill and from
home grown corn or as mnch OF that
kind of corn as he can get. 1t Is well
known fact that our. Southern corn
makes much sweeter and better meal
than Western corn and is moreover
more wholesome. Try the new meal
at Jackson's when 1t comes.
Court convened promptly on Monday
morning Of this week with Judge
Buchanan presiding. Solicitor Thur
mond, as is his habit, was ready for the
work of the session. Two cases were
tried on the first day. A negro in
e:cted for stealing two dogs from J. A.
Holland, valued at $l5 each, was fined
500 or -four months. He told the Judge
that dollars were scarcer with him
than months, so he took the months.
The other negro was indicted for steal
ing q razor and cravat, for this he
was sentenced to 1s months, pretty
deal razor and cravat that. at this
writing the Court is engaged in hear
ing the cases against Coyle, Burnett,
Howard, Coward, and Reece, charged
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