Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-06-19
And still it rains.
And grass is king.

f 1uCEC oiC ASS ouho1J AZ ehAS AAAoA
Col. Croft, of Aiken, was in Edge.
field Thursday last.
Mrs. Tabor Hill is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Kate Lynch.
Mrs. Manly DeLoach and daugh-
ter were in town yesterday.
Mrs. Bragg Jones is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Kslllbrew, in Atlanta.
Wallace Tompkins has returned from
the Business College of Macon, Ga.
Mrs. Mary Wash and Miss Car
RE Tllbert were in Edgefeld this
week.
Miss Grace Tompkins is attending
the Clemson college commencement
this week.
Prof. Long and Mr.. Lewis Har-
mon, of Twin City,were in town on
Monday.
Mr.. John r. Tompkins has been ap-
pointed u delegate to the B. Y. P. U.
rally In Aiken this week.
The Citadel Cadets are in Florence
today enjoying encampment. From
Florence they go to Darlington.
Mr.. James Byrd, the clever drug
clerA of Mr.. w. B. Penn, is confin-
ed at home with measles.
President w. D. Holland. Of
Johnstone Institute, was in Edge
field Monday of this week.
Cheatham's fresh Spring Honey
now for sale at J. A. Zimmerman 3
store at 81 cents per pound.
OF the shade trees set out by or
der of our Town Council the past
spring, about one-third are living.
Mr. A. E. Padgett, OF the Farm
er's Bank, has been quite sick for
several days with an attack of fever
Mosquitoes; will be plentiful this
summer. They are already beginning
to lull the ear with the music of their
song. !:
Sheriff w. H. QUITS has put a
neat iron railing around the graves
of loved ones in our village ceme-
terry.
Miss Sarah Thurston, at present of
Columbia, visited Mrs. J. w. Hill last
week, returning home on Monday Of
this week.
Misses Sallie May and Eleanor Mich
J. olson have resrned home for the hol-
lays, hayinSf eent their school year
: Sgt Wsntnr0p1 zassge, no9ks
IA good deal Of the cotton in Edge
field county will have to be abandoned
and corn planted instead, which is, OF
course, blessing not in disguise.
Mr.. Walter Adams has bought lot
from P. B. Mayson, Esq, and will soon
build dwelling thereon. This is in
west Edgefeld.
The rain which fell in our town on
Sunday afternoon last was the heavi-
est of them all, and must have been
heavier in other sections of the county.
It was George Johnstone instead
of George Norris who made one of
q walking match between Edge
field and Trenton last week.
Mrs. Jno. Stone and Miss Car
rie Talbert, daughters of the late
Col. Jno. F. Talbert, have been on
visit to Miss Lizzie Dobey.
For Sale-Six fine grade mich COWS,
all fresh to milk. !lso 30 fine 2-year-
cid ewes. 1'Hos. 81. RAINsFoRD.
Edgefeld c. e., S c.
Optician G. i. Minis is getting
a fine run of business. Nh. Minis
has the scientific knowledge, the
skill and material to do, and he
does do, good work.
An effort will be made in Edge
field this week to send 10 the suf-
ferers in Jacksonville, Fla. Edge
field should never be behind in
any good word or work.
The revival meetings continue
at the Mill Chapel. Rev. Mr.. Bur.
ton arrived on Sunday. and is as
sisting Mr.. Blalock. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Mr.. Van Dyke, of Rome, Ga, spent
--afew days of last week and this week
with DR.. and Mrs. L. r. Gwaltney. He
and Mrs. Van Dyke VIII return this
week to their home in Rome.
Lieutenant-Governor James II, Till
man and Solicitor J. w. Thurmond
have been invited to make speeches at
big barbecue, given by the Odd Fell
lows of Batesburg, on the 4:h of July.
President C. HI. Fisher has re-
turned from Philadelphia, where
he represented the I'd Congression-
al District at the meeting of the
Southern Industrial Association.
The State, among the names of dis
tinguished students at the South Car
olina college, mentions w. II. Nichol-
son, of Edgefeld, as proficient in Con-
stitutional Law, Latin, Physiology
and Greek.
George Bell Zimmerman was men,
toned among the distinguished stu