Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-04-17
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improvements are DelnS msae vi
the Bates house.
DR.. A. II. Ashley of Fruit Hill
was in town OH Monday.
Rev. Mr.. Davis will preach at the
Mill chapel next Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollie Self, Of Sells
were in Edgefleld on Monday.
Miss Kellah Fair is visiting
Mrs. Lizzie Bettis at Trenton.
Mrs Ras Minis, of Augusta is visit
Ing her daughter Mrs Sallie Tim
mons.
Miss Lucy Dugas entertained her
friends on Friday evening last with a
dance at Edgewood.
E.J. Minis at the Bank of Edge
field has good conditioned horse,
family and farm, for sale.
Mr. Peaks Racket Store Ad.
will appear next week. IL the
meantime 60 and see him.
Mr.. Stembridge. of Ellenton,
spent 8 day IN Edgefeld last week
at Mrs. AshleY's in Buncombe.
Mr.. James Burnett and MISS
Maggie Fullmer were married last
week in the mill section Of our
town.
Read Prof. Whitman's adver-
tisement and take advantage of it
when you visit Augusta during
Merry-Maksrs week.
Miss Sophie Abney and Miss Queen
Morris of Atlanta who visited Edge
field last summer, will attend the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo.
Mr. Barrett the popular agent of the
Singer Machine Company, who lived
in Edgefield for several years, paid q
visit to Edgefeld last week.
It is rumored that the baseball
team of the South Carolina COL
lege will play against the boys of
the s. &C. I. tomorrow afternoon.
Messrs. Albert Nicholson James
and Joe Holland and Pomp Cheat
ham left town on Monday to at
tend the United States court IN
Greenville.
Col. Jas. T. Bacon will deliver a
lecture to the students of the In.
sti:ute and the public generally
tomorrow evening. His subject
will be my experience in Ger
,nany.
DR.. T M Bailey, the Secretary of
the State Mission Board Of South
Carolina will be in Edgefeld in a
( short time to organize o Baptist
ebnrch ststhel d Dc il iils.saF FhteRsmbsFs
of the Baptist church there and
their pastor Rev P P Blalock hope
to begin q church building as soon
as possible. So that Edgefeld
will ere long have q second Bap-
tist church.
Edge6eld glories in honors
thrust upon her worthy citizens.
Mr.. Charles n. Fisher. President
of the Edgefeld oil and cotton
mills, has been appointed by Gov
ernor McSweeney, commissioner
to represent the End district of
South Carolina at the Industrial
and Manufacturers convention to
be held in Philadelphia the COM
ing june.
A very interesting account Of the
B. Y. P. U. convention held in Char
lesion was contained In last weeks
Baptist Courier. This write up was
from the fluent pen Of Misc Sallie
Bailey Of the Institute. The Baptist
Courier has the following to say Of il
In the personal column: "The excel
lent report of tho B. 7. P. U. conven-
tion, found on another page, written
by Miss sallie Bailey. Of Edgefeld,
will be read with much interest. The
editors Of the Courier are under many
obligations for this kindness, SO cheer
fully rendered"
Mrs Charles 81 Fisher has been ap-
pointed one Of the lady commissioners
from South Carolina to the Pan-Amer.
ican Exposition in Buffalo New York
beginning in May. In Mrs. Fishers
sparkling wit ahd vivacity, and along
with it her well directed energy in
whatever she undertakes, Governor
McSweeney has made wise selection
Of one who will do honor to his judg-
ment and the State which she will
represent. This is the second commIs.
sion which Mrs Fisher has received
since her stay in Edgefeld, the frs,
having been her appointment last year
by the Governor as commissioner tt
the Paris Exposition.
On Tuesday of last week every.
body at the cotton mill was alarm
ed and Mortified by the report tha
Mr. Sossomon, General Superin
tendent and Mr. Lamb, Superin
fAndant of the weave room, haC