Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-12-03

Absolutely Pure
THERE rs ND SUBSTITUTE
Rev. B. D. Thames is attending
| the Convention i'll Greenvllle this
week,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. N ms leave
to-day for Grsenville to attend the
State Baptist Convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Cobb enter
tanned a number of their friends
Thanksgiving day by giving q can
dy pulling.
Read Mr.. J. M. Cobb's new ad-
vertisement he tells Of holiday
gods galore. Call at his store
and let him show you.
NJ. C. Butler, Jr., who holds a
commission as captain in the reg
ular army, stationed at Chicka-
mauga, has been spending several
days in Edgefeld with his broth
er, DR.. F. w. P. Butler.
w. P. Calhoun, ESQ.,, formerly
of the Edgefeld bar,now of Green
vile, who writes letters for the
Sunday Augusta Chronicle. wrote
very interestingly of Edgefield i'll
last Sundays issue.
Sessions Court convened at Sa-
luda Oh Monday last, Judge DAN
tzler presiding. The following
members of the Edge6eid bar are
in attendance: N. &. Evans, j.
VIM. Thurmond, J. c. Sheppard
f. H. Folk. S. NJ. Smith ard NJ. P.
Wells.
We direct attention t. the new
advertisement of Mr.. w. II. Turner
in this Issue. Mr.. Turner is local
represe ntative of Strauss Bros who
are reliable tailors of Chicago. Call
and let i'm show you the complete
line of samples. Satisfaction is
guaranteed.
The collection for the Epworth
Orphanage taken at the Thanks
,Ig!;rtvs;@g grvs;4@s .4rxice in our Methodist
church amounted 70 :-lr!!1t:. ~. -Lhls
was a good collection and will aid
very materially in caring for the
little ones.
Mrs. J II. White, of Johnston,
responded very gracefully and
beautifully to the addrss-of well
come at the convention Of the
Daughters of the Coufederacy
which was held at Anderson last
week.
Mr.. John A. Weir, proprietor of
the Parlor Barber Shop which is
located over the store of Messrs
Jones & Son, has recently secur d
the services of very efficient ard
polite barber from Augusta. Call
upon him, he will please you.
At the close of his third years
work in Edgeield Rev. George W.
Davis left yesterday to attend the
annual Conference now in session
at Newberrv. He was accompani-
ed by B. E. Nicholson, Esq, who
will also represent Edgefeld at
the Conference.
On the morning Of Thanksgiving
day just as several boys had start
ed on bunting expedition par
lor-rife was accidentally discharg-
ed, in1icting a painful but not Sc
ricus flesh wound in the thigh of
Baldwin Carwile, youngest son of
Gen. Thos. w .Carwile. The wound
is healing rapidly and Baldwin
will be out in short time.
The entertainment in the opera
house on Wednesday evening last
ofThe Ariel Quartet easily surpas-
ses all similar attractions hitherto
presented before the Edgefeld foot
lights. In their rendition of the
vocal and instrumental selections
aud recitations the beautiful
quartette displayed talents of the
highest order. Their generous and
hearty responses to the numerous
encoreS were greatly appreciated by
the audience which listened
throughout with rapt attention,
applauding vociferously. This en-
tertanment is an earnest OF what
the subsequent lyceum attractions
will be.
Christmas Photographs Just
received-Colonial and Arlington
card mounts for Christmas photo
graphs. They are elegant. Call to
see them. z. H. MINIS.
Thousands of people have been