Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-11-11

"Clear IL way for the Grand
Jury" on Monday next.
The Who What When Ninstrels
are the talk of the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Adams and
family spent Monday in Augusta.
Mrs. A. E. Padgett was among
the visitors to Augusta on Friday
last.
Mrs. ". G. QUITS and Miss Bes-
sic Oazts were visitors to Augusta
on Monday.
Mrs. W. w. Adams and Misses
Efie Allen, Genie Brunson and
Mary Fair visited in Johnston on
Friday last.
Remember that it will please
YOUR wife to tell her that you never
saved up a cent until after you
were married.
Great crowds from Edgefield are
Aocking to the reunion this week.
1t is an inexpensive trip and much
pleasure can be derived therefrom.
Snow clouds have been visible
during the past several days, but
no snow has fallen yet. Two years
ago the first snow fell on Novem-
her the 10Th.
Scores of huge bales, boxes and
cases of holiday goods are being
received by the Edgefeld mer-
chants and very soon they will be
opened and displayed.
1t has been predicted that this
will be an early and very hard
winter. The temperature OF the
last few days has indicated that
the prophecy will be realized.
A hearty, side-splitting laugh is'
q good tonic. Everybody needs
and enjoys such tonic, which can
b had by going to the opera house
on Friday evening next.
Actual work on the Tompkins
store and Office building will begin
at once. All of the material has
been ordered, some of the bricks
having already arrived.
Walter Stock, Hi Tom Ward and
Gear Buckley, sthe leading come
dians of the country, are al this
season with the Who What When
Minstrels.
Mr.. ard Mrs. David Strother,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Strother, and
Misses Rhott Warren, Ruth and
Annie DeLoach W orshipped in our
Baptist church on Sunday morn
ing last.
The Who What When mlnstrels
have attracted large audiences
wherever they have been, and stand
ing room will be at a premium: in
,ur opera house OH Friday evening
next.
There is no better time to pay
your taxes than right now while
you have the money. Do not wait
| till after the money has been spent
and then cry hard times and clam6r
for an extension of the time.
Every member of the Who What
When Minstrel troupe is a skilled
artist and should not be looked
upon as amateurs. The price of
admission Oh Friday evening Is IS
cents for reserved seats and SO
cents for general admission.
A problem which is agitating the
minds of some people throughout
the country is as follows: MARY
is "a years old. Mary is twice as
old as Ann was when Mary was as
old az Ann is now. How old is
Ann ?"
Tho death of Mr.. O. L. Dobson
eau ,ed vacancy on the board of
trustees for the Edgefeld school
district which has been filled by
the appointment of Mr.. j. Trapp
McManus. The selection was a
very wise one and the appointment
will give general satisfaction.
It is said that girl in a neigh
boring town was caught kissing
her sweetheart and her mother took
her to task for it, but the girl
silenced the mother by quoting the
following from the Good Book:
"Whatsoever that ye would that
men should do unto you do ye
even 30 unto them"
An epidemic of marriages will
soon sweep over Edgefeld and the
few bachelors that are left will be
mighty lonesome. Poor things,
what's going to become of them ?
As they sit in the corner aud gaze
in the fire these long wintry even
ings they can think on tce things
that might have been had they not
chosen celibacy for their lot.
We have not the figures at hand,
but judging from the many wagons
loaded with cotton that have daily
crowded our streets since the feecy
staple began to open, more cotton,
tb,top6ino tho shorL crOp