Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-10-07


The heavy fall business na'
made it nece ssary fof Mr.. ] u
Hart to employ another clerk
Miss Avaline Schenk has acsep'
ted a position at this popular
store.
DR.. J. H. Carmichael har rented
the Kennerly place from NJ. +
Wells, Esq, and will move te
Edge6eld about January LET. This
is good news indeed.
Both of our esteemed contem-
poraries of Johnston are very en-.
t=rprising:, The News published
last week a twelve page industrial
edition, while the Monitor came
out in twelve pages giving a de-
tailed report of the Tillman trial.
There were only handful Of
people in town on Monday, very
little interest bsing taken in the
public sales. The Morgan tract
of 14O acaes was sold to Mr.. j.
NJ. Price for 1885. The Harris
tract of 400 acres was sold to Mr..
w. w. Adams for $1,000.
Greatly to the surprise of his
newly made friends, Mr.. N. P.
Remsen, who has teen in the Ad-
vertiser's employment for the last
two months, very suddenly took
his departure from Edgefeld on
Friday morning. From here he
went to Augusta.
On Sunday morning last, in de-
ference to the initial service of
Rev. C. E. Burts, Rev. T. P. Bur-
CESS very thoughtfully and kindly
cancelled his usual Sunday morn
ing engagement, and he, with the
members of the Presbyterian
chu-cb, attended the service Mt the
Baptist church,
That distinguished Christian
gentleman: Col. R. B. Watson, OF
Ridge Spring, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Cornelia, has been
spending se veral days with his
niece, Mrs. j. P. QUITS. Col
Watson made it a point 10 visit
Edgefeld at this time so he could
see his bosom and lifelong friend,
DR.. L. R. Gwaltney.
The many friends of Mr.. D. T,
Grice regret that he has arranged
to leave Edgefeld during Decem-
ber, and will make hla, future
home in Sharon, Ga. Mr.. Grice
has leased the only hotel in Sharon
and will conduct in connection
Herewith a frst-class livery busi-
ness.
Miss Stella Minis, of Whaley, S.
c., who graduated from the S. G.
C. I. several years ago, acconlpa-
MED her two sisters to Edgefeld
last Wednesday, where they be-
came masriculates of our splendid
institution. While in Edgefeld
Miss Minis was the guest of DR..
ard Mrs. E. c. Smith.
Mrs. ANNE Walker, who with
her pretty daughter, Miss Stella,
has been spending the summer at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. N. l..
Brunson, left on Thursday last to
spend month with relatives in
Hampton. Miss Stella will re-
main among US yet longer. Were
she to leave there would be not a
few broken hearted youths in
After a very pleasant visit to
friends at Society Hill, where she
was the recipient of delightful
social attentions Miss Fannie
Sheppard, returned, to the delight
of her friends, on Friday last.
Miss Efie Sheppard, who accom-
panied Miss Fannie to Society
Hill, will spend a fortnight with
ber cousin, Mrs. J. G. Mace, in
Marion, before she returns.
AS previously announced, Rev.
c. E. Burts reached Edgefeld on
Wednesday last and is boarding at
the ideal home of Mrs. Kate Lynch.
Mr.. Burts has mingled with and
met many people of our town to
whom he has, by his amiable dis
position and affable manner, great
iy endeared himself. To know
this Christian gentleman is to
honor him, esteem him, love him.
Mr.. C. NJ. Rauton, the head
salesman OF the old and very re-
liable clearinghouse of Augusta,
T. C. Levy's Son & Co., attended
the laying of the cornerstone OF
the college building on Wednes,
day last. Not only the Masons
of which order Mr.. Rauton is
rnem ber, but scores of the unini'
tialed as we'll were, very glad to
see him. He is always wei
coined visitor to our town, and his
Edgefeld friends do not forget him
when they 60 to Augusta.
For some time Edgefsld hal
had singularly strong attraction
for one of Johnston's leading
young business men and now b.
has come hlther to abide with u
permanently. We speak of Mr., W
e. Lott, a most excellent youn!
man, wh o has entered the employ