Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-06-24
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Misses Fannie Mo~sh and Dol
ly Dugas are visi, friends IN
Grovetown, Ga.
Mrs. S. T. Carte, Of Columbia,
is visiting at the home of Hon.
and Mrs. J JsW. DeVoe.
The stoc holders of The Edge,
field Mercp ltile company will meet
on Thursd y for the purpose OF
electing directors aud officers.
Cotton brought 12t cents-S
pounds to the dollar-in Edgefield
last week and may bring more this
week.
Pretty Miss Ruth Cogburn is
spending fortnight in Spartan
burg visiting her friend Miss
Angelic Andrews.
There's something doing i'll
Edgsfeld -four trains day be-
sides the rock train. The South
ern does not run trains for fun.
1t is said that appendicitis finds
it's victims among the wealthy and
does not attack poor folks. Then
newspaper men are immune to the
disease.
1t will pay the Edgefeld shop
pers, the ladies especially, to read
the new advertisement of the
Corner Store. Mr.. Turner tells OF
his mid-sum mer arrivals and at
tractive prices.
Mr.. Wallace Sheppard has s'ea-
dily improved since he was opera
ted on for appendicitis in the An.
gusta hospital on Wedn esday last.
he will have recovered sufficiently
to return 20 his home in about two
weeks.
Miss Lillian Smith, accompan-
led by Miss Nettie Bell, of Parks
Vile, who is attending the summe'
school, visited her cousin, Miss
Elliot Hardy, of Johnston, on Sun
day last.
At the regular monthly confer
ence of our Baptist church on
Sunday last Mrs. NJ. c. Perkins
united with the church by letter
and, at their request, letters OF
dismission were granted to Mr..
and Mrs. O. O. Burnett.
Mr.. Jacob T. Perkins, of Ches-
Ter, arrived in Edge6eld on Satur,
day last to visit his mother, Mrs
M.C.Perkins, and brothers, Messrs
A. Fuller and William G. Perkins
returning to his home MoDday al
ternoon.
Mr.. A. B. Mcmillan, who at one
time was assistant agent for the
Southern at Edge6eld hut now
holds a lucrative position with the
Louisville and Nashville railroad
spent several days in our town
with his friends last week.
Supreme Dictator ]. C. Shep'
| nard after an absence of two
weeks, attending the Grand Lodge
! Of The Dnights Of Honor in Rich
mohd and visiting st. Louis to ID
stall the newly elected Supreme
! Treasurer of the order, returned OF
Sunday last.
Since our last issue another pref
ty young teacher, Miss Heller
Wright, Of Johnston, has becom'
an attendant upon the summe
school. She and Miss Lula Wright
who has been attending the sum
mer school since the opening day
are stopping with Mr.. and Mrs. N
M. Jones.
Although turnip seed have ad
| vanced The Penn Drug Store ha
lust received n large lot of fresl
seed direct from the celebrated
Buist seed farms and is selling
them at the old price. Mr.. R, L
Dunovant is always on the alert t
, to promote the welfare of tn
; patrons of The Penn Drug Store
, Read their new locals.
/, The Edgefeld cotton mill, lik
2 hundreds of other mills, has grea
J difficulty in obtaining sufficien
cotton to keep it's spindles run
ming full time. Mr.. H. A. smit
went to Spartanburg last week t
purchase cotton, buying 100 bale
from the Pascolet mills. Usual
. the cotton seeks the buper but no.
the buyers go out and search th
; highways and hedges for cottor
Such would always be- the case
it were made secondary instea
S of primary crop.
Mr.. jesse Lott, who graduate
. recently from the South Carolin
: Co-Educational Institute. stoppe
4 in Edgefield Oh Saturday Lar
while en- route to Red Hill to COTE
with the trustees there with n
ference to teaching the Red Hi
J, school next session. Mr.. Lo
D was a hard student and havin
o completed the full f. r. course +
II is we'll fitted for teaching. W
II wish him abundant success i'll h
chosen field.
There is general complaint
the scarcity of labor. The QUAR-
sboo hoS verv denooraliZinp effe