Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-06-17

Misses Kellah Fair and Geni
Brunson are spending this week a
Trenton.
Mr. A. S. Jones, formerly o
Santuic. S. CTS now agent for tn
Southern at Plttsburg, taking tn
place of Mr.. Shealy who returned
to Leesville.
Do not forget the Farmers In
stitute that is TO be held in Edge
field this summer. We will an
nounce the date as soon as it il
decided upon.
Miss Zana Zimmerman, tht
beautiful aud accomplished daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Tim
norman, q matriculate of the Col
lege for Women, returned home
last week from Columbia.
Prof. John A. Thackston accom-
panied Rev. L. B. White to Stew
ems Creek on Sunday last where
be made all address before the
Sunday school.
Cotton has become 80 very
scarce that the mills are not sc
particular about the grade JUS
any old thing with bagglng on i
brings a fancy price. Three very
inferior bales brought IL cents OIL
the Edgeield market last week.
1t was with great pleasure tha
we learned that that representa-
tive citizen of the Red Hill sec
ton, Mr.. C. E. Quarles, is plann
ing to move to or very near ou1
town this fall, 80 as to be near oul
spleudid school. We need many
more such men.
Rev. L. B. White who is assist
ing Rev. B. D. Thames in reviva
meeting at Eath came up on Sun
day to fill his regular appointment
at Stevens Greek. He returned OIL
Monday to Bath to resume hlI
work there. Dnring the summeI
he will make his headquarters a
Vaucluse, where he is pastor.
Mr.. J. H. P. Roper cut 80 yer,
large and very firm heads Of cab
bage from his garden on Saturday
last which he sold very readily
Truck farms and gardens rount
about Edgefeld could supply th'
home market with great man.
vegetables, etc., that are now ship
ped here.
Miss Lou Gary is in Greenwood
attending the Woman's Mission
ary Conference of the Methods
church. The mission society o
our Methodist church, which Mis-
Gary represents at this conference
.is next to the banner society il
the Columbia district. This speak
well for the zeal AID consecra:lol
of it's members.
|. Mr.. G. r. Spencer, superinten
tendent of the mill, has informed
US that his brother, Contracto
Spencer, stands ready, notwith
standing the fact that he is erect
ing a large church in Columbia, t
begin work on the college buildin
as soon as the town is ready. No
long since he superintended tn
erection offour large buildings a
one time.
Rev. C. E. Burts who has bee
called to the pastorate OF our Bap
tist church is in great demand, hav
ing preached the commencement
sermon before the Barnwell grad
ed school, delivered an addres
during the commencement of tn
Ridge Spring school, having bee
invited to preach the B. Y. P. I
convention sermon at Anderson /
July and was recently re-electe
president of the alumni assoclatlo
of Furman University.
For a number of years Hor. +.
C. Sheppard has stood high in tn
councils of the Knights of Homo
Now he is the highest Official
the order, having been electe
Supreme Dictator at the Gran
Lodge in Richmond last week
While this is position of homo
it is not alone all honorary post
ION, for it carries with it salar
of $4,000 per annum. Edgefeld
honored in thus having her go
honorod.
Judging from the small numbe
of colored people who congregate
Oh our streets OIL Saturday after
noon last many of them must hay
been untrue to their religious cor
victions, doing great violence t
their conscience by working o
Saturday afternoon. An unwritte
| commandment among them, on
| nevertheless held lnviolate,is: sd
| thou no work on Saturday after
noon. neither for thyself nor th
employer"
The con pany barbet ue that wa
given on Saturday last by tn
Light Dragroons at their pavillio
was greatly enjoyed by all VIII
attended. Mr.. Joe Reese, who ha
made quite name for himself a
a chef, was in charge of the din
ner, which was we'll cooked an
seasoned to the Kings taste
lOnly four names are lacking be
1 fore the comnanv will have tb