Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-07-22
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Mrs. J. F. Ki.lebrew will make
Edgefeld her home, residing with
her brother, Mr.. N. M. Jones.
Mr.. J. S. Price and a. S. Tomp-
kius, ESQ, 81 ent several days last
week in Charlotte on business.
WANTED: To exchange tn ou-
sands Of old newspapers for the
cash. Apply at this office.
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. w. Davis
and their children spent yesterday
at Elmwood with Mr.. ]. L. QUITS
and family.
Misses Julia and Kate Tomp-
kins and Miss Virginia Graydon
returned Sunday afternoon after
spending several days at Monetta.
Send in your orders to the AD-
vERr1sER for all kinda of job print
ing. All W ,rk will be done with
neatness and dispatch. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed.
Attend the Centre Spring pic
mic. Capt. Blocker and every
member Of The company will DO
all that is in their power to make
it IL pleasant occasion.
Quite a number of our young
people attended the delightful re-
ception given lasr even ing by Miss
Iona Tillman in honor of several
friends who ale visiting her.
As tie condition of tie growing
crops improves,the price of cotton
declines. 1t is always thus with
ap, culation-down goes the price
on the merest pretext.
Mrs. ]. VIM. Thurmond, accom-
panied by Ger two bright little
sons, is spending some time III the
Limestone section with her mother
and other ralatlyes.
Mr.. John K. Allen, OIL 9 of the
lieutenan;s of the popular Corner
Store, has been off Oh a vacation
rusticating amid the scenes of hls
boyhood days round about Meet,
| ing Street and Fruit Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Perkins and
Mr.. William G. Perkins moved to
Johnston last week, but Mr.. Per-
kins will not formally take charge
of the Johnston News for several
days yet, not until his place has
been filled on the ADVERTISER
force.
Contractor Spencer will com.
plete the large church by the lat,
ter part of the week that ne If
building in Columbia. Then he
will give his entire time 10 the
erection of our college building,
which be expects to complete by
the Let or 18th of October, so says
his brother, Mr.. G. R. Spencer.
We have received i-official
information to the effect that the
erection of the new depot, 8
handsome brick building, near
Main street will begin on August
let and will be completed by Oc'
tober 1st.
Hon. J. C. Sheppard has been
elected q director in the National
Loan & Exchange bank of Colum.
bia, which i, the former Loan d
Exchange bank rechartered under
the nstional bank laws. The
capital has been increased to hall
a million dollars, which makes ii
the strongest bank in the state.
After prolonged visit to rel.
atives in Greenville, Miss Curran
Hartley returned on Friday last,
Her coming has made her Edge
field friends happy, and her de-
parture from Greenyille, says the
Greenville News, was greatly re.
GREETED by hel friends of the
mountain city, where she is quite
a fayorite.
The following young people
from Edgefeld attended the bal
at Johnston on Friday evening
last: Misses Virginia Addison
Ellamays Allen, Lucy Dugas
Curran Hartley, Fannie Marsh
Messra. S. A. Morrall, J. E. Minis
J. L. Carwile, Wallace Tompkins
IL. w. Cheatham and DR.. A. H
; Corley.
Mrs. L. A. Speights, of Hender
sonvil,e, S. c., accompanied b,
two of her grsnddaughters, Misso
; Lottie and Doris Speights, arriv
ed il Edgefeld on Thursday Las
to spend scme time at the home Q
her daughters, Mesdames E. Il
Folk and S. A. Brunson. Mrl
, speights' many friends in Edge
, field are glad to know that she ha
= fully recovered from her seriou
illness of q few months ago.
According to an exchange, th
man who went out to milk and go
: OH e rock in the middle of the pal
2 lture and waited for the COW to bac
r up, was brother to a man WI
: kept store and wouldn't advertii
D | because he reasoned that the pul
: chasing public would back up
q his place of business when it wan
led something.
e What ought to be done wit