Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-09

DR.. and Mrs. r. A. Marsh re-
turned from their wedding jour.
ney on Monday afternoon and are
boarding for the present at the
home of DR.. J. G.. Tonpkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. IF. Folk are re.
ceiving the congratulations. OF
their friends upon the arrival OF
a bright and beautiful little son on
Thursday last.
Court of General Sessions cob
rened in Saluda on Monday, and
Solicitor Thurmond, Esquires A.
s. Tomnkins, N. G. Evans, e. II.
Folk, and B. E. Nicholson are in
attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Y. Garrett Talbert,
of Parks7ille, accompanied by
their interesting children, spent
Sunday and Monday with the lat
ter's parents, M. and Mrs. Mr.. c.
Parker.
Rev. P. P. Blalcck will probably
deliver a lecture in the opera
house on Thursday evening OF next
week Tor the benefit of the Second
Baptist church. We shall have
more to say of it in our next issue.
A flag pole twenty feet in len 9Th
will be erected on the turret of the
college building and a United
States regulation flag will be un-
furled to the breeze therefrom as
it is from all other military schools
and public buildings.
Dr. w. Price Zimmerman, who
is now the leading physician of
Batesburg, was warmly greeted by
his host of friends in Edgefeld on
Monday laet. We wish he would
fall il love with some of Edge6eld' 8
pretty girls SO we could fe hinIjf :
ener.
The Advertiser job Office has
been turning out great deal of
work recently that would reflect
credit upon large city office.
That's what patrons say. Our
prices are reasonable and we
guarantee satisfaction. Send US
y our orders.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Crocker, who
have resided in Edge6eld during
the past year, left on Thursday
last, accompanied by their bright
little con, Mas er James, to spend
some time visiting the aged father
of Mr.. Crocker, who resides in
Srartanburg.
The members of The Presbyte-
ran church are to be congratula-
ted upon the beautiful new carpet
that they have recently purchased
and placed in their church Step
bv step they are greatly improv-
ing their house of worehip and
will not step until everything IN
connection Herewith is put in first
class condition.
Mr.. B. F. Mays, the eldest son
of Mr.. and Mrs S. 3 Mays, who
has been reading law under the
tutelage of Hon. j. VIM. Thur
moud for come months past, went
to Columbia on yesterday to he
examined for admission to the
bar. We have no doubt but that
MIR. Mays has passed very credi-
BILE examination aud has been du-
ly commissioned to practice in all
of the courts of South Carolina.
Ask Ransome Zimmerman
atout "Fewer Gallons; Wears
Longer.
The popular store of w. E.
Lynch & Co has issued invitations
to the opening of Christmas and
holiday goods on tomorrow
Thursday evering from 7 to 8
o'clock. Mr.. ]. D. Holstein, the
efficient man ger, invites his pa
irons and the public generally to
the store to see the many beauti-
full things and not for the
purpose Of selling holiday goods,
for nothing will be sold during the
evening.
In writing of the multitude of
marriages that are almost daily
occurring in Edgefeld the Chron-
icle and Advertiser scrit.es had
better be careful in recting any
slip of the pen or type that may
occur. A 200-pound Nebraska
girl was married the other day
md the editor of the Loo al paper,
after racking his brains in an eff
ort to say something nice about
her called her the elegant bride"
Imagine his feelings when the pa
per came out calling her the "ele-
phaht bride"
Ask the postmaster about "Fewer
Gallons; Wears Longer.
The annual convocation of the
Masons of South Carolina, the
Grand Lodge, is now in session,
having convened in the Masonic
Temple in Charleston at noon
yesterday. This is always II very
representative and dignifed body,
being composed of the flower of
the order in South Carolina. The
railroads always grant reduced
rates and the local lodges are gen.