Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-28

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duties of the session of 1904-1905
Mr.. Jack A. Lott, the popula
3ana efficient clerk of the County
Board of Commissioners, accom-
panied by Mrs. Lottspent Sunday
ard Monday last in Edgefeld.
Closing their stores on Friday
afternoon from five to sever
O'Clock would be a very graceful
thing for the merchants to do
This would cradle the clerks alst
to attend the reception to De giver
at the college.
The friends of Rey. C. E. Burtl
will be happy to know that he ii
stsadily improving and may pos
slblysbe strong enough to return
to Edge6eld lhe latter part OF this
week.
The buildings, equipments
faculty, and conrst of study nf thf
South Carolina Go-Educatior a.
Institute will compare favoraldy
with tie majority ofIhe col eyes
in South Car ina.
Rev. Tsp. Burgess, assisted by
Rev. Mr.. CartledSe, pastor of the
fret Presbyterian church of An.
derson, is conducting series ol
revival services in, the Presbyte,
rian church at Johnston this week,
Everybody is invited and urged
to attend thereception to be given
at the college on Friday afternoon
lin compliment,to the faenlty and
:studentssof.th S. c. G. 1T hlsie
sthe.f tssessio o!l!et o. pen NJ be
.n1eW-blITding, 80 let's all turn out
and make it a gala occasion.
Have you tried our syrup
Genuine Georgia Cane sylup and
all other varieties always or. hand
TIMMoNs BROS. I;
The cool spell has given a new
impetus to, business all along the
line. 1t has epabled the individ
ual to throw off the ennui. or III
other words, the laziness, of sum-
mer, and causes one to lay hold
with greater zest The task that il
set before them.
The ladies who have made con
tributlons for the reception TO b.
given on Friday afternoon are re-
quested to send them to the col
lege promptly at four o'clock. The
committee IN charge win be there
to receive whatever IS sent.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Coll
have been entertaining in thei
hospitable home Mr.. and Mrs
James Martin, two very refined
and cultured residents of Washing
ton. d. G. Mrs. Martin is o sistel
of. N rs,: Roberts and. Mr.. Martil
is a very prominent attorney wht
has made q name and fame fo
him self at the national capital.
Cotton fields in this neck of thu
woods are white unto the harves
and the rickers are few. The pre-
.vailings price has been forty cents
per hundred. Some farmers have
paid as high as fifty cents but they
reside in sections where it il
difficult to get pickers even at that
price, the supply being unequal to
the demand.
Whenever there is any change
ahoat the dispensary comes il
for q large share. The sales or
Saturday last aggregated 1855
and doubtless the bulk of this wat
from the earning of persons who
exc out a hand-to-mouth existence
Think Of it, nearly as much whis.
key as groceries sold in one day
1t affords US great pleasure
to announce that Mr.. w. r. Lot,
and his estimable wife will remain
in Edgefeld. 1t was currently re.
ported that Mr.. Lott would, on
the first of Jannary, sever his con-
nectinn with Messrs. RAMSEY
q Jones and move to bis valuable
farm IN the suburbs of Johnston.
Mr.. Lott bad partially planned to
make the change b4t has now
definitely decided to remain in
Edgefold.
The month of September has
been an ideal month for gather
ing aud housing, or marketing the
crops. Not q drop of rain has
fallen upon the hay and fodder to
diseolor or damage il, SO fer there
has not been pound of fsLorm'
cotton. Very nearly all of the
feeey staple has brought the stop
of the market. This alone has
put hundreds of dollars Of net
protitsin the pockets of our farm.
ers. tits not only more difficult
but more expensive to have cotton
picked after5heayy rains aud winds
have beaten it out. The farmers
lzhare tmuch to be grateful for.