Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-06

The Corner Stores annual Jan.
uary Embroidery Sale is on. Read
Mr.. Turner's new aGv = tisement.
Supervisor Self is not only the
biggest man in the county but he
is feeling big, too-he has a IA
pound baby boy at his house.
Married, by Rev. P. P. Blalock,
at his residence, on Wednesday
afternoon last, MIR. Clifford Tim
norman of Mountain Creek, and
Miss Lila Jester of Greenwood.
Messrs. Butler Pinson and Robt.
Turner, who reside near Ninety
Six, spent several days last week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. n.
Schenk..
Mrc. J. ". Peak, accompanied
by Misses Hortense and Willie,
returned on Saturday last after a
very pleasant weeks stay with rela-
tives in Greer wood.
Mra. Foreman, Mrs. H. H. Stem
bridge and Mics Annie Foreman,
of Ellenton, are spending some
time at the homes of Mesdames G.
j. Ashley and M. E. Merriman.
Mr.. A. L. Barker left on We'd
nesday last for Florida to look
after hia farming and fruit inter
ests. He will remain in the land
of flowers till about the middle of
February.
Mr.. Alex. Watson, the popular
head clerk of the Peak dry goods
establishment, accompanied by
pretty little Miss Eileen QUITS,
visited relatives at Ridge Spring
on Friday and Saturday, last.
Where is the farmer in Edge
field county who realized $1,000
for his cotton crop? That's what
an Orangehurg farmer did a few
days ago, and, what is better, be
has sufficient quantity of corn
aud meat to supply his needs for
the year 1904.
Mr.. Winchester Mcdaniel, of
Modoc. one Of the hest business
men Of the west-side, or of the
whole COUNTY as for that matter,
paid us pleasant call on Satur-
day last. He says the people of
his section have plenty of "hog
and bominy" and are in better
spirits than for several years.
The new depot will be ccmplet-
ed by the end of this week and as
soon as ibe necessary tracks have
been laid Mr.. G. j. Derrick will be
doing business at the new stand.
Contractor E!liott's force will pro-
baby 60 to Wilmington from here.
He already has contracts, for ten
other dppots for he Southern.
The following efficers were re-
Gently elected by Butler Lodge L.
90. F. to serve for the ensuing
six months: L. T. May, Noble
Grand, A. A. Glover, Vice Grand,
L. E. Jackson, Treasurer; B. F.
Mays Financial Secretary; J'T.
Dorn, Cor, Secretary; Rev. TIP.
Burgess, Chaplain; Hiram Lowe,
Outside Guardian.
Miss Cora Poore, the daughter
of the popular and efficient engi-
neer on the Gap road, who has
been attending the Presbyterian
College for Women, in Columbia,
will become a matriculate of The
S. c. c. L., when school work be.
gins OH Monday next. Miss Poore,
who is q very pretty and gifted
young lady, will beard at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs ]. IT. Cantelou
with her parents.
DR.. W. E. Prescott will have
enough sausage, bans, shoulders,
spare-ribs, back oones, cracklings
aud lard to supply whole town
ship. He has already killed thir-
teen large hogs and has eighteen
more that ne Will soon slaughter.
Dr.. Prescott is not carried away
by the prospect Of fifteen cents
cotton, for he has already provided
a great lumber of hogs to be kill
ed a year hence. Aud you may be
sure that he will grow ample corn
with which to fattea them. The
country needs more of such fur
mers who "live at home aud board
at the same place.
Tho curb over the public well of
our town should be sent to the St.
Louis exposition as one of the
greatest curiosities of the age,
Had Mr.. Noah needed such
thing as a we'll curb' in his busi-
ness one might have thought that
it filled niche in he ark. We
do net know when or by whom it
was built-for the builder and his
tribe died long ago--but certain it
is that the aforesaid mentioned
curb is considerably the worse for
wear and if cur city fathers will