Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-01-11

B degree, Was elected
E of the Farmers ane
ants Bank of Greenwood
W week.
As is bis wont at this seasoa
MT. II. NJ. Kearaey came up from
Augusta last week and went out
on a hunting expedition, spend
ling several days with his friends
in Edgeheld. Mr.. Kearsey is con.
te1nplating moving back to Edge.
iaid and making the town of his
Ia ativity his future home.
In reporting the public sales
est week we inadvertently omit.
ted that of the,,DeVore land which
vas bid in by Mr.. w. L. Daniel,
tie executor Of the estate of the
late Mrs. Adeline Devore. This le
q valuable tract of land which is
situated on the Ninety Six road
asven niles north of Edgefeld
containing 240 acres.
A teachor (not an Edgefeld
teacher, however) told a little
girl to write u sentence contain
ing the expression "the bitter end.
And this ls what moment later
met the gaze of the astonished
teacher: "a big dog chased my
cat, and az she went under the
porch he bit her end. Which
was more truth than sentiment.
-Ex.
Frank S. Davidson, with 8 se-
lect company, will play "Old
Farmer Hopkins in the opera
house on Thursday night the 18th.
The Spartanburg Herald says of
the play: "The Frank S. David
son company appeared last night
to large audience, and without
a doubt the most delighted one
that has ever assembled in Spar
tanburg."
Mrs. Susan B. Hill has smoved
into The very desirable bouse on
Main street where Mr.. and Mrs.
I'D. Holstein have resided,
having purchased it from them
several weeks ago. Mr.. and Mrs.
Holstein are boarding with Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. A. Taylor until they
can move into the handsom Penn
residence, which is at present
occupied by Mr. and Mre. j.
Berrien Walker.
The statistics of the Census
Bureau show that there are sev-
eral millions more males than fe-
males in the United States. This
will be sad intelligence to some
ofthe girls who allowed the oppor-
tunities of leap year to pass un-
improved, there being not enough
men now,to go around. The Nor
mon brother ia very considerata
III taking more than one helpmeet
under his protecting arm.
The marriage of Gen. M. c..
Butler which for some time has
been one of the chief topics of
conl ersation in Edgefield's social
circles will occur in New York
8bn the 14th inst. He will be
4 married to Mrs. Chares Whitman
3who is a descendant of q very
cultured and distinguished old
Maryland family. Gen. Butler has
purchased very handsome resi-
dence in North Augusta where
they will make their future home.
It s0undiBB--mors -huslnesslike.
besides being aEgreat convenlsfses'
for farmer who has a number
of hands employed 10 call them
to and from work with bell.
Many we'll regulated farms have
them. Purchase a large farm bell
and make the welkin ring round
about your plantation and neigh
borhood early these cold morn
ings. The Edge6eld Mercantil+
Company has just received a large
shipment of farm bells that will
be marked at very reasonable
prices.
Of all the odd and curious
packages that ewelled the volume
of mail at the Christmas season
the most curious WAS held up by
the postmaster at Aiken In can
ceiling the stamps preparatory
70 sending off the mails it was
observed that rabbits foot was
plotrudiug from singularly
shaped package. Upon examina-
ton it was found to contain a
rabbit and six quails, none OF
which was dressed. 1t is needless
to add that the package was re-
.urned to the sender in short or
der.
So far as our information goes
the heaviest yield of cotton from
one acre of land for the year just
ended was in Spartanburg coun-
ty. The First National Bank of
Spartanburg offered s1o0 in gold
for the largest yi'ld of seed cot
ton from one acre of land. There
were fourteen contestants, the
gold being won by MIR. c. A.
Murph who made 1854 pounds of
seed cotton from an acre. The
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