Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-11-15

Six richly costumed actresses
will have prominent parts in.
.Taming a Husband" Special
stage settings, good acting, good
music. What more could you ask.
Mrs. C. Il. scaife was the guest
Of Capt. and Mrs S. N Rice several
days last week. She is a lady of ex-.
ceeding culture aud very decided
intellectually, and is the wife of
Rev. CT. Scaife. At present they
reside at Woodruff but contem-
plate moving to this section of
the state.
We trust that the engagement
oftbe minstrel show on last Mon
day is the last that it will ever
have in Johhston. We can well
afford to do. without such class
of shows forever and forever
The Monitor.
Edgefeld would have been
afflicted with this show also had
not our town authorities very
wisely made the license SO high
that the manager refused to pay
| it. Gentlemen of the town council,
keep the license on worthless
shows up to the maximum.
Some colored people,-in spite
of the general prosperity that pre-
walls, of which they enjoy a liber-
al share-are;guilty Of all manners
of petty thefts in and about our
town. In one instance two hens
with their entire broods Of hicks
were taken from coops in a back
yard and carried away bodily. But
the theft that '.caps the climax"
was committed by certain cook
in Edgefeld who stole.a chairsand
bath tub. The idea of q negro
stealing q bath tub! They are ad,
dicted to too frequent us,of chairs
but what earthly use has negro
for a bath Tub? Nobody ever heard
of them needing one in their
business.
FORisALE: Two-horse car
rage in good condition. Too
heavy for one horse is why offered
for sale. Apply at the college to
F. N. K. BAILEY
The Baptist Woman's Mission
ary Union Of South Carolina is
in session at Bennettsville this
week. The Edge6eld association
is represented by MIS-. DR.. w. E..
Prescott from Red Hill, Mesdames
J. H. Tillman, w. b. Cogburn, c..
E. Burts. A. L.. Barker, Kate
Black, aud Misses Kathleen Glover
aud Earline Alien from the Edge
field Baptist church. Bya unani-
nous vote the Edgefpld Baptist
church has instructed the ladies
from this association to invite the
Union to meet at Edgefeld in
1906. It IS generally hoped that
the invitation will be accepted.
Elsewhere in our columns will
be found an advertisement of Mr..
w. L. Daniel. executor of the
estate of the late Mre. Adeline
DeVore, in which he offers for
sale, on the 1st Monday in Deem
ber, the "DeVore'' or adams.
tract of lard-located in Elmwood
township aud containing 240
acres. Considering the improve
I me6f5, the Character and fertility
of the land, the location (being
in easy reach Of Johrston and
Edgefeli), this is one of the most
desirable places ofsN hich we have
any knowledge. Anyone who is in
! quest of a country home or who is
desirous Of acquiring country
1 property should be interested in
this sale.
j Owing to the Very large troupe
and the heavy expense inccrred
by the managers of the theatrical
that is to appear in the opera
house tomorrow evening, the
price of admission has been put
at rs cents for reserved seats, so
cents for general admission and
25 cents for gallery seats. These
prices are very reasonable for such
an attraction. Not few of our
people 60 to Augusta and Colum-
bia (pay railroad fare and hotel
bills and pay even higher prices
to see no better plays than "Tam-
ing a Husband" will be. Do not
Class it with cheap shows just be-
cause you can see it in Edgefeld's
opera ho use.
Fresh Buckwheat and New Crop
Syrup just received.
G.. L. PENN & SON.
Very great interest will be felt
in Augusta in the engagement of
Miss Martha Glover. Of Atlanta,
to Mr.. Barrett PhinizY, of Athens.
Mr.. Phinizy is closely related to
two of the most influential and