Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-03-15

Miss Elizabeth Nickles has
thoroughly captivated the Edge
field people. She has never reel
ted before an audience here with
ont being encored and applauded
very generously. The recital by
this gifted elocutionist and her
class in lie college auditorium or
Friday evening Is certain to draw
full house.
Judging from the great number
of cabbage plants that have been
ordered by persons in this vicinity
from the seacoast many are bent
on having early gardens in spite
of the cold and rain. Mr.. }. N.
Schenk alone has ordered and
disposed Of eighteen thousand
plants and has placed onother
order for twenty thousand.
Rev. L. A. Cooper delivered his
lecture, '.Sense, Sunshine, Song,
or the Signboards to Success III
the opera house on Friday evening.
This gentleman is not ouly ric hly
endowed intellectually but is also
favored by nature with a voice
that is eloquent i, speech and melo
dious III song. MIR. Cooper gave
utterance to many good things
that were interspersed by songs
and anecdotes, his repertoire of
the latter being inexhaustible.
Miss Mary Buford is in Allan
ia this week purchasing large
stock of spring millinery. This
city is recognized as headquar-
ters in the south for all kiuds Of
millinery goods. Miss Buford is
a very conservative, pains-taking
buyer, always exercising excellent
judgment aud exquisite taste in
making her purchases. Very soon
she will announce that her goods
have arrived aud are displayed for
the Easter shoppers. Watch our
columns for the amour ceraent.
If YOU want the celebrated
Quaker Oats that are fresb-two
packages for q quarter-go to
May & BLALoCK.
Cashier -. Holloway Harling
is not a farmer, yet he conducts
small farm very successfully.
This year he will diversity. his
crops along new lines. Believing
that there is more money in Irish
potatoes even at fifty cents per
bushel than there is in cotton at
ten cents, he hes had two acres
caref ully planted IN the former,
whic b required about seven bar
rels of seed potatoes. In due
sea son We hope to report that Mr.
Harling made 500 l.ushels of pota
toes.
Through the efforts of Prof. L..
E. Whittlc, the popular superin-
tendant of the large graded school
st Wards. DR.. G.. G.. Brown. Of
Sumter, the gifted minister, lee
lurer aud humorlst, has consented
to deliver his lecture on "Court-
ship and Matrimony" in the
school building at Wards on Mon
day evening, the Goth inst. AS d
writer, pulpit orator and platform
speaker DR.. Brown easily ranks
among the "blest men in the state,
and the people of the progressive
little city Of Wards are extremely
f fortunate i'll hav ng him deliver one
of his popular lectures in their
midst. Tie people for miles
around should journey to Wards
on Monday evening next to hear
DR.. G. C. Brown.
Messrs. May & Blalock are
daily winning new patrons. And
why should they not build up
large business, aud that at once?
They are men who deserve large
measure ofsuccess. being popula.
courteous, obliging and honest as
the days are long. Their lar!t
stock Of fancy aud heavy groceries
and plantation supplies is fresh
from the manufacturers end the
largest wholesale houses in this
section Of the country. Quality COZ
sidered their prices are very low
Read the new locals of Messrs.
Nav q Blalock and become
ore Of their customers. You
will have no cause to regret ii.
After your spring house Clean
ing baauIify your homes by lay
ing pretty mating upon you,
floors. We carry large stock oil
Mating and. Linoleums in a great
variety of patterns We invite th
ladies to sre our aIl-cnttpn carpet
sat 25 cants ~, ward II Ia bnauti.