Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-26

Letter From Our Cogburn
Correspondent Who Has Been
a Reader of The Old Adver-
tiser for Forty.six Years.
Editor Advertiser: / am per-
suaded that q bit of news from
this section, if it misses the awful
waste basket, might be apprecia-
ted and read by some of your
many readers. The Advertiser is,
I will say in the outset, the first
paper I have any recollection of
reading, as it has visited the home
in which / have lived regularly
once q week for the past fortv-slx
years. Did I say forth-six? Well,
1 can't retract it, for its only too
true. But it really doesn't seem
that l have been here that long,
so I am ready1o exclaim that time
and tide wait for no man.
Here we are to-day full ofyou5h,
vigor and manhood, but seeming
ly in few swift years we will be
bent and ripe with old age and
will be gathered in, as it were.
The great concern to ua through
life should be to get ready for the
harvest that is sure to come. LET
US live while we live," seems to be
the motto ofstbis day and genera.
ton, getting what we see, want and
csp get to-day with little or no
thought of that is to come, of the
morrow. or our future livelihood.
Miss Eva Cogburn, of Granite
Vile, has been spending some time
With relatives in this section.
Miss Owaena Stevens, of Flori-
da, the land OF flowers, is spend
ing the summer here with relatives
and friends.
Mr.. J. Henry Bledsoe made
business trip to Augusta this week.
He-reports business in that city
as seemingly dull.
Mr.. Pearce Sawyer, having been
called to the sick bed of his father
several days ago, has spent sever
al days with TIE family since death
claimed his father, Mr.. George
SAWYER. This another gallant vet
eran of the war of the sixties has
gone to his reward. There are but
few of these old battle Scared
''vets" now left, but all are monu-
ments to the cause Of justice and
honor.
Crops around this section are
unusually small for the season,
cotton especlslly. We regard it as
being three weeks later than last
year at this time. l an glad. how
ever. TO say that We have very
good stands left though we haze
had very little but wintry wrath
sr since the opening of the spring
season. But now that the summer
season is OIL we at least hope and
expect spring.weather, if no more.
With warm showery, sunshiny
weather, crops can make great
progress in the next sixty days, as
they have been thoroughly culti-
vated up to this time.
Mr.. Jack q. Lott passed through
our town last week in the interest
of the very popular firm of Angus.
ia, Co.. that he represents. Jack is
hustler at everything be goes at.
The patrons of Long Cane
school were very fortunate III Sc
curing the services of Miss Ida
Todd, of Johnston, to teach a sum-
mer school after the close of the
Johnston Graded School, she hav-
ing taught there the past year.
The patrons are we'll pleased with
her as teacher and regret to know
that she has arranged to go III
other business next year and that
there IS no chance of securing her
services as teachtr next school
year
Miss Ssmmie I,earce and Miss
Matte Lee Smyer, of Johnston,
visited at the home of Mr.: and
Mo opS--e,rr9rJ-sr-- -sr---.s-5y
and Sunday. For lack of space
and time I will not tSy to mention
the names and how many yonng
gentlemen visited during their
stay.
Mr.. J.J. Padgett and MIR. T. A.
Owdom have lost several head of
cattle with Texas or tick fever.
We fear that the epidemic will
spread about here aud that this
section will suffer great loss,
should the disease become gener-
al with us among our cattle.
Well, I will close by wishing
The Advertiser and corps much
prosperity and long life. $50 mote
it be. Amen"
J. H. G.