Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16
will we see national appropriations
made for the improvement of the
public highways of the country.
DR.. D. A. J. Bell Writes Very
Interestingly in the Reminis-
cent Vein. Encouraging
Words for The Ad-
yertiser.

the future, therefore nOG Old, you
in a reminiscent frame of mind to-
day while travelling from patient to
patient, and lived a short while my
childhood over again. I thought of
the first men of whom l remember
(outside my own folks), and there
came to my mind DR.. John Lake,
then Mr.. Luke Culbreath, Mr.. Ran
som Zimmerman, all neighbors of
my boyhood, nearest to me, whom
I saw oftenest. / could see DIR. Lake
come into our. home with his pal
metto cane, and fell the top of said
cane upon my hcad, as he was wont
to playfully tease: I could see MIR.
Culbreath ride off on old Joe, his
arms Topping as he rode his old
gray from my fathers door: also
Mr.. Zimmerman as he often sat up
on the porch wrapping one leg
around the other as he would cross
his lower extrernities: then | could
see my mother in one corner darn
ing socks, Luther, Sallie and | play
ing on the floor while my dear old
father, after the days toll, would
diligently scan the dear old Adver-
tiser. Dear sainted old people: gone
the way of all the earth, how their
memory brought to me tender and
social recollections of childhood's
past. Of old time friends, The Ad-
vertiser still survives: the first pa
per, yes, the only paper / knew
about in those youthful days. 1 re-
member to have asked my father if
There were other papers in other
counties, to which he said yes, and
I, supposing all other county papers
would be called Advertiser, with
the county name prefxed, asked
him if he ever saw copy of the
Abbeville Advertiser?
Of course he explained to me
telling me of the Press and Banner,
etc.
What changes hath time wrought.
Then The Advertiser contained
only small amount of reading
matter except locals and advertise
ments, though how carefully it was
read, advertisements and all. l re-
member once to have heard Maj.
LaGrone say, that he read every
word in The Advertiser twice be
fore he fled his papers. (They filed
t, .em then in the corner on stringJ
Apropos to this, whileI am remi-
'niscent, I remember to have heard
my old aunt, who was q very intel
ligent and well informed woman,
say that any young person who
would read thoughtfully weekly
paper forlten years would at the end
of that time be a well informed.
person. If that statement be true
about those ancient days about
which lam writing, what excuse
has young person now for not
being Informed, surrounded as he.is
by not only our improved weeklies,
but by our ably edited dailies that
come to our homes, though the said
young person be debarred by pow
erty from entering our colleges, or
seminaries of learning.
i But 1 am DEPRESSING. | started
out mainly to congratulate The Ad-
vertiser upon the beautiful Christ
mas number of 'rpaper, thing
incredible forty ago. In tone,
in spirit, in hanical make, in
literary merit, your Christmas num-
Der is credit to our county as well
as state and I congratulate you.
Verify the sun do move' as shown
not only in yours but your esteem
ed contemporary, the Edgefeld
Chronicle.
The following Sovereigns attend
ed the unveiling of the w. 0. w.
monument to Sovereign John Wash,
of Rehoboth, Sunday: Sow. r. w.
Edmunds, E. r. Christian, J. w.
Christian, L. r. Cartilage, j. l.
Beasly, Tom Barrett, r. 5. Black
well and the writer.
Mr.. L. F. Dorm has returned from
the Baptist state convention and re-
ports fine meeting.
Mrs. L. F. Dorm, Miss Lena White
and Clifford Robertson are on the
sick list this week. Glad to report
Rosada Talbert better who has been
quite sick about a week.
Mr.. Claud Parks and wife, who
married Miss Lizzie May Tompkins,
of Augusta, few days ago are at
home to their friends in ParI;sville.
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