Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-01-01
Miss Ruby Glover,g ssand n iaaes
Genie and LIME Horda, and Fan
ME Harrison, of Trenton, are
guests of Mrs. Walter S. Adams.

q came up from Monetta and spent
: q yery pleasant Christmas among
,Etheir children and grand-chll-
dren in Edge6eld.
Hon. and Mrs. John Gary.
j Evans, accompanied by their
|sweet little daughter, spent the
! Christmas season in Edgefeld
4 with Mrs. Victoria Evans.
The new year carries 366 days.
4 May every one of them be happy
and prosperous days for the peo-
pie Of Edgefeld county I!
Watch the Corner Stores Janu-
ary sale of Embroidery, Bleaching
and Ladies' Muslin Underwear
Low going on. The famous Home
Journal Patterns kept in stock
Miss Bertha. Morgan, the very
efficient stenographer and type
writer for Hon. J. VIM. Thur
mond and Hen. B. E. Nicholson.
Jspent the holiday season lat Nor
lganasswith her parents
Hon. +. Wm.. Thurmond con-.
tinues to improve the surround
| ings of his elegant home in south
Edgefeld. He is having a very
substantial and artistic iron
fence erected around bis front
yard.
Why was it thst every body
4 in Edgefe1d vas satisfied to spend
Christmas here, except Mr.. W. G;
Lynch and Rev. L. D. Gillespie?
The. former betook himself to
North Carolina and the latter to
regions round about Charleston.
Judge Allen has had his brick
cottage beautifully painted. See
ing how greatly paint has I'M
proved the appearance of this
residence, let us hope that 9th
ers will be induced to use the
paint brush freely also.
In this issue of The Advertiser
will be found the statements of
the Bank of Trenton, the Farmers
Bank and the Bank of Edgefeld,
that are published in response to
the recent call of State Bank Ex-
aminer Ho1leman.
AS leap year approaches bash
Fful bachelors are beginning to sit
up and take notice and angular
maids to primp and practice the
counting stunt before their mir
rors. Lancaster News.
To how many in Edge6eld can
the foregoing be app:isd9
The Baraca class Of the Bap-
tist. Sunday &c iool gave an ex-
ceedingly delightful entertain
ment at the hume Of DR.. and Mrs.
J. T. Pnttison GU Monday eye2-
ing. The crowded condition of
our columns this week makes it
impossible for us to write of this
function at the length it deserves.
Probably never before has one
seen so much cotton in the fields
at this season in this county. The
delay il, picking has been due in
part to the frequent rains, but
chiefly to the scarcity Of pickers.
It seems that the problem will be
with us aBfit is in Texas-not how
much cotton can we make but how
much can We gather.
Mrs. Carrie Tompkins who has
had charge Of the post Office at
Plum Branch for several years has
resigned aud will move to Angus
lla TO make her home. Her Oldest
lson has for some months held o.
responsible position with the
Electric railway company of Au-
gusta.
Mr.. w. A. Byrd and Mr.. Shaw
S%earingen returned last week
after spending three weeks at Hot
Springs. Ark. Mr.. Byrd is now en-
tirely we'll and is again at bis
post IN the Farmers Bank. The
cures that are wrought by the hot
water treatment at Hot Springs
are but little short of the miracu-
lous.
Our friend William R. Furse,
of Trenton, spent a portion of the
Christmas holidays in Hampton
county looking after certain large
farming interests that be, togeth-
er with his brother, will operate
during the new year. Mr.. w. R.
Furse will remain at Trenton with
NJ. j. M. Bettis, and his brother
will be in active charge of the
Hampton farm.
/ Read the new advertisements of
the Edgefeld Mercantile Compa-
ny in this issue. With the begin-
ming of the new year they are
ready to quote prices on reliable
fertilizers, such as Armour's, Roy
sters, the goods of the Georgia
Chemical works and other leading
brands. Whatever the Edge6eld
Mercantile Company offers you
can be depended upon as being
| irst-clas. the best value possible