Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-10-28
NEWS FROM TRENTON.
Land Changes Hands, We'd
ding Bells Soon to Ring,
Floral Fair to be Held.

Everything Is very qulet aDoul
our little town at present. The sale
of cotton has been practically stop
ped, owing to the sickness of one of
the buyers and the other withdraw
ing to Edgefeld. The cotton crop
has been almost gathered, and now
the farmers have begun to plan for
1909. We have heard number OF
leading farmers say that they in
tend to plant large crops of grain
and thereby cut the cotton crop,
Goldman & Co., of New York,
closed the sale of Nam d Leppard's
stock on Saturday. This sale has
been going on for two weeks.
1t was reported that one of the
collectors for 4 book company was
arrested here on Saturday. This
company seems to have sold a lot of
books in this section. The writer
was told by one working for the
company that something like $1,000
worth of books were sold here. "A
great amount of these were sold to
people who cannot read at all. We
heard of number who purchased
several dollars worth of these books
and now when they have not made
enough to pay their honest debts,
these collectors are foreseeing them
by threatening to take their house,
hold goods.
Mr.. Geo. s. Courtney will leave
Trenton in the near future for Al
ken, where he goes to enter baSl-
ness.
Mr.. l. A. Webb has purchased
his place and will reside there after
this year.
Mr.. l.. d. Swearingen is enjoy
inc the bliss OF fatherhood. 1t is a
boy.
1t is reported that wedding bells
will soon be ringing from one end
of the Aiken road section to the
other. If reports are true it seems
that they will be so frequent that
some will be double. There is but
one regret we have to express and
that is all of these fair maidens
will be taken far away. Some will
stop within the bounds of our OWL
state, Georgia, to the blue grass
region. Yea, even to the Rocky
mountain states.
Mr.. James Black, of Saluda coun-
ty, has purchased part of the Luke
Crouch place and is now moving to
his new home. We are glad to see
these good people from Saluda come
into our community. This reminds
us that some of our best and most
substantial citizens were once resi-
dents of that part of old Edgeield
that is now Saluda county. They
have all proved to be worthy citizens.
Mrs. J. H. Privette, of Darling
ton, who has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. H. Courtney, will
return home on Wednesday.
Mrs. r. B. Smith will return this
week from Columbia where she
went for treatment. We are glad to
know that she has greatly improved
in health.
The annual floral exhibition will
be held on November 3rd. Dinner
will be served by the ladies who are
interested in the cemetery. The pro-
ceeds of this will be expended for
a new fence.
Mrs. Burquette, Swedish lady,
was buried at Ebenezer last Tues
day. The funeral service was con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Gillespie. Mrs.
Burquette, with her husband and
four little children, came here from
Boston more than year ago. They
settled .on some land over the line
in Aiken county sold them by Mr..
J. NJ. Swearingen. These people
are a good class of immigrants.
They are hard working, honest,
Christian people. The family have
the deepest sympathy of our whole
community in this hour of sadness.
READER.