Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-01-15

Mrs. G. E Burts aud Master
tharlee Watson Burts will return
Rom Anderson on Thursday.
Hon. j. Wm. Thurmond was
to Lexington on profession
al business on Friday.
Mrs. S. NJ. Rice and her three
*chifdren we're guests at the home
Rof Mr.. and Mrs. E. 81. Folk sew
zEeral days last week.
d Hon. M. L. Smith of Camden,
grand chancellor of the knights
ST Pythlas, CONAN of South Car
blina, has issued q general order
ppointing Mr. c. D. Brown, of
~ bbeville, grand keeper of records
hid zeal to succeed the late DR..
Games III. Thornwell.
III The Edge6eld Pythians who at.
ind the meeting Of the Grand
s s lodge in Aiken in May will be
byally. entertained. The Aiken
NIP hts are already planning for
he reception of their brethren
fom all parts of the state.
Miss Nellie Jaylis visiting bor
arents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Jay.
iss Jay is o very skilled COM
f. eaitor and is employed in the
tfice of the Saluda Standard. We
! lust that this young lady will be
elighted with this her first visit
EdgeGeld.
= Mr.. Harris Kemp was down
Lat week looking after some
$ns1nsss matters. It Is his purpos'
|.o move to Edgefeld and occupy
he house which he recently pur-
hased from Mr.. E. Morgan as
p: |oon as the condition of the roads
Eill permit.
s IA farmer in LaureDs county,
leads the list when it comes to
making second crop of Irish
j otatoes. Fourteen potatoes that
leigh sixteen pounds is a pretty
aood showing. especially for the
3econd crop when conditions are
lot as favorable as in early
=
3pring.
Mfr. and Mrs. R. E. Morgan
will move in short time to the
sRamb, place which is sloca ed in
Greenwood county about four
|tniiss northeast of Kilksey. Mrs.
I'M organ has been engaged to teach
the Cedar Grove school near the
Payne place on the Edgefeld and
Ninety Six road.
Rev. VI. Masters who lie we'll,
known aud greatly beloved
throughout Edgefeld county is
associate editor Of the Religious
Herald which is published ID
Richmond, and is new in ite 84th
year. The Herald is one of tbe
foremost Baptist journals in the
country.
WI on Mr.. Jones' e.yenth son
vas born there Was greasrsjo icipg. !.
lswo or three days after the event
one of the neighbors, meeting
sfommy, the eldest son, asked if !
slis we're not sorry that his baby
l,fothsr was not a baby sister
Tommy shook his head. mo,
na'am not me!n he replied with
lgyreai decision, Y zee we're tryln'
Nor baseball nine. .-Ex.
Mr.. s.. w. Williams who now
halls from Clio-his adopted
home-was a welcomed visltorin
Edgefald last week. We did not
lay eyes,oa our young friend while
he wss here. We ought not to
blame him, however. for failing tn
make US a. visit, for he did not
come to Edgefield to see TON,
Dick and Harry" but for a spe-
cifcs purpose.
Since leaving Edgefeld, Capt.
S. M. Rice has been in the charge
of one Of The passenger trains run
mig between Columbia and Au-
gusta, but recently he was assign
ed to the line between Columbia
and Allerdale.. 1t is probable. that
Capt. Rice will move his family
TO the latter place as his schedule
80 arranged that he WILL spend
his nights there.
The father of Rev. j. T. bittle-
John was stricken with paralysis
at-his home near. Spartanburg on
Monday of last week and died op
Wednesday night. He was an ac-
tive member Of the Baptis. church
from early manhood, and was for
twenty years a deacon III his
church. r v. Mr.. Littlejohn has
the sympathy of his hundreds OF
friends throughout our county in,
his great bereavement.
According to the Augusta
Chronicle, the sales of the North
Augusta dispensarg amounted to
<$1,lOO on Saturday last. The
amount would have been larger
but The crowd was so large that
ali of them could not be served.
When the doors were closed at
sandown about fifty persons were
standing in like awaiting their
turn. but, fortunately or unforta-
5~ok,1,- fhaip ~, ,,, r3id nof onyne