Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-08-12


DR.. and Mrs. James s. Byrd
returned on Sunday after a very
pleasant stay at Glenn Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Byrd spent
several days last week with Mr..
and Mrs. C. c. Fuller at Long
mlres.
Mrs. Charles A. Griffin has re-
turned after spending several
weeks at Glenn Springs ali d Hen
dersonville, N. G.
Mrs. Lucy Atkinson, a niece of
Mrs. \. A. Edmunds who resides
in Augusta,is spending. somo time
at ths home of Mr.. aud Mrs. j. A.
Mays.
Misses Weinona and Julia Strom
two very popular young ladies of
the Rehoboth eection, have re-
turned after spending some time
very pleasantly in Aiken.
Dr.. William Griffin, who max es
his home in Marion with hie
daughter Mrs. Agnes Griffin Mace,
lis visiting his son, Mr.. Charles A..
Griffin, and sister. Mrs. Orlando
Sheppard.
The first bale of new cotton was
sold by Mr.. R N ,Broadwater on
Tuesday afternoon to the Edge
ield Mercantile Company for
II 1-S cents. The bale weighed
541 pounds.
The writer was pleased to learn
on Monday that Mr.. E.. G. Winn
has entirely recovered from his
recent illness. Mr.. Winn remark
ed few days ago that be feels
better now than he has at any
time within the past three years.
The Advertiser has been re-
uuestsd to announce that the
members of the Juvenile Mission
Society of the Methodist church
will sell lemonade on Saturday,
August 22nd, the day of the coun- :
ty campaigns meeting q: Edgefsld.
Notwithstanding the fact that
he is unopposed, Clerk of Court
w. B. Cogburn has been going
over the county shaking as many
hands and eating as much hash
and buying as much lemonade and
ice cream as any of the other can
didates.
The "big meeting" season Is at
it's height in our county. Pro-
tracted services will begin on
Sunday next at Hardy's, Red Hill,
Gilgal and McKendree. Now that
all crops have been "laid by"
these meetings should be largely
attended. 1t will not be an easy
matter for the absentess to 6ud a
good excuse for not attending.
A Missourian ale half bushel
of goobere, a gallon of ice cream,
four dozen bananas, and drank
three quarts of water-all in ten
minutes. He is still living. bu;
finds it hard 10 get boarding
house,-Columbia Record.
If any E6ge6eld boarding house
desires this boarder his address
will be furnished.
Spectacles made up to suit your
particular need at lowest possible
price
Geo. f. Nuns,
Edgefeld. S c
Mrs. A. B: Covar, accompanied
by her sou, Alfred, visited her
mother, Mrs. Nv. D., Padgett, near
Fruit Hill last week. She altende
ed tie pro. o.ractad meeting at Good
Hope on Friday and saw twelve
Young people unite with Tue
church in the morning and seven
teen IN the afternoon. About forty
eight in all made g public profess
sion of religion during the meet
ing.
After feeding Greenwood's army
of candidates and the hundreds of
delegates and visitors who will at
tend the Edgefeld Association,
but few chickens will be left to
crow in the Mountain Creek Sec
ton. Dop't be afraid to go Noun
tain Greek, however, the good peol
pie of that community will feed
you all right, even if the candi-
dates have been served first.
Tt was the writer's good fortune
to meet Mr.. e. V. Morgan, ST., q
short time ago and have a pleas
ant and profitable talk with him.
Although his whitened locks in
dicate a somewhat advanced age,
yet Mr.. Morgan is active and
very youthful in spirit, He says
he has done more lard work this
year than be has done before in
sixteen years. Mr.. Morgan is the
father of nineteen children.
"Uncle Sam" is very consider
ate OF his employees. Mr. Wal
lace G. Tompkins, who has been
o1:; +ho walls olono fha r