Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-28
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Parksyills Lodges Growing,
Visit FROM; the Benign and
Belovsd Dr. Grafton,
DIE sates Elected.

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i As haze said before, we coult
notsgetSal6Ug lsell without the wo
men; III 4 may say somewhat
parenthe y that if. there were
no women; IN the world, / do moi
believe there would be any men
long. Tie good women Of our town
had an oyster supper last Tuesday
night, Just as the w. o. w. closed
their communication and of course
the members Of the w. o. w. were
tooSchivalrons not to patronize the
good sisters, who had served a nice
supper I'M Tile Chamberlain hall fol
the purpose of raising funds fol
missio onar purposes. The enter.
prise was under the auspices and
control Of the woman's missionary
society Of he Baptist church, and
they realiasd some twenty odd dol
liars to add TO their missionary fund.
SATURDAY. night was the regular
communn On Of Parksville lodge,
199., "A. H M., at which time two
candidates were raised to the sub.
lime degree of a. Master Mason, viz:
W. M. Robertson and r. N. Ed!
munds. number of the members
of WEBB lodge, of Augusta, at
1 tended, including their worshipful
master, Bro. Flythe, and their SEN
Tor warden DIR. Walter Miller, past
master WE. Coffin and deacon R.
j. Parks, an old sneighbor and for-
, merl member and resident here.
Brethren Finley, Rankin, Connors,
were pressHt from Mccormick and
brethren ESSiin Holmes and DR.. i.
NJ Craft from the Edgefeld lodge
honored us with their presence.
The brethren from visiting lodges
had charge of the work and those
who are sSled to the tiled re-
cesses, or Sane ctum sanctorium of
Masonry inform us that it was
Egrand and impressive. w ordss4af
thanks were passed and the visiting
brethren invited to come again.
DR.. =: n. Grafton than whom no
more noble orS higher toned Chris
tan gent tlsmen lives in our state or
county. Though q neighbor,, was
almost a pornparative stranger until
his recens, visit he came not alone
to attend the Masonic meeting of
which be is a great sadrnirer, but TO
Iss9isi szisii So r1ase Of 8. yore, DIR.
I'D. "a. j., and he came IN good time,
not alone because he had. long ago
promised this visit but because he
found his old friend quite sick
and by his genial presence, tactful
and skillful medical directions, had
the doctor on his feet in little
while. Patients testify, that Graf
tons presence cures, whether he
gives medicine or not. His visit was
timely and we'll and he is hereby ad-
monished, not to allow his visits
to be so far between.
Mrs. Cinnie Sewell and Miss En-
mie sBrunson from Augusta, and
Mrs. Jennie Parks, of Woodlawn,
all daughters of our esteemed neigh
bors, Mr.. and Mrs. John Brunson,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
their parents. They do not forget
the scriptural injunction of honoring
their parents, and their visits are
not alone appreciated by home
folks, but by the many friends of
the old home town.
Mrs. Boyce Kitchings visited her
sister, Mrs. r. S. Blackwell, of our
town Sunday.
Mr.. Cook Burkhalter, whom we
reported as having been badly hurt
by a fall some time ago, returned
Sunday from the hospital in Au-
gusta and we are glad to report
about well.
I neglected to state in my last
communication that our B. Y. p.
U. re-organized a week ago with
the following officers: D. A. j. Bell,
president; Joe Henry Elkins, vice
present, D. N. Dorm, secretary and
treasurer.
Last night we had most excel
lent missionary meeting, :. subject
South America. Miss Sallie Morgan
gave us good paper on Argentina
and Miss Martha Dorm an excellent
one on Brazil. Bro. James G. Parks
who spent almost a year in Barzil
surveying a railroad was called up
on, and he gave US a very instruct
i've talk on the religion, manners
and customs civilization and needs
Of the Brazilians. Young Bro.
Parks address was entirely unex-
pected to him and consequently i'm
promptu and he acquitted himself
well. Though not accustomed to
public speaking, young Bro. Parks
is full graduate of Clemson college
and withal a very efficient and ca
pable young man. We trust he will
develop his talents along religious
lines and be felt for good in his
n atiro nnnntu and stofa