Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-11

! Mrs. Luther Reese and her son, DR.
John Reese, were among the visitor:
in Edgefeld Sunday.
Miss Annie Bell Williams, Of
Greenwood, is the guest of her cou:
sin, Miss Leila McCreary.
Attention is directed to the notice
published in this issue by the corpo,
rators Of the Greenville, Greenwood
and Augusta Railroad.
The cotton weigher's election will
draw large crowd to Edgefeld
next Monday. There will be about
45o ballots cast.
Messrs. Stewart and Kernaghan
advertise the celebrated Pittsburg
wire for fencing purposes in this
issue. Their prices are very reason
able.
DIR. A. R. Nicholson has opened
Offices in the front rooms of Mr.. w.
w. Adams building and offers his
professional services to the Edge
field public.
A meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the County Fair Associa-
tion is called for Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock at the store of Messrs.
Ramsey & Jones'. ~
After a long absence in Washing
ton as an attache of the Senate, Maj.
r. S. Anderson reached home Mon
day to remain until Congress con-
venes in December.
Stevens Greek Sunday school will
have special exercises on the 5th
Sunday. One of che attractive feat
ures of the day will be an address
by Mr.. Arthur S. Tompkins.
We are indebted to our friend
Mr.. James G. Lowry for some very
fine new crop sweet potatoes. They
are the finest we have ever seen for
the first week of August.
Mr.. B. r. Tillman, Jr., is spending
this week in Edgefeld on business
and has been greeted very cordially
by his friends. He and Mrs. Till
man are residing now at Rockville,
Md.
The members of Antioch church
are preparing to give the Edgefeld
Association a very hearty welcome
on the sth and 9th of September.
Among other things, they have
placed an order with Messrs. Hol-
land Bros for a handsome organ
which is to be installed in time to
furnish music for the association
Edgefeld county should increase
the amount that has been contribu-
ted to the woman's monument fund.
Mr.. Richard A. McCreary who has
been soliciting contributions for this
fund will make his final remittance
Saturday. Drop asat the post Of
fee and hand Mr.. Nc Creary a dol
lar, orless if you can't give that
much.
Mr.. M. Toney Turner is already
having material placed on the ground
for the County Fair buildings. The
contract called for rough material
but after it was signed Mr.. Turner
voluntarily offered 20 dress all of the
lumber. The officers of the Associ-
alton greatly appreciate this conces-
sion on the part of Mr.. Turner.
Mr.. P. F. Durisoa, of ocala, Fla,
is having very pleasant sojourn
with relatives and friends in our
town and county. At present he is
with his sister, Mrs. B. S. Holland,
at Trenton. Mr.. Durisoe has honor
ed The Advertiser with several very
pleasant visits. His father, Mr.. w.
+. Durisoe, was the proprietor of
The Advertiser for a number of
years. In fact, Mr.. p. f. Durisoe
was actively connected with the old
paper himself in his boyhood days.
Pastor-I was sorry for your wife
during the sermon, doctor. She
had such a dreadful it of coughing
that the eyes of the whole congre-
CATION were fixed upon her.
| Doctor Don't be unduly alarmed
She was wearing her new hat fol
the first time-Fligeade Blotter.
The Georgia legislator who intro
duced the bill to keep women from
riding astride should also introduce
a bill to make the owners of pianos
put trousers on their legs-the pi
ano legs,we mean.-Anderson Daily
Mail.