Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-17

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/ Miss Maxcie Sheppard is in
Greenville visiting her aunt, Mrs
James Maxwell.
The Daue hters of the Confedera.
cy netted forty-two dollars last week
as their portion of the CarnWal's
profits.
The village cemetery is now SO
beautifully kept that every resident
of the town should very cheerfully
contribute to the cemetery improve
ment fund.
Some idea of the enormous guam
tity ofScigarettes that are consumed
Gamble gained from the fact thai
one Edgefeld, merchant sold 200
! packs or boxes in two days dur
ing the carnival.
Mr.. J. B. Kennerly left on Sat
| urday to spend a fortnight with
/ the large shoe manufacturers in
Chicago which he represents. He
reached the Windy City" about
the ttime the blizzard was at its
height.
Legal blanks of all kinds, such as
mortgages of. real estate, deeds,
mortgages of personal property, rent
contracts, etc., for sale at The Ad-
vertiser office. Our forms are word
ed correctly and ale used by the
leading business men.
| Being able to obtain seacoast cab
bage plants here in Edgeield at veiy
reasonable prices is great boon to
the masses of the people. Packages
of plants can be SEN on scores of
the wagons that leave town loaded
with guano. This means that many
a table will be abundantly supplied
with greens" and pot Ticker" in the
early summer.
If -four scars much higher, Edge
field housewives will have to make
their biscuits smaller. Wheat has
reached S1.1S per bushel on the Chi
cago market, which is the highest
price since 1905. Happy is the
Edgefeld farmer who has some of
his broad acres planted in wheat.
In the delivery of his carefully
prepared discourse before the large
congregation in the lz.,ethodist
church Sunday evening, DR.. j. w.
Daniel sustained his reputation for
being the most eloquent and most
magnetic pulpit orator in the South
Carolina Conference.
Through the efforts of Mr.. Or
lando Sheppard, subscription list
was circulated in Edgefeld on Mon
day for the benefit of the widow of
the Laurens policeman, who recent
" lost his life, in the fearless dis
chargeof duty. The sum of sso.s5
has been forwarded to Mrs. Stone
iron lie ID. ., ---s - !
Said gentleman to the writer a
few days ago: THE Advertisegs Is
contest will cause thousands of
bushels of corn to be grown in
Edgefeld county this year that
would not otherwise have been
grown" We hope SO. That's the
purpose we have in view.
The beautiful little daughter that
the Stork left at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. G. QUITS Sunday, Feb
ruary 7th, has been named Sarah
for her material grandmother. May
she live up to the high ideals set by
her fond parents, being a source of
great joy and happiness to them
throughout life.
Mrs. George w. Bussey, Jr,, re-
turned from the hospital in Augusta
last Sunday, having almost entirely
recovered from the very difficult
surgical operation. After long weeks
of anxious waiting Mrs. Bussey's
friends and loved ones are very hap
py over her return. She will remain
in Edgefeld q. short TIME with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. p. R. Wates.
Prof. j. H. Courtney, who re-
sides four miles below Trenton, told
us few days ago that farmers in
his section are unusually well ad-
vanced with their work. Prof.
Courtney's hands are now engaged
in uprooting primeval pine stunlps
that have broken plow-stocks and
hame strings for upwards of a hun
dred years. Think of the saving
that would have resulted had this
been done fifty years ago!
The receivers for the Edgefeld