Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-03-17

The Corner Store Calls eSpeclal
attention in;the new advertisement
to the millinery department also
new arrivals in undermuslins. The
ladies' should read it,
Attention is directed to the spring
announcement of Mr.. j. w. Peak
in this issue. The large stock OF
merchandise which he recently pur.
chased in New York. is now on dis,
play at his store.
A farmer who resides near John.
ston said to the writer, a; few days
ago: THE people here didn't know
how to farm till Billy Walton came
down here and showed them how
to use guano. If be can't get a dis
tributor to put it down heavy
enough he splits open a sack and
scatters it up and down the row."
Miss Mabel Kenner has arrived
from Baltimore to take charge of
Mr.. J. Rubenstein's millinery de,
partment. Miss Kenner has had
large experience and splendid op-
portunity to study the milliner's art
in leading establishments of Balti,
more.
Miss Hattie Newsom has since
the first of January been teaching
in the graded school at Bamberg,
filling out the term of a teacher who
resigned. However, in a personal
note to friend, Miss Hattie said
that she "has not permanently sew
cred her connection with the C. l. %
Mrs. S. A. Morrall of Trenton
was the guest on Monday of Mrs.
NJ. ,Bellinger. The many friends of
herself and that noble gentleman,
DR.. George w. Morrall, were in,
deed glad to see her again in the
old home county where the family
names are honored household
words.-Barnwell People.
The directoire gowns are giving
fashion makers trouble in locating
the waist. line, whatever that is.
We feel sure that some of Edgefeld's
young swains could give material
aid in solving the difficult problem
of locating the waist line. What
say you----well, we will not call
the names of those who are most ex.
perienced.
We do not know how it is else
where, but there are practically nc
early gardens in Edgefeld. The Ad
vertiser's very promising early gar
den was laid waste by the great Feb
ruary freeze, and the entire surface
of the ground is now beautifully car
peted with chickweed, which is de,
cidedly more ornamental than use
full.
The editor of The Advertiser is in
communication with Mr.. B. Harris
president of the State Farmers [
ion, concerning the coming of
Fate Butler to Edgefeld to le
the latter part of March. Definite
announcement will be made later
DR.. Butler is G Commissioner of Agri.
culture of North Carolina and one
ofthe foremost agriculturalists in
the country.
. i. rs. McNeely, daughter of Gen
NJ. G. Butler, arrived in the city
to-day, being called to the bedside
of her father. Her husband, Lieut..
McNeely, U. S. N, has just com
pleted the world voyage with the
feet and Mrs. McNeely met him at
Norfolk, from which place she came
to Columbia.
Capt. M. G. Butler, Jr., q. S. A.,
is expected here in few days.-Co,
lumBia Record, March l1th.
Mr.. Victor Heath, one of the
coming young farmers Of the coun-
ty>who resides four miles west OF
town, planted four acres of Grim
son clover last fall and is greatly
pleased with the experiment. He
purposes planting twenty acres ear.
ly next fall. Mr.. Heath will not
only NOW a q. antity OF hay from
the four acres but will have very
heavy coating of vegetable matter
to turn under in time to plant corn,
He will select his prize acre from
this four-acre piece of ground.
An exchange observes that boy
can sit on sled six inches square
tied to a sled running nine miles al
hour, but can't sit on a sofa five min
utes for dollar, A man can sit or
an inch board and talk politics fol
three hours, but put him into
comfortable church pew for fort.
minutes and he gets nervous, twist:
and. goes t, sleep. A man Cal
pouch his cheeks with tobacco ant
the juice running down his chin feel
GOOD: but a hair in the butter sim