Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-27
EDGEFELD ADVERTISER:
EssahEshed 1885. !
wEDNasDAY. ocT. 81. 1909.
Office, No. 81. "
Residence, No. IL S

(9g Residence NO. i4Sg
Rev. q. p. Burgess adyertises.a
very desirable building lot for sale
insthis issue. 4
Edge6ssld contributed quite a num-
Der of visitors to the tri-county far
at Batesburgtla last week. @
Ir. ami Mrs. B. f.. ZimmermaA
united with the Methodist church
BIZ letter Sunday morning last. :
Mr.. Tapp Bryant united with
the Baptist church Sunday morning
bvleter from Stevens Creek church.
Lost: t5irr's red sweater en- the
streets of Edgefeld. Finder will
please leave it at The ADVERTISER
Office.
Some very valuable farm lands
viii be sold, at public sale Monday,
next. Better come 70 Edgefeld and
buy a good farm.
Mr.. John Fitzmaurice- came over
from Columbia Sunday to see his
( little grandson, John Fitzmaurice
Byrd. !.
Rev. and Mrs. T. P. Burgess re
turned yesterday from Charleston
where they have been since Thurs
day last attending the Presbyterian
Synod.
The Advertisers subscription list
is steadily increasing. Sea ply a
day passes, without some onS COM
ing in and voluntarily enrolling
his name as a subscriber.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. S~wearingen
have the finest baby. in the county.
The little fellow would win the
first prize in any baby show. Al
though he is only ten months old ne
weighs twenty-eight pounds and
runs all about the house.
Mr.. E. q. Morgan, ST., the sage
of Falfa, says he has selected his
best land for wheat and oats, and
that cotton must take a back seat"
Would that hundreds of other farm
srs insthe county would do the same
thing.
The latestaddition to Buncombe's
population is Master John Fitz-
maurice Byrd, who took up his
abode at the home of Oh. andEMrs.
James S. byrd Saturday morning.
That accounts for DR.. Byrd's broad
smiles and high stepping
Mr. B. u. Day is one of the
few farmers in the county who raj
ses his OWL stock. He has eight
head of horses and mules and raised
them all. except one. MIR. Day
says a farmer can raise q mule colt
almost as cheap as a yearling calf.
"a horse colt costs more..
Not ia gobbler will be on the
Thanksgiving menu this year. The
ladies of the cemetery association
have slaughtered every turkey with
IN a radius of many miles of Edge
field for the dinners they are serving
on the Fair grounds this week.
Mr.. j. w. Garrett, the efficient
;boekkeeper of the Beaver Dam
Mills, has been joined by his fami-
" and they are now occupying the
home of DR.. Butler on the Griffin
hiH. A most cordial welcome is ex-
tended to these good people.
There will be no preaching SER
vice in the Baptist church Sunday
morning naxt,en account of the abb
sence of the pastor, who will be in
attendance upon the Union meeting
Of the first division, which conyenes
with Bethany church.
aFor several weeks The Advert
ser has been day late but we hope
hereafter to mail the paper on time.
Our force has been enlarged and
additional material has, been pur-
chased which will greatly facilitate
the work in the mechanical depart
ment.
We had expected to award and
present the Corn contest prizes
Thursday, Agricultural Day at the
Fair, but rs some of the corn has
not sufficiently matured to gather
we will not be able to award the
prizes till later.
Hon. and Mrs. n. T. Powell, of
Henderson, N. c., are on a visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Tompkins,
Mrs: Powell being Mrs. Tompkins'
sister. Mr.. Powell is a prominent
member OF the Henderson bar and
state senator.
Mr.. w. H. Turner, the progress
siyesproprietor of the Corner Store,
r-.oN 49,