Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-05-25
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Old Baptist Church Torn Down
to Make Room For New
Building. High School
Closes.
Mrs. BIT Boatwright has return

Mrs. IS. T. Boatwright has return
ed from a visit to Rock Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. yelling, of Dar=
lington, VIII. have been on a visit
to their daughter, Mrs. ID. J. La
Grone, have returned home \
Mrs. Margaret Stevens and Mr..
Joe Payne of Meeting Street, were
visitors at the home of Mr.. J: W
Payne last week.
MI. and Mrs. J. w. Marsh and
children are at home from a months
visit to Mrs. Marsh's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Pedrick, at Gainesville,
Fla.
MI. A. J. Mobley has returned
from a few days visit to Columbia.
MI. John Kenney is able to be out
after a three weeks attack of fever.
He was appointed census enumerlator
here bat was able to do only half of
the work. Mr.: Milford, who had
the Elmwood township. completed
the work for him.
Mr.. M. T. Turner is at home from
a business trip to North, S. G.
Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, Mrs. j. E.
Hart, Miss Christine Tompkins, and
Messrs. Wigfall Cheatham and Wad
Allen were among the visitors here
: last week.
Orange blossoms will bloom in
profusion here during the month of
June. Some time during this month
there Will be four marriages.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Russell, of
Augusta, spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. p. G. Stevens, nea town.
On last Tuesday morning May
18th, the Baptist church building
was sold, and the pews and other
fixtures disposed of also. The work
of tearing it down was begun the
following Monday, and in all proba-
bility, it will be converted into a
dwelling on a lot nearby. The pastor
of the M. E.. church has very kindly
offered his church to the Baptists,
to have a joint Sunday school or af-
ternoon service, until the completion
of the new church.
Mrs. It. P. Milford, of Granite
vile, was here last week, a. the.
guest of4herson,Mr. Tom milford.
Mr.. J. L. Oxner has purchased a
large farm near Hephzibah, Ca, and
during the coming winter, will
move his family there. Mr.. and Mrs.
Oxner are most estimablc people,
and all of Johnston will regret to
see them leave.
The first division of the Ridge
association will meet with the
Wards Baptist church on May 2sth
and 29th.
The announcement of the mar
rage of MIR. Richard V. Payne,
now of Jacksonville, Fla, to Miss
Estelle Meers, of that place, has
been received here by relatives. Mr..
Payne is a nephew of Mr.. John
Payne of this place.
Dr.. C. f. Strother visited rela-
tives in, Georgia last week, and
while there purchased four farms
in Richmond county.
Preparations are being made this
week by the pupils and teachers Of
the High school for the commence
ment which begins on Sunday. DR..
H. NJ. Snyder, of Wofford college
will preach the sermon, and on
Tuesday evening, the annual address
will be made by Hon. Mendel l..
Smith, of Camden.
The monthly historical meeting
of the Mary Ann Buie chapter, was
held on Thursday evening with
Mrs. Geo. &. Landrum. A very in
teresting program was had, after
which an hour vas spent socially,
during which time the hostess serv-
ed refre shments.
In tearing away the steeple of
the Baptist church, about three
hives of honey were found, which
had been secreted there by a swarm
of bees. Two or three years ago, Mr.
Wertz had some hives near the
church lot, and a swarm of his bees
settled in the steeple.
Last weeks issue of The Adver
tiser was an unusually interesting
one, and was read by all with en-.
joyment. This is acknowledged tc