Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-27
q Office, No. 81. =
l4S Residence, No. II. l9S
Mrs. Charlie Cheatham and Mrs.
R. E. Morgan spent Saturday With
their mother, Mrs. Belle QUITS.

Mrs. Cnariie SuedGldll anu us
R. E. Morgan spent Saturday With
their mother, Mrs. Belle QUITS.
For sporting goods of all kinds
call on V. A. Hemstreet in Augusta.
He also repairs guns of all kinds in
the most satisfactory manner.
The Advertiser job Office is turn
ing out some frst-class work. Let
us have your orders. Satisfaction
guaranteed on every order.
The Beaver Dam gipnery ginned
lO7 bales of cotton one day last
week. Mr.. Zimmerman hopes yet to
reach 1875 bales when. n.cotton becomes
perfectly dry.
Mr.. Charlie NJ. Wates is now
with Messrs. Lyon Sc Sample, whole
sale grocers of Augusta. Mr.. Wates
will be pleased to have his friends
call on him when in the city.
Mr.. J. F. Cheatham, of McCor-
mick, is visiting his daughter, Mrs.
w. G. Strom. Mr.. Cheatham's s
Edgefeld friends have greeted him
very cordially.
Miss Ruth Strom, the second
daughter of Hon. and Mrs. w. A.
Strom, also entered the Greenville
Female college last week. Edge
field county has sent her full quota
to the G. f. G. this year.
Rev. P. P. Blalock has been
unanimously called to serve Gilgal
as pastor for another year. During
the long term of years in which he
has served this church the work has
steadily grown.
Capt. N. G. Evans has returned
after spending ten days in New
York. Mrs. Evans and little George
will remain several weeks longer
with Messrs. J. Berrien and Legare
Walker, Mrs. Evans brothers.
They tell us that steel and stone
"skyscrapers" are put up as If by
magic in New York, but We'll bet
Adollars to doughnuts that none of
them were built as quickly as Her
bert Smiths "skyscraper" was.
The friends of Mr.. George
swearingen deeply regret that he
WAS pail fully injured last Wednes-
hay by having his arm broken by a
bin belt at the Rice place. We are
pleased to announce that he Is now
Steadily improving.
4 After all, there is some advan-
stage to the farmers in having cotton
3open early. The land can be sown
| in oats several weeks earlier than
usual, thereby rendering them less
liable to be killed by the winter
freezes.
Notwithstanding the fact that cot
ton has declined two cents or more,
1.-The same price, so cents per hun
sdred, is being paid to pickersin
this section. We have been Informed
that only 35 cents is being paid in
some parts of the county.
Mrs. Joseph Riling of Connells-
kille is guest at the home of DIR.
81. G. Tompkins. This very estima,
Bile lady is friend of Mrs. H. F.
rompkins and she came down to
SEeturn with Mr.. and Mrs. Tomp'
kins to Connellsville Tuesday.
Knowing how thoroughly The
Advertiser now covers practically
every section of the county, the
eeuntry merchants, as we'll as the
Town merchants, are using our Col,
lmns to advertise their merchan,
lise.
From Monday October End
through Saturday October 7tb w.
NJ. and J. T. QUITS Co., will pay
III cents for eggs in trade. All'ye
people in that section of the coun
ry, better keep your hens (and
oosters tool laying.
Around Edgefeld is not the only
ection where the cotton fields are
White. Hon. w. A. Strom told The
advertiser man Saturday that he
vent to Greenwood few days age
Ind practically every cotton field
hat he passed was as white as q
heet.
We understand that Hon. John
Swearingen recently purchased
he Horns Greek farm of Capt. S
II. Rice, paying $1,000 for the Csc
cres. Mr.A.M. Zimmerman has had
be place leased for several years
nd has been making fine crops
own there.
The managers of the county fail
be planning to have some excellen
ddresses during the fair. Among
hose who will be invited is the Hon
fhos. E. Watson. There are hun
reds of people throughout Edge
IA oo,,,+x, u,bo ara oaoer to heo