Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-20
LOCAL AND ]
PERSONAL. ]

The days of this week are the
shortest of the entire year. One has
to rise early and stir late to accom-
plish much.
Mr.. Edward Lynch and Mr.. w.
L. Dunovant, Jr., will arrive from
Davidson the latter part of the
week.
Mrs. E. c. Brown of Greenville
is here to spend the holidays with
her mother, Mrs. Ida f. Sheppard.
Mr.. John Kennerly is welcom-
ed visitor in Edgefeld, having stop
ped over while en- route from the
recent session of the grand lodge in
Charleston.
Mr.. A. S. Tompkins is in Char
lotte fora few days. He may de-
eide to spend Christmas there with
his brother, Mr.. D. A. Tompkins.
The S. G. G. I. students left last
Saturday for their homes to spend
their Christmas vacation. Regu-
Lar work will be resumed on Janua-
~ End.
For Rent: A fvs-room house
on Addison street. Good we'll, gar
den, barn, etc. Apply to
]. L. Minis.
Mr.. w. L. Jefries is spending a
fortnight with his parents, DIR. and
Mrs. M. d. Jeffries. Mr.. Jeffries is
taking post graduate course in
industrial chemistry at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina.
IF Wall Street spectators knew
how limited is the supply of field
peas and how great will be the de-
mand, they would corner the pea
market and sell them for a penny
apiece at planting time.
Miss Mae Roper is at home from
her school duties at Plum Branch,
where she has not only rendered
efficient service in the school room
but has made an impress for good
upon the community life.
Buy a stalk cutter from Stewart
& Kernaghan and pound that din
gy, dirty, weather-beaten cotton in
the ground. 1t is now scarcely worth
picking. The seed seem to be yying
with lint as to which will command
the lowest price.
Miss Hortense Padgett united
with the Baptist church Sunday
morning by letter from Stevens
Greek church, and Miss Pearl Pad
kett and Mr.. Ernest E. Padgett
united by letters from Sardis church
of Saluda county.
Misses Emily and Lille Adams
are at home from Chicora, and Mis-
ses Marie Key, Helen Tillman, An
ME Cantelou, Natalie Padgett,
Maud Riyes anI Marion Blalock of
the Greenville Female College have
arrived for their Christmas vaca-
ton.
Mr. Belts Cantelou has made a
large addition to his stables in the
form of another mule pen on
the east side. He is making ready
for another car Of stock that Will
son & Cantelou will receive in a
few days.
At the regular monthly confer
ence of the members of the Baptist
church which was held Sunday
morning, Messrs. O. Sheppard, F.
N. K. Bailey and W. B. Cogburn
were elected deacons of the church.
The ordination service will be an
nounced later.
Rev. J. r. Walker filed the
regular appointment at Trenton in
stead of preaching at Edgefeld
Sunday morning. He preached his
first sermon to bis Edgefeld flock
Sunday night. That he. made a
favorable impression upon his hear
erse is evidenced by the kindly re-
marks that have reached US.
Mrs. J. NJ. shaffer of McKendree
does everything she undertakes in
businesslike manner. She not only
needed the "Shop early" appeal by
coming down distance of thirteen
miles early Monday morning but
was through with her holiday pur-
chases and ready to return by 1880
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