Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-02-22

Rock Hill.-Formal transfer has
been effected of all the property OF
Martin Maloney, of Philadelphia, con
sisting of water works, electric lights,
street car franchises and other
rights in the city of Rock Hill for the
sum Of 100000.
Dillon.-At a joint meeting of stock.
holders here it was unanimously de.
cided to consolidate the Hammer, the
Maple and the Dillon cotton mills. The
company will be known as the Dillon
Cotton Mills. The combined capital
Z Of the three mills is 100000.
Columbia.-The merger" suit is
definitely at an end. Governor Blease
signed the resolution directing the
Attorney General to abandon the
famous Southern railway suit. The
house passed the resolution only a few
days ago and the senate passed it dur
Ing the opening days Of the session.
Walterboro.-The county superin-
tendent of education, H. w. Black,
has issued call to the boys of the
county to meet at the high school audi
torium here Saturday, March 4, for
the purpose of organizing a boys corn
club, for Colleton county. Valuable
prizes will be given to those making
the largest yield.
Anderson.-To the great delight of
his congregation and to the people of
Anderson generally, the Rev. w. H.
Fraser, D. D., pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church OF this city ,an-
nounced that he had decided to de-
cline the call extended him by the
Second Presbyterian church of Alex
andria, Va, suburb Of Washington.
Greenville.-Upon entering a room
in house near Jackson and Broad
streets for the purpose of arresting
G. w. Stonecypher, who had been rails
Ing disturbance in a drunken spree,
Thomas j. Cureton, Familiarity known
as uncle Tom," a 70-year-old police
man and the oldest man in point OF
service on the Greelville police
force, was shot in the head by the
man he was attempting to arrest The
wound may prove fatal.
Eastover.-As a result of the cam
paign by the Eastover citizens league
for law and order there were whole
rrests and convictions here on
arge Of violating whiskey laws.
than a dozen men and women
ried by the intendent and four.
,ound over to the Richland
court Of general sessions On the
of violating the dispensary,
he fines. imposed netted s720:
ests followed the work Of se-
vice mon.
washington -Four new rural mail
carriers have been appointed in South
Carolina. They are: julius l.. Earle
at Chaplin place of Luther F. Frick;
Frederick A. Stuckey at Mayesville in
place of Halle D. Warren, with H.
Frank Anderson, substitute Ralph
Axeon at St. Matthews in place Of
John B. Prickett, with Langdon j.
Axeon as substitute; Brent Mellette
at Sumter in place of Benjamin F.
Wilder, with Wayne Mellette as sub
stitute.
Sumter.-The schools of the county
will have field day at the court
house on April 25. The movement
toward this end was started in the
fall by the associations of the teach
ers in this county. The exercise will
be of two parts, mental and physical;
the former will be held in the court
room and after they are over the
athletic contests will be held on the
spacious grounds of the court house.
Columbia. B. O'Neall Holloway,
deputy organizer and special field
representative of the state Farmers
union, has begun a two weeks cam.
paign in Chester county for the pur-
pose of reviving ana strengthening
some of the local unions in the coun-
ty and also of organizing some new
local unions with a view to putting
the union in a position to do more
effective work in the future than 1t
has been doing in the past.
Columbia. Members of the house OF
representatives have received from
members of the Order Of Railway con.
ductors a signed statement on the
mileage bill now in the lower branch
of the general assembly. The com.
munication is of interest just at this
time because of the views of several
travelling men and the position taken
by members of the Order
Sumter.--Interest in corn growing,
in this county has not tagged and
the boys corn clubs have reorganiz.
ed for the coming season.
Washington.-The house adopted
without opposition an amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill, of.
fered by Representative Lever, direct.
ing the secretary Of agriculture to
make an investigation into the pos.
sibility of finding deposits of potash
and nitrates in the United States at
q cost nnt. to exceed S1251n