Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-27

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 first-class work. Let
us have your orders. Satisfaction
guaranteed on every order.
The Beaver Dam ginnery ginn ed
lo7 bales of cotton one day last
week. Mr.. Zimmerman hopes yet to
reach l25 bales when.cotton becomes
perfectly dry.
Mr.. Charlie NJ. Wates is now
with Messrs. Lyon & 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
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 ne
has served this church the work has
steadily grown.
Capt. N. G. Exams 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
dollars 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-
tay by having his arm broken by a
bin belt at the Rice place. We are
pleased to announce that ne is now
steadily improving.
After all, there is some advan-
|tage to the farmers in having cotton
Hopen 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,
'fthe same price. so cents per hun
|Rdred, is being paid to pickersln
this section. We have beeh informed
that only 35 cents is being paid In
some parts of the county
Mrs. Joseph Riling of Connells-
vile is a guest at the home of DIR.
T. G. Tompkins. This very estima-
BILE lady is friend of Mrs. Fl. f.
Tompkins and she came down to
return with Mr.. and Mrs. Tomp-
kins to .Connellsville Tuesday.
Knowing how thoroughly The
Advertiser now covers practically
Every section of the county, the
country merchants, as we'll as the
town merchants, are using our COL
lmns to advertise their merchan-
lise. ~
From Monday octobes End
through Saturday October ,stb w.
lM. and J. T. QUITS Co., will pay
e73 cents for eggs in trade All'ye
people in that section cf tie coun-
Try, better keep your heHs land
oosters too) laying.
Around Edgefeld is not ,he only
ection where the cotton fields are
white. Hon. w. A. Strom told The
Advertiser man Saturday that he
vent to Greenwood few days ago
Ind practically every cotton field
hat he passed was as white as
beet.
We understand that Hon. John
Swearingen recently purchased
he Horns Greek farm of Capt. S.
/. Rice, paying $500 for the $50
cres. MIRA M. Zimmerman has had
!. he place leased for several years
nd has been making fine crops
own there.
The managers of the county fair
Fe planning to have some excellent
ddresses during the fair. Among
hose who will be invited is the Hon.
'hos. E. Watson. There are hun
Z reds of people throughout Edge
eld county who are eager to hear
fSAfr. Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Tompkins re-
lrned yesterday to their home in
Connellsyille after spending a month