Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-10-25


participating in a free-for-all shooting
bee near Edgemoor some weeks ago,
were rounded up by Constable Henry
Gibson and carried before Magistrate
Reid at Richburg and fined $40 apiece.
The two culprits were Will Johnson
and Will Rawls. Three more negroes
wanted for participation in the same
affair are still at large.
y Lancaster.-The jury in the case OF
julius Caesar Watts, charged with
the killing of C. c. Faile, rendered a
verdict of guilty with recommendation
to mercy which means life sentence.
Watts killed Faile in Flat Creek town.
ship, December "a, last. The parties
involved were white and well-to-do
farmers. Sentence has not yet been
passed.
Walterboro.-J. Rice Cooley resign
ed as a member of the county board
OF education. Mr. B. Cooley is grad
uate of Clemson College and has serv-
ed acceptably for the past three years.
He will be succeeded by Mr.. J. Will
liams Campell, graduate of the Cita..
del and one of the best known and
most prominent educators in Colleton
county.
y Afken.-The Baptist church is now
perfecting plans to erect a Sunday
school building adjoining the church
building. The approximate cost will
be $4,000. The building will be mod
ern in every respect, containing 16
rooms, an auditorium and kitchen A
committee has been appointed to soli-
cit subscriptions for the building and
is. lS1sting with splendid success.
Columbia. Arrangements are be-
ing perfected for the third annual
conference of Charities and Correc-
tions in South Carolina. The sessions
VIII be held in Columbia at place
to be announced within few days by
the executive committee. The dates
are Thursday and Friday, November
% and "a The programme will soon
be ready, and will shortly be publish
ed in full.
Sumter.-At regular meeting Of
city council it was decided to pur-
chase combination motor pumping
engine and hose wagon. The fire de-
partment committee was authorized
with full power to act to select a
make of pumping engine and hose
wagon and report for ratification at
another meeting. Mayor Jennings
cast the deciding vote in favor Of the
combination pumper and hose wagon.
About $500 will be the cost of the
apparatus.
orangeburg-Mayor Sain has de-
clared his intention to put stop to
vagrancy and will rigidly enforce the
ordinance. In his instructions to the
grand jury of Orangeburg county last
September Judge J. w. DeVore Of
Edgefeld, then the presiding Judge.
laid particular stress upon. the state
vagrant law and pleaded with the
grand jury to see that magistrates,
city authorities and others put ban
upon yagrants by bringing them to
criminal prosecutions.
umbia-The city of Columbia re-
ceived a check for s29,202, this being
its share in the dispensary profits for
the quarter ending September /. The
county and county board of education
will also be sent checks. The total
profits for Richland amounted to $685.
40494.
Barnweil.-The cotton caterpillar is
doing much damage in this county.
The young cotton and the top crop
will be damaged greatly, one farmer,
who usually makes rs bales of cotton
a year, says that the caterpillars
would cause him to lose seven or
eight bales.
Manning.-A call has been issued
for meeting at this place Of all the.
merchants, bankers and business men
interested in the holding, warehous-
ing and financing of the cotton crop
in view of the depressed state of the
market. The meeting will be held in
the court house.
Johnston-The corner stone of the
monument to the Confederate dead,
which is being erected by the Mary
Ann Blue chapter, U. D. c., was laid
with impressive services, the Masons
assisting. After the assembling of
the crowd at the place the Masons
circled around the stone.
Columbia. ia.-Commissioner Watson
has been invited, and will attend a
cotton conference, to be held in Ches-
ter during the county fair on October
"a. 1t is said that much cotton is be-
Ing held in Chester county for high
er price.
Columbia.-The Florida Citrus ex-
change has called upon the governor
of South Carolina to cooperate in the
fight against the shipment OF gree
oranges. The matter was referred t.
the state department of agriculture
and the inspectors Of The department
have been ordered to seize ali s--'