Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-03-29
WEsT-sIDE NEWS.
Col. Talbert Elected Mayor. MIR.
Bodies Horse and Buggy
Disappeared. Harem
Skirt in Parksviiie.

However, Parksville is a church
going community to have services at
all, such day as yesterday, for it
rained almost necessarily all day
long. The rain, however, was much
needed, and highly appreciated for
we have had practically no rain
since Christmas, and very little be-
fore. The small grain and the gar
dens are looking very bad, and
backward for lack of moisture, and
the wells in places are drying up. In
the memory of the Oldest inhabi-
tants. Such a dry winter can not be
recalled, in consequence of which,
the roads have been good all winter
to the delight of the doctors, and
mail carriers, as we'll as others whose
duties put them in the read.
Our annual town election was had
on last Thursday with the follow
ing results: Col. w. ]. Talbert,
mayor; Col. T. M. Seigler, DR.. w.
G.. Blackwell, III. H. Freeman and
J. w. Christian, wardens. Col. Tai
bert has been highly honored in
times past, having headed the leg
islature ticket twice when a young
man, then to congress, but l think
the vote of his town last Thursday
the highest compliment ever paid
him having received every vote cast,
l mean not losing a vote. We must
respectfully pull off our hat to may
or Talbert, and predict for him a
vigorous and successful administra-
tion.
A regular communication of
Parksville lodge, A. F. NJ, was
held Saturday night at which time,
Mr.. M. B. Moultrie was raised to
the sublime degree of a Master Ma
son. We were glad to have with us
Messrs. Erve Holmes and Charles
Brunson of Concordia lodge Edge
field, and hope they will come again.
Mr.. Clint Parks of Woodlawn, a
son of Mr.. Joe Parks, we learn,
will move back to Parksville next
week. We welcome Clint back, and
Jennie, who before marriage was
Miss Jennie Brunson with their 8
interesting children.
Had you heard about poor Tom
Bussey of Modoc? Joe Smith"
your gifted Modoc correspondent is
responsible for the following story:
Zone night last week, Tom jumped
up much agitated taking south
easterly course towards the creek.
This alarmed his family very much
because he went to bed perfectly
well. He was tracked to Big Stevens
Greek, the strides showing, that he
was almost flying, the steps being
20 feet apart. Mr.. Smith got up all
the coon and negro dogs in the COM
munity, and trailed him to the fork
of the creek near the locks, when
the dogs 'treed." He had on gar
ments, that looked like white over
alls, and was finally spied by Mr..
Smith and the negroes, sitting on a
limb had actually gone to roost.
The dogs looked up the tree and
seeing Mr.. Bussey on the roost in
white apparel, tucked their tails be-
tween their legs, and bowling left
for parts unknown. The negroes be-
came excited and swore that it was
a liant" When Mr.. Smith remon,
strated with the old negro, the ne
gro said "fo God" Mr.. Smith its a
"hant." Been seeing "hants" for so
years and you reckon I don't know
one when 1 see it? Mr.. Smith, how
ever, who is a brave man, climbed
up the tree, convinced Mr.. Bussey
that he was not white crane with
wings, as he thought he was, in
duced him to come down by telling
him there was only one new conner
at his house and that his name was
Tom Bell. If there is only one said
Tom, will come down, SO he did,
and is now the happiest man in
Modoc. But he still declares that he,
in some unaccountable way did real
ly fly.
Mr.. Lee Bodie Saturday night left
his fine mare hitched to his buggy
with another horse hitched on the
buggy in the rear, stepped into Mr..
T. G.Talbert's store to get glass of
soda water, and upon returning his
horses and buggy were gone, s.nd up
to Sunday night had not been heard
from. Mr.. Bodie thought they had
gone home, but when he got home
he could hear nothing from either
horses or buggy, nor could he hear
in any direction he made inquiry.
Messrs. ]. T. and J.. l. Beasley
who moved to Harlem, Ca, about
Christmas are back at home visit
ing old friends and relatives. There
is no place like home and we look
for them often.
The last entertainment of our Ly-
ceum course will take place on
April 8rd, The writer's birthday, but
we refuse to say how old. This en-