Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-02-16
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Miss Royal Peak who teaches in
Greeleyvile has arrived to attend
the Blalock- BOYD we'd ding to-mor-
row afternoon.
Auto parties went to Augusta
Monday and Tuesday TO see The
Birth of a Nation" Others will
90 this afternoon and tonight.
Rev. J. w. Kilgo, tho presiding
elder of the Columbia district, will
preach in the Methodist church
Sunday morning at ll:l5 O'Clock.
Mrs. J. S. Byro and little Fitz-
maurice are spending some time IN
Columbia with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Fitzmaurice, the parents OF Mrs.
Byrd.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. G. Evans and
Master George, Jr., went down to
Augusta Friday to see the patriotic
photo play The Battle Cry of
Peace"
Mrs. Frank Fetzer, nee Miss
Madge Graydnn, came down from
Greenwood in her car Friday and
carried Mrs. Ella Tompkins back
with her to spend some time.
Mr.. G. G. Zimmerman, one of
the leading farmers of the Calison
section, Greenwood county, spent
the week END here with his brother,
Mr. A. NJ. Zimmerman.
Guests are already arriving for
the marriage IF Miss Marion Bla-
lock and T'r. William Sims Boyd
which will take place tomorrow
afternoon at FIVE o'clock.
Mrs. Sallie Bigham is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. j. G. Whatley,
in North Augusta. Before she re-
turns to Edgefeld she will visit her
other daughters in Georgia.
The spring term of court will
convene the first Monday in March
Hon. Ernest Moore, of Lancaster,
presiding. The grand jurors and
petit jury are published in this is
sue.
Rev. P. P. Blalock filled the ap-
pointment in the Presbyterian
church at Johnston last Sunday for
Rev. E. G. Bailey. The latter was
summoned to Florence to officiate
at marriage.
When you send your team to
town caution the driver about feed
ing the mules properly at dinner.
Tell him that throwing corn on the
bare ground is not the proper way
to feed faithful beast of burden.
Mr.. M. P. Wells has practically
announced. informally, that he will
be candidate for the State senate.
1t is presumed that Mr.. Nicholson
will offer for reelection for :he
senate, having served only one term.
STRAYED: A pound Berk-
shire SOW has strayed from my
farm; nose and feet white. A re-
ward of So will be-paid for any in
formation concerning her. J. G.
Edwards, M. D., Bdge6eld, S. G,
2-9lt.
Miss Kate Samuel Is back from
New York, where she spent several
weeks studying the spring styles.
She is we'll equipped for supplying
the millinery needs from the larg.
spring stock which Mr.. Turner pur-
chased for the Corner Store.
Mrs. ]. L. Minis spent several
days of the past week with her
daughter, Miss Florence Minis, at
Z. Coker college. While in Hartsville
she visited Rev. and Mrs. p. H.
aBussey, who reside two or three
.mlies from tnat progressive town.
If you have planned to use any
guauo this year, it's mighty good
time to haul it. The roads are fairly
good and the ground is yet too wet
to plow. We counted twenty-odd
wagons loaded with commercial
fertilizers on the public square yes
iterday ABOUT the noon hour.
Merchants are receiving large
shipments of plow stocks, plow
'steels, etc., and if the rains cease,
farmers will soon be turning the
soil, making ready for another cot
ton crop, which may bring Is cents
or Z cents. The latter price will pre-
vail, if large yield is made in