Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-07-12
CLARK'S HILL.
Peaches Shipped in Car Loads.
Farmers Up With Their
Work. Lumber Company
Erecting Buildings.

peaches are now moving IN car
loads. Express is heavy, as owing
to the short crop very few full cars
will move from here this season.
Elbertas are the heaviest bearers
this season. Prices are very good,
but we are afraid the heavy rains
will cause them to rot.
Farmers are we'll up with their
crops, owing to the short crop of
peaches. All old corn had been
layea-by. Peas look we'll and a
large acreage has been planted and
more will be planted this week.
The hay farmers will start their
machines as soon as the weather
clears up.
The Hines Lumber Company is
getting the buildings ready for the
machinery that is arriving. The
large boiler was placed last week.
The mills are in the woods cutting
boards and as soon as farm work is
overSwagons will begin putting 1t
on the ground.
Mr. r. S. Williams, the manager
of the mill, spent some days of this
week with the home folk in North
Carolina. Mr.. Hines, the superin-
tendent Of the planning mill, spent
the weekend with his family in
Mccormick.
The W. M. L. ladies will serve
ice cream and cake Saturday after
noonifrom 10 for the benefit of
their society. They will have de-
licious cream and cake and some of
the pretty girls TO serve you. SO you
know it will be doubly sweet. We
hope they will have pretty after
noon.
Our community is alive with
young people now. All of the boys
andEgirls are at home from school
andsthe- boys are here to move the
peachscrop.
Msazand Mrs. w. NJ. Rowland
and fsFett,y Bright girls Of Augusta
have moved in to be with us for the
summer. We are always glad to
welcome them to "Melrose.
Mr.. Joe Nixon has brought his
wife, mother and three delightful
people to be with us this summer.
We are always glad to have all of
these good people with us in the
Sunday school. We want them to
feel free and at home, and 10 come
and take part in the Sunday school
also 10 make suggestions which they
think will be helpful TO us.
Last Sunday our school presented
Mr.. and Mrs. Leggatt with a S5
gold piece in memory of their tt-
tieth anniversary.
Mrs. J. d. Baxley is spending
this week with her sister, Mrs. Z.
NJ. Markert, of \ North Augusta.
Mrs. Eugenia Middleton, whom we
miss so much. is on visit to the
home of Col. S. 3. Mays. We know
she is having a good time but we
want her to come home as soon as
she can. While we do rot see hel
every day, it is a great comfort tc
know that she Is with US. We mis-:
her at Sunday school.
Some of our ladies are going tc
attend the Woman's Missionary
Union of the Abbeville association
in Mccormick this week.
Some of our neighbors entertain
some of their Augusta friends with
delightful picnic dinner at th'
school house on the fourth. After
dinner the crowd was carried sight
seeing over some of our hills anc
through the orchards.
L. M. Muldrow is spending hi
vacation in the large packing house
of w. M. Rowland. He says l
does not sound like rest to him bu
is better than being IN the hot city
now.
Our Big friend, D. w. Sharp
ton, is getting the Henry Ford te
yer, but we have not had to use ice
on him yet.
Miss Mealing, a daughter of DR.
w. E. Mealing, of North Augusta
returned home last week after spend
ing several days with her cousin
Miss Rena Bunch.
D. w. Sharpton g. Company
bought load of cotton seed las
Saturday.