Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-07

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after spending two weeks very pleas
antly and proftably at Lake Juna-
luska, N. c., having been sent to the
conference by her Sunday school.
Miss Margaret Hill who is taking
the course provided for trained
nurses at the University hospital
spent last week with her cousin,
Sfrs. F. F. Rainsfor6, and is spend
ing this week in Edgeield with
relatives.
Ear'y this morning, while the
dew was yet on the vine, Mr.. Mil
ledge Ward brought The Advert,
ser the largest watermelon that we
have seen this season. We are
deeply grateful for the thoughtful-
ness of this kind friend.
The friends of Mr.. John T. Mich
olson of Ridge Spring were delighted
to see him in Edegield Friday, hav-
ing come up to attend the campaign
meeting. He appears to be as young
and active both in mind and body as
he was a decade and more ago.
Mrs. Kate Kernaghan is in San
Antonio Texas, and is enjoying her
trip very much, being near her son
Earle, who is stationed there. Mrs.
Kernaghan stated in a letter that it
looked as if every soldier in the
world was stationed at San Antonio.
Mr.. Claude Lyon has sent his
mother a unique and very beauti-
full pair vases from France. They
are made of solid brass shells the
contents of which were fired at the
Hrns. The vases are about four
inches in diameter and II inches
tall.
Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson re-
ceived a cablegram Monday mora-
ing from her daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Woodson, announcing that
| she had arrived safely overseas.
she went ont as a Red Cross nurse,
having volunteered for this SER
vice,
Mr.. Boykin Paschal, a nephew of
Misses Sophie and Marie Abney, who
volunteered for military duty some
time ago was commissioned a lieuten
ant in France recently. 1t will be re-
called that Boykin attended the S. C.
C. I. and made many friends in Edge
field.
DR.. b. F. Jones brought an open
boil of cotton to The Advertiser
office Tuesday morning. The first
that. we have seen of the new crop.
Mr.. L. Y. Bryant also exhibited an
open boil yesterday afternoon.
Both of these gentlemen have very
fine crops.
Mr.. B. L. Minis is now having lumber
sawed to erect the necessary build
ing for developing his kaolin proper
ty on the old Plank Road. In addition
to the valuable deposits of chalk,
Mr.. Minis finds that the large body
of land will produce good crops. He
is improving it from year to year.
When your soldier boy writes you
an interesting letter, and all of them
are interesting, send it to The Adver-
tiser for publication, 30 others will
enjoy reading it. Relatives and
friends in all parts of the county like
to hear from our boys in camp and
at the front through The Advertiser.
Mr.. T. P Lyon has laid-by a splen-
did crop near Antioch and now he
spends his time entertaining the
sweet little daughter who came some
time ago to be a permanent visitor
in their home. Being inexperienced,
doubtless Press finds walking the ba-
by about as hard work as following
the plow.
Thursday Mr.. julius Vann, Mr.. L.
A. Stevens, Mr.. Alva Stevens, Mr..
Roper Day Mr.. B. J. Day motored
to Greenwood in Mr.. Vann's Pack
ard car to witness the tractor exhibit.
All of these gentlemen are progress
sive farmers and keep abreast of the
times in all matters pertaining to ag-
riculture.
Mrs. L.. H. Prescott received a
telegram Tuesday stating that hel
brother, Lieut.. J. T. Burnett, had