Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-03-13
HARDY'S HAPPENINGS.
Too Warm for Fresh Meat.
Vegetation in Full Bloom.
Many Mules Pur-
chased.

Mr.. H. G.. Bunch got uneasy
about his meat, the weather kept so
so warm, so bought ice on Saturday
to put in his barrel of brine he is
sugar curing it in and froze the
weather. Sunday the wind remem-
bered it was March, and it had not
put in its usual blustery days thus
far, and it proceeded to rise, bring
ing The cold wave the DeVore cal
endar predicted. Yes, we watch
our DeVore calendar, and it is gen.
orally always pretty near correct.
We bad thunder and little rain
before day Sunday morning, then
the wind and cooler weather.
There are some who are fortunate
enough to have more hogs to kill
yet that will welcome this change,
but we fear for the fruit crop. The
trees look so perfectly beautiful,
dotted about over the fields dressed
in pink and white blossoms. The
peaches, pink, apples light pink,
pears and plums white. And the
woods putting on their spring
dresses of fresh green, some first
sending out pink flowers, white and
red and the yellow jessamine so
sweet, woodbine, violets and phlox.
All the earth waking up after its
long cold winters sleep. The little
birds fitting about, telling of their
happy delight that spring has found
them alive yet.
Little children are begging to dis
card their shoes and get barefooted.
They would rather be barefooted
and have splinters and the ends of
their toes stumped off than wear
shoes when the weather does warm
up. One poor little toe came in
stumped off at the end this morn
ing. Now there will be the excuse
that the shoe will hurt 1t.
With the drying off of the roads,
although it is very rough from being
cut ,up 50 deep,-.we see, the automo.-
biles coming out again like the
flowers and birds, so glad of spring.
Mr.. Lidie Dorm tells us he has
been having to go all the way
around by Edgefeld ever since
Christmas. He made the trip down
the Martintown on Friday and says
it was very rough. We noticed the
Miller's, Hammond's and Mr.. Giles
Minis risked this road during the
past week. Also Messrs. j. o. Scott
and John Hudson. If it was smooth
ed down and the holes filled in there
would be lots of improvement.
We see lot of new mules going
up so there must be some men left
in the icounty above here to work
them. Hands are very scarce in this
community. Mules are up top in
price FOO. | guess one reason is on
account of so many being used in
the army and there are so many that
have died of pneumonia out at the
camp.
We were sorry to hear of Mr..
John Reese having lost one of pneu-
monia and had another he had just
bought in the place of the one he
lost, that was quite sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bunch and
family were in Edgefeld Wednes.
day. Mrs. Bunch visited her aunt,
Mrs. Arthur Wells and called by to
see how Mrs. Lemie Talbert was.
Found her still suffering with
grippe. Hope she will soon be able
to conquer it.
We saw good many of the couu-
try folks in Augusta on Saturday.
Among them were Mr.. H. F. Coop
er and daughter Estelle, Miss Ruby
Watson, MIR. and Mrs. John Reese,
Mr.. and Mrs. James McClain, Mr..
Williams and sons, Mr.. Carpenter,
Messrs. Frank Townes and Harry
Bunch and Evan and Fred Barker.
Messrs. E. L. Fuuche and wife,
Ernest Ingram and family and Mr..
G. w. Medlock attended services
in Augusta Sunday.
Hardys.
Lost or Strayed-One red year