Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-03-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL,

Reynolds motored to Savannah and
spent the weekend.
Mr.. E. P. Arthur has installed a
lath machine at his shop near the de-
pot and is saving laths every day.
Miss Margaret May came home
from the Greenville Woman's College
for the weekend.
Miss Mamie Dunovant spent the
weekend in Aiken as the guest of
Miss Louise Coleman.
Mrs. Berta Hill and Miss jamie
Hill came up from Augusta and
spent the weekend at Cedar
Grove"
Miss Katherine Minis entertained
few friends very delightfully."- at tea
Friday evening. The occasion was
one of unusual pleasure to those
present.
Mr.. w. D. Allen came down from
Chappell and spent Sunday here, be-
ing very cordially greeted by his
Edgefeld friends.
Attention is directed to the quar-
terly statements of the Bank of
Johnston, the Farmers Bank of Edge
field and the Bank of Edgefeld in
this issue.
Mr.. C.. M. Thomas is having his
attractive residence on Main street
repainted. Who'll be the next to i'm
prove his premises and thus contrib
ute to the beauty of the old town?
Mrs. Arthur Childress of Greer,
accompanied by her son, Master
Benjamin Jones, has been spending
several days in Edgeield and vicinity
with relatives.
Miss Grace Brumbaugh, the pub
lie health nurse, has greatly endeared
herself to many people in Edgefeld
whom she has visited recently, prov
ing herself to be indispensable in the
community and in the county.
Mr.. T. A. Broadwater opened a
store near his residence in Eastern
Edgefeld. Before many years the old
town will spread until it reaches the
CROSSROADS, which will be the ter
minus of the street railway system.
Mr.. ]. D. Holstein, Jr., has just re-
ceived car load of Overland-4 auto
mobiles. The Overlands have stood
the. test in Edgefeld county for a
number of years and their popularity
is increasing.
Mr.. D. A. G. QUITS of Greenwood
has sold his law business to his part
ner and is now engaged in organizing
another bank for Greenwood to be
known as the American Bank, with
capital stock of 100000.
Messrs. Yonce & Mooney announce
tina tthey now have limited supply
of genuine Ford starters for Ford
cars and trucks. Better have your
car equipped with one before the sup
ply is exhausted. A Ford is a good
thing without starter, but it is two
fold better thing With one.
Mr.. w. A. Strom and Mr.. T. A..
Broadwater will erect a modern gin
merry north of Edgefield just beyond
the town limits at the Jackson place
on the Ninety Six road. A modern
equipment has been ordered and will
be installed by the opening of the
next season.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Mathis of Tren-
ton, who nave been visiting IN Flor
ida for about two months, have re-
turned to Trenton. They came little
earlier than expected on account of
the illness of little Kathleen, who has
now improved. Mrs. Mathis friends
all over Edgefeld county have been
greatly interested in her improve
ment
Rev. G. W. NJ. Taylor, the beloved
pastor of the Edgefeld and Trenton
Methodist churches, has been engag-
ed to teach in the Trenton school,
filling the place made vacant in the
teaching force by the recent resig-
nation of the principal of the school.
On account of the sickness of sew
eral teachers, the Edgefield school is