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f??geftd? ^torrita*. Masonic Officers. At its last regalar meeting in De cember Concordia Lodge, A. F. M., elected the following officers who will serve for the year 1913: B. E. Nicholson, W. M; L. T. May, S. W.; M. P. Wells, J. W.; J. R. Tompkins, Sec.; N. M. Jones, Treas.; W. H. Powell, S. D.; J. S. Byrd, J. D.; W. R. Swearingen and C. E. Quarles, Stewards, J. W. Reece, Tiler. Baptist Revival Services. Dr. M. D. Jeffries planned at one time to hold a series of revival ser vices daring the past fall but as his plans were interfered with the meeting was postponed until early in the new year. Monday, Janua ry 20, has been selected as the time for commencing the revival meet ing. Dr. Jeffries has secured Dr. John F. Vines, pastor of the First Baptist church in Anderson, to as sist him. The meeting will proba bly last for ten days or longer. A Sad Death. God in the mysterious dispensa tion of His Providence has for the third time seen fit to send the angel of death to the home of our beloved neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Wat son, and take away the "baby," the flower, the joy, of the home. Sweet little Orion after a linger ing illness of several weeks passed into the sweet and peaceful sleep of the righteous at 4 o'clock on Dec. 10. ; The hearts of thu entire commu nity go out in sympathy to the pa rents in their bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Watson should feel comforted in the fact that God has chosen to take three of their babes as jewels and ornaments in His kingdom. A Friend. Edgefield Loses, Greenwood Gains. Monday morning Mr. B. T. Rainsford Ii?ft to make Greenwood his home, having accepted a posi tion with the National Loan and Exchai.ge Bank of that place. Mr. Rainsford is a very exemplary young man and Edg< field has reluctantly given him up. The Advertiser wishes him a successful career M banking. Hei*. well equipped for this particular field of business ac tivity. Besides being sober, steady, energetic and ambitious, he com- j pleted a course in banking at the business college in Poughkeepsie, N. Y,, which is regarded as the foremost institution of the kind in the country. We expect to receive good reports from our young friend as the years come and go. Smith-Johnson. Miss Suma Smith and Mr. Wil bur Johnson were married Sunday afternoon, December 22, at 5 o'clock at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. W. G. Ouzts. The cer emony was performed by Rev. J. R. Walker, the pastor or the Meth odist church. The mardi was play ed by Mrs. Ouzts. The attendants were Miss Eulis Padgett of Tren ton and Mr. Smith, the only broth er of the bride. Only the imme diate relatives and a few close per sonal friends were present. The parlor was tastefully decorated in bamboo and holly. Immediately after the marriage they went to the home of the bride's father, Mr. D. C. Smith, who resides in Saluda county. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will make their home on Mr. Johnson's farm in the Harmony section. The good wishes of a host of friends accompany them on their marital journey. Programme. The Woman's Christian Tem perance Union will meet at the resi dence of Mrs. J. L. Mims, January 6, 1913 at 3 o'clock. Devotional service, Mrs. T. H. Rainsford. "How shall the W. C. T. U. im press the community life of Edge field during 1913?" paper, Mrs. J. L. Mims. Current events of interest, Mrs. W. E. Lott. Music. "The doings of live town W.C. T. U."Mrs. M. D. Jeffries. Special music. "The Christmas year," Mrs. E. J. Norris. The roll will be called, each an swering with a new year resolution. Businesss. Each member is requested to bring some article of canned goods or other transferable food for the Frances Willard settlement in the dark corner of the South Carolina mountains, and five cents each to pay the freight on the box. Mrs. J. L. Mims, President. r Cogburn-Bryan. Married, by Rev. P. P. Blalock, Sunday evening, December 29, Mr. J. P. Bryan and Miss Alma Cog burn, at the residence of the offi ciating minister. Both of these young people are representatives of prominent Meeting Street families. Will Teach Morgan School. Mr. C. M. Mellichamp his ac cepted the position of teacher of the Morgan school for the next four months. He will board in the home of Mr. J. W. Morgan. ?Ur. Melli champ is a conscientious young man and will do his utmost to give entire satisfaction. He has hid sev eral years experience as a teacher since graduating from the S. C. C. T Christmas in the Manse. This was one of the most pleas ant ? e have ever spent. Our congre gations contributed much to our happiness. Our family were the re cipient of necessities of life, much of the luxuries, personal gifts to each of the family, a purse of fifty dollars and last (not least) the love and esteem of the churches. In ad dition to all that our present charge (Edgefieid, Trenton, Johnston) con tributed, our former congregation remembered us as if we were still living in their midst. For all these things we are under many obliga tions; and trust that we may prove worthy of such friendship. The Baileys. Jennings-White. A large crowd of relatives and friends gathered at the residence of Mr. Will White of White Town on Christmas day, December 25, to celebrate the marriage of their daughter, Miss Effie Mae to Mr. Ed win Guy Jennings. At two o'clock they were happily married by Rev. J. Earle Freeman, and then an old time wedding dinner, which the newer-customs have not been able to supplant, was served. A splendid graphophone furnished music throughout the occasion. When there were no words on the tongue, or pleasurable thoughts or sayings to provoke the lips to smiles or laugh ter, the ear was entertained with the well selected music. The occa sion was a pleasant one, and while this scribe ?vas loath to leave his family to eat his share of the turkey dinner at Mr. J. R. Bodie's, yet he was bountifully fed here, while Mrs. W. H. Parks' dinner on Thursday and Mrs. W. W. Banks' dinner on Friday make it a wonder that be survives. Gone to Her Reward. Mrs. Virginia Addison, whose name has been loved and honored since the memory all the present generation, has passed out to that haven of rest towards which all earthly pilgrims are travelling. Mrs, Addison bad reached the age after which the scriptures tell us there is but labor and sorrow, but she had continued her daily duties which she loved up toa fortnight before her death. She had always been a comfort in her home, and in the whole community. For years there was not a sick or suffering one that she did not minister to in life and lament in death. She had been the solace to hundreds of broken-heart ed friends and neighbors as the years had come and gone. As long as she had the strength, she was one of the most active members of the Baptist church, and was always in her place until the feebleness of age made her going impossible. She was of a very sociable disposi tion and loved the company of her friends. Mrs. Addison raised a large fam ily of children, but at the time of ber death had in the home with her but two who are still unmarried,Jno. L Addison and Miss Virginia. Be sides these two there are Mrs. Rose Murrell of Florida, Messrs. Joseph, Walter, and Bacon Addison, and a number of grandchildren. Tiie funeral obsequies took place at tlie Baptist church on Thursday the ii?th at noon, Dr. M. D. Jeffries officiating. Many beautiful flowers and de signs covered the casket and show ed the esteem in which this dear friend was held by the community. Her rema'ns were laid to rest in our village cemetery by 'the side of her husband the late John L. Addison Esq., whose memory is honored in Edgefieid. Frightful Polar Winds blow with terrific force at the far north and nlay havoc with the skin, causing red, rough or sore chapped hands and lips, that need Buck le n's Arnica Salve to heal them. It makes the skin soft and smooth. Unrival ed for cold-sores, also burns, boils, sores, ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. Only 25 cents at Penn & Holstein's, W E Lynch & Go. / Sheppard-Lyon Marriage. On Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock the 18th of December, a marriage of very great interest to our town and community, was cele brated at the Baptist church, when Miss Ethel Lucile Sheppard was married to Prof. Thomas Jordan Lyon. The prelude to the happy occa sion was a musical program on the pipe orgai', "Nevin's Love Song" played by Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman announcing the approach of the bridal party, and on the eve of their entrance to the church, a beau tiful selection from Lucia Di Lam mermoor pleased the expectant au dience. The decorations were unusually original and appropriate fora win ter marriage, the colors being white and green. The chancel, aisles, choir gallery and windows were covered in white with tasteful addition of southern smilax, most gracefully applied. Magnificent palms and ferns adorned the chancel, and from the corners of the church a drapery of filmy white, edged with a long and graceful fringe of pine needles, gave a beautiful and unique effect. Promptly at five o'clock "The Bridal Chorus" gave the signal that the bridal party were entering and the ribbon pages on the oppo site sides of the church entered and marked the aisles. These were four very fair and handsome little boys, Mobley and Wallace Sheppard, nephew and cousin of the bride, George Evans and Dozier Tomp kins, and were followed by the ushers, Capt. Roraanelle B. Curry, and Capt. H. Kerr Taylor of Edge field, members of Jthe faculty of the S. C. C. I., Mr. .Thomas H. Moffatt of Columbia, and Mr. W. Wallace Harris of Abbeville enter ing from opposite sides and stand ing in pairs, having crossed at the altar. After the ushers came the brides maid, Miss Hannah Rogers of So ciety Hill, and down the opposite aisle the dame of honor, Mrs. Percy Pratt Burns, of Birmingham, Ala., a sister of the bride. Following the danie of honor was the maid of honor, Miss Fannie Sheppard, also a sister of the bride. Just preceding the flower girls, Margaret Lyon, a very beautiful little niece of Prof. L^on, bore to the altar a silver plate on which lay the wedding ring. She, in turn, was followed by two little beauties of the brunette type-^June Nicholson and Mary Marsh, tarrying tastefully decorated baskets from which they scattered the pathway of the coming bride with roses and carnations. As a climax to the transcendant* scene bf beauty, the bride entered on the ann of her father, Mi. Or lando Sheppard, and was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Mr. Percy Pratt Burns of Birmingham, Alabama. While the pastor of the church, Dr. M. D. Jeffries, spoke the sol emn service, a beautiful soft-toned organ accompaniment made a con cord of sweet sounds and the clod ing was the ring ceremony and a prayer, the wedding party passing out in reverse order to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march. The attendants wore dresses of white charmeuse with elaborate bouquets of American Beauty roses with graceful maline bows of simi lar color. The bride wore a magni ficent gown of white charmeuse with real lace and pearl trimming, and carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and lillies of the valley. Immediately after the ceremony a reception for almost one hundred guests took place at the handsome colonial home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Sheppard. All of the first floor was thrown open, and beautiful and unique decorations, different in each room, surprised and pleased the eye, as the guests went from one to the other, viewing the elaborate array of hand some gifts, and partaking of the abundant and delightful three course refreshments. The guests from a distance were: Mrs. John Lyon and W. R. Brad ley and W. Wallace Harris of Ab beville; Dr. and_ Mrs. John Lyon, Jr., Ninety Six, Thomas H. Moffatt, Columbia; Mrs. T. Ellison Simpson and Miss Hannah Rogers, Society Hill; Orlando Sheppard, Jr., Atlan ta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Burns, Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. anc" Mrs. Lyon left Wednes day evening for a wedding journey of two or three weeks through the north and east. After their return to Edgefield they will be at home in the beautiful cottage recently built by Mr. Lyon near the college. A Drunken Cow. A Virginia farmer wrote to the Missouri station, reporting that his cow was drunk. He didn't think she really was, but he said so in his let ter. When the case was investigated, it was found that she was actually intoxicated-drunk on silage that had not been kept as silage should be preserved.-Farm and Fireside. ) The Corne We find our shelves v well known brands of depe for future use. .00 shoes 3.50 " 3.00 " 2.50 " 2.00 " Sale prices for c TH A Girl's Wild Midnight Ride. To warn people of a fearful for est fire in the Catskills a young girl rode horseback at midnight and saved many lives. Her deed was glorious but lives are often saved by Dr. King's New Discovery in curing lung trouble, coughs and colds, which might have ended in consumption or pneumonia. It cured rae of a dreadful couerh and lung dissase, writes W R Patterson, Wellington, Texas, "after four in our family had died with consump tion, and I gained 87 pounds." Nothing so sure and safe for all throat and lung troubles. Price 50c and S 1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar anteed by Penn & Holstein, W E Lynch & Co. -1 Bellmont Poultry Farm White Plymouth Rocks. White African Guineas. White Holland Turkeys. White Indian Runner Ducks. HAROLD NORRIS, Proprietor. Edgefieid, - - - ?=?, C. A Hero in a Lighthouse. For years J S Donahue, So. Haven, Mich., a civil war captain, as a light-housekeeper, averted aw ful, wrecks, but a queer fact is, he might have been a wreck himself if Electric Bitters had not prevent ed. They cured me of kidney troub le and chills, he writes, "After I had taken other so-called cures for years, without benefit and they also improved ray sight. Now, at seven ty, I ara feeling fine." For dyspep sia, indigestion, all stomach, liver and kidney troubles, they're with out equal. Try them. Only 50c at Penn & Holstein's, W E Lynch & Co. Rubens! I desire to thank business which they I am happy over th< and I realize that I ? my purpose to carry shall endeavor to m; spend your money a I will always make i Thanking you for happy and prospero! i Advertiser Bldg r Store's Clearance Sale ,'ith too many shoes and for the next few days offer mdable foot wear at such prices that will pay you to buy going at> per pair ii H ii it ii ii ii ii ii it ii .{ ash only. Respectfully, E CORNER STORE $3.00 2.70 2.25 1.90 1.65 Happy New Year s We have had a very success ful year and are grateful for the patronage of the people. We shall strive to merit their confidence and continued pat ronage for the new year that lies before us. We wish one and all a prosperous New Year. J. W. PEAK A Satisfactory Year Having had a very satisfactory year we desire to thank our friends and the public generally for the large patron age accorded us. We trust that the old year has been as generous to you as it has been to us. We hope also tl at you will have a satisfactory year during 1912. We solicit a continuance of your generous pa tronage. Dorn & Hims mn te YMmmkS the people of Edgefield for the large gave me during the year just closed. 3 large amount of business I have done, am indebted to the people for it. It is r a well selected stock hereafter and I ake it to your interest to continue to ,t my store. If everything is not right it so. the past business and wishing you a: as New Year, I am, yours truly, tubenstem i. Edgefield, S. C?