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Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, March 16. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Ellie Mims is visiting her S cousin, Mrs. W. H. Dorn. Dr. R. M. Fuller of McCormick is attending court here this week. Miss Willie Gentry of Greenville, is here visiting her sister, Mrs. R. G. Lee. Mr.. John A Holland of Greenwood was among the visitors in Edgefield Friday. ??J Congressman James F. Byrnes was in Edgefield shaking hands with his friends last Friday. . Dr. George B. Cromer, one of the leading members of the Newberry bar, is in^Edgefield this week attend ing court. ... u Dr. J. G. Tompkins left Monday for New York and will be away sev eral days. . .. .... . . Mrs. H. J. Munnerlyn of Bennetts viile is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cantelou. Mr. Amos Moore came home from the B. M. I. to spend the week-end with his parents, Capt. and. Mrs. L. Y. Moore. The Civic League will meet Monday afternoon at four o'clock in the li brary and a full attendance is urged by the president. Mr. Horace Cogbui'n of Columbia is spending several days in Edgefield this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogburn. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rubenstein of Augusta spent Sunday in Edgefield with Mrs. Rubenstein's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Prescott. Judge L. G. Bell of McCormick is among the visitors in Edgefield today and is being very cordially greeted by his old Edgefield friends. We have lately received a beauti ful line of spring coat suits in French serge and tricotine. RUBENSTEIN. Mr. and Mrs. Will L. Bryan and little son, William David, suent sev eral days last week with Mrs. Bry * an's mother in the Elmwood section. The Misses Ford and Miss Perlew, of Aiken motored over from Aiken Sunday afternoon, having tea at Mrs. Kate DeVore Butler's charming old home, "Hill Crest." Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Dobson, W. R. Dobson, Jr., and little Emma mo-1 tored over from their Beech, Island home to be guests of Mrs. Emma Dobson and family last Sunday.. Cotton is slowly finding its way to market. A limited number of bales are offered for sale on the square every few days. This plan of slowly marketing the staple is the best. Rev. T. P. Burgess of Clinton re ceived a very affectionate greeting from the people of Edgefield during his short visit last week. Mr. Bur gess was universally beloved in Edge field. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Burkhalter and their little son of North Augusta spent Sunday in Edgefield as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lott. They worshipped at the Baptist church Sun day morning. Mr. J. B. Kennerly will leave Fri day for Chicago to visit the head quarters of the large shoe factory which he represents and will bring back with him a full line of fall sam ples of shoes. Misses Sophie and Marie Abney have returned from Savannah where , they have been spending the winter with-their niece, Mrs. A. J. Ives. They have been very cordially welcomed back home by their friends. Sunday school will be held at three o'clock and a conference of the church will be held immediately af ter the Sunday school. A full attend ance of the members of the church is desired at the conference. Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman and Miss Margaret May will go to Columbia this morning to attend a conference of the musical department of the Federation of Clubs of South Caro lina. Miss Margaret will participate in a musical contest that will be con ducted by the Federation. Only seven other young musicians in South Caro lina will enter the contest. Major R. S. Anderson arrived Fri lay to spend a short period of rest it home between the sessions of con gress. He will return to Washington ?nor about the 10th of April, this iime being fixed for the calling of an ?xtra session by President Harding. The attention of our readers is di rected this week to the following new advertisements: The Corner Store, Israel Mukashy, A. J. Day, W. E. Lynch & Company, Rubenstein, Accessory Department of the Dixie Highway Garage and the Palmafesta. Mr. J. T. Harling came down from Plum Branch Monday. He stated that business has been stimulated in Plum Branch through the sale of cross-ties for the railroad. The price of ties has ranged around one dollar each and they have been hauled a con siderable distance to Plum Branch. The out-of-town attendance upon court during last and this week has greatly increased the daily registra tion at the Dixie Highway Hotel, causing, naturally, Manager Vause to wear a broad smile. And the best part of it is everybody who stops at the new hotel has a word of praise for it and the management. Rev. E. G. Ross, pastor of the Bap tist church at Whitmire, will begin a series of services in his church next Sunday, the 20th, to continue through the 30th. He will be assisted in these services by Dr. R. G. Lee, late pastor of the Baptist church at Edgefield, now pastor of the First Btptist church in Chester.-Newberry Ob server. Mrs. P. M. Feltham has been ap pointed county chairman for the Wo man's Auxiliary of the American Legion Post. No better selection could have been made for the head of this organization in Edgefield county. Mrs. Feltham is a very talented and capable young woman who always throws herself unreservedly into what ever she undertakes, never stopping short of a full measure of success. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Lee of Fort Mill spent Saturday and Sunday in Edgefield visiting their son, Dr. R. G. Lee, this being their first visit to Edgefield since Dr. Lee came arr?ong us. They attended the morning and evening services of the church and were very cordially greeted by a large number of people, who were delighted to meet and greet .these good people because of the love they bear for Dr. Lee. Plant Velvet Beans. The 100 day Runner, Speckle bunch and Osceola velvet beans. See A. W. Burson in Edgefield all this week and next. Headquarters Edge field Grocery Company. Sermon Before Baraca Class. The members of the Baraca class pf the Baptist church which Dr. Lee has taught every Sunday morning since he came to Edgefield have re quested Dr Lee. to preach a special sermon for the class before he leaves and he has consented to preach this special sermon Sunday night. The public is also cordially invited to this service at the Baptist church. Ser vice Sunday night at 7:45 o'clock. D. A. R. Meeting. The March meting of the D. A. R. will meet on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. F. M. Warren; Jr. The following is the program: "The Provincial Congress," Mrs. J. W. Peak. ?Song, "Carolina," Miss Miriam Norris. Poem, Timrod's "Carolina," Ned Nicholson. "The Swamp Epicure," Mrs. J. H. Cantelou. Mr. T. B. Lanham Celebrates Fiftieth Birthday. On March 9, Mr. T. B.. Lanham en joyed a delightful day surrounded by all those whom he loved best to cele brate has half century milestone at' his home in Columbia. The guests were Mrs. W. H. Dorn and Horace Jr., and Miss Mary, Mrs. J. P. Nixon and John Nixon, Jr., from Edgefield ; Mrs. Ethel Lanham Barnes and Thomas Lanham Barnes of Ohio; Miss Ellie Miller Lanham who came home from Winthrop college to be present. Mr. Stokes and Mr. and Mrs. Bostick of Ohio. Many letters and cards ,of remem brance came as messengers of good cheer to Mr. Lanham from Ohio, and other places where he has labored. May there be many happy returns of the day. FOR SALE: Towers, Tanks, Wind mills, Motors, Pumps and Jacks. See C. N. WEATHERS. 3-16-3tpd. Goes to Cleveland. Miss Elizabeth Woodson who has been supervising public health nurse in Augusta for the past year spent last week in Edgefield visiting her mother, Mrs. A. A. Woodson. She has resigned her position ift Augusta to accept similar /work in t Cleveland, Ohio. Few, if any nurses are better equipped for this field of service than Miss Woodson. Eesides taking the regular course usually taken by grad uate nurses and serving more than a year as a Red .Cross nurse overseas, she took special training in public health nursing for a year. The good wishes of her Edgefield friends ac company her to her new and larger field of service. County Bonds Sold. The board of county commissioners opened sealed bids today for bonds of $100,000 to be issued by Edgefield county under an act introduced by Hon. M. P. Wells at the recent ses sion of the legislature for retiring the past indebtedness of the county. Sev en bids were filed and after due con sideration the board accepted the bid of Hillsman & Company of At lanta, which was about 97 or a net sum of $95,000 for the .county, the bidders to pay all fees and expense of issuing the bonds. The money will be available about the first of April. This is a splendid sale of the bonds, considering the present financial sit uation. County Attorney T. B. Gren eker managed in a very creditable manner the sale of the bonds. Marriage of Miss Beulah Cloer to Mr. Julian H. Morgan. The Advertiser has been interest ed in this marriage for several rea sons. One especially was that Miss Cloer has been one of our valued cor resdondents for some time since the family of Mr. Cloer of the Meeting Street section moved into our county from Lenoir, N. C. This is an incident like the shoe maker's family never having shoes, and the newspaper man's family nev er getting a write up. A* Miss Cloer was our correspondent, when her marriage took place, there was no one left "to tell the tale," and so we. had to find it all out by hearsay. Mr. Morgan is a son of our friend, Mrs. Julia Morgan, and the marriage took place at Johnston early in March, the ceremony being perform ed by Rev. W. S. Brooke. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan will make their home at the Kinnaird place near Meeting Street. Mr. M. G. Cloer and family have removed to their former home in North Carolina. We are glad to have Mrs. Morgan remain in Edgefield permanently as a member of one of our best and most honored families. Court of Common Pleas. The court of Common Pleas con vened Monday morning with Hon. Frank B. Gary presiding. . The first case to be called was a suit by Mr. and Mrs. Glover Bledsoe for damages against the Western Union Telegraph Company for the non-delivery of a death telegram sent from Saluda. A verdict of $1,000 was rendered in fa vor of Mrs. Bledsoe and $200 in fa vor of Mr.. Bledsoe. The defendants were represented by Mr. J. Wm. Thurmond, S. M.. Smith and S.McG. Simkins and the defendant company by Tompkins and Wells and W. S. | Nelson of Columbia. A motion was made by the defendant's counsel up on the ground that it is an inter-state corporation. The next case taken up was the suit for $15,000 damages brought by Mr. Walter S. Strom against the Southern railroad for injuries sustained when a train struck and wrecked the auto mobile in which he was traveling at .the crossing near the home of Mr. J. F. Bettis. The plaintiff is represented by Graham, Timmerman and Calli son of Lexington and the defendant by Mr. N. G. Evans and Dr. George B. Cromer of Newberry. Considerable interest is being manifested in this case. A considerable number of wit nesses are being examined on both sides. i She States It Mildly. While suffering with a severe at tack of the grip and threatened with pneumonia, Mrs. Annie H. Cooley, of Middlefield, Conn., began using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and was very much benefitted by its use. The pains in the chest soon disappear ed, the cough became loose, expecto ration easy and in a short time she was as well as ever. Mrs. Cooley says she cannot speak too highly in praise of this remedy. J. S. BYRD Dental Surgeon Office Over Store of Quarles Sc. Timmerman - Office Phone No. 3 Residence Phone 87 A Word With You Are you getting the Benefit of the,Bargains . v. We are Offering Daily? A Visit to Our Store Will Convince You That Our Prices Are Absolutely a Knockout of Remarkable Values Spring merchandise is arriving daily and our stock is very near complete in all departments. Profits are disregarded, sales are what we are after. You will find us ready to serve you in our new store. H/Ton'c Sill 11 QT ^e nonestty believe that our values are the best that can pos llivll b O lil td? sibly be procured. We are offering our large stock of good tailored and excellent materials of all fine, stylish suits at ridiculously low figures. Bargains for men, young men and boys. KT^W ClinoC QTlH TiacfprT ^gh* "?w men and women are saying llfc/W OllUt/? CUIU. JUddtv/1 J charming things about the pretty spring styles in Walk-Over shoes at our store. They satisfy your Easter style expectancy. Ladies' Spring flats and Dresses on display at very low figures. We also have on hand a large assortment of Waists and Middy Blouses. You'll like them. They are cheap, too. BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO OUR STORE. WE TAKE SPECIAL PRIDE IN FITTING THEM I. MUKASHY The Store of Better Values and Lower Pri?es Statement From Mr. Reese. Dear Mr Editor: Recently I had the misfortune to be robbed while coming from Johnston to Edgefield and had taken from me one hundred and twenty-eight dol lars; one hundred and fourteen dol lars of which belonged to the state. Though I regret to state such a thing, it has been rumored that I was not held up, and evidently some of my enemies are responsible for such report. I hope the public will wait and see just exactly the state of affairs before they allow themselves to form an opinion. I have been liv ing in Edgefield thirty-odd years and my reputation for truth and honesty has never been attacked. Very respectfully, J. W. REESE,* ? ' Game Wardem Ransom-Turner. On March 2nd, 1921, Miss Ruby Ransom and Mr. Fred Turner were quietly married by Rev. W. P. Brooke at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bryan, only a few friends witnessing the occasion. These are progressive young people and have a host of friends who wish for them a life crowded with our Lord's choicest' blessings, and an ever deepening sense of His presence and power. A FRIEND. Candidate for Cotton Weigher. I desire to announce to the people who market cotton at Edgefield that I have decided to become a candidate for tha position of public cotton weigher for Edgefield, and will appreciate their support. If elected I shall do my ut most to discharge the duties to the sat isfaction of all parties, both sellers and buyers. I shall be always on the job and render faithful service. J. R. SCURRY. If Any. Why Not the Best? Wannamaker's Cleveland is one of the best short staple cotton known 34 to 36 per cent lint. Cooks improv ed free from anthragnose, early hardy, prolific, 38 to 39 per cent lint, 90 cents per bushel at farm. Webber 49, earliest of all staple cotton, prolific, scant foliage, 33 per cent 1 hi inch lint. 90 cents per bush el at farm. 3-9-2t. P. N. LOTT. 1 Petit Jury, Third Week. M. W. Hudgens, Edgefield; Brad ley Hite, Ward; R. P. Hazel, John ston; L. H. Hamilton, Blocker; R. H. Parks, Edgefield; B. B. Ergle, Ward; J. L. Reamer, Talbert; T. E. Lamb, Edgefield, D. T. Hill, Elmwood; J. C. Langston, Edgefield; J. C.Clark, Johnston; Lewis Holmes, Ward; W. H. Jackson, Edgefield; J. C. Buz hardt, Elmwood; W. W. Mayson, Tal bert; C. E. May, Edgefield; 0. 0. Timmerman, Colliers; Lee Gibson, Pickens; J. J. Padgett, Elmwood; C. M. Clark, Ward; M. M. Padgett, Trenton; C. L. Derrick, Ward; Kelly Hail', Ward; J. G. Berry, Johnston; Geo. B. Timmerman, Elmwood; J. L. Edwards, Johnston; E. J. Norris, Edgefield; Frank Bushey, Colliers; W. M. Sawyer, Johnston; J. H. Tomp kins, Edgefield; Ernest Hall, Pick ens; R. I. Glaze, Ward; R. N. May son, Blocker; J. D. Holstein, Jr., Edgefield; ?. H. Key, Edgefield; L, E. Lott, Johnston. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drive? out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Guilds up the Whole System. 50 cents, WE have adopted this rr troris and the publi added a complete line of Fresh Drugs and will resun scription bush We solicit the patronage o the future the same accura tention to this department in the past. W. ?. L NOTICE. On the night of October 19-20th, 1920,the vault of The Bank of Tren ton, S. C., was burglarized and the following Certificates of stock cov ering stock owned in the 'Trenton Fertilizer Company, was stolen and the public is, hereby warned, not to accept any of these Certificates as application has been made for du plicates. Number 16 dated October 1, 1919, issued to Mrs. Emma Hord for 8 shares. Number 15 dated September 29, 1919, issued to Walter W. Wise for 5 shares. TRENTON FERTILIZER CO. New spring goods arriving daily. Visit our store and you will find ex actly what you need, for less money than elsewhere. RUBENSTEIN. WANTED: Men or . women to take orders among friends and neigh bors for the genuine guaranteed ho siery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75 cents an hour spare time or $36.00 a week for full time. Expe rience unnecessary. Write v International Stocking Mills, leans of informing our pa c generally that we have to our stock ne at our pre tess f the people, prmising in cy and close personal at that we have always given ynch & Co.