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EIGHT Office, No. 61. Residence, No. 17. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, l?12 n_' LOCAL AND H H PER8?ML. H Mr. George Scurry of Saluda, visited his aunt, Miss Ella Scurry, last week. Mrs. S. M. Rice, of Allendale, spent Monday here with her sister, .Mrs. Bettis Cantelou. Miss Virginia Addison entertain ed about a dozen of her lady I friends with an elaborate dining | Wednesday last. Miss Lois Shores of Spartanburg ] is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. P. P. Blalock. %This young lady is very J much beloved in Edgefield. Mr. Walter JJ. Holmes has re-1 cently moved on the farm near An tioch which he purchased from Mr. Frank West. Much local matter has been crowded out this week by several long articles that appear in this is sue. But these lengthy communica tions are good and should interest you. Read them. When Mr. J. D. May recently returned from North where he spent several days with Mr. A. A. Glov er, he brought sweet little Evelyn Glover with him to spend a week with Mrs. P. R. Wates. For Rent: The W. W. Shep pard place in South Edgefield; eight-room house, good garden, barn and other necessary outbuild ings. Applv to B. F. Glanton, R. F. D. No. 2. Edgefield, S. C. Mr. Lem Harling was in town yesterday, having made the trip astride a worthy steed, and told The Advertiser's representative that he had hauled all of his commercial fertilizers last year by the middle of January. He has not hauled a 8'ic/. yet for this year's crop. Mr. W. W. Fuller, the county t^ivrintendent of education, will go to Columbia to attend the conven t)cn of County Superintendent of Education, which is held every year at the time the legislature con venes in order that these leaders in , educational maters in their respec tive counties may aid in securing the passage of such laws as will pro anote the interests of the public achools. "Keep the Road Hot." Haven't you heard of people traveling a road RO , frequently that they kept it hot? Well, that's what our friend Jesse Morgan has been doing. He has visited his little grand daughter. Julia Brooks Holmes, so frequently that in spite of the snow and ice, he has kept the road hot leading from his home to the Philippi section. His yearn ing for this their first grand child, renders Mr. Morgan as callous and 1 impervious to cold as is Doctor | Cook. Heavy LOM by Fire. The friends of Mr. Clifton Strom sympathizes with him in the heavy lots which he sustained by fire Sat urday night. His residence at Mc Cormick was totally destroyed, the loas being about $9,000 with insur ance of only $800. The house was occupied by his brother-in-law, Mr. T. W. Walker, who lost all of hia household and personal effects. His property was only partially insured. Mr. and Mrs. Walker were away j from home when the fire occurred. Mr. Strom went to McCormick Monday morling and has not yet | returned. Mothers' Meeting. Both attempts to hold the special mothers' meeting by the W. C. T. U. having failed on account of the unfavorable weather, the meeting will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The program as previously announced will be carried out. As interest and enthusiasm have in creased, the meeting Sunday after noon promises to be the most suc cessful and most profitable held in -some time. All mothers of the town are invited to be present. Many of the fathers would like to hear that _jnuch-talked-of debate but they will be lenied the privilege this time. Pleased With Mr. Turner's: Greetings. Mr. W. H. Turner sent several copies of Th? Advertiser containing his New Year's greetings to some of his northern friends, and among the acknowledgments he received the following from Mr. W. F. Brit tain of Dunham <fc Co., New York: "I am in receipt of The Adverti ser of January 3rd and note with a great deal of pleasure The Corner Store's Greetings. The Motto you have chosen is apropos to us all and the language used is beautiful and inspiring. "May the New Year have all the bleedings for you in the way 'of good health, happiness and success in your business labors." Received Deserved Promotion. The editor of The Advertiser was pleased to learn yesterday that Mr. Walter E. Holston been elected manager of the Georgia Cotton Oil Mi11 of Augusta, one of the largest oil mills in the south. For several years Mr. Holston has been one of the company's traveling representa tives, and so satisfactory have been his services to those "higher up" that he has been promoted. We have watched the career of our young friend with more than usual interest and to writer the expected has happened. We expected Walter Holston to make good, and, mark our prediction, other promotions await him. Large corporations are on tiie alert for such men to fill responsible positions. For that rea son wetxpect to see this "worthy Edgetield boy go much higher. Program of Celebration of Lee's Birthday. January 19th in the Edgetield Baptist church, at 3:30 o'clock, the following program will be carried out: Music. Prayer by Rev. J. R. Walker. Song. Poem by Miss Florence Peak. Address by Dr. M. D. Jeffries. Delivery of crosses. Collection for Arlington monu ment. Benediction, Rev. R. G. Shan non h ouse. Mr. Orlando Sheppard will be the master of ceremonies. Crossesjof Honor will be delivered to T M Dorn, Mar>hil Lott,J J Mal drow, J P Sullivan, Elbert Bland, J B Tompkins, C M Holmes. Antioch School. Edtior Advertiser: As we are snowed in, and I can't get out, I thought I would write to the pa per. Mr. Gordon had a very nice walk through the snow coming from Edgefield on his way from Due West on Saturday. Our neighbor Mr. Winter is moving back to Georgia, his native home. Mr. Press Lyon is adding to his house a new dining room, and I hear that he is going to get him a new cook. < Mr. Ben Glanton remains quite sick at his home near Antioch. Mrs. Geo. Wood is very sick at her home near Rehoboth. Mr. Charlie Jones and his little child are also on the siok list. Well, as there is no more news around Antioch, I will close, aud if this escapes the waste basket, I will try again. Antioch School Girl. Edgefield, R. F. D. No. 2. Round Trip Excursion Rates Via Augusta, Ga.,-Via Southern Railway-Premier Carrier of the South. Account Aviation Exhibitions, Au gusta, Ga., January 10, S6, Februa ry 14, 28, March 13 and 29, 1912, by the Aviation Schools, the South ern Railway announces low round trip tickets to Augusta on the above dates, good returning the third day from, and including date of sale. For further information, call on ticket agents, or, John L. Meek, AGPA., Atlanta, Ga. Frank L Jenkins, TPA., Augusta, Ga. PUBLIC DRAY, I desire to notify the public that I am now running a public dray and solicit a share of their patronage. Rates reasonable, satisfaction guar anteed. Orders can be left for me at the store of Dorn & Mims M. Abney Parks. FOR SALE. Large two-story dwelling with II acres land and ail out-buildings in Buncombe at a bargain. E. J. Norris, Real Estate. (?dgcftct? PARKSVILLE NEWS, Cold, cold this morning the whole face of the earth blanketed with snow. The two first Sundays in the year, the earth was snow covered, though on the first the sun shined brightly, but yesterday he hid his face. This spell of weather especial ly the snow, reminds me of the snow we had, in fact the last one until now of any consequence, in December 1901, when our then county supervisor, J. M. Bell, and myself attended a good roads meet ing in Greenville where we saw the United States government demon stration work in permanent road building. If I remember correctly, the-snow fell in Greenville to tho depth of 6 to 8 inches, and in our county 3 to 4 inches, and staid with us about a week. The first Sunday, although the snow covered the earth, we had good congregations of worshippers at our churches. Yesterday I saw but one man at our Baptist church. When our people fail to go to church, you may know the weather conditions are fearful. The stockholders of the Parks ville bank held their annual meet ing on the ninth, at which time the old officers were re-elected with two or three new directors. Messrs. Walter Lanham of Plum Branch, and E. A. McDonald of Clark's Hill are new men at the helm, and we congratulate them upon their preferment. The reports were en couraging, declaring a nice divi dend, and a nice per cent surplus. Our people are mortified over the pyrotechnics of the "Exaggerated Ego" as the Augusta Chronicle styles him who now occupies the governor's chair of the proul old Htate of South Carolina. Some say he is crazy, others, that, if the leg islature has any backbone he will be impeached but I say let us bear it patiently for we are simply reap ing what Wd have sown. The rotten old dispensary "conceived in sin and brought forth iu iniquity," foisted upon an innocent peop'e contrary to their will, as expressed at the polls by selfish politicians fostered, nourished, whitewashed and upheld by the most blatent demagogues, even while its rotten ness was a stench in the nostrils of honest men. Of course we have got to be scourged, and let us take it like men. The law is as immutable as God himself, that "whatsoever men sow they shall also reap." We sowed the dispensary and we ar? reaping corrruption, and I fear we1 are not near through. The remedy lies with our people. As long as the electorate is corrupt, or even enough to hold the balance of power, so will our officials be. As a stream cannot r"ise above its source, so our officials cannot be expected, as a rule, to be better than those who elect them. Let us consider the sa credness of the ballot, and teach aur children their responsibility in using it. In this, in my judgment, lies our salvation, which of course will take time and patience. Your correspondent visited Meri wether Saturday, and met our old friend Thos. Meriwether, who with his wife is spending some time up on his old stamping ground, the hills of his birth. He has for a num ber of years resided in Baltimore,and it is indeed a pleasure to his friends to grasp his manly hand. Time is dealing generously with him, as he looks youDg and vigorous and seems as spry as of yore. Speaking of Meriwether reminds me to say, that Will Middleton is finishing np his house in modern style, water works, (from an hy draulic ram) hot and cold, gas lights, etc. Messrs. Middleton and Rich run a large mercantile busi ness at this place. To go into this home and hear Mr. Middleton dis cuss his plans, and tell of his achievement, you are bound to think, whether you say so or not, that as a business man, he is a "cracker jack," to use the language of the streets. Mr. Gordon Blackwell, a son of Mr. W. A. D. Blackwell deoeased, has for several years been in busi ness with Mr. John Price of Double Branches, Ga. Mr. Blackwell decid ed to move back to Parksville, and go into the mercantile business here with his cousin, Press Blackwell. He rented the cottage referred to in my last on Main street from Mr. T. G. Talbert, and a few days before Christmas was married to Miss Sal lie Tiller of Double Branches, Ga. Mrs. Blackwell was taken sick, or indeed was sick when married, and has been steadily growing worse with typhoid fever, until now her friends are very anxious. She is now able to move over to her new home, and now Mr. Blackwell is at her bed side, tenderly watching her. Their many friends in this state and in Georgia are praying for her recovery. / Big, fat, genial Jasper Parks came up to Modoc Saturday and promised us to be in Parksville Sunday, but we haven't seen him since. We hope he has come up to spend some time upon his native heath, among the friends of his boyhood. Prof. A. C. West ha? arranged with the management of the South Carolina University to secure sev eral lectures under the generous offer of this institution to send out her most noted and strongest men to lecture in any community, that will defray actual traveling expen ses. Under this arrangement Prof. L. T. Baker, professor of Pedagogy, has announced that he will lecture here in our academy, or Parodo hall, Friday night, January 26th, on "The theatre as a religious and educational agency." The next lec ture on the program to be announc ed later will be Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the University. More Anon. Crops Not all Harvested. Bad Roads in White Town. White Town. Jan. 12.-Mr. Ed itor: It has been some time since I have seen anything from this part of the country,80 I thought I would give you a few lines this morning while everything has on its summer dress. Well, Mr. Editor, the old year is gone and the new year is here. \Vo have made fine crops but it seems that it has not done some of our farmers much good. Some of it is still in the field yet and no | prospect of getting it out. Mr. Editor, we are certainly in the box up here and nailed up good. As you know, ttechaingang worked our roads about the 1st of Novem ber and we have been stuck in the mud ?ver since. We will stay stuck until summer. But you know some of the candidates promised the good people that if they were elect ed they would work the clay in the summer and the sand in the winter. But has it been done? We have the worst roads that I have ever seen in this country. Mr. Editor, you know this is cam paign year again. What will be our next promise, now, sir? Deliv er us from putting in those politi cians that will promise the people anything to get in office. You know some of them will promise anything that you want, even to get a horse to drive. 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