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Office No. 61. Residence, No. 17. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912 LOCALS PERSONAL I Mr. J. U. Rives spent Monday in Aiken. Mrs. Hattie- Lanham has gone to j Clark's Hill to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Nixon. Mr. John A. Holland, of Green wood has been visiting in the home of Rev. P. P. Blalock this week. For Sale, or exchange 50 bushels long s tapie seed. R. G. Shannonhouse. Mr. P. B. Scurry of Saluda, spent Monday here with his sitter, Miss Ella Scurry. Mr. Scurry came) down via the new Saluda railroad. Mrs. D. T. Mathis and Miss r Aminee Cartledge, of Colliers, were I among the visitors to Edgefield on f Saturday. Mrs. Anna White spent several days last week in Columbia with Mrs. J. Wm. Thurmond at the City Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cheatham united with" the Baptist church by letter Sunday morning from Betha ny church. Miss Marie Key is at home again from the Greenville Female Col lege, her mother's health making her presence at home necessary. The Dixie chapter U. D. C. will hold their monthly meeting this af ternoon, Wednesday at the home of Misses Snow and Rose Jeffriep, Miss May Tompkins acting presi dent Miss Effie ?Stov, a very pretty young lady of Augusta, has been visiting Miss Julia Folk for several days, having returned early this week to her home in Augusta. Miss Ilene Harling will cele-j brate her 12th birthday this after noon at her home in Buncombe. A number of her friends have been in vited and look forward with great anticipation to this event. Mrs. E. T. Snuggs left Edgefield on Tuesday for Louisville, Keii tuckj', where she goes to- take a special course of study preparatory to her return to China the coming j summer. Ilene Harling's name was in advertantly left out of the honor roll last week. Her name should have appeared among those on the honor roll of the 4th grade in the graded school. . For Sale: 100 bushels of pure Toole cotton seed for planting. J. L. Mims. Mrs. J. W. Thurmond is in the City Hospital *of Columbia, having undergone an operation there last week. Her many friends in Edge field and throughout ou* county will be glad to hear that she is do ing well. For Rent: The W. W. Shep pard place in South Edgefield; eight-room house, good garden, . barn and other necessary outbuild ings. Apply to B. F. Glanton, R. F. D. No. 2. Edgefield, S. C. Closing out Bath-robts with slip pers at $2.95. Caps at Kc and 39c. Suspenders, some ties, muf flers. Silk handkerchiefs and other goods all at half price. Write F. G. MERTINS. Augusta, Ga. Through the efforts of the South ern railway, a dozen or more small co-operative canneries, will be es tablished in South Carolina. It is proposed by the promoters that one of these plants be located at Edge field. Their plans are briefly stated in a letter which was received by Mr. W. W. Adams. Dr. Jeffries as announced, preach ed a sermon on Sunday morning on the eubject, "Wanting to be on the right side." The discourse was full of suggestions and inspiration. Next Sunday, the subject will be "Some obstacles in the way of being on the right side." The evening subject will be "True Manhood." Mr. John P. Holland of Green wood, who has ju8tcome back from Chicago, where he took special training in piano tuning, repairing, and all those things which go to make up a knowledge of piano lore, arrived in Edgefield on Monday. He will begin work throughout this section in piano taning. Mr. M. Toney Turner brought Dr. Hatcher over to the ordination service in his car Sunday afternoon. Misses Sophie and Grace Dob son, and Miss Ruth 'Strom are visiting Mr. Chas. R. Dobson in Atlanta. W. Gr. Smith and N. L. Broad water, two bright boys of the Har mony school, will contest for ihe honors in prizes for the Boys Corn Club. " . Oysters and other nice things will be sold at Colliers next Fri day night for the benefit of the school. The public is cordially in vited. Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Jeffries spent Monday very pleasantly in Aiken, having accompanied Mr. J. U. Rives, who took them for an auto mobile ride over the city. The girls of the Baptist church will have an aprom bazaar on the afternoon of March 4th for the benefit of their missionary society. All are asked to come. Miss Bertha Lucile Kemp and Mr. James Lewis Kemp will be married this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp the Rev. J. E. Johnson officiating. The intelligence of the death of Mr. Trapp Parkman reached us just before closing onr form. A ful ler notice will appear next week. Dr. M. D. Jeffries has accepted the call to preach at Horn's Creek church every Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Hereafter the Sunday school will be held on the third Sunday. For Sale: Two well bred sows, one with seven and the other with eight pigs. Apply to J. T. McManns. Hereafter the letters vfrom the school children will be limited to one from a school. The first re ceived will be published. All letters must reach The Advertiser office Monday. Master Glover Tompkins came home Saturday afternoon with the other legislators and remained till Tuesday' morning. Glover is one of the pages of the House, and is pet ted by all of the Solons. While Mr. R. J. Moultrie was in town Saturday he stated to the Ad vertiser representative that he ex pects to be in the race for Supervi sor next summer. He will make his platform known to the people ats the proper time. Dr. F. P. Byrd is having a dental office erected at Trenton. The work is in charge of Mr. T. J. Paul, which means that the work will be thoroughly and satisfactorily done. When completed, this office will be modernly equipped in every detail. We lave marked down a lot of fine hats that must be sold. Write F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. Mr. George F. Mims gives our readers another eye talk this week, telling how weak and tired eyes may be rested by having glasses properly fitted." Mr. Mims stands at the the top of his profession, and what he says can be relied upon in every particular. The Advertiser overlooked call ing attention last week to the hon ors bestowed upon the Edgefield bar, at the recent convention of the South Carolina Bar Associition, by the election of Capt. N. G. Evans as Vice President, and Hon. B. E. Nicholson as one of the general counselors. These gentlemen rich ly deserve these honors, and will wear them worthily. Card of Thanks. We wish to publicly express our thanks to all those who so faithful ly ministered unto us during the illness in our family. We will nev er forget the tender expressions pf sympathy and the beautiful flowers which the death of our little one brought. May God bless each one of you, especially the kind Doctor who was so faithful and devoted. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Alford. Modoc Bridge. Work will begin on the Modoc bridge to-day. Supervisor W. G. Wells is going to give the matter personal attention, *kud press the work to completion at the ear liest possible moment, lt is his purpose to have the bridge ready for travel within a month's time. While this will be one of the best bridges io. the county, the contract was let at a very reasonable sum. The Supervisor and board received a splendid bargain for the tax pay ers in letting the contract as they did. Mrs. Duncan Entertains U D. C. The January meeting of th? Daughters of the Confederacy, held at the home (Sf. Mrs. Willis Duncan, proved interesting and enjoyable tv the large number of members in at tendance. A sketch of the life oi Gen. Zollicoffer was written b\ Mrs. J. D. Holstein and papers on the aims and plans of the Genera LT. D. C. with a letter from the president general, Mrs. Alexander White, were read by .Mrs. Ida Shep pard and Mrs. A. A. Woodson. A cordial invitation to send rep resentatives to the convention in Macon was extended through Mrs. N. G. Evans to the chapter. Mrs. Duncan served delight ful refreshments, consisting of turkey, salid and coffee. * S. C. C. I. NOTES J ? i + + ?..?..?..t ? , . ? tlltlltlltlltlltlltnttlTllllltntlJilt. I ifl *?-?? The field drill held on Tuesday evening on the rostrum in the S. C. C. I. auditorium, resulted in the success of cadet Eustice Prescott. Dr. A. E? Wilkins presented the medal which will be worn for one month by cadet Pi escott, when it will again be contested for. The twelve cadets chosen to take part in the final competitive dril 1 for the medal offered by the cadet corps are as follows: Company "A", cadets Prescott, Etheredge, Huggins, Croxton, Kilgo, Myers; Company "B", Humphries, Wilson, Thomas, Huiett, Kearse and Hor ton. The students enjoyed a delight ful old fashioned pound party one day last week. Mrs. Morris of Langley aud lit tle child, spent a few days this week at the college. The following officers were elect ed at a meeting of the Pierian Lit erary society: G. Snead, president; Etheredge, vice president; Wilson, secretary; censor, Duncan; chaplain, P. Whatley; sergeant at arms, Har ley; senior, critic, Capt. R. B. Cur ry; junior critic Horton, and treas urer, Garvin. Mr. ii. D. Minis visited his daughters, Misses Emma and Sallie Miras at the college on Monda}'. A Girl's Wild Midnight Ride. To warn people of a fearful for est fire in the Catskills a young girl rode horse back 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 cur ed me of a dreadful cough and lung disease, writes W R Patterson, Wellington, Tex., "after four in our family had died with consump ton, and 1 gained 87 pounds." Nothing so sure and safe for all throat and lung troubles. Price 50o and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar anteed by Penn & Holsttin, W E Lynch & Co. Frightful Polar Winds blow with terrific force at the far north and play havoc with' the skin, causing red, rough or sore chapped hands and lips, that need Bucklen's Arnica Salve to heal them. It makes the skin soft and smooth. Unrivaled for cold-sores, also burns, boils, sores, ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. Only 25c at Penn & Hol stein's, W E Lynch & Co. Fertilizers Fertilizers I am selling all kinda and grades of fertilizers for the Georgia Cotton Oil Com pany. All goods guaran teed. Get my prices be fore buying. I am paid a salary and do not sell on commission, hence I am in a position to make close prices. We ship from factory direct to the farmers. G. E. Quarles [ i CHURCH DIRECTORY ! * ? - OF THE COUNTY For sometime the editor of Th Advertiser has been enuVavoring to compile a complete schedule of all of the religious services he'd in all the churches of the county, but wc have not yet been able to complete the list. . The following are the appointment's ["which have been sent in to us, and ad ditions will be made until the list is complete: REV. J. C. BROWN, Baptist. PHILIPPI: Second and fourth Sun day mornings at ll o'clock. REV. J. R. WALKER, Methodist. EDGEFIELD: Preaching every Sun day morning at 11:30, and.every Sun day night at 7:30, except third Sunday morning and first Sunday night Prayer I meeting every Wednesduy afternoon at 14 o'clock. TRENTON: Third Sunday morning lat 11:30 and first Sunday afternoon at at 3:30. MILL CHAPEL: First Sunday night I at 7:30. REV. R. G. SHANNONHOUSE, Episcopal EDGEFIELD: Preaching, first and) and third Sunday mornings at Ile'"lock. Prayer meeting every Wednesday af ternoon. TRENTON: Se.ond Sunday morn ing at ll o'clock. First and third Sun day afternoons pt 3:30 o'clock. RIDGE SIRING: Fourth Sunday | morning at li o'clock. BATESBURG: Second and fourth Sunday afternoons at 5 o'clock, and fifth Sundays. DR. M. D. JEFFRIES, Baptist. EDGEFIELD: Every Sunday morn ing at 11:30 and every Sunday night at 7:30, except fifth Sundays. Prayer meeting Wednesday night at 7:30. HORN'S CREEK: Third Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. REV. P. P. BLALOCK, Baptist. BEREA: First Sunday at ll o'clock. GILGAL: Third Sunday at ll o'clock. REV. B. H. COVINGTON, Methodist. BARR'S CHAPEL: First Sunday at ll o'clock. PLUM BRANCH: Second and third Sunday at ll o'clock. PARKSVILLE: Second and third Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. DOTHAN: Fourth Sunday at ll o'clock. MERIWETHER: Fourth Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. REV. J. T? LITTLEJOHN, Baptist. RED HILL: First and fourth Sun day afternoons at 3 o'clock. Third Sunday at ll o'clock. REPUBLICAN: First Sunday morn ing at ll o'clock. REHOBOTH: Second Sunday at ll c^eidek. COLLIERS: Third Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. ANTIOCH: Fourth Sunday morn ing at ll o'clock. REV. P. B. LANHAM, Baptist. CLARK'S HILL: First Sunday morn ing at ll o'clock. EDGEFIELD MILL: Second Sun day morning. HARDYS: Third Sunday morning. Mt ZION: Fourth Sunday morning. REY. R. EARLE FREEMAN, Baptist. PLUM BRANCH: First Sunday at II o'clock. Third Sunday afternoon at 3:45. Mt CARMEL: Second Sunday morn ing. REV. T. H. GARRETT, Baptist. PARKSVILLE: First and third Sunday mornings at 11:30 o'clock. MODOC: Second and fourth Sun days at 11:30 o'clock. sei The invention that made the second and third verses possible, on one record. Edison Phonographs and Records sold by S. H. MANGET, TRENTON, S. C. Terms to suit. Free Demonstra tion any time. Correspondence Solicited. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure The oftly Baking Powder made from Roy&l G rape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE 200 Boys' Suits, 100 Overcoats, and 500 pairs of pants, to be sold to I make room for my spring goods. We will save you money. F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. $25.00* up suits to for samples, to F. G. Augusta, Ga. order, write MERTINS* Kiig&s NEW LIFE PILLS The Pills That Do Cure. Ready for Delivery We have in our warehouse ready for delivery all the popular brands' of commercial fertil izers from reliable manufacturers . We can alao supply the farmers with the necessary ingredients for Mixing Their Fertilizers at Home Drop in and get our prices before making your contracts for the year. ?May & Prescott Notice to Farmers. The Graniteville Manufacturing Company desires to purchase from the farmers and others, good grades of cotton (nothing below Strict Low Middling, .Augusta Classification). Augusta prices will be paid for such cotton. Ko low grades or wet cotton can be purchased, .as it is undesir able for our use. I i. H. GIBERT, Secretary. Town Talk Flour Goes Fast because it makes such good bread that all the family eat more bread ? which is decidedly a good thing. Try a sack of Town Talk next time. You'll find the family better and. healthier for the extra quantity of toothsome nutritious bread eaten. Order it today. A DAINTILY CARPETED ROOM is more than half furnished. We make a showinfi of floor coverings that are BO pretty they would make a bare room look inviting. Let us show them to you. If you are a judge of quality as well as prettiness your admiration of our carpets will be all the gneater. UNDERTAKER'S SUPPLIES We carry a large stock of coffins and caskets from the cheapest to the highest grade. Our hearse responds prompt ly to all calls. Edgefield Mercantile Co. \