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Office No. 61. Residence, No. 17. Wednesday, Sept. 20 LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Mr. Horace Cogburn spent Sun day in Edgefield with the home folk. Mrs. J. D. Mathis of Trenton \ was among the visitors in Edgefield yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Allen and J. K. Jr., motored to Edgefield yester day afternoon. Mrs. Mary E. Carwile returned Friday after spending the summer in the mountains. Mrs. P. H. Bussey, Mrs. J. T. Griftis and Miss Mamie Bussey were ic town Saturday. Mr. Stephen Darlington of George town is here spending a week with relatives and friends. Mr. John Hamilton of Rock Hill is now serving the Edgefield Fruit Store as salesman. Edgefield hens are still on a strike. Only the rich can afford eggs for breakfast now. Misses Lizzie and Leila Quarles of Trenton were among the visi tors in Edgefield Monday. Mr. W. A. Collett and Miss Sara Collet spent Sunday with their sis ter, Mrs. Wright, near Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Byrd were in Edgefield yesterday, Mrs. Byrd spending the day with Mrs. Emma Logau. Miss Ethel Glover, i charming young lady from North Augusta, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. R. C. Padgett. Messrs. J. T. and Charles Bell, sons of Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Little john, entered Furman University last week. Rev. P. B. Lanham spent Thurs day and Friday in Columbia, being the guest of Dr. C. E. Burts while in the capital city. Mr. W. A. Collett was among! the Edgefieldians who visited Co lumbia last week. He spent Thurs day in the capital city. Mrs. C. T. Graydon and little Clint Tompkins Graydon, Jr., are here from Columbia visiting Mr. and Mrs. McG. Simkins. Mrs. Wade Cothran and Mrs. Mamie Bowie returned to Abbeville Monday. Mr. James Cothran came down for them in his car. Miss Mamie Broadwater and Miss Sabe Miller of Trenton will leave this morning for Columbia to enter Chicora College for Women. Miss Mary Bell, the only daugh ter of Judge Luther G. Fell of| Clark's Hill, went to Hartsville yes terday to enter Coker college. Miss Gladys Padgett has resumed her studies at the G. W. C. Miss Mary Bean Lewis has also become a matriculate of this institution. Misses Ida Folk, Lula Ouzts and Janice Morgan are Edgefield's rep-) resentatives at Winthrop this year, having left for Rock Hill yesterday. Mrs. D. D. McCoIl returned to Bennettsville Monday morning after spending a fortnight here with her parents, Hon. and Mrs. J. C. Shep pard. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Holston are receiving the congratulations of their friends over the coming of a little daughter to reside permanent ly in their home. Our genial young bachelor-friend Tom Adams of Colliers was in town yeeterday and realized ?69.50 for a load of cotton seed which he sold on thia market. Harb Byrd, the very promising son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Byrd of Pleasant Lane, is attending the high school this session, boarding with his uncle, Mr. A. M. Timmerman. Onr young friends, Robert Adams and D. T. Mathis, Jr., of Colliers will leave to-day for Clemson col lege, this being their third year in this splendid institution. During the past year nearly a dozen citizens of Edgefield have installed private water systems in their homes using an electric motor to pump water from the well into an elevated tank. None that we have seen gives better satisfaction than that installed by Mr. W. M. Har ling for Mr. O. B. Anderson. A one-half horse-power motor does the work. Miss Helen Tillman returned Hollin's college Monday. Mr. Claude Lyon came up f Augusta aud spent Sunday i home folk. Mr. Edgar Strother left for lumbia Monday to enter the Sc Carolina University. The regular quarterly statem< of the Farmers Bank and the B of Edgefield are published in issue. Mr. R. G. Cheatham of Phoe ?pent the eaily part of the w here with his brother, Mr. J. Cheatham. Go-to-Sunday School Day will observed at the Baptist church S day next. The programme is p lished in this issue. Have the children's photos tal before the weather gets cold. M Eliza Mims will do the work you in the best style. The stores of Rubenstein, Mu! shy Bargain House and Dail Bros. will be closed September and 29 in observance of Jewish h< days. Hon. N. G. Evans is a candid; for the speakership of the house representatives. He will make tl body a fair and impartial presidi officer. If you do not believe legumes p as winter cover crop, ask a fa rn: who planted cotton or corn af 1 vetch or some of the clovers 1; spring. Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Bussey a their little infant son arrived F day to spend several weeks with rel tives here and in other parts of t county. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogbu motored to Anderson and spent tl week-end with their daughter, Mi S. M. Craig, returning Mond, morning. Misses Emmie and Alma D Loach, Miss Minnie Lanham, Mi Helen Dorn, Miss Lall ie Peak ai Miss Florence Mims left for Cok college yesterday. Mr. J. W. Johnson of Clark Kill was in town Monday and wi cordially greeted by his friends. I is a game warden for this couni ano is alert and active. Mayor J. G. Edwards' cow pr sented him with twin bull calv< bright and early Monday mornin It appears that he has embarked i stock raising on the intensive plai Mrs. Carrie Mays has returne from a prolonged visit to relativ? in and around Plum Branch. Sh will now be at the home of Mr. an Mrs. Ai thur Wells for some tim? The Bar?ca class of the Bapti; church will hold a rally Sun day morning and all membej are urged to attend. The servie will be made especially interesting Hon. J. Wm. Thurmond was i Rock Hill practically all of lae week attending United States cont Within a short time he will go t Greenville to attend another sei sion. Mr. W. M. Ouzts and Mr- Good Williams of Kirksey were here o; business Monday. Mr. William came down to complete the sale o his farm south of Edgefield to Mr M. W. Hudgens. Cotton is coming to Edge field in increasing quantities. Earl; this, Wednesday, morning the pub lie square is crowded with wagons The good price paid here is bring ing the cotton. Two bright young girls of thi Red Hill section, Miss Bertie Loi MoClendon and Miunie Quarles, en tered Anderson college last week They were accompanied to Andersor by Mr. D. B. McClendon. Mr. Gill Dunovant left yesterday morning for Spartanburg to resume his studies at Wofford. Gill is a full senior this year and after grad uating next summer he will take up the study of medicine. History repeats itself in many ways. Since the dear little grand son arrived from Hartsville for his first visit in Edgefield, Grandpa Peak can sing lullabies with thc melody of the days of yore. Misses Emma and Margaret Blocker, daughters, of Capt. and Mrs. John R. Blocker, are attend ing the Edgefield high school this session, boarding in the home o? Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dunovant. Mr. S. A. Brunson has always possessed a good voice but it has improved considerably recently, having had regular practice in singing to the sweet little daughter who now wields the sceptre in the home. Hon. and Mrs. Walter R. \ Donald of Augusta spent the we end with Mrs. Agatha Woodg Mr. McDonald recently headed ticket for the Georgia legislan Mr. Edgar Lanham, a son of B P. B. Lanham, has come to att< the high school. He is boarding the home of Mr. M. P. Wells. There will be a game of base-t at Ropers Saturday between Ropers and Colliers teams, this ing the last game of the season, free barbecue will be given ibe C Hers boys by the Ropers team. The Harmony-Trenton commun has sent four talented young lad to Columbia college this week. T quartette of cousins is composed Mattie Lee Long, Misses Marie a Debbie Mae Marsh and Miss He! Mai sh. Four young ladies who are tending the high school, Miss A nie Mae Culbreath, Miss Ma Nicholson, Mks Pearl (Ruarles a Miss Bettie Lou Morgan, are boai ing in the home of Mr. and M C. M. Mellichamp. Cashier W. W. Miller of t bank of Trenton was a visitor Edgefield Monday afternoon. I was accompanied by Mrs. Mille These widely beloved Trenton pe pie always receive a cordial wi come in Edgefield. With six cotton buyers alwa on hand-two of them out-of-tow buyers-Edgefield is offering fi j mers a better market than durii any previous season for years. T this market on a load of cotton, you are not already bringing yo crop here. The Baptist church will be bea tifully decorated for the speci Sunday school exercise next Sunda A committee, composed of Mrs. J E. Padgett, Miss Ruth Tompkii and Miss Virginia Addison, was a pointed Sunday to beautify the i terior of the church. Mr. A. E. Padgett, Edgefield representative on the State Dem eratic executive committee, attende a meeting of the committee in C< lumbia Tuesday. At this meetin the result of the second primar was officially declared. The millinery opening of Mr. I S. Rives yesterday was a great su< cess. Miss Cowan received all cal ers very graciously, and showe them all of the new creations i feminine head-wear for the fal There are scores of beautiful hal at the popular Rives store. Mr. J. G. Holland has been er gaged by Col. Bailey to coach th foot ball team of the B. M. L H and Mrs. Holland will spend mos of their time in Greenwood for th next sixty days. With Joe Ko! land as coach, we will stake ou money on the B. M. I. boys ever time. Miss Leona Bullington of Pace let, Spartanbnrg county, has beei elected teacher of the Addison Mil school, and has already enterei upon her duties. She is a gradu?t of Limestone college, and is wei equipped for her work. She i making her home while in Edgefieh with her aunt, Mrs. T. A. High tower. Mr. Pendleton Gaines who woi the scholarship in the South Caro lina University from this county left for Columbia yesterday to ente that institution. His younger broth er, William Gaines, will attend th< Edgefield high school, making hil home with Mrs. Elizabeth Folk, ai Pendleton has done for the past tw( years. Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Snuggs, wh( were recent visitors in Edgefiele have arranged for their children Harold, Faith and Roland, to at tend college in Georgetown, Ky All of them will enter a co-educa tional institution of high standing Rev. and Mrs. Snuggs will resume their missionary work in Chins about the middle of October. The Advertiser is pleased to add the name of Mr. J. L. Quinby of Graniteville to its subscription list. He is not only one of the best citi zens in Aiken county but one of the best in the State. In handing us $1.50 the other day, Mr. Quinby said he used to read The Adverti ser regularly and wants it again. Every business or profession ia justly proud to have such men as Mr. Quinby among its clientele. Maj. R. S. Anderson has been cordially welcomed back home by his host of friends after a prolonged stay in Washington. And espe cially do the officers of the county fair association welcome Major An derson, for he has already taken hold, and will devote much time and efforts to making the fair a success. He had a large part in making the last county fair in the fall of of 1913 a pronounced suc cess. AnnouncementExtraordinary I Having just returned from the Northern Markets, we invite you to see the beautiful line of goods pur chased-all the latest styles and good quality. We bought a fine line of Ladies' Dresses, Serges, Taffetas and Silk Poplins-all styles-and at the most moderate prices. Also, a nice line of Ladies' Suits and Sweaters in all colors and styles. A big line of Men's and Young Men's Clothing-all the latest styles and patterns. We have a bigger line this fall than ever before, and we will sell you almost at the old prices, as we really have not enough room in our store to keep so many goods. We will sell all goods as reasonable as possible, accord ing to market prices. We also bought a fine line of Men's Ladies' and Children's Raincoats. Come, let us show you through all depart ments. We have the biggest stock since we began business in Bdgefield, and can save you more money than at any previous time-all things con sidered. Our dress goods are the pret tiest ever carried. Let your next shoes be the "Walk-Over" brand. This isl Shoe Leader. ar gain House Next to Dunovant & Co. Edgefteld, S. C. Pictures Framed I have a large assortment of pic ture moulding, and can frame any size or style of picture at reasonable prices. Shall be glad to receive 'your orders for framing. I guar antee satisfaction on every job sent out. EUGEKT2 TI M M ONS. BOARDERS WANTED: Con venient location in private family. Address "Boarder,'' care of Adver tiser, Established Over a Quarter Century Davison & Fargo Cotton Commission Merchants Augusta, Ga. Correspondence Invited Liberal Advances on Cotton Shipments WP Notice to Automobiles Owners We have accepted the agency for the UNITED STATES TIRES and carry in stock Ford, Saxon, Dodge and Overland sizes. Also inner tubes for above cars. We will sell all of these tires very close for cash. Get our price before you re-tire. We can save you money. All United States Tires are GUARANTEED to be STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. Stewart & Kernaghan