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Office No. 61. Residence, No.l 7. Wednesday, Mar. 14 LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Miss Annie Bee spent Saturday and Sunday in Charleston. Mrs. Lallan T. Graydon, of Green wood, is spending the week in Edge field with relatives. Messrs. Julian Holstein, Bunyan Duncan and M. D. Lyon, Jr., mo tored to Asheville Tuesday. Mrs. Waverland Steifle of War renville spent the week-end in Edge-| field with Mrs. B. Timmons. District Attorney J. William Thurmond is in Rock Hill attend ing the United States court. Hear Mr. Henpeck at the Edge field Opera House on the evils of married life. Mrs. Mary Ashley of Fruit Hill has been the guest of her cousin, Mrs. W. E. Lott, during the past j week. Mr. Baldwin Carwile has been spending several days in Edgefield visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Carwile. On Friday last Governor Richard I. Manning paroled Mr. William Rearden, the son of Mr. J. L. Rearden. Tickets for the "Microbe of Love" are now on sale at Penn & Hol stein's, 50 and 35 cents, and all school children 25 cents. Hon. and Mrs. WatterNMcDonald of Augusta came up and spent Sun day here with Mrs. McDonalds mother, Mrs. Agatha Woodson. Be sure to make your engage ment early for the "Microbe of Love." Get the right girl before] someone else gets ahead of you. Mrs. Thomas H. Rainsford is at tending a missionay conference of the ladies of Columbia district which is in session this week in Rock Hill. If the old bachelors don't watch out they will fall helpless victims of the microbes of love when they are brought from Aiken next Mon day night. Dr. and Mrs. John McGrath and their sweet little daughter, Lillian, have arrived from New York to make a prolonged visit to their rel atives in this vicinity. Miss June Rainsford is filling the place of Miss Snow Jeffries in the high school while the latter is with her paren ts, Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Jeffries, in Spartanburg. Attention is directed to the fol lowing new advertisements in this issue: The Corner Store, Ruben stein, E. S. Rives, American Land Co., Ford Motor Co., and 4iThe Fall of a Nation." The Edgefiield W. C. T. U. will serve lunch for the thirty perform ers in the "Microbe of Love" on Monday afternoon. These friend" fi om Aiken will come over in cars at 6 P. M., and return after the play. Mr. J. H. Allen went to Green wood to-day to meet with the conv mission appointed to adjust the finances of Abbeville, Greenwood, Edgefield and McCormick counties Don't you want to hear the splen did choruses Monday night in the Opera House, sung by the best tal ent of Aiken? Here are some of them: "The Spinister's Plaint, "I will be your little girl," "Needles and Pins," "Looking for a mau." Mr. John Miller has moved his barber shop from the building on the corner now occupied by the postoftice to his former location over the store of Collett & Mitchell. Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson has purchased a lot from Mr. C. M. Mellit hamp and will soon begin the erection of an attractive bunga low thereon. It will be located a short distance north of Mr. Melli champ's residence. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kemp united with the Baptist church Sunday by letters from Cold Spring and Moun tain Creek churches, respectively. Mrs. Robert Long united by letter from the Mt. Pizgah Baptist church in Anderson county. Gen. U. R. Brooks, the com mander of the United Confederate Veterans of South Carolina and veteran clerk of the supreme court for the past nearly thirty years, is here visiting his sister, Mrs. S. M. Smith. Gen. Brooks has been very cordially greeted by his friends here. Mr. J. B. Haltiwangrer of Green wood waB amone the visitors in Edgefield Monday. Mrs. T. J. Lyon has returned from a prolonged visit to her sister, Mrs. P. P. Burns, in Birmingham and also to her brother. Mr. Orlando Sheppard, Jr. Mr. W. A. Strom has already put a corps of carpenters and brick-lay ers at work on his house. The building will be so remodeled a3 to be one of the most attractive homes in Edgefield when the work is com pleted. The auction sale of the Jones land which is advertised for next Tues day is attracting considerable atten tion. Read the advertisement on the 8th page this week. See the plat and select your lot or lots be fore the day of the sale arrives. The tearing down and removal of what is known as the old Jones resi dence in Buncombe marks the pass ing away of one of Edgefield's land marks. This residence was erected in the long ago by Chancellor Car roll, an ancestor of the Dunovant and Brooks families of Edgefield. North Edgefield continues to grow. Mr. O. B. Anderson is plac ing material on his four-acre lot adj oin in g Mr. George F. Mi ms and will soon begin the erection of a modern residence. Mr. Clyde Jack son is planning to build an attract ive residence on the beautiful lot adjoining his father's home. Mr. S. J. Corley came to Edge field from the Meriwether section on horse-back to attend court. Not withstanding the fact that he has passed the three score and ten mile post, be came the 22 miles in a lit tle over two hours on his fine sad dle horse. Not many of to-day's young men would undertake a jour ney of 22 miles on horse-back. Superintendant T. A. Hightower had a fire practice at the mill Sat urday afternoon. Mr. R. M. Scur ry has been chosen captain of the fire team. Mr. Hightower says the mill has sufficient hose to throw wa ter on the court house. Later in the spring, with the co-operation of the council, he will have his team stretch the mill hose to the public square. In case of a conflagration near the mill, Mr. Hightower and his men could be of invaluable as sistance. Annual Field Day. Friday April 13, the day set apart for the Field Day, will be a red let ter day for the schools of Edgefieid county. On the second page of this issue will be found the programme in full. It is m?8cellaneus in charac ter aud should prove interesting to every teacher, school boy and school girl in the county. Read it and begin to make preparations for Field Day, April ] 3. Harmony School Building to be Dedicated. Prof. G. F. Long and the trus tees of Harmony school have selec ted Friday, March 23, for dedicating the handsome new school building. The public is cordially invited to attend. Several addresses will be made, the programme covering both morning arid afternoon. A picnic dinner will be served. As the hos pitality of the good people of Harmony is known far and near a large number of people from differ ent sections of the county will at tend, feeling assured that the day will be pleasantly and profitably npent. Death of Mrs. Emma Johnson. The newly made mound in the Antioch cemetery marks the resting place of the mortal body ot Mrs. Emma Johuson, the widow of the lamented R. J. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson had been ill about a week and the end caine Saturday morning at ll o'clock. The funeral was con ducted by the Rev. J. T. Little john who for a number of years was the pastor of Mrs. Johnson. The interment took place Sunday at 12 o'clock, noon. Mrs. Johnson was beloved by a large number of friends who will feel very keenly her loss. Not only will loved ones and personal friends greatly miss this good woman, but the community and her church will likewise share in the loss. She pos sessed many noble qualities which cauaed her to be a leading factor in the community life, especially in the earlier and more active years of her life. Mrs. Johnson is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. F. West and Mrs. E. J. Mundy. Preparatory Service. At the Presbyterian church this Friday at 5 o'clock we will have service as prepatory to communion on the following Sabbath. We ex tend a cordial invitation tc any and all to be present with us. __J PM! PH ? fe PH ? O O <5 Jj O 'S fi LO o O fe* o O ce? t? o o &3 W5? GO ?O o S ? w fi P o C/5 3 O M o .p-i PH "? fi cd CD O CD PH *? CD ca Cg S3 O O w o . b cd ? CD PH O o 5 CD CD fi CD m a> o o fi Ij . H _ fi ? P --I CD fi , CD F??*H PH PH CA ?pH '? bm cu rfi p?4 CD Card of Thanks. We wish to thank oar friends and neighbors for their kindness during the sickness and death of our brother and uncle. Mr. S. B. Strom, Mr. C. Strom, Mrs. Joe Brunson, Mrs. R. W. Gillam, Mrs. P. P. Doolittle, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Strom. Mr. Rearden Expresses Grati tude. I take this means of thanking my friends who aided me by their sig natures and influence in securing the parole of my son, William M. Rearden. I shall always be grate-j ful to them for this manifestation of friendship and kindly considera tion, and should opportunity ever be offered I shall cheerfully recipro cate. I am also deeply grateful to Ex-Gov. John C. Sheppard for the active part which he took and I also thank Governor Richard I. Manning for his favorable consid eration of the papers when presented to him. J. L. Rearden. Petit Jury, Second Week .Civil Court. Joe Miller, Collier. James Temples, Ward. E M Holmes, Collier. E E Walker, Shaw. J C C Seigler, Talbert. J J Mayson, J F Corley, Moss. P W Salter, Johnston. Thos Hall, Elmwood. J B Pardue, Blocker. Jessie M. Derrick, Wards. A B Edwards, Johnston. O D Padgett, Pickens. Joe P Kerlong, J ? Johnson, Collins. W L Satcher, Johnston. W. J Williams, Meriwether. J L Mims, Edgefield. Jas Clark, Ward. J G Mobley, Johnston. B L Holston, Edgefield. W O Allen, Pickens. J W Bryan, Shaw. E W Callison, Talbert. E S Johnson, Edgefield. J M Prescott, Collins. Mike Hair, Ward. J H Thompson, Edgefield. B L Stevens, Elmwood. Oscar Lybrand, Ward. E G Bryan, Shaw. Geo T Wicker, Wise. J N Lybrand, Ward. J W Marsh, Johnston. A M Clark, " B R Thomas, Moss. FOR SALE: Cheap for casB, two mules and a horse. L. T. May. 2-28-2L The Univ 320 Have been built and actually ? August 1, 191G. These figures-320,817-reprei manufactured by us since Augus agents to retail buyers. This unusual fall and winter c necessary for us to confine the dis agents who have orders for imrae< rather than to permit any agent later spring sales. We are issnin? this notice to protect themselves against delay Ford cars. If, therefore, you ar car, we advise you to place your c Immediate orders will have pro Delay in buying at this time months. Enter your order to-day for ira agents listed below and don't be ( PRU Runabout $345, Touring Town Car $595, Sedan Ford Motoi Detroit, i Eidson Auto Cc Edgefield, So Removal of Post Office. Monday night after the close of business Messrs. Mark Miller and Watson Onzts, the faithful govern ment employees, moved the post office into the building on the cor ner next door to the store of Mr. B. B. Jones. The building is very well adapted to housing; Uncle Sam's business and it will be still better suited to the needs of the post of fice after some changes are made later. For 30 years the people have been getting their mails from the building from which the office has just been removed and it is still probable that many persons while in an abstracted frame of mind wil go to the same old office from the force of habit. The post offioe em ployees are being commended for moving the office without the slightest interruption of business or without inconveniencing the patrons in the slightest degree. The build ing heretofore occupied by the post office will be somewhat remodeled and used by Mr. J. D. Holstein, Jr., as a display roora for Overland automobiles, he being the local agent for these popular cars. Court of Common Pleas. The court bas been engaged with the trial of one case since the hour of convening Monday morning. Mrs. Martha E. Roper has brought suit against the Georgia-Carolina Power company for ?2,980 for dam ages alleged to have resulted from the water impounded by the erec tion of a dam across the Savannah river by the defendant company. The impounded water has caused back-water along Stevens creek for a considerable distance and the land of Mrs. Roper lies along the creek. Mrs. Roper owns 149 ac? es and al leges that the defendant cumpany has created a nuisance through this back-water, which has been the means of injuring the health of the plaintiff's family and the tenants up on the farm and asks damages in the sum mentioned above. The testimony was completed yesterday afternoon and the jury will be taken in automobiles this morning to in spect or view the property. This is one of a number of suits that have been brought against the Georgia-Carolina Power company by property owners in that vicinity,, and for that reason able counsel on both sides are contesting every inch of ground. The plaintiff is repre sented by J. Wm. Thurmond, B. E. Nicholson and George Bell Tim merman, and the defendant by Shep pard Bros, Wright & Wright of Augusta and Elliot & Herbert of Columbia. FOR SALE.-My house and lot,, cheap for immediate sale. 0. P. Bright. ersal Car ,817 delivered to retail buyers since sent the actual number of cars t 1, 1916, and delivered by our lemand for Ford cars makes it itribution of cars only to those . 3 ia te delivery to retail customers, to stock cars in anticipation of | intending buyers that they may or disappointment in securing e planning to purchase a Ford >rder and take delivery now. mpt attention. may cause you to wait several mediate delivery with our Ford lisappointed later on. CES Car $360, Couplet $505 . $645-f. o. b. 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