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Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, July 17. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Miss Gi*ace Lanham was a recent visitor to Miss Mary Dorn. Judge and Mrs. J. W. DeVore are at Glenn Springs for a fortnight. Miss Julia Folk is visiting Miss Susie Herndon in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Otis Mobley is visiting her husband's family at Heath Springs. Miss Mary Byers of Augusta is the guest of Miss Grace Dobson this week Mrs. W. R. McDonald of Augusta visited Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson on Sunday. Mrs. Jennie Parks spent Monday in Edgefield visiting her brother, Mr. S. A. Brunson. Miss Kathrine Fitzmaurice of Co lumbia is here visiting her sister Mrs. James S. Byrd. Miss Gladys Lawton went with her father, Mr. J. M. Lawton to Scotia for a week's visit last week. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P. Robinson of Columbia were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mims last week. Miss Florence Minis entertained on Wednesday evening in honor of her visitors, at an evening tea. Mrs. A. H. Corley and her two lit tle sons, A. H., Jr., and Grady, are in Conyers and Atlanta visiting rel atives. Have you registered for the pri mary election? If not, do so at once. Continued delay will deprive you of your vote. Mr. W. J. Talbert, Jr., is here vis iting his mother, Mrs. Lemie Talbert. He has been very cordially greeted by his Edgefield Liends. Miss Rosalind Ouzts has been vis iting Miss Katie Butt of Columbia and is now spending some time with relatives in Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie M. Forrest spent Saturday and Sunday in Edge field with Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hud gens, the latter's parents. Mr. M. W. Hudgens has leased the residence and farm of Dr. B. F. Jones for three years, commencing with the first of January next. . Have you placed your name on the club roll? Unless you do, you will be deprived of your right to vote. Do not put it off another minute. Mrs. W. L. Dunovant and Mrs. P. P. Blalock are attending the Presby terian Woman's Missionary Confer ence at Montreat. Mr. C. J. Dennis, responding to the patriotic impulse to serve his country went to Columbia last week and vol unteered for service in the navy. Strangers in great high-power ma chines pass through Edgefield almost daily. The coming of the Dixie High way has put Edgefield on the map. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Tomp kins are in Spartanburg visiting their son, Lieut. Arthur S. Tompkins, who will soon go across for overseas du ty. Farmers who have had 25 or 50 or 100 bushels of wheat threshed are feeling quite independent. Look for a large acreage sown in wheat this fall. Mr. J. R. Cant^lou's large field of fine corn on the road is being very much-admired and commented upon. Much of the old corn is a disappoint ment this year. Miss Hortensia Wocdson was host ess on Tuesday evening at a luncheon in honor of Misses Missouri Walker, Mary Byrd and Edrie Boylston guests of Miss Florence Minis. Mr. James E. Hart is now serving the J. B. White Company of Augus ta as salesman and will extend a cor dial welcome to his Edgefield friends when they call upon him. Mr. William Lanham who volun teered for service in the navy sever al months ago is enjoying a month's furlough, spending the time with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. P. B. Lanham, who also have a son, Preston, on du ty in France. Last Friday Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ag ner motored to Greenwood to visit their daughter, Mrs. John Holland, and from Greenwood they went to Camp Sevier to visit their son, Mr. John Agner, who in a few days will be transferred to another camp. Misses Annie and Ola Bush, two very attractive young ladies of Spartanburg, are visiting their auut, Mrs. Abner B. Broadwater. The ladies of the town are holding weekly prayer meetings on each Wed nesday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the Presbyterian Chuhrch for the causes of the world war. The friends of Mr. C. H. Key are glad to see him at his post of duty again at the store of the Edgefield Mercantile Company, having recov ered from his recent sickness. Now is the time to begin the fall garden by making an early planting of turnips and a second planting of Irish potatoes. First make an abund ance of food and then conserve. Any family that has members of | the Red Cross and has not received one of tlie Service Flags for the window may get one by calling at the store of Reynolds and Padgett. Miss Sophie Mims and Miss Sadie Mirna were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Rainsford Friday, accompany ing Mr. and Mrs. Rainsford on a mo tor trip to Augusta in the afternoon. Carroll Rainsford and Walter Mays have returned from Plattsburg, N. Y., where they have been taking milita ry training along with hundreds of other choice young men of our coun try. Postmaster C. M. Mellichamp is having some improvements made in the interior of the postoffice, which will greatly facilitate the handling of the mail, both the local and R. F. D. mail. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Holstein motor ed to Ashville yesterday. Mr. Hol stein will return the latter part of the week and Mrs. Holstein will probab ly remain several weeks in the moun tains. The friends of Mr. Ben Stevens who resides a mile above Meeting Street are delighted that he is now well on the way to recovery, having been very seriously ill for more than a month. Rev. A. L. Gunter is at Lake Juna luska, N. C., attending some impor tant educational and religious con ferences of t-he Methodist church While he is away Mrs. Gunter is vis iting her parents in Leesville. Capt. W. A. Woodson came up from Camp Hancock to visit his mother, Mrs. Agatha Woodson Sun day probably for the last time before being ordered overseas. He is expect ing the command to come every day. A trio of soldiers, James E. Hart, of Camp Sevier, J. D. Holstein, Jr., of Camp Jackson and James T. Mims, Jr., of the University, came home for the week-end. Mr. Hart drove Major W. A. Collett's car to Edge field as he will soon leave Camp Se vier for overseas duty. Edgefield county farmers will not have to be urged by the Food Ad ministration to sow an increased acre agc in wheat next fall. Encouraged by the success of the recently harvest ed crop, farmers will voluntarily in crease the acreage, sowing some of their most fertile fields. While out in her buggy Thursday afternoon Mrs. J. H. Nicholson's horse ran and as a corner was turned she was thrown with great force against an embankment. She was painfully but not seriously injured. Her friends rejoice that her injuries were not more serious. A spirited game of baseball was played at the fair grounds Saturday afternoon between Edgefield and Graniteville. The score of 14 to 12 in favor of the visiting team indi cates that the game was full cl inter est from start to finish. Mr. J. G. Al ford umpired thc game, being always impartial in his rulings. Dr. W. D. Ouzts has located at Johnston for the practice of his pro fession but will not move his family until sometime in the fall. Dr. Ouzts has always been a hard student and keeps abreast of his profession. We predict that he will be well received by the Johnston people. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Meriwether and Dr. and Mrs. Wornack and lit tle son of Allendale passed through Edircfield on their way to Greenwood and Greenville, recently. They were on their way to Camp Sevier to visit their son, Mr. Meriwether, who is in thc officers training camp. While in Edgefield the party were guests of Mrs. J. L. Mims and Mrs. Morrall. Mrs. Meriwether is a daughter of the j ?atc Dr. Oirilivie who many years ago j lived in Edgefield as a youth, after- j wards becoming a useful and distin- : guished physician of Allendale. Mr. J. H. Coursey, the true-blue Confederate veteran of Colliers, is in town today, having paid The Ad vertiser a pleasant call. Attention is called to the follow ing new advertisements this week: Stewart and Kernaghan, Rubenstein, the Corner Store, Southern States Oil Co. Correspondents are requested to mail their letters so they will reach The Advertiser office Tuesday. Tc is our earnest desire to issue the paper on time every week, which is impos sible unless al) copy, both news and advertisements, is received on time. The Advertiser wafts congratula tions and sincere good wishes to our friends, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Townes Medlock, while they are enjoying the ozone of the mountain atmosphere. May their future be strewn with flowers and altogether joyous and happy. On the third page of this issue of The Advertiser will be found two prize essays, written by Judson Rea dy of the Johnston High School and Isabel Cheatham of the Edgefield graded school. These essays won priz es in the recent W. C. T. U. essay contest. Two splendid Pleasant Lane young men, Watson Timmerman and George Broadwater, recently went to Colum bia and volunteered for service in the navy and are now at home awaiting orders. It will, however, probably be several weeks before they are order ed to report for duty. Mr. A. E. Padgett and Mr. W. A. Byrd returned Friday from Hender sonville where they attended the an nual meeting of the South Carolina Bankers Association. Mr. Padgett was elected vice-president of the as sociation, which is no ordinary hon or. At the next meeting he will be chosen president of the body. Register! Register!! Do not fail to register at once for the primary. The time vs ill expire next Tuesday, the 4th Tues day in July. Urge your neighbors and friends to register, if they have not already lone so. A Pleasant Party. Miss Helen Nicholson celebrated her thirteenth birthday on Friday af ternoon with a Rook party at which seven tables played, and about thir ty happy boys and girls spent one of the most delightful afternoons of their lives. Jack Feltham and Julia Strom were the fortunate winners of the prizes. At the close of the game, peach and vanilla ice cream and cake were served. On Two Weeks' Furlough. Mr. M. D. Lyon, Jr., arrived yester day afternoon for a furlough of two weeks. From January 27 to July i, he did not ser foot on laud, being on on duty on the battleship Pennsyl vania continuously during that time. When Mr. Lyon returns he will be promoted to a more responsible po sition and will receive $71 per month, rle has made a splendid record from the first day he entered the naval service. Mr. Lyon is being very cor dially greeted by his friends. Prescott-Medlock. The following is a copy of the an nouncement issued by Mr. and Mrs. VV. D. King and the Advertiser, along ivith a host of others, extends sin cerest congratulations and good wish 2s to our friends, Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Townes Medlock: Mr. and Mrs. W. D. King announce the marriage of their daughter Julia to Mr. Henry Townes Medlock on Thursday, July the eleventh Nineteen hundred and eighteen Greenwood, South Carolina LOST: Sunday afternoon between my home and Mr. W. H. Dom's a gold scholarship medal with this in scription: "E. H. Folk Edgefield Graded School." Reward will be paid if returned to J. P. Nixon. 7-17-19 Notice. I desire to notify my friends and the public generally that I have ac rjuired the barber shop in the base ment beneath the store of Reynolds und Padgett and will appreciate your patronage, doing my utmost always to prive perfect satisfaction. Your patronage will be appreciated E. D. Corley. To Drive uut Malaria And Build Up The Syste/ii Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know What you are taking, as the formula is j printed on ei-ery label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the I '.ron builds no the system. 50 cents ! NOTICE TO CANNERS Anticipating the wants of the people this summer when the canning and preserving season opened, we placed large orders for FRUIT JARS and TWO and THREE-POUND CANS Let us supply your needs for these goods. Having bought in large quan tities we are in a position to make1 very close prices. W. W. ADAMS & CO. "Indeed? What passage was that?" "The passage I refer to," answer ed Father Healey dryly, "was that from the pulpit to the* vestry room." -Exchange. A conceited clergyman, more cele brated for the length of his sermons than for their eloquence, once asked Father Healy what he thought of the one just preached Notice to Shopping Public. For a while I am located in the retail dry goods depart ment of J. B. White & Co., Augusta, Ga., and I extend a cordial invitation to any of my Edgefield and Saluda friends to call on me while in the city. Respectfully, JAS. E. HART, Edgefield, S. C. Citation. SB SITTERS TKB lrrcsr roi; 5ILIOUSNKS.S AND ?LTDNEYS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. By W. T. Kinnaird Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, Walter B. Green, of said County and State, made snit to me, to grant him Letters of Ad ministration of the Estate and ef fects of Eldred A. Green. These Are Therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and Creditors of the said Eldred A. Green deceased, that they be and appear before ma, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Edgefield, C. H., S. C., at my of fice on August S, (l9is) next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admin istration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 12th day of July A. D., 1918. W. T. KINNAIRD, Probate Judge, E. C. July 12-3t. Notice of Final Discharge. TO All WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY CONCERN: Whereas, A. S. Tompkins, Sr., has made application unto this Court for Final Discharge as Guardian in re the Estate and Person of A. S. Tomp kins, Jr., a Minor, on this the 15 day of June 1918. THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite any and all kindred, creditors, or parties interested, to show cause before me at my office at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, on the 22 day of July 1918 at ll o'clock a. m., why said order of discharge should not be granted. W. T. Kinnaird, J. P. C., E. C., S. C. June 15th 1918. "Which is the most delicate of the senses?" asked the teacher. "The touch," answered Johnnie. "How's that?" askd the teacher. "Well," said Johnnie, "when you sit on a pin, you can't see it, you? can't hear it, you can't taste it but you know that it's there."-Boston Transcript. SB We have misplaced some of our steel drums. You are warned to not use them for storage purpose unless it is purchased from us. In the mean time either deliver or advise our local repre sentative, S. E. Asbell, Johnston, S. C., the number you have on hand. Respectfully, AIKEN, S. C. ... . HEAD