Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 01, 1919, Page EIGHT, Image 8
Office No 61 /ff
Residence, Nb. 17 [JEn
Wednesday, January 1.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL,
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Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Bussey are,
1?re visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Peak
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Crews spent
the week-end in Laurens visiting the
relatives of Mr. Crews.
Mr. W. H. Turner ran up to Green
wood and spent Christmas day with
his mother, Mrs. Maggie Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller spent a
portion of the holiday season in Co
lumbia with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rhodes of
Macon spent the Yuletide here as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Evans.
Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson spent
several days in Augusta last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sawyer of Cam
ac, Ga., were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
N. M. Jones during the holidays.
Miss Lois Kernaghan, a charming
young lady from Batesburg, is here
Tisiting her cousin, Mrs.? J. W. Stew
art.
Mr. James E. Hart came home
from his regular tour in Florida to
?pend the holiday season with his
family.
Mr Beauregard Timmons came
.ver from Columbia for a day last
week, being very cordially greeted by
his friends.
Mr. J. Monroe Ouzts came down
from Newberry last week to visit
his brother, Mr. Pearce Ouzts, and
.ther relatives.
Mr B. T. Rainsford was a welcome
koliday visitor in Edgeiield, having
come over from Camp Jackson on a
short furlough.
Mr. Roscoe Brigham and Mr. Pick
.ns Butler of Augusta, Miss Sunie
Talbert were the guests of Miss Anna
Belle Saunders last week.
Major T. J. Lyon came down from
Greenwood to spend the holiday sea
son in Edgefield. He received a warm
hand-clasp from his friends.
J.'T. McManus, Jr., is enjoying a
' furlough at home. He always scatters
sunshine wherever he gt>es and has
bee cordially greeted by his friends.
Mr. Edgar Hart, who is a traveling
salesman and works in the lower sec
tion of the State, came home to spend
the Yuletide with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. James E. Hart.
Mrs Jambs S. Byrd went over to
Columbia to spend the festive season
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Fitzmaurice. Dr. Byrd joined them
for several days during the week.
The cartoon work alone of Miss
Vera MacKelvie in the Opera Houaj ,
next Wedesday night will be won
the price of admission. Tell your
friends about this lyceum entertain
ment, the second of the course.
Mr. Ouzts Burnett, who has been
in the naval service for the past five
years, spent several days here during
the Yuletide with his sister, Mrs. L.
H. Prescott, and uncle, Mr. L. G.
Quarles.
Edgefield has had no holiday visi
or who was more cordially greeted
than Major R. S. Anderson who, ac
cording to his long-standing custom,
tame down from Washington to
spend Christmas.
Mr Manly Timmons has been
spending some time here with his
family and has been very warmly
greeted by his old Edgefield friends
who hope that his visits will be more
frequent in 1919.
Our young friends. Platt Brunson
and Gus Cheatham, came home on a
brief furlough for the holidays, re
turning to their duties at the naval
training station in Charleston the
latter part of the week.
Mr. D. V. Harris purchased the
farm of Mrs. Lemie Talbert, the old
Mays home, in the Horn's Creek sec
tion, a?d W?H move his family thi'
week. Mr. Harris has already made
plans for spending a considerable
sum in repairing this large' country
residence. .^i
Miss Grace Dobson came down
from Greensboro, N. C., to spend the
holiday season with her mother, Mrs.
Emma Dobson. For the past year
Miss Grace has been making her
home with her brother, Mr. Charles
R. Dobson, assisting him'in his large
shoe store.
Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Ennett have
gone to Florida to spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Holstein enter
tained at tea on the evening of the
Remember the Artists' Trio at the
Edgefield Opera House, January 8th.
Miss Helen Dorn visited her friend
Miss Kathleen Walsh, in Sumter this
week.
Misses Ethel and Corrie Cheatham
spent Christmas with their aunt Mrs.
Talbert in Sumter.
Miss Helen Nicholson entertained
her friends at an evening party du
ring the holidays.
Miss Helen Tillman is spending
some time in Columbia, being the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Cooner.
Mr. A. Claud Hart'has been spend
ing the holiday season here visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Aull were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Tomp
kins during the Yuletide.
Mrs. J. W. Thompson and little
daughter of Southport, N. C., spent
the holidays with Mrs Kate Butler.
Miss Bessie Dunovant'was hostess
during the holidays for a number of
her young friends at an evening par
ty.
Miss Kellah Fair spent the Christ
mas time with her brother Mr. War
ren Fair and his family in Beech
Island.
Mrs. R. G. Lee and little Beulah
spent a part of the Christmas time
in Greenville with Mrs. Lee's mother
Mrs. Gentry.
Mr. Julian Key came over from
Columbia for a stay of several days
last week with his parent?, Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. K*ey.
Miss Miriam Norris, Miss Gladys
Rives and Harold Norris attended a
large house party in Georgetown
last week, returning Monday night.
Robert Gray is here on a furlough
for the holiday season. This is his
first furlough since he volunteered
for service in the navy earlv last
summer.
Lieut. W. F. Nichols, Lieut. James
Munger, Lieut. R. L. Lewis, Misses
Anna Belle Saunders and Elizabeth
Smith were week-end guests of Miss
Sunie Talbert.
Red Cross Annual Meeting, Major
and Mrs. Scott, Major Blanton,
Major and Mrs Leonard, Lieut. Sey
mour, Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman and
Miss Elizabeth Smith.
The three very talented ladies who
will present a miscellaneous program
pie in the Opera House next Wednes
day night, come to Edgefield w:th
the highest endorsement. Do not fail
to hear them.
? Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Cleveland
have been spending the past ten
days here with Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Padgett. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, ac
companied by Miss Gladys Padgett,
spent several days last week in At
lanta.
The Civic League of Edgefield has
undertaken this year the placing be
fore the public, the season's Lyceum
course. This time there will be a
splendid combination of talent in
song, story, musical instruments and
a cartoonist of magic skill. Come and
see and hear.
Little Thomas Mott Kernaghan
celebrated his second birthday on
Tuesday afternoon with a party for
a few of his little friends and cousins
and some of the older ones who loved
him. The table was beautifully deco
rated in pink and white candles
which always delight thc little child's
heart
The refreshments were v?rv dainty
and appropriate.
Miss Annie May Timmons who has
been in the employ of the govern
ment at Washington during the past
year, spent Christmas with her pa
rents Mr. and Mrs. Manly Timmons.
Her friend Miss Diette Maynard of
Greenwood also spent the holidays
with her, and Joe Timmons, belong
ing to the S. A. T. C. at the B. M. I., |
added his presence to the Christmas
cheer of this home.
The second lyceum entertaiment
of the season will be given in the
Opera House next Wednesday night,
January 8, by a trio of very talented
women, each without a peer in her
respective field. A miscellaneous pro
gramme consisting of vocal and in
strumental music, reading and a dis
play of draftsmanship in cartoon
work. Surely no one will lack for en
tertainment when so complete a pro
gramme Wji??- be presented. Something
will bc presented to entertain every
age and every taste.
The Artists' Trio
Lyceum number January 8, 1919
at Edgefield Opera House. Come and
enjoy an evening of uplifting enter
tainment.
Church Notice
Service of Worship at the First
Baptist Church this coming Sabbath
at ll :30 A. M., sermon by the pastor.
Sunday School at 10:15, J. H. Can
telou, Supt. Service especially for the
old folks will-be held in the afternoon
at 3:30. To all of these services all
are invited and urged to attend. The
building will be warm and comforta
ble.
Robert G. Lee, Pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Samuel and
little Allen have been spending the
holiday season here with the home
folk.
Mrs A. J. Ives vvill arrive from
Savannah Saturday to spend prob
ably a week here with her aunts,
Misses Sophie and Marie Abney.
James Sharpton came down from
Washington to spend the Yuletide at
home. James holds a lucrative govern
ment position in the national capital.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Simkins are
here from Norfork, Va., for a visit
of ten days to Mr. and Mrs. S. McG.
Simkins.
Leslie Edmunds came home on a
short furlough for the holidays. He
has been assigned to a government
boat that plies the Potomac River
been cordially greeted by his friends.
Do not fail to attend the second
lyceum entertainment to be given in
the Opera House next Wednesday
night by The Artists' Trio. You will
regret it, if you fail to be there.
Douglas Timmerman has been en
joying the holidays at home on a
furlough. His friends have greeted
him very cordially and hope he will
soon receive an honorable discharge.
A bold youno; thief, a colored boy,
stole a bicycle from in front of Stew
art & Kernaghan's, Christma s eve.
They have offered a reward for the
recovery of the wheel and apprehen
sion of the thief.
District Attorney J. William Thur
mond entertained the members of the
bar and some other friends with an
elaborate tea Tuesday, ev??ing^ the
occasion being one of unusual pleas
ure to those who were honored with
invitations.
The people of Edgefield extend a
hearty welcome to Mr. W. S. Pearson
who recently purchased the farm of
Mr. S. A. Brunson. He is a progres
sive farmer and a citizen of sterling
qualities. We need more of his kind
to locate among us.
Mr. Egbert Morgan arrived this
morning from Camp Greenleaf, Ga.,
on a furlough of ten days, this being
his first furlough since he went to
camp last May. Egbert has made a
fine record from the first day he en.
tered the service. His friends have
greeted him very cordially.
Mr. A. A. Edmunds has purchased
the lot adjoining the Mitchell phar
macy and will soon erect a one story
brick building thereon. The building
will have an attractive front of pres
sed brick and plate glass widows. It
is probable that Mr. Edmunds will
conduct a business of some kind in
the new store.
Mr. J. D. Garren of Woodruff who
recently purchased the farm of Mr.
D. V. Harris is moving his family
this week to his newyl purchased
home. Edgefield county needs hun
dreds and hundreds of good, men of
the class to which Mr. Garren be
longs. We welcome him and his fam
ily.
Lieut. A. B. Carwile, of Abbeville
county, has be,en engaged to serve
Edgefield county as demonstration
agent, succeeding Mr. W. E. Stokes.
Lieut. Carwile recently was granted
an honorable discharge from the
army and has already entered upon
his duties here. He and Mrs. Carwile
will receive a cordial greeting from
our people.
Dr. James S. Byrd is having an ar
chitect draw plans for his modern
two-story brick building which is to
be erected on the lot situated midway
between the Mitchell drug store and
the Yonce garage. The first floor will
be a store-room and the second, Dr.
Byrd will have a modern dental of
fice, laboratory and reception rooms.
The new building will be quite an or
nament to the town. &
LOST-A black sow weighing
about 200 pounds. Strayed from
my premises Sunday night before
Christmas.
J. D. KEMP.
Dr* 9Gng's ?kw Discovery
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1 ilk and we take t^s\eau/of thank
ing all who hay?tradeiVvith us. We
will carry a Mil line^Mg the com
ing yearymd w?r appreciate your
generon^ratroiWe.
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Daitch Brothers
Enjoying a Furlough
Mr. M. D. Lyon, Jr., is at home
enjoying a furlough. He recently re
turned from a trip to Europe on the
battleship Pennsylvania which was
one of the nearly a score of battle
ships that escorted the "George Wash
ington" to France when it carried
President Wilson to Europe to at
tend the Peace Conference. While
his ship is lying in New York harbor
Mr. Lyon was granted leave to visit
the homefolk. He has made a fine
record since he volunteered for naval
service, having been promoted sever
al times.
Notice of Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Abbe
ville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance
Association will be held at Abbeville,
S. C. at 12 o'clock, January 7, 1919.
?v J. R. Blake, Secretary.
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Your bicycle can be driven by a
light two-cylinder motor that will do
away with your pedaling. Something
entirely new but altogether satisfac
tory. Come in to see it.
Stewart & Kernaghan.
GIN NOTICE
I will continue to operate my
ginnery
Teacher's Notice
For the benefit of teacherswho are
without certificates, a special exam
ination will bc held Saturday, Jan. ll
White applicants report at Court
House; colored applicants, 'at Mace
donia School.
W. W. Fuller,
Co. Supt. Ed.
Ford Tractors.
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and Friday
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JANUARY.
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Have arrived the
FORD TRACTORS
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LABOR SAVER
that you have been looking
for. Write us or come to
Greenwood and see what they
will do. Will give you any
demonstration you want to
see. They will pull any place
a mule will.
JOHN I. CHIPLEY,
Greenwood, S. C
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WE WISH EVERMOD Y A
Happy and Prosperous New Year
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and thankour many patrons
for their liberal patronage,
extended us during the past
year.
Smith-Marsh Company