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Office No 61 Residence, No. 17[^J Wednesday, January 1. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Miss Nell Jones has gone to Balti more to spend some time with Miss Elise Lake. Mr. Freeman Corley who is at home on furlough has been very cor dially greeted by all his Edgefield friends. The Corner Store announces a 10 ?.lays bargain sale. Read of the great bargains offered at this popu lar store. Mr. Horace Wilson of Lexington, Ky., a son of the lamented Mr. B. B. Wilson, has been the guest of Mr. Bettis Cantelou this week. Mrs. Norwood Cleveland has re turned to Greenville, being accom panied by Miss Gladys Padgett who T/il! be absent for some time. Mrs. R. G. Lee and sweet little leulah have returned from Green ville where they visited Mrs. Lee's mother, Mrs. Gentry. Mrs. W. S. Cogburn and her three little sons came down from Green wood Saturday to spend some time here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dobson, Capt.. and Mrs. P. , M. Feltham were the guests of Mrs. Emma Dobson at a New Year dinner. | Miss Sara Mell returned to Augus ta Tuesday after spending several days here as the guest of Miss June Rainsford. Miss June accompanied her to Augusta for the day. Assistant Surgeon Eustice Pres cott of the navy, spent several days last week with the home folk, being very cordially greeted by his Edge field friends as he passed. Neall Brothers will pell * carl load of horses at auction in Edge field Wednesday, January 15. Read their largo advertisement in this is sue. Mr. S. M. Smith and Mr. W. L. ! Dunovant, Jr., are spending a fort- ! Bight a'. Petersburg. Fla., on a hunt-1 ing expedition. A card from Mr. j Smith states they are having a grand j time, j Owing to the unavoidable delay in ! the publishing of the paper this week, the account of the beautiful service | for the older people at the Baptist Church will be printed next week. j Our young friend Nick Broadwat- ; er, the only son of Supervisor R. N. j Broadwater, is at home on furlough. He has been in the naval service for 19 months and has many rich ex periences to re-late. Capt. N. G. Evans returned Tues day from a deer hunt of ten days on ; the coast below Beaufort. He brought a 150-pound buck back with him, having killed one of the twelve deer that were slain. He reports a spier.-1 did trip. i Messrs. YY. YV. Adams & ( '<>. announce to the fanners of Edge field county thia week that they ure ready to fill order?, for fertilisers. They can supply the o'.d rel ?aide brands that have been tried and proven for many years un the funis ol Edgefield county. The legislature will convene ncxl Tuesday, January 14, and continue in session for the allotted 40"day8 Ol as long as is necessary to dispose of the important matters that shall come up for consideration. Watch the label on your paper and renew your subscription by the date of expiration or the paper will be stopped. The cash-in-advance system is being enforced to the letter. The high and low. the rich and poor are all treated alike. Most people like this system better than the old way. The government has stopped the old way. Mrs. L. Wigfall Cheatham and dear little Josephine Wigfall Cheat ham, accompanied by Miss Lorella Wellmore, a sister of Mrs. Cheatham, arrived from Baltimore Saturday. kittie Miss Cheatham came on her first visit to Edgefield the coldest day .f the winter but she will receive the warmest and most affectionate wel come possible from our people. For Sale: A six-room house, large lot, servant's house, good well, large rarden. etc. Apply to 0. Sheppard. 12-18-tf. Mr. Henry Hughes Hill who has been employed for the past several years by the government in the tick eradication work has been transfer red to Beaufort county, where he will supervise the work in several coun ties. Mr. Kill has made a fine record in this work. Adams-Carroll. The announcement of the engage ment of Mr. William Wright Adams and Miss Janie Carroll of McCormick has caused their marriage, which will take place in February to be one of the chief topics of conversation a mong their Edgefield friends. Mr. Adams, who was recently discharged I from the aviation service, is un iver- J sally beloved here and Miss Carroll j has made many friends during her visits to her Edgefield relatives, ihe family of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cantelou. Death of Little Child. Monday afternoon the little two year old son, Ralph, of .Mr. and Mis. W. ?. Posey died at their home on Main street of pneumonia. The little form was carried to West! Spring church. Union county, Tues day afternoon for interment, being accompanied by Mr. Walter L. j EToliton. All of the members of, Mr. and Mrs. Posey's family were! sick at one time. They have the heart-felt sympathy of the people of Edgefield in their bereavement.! Death of Mrs. Savannah Ouzts. j Friday afternoon Mrs. Savannah I Ouzts passed peacefully away at the, home of her daughter, Mrs. Law rence Covar. She had been in fail ing health for moro than a year, but she resisted the disease with wonderful strength for one of her I age, being nearly eighty at thc time, of her death. Before her marriage b to Mr. -Ouzts, who died several ! years ago, she was Min? Savannah J Boone, a member of an old Edge- ' field family. Mrs. Ouzts was a! member of McKendree church from which she was buried Saturday af ternoon, Rev. A. L. Gunter con ducting the funeral. Mrs. Ouzts reared a large family of childi en, having now a number of grand-children and great L'rand-j children. She is survived by fouri daughters, Mrs. Ella McCullough, Mrs. Wiley Timmerman, Mr*. Law-! renee Covar and Mrs. Sam Stevens, and five ?ons, Yancy, Capers, Ar thur, Pierce and Monroe Ousts. j W. O. W. Oys 1er Supper. j Thursday evening last will be ' pleasantly remembered for some time ' by the members of the Edgefield | lodge, Woodmen of the World, the occasion bein? the annual oyster sup per of the lodge. On these occasions ' each member is accorded the privi lege of inviting a lady. Therefore there were a goodly number of ladies 1 present, and after a pleasant social* hour, all were seated about the long tables and partook of the bountiful feast. At the conclusion the toast master. Hon. B. JE. Nicholson, an nounced the toasts, highly and cred ible responses were made by Hon. J. William Thurmond, Mr. S. McG. j Simpkins. J. L. Mims, Rev. R. G. Lee, Rev. A. L. Gunter, Mr. A. A. Ed- ' munds and Col. L. Wigfall Cheatham. ( The- occasion was one of unusual pleasure to all whose good fortune it: was to attend. FOR SALE: I have received my j first shipment of horses and mules. 1 They can be seen at my farm near Cleora. Come and see my stock. L . C. Levi Quarles. ? Lost! ;! Somewhere on the streets of Edge- j field, a pair of glasses in a case with Dr. Rosenthral's name on the case, j Reward if returned to Mrs. George Carter, Edgefield, S. C. i i1 I FOR SALE: One young mule and,' one young horse, both home raised, \ also four Essex pigs. Lee Gibson, Edgefield, S. C., R. F. D. 3. 1-1-8-ltpd j1 FOR SALE: Four hogs ready fori' slaughter, each weighing about 275 ? pounds. Apply to J. C. Allen. j Meeting Street, S. C. 1-8-2t NOTICE All persons are hereby notified ; not to fill holes in public roads or 1 do any work whatsoever without; specific instructions. The board J will not pay any more claims for,? such work. y R. N. BROADWATER, Supervisor. Miss Forence Minas Writes From Canada and New Hampshire. Province of Quebec, Coaticoolc, Canada, Christmas Eve, 1918. Dear Advertiser: I arrived in Canada about three o' clock this afternoon. Just before we reached Coaticoolc, a Frenchman came into the train to ask innumer able questions about who you were, where you were going etc., but since he knew the people with whom I was travelling, he passed me by, much to my delight, for I had an idea that if he started to questioning me, I might have forgotten my own name. I went into the post office this af ternoon to get some stamps, and I wanted some Canadian money of dif ferent denominations, so I asked for a nickel in change instead of pennies and the lady replied that she didn't have any nickels. After we left, my friend remembered that in Canada there is no nickel. The five cent piece is silver and very tiny, smaller than the dime. The lady was French to whom I spoke, and she had no con ception of what I was talking about. We went next into a store and I furnished amusement for the clerks. When they handed me some pennies, they looked like cart wheels. The pen ny is copper. I found myself exclaim ing over the funny coins and the peo ple in the store were laughing at me for my ignorance. The population of this place is largely French Canadian, and the war loan posters are in both French and English. I saw two hanging close togther with the same wording-one in French and one in English. Over the stamp window was written the following sentence which I thought was very good: "Demandez des tim brez d'?conomie pour votre mon naie"-ask for stamps of economy or thrift stamps for your change. I was surprised to see no snow on thc ground on arriving at Coaticook, but later it began to fall heavily. All the way from Lancaster, N. H. to Coaticook were frozen lakes with glassy surface where children were skating. Birches with lovely white bark grew all along the sides of the railway. The Indians used similar birch trees to make their canoes. The firs and cedars grow in marvellous symmetry and each one would make an exquisite Christmas tree. I am glad that I can at least speak English fluently for the people up here speak both French and English. The dear old lady, a Canadian, Mrs. Lyman, whom I am visiing, knows that I came from the far south, so she keeps the house delight fully warm. She is nearly eighty years old but goes to., the Iced Cross rooms to work. That shows how deep ly the war has penetrated into the consciousness of the Canadians. I saw an interesting looking flag hung on the'porch of a Canadian home, and on inquiring, found that it was a service flag. Instead of the red border with white center and blue stars, there was an outside border of red, an inner part of white and in the center a square of blue with a single maple leaf in the center, thc emblem of Canada, instead of the star. Only one boy had gone from this home, so : there was only one yellow maple leaf. The leaf is changed to red if the boy ! dies or is wounded. It is blue if the j boy is overseas. The Canadians had : no service flag, so I am told, until the ?der. was carried into effect by thc I United States. Later. Christmas Afternoon. ,1 have just returned from a delight ful Christmas service in the Metho- ! ;list church of Coaticook. On each j side of thc pipe organ, flags were hung, one a British and the other a ; Canadian. The Canadian is a large | red flag with a tiny British one in the j upper left hand corner. Near the j right hand corner is a large white J space in which is placed a replica of I the British crown, the coat of arms, I two sprays of green maple leaves and a beaver, the last two pictures typi- j l?l of Canada. Below the pulpit was hung an American flag and on either side a Canadian and a British. At the close of the service the or ganist played the British National Anthem. I started to singing "God save our splendid men," which is i sung to the same tune, but found that j the others were singing "God save; the King," so I stumblingly tried to sing it too. The minister said they had been wishing they were down in Carolina on account of the cold. I have been studying the maps ? more diligently than I ever did at , school-certainly with more interest, , and I see only how very far I am ? from Edgefield and home. ( A very happy New Year with hope and good cheer to every one in my h county! It is too late to wish you a.. Merry Christmas for the twenty fifth'] will be over before this letter reaches j i Groceri We have replenish fill your orders for tl price, quality considc anything in heavy an thing for your pantrj We are also well farm in hardware, ha of all kinds. We cai what you want we wi We invite our fan quarters when in tow the States-that is what they call America up here. Florence Minis. Lancaster, N. H. December 30, 19IS Dear Advertiser: I am in the midst of the famous White Mountains of New Hamp shire. I saw them snow covered yes-1, terday afternoon at sunset and I wonder if anything but the Alps could surpass them. It is a very ordinary sight to see sleighs or sleds drawn by one, two, or four horses gliding by with the sleigh bells ringing to let people know they are coming for the sleigh makes no noise as it slips over ihe ice and snow. The snow has been falling almost continuously for days. Yesterday my friend and her father took nie snow shoeing. We put on arctics, which are a sort of water proof baot, and sport clothes, and started out to a hitrh wooded hill for a snow shoe tramp. The snow shoes are about twice as long as thc ordinary tennis racket, and very similar in appearance. The shoe is about the same width as the racket and tapers off at the end. In the center are leather straps to tie around the ankle and one to slip the toe into. A long sweeping step has to be taken to keep from stepping on your own foot, and always with an outward tendency. I felt so awkward with my feet about six feet long. We climbed hills, went over bushes, rocks md holes without breaking either aursclvcs or the shoes. The Indians make these and in fact the snow shoe ivas an Indian invention as was the birch canoe, the sleigh and the tobog gan. On returning from our snow shoe ;rip we went skiing. That is a Nor wegian term. The ski is a long nar row board, about four inches wide ind live feet long, curved at the end. In the center as in the snow shoe, here is a place for the foot to be at .ached. Thc sport that these are for s sliding. Standing on the top of a lill, you slide down, which must bc .mjoynble if it ever could be done. My friend started down the hill on .he skiis and fell headlong in the mow. I started out to help her and anded in the snow too. We then slid lown the hill on sleds over the fro den sidewalks. One night about nine o'clock I leard whistles blowing and didn't <now what they could be at that time Df night. I asked my friend and she ;old me that it was the old New Eng and custom of ringing curfew. This meant that all the children under sixteen should be off thc streets by line o'clock. The windows in thc houses? up here lave double sash to keep out the cold. Since glass radiates heat or cold the juter sash will be cold and the inner jne warm. One window has a single sash and through this the air can :ome when it is needed. Lancaster is the home of ex- U litcd Senator Weeks. Senator Weeks' || summer home is on the top of one of :he White Mountain peaks in sight of | mc town. The Lancaster public libra-; i and Plantation ed every department of our stock, and can rockeries of all kinds at the lowest possible ?red. Come in to see ns when von need id fane;; groceries. We can supply every r supplied with every tiling needed for the mes, traces, wagon harness and implements .ry a large stock, but if we should not have ill get it on short notice. uer friends to make our store their head 11. ry is a gift from him to the town in memory of his father, though Sena tor Weeks is a native of Massachu setts. The mistletoe which came from Edge field was quite a novelty to the \Tew Englanders. They had no idea ;hat it was such an interesting plant. The English mistletoe is not a para site like the American. The cotton liant is also quite a curiosity up here. They have a vase filled with cotton vhich looks quite odd to me. During the war in order to con serve wheat the New Englanders used Irish potatoes instead of bread, for not using corn bread as the South 2rners do, they couldn't adopt that as i substitute. I am enjoying this won derland of the North. Florence Minis. Ford Tractor! Have arrived the FORD TRACTORS THE LABOR SAVER hast m Seed Gataiteg ?Pre? ji'a ready now;, O.uoilnmdrcd hand somely iib: strafed puses vi'J'. brilliant cover iii 33 lineal <???'?..:... ; "s beth beautiful : - I helpful v.u l -Al ?hat is necessai'v to r t it te a pental card request. 'YO-JL V, logue a v.rel5 v o Hastings Sec rc?H. Y-?i vd':: sala ill tho ill a:: I our 1019 eala i :y from us b . Wc please o caa bi??sa ry Vi X t ! in yoi h" ?? o fur as results can be deter. liiaed i>.* iii ! seed planted. Fur SJ ,-ca:r. V.. JvSeeds have been ibo 'ard ri need excellence cue! pur lettes Qu: i i y ia tho South. Only ulaptcd < J tho South aye ii:; :.y ci the b< st ar.d prices oicon less Lhau tk.?jc you pay at homo. Write '.or freo cony c?' this splendid ca?a lojnie nov.-. H. G. HASTINGS CO., that you have been tookinj for. Write us or come Greenwood and see what tl will do. Will give you anyJ demonstration you want to| sec. They will pull anyplace a mule will. JOHN I. CHIPLEY, Greenwood, S. C Money to Loan Farmers. The Federal Land Bank of Colui ?bia makes loans to farmers OB firs] Mortgages at 5 Vs per tent inter?s] for 35 years through "The Johmstoij National Farm Lona Association. ?The interest and one per eent of th principal to be paid annually. Th loan can be cancelled after five years Apply M. Q. NORRIS, You can change your bicycle intj a two-cylinder motor-driven machir by adding the Johnson Motor WheeJ Come in and see them. Stewart & Kernaghan. ore money NEVER before, in the history ol the country, have farm pro ducts brought such high prices. And the successful farmer will reap the benefit in bitrger profits! Naturally the larger the Crop, the greater will your proiit be; hence it is essential that you make each acre of land produce its utmost. For prize crops of cotton, corn, truck-use Planters Fertilizer. 90 to 05 bushels of corn-1 to 2 bales of colton per acre are records establishe( through use of this reputable Fertilizer on Southern farms. 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