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Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, March 26. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Miss Leila Barnwell, of Beaufort is the guest of Mrs. W. L. Dunovant, Jr., this week. Mrs. W. B. Cogburn is spending, this week with Mrs. Lillie Cogburn at Greenwood. . Miss Elizabeth Scaife who has been a visitor with Mrs. P. P. Blalcck, has returned to her home. Mrs. Anna White returned with Mrs. J. H. Self to her home at Lime stone last week for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Morgan were among the visitors in Edgefield Sat nrday. They reside now in Saluda . county. Major T. J. Lyon and Captain R. B. Cain came down from Greenwood and spent Sunday, returning in the afternoon. Mr. J. H. Coursey, a gallant old Confederate veteran of Collier, was j in town Monday and called at The Advertiser office. Mr. Stephen Darlington was among the visitors in Edgefield Sunday. He is still in the naval service, being stationed at Charleston. ! I Mr. George B. Harris of Hender ion, N. C., spent the early part of the week in Edegfield visiting his daught- j .er, Mrs. W. C. Lynch. Have you tickets for the entertain-1 ment to be given by the Hawaiians Monday night? The program will please everybody. Do not miss it. Mrs. W H. Dobey of Aiken has ? been spending some* time here with t her sister, Mrs. James Timmcrman during Miss Ruth's visit to Washingr ton. Misses Patti Major, Marie Hall and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Carwile spent the week-end at Landrum, Gaffney and in Greenville, going in Miss Ma jor's car, Mrs. L. G. Quarles had as her guests last week her sisters, Mrs. S. L. Gay and her son of Augusta, and JJh-s. George 0. Stewart and husband of Atlanta, . Probably the best Lyceum entei tainmant of the season will be that given in the Opera House Monday night, March 31, by the Hawaiian Quintette. Do not fail to hear them. There will be no service in the Baptist church next Sunday as Rev. R. G. Lee, the pastor, will attend the union meeting at Mountain Creek and preach the missionary sermon Sunday morning. According to a statement just is sued by the census department, Edgefield county has ginned up to this time 29,008 bales of cotton and the figures for the same period last j year were 26,689 bales. Mr. Rainsford Cantelou is at home enjoying a furlough of six days while his ship is lying in the port at New York for repairs. He expects to be retired in a short time to inactive 1 service, which is practically a dis charge. In the years gone by the best Ly ceum entertainments have been giv en by Hawaiian musicians. A treat is in store for Edgefield next Monday night, when the Hawaiian Quintette will give an entertainment in the Opera House Mr. 0. A. Quarles of Langley has accepted a position with the Addison Mills as overseer of the cloth room. He speaks very highly of the interest that Mr. T. A. Hightower, the capa ble superintendent, takes in the wel fare of his employees. . Sunday evening at St. John's Methodist church in Augusta, Messrs. W. B. Cogburn, L. T. May, W. A. pleased to serve the Edgefield and Sa Byrd and W. A. Strom enjoyed hearr ing Ex-President Taft speak on the League of Nations. Mrs. John R. Tompkins came over ] from Columbia for the week-end and attended services at the Baptist j church morning and evening, presid ing at the organ for both services. She received an affectionate greeting | from her friends here. Sheriff W. R. Swearingen officially destroyed 40 quarts of whiskey Mon day morning by pouring from the quart bottles upon the ground in the jail yard. It has been a lone: time since that quantity of whiskey'has been seen in Edgefield at one time. The Advertiser has been requested to announce thatf Rev. P. P. Blaloci will preach in the Presbyterial church Sunday morning at 12:15 o' clock. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nicholsor united with the Baptist church by let ters from Berea Sunday morning anc Willie Phillips also united by lette] from Horn's Creek church. The Yonce Motor Company is rap idly disposing of a car of Ford one ton trucks which were recently re ceived. Farmers are rapidly realizing that as a time-saver the motor truel is a money-saver. The price ?.s withir easy reach of farmers. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Miller of th< iRed Oak Grove section of the count} have purchased the residence nea: the station in which Mr. and Mrs. J A. Townsend reside. They will soor j move to Edgefield to make their home land will receive a very cordial wei 'come from our people. j The people of Edgefield have learn jed with profound regret of the deci ?sion of Mrs. Ellen Strother and hei ! daughter, Missx Charlotte Strother, tc move to Beaufort to make theil home. They will leave in a few days ?and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Adams will ?occupy their residence on Wigfall ?Street. i Mr. L H. Harling came over from his new home, near Millen, Saturday and remained - until Monday after noon. Lem stated to The Advertiser's representative that he finished pant ing corn Friday and started his *Dt ton planters. That should be early enough to head off the boll weevil, if there are any around Millen. Mr. W. A. Strom has had his tractor busy for several days hauling apparantly several cars of fertilizers from the railroad to his large ware house near his residence. The noise it would make at times caused one to suspect that a German "tank" was coming up Main Street. The machine seems to pull with ease all of the guano that can be piled upon a large wagon. Do not forget the 31st of March. That is the night to see and hear the Hawaiians. You will do well to see Dr. Mitchell and get your tickets at once. Get your general admission ticket now and avoid the jam at the door. Parents will please instruct the chldren to be perfectly quiet during the numbers. We object to any cracking of peanuts and other dis tracting noises. Let everybody enjoy the music. Mr. B. T. Rainsford is spending some time in Edgefield with his brother, Mr. John Rainsford and other relatives He .has been in the quartermaster department at Camp Jackson from the time he volunteer ed last spring until he was granted his discharge last week. He has been very cordially greeted by his friends. Col. and Mrs. S. B, Mays and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Miller came in Sun da/night and attended service at the Baptist church. The increasing num ber of care owned by the people who reside in the country will enable them attend the night services in the Edgefield churches. A cordial wel come awaits them at all the churches. Red Cross Nurse Returned. . Miss Bessie Woodson who has been across the seas as a Red Cross nurse in the service of her country for more than a year, has returned home and is with her mother, Mrs. A. A. Woodson. Lunch Party. The members of the Y. W. A. of Berea church will give a lunch party at the home of Mr. W. T. Re.il at Cleora Friday night, April 4, ant thc public is cordially invited. The occa sion promises to be one of unusual pleasure for the young people anc. old er ones too. We trust that the treas ury of this organization will reap a round hundr?d dollars from this en tertainment. Verdict For Defendant. At the hour of going to press last week, the court of common pleas was engaged with the suit of Mr. A. C. DePass against Mr. A. E. Padgett over the possession of a small area of land, the line separating their farms on Turkey Creek being in dispute. The jury went Thursday to inspect the property. A verdict was rendered for Mr. Padgett. This was the last case tried by jury. .no 'c;sn3nv 'SdOHS xooa ono $ A\SN s.isoino ?naO 'HSB0 J0i <sl?l OSJB[ JO UBUIS ui JO ?TSUIS Jouxta s;ap^diuud pur sj{Ooq asBipand ox-OHINVAV ,, :r-.- r;.,<, r'.-'K G?ML\ 0?>:??nS?i ?a?Eiy^l? &&&& I Daughters of the American '- Revolution. 1 The D. A. R. held a delightful " meeting on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. P: P. Blalpck Jr., the Regent, t Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman presiding, with the literary program in charge j -of the historian, Mrs. Hollingsworth. The roll was responded to by inter esting information in regard to thc Red Cross, and at the close, Miss Bes - sie Woodson who has recently return - ed from France as a Red Cross nurse, - gave an account of +1 a work in Eng l j land /ind France and exhibited many c 'interesting pictures. i. Miss Sarah Collett read a very I comprehensive paper on Joan of Arc, s ?which was largely taken from trans lations from the French made by \ Major Collett's attache in France and L j also included a sketch written by Ma * |jor Collett of hi's visit to the house.of ; Joan of Arc. ' j Miss Annie Clisby gave a very " j beautiful reading about the Cathe jdral of Rheims and the connection of - j Joan of Arc. . I A number of letters were read of r interest to the chapter and Mrs. Ju ? i lian Holstein was received as a mem .jber. ? j A large number of the membership 1 was present. [ At-the close of the program, Mrs. Blalock served a salad course and iced tea. ?Old Pension Board Reappoint ed. Judge of Probate, W. T. Kinnaird, received a letter from the State Pen .sion Commissoner directing him to .recommend three Confederate veter ans of this county for appointment ?by him which shall constitute the ( county pension board. Upon the re ceipt of this letter, Mr. Kinnaird rec ommended Mr. J. N. Fair, Mr. W. H. iDobey and Mr. N. L. Brunson, mem ?bers of the old board, and the follow ing is the letter received which con tains information of interest to vet erans. Columbia, S. C., March 24, 1919. ?Mr. W. T. Kinnaird, Judge of Probate, Edgefield, S. C. Dear Sir: , I take pleasure in appointing N. L. Brunson, J. N. Fair and H. W. Do bey as the County Board of Pension ers for Edgefield County. Please no tify these men and have them begin the enrollment . of all Confederate 4|fdiers and widows-of soldiers at once who have never been on the pen sion roll. Those on the present pension roll will be paid off this year through the usual channel, the Comptroller Gen eral and the Clerk of Court. T>he new enrollments will paid off through the Probate Judges. I feel sure that you will have no difficulty in making the enrollments if you will follow closely the instruc tions sent you. Yours very truly, D. w. MCLAURIN. Commissioner. Thrashing Machine Service. We have purchased a first-class Thrashing Machine outfit and will be pleased to serve he Edgefield and Sa luda public. EB. CULBREATH, R. N. BROADWATER, Johnston, S. C. LOST:-Child's red sweater be tween the school building and my home. A. L. KEMP. Emancipation Celebration. To the Colored People of Edgefield County. Proclamation. The Annual Emancipation Cele bration wll take place on Wednesday, April 9th at Macedonia Church. The orator of the day will be Rev. G. G. Daniels of Beaufort, S. C., and Mr. N. G. Evans of Edgefield. Dinner will be given to all soldiers of the county. Soldiers will please turn out in their uniforms. A. W. Simkins, Chairman. S. B. Smith. Rev. F. A. Weaver. W. H. Holloway. E. W. Anderson. Charlie Bussey. Solomon Atkinson. John Simmons, Jr. G. K Jones. Rev. M. E. Gordney. Harry Oliphant. Charlie Holloway. Scott Stevens. Wesley Oliphant. M. A. Adams. Milton Strother. Committee. Sandy S&? Jt-A Cnsnfc m. ra ?ff ~q rw7.: r^fl iT7v~~] r^qr-: r^prn rrzrrz ryrn n1ace an aa J t octa rrcr~< ism ^r^?^^Si^^ii^i^^^ Vf E WISH TO ANNOUNCE to our friends and patrons that our new- spring goods are now arriving daily, and we are prepared to supply you with such goods as, this balmy weather calls for. Our line of Wash goods, consisting of Ginghams. Percales, Voiles, Organdies and White goods, is one of the best wc have brought out, and worthy of your best attention. Also, nice line of Wash Skirts and Waists just in. r We SeSSciS Ycpur Patronage i Make our store your headquarters when in town. Respectfully, a figg gigi i? We invite our friends . to call to see us at our new store and inspect the large stock of spring goods that we have just opened up, others arriving daily "by express. Large assortment of wash goods and silks to, select from. Beautiful waists and skirts. We call especial attention to our large stock of shoes. Come in to see us. rags H it fe r JAL. Spnr ?3> Iii spite of a late Easter spring is coming earlier than usnaal this year. In fact, it is already here. Discard your heavy, much-worn winter shoes and come in and let as fit you in a spick and span pair of stylish Spring Oxford. We have the popular leather in the most stylish lasts. We can fit you in either the celebrated Crotsett or the Selz Schwab shoes and oxfords. Eclipse Shirts! Now is the time too to replen ish your supply of shirts. We sell the Eclipse shirts, than which there are none better on the market for the money. COME IN TO SEE US wm