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fijcftcM ^tefisec The Ford one-ton truck may well be classed as an agricultural necessity, it fits into and fills so many wants on the farm. It is a reliable bearer of farm burdens, not only do- i^^O^\?? ing the work of several horses quicker and better than the horse, and does not "eat its THE UNIVERSAL CAR THE . head off" when not working. The aggressive farmer has only to consider the possibili FARMER'S ties of the Ford truck and he is ready to buy one. We judge this to be so from the TRUCK way farmers are buying them. FISK and GOODYEAR Tires a Specialy. Have your car fitted with Hassle Shock Absorbers. Ten days' free trial YONCE MOTOR COMPANY m Wednesday, August 20. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Miss Mary Bruton of Columbia is the guest of Miss Helen Tillman. Mrs. 0. P. Bright is in Green vale visiting her parents. ? Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Alford are visiting relatives in Eatonton, Ga. Miss Sadie Mims is visiting rela tives ju Augusta this week. Miss Stella Carroll of McCormick is here visiting her sister, Mrs. W. W. Adams. Miss Lillie Kelly, a sister of Mrs. J. G. Alford, is spending some time in Lynchburg, Va., and Wash ington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs James T. Mims, Jr., have gone to Hendersonville, N. C., for a week or ten days. Mrs. William Yeldell and children of Greenwood are here visiting Mrs. A. E. Padgett. Mr. J. D. May is taking his sum mer vacation, spending a portion of the time at Glenn Springs. Mr. R. C. Padgett spent the past week in the mountains, having made the journey in his car. Dr. R. G. Lee is assisting Rev. J. Kesterson in the protracted ting at Red Hill this week. . S. Boyd is visiting her sis i. Ludie J. Blakely, at Ora, ns county. . and Mrs .A. B. Speights of endersonville, Colleton county, are here visiting Mesdames E. H. Folk and S. A. Brunson. Col. F. N. K. Bailey and son, Mr. Mallelieu Bailey, of Greenwood, spent Sunday and Monday with friends in Edgefield. Mr. W. H. Garren is now serving Mr. L. T. May as salesman, filling the place made vacant by the volun tary withdrawal of Mr. Robt. Young. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. LaGrone now occupy the new bungalow recently built by A. S.- Tompkins on Lynch ?treet. Capt. L. Y. Moore will move the latter part of this week over in Bun combe, occupying the Carwile house just vacated by Mr. D. J. LaGrone. The annual meeting of the Edge field Baptist Association will be held at Bethany church September 10 and ll. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Allen came down from Chappell to attend the home-coming welcome for the sol diers Saturday. They always re ceive a warm welcome in Edgefield. . Miss Daisy Misenheiraer, the trained nurse of the Addison Mills is spending her vacation in Sals bury, N. C., her former home. For ' the past four months Miss Misen heimer has been with Mr. and Mrs. ', Hightower's little boy in the Steed- ] ly hospital in Spartanburg. Mrs. L. Y. Moore and little Frances have gone to Hickory, N. C., to visit Mrs. Moore's sister. t Mr. M. D. Tucker, of Conyers, Ga., has-accepted a position as book keeper with the Addison Mills. Our friend Dave Harris has already spoken for a cotton office on the 12th floor of the "'Sky scraper" when it is erected. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Deal spent Saturday and Sunday at Millen, Ga., with Mr. L. H. Harling, Mrs. Deal's brother. The town council is planning to construct a concrete bridge across Beaver Dam at the trestle, this being a part of the D':xie Highway. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lanham were welcome visitors in Edgefield Sun day. Mr. Lanham has i now moved his family from Columbus, Ohio, to Columbia. Mr. B. R. Cooner, one of the lead ing young business men of Colum bia, spent Sunday in Edgefield with his aunt and cousin, Mrs. Mary Nor ris and Mrs. Mamie Tillman. Don't be alarmed over the tempo rary decline in cotton. The world must wear , cotton clothing and the supply of raw material is limited. Mrs. Mamie P. Boatwright of Batesburg spent Saturday and Sun day here visiting her sister, Mrs. H. C. Porter. Miss Myrtis Cothran, the stenog rapher of the Addison Mills, is en joying her vacation at her home in Spartanburg. Attend the auction sale of real es tate to be held August 26, 27 and 28 by the South Atlantic Realty Company. Some very desirable property is being offered by them for this sale. * Rev. P. B. Lanham, assisted by Rev. *Mr. Seago, conducted a very successful protracted , meeting at Gilgal last week. The annual protracted meeting of Borea will begin Sunday and con tinue through the week with two services each day. Rev. J. W. Kesterson will begin the annual revival meeting at Re hoboth church Sunday, being assisted by the Baptist pastor at McCormick. In spite of the tremendous advance in the price of cypress and cedar shingles, it is impossible for Mr. E S. Johnson to supply the demand. He has two cars of shingles in transit. Miss Nannie Gunter of Batesburg has been the guest of her cousin, Mrs. B. B. Jones during the past week. The solo which Miss Gunter sang !5o sweetly at the Baptist church Sunday was enjoyed by all present. Rev. P. B. Lanham has requested us to announce that the union meet ing of the second division of the Edgef eld association will be held at Gilgal church and that the program will be published next week. Th? prolonged rainy season, in cluding the several very heavy rains, has completely swamped the county supervisor, and the people will have to come to his rescue. His funds and working force are both limited, altogether inadequate to repair with out assistance the damage done over the county by the rains. Miss Hortense Padgett has gone Tohnston to spend a week with re! ives. Mr. James E. Hart is here sper ng some time with his family. Mt >f his time is spent on the road Horida as a traveling salesman. Postmaster C. M. Mellichap has i :eived instructions to move the poi )ffice into the vacant stcr<? und he opera house as temporary qui ;ers. No permanent place has j jeen secured. The handsome new building of I 1. S. Byrd is almost completed. T inishing touches are being added ;he store in the first flood and Dr. Byrd's handsome dental suite i ;he second floor. Mrs. T. A. Williams, of Red Hi ind Mrs. Jesse Bailey, of Red 0, Srove, are among the shoppers Edgefield today, having come in tl :ar with their brother, Mr. T. Mathis. The Edgefield friends of Mrs. E sabeth Cobb have learned with i rret that she has definitely decid? ;o sell all of her property Edgefield, and moving to Mobil Ala. She has already provided f ;he purchase of a home in Mobil Don't complain of bad roads. :hey are near your home, get a pi< md shovel, if you have a bit of spa: ;ime, and try to improve the bi places. That will benefit you ar ;he public more than complaining < ;he roads. As soon as a car of brick arriv< vork will begin on the Baptist pa ?onage. The order was placed f( ;he brick eight weeks ago,and the lave not yet reached Edgefieli Much of the rough lumber f< Taming the building has been pla< :d upon the site near the church. Jones and Son are having the ir erior of their store changed by th iddition of a stairway and an eh rator so the second story can b itilized for their stock and furnitun The Masons have moved their lodg nto the hall over the store of Wi V. Adams and Company. It was learned with deep regre n Edgefield this morning that Cal ?raith Butler, the grandson of th ate Gen. M. C. Butler, was killed i ew days ago at his home in Ten lessee in a game of baseball. Hi vas the son of Maj. Calbraith But er who was killed on the border ?he death of this fifteen-year-oh ad is the last male descendant o: he Butler family. The friends of Capt. L. Y. Moon nd Elwyn Moore have congratul?t d them upon Elwyn's winning th( Citadel scholarship in the rece?? ompetitive examination. This schol rship is the most valuable one thal ? awarded by the State and is wortr a actual cash about $1,200. Mr. P. C. Wienges of Augusta, a lember of the cotton firm of Wien es and Company, spent Monday in Idgefield in the interest of his firm, le has had 10 years experience in andling cotton and through his rm which is financially able to take are of the needs of their patrons, e solicits the patronage of Edge eld farmers. ^ention is direct d to their ad vet..dement in this is ac Mr. D. V. Harris has greatly im . proved the Mays place since he mov ed there early this year. He? will soon have a corps of painters at work transforming the exterior and v. terior of the house. Mr. Hamp Morgan, accompanied by his son, motored from his home at ' Green's Cut, Ga., Saturday. He stated that crops in his section were about as they are around Edgefield, " except that the bolt weevil has done ' considerable damage. . Mr. L. G. Quarks has purchased . the farm of Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb just ? beyond the railroad trestle on the 1 right of the road, containing 88 ' acres. The purchase price was $13, 1 860. Mr. Quarles already owns val uable property just across the road from this tract. : Miss Ruth DeCamp, of Gaffney, 1 the youngest daughter of Mr. E. H. ! DeCamp, editor and publisher of the . Gaffney Ledger, is here visiting Miss Eleanor' Mims. Ruth is a pet of all of the members of the State .^Press Association, having attended I all of the annual meetings since her I babyhood. ? Mr. James Porter is over from : Columbia visiting his father, Mr. H. - C. Porter. James has been attend . ing the University for several terms and has made a fine record. He has been working at Camp Jackson j since the session closed at the Uni j versity. I Mr. T. J. Paul will begin the (rec tion of his modem garage as soon as the brick arrive. They were order ed several weeks ago. When this lot and the hotel lot are improved and Steward and Xenughan erect a store on the lot just wts: of their present store not a vacant lot will be left facing the public square. Mr. T. A. Hightower, the capable and popular manager of the Addi son Mills, told The Advertiser's rep resentative that he is having six Ed ison Eladin houses erected in the mill village These houses are ship ped knocked down from some place in Michigan. They are already cut, fitted and can be erected without the use of a hammer. The Baptist church voted at con ference last Sunds.y to give the pas tor, Dr. R. G. Lee, a vacation cf three weeks. Dr. Lee expressed ap preciation of the church's kindly consideration but stated that he was not sure that he would avail him self of the opportunity of a period of rest at this time but may go away a short time later. Mr. Walter Samuel and Mr. S. E. Morgan have owned jointly the Smith four mill and ginnery on Shaw's creek, and recently Mr. Sam uel has purchased Mr. Morgan's in terest in the property, now owning it altogether himself. He will at once begin to repair the recent dam age to the dam and expects to be ready for operation by the first of the month. The C. & B. Hat Company 123 Broad Street JACKSONVILLE, FLA., is the owner of and is carrying on the Mail Order business formerly handled by the H. W. Clarke Hat Company. AU orders should be sent to them. AGENTS WANTED SEND FOR CATALOGUE r To the Public Our warehouse having been so ld, we hereby call atten tion to the following articles: 1st. AU persons having cotton stored with us will please bring said receipts to us by or before Sept. 1, 1919, and receive new receipts from the nev/ firm, as, after Sept. 1, 1919, we are relieved of all responsibilities of said cotton on said receipts. 2d. This does not mean your cotton will have 1:o be moved from the warehouses, but merely means that the warehouses change hands on the above date, and we hereby desire to give notice that we will not be responsi ble for outstanding receipts after Sept. 1, 1919. W. W. ADAMS & CO. By W. W. Adams I : - " J ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. Distributors of Marathon Tires and Tubes. None better, but our price is less. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED ?BP" See our representative, C. E. May. College of Charleston FOUNDED 1785 A college of highest standard, open to men and to women. An intentionally limited enrolment insures individual instruc tion. Four-year courses lead to the Bachelor's degree. The Pre-Medical course, a special feature. Unsurpassed climate and fine sea air. For terms and catalogue, address HARRISON RANDOLPH, Pr?sident, Charleston, S. 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