Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Ford one-ton truck may well be classed as an agricultural necessity, it fits into and ^ -nmm - fills so many wants on the farm. It is a reliable bearer of farm burdens, not only do- ^f^Cyj^^^/ THE UNIVERSAL CAR ing the work of several horses quicker and better than the horse, and does not "eat its - THE r 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 YONGE MOTOR COMPANY Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 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 ville visiting her parents. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Alford are visiting relatives in Eatonton, Ga, Miss Sadie Mims is visiting rela tives in 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 me." 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 Ludie J. Blakely, at Ora, ns county. lr. and Mrs .A. B. Speights of endersonville, Colleton county, are here visiting Mesdames E. H. Folk and S. A. Branson. 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 Misenheimer, 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. Lu Y. Moore and little France; have gone to Hickory, N. C., to visi Mrs. Moore's sister. Mr. M. D. Tucker, of Conyers Ga., has-accepted a position as book keeper with the Addison Mills. Our friend Dave Harris has airead: spoken for a cotton office on the 12tl floor of the "'Sky scraper" when it i: erected. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Deal spen Saturday and Sunday at Millen, Ga. with Mr. L. H. Harling, Mrs. Deal'; brother. The town council is planning t< construct a concrete bridge acros! Beaver Dam at the trestle, this beini a part of the Dixie Highway. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lanham wer< welcome visitors in Edgefield Sun day. Mr. Lanham has now movec his family from Columbus, Ohio, t< Columbia. Mr. B. R. Cooner. one of the lead ing young business men of Colum bia, spent Sunday in Edgefield witl his aunt and cousin, Mrs. Mary Nor ris and Mrs. Mamie Tillman. Don't be alarmed over the tempo rary decline in cotton. The work must wear , cotton clothing and th( supply of raw material is limited. Mrs. Mamie P. Boatwright ol Batesburg spent Saturday and Sun day here visiting her sister, Mrs. H C. Porter. Miss Myrtis Cothran, the ?tenog rapher of the Addison Mills, is en joying her vacation at her home ir 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 so sweetly at the Baptist church Sunday was enjoyed by all present. Rev. P. B. Lanham has rea.uested us to announce that the union meet ing of the second division of the Edgefield association will be held at Gilgal church and that the program will be published next week. The 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 ?one over the county by the rains. Miss Hortense Padgett has gone t Johnston to spend a week with re1.; tives. Mr. James E. Hart is here spent ing some time with his family. Mos of his time is spent on the road i Florida as a traveling salesman. Postmaster C. M. Mellichap has r< ceived instructions to move the pos office into the vacant store unde the opera house as temporary qua: ters. No permanent place has ye been secured. The handsome new building of D: J. S. Byrd is almost completed. Th finishing touches are being added t the store in the first flood and t Dr. Byrd's handsome dental suite o the second floor. Mrs. T. A. Williams, of Red Hil and Mrs. Jesse Bailey, of Red Oa Grove, are among the shoppers i Edgefield today, having come in th car with their brother, Mr. T. C Mathis. The Edgefield friends of Mrs. El: zabeth Cobb have learned with re gret that she has definitely decide to sell all of her property i: Edgefield, and moving to Mobile Ala. She has already provided fo the purchase of a home in Mobile . Don't complain of bad roads. I they are near your home, get a pie and shovel, if you have a bit of spar time, and try to improve the ba< places. That will benefit you am the public more than complaining o the roads. As soon as a car of brick arrive work will begin on the Baptist par sonage. The order was placed fo: the brick eight weeks ago,and the: have not yet reached Edgefield Much of the rough lumber foi framing the building has been plac ed upon the site near the church. Jones and Son are having the in teri or of their store changed by thc addition of a stairway and an ele' vator so the second story can be utilized for their stock and furniture, The Masons have moved their lodge into the hall over the store of W, W. Adams and Company. It was learned with deep regret in Edgefield this morning that Gal braith Butler, the grandson of the late Gen. M. C. Butler, was killed a few days ago at his home in Ten nessee in a game of baseball. He was the son of Maj. Calbraith But ler who was killed on the border. The death of this fifteen-year-old lad is the last male descendant of the Butler family. The friends of Capt. L. Y. Moore and Elwyn Moore have congratulat ed them upon Elwyn's winning the Citadel scholarship in the recent competitive examination. This schol arship is the most valuable one that is awarded by the State and is worth in actual cash about $1,200. Mr. P. C. Wienges of Augusta, a member of the cotton firm of Wien ges and Company, spent Monday in Edgefield in the interest of his firm. He has had 10 years experience in handling cotton and through his firm which is financially able to take care of the needs of their patrons, he solicits the patronage of Edge field farmers. ^ention is direct ed to their adver ..dement in this is sue. 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 in 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. Quarles has purchased the farm of Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb just beyond the railroad trestle on the right of the road, containing 88 acres. The purchase price was $13, 860. Mr. Quarles already owns val uable property just across the road from this tract. Miss Ruth DeCamp, of Gaffney, 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 babyhood. Mr. James Porter is over from C?lumbia 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 since the session closed at the Uni versity. Mr. T. J. Paul will begin the erec tion of his modern 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 Kern lghan erect a store on the lot just wes: 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 Sunday to give the pas tor, Dr. R. G. Lee, a vacation of 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, LOW owning it altogether himself. He will at once begin to repair the recant 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. All orders Bhould be sertt to them. AGENTS WANTED SEND FOR CATALOGUE % To the Public -? Our warehouse having been sold, 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 new 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 to 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 L ? - - 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 l?SS YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED BJL\9~ See our representative, C. E. May. College of Charleston FOUNDED 1785 A college of highest standard, open to men and to women. Ar. 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, President, Charleston, S. 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