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-r?^-^-^?^-.^iw^..^^^c?c^tf?^ Contractors Doubling the Capacity of Our Garage We ask our patrons to bear with us until the contractors complete the remodeling and enlarging of our salesroom and garage. For some time we have been unable to properly take care of our steadily in creasing Ford business. So we decided to double our capacity. The contractors are now in charge and we ask our patrons to bear with us for a few weeks and then we can give them better service than at aw time in the past. J Better get on the list for a Ford car or truck however. First come, first served. Better place your order with us at ONCE. . ^ J Yonce & Mooney Successors to YONCE MOTOR CO. m Office No 61 ? Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, October 1. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Mr. Israel Mukashy made a busi ness trip to Augusta Monday. Mrs. Mattie McKutchen is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. A. Wells Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Holstein have arrived from New York after an ab sence of 10 days. Mr. T. B. Lanham come over from Columbia for the week-end and re ceived a cordial welcome from his friends. Mr. N. L. Brunson and Mr. S. McG. Simkins went to WarU yester day on business. A card received from- Mr. Arthur Tompkins states that he is enjoying the autumn ?tmosphere of Montreat. Miss Lillie Morgan left Saturday for Aiken to resume her school du ties, having taught a school near Aiken for two years. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Talbert, accom panied by their children, spent Sun day in Edgefield visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Parker. Court of General Sessions con venes October 20, the third Monday. The petit jury for the first week is published in this issue. Douglas Timmerman is the only student from Edgefield to matricu late at Furman University for the session 1919-20. We feel confident that Douglas will make a fine record. By looking over the annual notice of County Treasurer J. L. Prince, published this week, taxpayers can see what the levy is for the respec tive townships and school districts. Mr. Bertis Cantelou has purchased the residence of Mr. Beauregard Timmons and will have some im provements made on the property before occupying it. Miss Ida Lou Morgan will leave early next week for Union, returning to the large rural school near Union which she has taught for the past three years. The rural schools are now open ing. 'Superintendent of Education. W. W. Fuller went to Colliers Mon? day to attend the opening of the Col liers school. Miss Florence Mims is spending several days in Augusta as the guest of her cousin, Miss Gladys Bell. They attended Coker College at the same time several years ago. Work is progressing very satis factorily on the Baptist parsonage and on the residence of Mr. L. P. Smith near by. Who will be the next to erect a modern home on the street leading by the school building? The stockholders of the Dixie Highway Hotel have paid in 20 per cent, of the stock and a charter will be applied for in a short time. People are eager to see actual work begin. Edgefield's need for a large, modern hotel grows greater with each pass ing day. Miss Myra Pearce of Augusta ii here visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. H Cantelou. Tell your friends about the sale o: the county fair buildings next Mon day, the first Monday in October. Mr. Shields Johnson and Mr. an< Mrs. L. M. Johnson motored t< Greenville to attend the re-union o: the 30th Division. Edgefield has a Number One cot ton market this season. The buyers about seven in all, bid as if they an hungry for cotton. Attend the sale of the county fai: buildings next Monday. The stalls fence and all buildings on the count} fair grounds will be sold to the high est bidder. Farmers should attend the tracto: demonstration which will be conduc ted by County Demonstration Agen Carwile on the farm of Mr. J. R Cantelou Tuesday, October 7. iThose who contemplate erectinj tenant houses, garages, barns, cottoi houses, etc., will have a good oppor tunity next Monday to purchase ma terial cheap when the county fai: buildings are sold at public outcry. Willie McManus left Monday t< enter Edisto Academy, an excellen preparatory school that was estab lished at Seivern, Aiken county, sev eral years ago. This is. a splendid op portunity for Willie. Mr. Ernest Quarles has made steady progress on his residence or Jeter Street He will not move his family to Edgefield however, unti the 1st of January, as he will not dis pose of his store at Red Hill until that time. Mrs. Agatha A. Woodson is hav ing her bungalow finished, the work being in charge of Mr. T. J. Paul, who is recognized as one of the lead ing and most reliable builders in Edgefield When the carpenters com plete their work Mrs. Woodson will have the bungalow painted. Four young veterans, Claude Lyon Preston Lanham, Frank Smith and Wallace Hammond, went to Green ville to attend the re-union of the 30th Division. Mr. Hamp Smith, an other veteran of the war, took them to Greenville in his car. ' The attention of our readers is di rected to the following new adver tisements this week: J. Cook McKie, David Slusky & Son, H. E. Sanders, Israel Mukashy, The Corner Store, Yonce & Mooney, Stewart & Ker naghan and the Columbia Supply Company. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Nicholson went to Greenwood Sunday to visit their daughter, Miss Mary Nicholson, who is attending Lander College. Mrs. Hallie N. Greneker accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson to Greenwood and visited her brother, Mr. W. H. Nicholson. Mr. J. Cook McKie who is well known throughout Edgefield county invites his friends to make his shoe store at 974 Broad Street their head quarters when in Augusta. Mr. Mc Kie carries a large stock and has built up a splendid reputation for selling thoroughly dependable shoes that are made by the leading manu facturers in the country. Read his advertisement in this issue and call on him when in Augusta. Mrs Thomas H. Rainsford went to the Baptist Hospital in Columbia Tuesday. Her Edgefield friends, and everybody in Edgefield loves Mrs. Rainsford, hope that she will soon be restored to health. Mr. J. D. Holstein, Jr., entertained a number of his friends with an elab orate tea Saturday evening,, the oc casion being a celebration of his birthday. The occasion was one of rare pleasure to those who were hon ored with invitations. Three bright Colliers boys, Robert H. and Preston L. McKie, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. McKie; and Guy Miller, a son of Mr. J. L. Miller, passed through Edgefield Monday morning en route to Greenwood to enter the Bailey Military Institute. Mr. Israel Rubenstein, a brother of Mrs. J. Rubenstein, arrived last week from Chicago to assist, Mr. Ru benstein as salesman. It has not been long since Mr. Rubenstein was grant ed a discharge from the military ser vice. Miss Virginia Addison gave a de lightful spend-the-day- party Mon day, her guests being Mrs. R. A. Marsh, Mrs. Bettis Cantelou, Mrs. A. E. Padgett, Mrs. P. P. Blalock, Jr., Mrs. Jerald LaGrone, Misses Minna and Annie Bee and Miss Pearl Pad gett. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Lee, Mr and Mrs. B. B. Jones Mrs. N. M. Jones and Miss Nelle Jones motored to Seivorn Tuesday to attend the open ing exercises of Edisto Academy. Dr. Lee and Mr. Jones are trustees of this very excellent preparatory school for boys and girls. An Agreeable Surprise. About two years ago wehn I was suffering from a severe cold on my lungs and coughed most of the time night and day, I tried a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and was surprised at the promptness with which it gave me relief," writes Mrs. James Brown, Clark Mills, N. Y. Many another has been surprised and pleased with the prompt relief afford ed by this remedy. Contractors at Work. Mr. W. P. Yonce has practically turned over his garage on Main Street to the contractors and when they complete the job by the last of November he will have one of the handsomest buildings of the kind in this section of the State. It will be the width of two stores, the vacant lot by the Byrd building being a part of the property. After the new struc ture has been completed Yonce and Mooney will have an abundance of room for their steadily increasing business. Sold Home and Will Build. The South Atlantic Realty Com pany sold the home of Mr. J. G. Hol land on Columbia Street and lot ad joining to Mr. M. C. Parker for $9,750. As soon as he can get posses sion of the Griffin Hill property which he recently purchased, Mr. Holland will roll the present resi dence on the hill further down the street and occupy it until he can build a large, Colonial house of brick where the old Griffin house now stands, improvement of this prop erty will greatly add to Edgefield. Gasoline Engines Wood Saws and One way to get relief from the shortage of labor is to purchase a gasoline engine and a wood saw. We can supply these engines in l|, 3, 6 and 8-horse power. Be sides cutting wood a gasoline engine can be used for pumping water, shelling corn, grinding feed, etc. Surely no progressive farmer can afford to do without one of these outfits. The farmer who has a gasoline engine will tell you that he carnot get along without it. . Call on us or drop us a card Stewart & Kernaghan FALL 1919 Our stock is now complete and we are prepared to supply your needs in our different departments. DRESS GOODS In this department you will find the wash fabrics, z s well as the silks and wool goods, in the latest weaves of the season. SUITS AND COATS We carry here only garments made by the best manufacturers.. These garments are stylish and well made. We have no carry overs, as we close out this line each season. SHOES We can fit any member of the family in this department with shoes made by the largest manufacturers. Make ow store your headquarters when in town E. S. RIVES