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Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, July 14. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. Edgar Hart is spending a few days in Edgefield. Miss Helen Tillman is in Aiken as a guest of Miss Lucy Katherine Easterling. Miss Sallie Carwile of Johnston, is the guest of her niece, Mrs. Bf. A. Marsh. The quarterly report of the coun ty supervisor is published in this is sue on the third page. Rev. P. P. Blalock will preach in the Preybyterian church on Sunday morning at* ll o'clock. Mrs. Otis Mobley of Heath Springs is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Peak, y Miss Douschka Tillman of Wash ington, D. C., is spending some time in Edgefield visiting friends. The Old Maids' Convention is the talk of the town. Don't miss it Fri day night in the Opera House. Mrs. J. K. Aull and her little daughter, Julia, are here from Co lumbia visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Tompkins. Nobody can complain of Edgefield county's high cost of court. No court in March and none in July. Thi3 rec ord for crime is hard to beat. Mrs. J. G. Edwards is at Lake Ju naluska, North Carolina, attending a Training School for Sunday School Teachers of the Methodist church. Mr. A. S. Tompkins spent the first part of the week at Meeting Street on his plantation which is the belov ed home place of this gentleman. If you want a Fordson this fall we ask that you give us your order now as they are going to be hard to get. YONCE & MOONEY. The time for enrolling for the pri mary election expires with the last Tuesday in July. Remind your neigh bors and others with whom you meet to enroll. i Miss Lottie Deal has arrived from Atlanta to spend some time here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Deal. She has been very cordially greeted by her friends. Edgefield extends a very cordial welcome to the nearly half a hun dred boys and girls who are arriving this morning to attend the short course arranged by Mr. Carwile and Miss Major. Red Oak Grove church will cele brate the 50th anniversary of the or dination of Rev. George W. Bussey next Sunday. For fifty years Mr. Bussey has been the faithful minis ter of the gospel. - Attention is> directed to the quar terly statements of the Bank of John ston, Bank of Western Carolina, Bank of Trenton, Farmers Bank of Edgefield, the Peoples Bank and the Bank of Edgefield. Mr. W. 0. Posey has just returned from the Ford Motor Company where he has been taking a special course. Mr. Posey is of the live firm, of Yonce.& Mooney who never lets the grass grow under their feet. Mr. L. S. Kernaghan, accompanied by his little niece, Miss Katherine Stewart, left yesterday for Texas to visit his brother, . Mr. Earl Kerna/ ghan. He will be away about a month. The Highway Commission has en gaged Capt. P. M. Feltham as engi neer to make a survey of the public roads they contemplate improving, and to make a map or sketch to file with the clerk of court. Capt. Fel tham has had extensive experience in Toad building consequently the com mission has been fortunate in se curing his services. The short course of three days, planned by the County Demonstra tion Agent, A. B. Carwile, and the Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Patti Major, is proving very popular. About fifty boys and girls from dif ferent parts of the county arrived this morning to attend the course. This is a splendid opportunity for them. The Advertiser will give a full report of the three days' course next week. Cotton Grader For Edgefield. Mr. D. C. Shand has been sent to Edgefield by Clemson College to serve this market as public cotton graded. He has been employed as grader for some time by the State Warehouse Commissioner, having had 15 years experience in the cot ton business. Mr. Shand is not being paid by the State, county or federal government funds, but by individual citizens who are interested in making the Edgefield market the equal of any market in th? State. Appoints Commissioners. Governor Cooper yesterday ap pointed the commissioners to ar range for an election with regard to the annexation of a part of\MeCor mick County to Edgefield County. The area of the section of McCor mick county involved is about 10 square miles and contains 200 resi dents. The commissioners appointed are, proponents: P. B. Stone and C. F. McDaniel, Parksville; Opponents, W. K. Charles and E. J.,McCracken, McCormick.-The State. Fight the Boll Weevil. Too much stress can not be laid on the picking up of punctured squares, says County Agent A. B. Carwile. He tells of this work hav ing been done on the farm of Mr. George T. Swearingen near Tren ton, for the the past three or four weeks as the measure for controlling the boll weevil, and at present there are fewer punctures to be found than there were when the picking of squares first begun. This demon stration goes to show that there is something in the picking up of punc tured squares. % Boys to go to Clemson College. Several boys of Edgefield county have availed themselves of the oppor tunity to take the Short Agricultural Course at Clemson College for the next ten days. Here the boys will be given a course special in agriculture and livestock raising and judging. A team will be selected from the school to represent South (parolina at a contest of the Southeastern Fair, to be held near Atlanta this fall, from which the champion team will be se lected to go to London for the final judging. The boys of South Carolina will make an effort to get this trip, and our boys stand a chance to be in the State team. The following boys are taking the Short Course: Pohn P. Mealing, North Augusta; Johnnie Barnes, Johnston; Daniel Brunson, Cleora; Dabney Talbert, Edgefield, R. F. D. County Agent Carwile took the boys to Geenwood to take the special club train from Columbia. Meeting Street Can Yet Have Campaign Meeting. The Advertiser's Meeting Street correspendent, "J. H. C.," is of the opinion that the executive committee ignored Meeting Street in aranging ing the schedule of the county cam paign meetings. As chairman of the committee I desire to correct this er roneous impression. When the com mittee met to arrange the schedule of meetings the member from the Meeting Street club was unavoidably absent and the committee had no in timation that the Meeting Street community desired a meeti?g held there. Some communities did not want a campaign meeting, three mern bers of the executive committee re questing that no meetings be held in their communities. If the people of Meeting Street desire a county campaign meeting, one can yet be easily arranged. If they will notify me what date will suit them best, I will add it to the schedule and publish the date along with the other meetings. Without having the opportunity to confer with the members of the cammittee or with any of the citizens of the Meeting Street community, I do not feel warranted as chairman in select ing a date myself. But if the people of Meeting Street will confer and agree upon a date, such meeting will be announced as one of the county campaign meetings. I trust that this explanation will be satisfactory. J. L. MIMS, County Chairman. Mrs. Linda Harrod Endorses Cham berlain's Tablets. "I suffered for years with stom ach trouble and tried everything I heard of but the only relief I got was temporary until last spring I saw Chamberlain's Tablets advertised and procured a bottle of them from our druggist. I got immedaite relief from that dreadful heaviness and pain in the stomach after eating. Since taking' two bottles I can eat anything I want to without distress" writes Mrs* Linda Harrod, Ft. Wayne Indiana. Music Club Entertains For Mrs Tucker. .On Friday afternoon Mrs. B. B. /ones entertained the Edgefield mu sic club in honor of Mrs. M. B. Tuck er, whose recent marriage was of much interest to Mr. Tucker's many friends in Edgefield. A large number of the club mem bers and several visitors were pres ent. Delightful punch was served on the spacious porch by Mrs. Stephen Scurry. At the door the guests were greet ed by Mesdames N. M. Jones, Susan B. Hill and B. B. Jones. In the receiving line were Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman, president of the music club, Mrs. Madison B. Tucker, Misses Miriam Norris, Elizabeth Rainsford and Mrs. Allen Samuel. / The program was one of the most interesting of any since the organi zation of the club. Beautiful souvenirs were handed the guests by little Allen Samuel. The first number on the program was a vocal solo by Miss Margaret May, "Serenade," by Speaks, accom panied by Miss Gladys Padgett on the piano. The second number was a piano solo by Miss Ouida Pattison, a move ment from one of Beethoven's so natas. Miss Florence Mims, then told a fairy story for the worldly wise, "Blue Roses" by Lisa Esaye Tar leau. .Mise Ida Folk rendered "Good night," by Nevin, exquisitely on the piano. A humorous reading was given by Miss Emmie Lou Edmunds. ? Little Beulah G. iLee concluded thte program with a sweetly sung song, "I love you truly,' accompa nied by Miss Miriam Norris. Delicious refreshments consisting of a salad course^ with iced tea, mints and delightful cream and cake were served. In the dining room a lovely table was laid for the bride at which eight guests were ^seated; Mrs. M. N. Till man, Mrs. M. B. Tucker, Miss flor ence Mims, Mrs. A. H Corley, Mrs. Bettis Cantelou, Misses Elizabeth Rainsford, R?sela Parker and Mar garet May. Attractive place cards were at ead. place,, some of them containing fortunes. Dainty yellow baskets at each contained mints. In the centre of the table a lovely doll dressed as a bride stood, appropros to this occasion. Three delicious courses, fruit cocktail, a salad course with iced tea and cream and cake were served. When the guests had all assem bled in the hall again a lovely cut glass dish, a* gift of the hospitable hostess, Mrs. Jones, was presented to Mrs. Tucker by Mrs. J. L. Mims. Many good wishes were expressed to the bride as she was welcomed to i Edgefield by her newly made friends. A GUEST. Campaign to Eliminate Poor Producing Hens Opens August 1. It is safe to s?y that fully 25 to 50 per cent of the hens which make up the farm flock of poultry do not lay enough eggs to pay for the food they consume. Many hens are kept from three to five years on the farm and such individuals are always a loss to their owners. By keeping the best layers and culling the poor produc ers ? greater profit will be derived from the farm flock. Again the eggs will be hatched from only heavy lay ers and this will have a tendency to increase the laying qualities of the next generation. By disposing of all inferior hens during the early fall sufficient room is provided for the year's young flock. This will allow them more housing space and the health of. the flock will be increased thus causing a greater egg produc tion. The County Home Demonstration Agent of Edgefield county is plan ning a poultry culling campaign as a regular part of her yearly work. The campaign will be carried on from August 1st to October 15th, as it has been proven that the best results are obtained during this season. The purposea>f the campaign is to enable the farm owner to realize a greater profit from the poultry flock. With the,present prices of corn and other food stuffs it is necessary ta cull out the poor producer or board feed as possible; to keep the best feed as possible; to keep tahe best layers for another season; to pro vide sufficient space for this year's young flock, and thus make it pos sible to receive the greatest possible returns from the farm flock. It has been only in the, past few years that the culling work could be successfully carried on. The U. S. Department of agriculture and the different state universities through the efforts of their poultry depart ments have been able to make a scientific study of poultry and it is through their efforts that the cull ing work has been made possible. The selection of the good produc ing is very simple and most anyone, after a few moments practice can successfully perform the work. The time of the year the hen sheds her feathers, the color of the leg of the bird, comb combination and other simple physical characteristics are considered. The County Home Demonstration Agent plans to hold a culling demon stration with each Home Demonstra tion Club in the county. In addition, many individual demonstrations will be given. In this manner it is hoped that a majority of the farm flocks of the county will be reached For additional information and government literature on the subject get in communication with the County Home Demonstration Agent. Meeting Street Community De sires Campaign Meeting. Editor Advertiser: In looking over the Advertiser of last week's issue we notice that the Executive Committee, in arranging the campaign meetings have entirely ignored this country in arranging for said meetings. We have thought all the while that we were in the beloved old county, but it seems that such is not the case as all the meetings are arranged around and below Edge field. It seems to me that is would have been proper to have had one meeting somewhere around this old Meeting Street section of the coun ty. This section has been a noted place in the county ever since. Edge field has ' been a county and the Meeting Street voting precinct rang ing with the largest voting place in the county. In fact this section was a noted place when Edgefield was a county with an area as large as the state of Deleware. But it seems now that old things have passed away and new ones are taking their place. This may be pro gressing with the rapid rate that the world is now going, still we can't help but protest against such action, and feel that we represent the same people that were here in the past years when we had the consoderation that other parts of the county had. . Now if Edgefield is tired of us, we feel sure that Saluda county will wei come us in her fold and give us a proper consideration. . -j We are all doing fine up this way. Free, so far, from the boll weevil, with worms on the com about given up the ghost. Fine season in the ground with the goose hanging high. With this we are ready to exclaim, "So mote it be-Amen!" j Meeting Street, S. C. ' J. H. C. What To Do When Billious. Eat no meats and lightly of other food. Take three of Chamberlain's Tablets to cleanse out your stomach and tone up your liver. Do this and within a day or two you should be feeling fine. Notice to Candidates. At a meeting of the county Demo cratic Executive committee held at Edgefield July 6, the following as sessments were made upon candi dates for defraying the expenses of the campaign: State Senate, $15; House of Representatives, $12.50; Clerk of Court, $15; Superintendent of Education, $12.50; Supervisor, $12.50; Sheriff, $15; County Com missioners, $5 and Magistrates, $3. Assessments must be paid to the treasurer of the executive committee, Mr. A. E. Padgett, and the required pledges must be filed with the coun ty chairman by noon ofSJuly 21, the day preceding the first county cam paign meeting. Pledges in blank form will be supplied by the county chair man. ' J. L. MIMS, County Chairman. J? D. HOLSTEIN ' Successor to Penn & Holstein Prescription Druggist . Pure Drugs and Chemicals Our prices are reasonable. Our 75 years of service to the people insure efficiency and We Solicit Your Continued Patronage 1 ' Contractors and Builders Persons contemplating building of any kind should see us or write us for estimates, etc. We make a specialty of paper hanging and painting We have a large force of skilled men and can do work promptly. PARD?E & STEIFEL TRENTON, S. C. ROUTE 3 Bills Paid by Checks Are Never Paid Twice A good silent partner that yon can depend upon is one of our Bank Books. Have you gotten yours? If not, we have it for you. Money talks, but to the spendthrift it only j eaye, "Good-bye, Boy." j One of our certificates will serve you at 5% day and night. Seal your doubts. Drop in. Start to-day! THE PEOPLES BANK Where Small Deposits are Appreciated Gasoline and Kerosene Engines Just received a car load of Gasoline and Kerosene Engines from two to twelve horse power. Portable saw rigs. Gaso line Engine Drag Saws controlled by Clutch, which eliminates danger and 6aves time. Any defective part made good at Fac tory during life of Eugine. Columbia Supply Company 823 West Gervais St., Columbia, S. C. BARRETT & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta ----- Georgia ??fW-f?&?&-{fiA &V/4?/*ifl?'ftlf? fUkf&- /i? fi. ?ra-Vs?> vJT? VB?' V-ra-VS? wp.Up KS? \sp \jv V#? vg? V? Practical Jeweler ? take this ^neans of notifying the people of Edgefield that I have loca ted in Edgefield and solicit the pa tronage of the people. I have had seventeen years' practical experience as a practical jeweler and guarantee every piece of work I do. Bring me your watches, clocks and jewelry bf all kinds to be repaired. Prices reasonable. G. C. Garner Over store of Reynolds & Padgett