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Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, March 9. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Lucy Plunkett ?spent the week end in Augusta. Mr. M. H. Deal went to Charleston on business Monday. Mrs. L. A. Peatross and MasteJ fckl win were guests in Trenton Wednes day. . Mrs. Mary Wall of Augusta is here ' visiting lier cousin, Mrs. P. P. Bla lock, Jr. Mies Gladys Padgett will leave to morrow for Pendleton to visit Miss Aimee Sloan. Miss Addie Thompson is spending this week in Edgefield with Mr. and Mrs. John Rainsford. Miss Mamie Gardner of Thomson, Ga., is here visiting her niece, Mrs. M. B. Tucker. District Attorney J. Wm. Thurmond is in Rock Hill this week attending the United States court. Mr. J. R. Scurry announces this week that he is a candidate for cotton weigher at Edgefield. The many friends of Dr. Preston DeVore are grieved to know that he has sustained a broken limb. Mrs. Hettie Sheppard Brown is here from Greenville visiting her mother, Mrs. Ida F. Sheppard. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kennerly went to Columbia yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Bethune Glass. Mrs. Frank Bland of Johnston is spending this week in Edgefield with her sister, Mrs. James E. Hart. Rev. P. P. Blalock will preach in the Presbyterian church at Johnston next Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock. Miss Marie Lewis of ^Johnston spent the week-end in Edgefield as the guest of her cousin, Miss Gladys Padgett. Miss Sophie Dobson has returned from a most enjoyable stay at Greens boro with her brother, Mr. Chas. Dob son. It is probable that court will continue three weeks. The petit jury for the third week will be drawn Friday of this week. Mr. James A. Dozier is spending some time in Edgefield with his sisters, Mrs. H. A. Smith and Miss Charlton Dozier. Mr, H. Drucker, one of the leading merchants of McCormick, spent Thurs day in Edgefield visiting his sister, .Mrs. Abrom Daitch. Mr. A. J. Day, one of Trenton's leading merchants, is making an es pecially attractive price on shoes. Read what he says this week. The Corner Store is making a spe cially attractive shoe advertisement this week. Read of how you can buy a good pair of shoes for five cents. Mrs. J. B. M. Potter of Kingston, Rhode Island, arrived last week from St. Petersburg, Fla., anp is spending several weeks with Mrs. M. A. Taylor. Mrs. W. W. Adams has as her guests this week Mrs. Paul G. Tomp kins of Washington, D. C., and Miss Blanche Crummit of West Virginia. ? Mn 0. 0. Burnett of Leslie, Ga., is here visiting his son, Mr. C. T. Burnett, and has been very cordially greeted by his old Edgefield friends. Don't neglect the vegetable garden. Besides greatly reducing the cost of living, having vegetables in season sup plies a well-balanced diet for the fam ily. Dr. and Mrs. Sam Morrall of Tren ton worshipped at the Baptist church here on last Sunday, being the guests for the day of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lott. Mr. Milledge Holston has gone to At lanta where he will spend a month or more taking a speciai course in me chanics, giving his time chiefly to bat tery study. Mr. H. B. Williams of Columbia, th? young man who made so many friends in Edgefield while here installing the plumbing in the Dixie Highway Hotel, is here spending several days. Mr. J. H. Miller is having his barber shop to the rear of the Bank of Edge field remodeled and repainted through out, and is also installing a modern . bath, both for hot and cold bathe. Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzmaurice came over from Columbia Sunday to visit Dr. and Mrs. James S. Byrd. Mr. Fitz maurice returned to Columbia Sunday night, but Mrs. Fitzmaurice and Miss Catherine will remain throughout this week. The Advertiser's readers eargerly devour the overseas letters of Mrs. Ennett that we publish every week. A number of persons have told us that they read . and greatly enjoy these very interesting letters. Miss Arual Lebby of Sumter and Mrs. xN. G. Cooner of Columbia were guests of Mrs. Mamie Norris Tillman this week, having been specially invi ted to sing for the Philharmonic club as South Carolina artists of great promise. Mr. J. W. Holt, the Ford( manager for the States of Virginia, North and South Carolina, with headquarters at Charlotte, visited Messrs. Yonce & Mooney Thursday. He expressed him self as being greatly pleased with his agancy at Edgefield. We direct the attention of our readers to the following new adver tisement this week: Corner Store, Rubenstein, The Bank of Trenton, Edgefield Theatre, A. H. DeVaugn & Co., Yonce & Mooney and H. G. Eid son. If you have anything to sell, let the public know "it through the col umns of The Advertiser. Mr. J. W. Quarles sold all of his corn through one insertion pf a "For Sale" adver tisement. Try these little advertise ments for results. A meeting of the stockholders of the Dixie Highway Hotel Company was held in the courthouse Friday afternoon to discuss the matter of issuing bonds to the amount of $50,000 with which to retire the indebtedness of the com pany. A resolutions was adopted au thorizing the issuing of bonds in the sum of $50,000. The following invitation was re ceived by both the Civic League and Music Club and promises to be ?'de lightful affair. Edgefield will be large ly represented: The Apollo Music Club and the New Century Club invite the Edge field Civic League to a Reciprocity Meeting Tuesday, March 15, at 3:30 in the High School Auditorium, John ston, South Carolina. Reception later at Mrs. J. W. Cox's. Velvet Beans and Shingles. I represent Mr. H. M. Franklin, pr?sident of the Farmers and Mer chants Bank of Tennille, Ga., and will ^e in Edgefield the remainder of this week and all next week taking orders for velvet beans. I carry the Ninety-Day Runner, Speckle Bunch and Ose?la Beans. I will also sell shingles, all heart Cypress, prime Cypress, all heart pine and No. 2 pine in car lots. Also corn in car lots or less. A. W. BURSON. At Home After Absence of Twenty Years. Mr. R. S. Kemp arrived in Edgefield Friday night to spend several months here with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth j Kemp, sister, Mrs. C. M. Thomas, and brothers, J. W. and A. L. Kemp. This is his first home-coming for twenty years. During the past six years Mr. Kemp has been residing m Colorado, making Denver headquarters. He held the position of foieman of construction on one of the large Western railway systems. Mr. Kemp finds quite a dif ference in the climate here to the cen tral West When he left Denver ten days ago he left 30 inches of snow which had been on the ground for the past four months. It is needless to say that he is enjoying his vacation here in the Sunny South. Nominations for Palmafesta. The following young ladies have been nominated in the Palmafesta contest: Miss Ruth DeLoach __ __ __ 100 Miss Elizabeth Smith_ 100 Miss Sophie Mims_ __ 100 Miss Katherine Mims_ 100 Miss Gladys Rives_ 100 Miss Annie Wilson __ __ __ 100 Miss Katherine Earle_ 100 Miss Gladys Padgett __ __ __ 100 Miss Pearle Padgett __ __ __ 100 Miss Charlotte trother __ 1_ 100 Miss Miriam Norris_ __ 100 Miss R?sela Parker_ 100 Miss Virginia Addison ___ 100 Miss Mamie Dunovant __ __ 100 Miss Rufh Tompkins __ __ __ 100 Miss Ruth Lyon_ 100 Miss June Rainsford_ 100 Miss Mary Plunkett_ 100 Miss Bertie McClendon __ __ 100 When You Feel Rheumatic. For the aches and pains of rheu matism Chamberlain's Liniment is excellent. Massage the parts thor oughly twice a day with this liniment and you will be surprised at the relief which it affords. To Prevei.t Blood Poisoning ipply at once the wonderful old reliarle DI. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL, a sui ?ical dressing that relieves pain and heals al V sva* time. Not a liniment. 25c. 50c. J1.0G. Meeting of County Equaliza tion Board. Pursuant to the call of the county auditor, a meeting of the County Equalization Board was held Satur day, every member of the board be ing present. After a general discus sion of the tax situation thc following schedule was decided upon as a ba sis for the assessment cf personal property for 1921 : Horses and mules from $25 to $75; cows from $5 to $15, hogs from $2 to $5. All auto mobiles will be assessed at 42 per cent of their value. Household goods will be returned for taxationn as here tofore. The next meeting of the board will be held on Saturday, March 26. The following, who constitute the board were present Saturday: J. M Shaffer, T. B. Culbreath, L. R. Brun son, C. M. Rauton, P. N.. Lott, J. W. McCreight, T. L. Miller, H. F. Coop er, I. A. Webb, Geo. T. Swearingen, J. B. Tompkins, C. C. Jones, M. B. Byrd and J. L Mims. Enthusiastic U. D. C. Meeting. Mrs. J. H. Nicholson, assisted by her mother, Mrs. Annie Rives, Miss Glad^w Rives and Miss Katherine Earle, entertained the Daughters of the Confederacy most charmingly on Tuesday afternoon, the 8th. After the opening prayer, the pres ident, Mrs. Jeff Wright, voiced a very gracious welcome to the guest of hon or, Mrs. Maryland Randall Wall of Augusta, daughter of the beloved Southern poet, James Ryder Ran dall. Mrs. Wright told of very recent ly reading the poet's lines entitled "Ash Wednesday," which stir the heart with their beautiful trust and hope. The secretary, Miss Sophia Dobson, read the minutes of the last meeting after which there being no business as pressing as that concerning the District Conference to be held here, Friday, 29th of April, the Daughters discussed plans for making the day pleasant for our guests and a credit to Edgefield. Mrs. P. P. Blalock, Jr., and Mrs. P. M. Feltham were appointed chair men of two arrangement commitf tees, who are to report at the call meeting to be held in the Library at four o'clock on. Monday afternoon of next week, March 14th. All daughters are urged to be pres ent as plans are to be perfected and it is only through cooperation that the conference can be the success 4hat the traditions of old Edgefield should insure. Mrs. Woodson presided for a short historical program, as most of the time had been given to conference discussion. The first number was a most in teresting paper on Charleston's Poets in the Confederacy, prepared by that brilliant young son of Edgefield, Francis B. Simkins, who holds the chair of English at the Citadel, and read by Mrs. Feltham. This paper was, written by request, for the Edgefield chapter, and was greatly enjoyed by the daughters.. The climax of the afternoon's 1 pleasure came with the song "Mary land, My Maryland," feelingly ren dered by the author's daughter, who bears the name of that beloved na tive state of Mr. Randall. Mrs. Wood son, in announcing the number stat ed that the song was written in a pe riod of great grief over the death of a friend. She spoke of the'fact that Mr. Randall spent his last years in Augusta, but did not. go into elab orate details of his life and works, as he is to be the subject of a later program on Southern Poets. Mrs. Mamie Tillman played Mrs. Wall's accompaniment with the sym pathetic touch which always distin guishes her music. Yellow and white block cream, car amel cake and white mints were seiwed, carrying out the colors of the yellow daffodils and white narcissus which added such a note of gladsome spring to the delightful meeting, one of the largest recently held. C. H. F.. Candidate for Cotton Weigher. I desire to announce to the people who market cotton at Edgefield that I have decided to become a candidate for tha position of public cotton weigher for Edgefield, and will appreciate their support. If elected I shall do my ut most to discharge the duties to the sat isfaction of all parties, both sellers and buyers. I shall be always on the job and render faithful service. FOR SALE-About 2,000 bushels of Cleveland Big Boll Cotton Seed for planting at 65 cents per bushel. These are first-class seed, some that I reserv ed for my own use, but will sell since renting my farm for this year. Also a good family mare for sale. Apply to M. C. Parker. fr To the business ma sion man; to the truel an irresistible appeal 1 Ford car; the wonderf chassis, and the manf serves satisfactorily a the demand for Ford will be pleased to take get reasonably prompi the constant service c in promptly. News From West Side. Here comes a letter from Choty as it has been a long time since we have seen any news published from this section. Farmers are getting busy v with their farms and the roads are improv ing. Mrs. Eustice Thurmond is real sick but we hope she will soon be well again. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Agner and Wi ley Agner spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Agner. Little Myrtis Agner has chicken pox. Mrs. Willie Dow, Mrs. H. O. Tim wm We are showing Misses' and Chi new trimmer, v is one of the m had lately, and our line. Easter is almost order for your.] We are also sh in French Seri Spring Coats ai New ( RUE 4 THE UNIVERSAL CAB n, retail or wholesale; to the m an ufa ci ring company, the Ford Model T Oi because it has in its chassis all the r ul Ford Model T Motor, the depend ga?ese bronze worm-drive. A stror nd lasts in service If these staten Trucks wouldn't be so constantly c your order for one or more Ford Tra t delivery, and will give you an aftei ?f the Truck. But don't *Ut too lc YONCE & MOONEY, Edf H. G. EIDSON, Johnst merman, Mrs. Mellie Dow and Mrs. Sam Agner spent one day last week with Mrs. John Agner. Mrs. W. P. Doolittle spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Willie Dow. What has become of Uncle Iv Mor gan. Come again, Uncle Iv, we all miss you. Mr. and Mrs. John Agner and John Jr., spent last Sunday with Mrs. Jim Hamilton. A READER. Modoc, S. C. itire Stock of Ni is Already Arri ? an up-to-date line ldren's Hats. Miss vho has charge of tl Lost experienced trir she will gladly sho ; here and you had bi new hat before the owing some new Sp: ye and Tricotjne. . id Dresses. aoods Arriving ?ENS1 tarer; to the commis ?e Ton Truck makes nerits of the original lable Vanadium steel igly built truck that lents were not true,, in the increase. We cks, will see that you r service that insures mg. Gret your order ;efield> S. C. on, S. C. An Ideal Remedy for Constipation. It would be hard to find a better remedy for constipation than Cham berlain's Tablets. For the best effect they should be taken immediately af ter supper. They are easy to take and mild and gentle in effect. Lever and Thompson Barred Rocks best layers and brooders. Coop of 4 hens and 1 cockerel for $5.00. Mrs. P. N. LOTT. 3-9-2t. FOR SALE: Several good milch cows fresh to pail. J. W. QUARLES. mm WES tiery Hllinery ved of Ladies7 and Ida Eskew, our bis department nmers we have w you through stter place your rush comes on. ring Coat Suits ALISO some new Daily FEIN