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Office No 61 Residence, No. 17 Wednesday, June 8. ?LOCAL AND PERSONAL Edwin Rives and Miss May Rives are in Columbia visiting relatives. Mrs. Sam Poliakoff of Iva is here -visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Rubenstein. Mr. C. T. Graydon of Columbia spent the week-end in Edgefield. Miss Elizabeth Smith is spending .this week in Columbia with friends. ?>? I Miss Gussie Poliakoff of Aiken is a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rubenstein. Mr. George Rives came down from Greenville Monday to attend the fu neral of Mr. Gadsden Morrall. Miss Julia Wise of Trenton is the guest of Miss Annie Wilson this week. Miss Thelma Roney, a beautiful young lady of Augusta, is the guest of Miss Nellie Bryan. Mrs. L. J. Blakeley of Ora, Lau rens county, is here visiting her pa rents, Rev. and Mrs. P. P. Blalock. Little Miss Lucy Scurry has gone to Augusta to spend some time with her sister, Mrs. Roy Smith. >lr Miss Margaret Madden spent the early part of last week visiting rela tives and friends in Columbia. Miss Lillian Smith who has been teaching in the Logan school in Co lumbia is at home for the summer. After spending some time in a san itarium in Columbia Miss Lila Lan ham has come home fully restored ? ?o health. Mr. and Mrs. J. Carroll Cogburn of Augusta spent Sunday in Edge field with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cog burn. Miss Jeannie Simkins and Miss Anabel Saunders have closed their school at Chappell and are at home for the summer vacation. * Mr. and Mrs. Drew Nixon and their daughter of Greenwood spent Sunday in Edgefield visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Nixon. Miss Margaret May is visiting friends in Greenville this week and attending the G. W. C. commence ment. Miss Lina Brunson arrived from Winthrop college Wednesday, hav ing completed a one-year business course. The Baptist Sunday school will be held at the usual hour Sunday morn inf. A full attendance of both young and old is urged. Dr. W. W. Lawton will fill the pul pit of the Baptist church Sunday. Dr. Lawton has been engaged in mission ary work in interior China. Mrs. L. T. May has as her guests this week her mother, Mrs. William Hunter, and sister, Miss Linda Hun ter, of Ora, Laurens county. Mis's Mae D. Tompkins returned yesterday from Washington, D. C., gvhere she has been spending several months with Mrs. Lucy Dugas. Married, today at three o'clock, Mr. Roper D. Jackson and Miss Alice Taylor, by Rev. P. P. Blalock at the residence of the officiating minister. The members of Concordia Lodge, No. 50, will hold their regular meet ing in their hall Monday night at eight o'clock. A full attendance is urged. Mrs. T. H. Rainsford, Mrs. J. W. Stewart and Mrs. O. B. Anderson are in Anderson in attendance on a Mis sionary conference of the Methodist ?hurch. Mrs. Marion Platt, William and Leslie Moore Platt and Miss Eva Knight pf Columbia were recent vis itors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Capers Madden. Mrs. Raymond Rogers and her three children, Frances, Raymond and Scott Sheppard will arrive to morrow to visit Mrs. Ida Sheppard and Mrs. Kennerly and Mrs. C. E. May. Hon. James 0. Sheppard and Mr. C. A. Wells attended a meeting of the Alumni Association of the Uni versity of South Carolina in Columb bia last night. Mr. Wells was elected a member of the alumni council. Rev. M. D. Padgett has been a wel comed visitor in Edgefield , having come from Saluda to attend the tent meeting. Mr. J. Maner Lawton has purchas ed from Mrs. Woodson the lot just north of her home and will soon be gin the erection of a residence. Mr. W. P. Yonce motored *o New berry for Mrs. Yonce and their chil dren who spent last week in New berry visiting Mrs. Yonce's parents. Mrs. F. M. Warren, Miss Kittie Warren, of Johnston, and Mrs. Mag gie Hill f of Belvedere, . were in the city yesterday.-Augusta Chronicle. Miss Kate Samuel left Monday af ter noon for Charleston for a visit of ten days to Mrs. 0. P. Bright. Mrs. Bright will return with her to Edge field. Mrs. J. Alstock, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Israel Mukashy, came down from Saluda for the sole purpose of hearing Mr. Bridgers preach in the tent. Mr. Baldwin Carwile of Atlanta spent the early part of the week in Edgefield visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Carwile and sister, Mrs. R. A. Marsh. Miss Grace Tompkins is visiting friends in Decatur, Ala., and from there she will go to Kenlucky to vis it friends before returning to Edge field. , ., ," The Music Club will give a music recital tomorrow evening, June 9th, at the home of Mrs. B. B. Jones at 8:30 o'clock. An admission fee of 25 cents will be charged. Miss Ruth Norton of Columbus, Ohio, has arrived to spend a few weeks here with her sister, Mrs. L. A. Peatross. She graduated this month from Johns Hopkins University with a Ph. D. degree. Mrs. J. C. Hughes and Miss Sarah Hughes are visiting relatives in Lau renburg, N. C. Soon after coming home the latter part" of the week Miss Sarah will go to Norfolk to remain for the greater part of the summer. Mr. W. 0. Tatum, Jr., has been employed by the trustees as superin tendent of o "ir school for the next session. He is a graduate of Wofford and has for several years taught at Pineville, this state. A meeting of the Winthrop Daught ers will be held Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W. C. Tompkins. Every Winthrop girl in the county is invited and urged to attend this meeting. The June meeting of the Edgefield chapter U. D. C., will be held next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Miss Sophie Dobson. As this is the last meeting of the summer and of ficers are to be elected for the en suing year, a full attendance of the members is desired.^ Misses Fannie and Lena Wells, at tractive daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wells of Colliers, are spend ing this week in Edgefield visiting their brother, Mr. H. B. Wells, and their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wellls. Mrs. E. S. Rives and her children ?have gone to Sumter for a visit. Mc Millan Cain, a nephew of Mrs. Rives who has been attending the B. M. I. this session who had been in Edge field for a week, returned to his home with Mrs. Rives. Mr. Ernest Harris of the Red Hill section brought us a large cluster of very fine plums Monday. There were several dozen large plums on a piece of a limb about eight inches in length. We are grateful for the thoughtfulness of our young friend. Supervisor A. A. Edmunds told The Advertiser's representative this morning that after paying out the money raised from the sale of the bonds there will still remain about $20,000 unpaid. He says claims are yet being presented for approval and payment. Rev. Luther B. Bridgers stated that he had learned to love Edgefield so well that he wishes to come here to live. Whether that be realized or not he assured the people here that at anytime in the future that they felt that his services were needed in an other revival meeting he would come. FOR SALE: s Twenty bushels of Lookout Mountain Irish Potatoes for seed at $2.25 per bushel. Will deliv er at Edgefield. See us or drop us a card. WEST & WILLIAMS. 6-8-2tpd Cleora, S. C. DeLoach-Huggins. Today at noon Miss Ruth DeLoach and Mr. Frank Howell Huggins will be married at the home of Mrs. Cath erine Warren DeLoach, the bride's mother. The ceremony will be per formed by Rev. Graves L. Knight. A fuller notice will appear in The Ad vertiser next week. Contribute to Worthy Cause. Another evidence that the people of Edgefield always contribute money to a worthy cause, it matters not how "hard" times, is found in the fact that in addition to the check for $900 presented to Rev. L. B. Brid gers, as an expression of appreciation for his faithful services in conduct-1 ing the revival meeting for more than two weeks, nearly $500 was contrib uted for the rental of the tent and to pay other incidental expenses of the meeting. Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. A meeting of the Chamber of Com merce will be held in the Court House Friday afternoon at six o'clock. A full attendance of the members is urged and the ladies especially are in vited to attend and become members. The by-laws have been changed so as to admit ladies as full members of the body upon the payment of $1.00 as initiation fee. Matters of impor tance will come up for consideration and for that reason a large attend ance is urged. Tent Meeting Closed. The last service was held under the tent Tuesday night, the attend ance being larger than at any pre vious service. Mr. Bridgers has con-| dueted probably the most successful revival meeting ever held in Edge field. Not only many who heretofore have not professed religion have/ been reached but the members of all the churches have had their religious life quickened and strengthened. Mr. Bridgers won a large place in the hearts and affections of our people and their prayers and best wishes go with him. Farmers to Organize Edgefield Club. Farmers in and around Edgefield who care to improve their conditions and to work for better agriculture in our community are invited to a meek ing to be held in the Edgefield Court House June 18th, 4 p. m. Mr. N. E. Winters, the "Billy Sunday" of Southern Agriculture, will make, a talk on general farming and fertil izer conditions that must be used un der boll weevil conditions. Stop, Look, Listen! Beat the Boll Weevil this way. If he is ruining your cotton plant a few acre of your cotton land or stubble ground in Porto Rica potatoes and Spanish Peanuts. Peanuts will make planted as late as July and Porto Rica potatoes will make as late as August. Everything favorable and cjpn't wait for a wet spell or even a shower to set out your plants. We will make every one good that you lose set out in dry weather if you fol low our prescription. We have pie :seed peanuts and we have the potato plants. We are selling them cheap. You need them and we need the s money. Come on and get them out i and let them work for you while you 1 sleep your sweet sleep. 1 C. W. WATSON, i 6-8-lt Edgefield, S. C. - ( Meeting of W. C. T. U. 1 The June meeting of the W. C. T. 1 U. was held on Monday with Mrs. J. i H. Reel, at 4 o'clock. i The program was interesting, the h devotions being a verse of scripture P given by each one accompanied by 1 comments, and sentence prayers in J which most of those present took ? part. t A reading on immigration was giv- ? en by Mrs. Earle Cogburn. Mrs. J. B. Kennerly gave some statistics on the < amount of money spent on luxuries < and education, the latter cause suf- { fering by comparison. Miss Jennie ? Pattison read Mrs. Sprott's message ( to the state unions. ? A very interesting census of our ^ foreign neighbors has been taken by 1 Mrs. Morgan, and this was read, giv ing the name, nationality, religion of ? each and how many languages each ^ could speak, how many had served in ' the World War, and how many could I speak English. This census will be published. i Plans were made tor the picnic on 1 June 9th at the County Home, and < each member invited to go and car- i ry some article of food. N Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, Mrs. A. E. t Padgett and Miss Jennie Pattison t were appointed a committee to ' ar- t range the preparations. t Ford Cars Reduced We have just received new reduced prices oh all Ford cars and Ford trucks, placing them in reach of people of moderate means. The following new prices ?re now in effect: Touring Car, without starter, . . $415.00 Touring Car, with starter, ... 485.00 Runabout, without starter, . . . $370.00 Runabout, with starter, . . . . 440.00 l Coupe ........... 695.00 Sedan ........... 760.00 Chassis.. 345.00, Truck. 495.00 These prices f. o. b. Detroit There is already a shortage of Ford cars. They are hard to get. Place your order with us now for quick delivery. We sell anywhere. Yonce & Mooney Edgefield, South Carolina The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Hfelen Nicholson, Monday after ?rst Sunday in July, when each mem ber will be asked to bring dues or a free will offering for the work. At the close of the meeting the hostess assisted by Misses Lucille Reel, Janice Morgan and Ethel Schenk served an elaborate salad :ourse and iced tea. Reel-Deitz. The beautiful " home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Reel was the scene of a pretty marriage last Wednesday at loon when their second daughter, Miss Mabel Clare Reil, and Mr. Alon so Melville Deitz of Asheville were narried, the Rev. W. R. Barnes of iciating. The parlor and hall were ;astefully decorated with pot plants ind evergreens. - . When the strains of the "Bridal Dhorus" were sounded on the piano >y Miss Lucile Reel, a cousin of the iride, the bridal party having formed n the upper hall, entered the parlor n the following order: Mr. Warren iteel ,a brother of the bride, and his vife, Mr. D. P. Morgan and Miss Pearl Reel, Mr. Goode Reel and Miss \.nna Bell Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. C J. Boazman. The bride was met in ;he lower hall and joined by the bride rroom. Immediately after the conclusion >f the ceremony, the large folding loors separating the parlor from the lining room were thrown open and ill were invited in to partake of an jlaborate wedding breakfast, being ;eated around two large tables that vere beautifully decorated with sweet leas and other cut flowers. The bride was attired in a hand iome tailored traveling suit of Tif fany gray with accessories to match. She carried a large bouquet of sweet leas and roses. A large table in the hall contained ?unierous tokens in silver, linen and ?andpainted china which were mute ?xpressions of love and esteem from .datives and friends. Soon after leaving the dining room he bride and bridegroom left in an lutomobile to catch the northbound rain at Trenton for Asheville, where hey will make their home. Augusta Community Barbecue Augusta, May 31.-The famou Community Barbecue staged in thi city on July 8th last, the largest ii the history of 'cues, is to have a riva for the Committee of Fifty of th' Board of Commerce, under whosi auspices the 1920 affair was conduct ed, has decided to repeat it July 14th Last year over 6,000 Georgian: and Carolinians sat down to the Au gusta Community Barbecue, the larg est number that ever ate under on? roof at one time, at least in the South This year at least 7,000 are expectec to be entertained from the trading territory of Augusta, which includes every community in Georgia anc South Carolina with 100 miles from the city. President Wallace B. Pierce of the Board of Commerce recently return ed from Washington, where he in terviewed several prominent govern ment officials, including at least one very popular member of the cabinet, in an effort to get them to attend the barbecue. They have promised to do their best to arrange their affairs in order to be present. They will be abl? to announce definitely that they will be present in the near future, then their names will be made public. There will be at least three conven tions held in Augusta at the time at which the barbecue is scheduled, and these guests of Augusta will also be guests at the barbecue. The Georgia Press Association, the State Jewel ers Association and the Postoffice su pervisors and Officials, all plan to meet here in convention during the barbecue week. The scene of the barbecue is not yet definitely decided. Last year it was held at Lake View Park and the Fair grounds, and it is very probable chat this year's affair will also be staged there. Secretary H. A. Wheel ing of the Board of Commece expects to get the report of the commitee on locaion within a week. I would like to coach several pupils in mathematics and Latin during the summer months. , E. H. FOLK, Jr. \ TRenisa DZSchol? ?pphmae, orJfowfyfcrEvaylbotTmu?l? and oar foot expert knows exactly what each case needs to make foot troublo only a memory. If you have corns, cal louses, bunions, enlarged joints, ingrowing nails, ten der feet, weak feet oe ankles, or any other foot trouble, be sure to come in at your earliest convenience Examination and Advice Frem " Watch Your Feet" University of South Carolina Entrance Examinations. Entrance examinations to the University of South Carolina will be held by the County Superintendent of Education at the County Court House Friday, July 8, 1921, at 9 a. m. The University offers varied cours es of study in science, literature, his tory, law and business. The expenses are moderate and many opportunities for self support are offered. Scholar ships are available. Military train ing is compulsory for Freshmen and Sophomores, Reserve Officers Train For full particulars write to President W. S. CURRELL. University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. NOTICE. We having organized the Edgefield National Farm Loan Association in connection with the Federal Land Bank, I shall be glad to file your ap plication for a loan. J. H. CANTELOU, / Secretary-Treasurer. Edgefield, S. C.