Handiwork of Edgefield Artist Showcased Portrait
Edgefield’s Miss Eliza Mims completed a portrait of Pest Grand Master Orlando Sheppard for the Masonic lodge. The rendition, described as natural and lifelike, will grace the Maponid Temple in Charleston at the Grand Lodge’s December session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Fraternity
Edgefield
Eliza Mims
Pest
Orlando Sheppard
Grand Lodge of
South Garoling
Charleston
Ramsey & Jones
Sheppard
Edgefiield
Maponid Temple
Local and Personal Notes Highlight Edgefield Life
Hon J C Sheppard spent Monday in Augusta on business. The Ariel Quartet performs in the opera house tonight. November favors wood buyers. banks and stores close tomorrow for Thanksgiving. Updates on local visits, property moves, and church notices fill the week. Governor offers 100 reward for gin house arson. legal cases and court sessions loom. Edgefield welcomes visitors and shoppers with local ads and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Sheppard
Augusta
Ariel
Opera House
Hudson
Geo. Martin
Sessions Court
Court of Common Pleas
Butler Abney
Southern Railway
Thanksgiving Dinner Planned at Cold Spring
At Cold Spring the community observes Thanksgiving day with a ladies serving dinner for 25 cents. The public is cordially invited to attend.
Thanksgiving Service at Methodist Church Announces Epworth Orphanage Fund
Tomorrow morning from 11 to 12 there will be services at the Methodist church conducted by Rev. Geo. W. Davis. A collection for the Epworth orphanage in Columbia will be taken to aid the little orphans, with a reminder to follow the command feed my lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Geo. W. Davis
Epworth
Columbia
Ariel Quartet Visits Town Promises Fine Evening
The town hosts four accomplished young ladies presenting a varied program at the opera house this Wednesday night. The Alkahest Lyceum funded the act by local benefactors ensuring admission is worthwhile for lovers of music song and recitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariel Quartet
Alkahest Lyceum
Luceuro
Presentment of the Grand Jury in Edgefield 1902
The Edgefield grand jury reports accounts in the Master and Judge of Probate offices show funds on deposit totaling 3680.80 with minor excess noted. They urge placing funds on interest for heirs and praise neatened books, while noting the Supervisor’s accounts were not fully investigated but appear proper. Recommends installing a safe in the Clerk of Court’s office and criticizes road project costs as extravagant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Scott
Edgefield
S U
C. G. Dantzler
Farmers Bank of
Bank of
Judge of Probate
Bank of Edgefield
Farmers Bank of Edgefield
Clerk of Courts Office
Electric Bitters Cure Rheumatism Here in Ten Years
A. T. Hoadly of Tilden Indiana suffered decade long rheumatism before taking Electric Bitters. He reports two bottles fully cured him and no pain for over a year. The tonic purifies blood, aids kidneys, and promotes health. 50 cents at E. L. Peyn & Sons drug store. Also notes impending mild winter and crop fertilizer ads from Armour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Hoadly
Tilden
Ind
L. Peyn & Sons
Framed Pictures Offered in New Style at Local Store
A local furniture store at 1186 offers framed pictures in the latest style and also restores old frames using a modern method promising attractive results for customers seeking refreshed decor.
Domestic Sewing Machines Take Top Honors at Pan American
The New Domestic won the gold medal at the Pan American Exposition. I offer all grades from cheapest to highest priced and invite you to buy locally.
Proclamation Offering Reward for Incendiarism Act
Governor McSweeney of South Carolina offers a one hundred dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who burned the gin house nine bales of cotton and the entire crop of cotton seed belonging to West Yonce in Edgefield county on November fifteenth, 1902. Official note and seal dated November eighteenth, 1902. Spectacles advertised by Gro F Mims Optician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Vance
West Yonce
Edgefield
Ganere
Freason
M . McSweeney
South Carolina
Iran
Columbia
United States of America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edgefield Advertiser
W. E. Luxon & Co
Hawkes
G. L. Pexx & Son
Abney Place
Mra
AF. Perkins
Ranger & Jones
W. E. Lynch & Co
Edgefield County
G. L. Penn & Son
H. Mims
G.L. Penn & Son
L. Penn & Son
Rameny & Jong
Rousty & Jones
Rams & Jones
Ramery & Jexts
Malta Vita
W. E. Lynon & Co
Ramser & Jones
Audip Fec
Peery Welcomer
Agora
Apis
Gore
Ippers
Santa Claus
Jack Frost
Pleasant Lane
Young Friends
Mr. Wallace
Prescott
W. E. Prescott
James A. Dozier
J. B. White
M. C. Parker
Columbia Street
P. P. Blalock
The
Baptist Church
Mill
Orangeburg
Otia Prentiss
Troy
8. C
J. W. Peak
T. P. Burgess
Presbyterian Church
Ninety
Trenton
Mr. Burggese
John Davis
Gap Road
Rice
Edgar A. Fuller
Mies
Ida Mae McGee
Greenville
Miss Curran Hartley
Miss. McGee
Williams
J. O. Holder
Edgerfield
Augusta Herald
E. A. Burdett
Philadelphia
Edgewood
Pickens
Mr. Burdett
Neuther
G.L. Penx & Son
ROYA
King Baxiner
Augusta Savings Bank
Broad Street
B. Young
G, Wrigle
Cashie Savings Accouts
C. W. Scott, E. L. Scor
Lothes
Spot Cash Clothing Store
Aucusta
Sew
Rambo Place
8. B. Mays
Norris Place
Starling
the Farmers Bank
Edgefield, S. C
State and County Depository
Bopk
A. E. Padgett
T. J
Rainsford
J. L, Caughman
W.H. Harling
F.C
N. Y
Executive Chamber
M.B. McSweeney
M. R. Coover
Secretary of State
Gro
F. Mims
Optician
Perono
J. C. Levy’s Son& Co
Augusta, Ga
Spivey
Walton Furnace
C.&. May's
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