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MM This is no idle talk. We mean exactly what we say. That you can buy shoes now for less than we paid for them. Sale Begins Thursday, February ilth, and Continues Throughout the m We intend to sacrifice these shoes rather than carry them until another season. Don't fail to avail gs yourselves of the opportunity to buy the products of the very best manufacturers for less than they cost at the factory. Our loss is your gain. We have on hand a few Ladies' Coat Suits ranging in pri?e from $12.00 to $20.00 your ehoiee $5.98 Edgefield, South Carolin? MARSH COMPANY Two Doors of Post Office Office No. 61. Residence, No. 17. Wednesday, Feb. 10. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Easter falls on the 4th of April this year-neither early nor late. Mr. Orlando Sheppard spent! Thursday in Aiken on legal busi ness. Miss Nellie Hill has . accepted a school in Saluda county near Fruit J Bill. The spring terni of court will convene on the 1st Monday in March. Magistrate C. E. Quarles will use the grand jury room in the court house for his office. At Johnston Rev. E. 0. Bailey will preach this Sunday at 11:15 and lecture at 4 p. m. Mrs. T. P. Salter and Miss Grace .Saltet of Trenton were among the visitors in Edgeneld Saturday. Mrs. Carrie Dorn of the Celestia section o? Saluda county is here visiting her son, Mr. W. H. Dorn. Automobiles are out again and every one of them should have a split log drag attached as a trailer. Better get the late cotton ready for the gin. All ginneries will close down for the season in a short time. Have you made your tax returns? There are only about 10 days left in which to return property for taxa . tion., Public Cotton Weigher Byrd stated yesterday that up to this time he has weighed about 6,000 . bales. Bible pictures Thursday night at '- prayer meeting at Methodist, church at 7:30 o'clock. Come aud bring the children. The next regular meeting of the D. A. R. will be neld Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ma mie Tillman. The grand jury will be drawn to morrow and also the petit jury for j ^ tbe March term of court. They will be published next week. No early gardening could be done this year but it is all the more im portant that you get busy in the garden as early as possible. We have'nt seen a sack of guano yet this year, and we hope we will not eee anything like as many sacks as were in evidence last year. The New Century Club of John observed Reciprocity Day cesday. Mrs. J. D. Holstein nd MM. Mamie N. Tillman attend d from Edgefield, the former rep eeenting the U. D. C. and the lat er the D. A. R. Mrs. W. F. Scott, ee Miss Jnlia Haltiwanger, is resident of the New Century Club. Mrs. C. E. May entertained the Daughters of the Confederacy yes terday afternoon. A fuller notice of the meeting will be given next week. Preaching at Methodist church next Sunday morning and night. Subject al night, "Man and his pro bation." Come. Night service 7:30. Come early. It does not require a bond issue to improve ith'e roads with a split log drag. This simple implement affords a cheap means of doing effective work. The time for making tax returns without penalty will close on the 20th inst. After that date the law says a penalty must be added to all Tifoperxy Tit)TrreTn?r??&r^^ During the past week cotton .seed have been selling for around 45 cents on the Edgefield market. The very decided advance caused a large quantity of seed to be sold in spite of the bad roads. Mr. Julian Strother made his first shipment of ?piing lambs last Fri day. He does not simply talk di versified farming-he practices it. Hundreds of other farmers should follow his example. Governor Manning has appoint ed Mr. T. E. Byrd coroner for Edgefield county to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. J. E. Holmes. Mr. Byrd will make a ca pable and faithful officer. Mrs. Ida F. Sheppard received a telegram Monday stating that her sister, Mrs. Fannie J. Andrews, was critically ill at her home in Green wood. Mrs. Sheppard left on the first train for Greenwood. As soon as the ground is suffi ciently dry quite a number of farm ers will sow spring- oats. If you have the seed and the land, it will not cost much to experiment with Bowing this late. But if one has to iucur much expense, it would be the part of wisdom to let oats alone this late. The Young Woman's Auxiliary met on last Monday afternoon at the home of Miss Natalie Padgett. The attendance was large. The pro gram was well cai ried out. Vocal ind violin solos, which were out of :he ordinary, were enjoyed. At the ^inclusion of the meeting a delight :ul sweet course was .served. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hughes Hill lave returned from the hospital in Columbia with their little son who las been ill since early last fall. This devoted father and mother tave the sympathy of their host of riends who share with them the ery earnest hope that the little babe viii soon be restored to health. MIPS Evelyn Broadwater enter ained a number of her friends of he younger set very delightfully at ter country home Saturday evening. Several popular games were engaged D, affording much pleasure to all f the guests. The very pleasant vening will long be remembered y the young people who attended rom Edgefield. AU who participated in the play which was given in ^he opera house Friday night are to be congratula ted upon the success of the enter tainment.' The sum of $31 gross was realized for the Beaver Dam mill school. Four mules can cover ll) miles of road in a day with a split log drag. For the next week or lu days the supervisor should use th? county mules dragging the roads. He could not possibly use the county teams more profitably any other way. Mr. Hal Beaman, a very prepos sessing young man of Augusta, spent Sunday in Edgefield. He fills a responsible position in the Geor gia Railroad-bank during the we?k ^?^?A-fcs?^no^ffra^^ ness on Sunday. He is nota. Sabbath breaker, however. Messrs. Bright aud Broadwater are installing a grist and fiour mill on the lot to the rear of Bright's ?tore. Attention is directed to their advertisement in this issue. They can supply you now with first-class meal and hominy, and in a few weeks their Hour mill will be in operation. Church Conference. A conference of the members of the Baptist church will be held next Sunday morning immediately after Sunday school. A full attendance is desired. Post Masters Appointed. The following persons have been appointed as post masters: Meeting Street, T. A. Owdorn: Moss, Pierce B. Thomas; Pleasant Lane, F. L. Timmerman; Meriwether, Henry A. Adams; Morgana, Miss Theodosia E. Scott. Shoes Less Than Cost. In order to reduce their stock of shoes, Smith-Marsh Company have marked their shoes below cost for a limited time. They are alao offer ing some great bargains in their la dies ready-to-wear department. At tention is directed to their large ad vertisement on our eighth page. Never Stops For Mud. Wonder how many oxen our friend Will Reel has? His freight train never stops for bad road.t. As the roads grow worse he adds an other pair of steers to his team. He is now driving eight instead of tour. If the roads get still worse ie will doubtless increase his team o 12 largo fat oxen. Will Return Later. Monday Mr. B. Harris, a former resident of the State farmers union, iddressed a small number of fann ys in the coure house. He stressed he importance of organization and ?o-operation among farmers. Mi. larris is a practical farmer who has ?ade a success, and therefore what ie says is always well received. A? be attendance was small, no effort ^as made to re-organize the farm rs union but he will return later or that purpose. m-...B-a-ttiriidii fi i ? "i^a-^tMM->-wi--nw mmutnggw mi .?BBB-TWHWI wiri i m-:mi WWII IIIHIM? ---AT AND--- ? ? -:-.- - It is our purpose not to carry over any heavy cloth- I lng into the spring and summer. In order to close jj out all winter weights, we have decided to reduce the 1 price very low on all clothing in our store for the next \ FIFTEEN Days. On certain lots of broken sizes I we have , I Cut the Price Below Cost Other lines are being sold at cost. A sweeping re duction of 25 per cent, has been made on the cream I of the stock, clothing received only a short time ago ' ' from the foremost manufacturers in the country. Now is the time to buy a new suit even if you have \ to borrow the money.. It will be a long time before ? you oee such values sell so low in Edgefield. When f we say the price has been cut we mean every word of \ it, and the public knows it. Our goods are marked in ? plain figures. All Sweaters are going at COST. Also all colored . hats for men and boys have been reduced to actual New YorA Cost. We are determined to clean out all winter goods in order to make room for the spring stock; Come see ; the values and pet our prices, then you will fully real ize what bargains we are offering. Speeial Pri?es are for CASH ONLY ' > i I '-* jf j . 1 f. ? \ ?. ........ "