Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-05-13
EDe aDnettteer,
EDGEFIELD C. II.
WEDNESDAY. May 13, 1916


ing date the lOtl, inst, upon the subject ofthe
great starle says: I'VE had but a moderate
business doing in Cottonthe past week, buyers
not being disposed to purchase at the asking
prices Of holders. For the last two; or three;
days there has been more desire manifested5 By
dealers to increase their stocksa al old rates. but
| holders in the mean time has become more
firm and demand higher prices; the:conse-
quencc has been, tina, very little was sold on
| Friday ard Saturday. This increased conf:
dence ON the pan Of holders is on account Of
the advices from Liverpool to the 18th ult.. by
The Cambria, showing an adVancei in that mar.
ket;or to 4d. II is difficult to give correct
qno,ations al this time in our market ] will
therefore remark tha, sales range ,from6 10 I'D,
and. that a strictly choice article will bring g
cents ysss & :s.s g.
We have notsbeen ab5e to- pnblislf the RholeS
of The proceedings Of The, Southern Methodist
Conference. tIrat has been received, up to- This
time but we will continue them in the next
number.
A deserved chasisement has been inflicted
upon MIR. Touch me moi" by "The Lady's
Slipper" View The Lady's Slipper"
however. to be careful, and TO be as mild as
the ptovoea.ion viii admit Of.
Much has been crowded froa our coluwRsl
to-day by the war news. and the proceedings
of the Southern Methodist Conference, which,
is of more importance at this time, and which
will command more attention than any thing
else that co,rld occupy our sheets.
We are sorry to be compelled to postpone a
communication from "Sauda" We shall al.
ways be happy to give his pieces a place in the ,
Advertiser; and we should not regret to have
two articles from him, from our next.
We acknowledge the receipt Of many favors
from the ladies Of our village, for the past week,
in the shape Of Strawberries. Sweet Cakes,
well wishes, and various other deicacies, with
beautiful flowers. roses, and tile sweetest nose
gays; and we earnestly hope to merit long.
continuance Of the same.
To the kindness Of Mrs. EpMrND PENr,:we-
are indebted for the larges. StrawberriesEweG
have yet tasted. Two of them weighed two
hundred ani three grains. Gss
DR.. THOMAS LAKE of this District, has sent
US several of the largest spring furneps we: :
have seen this season. One Of ihem+weishe6
pound and quarter. and ona Of them.mea-
sured in circumference, sixteen. inches and q
quarter.
The gentlemen who brought them 10 US, said
that they were growing every day. and that
they would be much larger lhan they are at
present. He also stated, that Dr., Lake had
wagon loads Of them. which we understood TO
mean, tha, be. had very large quantities OF
them.
Mr. DAsIEs ABBEY. of this village, has late>.,
ly finished Leather Horse Collar, which wei
consider great improvement on any we have.
ever seen.
Like that, for, which Mr.. Curtis, q: Colum-S
bia, has. obiaiued. a patent; the Collar aIlds
Hames are both 10 oue; but j. materially differs
from Mr.. Curtis inyeniiop in other respects':5s
The Hames are first GU. out andprepared like
our common wagon or plough hsmes, and then
they are handsomely fiued in their collar 50 as
to make as nice and cheap a eoasrigance .aa
can be found in the country. The qollarsopens
at bottom. and a, top, so as to be made TO ft
almos. any horse, antso as 10 beput OH tha' I
neck wi,hou. the least inconvenience to tho
driver, and without the least injusYso the ans
NAL. -. E{,i;...
We take pleasure in recommending this cols
lar 10 the public, because we think it Willprove
a nsefal invention 10 every ran that HlIes
good horses and harness. ~