Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-15
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Local Jottings.
gefeldMprofane, wicked, bloody
turbulent old Edgeheld- at last Ia
ken what's called nowadays "new
departure" And truly the "new depar
2ture'' ofiEdgefeld is no less unexpected
and no less striking than that of Yallan.
digham and the Northern Democracy.
Where are nights and days so monoton-
ously peaceable as in Edgefeld? Where
are Ku Klux SO utterly unknown?
Where are whites and blacks SO quiet, SO
pious, 50; long. g.suffering? Noone fights
no one. kills; Done spills blood. Horse
racing, ,cock-f fighting and faro are among
the lost arts. Indeed the nearest approach
to the pleasures of sin that we can chron-
icle, is picking blackberries and drinking
soda water-soda water unmixed with
mint, brandy or "flies." Truly we are a
virtuous and exemplary people. And
we hope the world at large will give us
credit for our "new departure"
The Court opened again on Monday
last, and Judge MELTON is now occupied
in the discharge of Equity business. The
scene in the Court room is decidedly duh.
In fact nothing betrays to the outside
wotld that the Court is in session, except
the absurd "cryings" of Ex-Trial-Jus-
tice Heck Harris, who is now constable.
Heck is decidedly bad hand at calling
and dismissing Court, and does such vio-
lence to the formula as is calculated to
make the bones of Harvest Turner writhe
in the grave. But IN one respect, at least,
Heck has made decided Improvement,
for instead of saying all persons having
any. manner of business in this Court"
he says call manner of persons having
any business Truly in these latter,
DAYS, it were well to say "all manner of
persons" We are glad to see, at the bar,
the honored face and form of Chancellor
CARROLL. This is his old home, and
every one is glad to see him. 1t is mel
ancholy to think that this learned and
eminent Jurist now struggles at the bar
for livelihood, while negroes and
knaves sit on the Supreme Bench OF
South Carolina.
In few weeks, now, both our Schools
will will disband for the summer vaca-
ton. The close of the session in Miss
BuTLERs popular institution is to be
marked b7 musical and dramatic en-
tertainment which promises to be both
brilliant and pleasant.
Asregards exterior mattersin our town,
what are the new Council doing? Fold
ing their hands together in sleep? II
would seem so. Yes; after having the
public pump set in order, they have de
lberateiy gone to sleep. Awake, awake,
We Councilmen, lest the Narrow-Gauge
should come suddenly and turn up its
iron nose at your slnggishness!
But speaking of the exterior of our
town, reminds us of the blazing renova-
ton of tie law Office of GARY & GARY.
Verify It is the eleanest and whitest little
pile in these regions, ard quite enlivens
that part of the village. AS throw looks,
1t would do to hold one of the Gift-Con-
certs in. Suppose we have one here.
And this train of thought reminds us of
another thing, to wit that our popular
fellow-citixen, Genl. GARY, has beenpro-
che handsomest man in South
Carolina. Yes, it, is so-and nothing to
be astonished at either; for tits just what
we Ave always said and maintained:
The co, respondent of the New York S,t's
Is the b,an who -hasidone it. He writes
from Columbia describing the personnel
of the Taxpayers Convention, and in
speaking of our townsman, says: "Genl.
MARTIs W1rEERsPooNG GARY, the hand;
somestman in the State, and the most
dashing elvalry leader the war produced
on the Southern side" Yes, our friend
Is aAthis, and still wanders in maiden
fancy-free." Think of it, Ia
diesla ard sharpen up your arrows.
Some days ago, itpleased us very much
to- see OIL the square, that much esteemed
Major JOHN H. HUGHES, who
was so seriously injured by being thrown
from h,s carriage some five or Six weeks
back. .r:iaior H. has almost entirely re-
covered "a fact which, We know, will be
good ne IS to his many friends.
AS to the weather and the crops, we
might sly the one consists of rain and
the oth..- of grass. But sunshine and
corn wi l come in due time-and cotton
too. And also hay in abundance, if our
farmers will only gather it at'the right
moment.