Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-15
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Items of State News.

The Keowee Courier, way up in Wal
halla, tells of very fine clover in that Sec
ton. Not finer, we bet, than Is to be
found aon Col. q, W.tAddisonsi farm in
our own 3Town. y "a -
Thehugecorn; on Coy. scott,s place in
Tor near Columbia, is5a theme of much,
Eadmiration.s 1t lis fnanured with Sphres
money wessqsp pectssg 81 f,sSSs5A 4
+ The toRn,of Anderson, to amani votes
$50, 600 to the Atlanta and Richmond Air
Linz Railroad, provided the road shall
pass by Anderson and locate depot
within its corporate limits. And, speak
ing'of this road, the Greenville Enter
prise says :-Greenville will soon be one
of the greatest highways in the United
States. The Road will bring emigration
IA and wealth into the State. ate.ge.a4.r.=a.r..s
According to the Bennettsville. Times
Capt. r. E. Dudley Of that town. (up in
the Northeast corner Of our State) has
cow which gives immense quantities Of
milk, with fresh butter in it, already
made, without the trouble Of churning. /.
The town of Sumter is to be illlumined
atnight with gas. So will Edgefeld-when
we got the narraw gauge. tel. ~ osa. doo
There is to be a very grand Masonic
celebration in Anderson on st. Johns
day, the 24th. of this month. R. S. Bruins,
Esq, of Charleston, Deputy Grand Mas
ter of the State, is to be. the chief orator
of the occasion. And at Anderson, Late
ly, they have have had a grand and ele.
CANT ball. Well have all such things
too, when we get the narrow gauge. "a
A, vast quantity of land is to be sold i u
Anderson County on the. 10Th of this
month, by the County Treasurer, to pay
delinquent taxes. aso
Large land sales, for delinquent taxes
are to take place in orangeburg to-day
Tuesday 18th inst. ~ - -
, The Barnwell Sentinel, published a
: Blackville, gives this account of high
handed outrage:
] On Sunday night last Mr.. Joseph W
Hair, while on his way home from nj:
fathers house, near Minis, WIS seizec
by two rufians, who attempted TO stat
him, cutting through one Of E.s suspend
ers and shirt with a kni1e.9 Mr.. Hair hae
nothing with which to defend himsel
but knife, whichhe drew, and tits sup
, posed stabbed one of them with, causing
him to relax his hold. Mr.. Hair theI
fled, and was fired at, but fortunately tht
r ball did not take effect. Our informan
, states they were strange beings.
The Commencement exercises Of th'
!, , wofford College, at Spartanburg, are te
/ take place during the last week of thii
7 month. ~ 53G JcF
About 10000 acres of land are adver
! tised in Oconee, and about $4,000 IL
) Georgetown, for. .non-payment OF Taxes
The two Sumter papers (beth of then
. high -uoned and enterprisipg) are ver1
Justly castigating the town Council o
: Sumter for having their printing done il
Wilmington N. c. ,.-sy
! The Winnsboro Ne,Os is responsible fo
the following: - ..,.,.-s .a+ta.
l A Ku-Klux dog bit the daughter of G
Vu. w lleiCls AiS5iO 80, ~
bia, few days sago. Wilder "kilt'S th'
poor "purp." iaa3 eH
: The Charleston Courier makes up
statement, showing. the present actua
State indebtedness to hes9, 965, ,765,2S, ant an1t
contingent liability by Endorsement o
Railroad Bonds, and Bonds issued, to th'
, amount of ss,7s7, sos, 90, making, in all,
total liability, exclusive of the war debt
amounting to $1S, 1885, ,a73,43. =
One of the most successful industria
, enterprises in our State. is the Bivings
f Vile Cotton Factory in Union District
It's present number of spindles kept con
tinually running on Cotton Yarn is {, ZOO
/, but they are found unable to meet tn
demandsrupon the Factory, and the Com
, pany will, therefore, in, ;ease the mum
, Der, this summer, tQ4,000. ~.
= The Union Times comments upon tn
immortality of. the negroes in Union-ant
upon their shameless disregard Of tn
marriage Tor "take-up'') tie. oo q,