Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-15
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 1on Col. II. W.Addison's farm in
our own Town. y "a
The hugeicorn on Coy. scott's place in
or near Columbia, is q theme of much
It is nanured with pure
money wessuspect. SSsiA
2 The town'of Anderson, to a;manf votes
$50, 900 to the Atlanta and Richmond Air
LineiRailroad, provided the road shall
pass by Anderson and locate depot
within its corporate limits. And, speak
ing of this road, tho Greenville Enter
prise says :-Greenville will soon be one
of the greatest highways in; the United
States. The Road will bring emigration
and wealth into the State. ......=a..eay
According to the Bennettsville. Times
Capt. T. 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 get the narraw gauge. !. r4 ao-
There is to be very grand Masonic
celebration in Anderson on st. Johns
day, the Dish 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,
giant ball. Well have all such things
too, when we get the narrow gauge.
A vast quantity of land is to be sold j: IN
Anderson County on the 10th of this
month, by the County Treasurer, to pay
delinquent taxes. Il,
Large land sales, for delinquent taxes,
are to take place in Orangeburg to-day
Tuesday 18th inst.
The Barnwell Sentinel, punished al
Blackville, gives this account of high
handed outrage:
On Sunday night last Mr.. Joseph w
Hair, while on his way home from ms
fathers house, near Minis, was seized
by two rufians, who attempted to stat
him, cutting through one of his suspend.
ers and shirt with knife. Mr.. Hair hao
nothing with which to defend himself
but knife which he drew, and tits sup
posed stabbed one of them with, causing
him to relax his hold. Mr.. Hair ther
fled, and was fired at, but fortunately the
ball did not take effect Our informant
states they were strange beings.
The Commencement exercises of the
Wofford College, at Spartanburg, are to
take place during the last week of this
month. .aA
About 10000 acres of land are adver
tised in Oconee, and about $4,000 ii
Georgetown, for non-payment of Taxes
The two Sumter papers (beth of them
high-toned and enterprising) are very
Justly castigating the town Council O
Sumter for having their printing done IL
Wilmington n.
The Winnsboro Ne,uS is responsible fol
the following: r. a-ta
A Ku-KluX dog bit the daughter OF V
NJ. Wilder, negro postmaster Of Colum
bia, few days ago. Wilder "kilt'' the
poor "purp."
The Charleston Courier makes up
statement, showing the present actua
State indebtedness to be 50, ,965, ,765,23, ant
contingent liability by Endorsement O.
Railroad Bonds, and Bonds issued, to the
amount of sS,7S7, ,6OS, 20, making, in all, {
total liability, exclusive Of the war debt
amounting to s1S, 3,373,43.
One of the most successful industria
enterprises in our State. is the Bivings'
Vile Cotton Factory in Union District
It's present number of spindles kept con
tinually running on Cotton Yarn is 200
but they are found unable to meet the
demands,upon the Factory, and the Con-
pany will, therefore, increase the NUM-
ber, this summer, to 1000.
4 The Union Times comments upon the
immortality of the negroes in Union-ant
upon their shameless disregard OF tht
marriage Tor "take-up") tie.