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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
RATTLE.

r WILL Rattle, at my Store, on next
l. Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock,
A Beautiful Silver Tea Service, worth
Eighty dollars. for five dollars chance:
Those who have taken Chances will
please be present, or authorize some one
else to throw for them.
H. CHEATHAM.
Oct. 25 1t AZ
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
To Rent.

rTHE PLANTATION on which Mr..
Il. Josias Lanham resides. Apply on
the premises, or to DR.. S. G. Meriwether,
Woodlawn, s. G..
Oct, 4 3t Al
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26

"1IIN. COMFORT IN NINE Inn
This is Il phrase suggestive OF tie larg-
est need OF enjoyment, outside OF the
home circle, 70 the travelling community'
and we know Of no placcof public enter
tainment where the idea can be more
thoroughly realized than at the A%g@st@
Hotel, in our ncighboring city. The
apartments are well furnished, well ven
tilated, and we'll kept. The cooking is
savory and elegant. And Us for Mcssrs.
Murphy Il May, they are brace of land
lords formed by nature to work with
each other. They are emphatically fine
fellows. And the augusta Hotel is EN-
phatically clean, cheap and comfortable
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
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AUGUSTA ADVERTISEMENTS.

PETER KEENAN,, The REFoRI-
ER:-Peter Keenan, lives, and loves, and
sells Shoes, in Augusta--and reforms
abuses in the Shoe trade, and consequent
ly secures muchrespect and makes mucii
money. If you wish to see what abuses
Peter Keenan, reforms, read his new card
in this weeks 4dvertiser, and You will
be satisfied. Peter Keenan, is one of the
many honorable and enterprising Irish
gentlemen who lend such life and geni-
ality to both the business and social life
of Augusta. His card is quaint one.
Study it well.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
Notice..

A LII persons indebted to WIN. HILL,
N decd, will please call upon the un-
dersigned, at No. 265 Broad Street, Au-
gusta, Ga and settle their accounts.
WALLACE J. DELPHI, Ad'or
Oct 25 If Al
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26

a GIANTSADpLE MD bEATHiI.
MAH.-our new advertisement from
AIr. Cans. Il. Goodrich vii; attract the
attention of hundreds OF old friends and
customers. FL is at his old stand in Au-
gasta with an extraordinarily heavy
Sock OF Harness. Saddlery, Betting,
Trunks, and everything in his line o!
business. And hc is always ready to
welcome his friends from Elgeiield, ano
furnish them bargains difficult to obtai2
elsewhere. Therefore we give this ad-
vice:-Ig you desire a SET Of Harness, 4
Saddle, Truni., or anything else in thai
lire, cali ON Alr. Chas. II. Goodrich, 81
Broad ST.. ail-i you will be courteously
and ,ir!y dealt by.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
For Sale,

rEvIIE RESIDENCE recently occupied
a by o. n. Butler, near Edgetield c
IL. y good Dwelling House and neces-
sary outbuildings. Sixty Acres of Land
attached.
Will be sold low. Terms made known
by application to j. L. Addison, Esq, OF
Graham 81 Butler, Augusta, Ga.
Oct % 3t a.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
NOTICE.

vy1HE Estate of r. w. ADAMS, decd,
Il must be settled. Longer indulgence
will not begiven. Therefore, all persons
concerned, will please settleup forthwith
T. d. PADGETT, Ad'or.
Oct 25 St Al
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
THE SINGER SEWING
Machine.
The Singer Still Triumphant !!
Incalculable Saving of
Time, Labor & Money.
BY THE USE OF
Singers Sewing Machine,

With The Following Attachments:
The Corder,-The 1hcker,-The Rublcr,-
The Ouiltcr,-IHe Adjustable Binder
The Trimmer, The En,6roiderer.
TITO say nothing of the bearing off OF
IL all first premiums at Fairs and Ex-
hibitions in past years, the Singer Ma
chine has already this fall, only lew
DAYS back, been awarded the highest
prize Mt the Atlanta Fair. And sold du-
ring the wear 1870, 1888 Machines,
being 44.625 over and above that of any
other Company, according to the sworn
reports published.
The undersigned. Agents for. the sale
of the Singer Sewing Machine, have To-
Gated in Edgefield for the present, and
herewith invite the public to call Mt their
office, next door toMr. J. III. Cheatham's
store, where they will be glad to exhibit
their Machines, and instruct persons in
the operation and management Of the
same.
They beg leave torefer to the following
citizens of Edgefeld. who have already
bought Machines Of them, viz: L. F.
Youmans. ESQ.,, Captain Lewis Jones,
Johnson Bland. ESQ.,, Drury Vaughn,
ESQ.,. Jas. T.. Dow, Esq., Arthur A. Glow
er, ESQ.,, and Mrs. Chase.
|. MALLARD & BAKER, Agentss
Oct. 25 I'm A
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
Important Decision.

The Charleston Ne'cs, of yesterday
contains the following decision of a
homestead case:
In case where judgment had been re-
covered before Judge Carpenter, June,
1870, in which that Judge heln that inc
defendant was not entitled 10 NOME
stead and the homestead which had been
before set Off to the defendant was taken
out of his possession and the plaintiff
nut in possession thereof. Judge Gra-
ham this week made an order, on motion
Of Mr.. Knowlton, the defendants coun1
sci. setting aside the Judgment and all al
the the proceedings under it, ordering g;.InS new '
trial in the case, and giving the deiena-
ant, Mr.. Jeremiah j. Houck, leave .S.1 70
come in and plead his right OF homes1eao'
nsa- Branch, Sons & Co., of Augusta,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
THE ADVERTISER.
EdgedeId, S. c.. Oct, 26, 1871.
Eycitcment in Savannah.

Mr.. De Montmollin, Of Savannah, rent
co his plantation ten miles above the
city to Mr.. Zctler, but forbade him to
sab-let any portion of it to negroes. Zet-
ler however disregarded this, and did
sub lot the land Nh Nlontmollin
then went up and had Zetler elected, and
drove off some of the negroes. while
others consented to remain and be hired
by Mr.. De Montmoilin. The latter. af-
ter, after this, returned to the city; but
hearing soon that the dismissed negroes
had determined to go back to the planta-
tior and drive off those who had remain
ed, Re again went up, taking with him
two friends Messrs. Kent and Silver.
They were attacked by the disaffected
negrees-a large and well-armed band
and all three wounded-Mr. Slyer NOR
tally. And not only wounded, but taken
off by the negroes to Bluffton on the
South Carolina coast. At latest advices
they were still in the hands Of the ne
groes at Bluffton, and it is feared Mr..
Slyer is already dead Savannah is even
now in high state of excitement over
this bloody and high-handed outrage.
Disastrous Effects of Martha, Law.
The Columbia Phonir, of Sunday, says:
Our information from Spartanburg and
York is that feeling of great insecurity
and excitement prevails in those counties.
Many have left their homes to avoid mill
tary arrest. Yesterday, at Yorkville,
there had been forty four persons placed
in Jail, and our informant states that FIVE
hundred or six hundred persons had left
their farms-leaving their crops exposed
to depreciation. At this period Of the
year the injury resulting to the business
interests Of these disturbed communities
from the present state Of affairs must be
very great.
There was rumor of collision be-
tween the citizens and the military at
some point on Broad river, but this re-
port is probably unfounded.
4 special telegram to the Charleston
Ne,cs, dated Columbia, Oct. 2Sd, says:
Eighteen citizens of York County were
arrested last night, charged with being
members of the Ku-Klux Society, and
there are forty already in Jail in York
vile OIL the same charge.
Attorney General Akerman is person
ally aiding Marshal Johnson in his raid
on the proclaimed counties.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26

ORNAMENTAL YOUNG GENTLE
MEN, GIVE EAR:-Give ear, and learn
where you can get Beautiful Clothes
made; and where you can find such
s;tuffs to choose from as your eyes never
beheld before. Well then, go to the
Globe Hotel i'll Augusta, turn the cor
ner there, down Jackson Street, going
towards the Post Office, and three tolera-
bly, long steps will bring you to the
BJou Of Tutoring Establishment kept
by Messrs. Kavanagh IL Lynch. And Ii
is nearly opposite Sneiders tco-famous
and sacred locality! Mr.. kavanagh is
the old ard celebrated Cutter of John
Kenny. AS regards their Goods, or as
regards their Cutting, Fitting, and Max
irg, Kayanagh & Lynch are not to be
surpassed anywhere. Give particular at
ten,ion to their card in another column.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26

STILL ANOTHER EDGEFILDM MAN
WITH BRANDT:-With Brandt, the
fashionable Shoe Merchant. His name
is DR.. Walter Nicholson, and he has
troops OF friends. Let them not forget
him next week.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26

(WHICH JEWS MIGHT KISS AND
INFIDELS ADoRE:'-We are think
ing OF .hc Diamond Crosses we saw Al
Prontau.'s in Augusta last week-Pron-
taut's, the Jewelgy and Silver Store, of
Oriental gorgeousness, under the Angus
ia Hotel Let every body from Edge
field go into Prontaut's next week, while
they are at the Fair, ii it be Only 70 soc
the Dazzling Beauty and Entrancing
Splendor Of the scene.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26

THE WOMEN OF EDGEFIELD
RAISING A MONUMENT TO Full
LERToN OF course every one knows
who Fullerton is-Fullerton whom gen
erations yet unborn will bless and praise
Fullerton the famous Cooking Store
Merchant of Augusta. In fact there is
monument to Fullerton in every house
where stands one of his Incompatible
Stoves
We visited his Establishment the other
day, and found him filled with all his
old-time enterprise and beneficence-and
his rooms filed with superb Chief Cooks
and Philanthropists, aud other Fine
Stoves too numerous to mention-all
sizes, all styles, all prices. Fullerton is
well nigh opposite the augusta Hotel, a
little higher up. We need say no more.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
Capital and Assets, s494,959, ,55.

l. he Georgia Home Insurance Com
pany continues oinsureproperty against
loss by fire, at reasonable rates.
Many of our most prominent and pru-
dent citizens arc insuring their Dwell
ings and other property in this Company.
The Georgia Home" is agood and re.
liable Company-pays all losses prompt
ly-and is worthy of the confidence and
patronage of the people of Edgefield.
Call on the undersigned and secure a
Policy on your Dwelling and Furniture,
and Merchandise. And remember: De-
lays are dangerous.
Oct % 3m Al
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
Economy

is strictly practieed in III our business, and
the facilities we have in buying our
Goods, together with the continual in
crease of our business, enables us'to of
fer you our goods at a mere. small adj
vance on the actual cost price. This is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
The Suress Way

to lay in your supplies properly. We
need hardly to mention to you what class
of Goods we keep, as our business is too
well known to you; We keep from the
CHEAPEST to the FINEST GOODS in
our line, and all we ask of you, when
you como to town
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26

m.a- Branch, Sons & Co., of Augusta,
have sent one thousand dollars 10 'he
Chicago sufferers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26

We will be able to offer our customers
and the public generally, at the coming
fall season, a we'll selected and largely
assorted stock of CLOTHING, Gents.
FURNISHING GOODS, HATS UNI
BRELLAS, TRUNKS, VALISES, &C.,
never before eXcelled in this market, and
our prices are low, because we sell FOR
CASH, and need not tax our customers
with losses which we would otherwise
sustain through bad debts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-10-26
TO Make

your purchases, be sure to call on us and
look through our large Stock of Goods,
and the astonishing low prices, which,
when compared with the regular market
price, you will find that we give our Gus
toners the largest portion of the profit
and by this process we actually give away
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-21
A Novel Way to SAufile off the Mortal
Coil.

A singular case of disregard for life,
says the Steubenville (Ohio) Herald, by
counting dangerous contagion, came
to our notice this morning, in the death
of young man from smallpox. The
deceased went from this city to Pitts
burgh, and of his own accord, applied
for, and obtained situation at hos
pital where several violent cases of
smallpox were, for the purpose, he claim
ed afterwards, of contracting the disease
that he might die. He continued in
the handling of smallpox patients and
oorpses for several weeks, and returned
here some ten days since, and told his
exploits among the "stiffs' of the dread
ed contagion, saying he wished he
would take the smallpox, that he was
tired of life, and wanted God Almighty
to take it," He had his wish. In few
days after making the reckless remarks,
he was stricken with the disease in the
most violent form, his physician pro-
nouncing his case almost hopeless from
the first. This morning he died, and
was conveyed to the last earthly tene-
ment, where the troubles of life cease
In this death the circumstances are Pc
culiar; the wish expressed, and the
means taken to contract the disease as
stated, was new method of getting rid
of life. Another singular circumstance
was the publication cf his death, and
the digging of his grave, the day before
he died.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-21
How a Publisher was Not Taken In.

Mr.. Fields, the Boston publisher, has
a wonderful memory, and his knowledge
of English literature is so available that
when q friend wishes to know where
any particular passage may be found, he
steers at once for the corner and con-
suits the man who is likely to give the
desired information. Apompous, would
be wit, not long ago, thinking to puzzle
him, and make sport for a company at
dinner, informed them, prior to Mr..
Fields arrival, that he had himself that
morning written some poetry, and in
tended to submit it to Mr.. Fields AZ
Southey's, and inquire in which of his
poems the lines occurred. At the proper
moment, therefore, after the guests were
seated, he began: Friend Fields, I
have been good deal exercised of late
trying to find in Southey's pens his
well-known lines running thus -;
can you tell us about what time he wrote
them Z"
81 do not remember to have met with
them BEFORE" replied Mr.. Fields, "and
there we've only two periods in Southey' s
life when such lines could possibly have
been written by him"
"When were those" gracefully asked
the witty questioner.
Somewhere" said Mr.. Fields, "about
that early period of his existence when
he was having the measles and cutting
his first teeth; or, near the close of hil
life, when his brain had softened, and he
had fallen into idiocy. The versifca.
ton belongs to the measles period, but
the expression clearly betrays the idiotic
tonew w
The funny questioner smiled family
but the company roared.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-21
Gossip.

So many people have so little to do
that they find plenty of time to attend
to other peoples business i'll addition to
their own.
We once knew a man that was bank
rupted on account of the kindness OF a
friend that was too free in attending to
his business. He really meant no harm,
but, on account of his oficiousness, and
not knowing the true state of his friend 8
business, he was the cause of his ruin.
1t is customary to attribute this weak
ness to brainlessness, and, in contempt, to
say old aoOman but allow me to say that,
if you find decrepid old bachelor, or a
brainless fool of either sex, he is the best
type of gossip in the world. He can
wag his head so Significantly. He can
say so much i'll such few words, that to
speak of woman as representative is a
burlesque upon his skill. May / speak
plainly, to show contempt for the VILLAIN
GUS murderer OF reputation, when say
that 10 fitting place can be assigned to
the destroyer of more happy homes, the
desolater of more hearts, and the imper-
sonstion of more hell than can be CON-
centrated in any other victim the devil
can ensnare. Pardon me, reader, but
the dealer in other mems regulations
should not be confined with the thief
lest the thief suffer by the association
nor the ordinary murderer, since his call
ing is to kill the body, while this incar'
nate devil attempts to destroy the soul.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-21
The First Newspaper in America.

In Buckingham's Newspaper Speci-
mems we find that the first attempt to
set up newspaper in North America,
so far as can be ascertained from exist
ing records or from tradition, was made
in Boston in the year 1890. Only one
copy is known to be in existence, and
this is deposited in the State Paper Office
in London.
Number one of this paper, and proba-
bly, the only number ever published, is
Sept. 10, 1880. Immediately on its pub
lication the legislative authorities spoke
of it as pamphlet, stated that it was an
act contrary to law, and contained ere
hection of v,ry high nature" They
strictly forbade "any thing in print
without license first obtained from these
officers appointed by the Government to
grant the same" the paper was printed
by Richard Pierce for Benz amin Harris.
Mr.. Pierce is said to have been the fifth
person who carried on the printing bAsi-
ness in Boston.
Benjamin Harris, who was the pro-
prietor of this, had printing house in
Boston in 1862, and in 1894 printed the
acts and laws of Massachusetts,, and was
"printer to his Excellency the Governor
and Council" Harriss commission to
to print the laws was in the following
words:
"By his excellency-I order Benjamin Har.
ris to print the acts and laws made by the great
and general court or assembly by their NJ ijes
tvs province of Massachusetts Bay of New
Eagland, that we the people may be informed
thereof "WM. PHIPPs.
"Boston, Dec lG, 1922.
This is curious, interesting and i'm
portant history, showing that the advent
of the newspaper to this country took
place hundred and eighty years ago.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-21
Reticent PeOple.

An exchange referring to this seldom
understood class of people, says. " Valua-
BILE in society, at home the reticent are
so many forms of living death. Eyes
have they, and see not ears, and hear
not and the faculty of speech seems to
have been given to them in vain. They
go out and they come home, and they
tell you nothing OF all they have seen.
They have heard all sorts of news, and
seen no end of pleasant things; but
ing as mute as fishes, and if you want it,
you must dig out your own Information
bit by bit, by sequential, categorical
questioning. Not that they are surly
or ill-natured; they are only reticent
They are disastrous enough to those who
are associated with them, and make the
worst partners in the world in business
or marriage for you never know what
is going on, or where you are, and you
must be content to walk blindfolded if
you walk with them" But what shall
be done with such peopleI In an ig-
norant, doubling, suspicious age, of
course they will be snsrled at and de-
nounced and thought guilty of all man.
ner of sins of which no one in the world
is generally more innocent. They are
generally the victims of all manner of
lectures, and are generally familiar with
both smiles and tears. Either or both
may move them, but not to commotion
or storms or anger, even in self-defense.
And even that silence is misconstrued.
They are too proud and too sensitive to
enter upon defense of what to them
selves is clear as the MONDAY sun but
the garrulous denouncer of their pecu-
liarities and imagined sins takesi it for an
acknowledgment of guilt, and that, as
they can say nothing in their own de-
fence, they keep silence. The lot of the
reticent is indeed bad when it falls in
such unpleasant places, and only they
themselves can know the delight of be-
ing entirely alone, and communing with
their own thoughts and aspirations, if
they can find no one who can stand
on their own heights, and under
stand them in their abstracted musings.
Language is often good, but terrible
when drifting about without rudder.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-21
To Young Men.

1t is easier to be good business man
than poor one. Half the energy dis
played in keeping ahead that is required
to catch up when behind will save cred.
il, give more time to business, and add
to the profit and reputation of your
work. Honor your engagements. If
you promise to meet man, or n certain
thing, ut o certain moment, be ready at
the appointed time If you go out on
business, attsnd promptly to the matter
on hand, and then as promptly go about
your business. Do not stop to tell sto-
ries in business hours.
If you have place of business be
found there when wanted. No man can
get rich by sitting around stores
and saloons. Never fool on business
matters. If you have to labor for liv-
ing, remember that one hour in the
morning is better than two at night. If
you employ Others, be on hand to to see
that they attend to their duties, and to
direct with regularity, promptness and
liberality. Do not meddle with any
business you know nothing of. Never
buy a thing simply because the man
that sells it will take it out in trade.
Trade is money. Time is money. A
good business habit and reputation is
always money. Make your place of
business pleasant and attractive; then
stay there to wait on your customers.
Never use quick words, or allow your
self to make hasty or ungentlemanly re-
marks to those in your employ, for to do
so lessons their respect for you and your
influence over them. Help yourself, and
Others will help you. Be faithful over
the interest contided to your keeping,
and all in good time your responsible.
ties will be increased. Do not be in too
great haste to get rich. Do not build
until you have arranged and made good
foundation. Do not-as you hope to
work for success-spend time in idleness.
If your time is your own, business will
suffer if you do. If it is given to another
for pay, it belongs to him, and you have
no more right to steal it than to steal
money.
Be obliging. Strive to avoid harsh
words and personalities. Do not kick
every stone in the path; more miles can
be made a day by going steadily on than
by stopping to kick. Pay as you go. A
man of honor respects his word as he does
his bond. Ask, but never beg. Help
others, when you can, but never give
when you cannot afford TO, simply be-
cause it is fashionable. Learn to say no.
No necessity of swapping it out dog
fashion, but say it firmly and respect
fully Have but few confdants, and
the fewer the better. Use your own
brains rather than those of others. Learn
to think and act for yourself. Be Wig
liant. Keep ahead, rather than behind
the time. Young man, cut this out
and if there is folly in tho argument,
let us know.