Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-20
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Local Items.
EThe EAtertainr, emf Of the Episcopal
Ladies is postponed until Some time in
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Ladies les is p0stponedSuntil Some time in
The members of the impending Sabre
Club are to meet on Saturday, the 10th
finst, to organize and set thingsin motion.
And in future therewill be Tournaments,
Balls, Queen Crownings, and all that.
AS sregaSdsitheslast days Of Court, NE
have but little TO narrate. -dOn Monday,
of ths, second week, Judge Melton took
up the Equity Docket and gave his
whole time TO it. BE went through it,
dispatching everytcase in which the law
yers we're ready. The. only case worthy
of public mention was that, of Jas. a.
Lanier; = Trustee, vs.. Griffin, Day, and
the parties who received under the will
OF, the late Diomede F. Hollingsworth.
| In this suit the name of the Defendants
was legion, and each one had different
attorney. Mr.. Thompson, of Abbeville,
and Gen: NJ. w. Gary, for the Plaintiff:
Mr.. Magrath, Mr.. H:.W., Addison, Mr..
Yonmans, Mr.. Wright, and Nj. Baxter,
Of Newberry, representing the respec-
tive Defendants. And each one spoke
loud and long. The suit involves some
S20oOO, and gave rise to many veryinice
points iof law. Judge Melton? took the
papers away with him. Besidesa the
foreclosure of some ten ora dozen Mort
cages, we remember nothing elso Of In
tersst siilaPil Is IG .liTc -
At the Criminal Court efthis Term,
|!noenelwas Convicted something almost
unprecedented in Edgefeld. !.ti.al;7Js
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The young people of our town haye
eroquet heavily on the BRAIN 4ttis 2
pretty and "a genteel game !. and We are
very glad they have takenito it. Their
playground is beneath the beautiful wa
Fteroakyer&h the South sidee Ntetho,
dat Church, and there tAey hays, ,lalmess
every afternoon, fine as: time fit
FoF two ", or thrse weeks past 'she u Esin d
has been 'quits'oo o4uettmg with psafool.
ing us with big blowingss and thunder
ings. 1t is really very d and the gar
dens around town arenothhgto brag Of
The insstsonawe kndSsof Is our own,
althoughans senvious. nsighbor came two
or thressateruoons ago and ridiculed it.
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ThspailE6ngsot;t the Baptist Church is
alrsadS I'M progress. Mesars. Burrell q
Paul aii.sr srss synpon it, Sand very soon it
will be; itwSfe, pprged hyssop
and whites fhan; ;snew.
oH1aesday morning we happened
among onng i crowd sof gentlemen who were
talking cotton, .and one of them,. who
iknows-whereofs lhe, affirms, announced
that some of the finest cotton be had
seen was that Of "Uncls Hafpes Pick
ems" in the fields around ths Edgewood
mansion, Of which fields Harper now
has charge. And, sure enough, when
we stepped back into the Office, there
was cotton bloom from Uncle Harper
on our table. We have. heard Of blooms
in this region ever since the 4th inst, but
oncie harper 5 is 'ne nise "' n'N0 seeA'
Anu seeing Is peiieytns.
rho oo,orod women Of thu Rant;st de.
:s,;.o.;on I ] a.ve 90 Hot sumner o., the
nsast Of tho 1srh to assist in building
.he;r Church. Receipts from the same,
eco: Tbs women to hold tbe money and
soo w - ,ro,a,,1 onn,;ed We ar. alad the
PC = pt1p ..1..r .h;s ,,.tto, ~ bond
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