Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-30
Local Items.

Will take place on SUNDAY neAt, the 1no
day of November.
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Local Items.
Weather still bright, fair and mild.
Cotton picking and cotton ginning still
the order of the day. Ginning brisker
than picking! A gentleman who arriy7;
ed In our town day or two ago, from
Sumter County, tells us that all along
his route, from beginning to end, the
fields were literally white with unpicked
cotton-so much SO as to be worthy Of
comment.
The Right Rev. Bishop Howe, of the
Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, ar
rived in Edgefeld on Friday evening
last, on his annual visitation to Trinity
parish; and on Saturday and Sunday
last, very interesting services and SER
mons were heard in Trinity Church.
The Bishop was accompanied by the
Rev. Mr.. Edgerton, Of st. Thaddeus'
Church, Aiken, a young divine of deci-
ded ability, and great prominence among
the clergy Of our State. During his so,
journ in Edgefield, Bishop Howe bap'
tized one adult, one infant, and confirm
ed six persons. He-quitted our eommu--
nifty on Tuesday afternoon, for visit to
the new and fourishing Episcopal con-
gregati,n of Ridge Spring, whose beau
tiful Church wiz soon be ready for con-
secraticn.
The session Of the Storm Branch Asso
citation doolored Baptist) at Pleasant
Grove, three miles from US, on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday last, was attended
by numbers, which, apparently, arith-
metic would fail to compute. If we are
net mistaken it was 3 very. decorous
meeting. The next session is to meet at
Dead River" on the Port Royal Rail-
road. 2 '-ss. $500
The Sabre Club: drilled actively on Sat-
urday last, and will do SO again on next
Saturday. On the Saturday following,
will takeplace the last drill before their
departure for Columbia On this day
all the pretty girls are coming to bright
en- the scene; also the Johnston's Brass
Band. And Maybin Griffin will givea
Barbecue-and there will be dancing
and all that.
The Sons of Temperance flourish at
Johnston's, and the average Johnston's
man, now takes his lemonade without
"a fly. in it'' as heretofore-and yet they
are not happy. They look "blue'' and
chilly like, these cold mornings.
Who did not know Alfred Blocker, the
iug-factory man, who for the last twenty
years has been driving up to our doors
and putting out jugs, jars, pots and
crooks? An honest and a pleasant fell
low was Alfred, black land so black y
though he was. And now he is dead and
gone. And the veteran one-legged Dave
Drake is left alone with his glory and
his jugs.
The most accomplished house servant
In Edgefeld County, and the most mag
piticent brass cleaner in the world, is
Ben. Hatcher (colored). Who says not
Times are,dun and hard. Trade in
our town, except on Saturdays is but
sickly phantom. The colored people,
who viii undoubtedly part with money
when they have it, buy a little on Satur-
days. We notice that; Smith, Jones q
Co. by, hook, OF by crook, I'VE suppose it
is thus-or is it by plentiful tolls?) man
age to pay off their hands every satur-
day. ~ sas
Our daily mail nowadays is ready
for distribution about 1C o'clock A. NJ.
Mr.. Willis odom, of the Meeting Street
country, sends us some magnificent Yam
Potatoes-2. 8. and 4. pounders-which
leave the Barrs, and Hatchers. and
Marshes, and all the sand-country men,
quite in the shade. Wewould'nt be sur
prised to see big ,waternelons come from
Meeting Street next summer.
Next week, or the week after, we
should. by rights, have Court; but as
usual we shal, have none. No juries are
being drawn-no preparations made.
Indeed, if we mistake not, We have at
present no Jury Commissioner. Bar
kers time has expired, on account
of which expiration the people are much
delighted, bat his successor has not been
appointed. This sort Of higgledy pig
gledy, grascally business, however, is
nothing new among the Radicals.
Batesyille Business Notices.
w. G. KERNAGEAN& & CO.-Our old
friends, the Kernaghan Brothers, whose
name, like those Of their kinsman, lam
mond, is identified with Cotton buying
in the palmy days of old Hamburg, send
us their card from Batesyille-whereth they
wisely settled when the now flourishing
little town had but three houses. They
lbqY Cotton and sell Goods of all kinds.
SEQ their card in another column
W. F. opLLpM.-Mr. W. P. cullum,
another of the. pioneer merchants Of
: Ratesyilie, also honors the Atuertiser
this week with an announcement of his
popular Establishment, Where are sold
Dry Goods, and the numerous lines OF