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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-12
w- A writer from Prosperity, New

@- A writer from Prosperity, New
berry County, S. c., to the Progressive
Age, in thecourse of his letter, says:
HWe cannot boast of any fast games or
gladiator exhibitions like the renowned
Greek of old, bat can boast Of soineas
good marble players as ever shct from
'toy.'' ~
Pshaw The idea of them Frog Level
1--WE mean Prosperity fellows Dragging
on their marble playing! Why our
poorest marble player ir.town tDr. J.)
Is now in the habit of "plundping out
the middle man." from FIVE to ten times
inasuccession whilst some of our best
players frequently spend an hour or so
in decidingwho shall have the first Co."
each party "plumping out the middle
man" some thirty Or forty times "hafa
gwine," until finally one misses the
middle'man, and the other gets it, and
the game commences. We would say to
our Frog Level Prosperity friends, If
they wish to see this noble game played
in the most scientific and perfect manner,
they must come to Edgefield for "our
boyssScan beat tis ,corld!
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Church ANNIVERSARIES and Semi-Cen-
tennials.

The late Semi Centennial Of the Bap-
lists of Virginia, at Richmond, was a
very remarkable and interesting meet
ing-attcndcd by six thousand delegates
and visitors-ard preached to by many
eminent dlvines whose fame is almost
world wide Among the worthy decds
of this great convention was the consum-
nation of the three-hundred-tho
dollar endowment of the Richmond (Bap-
tist) College. And this 100000, it seems.
has been raised in Virginia in single
year. A correspondent speaks of the
matter thus:
"It is truly wonderful that single de-
nomination in single State should raise
nearly three hundred thousand dollars
for one object in year; and more woI-
Cioriul still when We reflect that this ls
done in Virginia i'll these days. But
there were high resolves and an unflinch.
ing spirit of self-sacritice. The result IS
so grand and noble that from all the
States the cry is heard, "All hail Viz
ginia; well done, thou cherishing mother
Of all greatness"
In Savannah lately the Episcopalians
Of Georgia have celebrated, with great
sclemnity, the semi-centennial anniver-
s:,ry Of their Diocesan existence; while
i'm North Carolina tho Forty-scventh An
nua! Convention is now in session. In
our own State this Church is older per-
haps than in any State of the Union, hav-
ing attained, even rs regularly organ
lied Diocese, it's eighty:third year.
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AIgs. MARY GUSTS LEE REvIsITs HER
OLD IIoME.-Thc widow Of General Rob
ert F. Lee, daughter Of George ". P. Gus
It's, and owner, as she is, of.the Arlington
estate, has been in this ci5y for some time,
the guest of her relative, Mrs.. Fitzhugb,
as we have formerly announced. Yester-
day;she improved the pleasant weather
bystaking a driyesin an open carriage to
her old home. She was accompanied only
BY Miss Mary Lloyd and her colored SER
yant glrl. After driving around town,
She took theroad and an hours pleasant
s'driye brought her to Arlington at eleven
O'Clock exactly Mrs. Lee did not get out
of the carriage, but gazed with feelings we
cannotsperhaps fully appreciate on all that
she had once known III tho:e happy days
when she was mistress OF that mansion
ard dispensed its famed hospitalities, on
many a well-remembered scene'and dear,
familiar spot :" but, ah 50 sadly changed,
all She droye to the old famous spring,
and there the carriage was stopped, and she
received and drank glass OF its cool wa
ters, and Miss Lloyd gathered some Of the
beautiful flowers growing there. They
remained I'LL two O'clock, and then return
-edato Alexandra. .-Alexandrla Sentinel.
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For the Advertiser.

|. Mr.. EDIroR,-You will oblige me very
much if you will give me space in your
paper to place myself right before the
good citizens Of the County as regards
the part acted in the Jury question Of
1874
1t is well known to every one whb has
fead the last Jury Act, that the Clerk ot
the County has nothing to do with listing
. the Jury. But I was so very anXions to
have the Jury listed on last January past,
that 1 frequently called the attention OF
the Jury Commissioners to the fact tha.
the month Of January was the time to
list the Jury for 1873; and If not do:.e
then we could have no Grand nor Petit
Jury for this. year. On the 2sth January,
I, although the Jury taw don't require nie
to do so, sent notice to the Adverti-
SER" calling the attention of the Jury
Commissioners to the listing Of the Jury.
One OF the Jury Commissioners saw the
notice on the afternoon of the Goth, but
he had An ADc to Grind In Colum bia, 4"
and regardless Of the interests of the
County, to o-Columbia he went.
Most of yo1n readers have read the
correspondence between Jury Commits
sisner John A. Barker and the County
Auditor. You are the Judges as TO who
came-off victorious. ,f.t
Near the close of the General Assembly
of 1873, an Act was psssedgivingt 10 Edge
field, .spartanburg, and Lexington the
right to lista Jury for 1873. The Jury
Commissioners of Edgefeld listed the
Jury at tha proper time required by said
Act. And believing it was my. duty as
Clerk of Court, I issued my ,venire TO. the.
three County Commissioners to be and
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pieces; they, will rot there quite soon
enough without any assistance. B~tpat
on GOOD coat of boiling tar, about t~o'
feet long or tbereahouh, say foot in the
ground and the same above. always
hang nay gates about six.iiiches from the
level ground, and then dig uPthe earth
between posts and adj q eanple of cert
loads of .esrth that will set hard and IN
raise the ground to within two inches OF
the bottom of the gate; tho gate Win al
ways swing better or clearerof sny loose
ch,lnks orrneks, and viii be clear ps q
water.hole, which is very desirable.
s. The catch and latch are very impor-
tant. They should be very carefully
made and put on, and should work with
as little friction as possible. or the gate
will not shut readily. No gate is perfect
that will stand at any point You may
place it from its closed position, even
should it be touching tho latch. Ifyou
adopt the catch in the plate, the incline
or slope of the latchso as to run up should
be of very gentle ascent, and the latch
not bear too heavy.
I have been minute, having had-great
experience and good practical success ]
ask no one to shut any Of my field gates
after him-I only ask HIM not TO prop
them.open On the plantationef MIR. 3.
T. Nicholson, tmy late residence y hangs
the first gate I had made on the place,
which was put there in 1886, over thirty
seven years ago, and you. .corfdSnot tell
lit had been tn ere over six months by its
appearance; and. yet it opens into. the
! wood yard and thence to theEorchard,
kitchen, &C., and is opened and shut
90 t5 4etimes per day. 1t has had about
four! coats Of white head; it is the best
eoo,lomy. to paint, say tMo coats when
! new, and one every three years after
ward.
t Bill of Lsm6cr for 1'rcfoe Gates.
60 bars At inches wide, II thick, and 20
feet long,. -. .5.- ~
seantlipg X 6 and 123 feet long.
6 +" 3z4 and 1O4 feet long.
If the lumber should be oak, the bars
may be one inch thick, all other proper
! tions the same, .: .,.- -
% Yours respectfully,
r. WARD.
Ridge Spring, June I'd, 1873 -
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a. RAMSAY. c. C. c. P.

Gs- Kirk, Rollins II ,. the authentic
and reliable ~ correspondent fthe Uni.
on-HcralG, over tho signature of "Via-
tor" says there is to be first-class Re-
publican paper started in Edgefield
Well, as we are always IN for any and
every new improvement, and as the
Radical papers yet 'ablished in this
State. with perhaps one exception, are
far from being first class" and decent
Republican journals, we rather like the
idea of the running of g first-class Re-
publican" sheet in Edgetield. But what
possible interest can Rollins III. have in
the publication of paper Of the stand
ard and character proposed? The thing
being FIRST class" and consequently de-
cent, of course it will be compelled tc
ignore him, ;uld fellows Of his ilk, from
the outset; otherwise it would be sailing
under false colors. Let the =" first-class'
lie establishcd-and we will give it acor
dial welcome.
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TIE g Rebel, Dead.

The first grave decorated on. Friday
last at Calvary Cemetery, near Chicago,
was that of an unknown rebel officer
Not one member of the procession pass
ed it without laying, on. the mound
floral tribute. =.
The aboye lsays the Chronicle d Senti-
nel,) @e clip from an exchange. We
publish IS for the purpose of showing
that in some localities, at least. hatred OF
the South and of her cause is being re-
placed by good win and kindly feeling.
Such graceful acts as the one mentioned
above will do much towards bringing
about peace and reconciliation and viii
be fully appreciated by the Southern
people.
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ea The Hyde Park Wooden Mills

ea The Hyde Park Wooien Mills,
sitnated near Boston, were burned on the
6th.-icss, half a million OF dollars. In
surance on the property amounts to
100000, distributed among seventy-four
companies. Several foreign companies
suffer heavily.
es- On Thursday, the 3oth, destruc-
tive rain storm occurred in Abbeville
County Hundreds of acres of bottom
corn was washed up-and literally ruined,
and thousands of rails carried complete
ly off.
g-The Masonic fraternity of Charles
ton are making arrangements for'the re-
ception or the remains Of .ex-Gov. Orr in
that city. They will lay in state in Ma
sonic Hail. until arrangements can be
made TO forward them to Anderson, uta
columbia. ,Asineeting of the various
lodges we're held on the sthi to con-
slider the subject
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THE ADVERTISER.
EdgeieId, s. c., June l2, 1879.
Death of Judge ID. L. Wardtasw.

Death of Judge ID. IL Warata".
Judge D. L. Wardlaw, not ONLY one OF
the most learned and distinguished men
who have ever graced the history of South
Caro- lina-but also one of the purest men
who ever lived in any ageor country
died at his home in Abbeville, on Sum
day morning last. Judge WardIaw was
af, elder brother of our own distinguish
ed and beloved fellow-citizen, the late
Chancellor wardlaw, and, through him,
much identified with Edgefeid. Judge
D. L. Wardlaw, as Circuit Judge and
Justice Of the Supreme Court, sat upon
the Bench of South Carolina for twenty
seven ortwenty eight yeafs-a profound
ly able, brilliant and irreproachable ca
reer
The telegram from Abbeville which
announces to the world the death of this
great and good man, concludes with the
trathfh1 words ;"
"He was, in all the relations Of Afes a
man of answering integrity ana eieva-
ted sentiment, and by his death has been
removed another one of those Landmarks
which bind us to allthatis good and gfo-
rious in the past history Of our State.
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The Appalling TaIworth Murder.

On Tuesday, the srd inst, there oc-
currsd amurder in New York City, com
pared to which, i'll horror and excite
ment. the killing of Fisk was but bub-
BILE This time son kills his father
the one boy of eighteen or nineteen,
the other man of only forty-thrce.
And this time the actors are not vulgar
and flashy upstarts, like Fisk and Stokes,
but gentlemen of the highest Lineage
and most distinguished social position
the son and. grandson of the honorcd and
celebrated Chancellor Walworth The
tale, briefly, is this. Chancellor Wal
worth. a resident Of Saratoga, when old
and widowcr, married Mrs. Hardin, Of
Kentucky, widow of 2 distinguished
officer OF the Mexican war who was
killed at Buena Vista. The marriage
brought together the son OF Walworth
and the daughter of Hardin, Mansfield
Tracy Walworth and Nellie Hardin, both
young and extraordinarily gifted and
accomplished. They are married. For
two..pr three years they live together
happily; two or three children blessing
their Union. But at the end Of this time,
the>husband rapidly, developes into aa
Incorporate, licentous, unscrupulous
villain. Their means are ample. Through
years and years the miserable wife clings
To hi,l with brave hope and wonaaly
devotion. But finally, wcaried out with
insrlt, i'll treatment and povcrty-ior
they have become .poor-she is divorced
from him, and, taking her four chidfen,
established II Female Seminary in Sara
toga. This seminary proves brilliant
SUCCESS, and the unhappy woman at least
lives in material comfort. Meanwhile
the hopelessly reprobate husband sets
up in New York City, where he leads
fast life and becomes an author Of note.
But ever and anon lie writes his wronged
and wretched wife abusive and threaten
ing letters-assuring her that he is de-
termined to take the lives OF herself and
her children. From this he proceeds to
insult, and accuses her of being wan
ton And finally the oldest son; said to
be worthy, handsome and spirited fell
low, goes down from Saratoga TO New
York, invites his father to visit him in
his room at the Sturtevant House, and
there deliberately, and, withshorribie
calmness ahd determination, shoots bim
through the head.
New York is convulsed with excite
ment; and young Walworth is in the
Tombs, deporting himself with sxtraor-
binary dignity and qqiotude. !.
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@s- The Commencement exercises oi
Furman University (says the Working
Christia,D will begin %. W on Tuesday
evening, June 18th, at which time Gen.
D. II. Hill is expected to address the
two Literary Societies connected with the
institution. On Wednesday,, the 18th,
the Female College exercises wilf-eoerH,
and on that evening an address before
the alumni is expected from Rey. J. G.
Williams. Some time during the day
it is proposed to hold meeting Of the
alumni and old students, and organize
an alumni association. On Thursday
evening, tho 18th, the regular exercises
of the University will be held.
During the week Prof: Patrick prope
SEES to have some public exercises con-
,nected with his School. =
~ stokes Rejoiceth.
On the 10TH inst, the Court of Appeals
of New York announced that it should
grant stskes a new trial. And Stokes
will not be hung.
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Mr.. EDITOR II have. after a "long
time," endeavored to make good my
promise by preparing a. draft and des-
scription of my Gates, which after forty
years experience, believe to be supe,
rior to any other for the same cost. They
will last, when properly made, at least
thirty years. -,
Back piece 3x inches. and about feet
8 inches long; head piece full X inches
and about 5 feet s. inches long; bars 10
feet long, and, wAen dressed, inches
wide and l thick, if pine-ifoak, they
may be sawed THAI thickness. (. The bars
should be mordced square entirely
through both back and head piece, not
,alouldered; distances between bars,
starting below, are respectively 8, 81, 4,
5, and 10 inches. Boththe cross braces
and the two palings are nailed to the bars
with the best acrought mails,. with large
heads, 8 inches long, and well clinched.
The two palings are, of course; on the
opposite side of the gate tW the cross
braces. These braces are Of greatim-.
portance; the long one is dove-tailed in
the side and near the top Of the back
piece. pashng to the lower bar closeup
|to- foot of head piece; the short brace
merely butts against thenlong brace on
fifth bar from the bottom, and against
the back piece on thesbottom bar, well
nailed to each bar it crosses. All timber
for gates should he of the best quality
and thoroughly seasoned; better use
bars" than an Indifferent gate, Or even
one badly hung.
Now, the hanging of the gate requires
far more skill than the making. 1t is
very rarely well done even by the best
Of workmen. If timber is plenty, get
the posts 10 X 10 inches (if scarce, 8x 10
will do,) and 10 feet inches long, and
always four feet. in the ground. IF you
want to dig your post holes with the least
possible labor, commence them 5 feet
long and feet wide. Put in the post
thegate is to hang to, first, and ram well
from bottom to top, taking care the post
is plamb; or perhaps 1t is best to lean it
about an inch or two the way the gate is
to shut; that much is imperceptible to
the eye, and it frequently settles back a
little by the weight of the gate. ~.
The hinges should be heavy, and full
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eetlong, wen nailed with large wrought
nails, to the top bar and back piece. and.
second bar from the bottom and back
piece, 81 inches long and square at its
butt end A strip 8 inches wideand about
! thick, must be.tacRed on the bars that
the hinges are nailed to, to make an even
surface from the back. piece to the, end OF
the hinge. The lower hinge should pre-
iecs two inches further from the back OF
/ the back piece than the upper, one. and,
ho ;sent ,outwards SO as to give the.eate
fall. The IL yhook must not be driven
up as clos. y7about 3inohes as the up
per one.' IT., y should be strong shanks:
made 10 follow an inch auser, and of,the'
same thickness from end TO END, not ia
pe,ed Hike a.wedge. d. When boring the
thole for the hooks, slightly inclinei the
3point of the auger to the centre 9f the
1post, and bore entirely through; then,
should a hook break OF he driven too far,
it can. be driven back with bolt. Be
careful tlat-the, gate; when hung, has
about three,quarters OF an inch between
the back and the post. A gate that binds
i, soon breaks itself OF the hinges, never
shuts we'll, and is standing trap for
ohildren's fingers. Now, after the gate
is hung. put in the head post. always
gutter the head post ska, (neyer the
| other,) for head to fall in. 1t is q great
Improvement, and issafer against stock.
But the same rule applies=to sthistas the
| otter end Of the gate, it should here have
full half or three-quarters, of an inch
play, so it shalt not stick.
L use commonly wood latch. morticed
through head piece and nailed to the
paling, extending half its length behind
the paling. 1t is very convenient to put
the foot on, decreases the friction on the
catch, and of course shuts easier. AZ
though the cheapest and most convent
ent latch made; it is notlthe safest; where
YOU. have:a cunning. mule or oS,-tbey
Frequently learn to open it. have an
iron one that nothing can open without
hands, but cannot we'll describe it.
Now posts again. Get good lasting
timber and put the matu,rsJ top down.
wards, and leave no shoulder at the sur
face of the ground to catch water and
hold it, nor make any mortioe for cross
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Hard Times.

+ This is the song everybody sings now,
and 10 our certain knowledge money is
exceedingly scarce; and yet, scarce as il
is. our list of subscribers is steadily on
the increase, and each week weyhave the
pleasure of enrolling from twenty tc
thirty new NAMES on our books. This,
to as, is quite encouraging, and is more
over: some evidence that our efforts to
make the Advertiser an entertaining and
acceptable newspaper, is duly apprecia-
ted by Edge6eld people. And as Edge
field has ever stood to.and supported the
Advertiser, 50 will the Advertiser ever
stand by aud sustain good old Edgefeld
and the good people thereof
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HYMENEAL

MARRIED, on Tuesday morning. May
9th, by the Rev. NJ. NJ. Boyd, Captain
JESSE SCHUMPERT and Miss S. KATE
HARRIS, all Of Newberry County, S. G..
MARRIED, in Aiken, s. g, on the Sd
of June, 1873, by the Rev. Gco.J. Grifiiths,
DIR. J. c. PIODA, Of Augusta, Ga, and
Miss SUSAN MURPHY, of EdgcIicld,
s C. No cards
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COMM ERCIAI
AUGUSTA. June 10

AUGUSTA. June 10.
GOLD-Buyinga at ll6 and selling at III.
COTTON-Tho market to-day WAS firm,
and good demand prevailed inral1 clean
bright styles, low grades neglected. Mid
ding, l79 sales, 40; receipts, 80.
BACON-Clear Sides, ll@l13; G. L.
Sides, II, Shoulders, 9@9a; Flhms, "a
6ll7; Dry Salt Sides, l0a; d. S. Shout
'ooRN-whasc-by car lead; oo@ss };
WHEtAT--Amber, 81 o5@l IS; rcd,
!. 81 9O;' white, 81 S5@1 90. = -.
FLOUR-City Mills are: 50 25@9 So
for superfnc; 50 50@ 10 90 for extra
10 5o@l 25 for .filniiky, and -Sll 75(9 Il ~
for fancy; Western and Country, 81 500
8 90.
OATS--Whitc ami inixe,lr G5!@GS;
Black Seed. s5; Red Rust Proof. SGog6s.
PBAS-We-quotea at 81 a0@l 80.
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LARGE F1RE-THE COUNTY JAIL De-
srRoYEp.-About fifteen or twenty min
utes past u O'Clock, Tuesday night, the
fire bell started our citizens from Their
slumbers, and it was soon asccrtained that
the flames proceeded from the jail, located
in the very heart of the town The whole
upper story of the building was DESTROYED
before the engines reached the spot. The
fire had made such headway before it was
discovered, that it was utterl- impossible
to save the building. The jailor barely
had time, it is said, to turn the prisoners
out. before tie upper roof fell in. We
learn that there was an insurance of g.
600 upon the concern. The loss is heavy
one to thesCounty, the building having
been erected at cost Of $4,000. The
iailor says there is but little douot that.
the fire was an incendiary one.-Sumter
News.
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Notice /!

r OST or MISLAID, Bounty Land
- Warrant No. 2.269, for. l20 Acres, da-
ted the llth day of June. 1S55, issued to
BENJAMIN w Harrison Any informa-
ton leading Ia the .recavery OF the same
will be thankfully received, and liber-
ally rewarded.
Notice is hereby given that will make
application to the proper authorizes for
n duplicate Of the same.
BENJAMIN w. HARRISON.
June 6, 1873. Ct IS
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and especially her bereaved family, susI.
tainsa loss irreparable; but tbs her eter-
nal gain :,
She left four children, two sons and
two daughters, together with numerous
relatives and friends to mourn their loss.
"Sorfow not as others who have no
hope for she is not dead, but sleepcth (;
and they that sleep in Jesus, will God
bring with him. w. II. IT,.
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-The FIRST Cotton Bloom.

The Chronicle & Sentinel, OF Tuesday,
says 't Wesreccived by mail, last even
irig,a cotton bloom-the first we have
sseen or heard Of this season-from MIR.
r. j. Dunbar, who lives at Efleptnn Sta
tion, on the Port Royal Railroad. The
bloom opened am his plantation at that
place, last Sunday morning, the sth in
stant.o
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Suspension of the South Carolinian.

We regret exceedingly to announce
the suspension Of the Columbia South
Crolinina, a paper which was, par c.c-
cg'icncc, the champion of law, right. de-
cancy, and true Democratic principles.
NJ. McCaw, its editor, as thinker and
writer, il so decidedly gifted, as to make
it matter Of lalnentation that he should
be lost, even for time. to the conserva-
tive press of South Carolina.
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No invention was ever so important to
tie. residents of warm climates as the
Venetian Blind. Admitting The air and
a shaded light, while keeping out the
heat and glare, they are absolutely es-
scntial to the comfort of our section. II
the houses of any of our'rcadcrs are des-
titutc of these valuable econtrivances, they
should at once seEd their orders to Mr..
P. P. Toale Charleston, S. G. He makes
all the work he sells, and guarantees SIT
isfaetion on all Blinds, Doors add Sash
from his Factory Send for his price
list. Sent free on application. -