Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-08-11
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STATE NEWS

JfU, and the amount or ADVANCES buty
cover 9lSS,0G4.S5. Tie largest
amount for which any one lien is
given Is 81 600, and the smallest is -.
Commissioner Raum's annual re-
port of the condition Of he internal
Revenue Service shows that during
the last fiscal year the snm d SIN
:22:2,5 ,9O2 was collected and Esid into
the treasury. Oh this amonlt South
Carolina contributed 'tl:3a15 ,4AT. Hi
nois heads the list to the inneoi r;23,-
7S4,6Sl. 4
The Commissioner OF Agriculture
is making strenuous Efforts TO have
South Carolina properly represented
at the Atlanta Exposition. He is re-
ceiving encouraging letter. from
men in various pottions Of
the State, promising him assistance
and he hopes to make the States ex-
hibition practical evidence iof her
boundless resources.
The Rock Hill Ur;uIH says: PRO
hibilion has been attended. with a
great benefit to our town Ths drink :
ing and loafng that were lormerly
done are now conspicuorsiy absent.
Men now come 10 town, get their
supplies and then 60 home. A great
deal Of time is thus saved andpnt TO
good nse, which would otherwise be
worse than lost.
The venerable Professor David
Duncan, Of Spartanburg, S. Ci sends
us a note in which he speaks pf the
death Of sister in Ireland, yho, he
says, passed the river at theSage Of
II, l2 years y3unger than l.. tho re
main the last of %" This ripe and
thorough Christian scholar, WHO has
given not only his own life Arvice,
but two gifted sons to the 7prk OF
Christian education, stands hEh in
the esteem Of our people.-SkhriHc
-1drocatc.
Although the election is early
eighteen months oil, the cand ddates
for the various State Offices arebeing
brought out by their friends 4 ale
Coming ont on their own responsibility.
Col. B. F. Crayton, General !. D.
Kennedy, Maj. N. S. Thomson and
Gen. Bratton are mentioned as ], ,,ob
able candidates for the Governoship
From present Indications, the race
will not be confined to two pei:ons,
as was the case in ISIS.
Mai II William i. Nance, OF Sew-
berry, died there on Sunday~'4 II, It in
the lorty-slxth year olehls age. Maj.
Nance was native OF Newberry and
a graduate OF the South Carolhf Cit,
adel Academy. Daring the var he
served on the stall OF Gen. .Eirley
Since the war he has bee! Jagged
in The insurance -h,,ei.-la-eszsr
man OF more than ordinary Yin elIl-
gence, and his engaging manners and
amiable disposition made him rTIlar
everywhere.
A meeting Of the stochhoIdeE Of
Greenwood, Lau:ens and Sparta1 burg
Railroad Company will be h@d at
Spartanburg on the 7th OF Septanber
next, for the purpose OF Organizing a
company and electing ciiicea. a
county convention Of taxpayers will
be held at Spartanburg on the jlst
instant to appoint five delegates tc
represent the county stock at the
stockholders convention. all thi:
looks decidedly like business, anc
we confidently expect to see his roa(
completed and in running ouier il
less thah two years hence.
The State immigration Commits
sioner believes that while white i'm
migrants are needed for middle anc
upper South Carolina, the Chinese arC
the laborers best adapted for the rlc'
fields CT the coast. Experience II
Louisiana has satisfied him Of thei
availability; and he is now in CORES
pondence with parties in CaliIornit
with the purpose of learning the cos
and the terms of introducinga batcI
into this State by way Of experiment
Mr.. G. Wanner, of Oconee County
who is taking great interest in th'
collection Of exhibits for the Atlanta
Exposition, has sent to the Depart
ment Of Agriculture magnificent sam
pies OF orchard grass, timothy, Ger
man lnlllet ard rye, embracing stalks
grain and roots, from the farm Of Dl
Thomas G. Fahnestook, an immigran
from Ohio and fol five yenrs IL resi-
dent Of Oconee County. Mr.. Wan
ner offers a reward from bis owI
pocket for the best collects Of ma
tive woods contributed from his coun
ty. If our own people would worI
as hard TO rel resent the State as Pro-
Fromm in Anderson and Mr.. Wanne
in Oconee, South Carolina'a exhibi
would be "nequallsd.