Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-10-27

ferry-boat politician, showing his boat
from shore to shore, and from side to side
and from channel TO channel, so restlcssl
as to secure no passenger. lie also sets s
good example to politicians who ride The
fence so long that in the end they fine
themselves impaled upon harh-d wire
Lawyer Tompkins.
| 1t gives us great pleasure 10 call a'ten.
ton to the new law card of our young
friend, Mr.. Arthur S. Tompkins, in an
other column, Andit gives usstill greater
pleasure to know that Mr.. Tompkins, with
his family lovely young wife and
lovely little baby-is coming back to live
mong..us-in. our. town. As regards Mr.
Tompkins himself, he is almost always in
his Office, in old law range, though his
home at present is. Meeting Street.
The Stock Law Petitions, and Mass
Meeting Oh Monday Next.
AS provided for at the last meeting, a
! mass meeting under the auspices of the
/ Stock Law party, will be held in our
| Court House on Monday next. And on
| this occasion the petition work will be
| completed, and We feel, satisfactorily On
the day following, the Anti-Stock-Law
party will hold their election. And by
the clcse of the week, the relative strength
| of the two parties will be pretty definitely
known. And sgain we say whichever
way the tide may turn, let us have peace,
The Fen Thousand Dollar Beauty.
This is Miss Montagae, the young
woman of unparalleled loveliness, who
personates Lalla Rookh in Forepaugh's 8
grand str' jageant, and to whom he
pays $4,000 a year for this alone And
then imagine another young woman,
"Zuila, y! riding a; velocipede over 81
inch wire 100 feet above the ground, and
afterwards wheeling her babe over the
same lofty wire OF course all Edgefield
County Will go to see Forepaugh
Butler Speaks at Yorktown.
After the grand parade o. 1.-The South
Carolina Battalion at Yorktown last week,
the officers Of the battalion were visited
by Senators Hampton and Butler, General
Kennedy, Justice MCGOWAN, Judge Press
ley and others, and brief speeches compll-
menting the battalion upon its appearance
were made by Hampton, Butler Presley
and Kennedy, and were responded to by
Colonel Thompson and other Officers of
the South Carolina troops.
A Pretty Compliment to. Our Nussars.
We see by the News and Courier that
a Knight is wanted to represent South
Carolina at The Yorktown Centennial
tcarnGmsnt -Is u.o-IAis5oGo.1 HNsearo
had been informed in time, We think they
could have supplied the Knight who
would have brought the prize back 10 the
Palmetto State.-Aiken Recorder.
New Millinery Goods.
The latest and choicest line of Millinery
goods ever brought to EdgeGeld has lately
been received by Miss Medora Covar
And what is better still and more apt to
interest our readers is the fact that they
are the cheapest. Call on Miss Covar
early and select the cheapest and latest
STYLES of Millinery Goods III Edgeleld
County. Read Miss Covars advertise
ment in another column.
Mission Sale and Dinner at Spann's.
On Thursday next, the ladies' and child
rem connected with The Woman's Mis-
sionary Society OF Spann's Church, will
hold dinner and sale at said Church, for
the benefit of their cause. On this occa-
sion, the Rev. Mr.. Williams, OF Ridge
Spring, will deliver an address. The sale
will be on the part OF The children, while
the dinner will be on The part OF the
ladies. Mr. Williams address will hegin
at II A. NJ, to be followed by the sale,
and then the dinner. Imagine the good
things-Ridge things at this feast.
The Town OF Clark's Hill.
See the advertisement, in another col
umn, from Mr.. D. NJ. Nixon, Of lots for
sale at Cla,ks IIlll-hard 10y the residence
of the Hon. George d. Tillman-to which
point the iron on the Greenwood and Au-
gusta Railroads. now laid. Clark's Hill
is TO be, if we mistake not. the first depot
on this side the river. II is beauti(ul
and salubrious locality, and bids fair to
become, as It were, suburb OF Augusta.
Lots for sale at the new town Of Clark's
Hill in Washington Township. Behold
what q Railroad does
The Monument to Rev. James Peter
son.
The committee having in charge the
erection of monument 10 i,ev. lanes
| Peterson met TO award bids at Red Bank
Church on the 18th. There were bids
from Augusta Columbia, Green"l!e, New
berry, and other places. The contract
was awarded TO Messrs. l."avel q Speels,
Of Newberry, at the price OF $500. The
monument is 10 be of Rutland marble,
perfectly white; the shaft will be square,
| nine feet high, with faces about eighteen
inches across, and surrounded by cap
aid an urn.
Tie New Aiken Paper.
We are delighted with the new Aiken
paper, which sent out its first number last
week. 1t is owned by Drayton u Nc
Cracken, and edited by Mr.. Drayton, who
has long ago made very brilliant mark
in this line. The name of it is the Aiken
Recorder. This is the admirable manner
| multum in parvo-n whir 'reen-
Vile Daily News speaks of it: "Tae
| Recorder is the name Of live looking
bright, and we'll filled weekly newspaper
nnblication of which has been Just begun
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