Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15
Niethodist Ladies, Committees.

In view Of the Hot Supper Of the Meth
odist ladies on Monday night next, and
their daily dinners during the session Of
Court, we are requested to announce the
following COMMITTEES Meat Table: Mrs.
Lewis Jones, Mrs. j. w. Barr, Mrs C. L
B. Marsh, Mrs James Fraser, Mrs. Henry
Addison, Mrs. Rachel Boulware, Mrs. l..
H. Mccullough, Miss Nellie Russell, Miss
Lou Gary. Cake Table: Mrs ]. M. Cobb,
Mrs. ]. c. Sheppard, Mrs. Lewis Jones,
jr., Mrs. w. S. Wightman, Miss Amanda
Harrison. Lemonade Well: Miss Hattie
Clisby, Miss Lizzie Griffin. Miss Clara
Durisoe, Miss Mary Eliza Cheatham
Fish Pond: Miss Tunie Tillman. Miss Sula
Abney, Mrs. Lewis Jones. jr. Grab Bag
Miss Eliza McC ulloush, Miss Mary Evans.
Mattresses: Miss Mamie Harris, Miss Kate
Hill, Miss Mamie Mood, Miss Efie Gril-
fin, Miss Agnes Gilliland, Miss Jane Ward
law, Miss Lille Barr, Miss Hattie Cllsby,
Miss Minnie Tompkins. Doorkeeper, Mr.
l.. H. McC ullough.
Ten Carp for s2s.
And still the carp furore RACES! In our
last issue we mentioned that DR.. w. E.
Prescott and Mr.. Towles Culbreath had
gone TO Batesburg on 3 carp expedition.
On their return they created sensation
on our public square. Our male popula.
tion, white and BLACK, turned out enmaSse
to see specimen of the treasures of Capt.
Jack Bates's pond-or hatchery. And
there they were. Ten shining, glistening
Campaigning in size from quarter OF a
pound to pound. And they were beau
tiful. Twenty-Five dollars had been given
for the ten. And Immediately the three
or four dead men Of our community who
had not already begun to dig, went off,
hired large squads Of blacks, and are now
excavating huge basins in the bosom Of
mother earth. The two model ponds are
Mr.. D r. Durisoe's and DR.. J. w. Hills
Dr. w. D. Jennings is still highly success.
tut in the dry culture.
Aid the Colored Methodists.
Up to this time, the colored Methodists
have not been able to supply their church
with window sash and glass. And to this
end they will give Hot Supper at their
parsonage-next door below Mr.. Alvin
Hart's residence-on Friday night next
In this worthy undertaking they beg the
aid and patronage not only Of their OWE
race but also of their white fellow citizens
They will spread handsome and we'll
prepared supper; and we know them to b.
deserving OF all sympathy and encourage
ment. Lend them q helping hand, there
fore on Friday night next
MIR. Jasper Clark.
Our friend above named has been among
US lately, selling, repairing and tuning
pianos. In the line OF repairing and tun
ing, Mr.. Clark is unsurpassable. And il
this matter our readers will remember tina
we have long and large experience. Mr.
Clark leaves US for tour through. South
west Georgia and parts Of Florida. Ant
wherever he may travel, we bespeak fol
him the reception due an Edge6eld mar
of excellent birth and very high charac
acter. The instruments too which Mr.
Clark offers for sale are Of the very bes
make and style.
A Very Solemn Warning!
Twenty-Five carp tails all in row
That Is they were once in row but nov
they are gone-hidden in the stomach. o
the remoreeless terrapin. And, unlike
Jonah, never to come forth again. SOM
time last summer the carp madness seizet
upon our old friend Lawrence Johnson
you all know him well-and procuring
twenty-five small fish of this fashionabl
foreign breed. at considerable expense, he
placed them in small natural pond
which he previously cleaned cut yer,
carefully, removing all vulgar families ant
noxious occupants. But, alas cunning
and cruel terrapins hid themselves secure
ly and escaped the Day Of Judgment. A
cold weather came on, the young carp, a
Is the habit with our German pets, stucl
their heads and half their bodies into tn