Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-08-02
LOG Al ITEMS
Churches,

Rev. ]. P. Mealing will preach at Ebene-
ger in the forenoon, and at Horns Greek
in the afternoon. The Rev. G. W. Bus
sey will preach at Parksville. The Rev.
NJ. D. Padgett will preach at Richland.
The Rev. ]. K. FAINT will preach at Beth
any. The Rev. ]. S. Jordan will preach
at Bold Spring. The Rev. ]. Ware Brown
will preach at Modoc in the forenoon and
at Clark's Hill in the afternoon. The
Rev. w. P. Meadors will preach at Mt.
Vernon in the forenoon, and at Mt. Car
mel in the afternoon.
Woodlawn.
McKie's Post Office, of which Miss
Matte E. McKie has been commissioned
as Postmistress, will hereafter be known
as Woodlawn.
Did Not Take Place.
The competitive drill of the Edgefeld
Rifles, for the white plume, which was to
have taken place on Friday afternoon last,
has been postponed.
At Providence.
During the present week the Rev. MIR.
Cauthen, assisted by the Rev. w. c.
Power, of Columbia, is holding q pro-
tracted meeting at Providence.
rs c,,,a., S.hool convan,Ion
The great Baptist Sunday School Con-
vention will meet at Ridge Spring on Fri
day of this week. 1t is evidently going
to be attended by an overwhelming crowd
of people.
At Harmony and spann's.
The Rev. w. A. Rogers will begin a
protracted meeting at Harmony on Sat
urday morning Of this week at II o'clock,
and at Spann's on Saturday morning of
next week.
Turnips.
Now is good time to begin planting
turnip seed especially Ruta Bugas. And
in this connection we call your attention
to the notice Of G. L. Penn & Son in an
other column.
MIR. Wishtman and Mr. Rogers.
These reverend gentlemen began their
meeting in our Methodist Church on
Monday night last. They will probably
preach, forenoon and night, each day this
week; until Thursday or Friday at all
events.
SOiree Dansante.
We hear of charming soirce dansantc
in Manget Hall, at Trenton, on Friday
evening last, in honor Of Miss Dorr, Miss
Hansberger and Miss ODonnel, Of Au-
gusta, the youthful and lovely guests Of
Miss Lilia2 Roper.
An Honored Visitor.
Mrs. Chreitzberg accompanied her bus-
band to Edgefeld, and remained among
US throughout the District Conference
By her charming geniality and many high
womanly graces she made troops Of friends
in our community.
Dedication Of RehOboth.
1t :; very probable that the beautiful
new church at Rehoboth will be dedicated
on the End Sunday in this month. II not,
on some Sunday very soon after. We
will be able to 'matv deffuito announces
ment next week.
Inspection at Edgefield.
The Edge6eld Rifles. Captain Bonham,
Edgefeld Hussars, Captain Shaw, and
the Edgefeld Rangers, Captain Butler,
will be inspected by Gen, Manisault at
Edgefeld Court House, on Wednesday,
the 26th Of September
From Hamburg TO Rehoboth.
Mail will hereafter leave Hamburg fer
Rehoboth. Edgefeld County. on route
l4,lS6 twice week and return by the
same route. Mail will run from Reho-
both to Abbeville Courthouse on route
1929 three times week
The Rangers Anniversary.
On this very day, Wednesday the lst
August, the gallant Edgefeld Rangers
are entertaining their friends. and the
world at large, in royal style, al Mathis
Spring. We are with them. And our
soul asks for nothing more
Bethlehem Near Batesburg.
The following pleasant note, which we
are delighted to receive, will explain itself
RIDGE SPRING, S. c., July 81.
Dear Advertiser The Rev. A. p. Nor
ris has just closed very successful pro-
tracted meeting held with the Bethlehem
Baptist Church, resulting in "A additions
20 by baptism and t by letter. Several
old men, one aged so years, were received
for baptism. MIR Norris, as evangelist
aided the constitution Of this little church
near Batesburg, about year ago. At the
organization they had but very few mem
bers. Mr.. Norris has been their pastor
since the organization. The church has
already grown to be about fifty strong.
Respectfully, B.
Seventeen Cents!
Seventeen cents in postage stamps! HI
is prominent truck farmer OF the beau
tiful Ridge, and be shipped to his North
ern factors eleven barrels Of superb lrisl
potatoes; and the said factors returned t'
MIN as his net profits, seventeen cents, il
postage stamps. The initials Of this promi
nent truck farmer are ]. T. N: and at BIZ
house during the coming S. S. Convention
there will be plenty of Irish potatoes
the residue of large crop raised for tn
Northern markets.
Three Hundred Dollars!
He is prominent truck farmer on th
beautiful Ridge, and he essayed to hir
t.. o box cars to make his first shipmen
of watermelons to the North. He ha
raised boundless crop, having first pai
something like thousand dollars bush
el for rattlesnake seed in Augusta. The
charged him hundred and fifty dollar
apiece for the cars, demanding one hun