Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-10-18

/ County--the Rev. W. B. Shaw win fiji
his pulpit at Harmony.
Rev. Warren A. Gambler. So ''";.
This distinguished Methodist preache
Eof Augusta, will deliver the leading ad
dress at the woman's Missionary Meeting
al Batesburg on Thursday of this week
Court.
H:s Honor Judge Aldrich held Cour
| in our town-engaged in. the dispatch Q
Equity business untili Tuesday nigh
last, when he adjourned finally.
| iiAf hicKendree,s.
The fourth Quarterly Meeting of thu
tEdge6eld Circuit will be held at Nc
Kendree's on Saturday and Sunday
next. Presiding Elder ,Greitzberg viii
be present. --1''--'-.-s'-.- :,
lJMexican Veterans. - = = :
+ Speaking elsewhere. Of the Mexican
war veterans in our County. we should
like very much to secure all their names
and publish roll. Old heroes. send us
your names.
Failing Wells and Streams. =
There is almost water famine in the
Good Hope section. Wells. and streams
are nnprecedentedly low and itiis with
difficulty that water can be obtained for
stock.-Monitor. -.
To the Penitentiary. ,t- ). ,i-3i.i2
On Monday last, Deputy. Sheriff Covar
took to the Penitentiary the two negroes
sentenced by Judge Aldrich last week
Bob Grant, arson, for. life, and Willis
Wesley, grand larceny, for three years.
Prof. Henry. .s4.az-.-z..----A--.z2-sss
Our esteemed friend, Prof. R.sP. Hen
ry,of Trenton, has given up teaching at
that place. He has secured asposition
as travelling agent for some large pub
fishing house at the. North-publishers
et School Books. -: ....,-
Colored Baptist Association.
We are requested 10 announce that the
Summons Ridge samaritanS ASS ociation
will meet with Springfield Church, GEAR
Kirkssy's. on Thursday Of this week,
the 18th. This Association is composed
ofsome twenty-nine or thirty churches.
Ipexpressibly Horrible! "a
We hear something Of the discovery
beating against the dam Of mill on
saluda in our county-of a sack con-
tanning the bodies of three white infants,
and that these bodies were strangely and
horribly malformed. at present, how
ever. we!shall say no more than this. .,
| Advertiser Enlargement. 49,, =.
g!rhis week we add fourcolumns to the
ADVERTISER, thereby giving our patrons
large increase in reading matter. oui
subscription price, however remains
the same and we look for our srewarc
in large additions TO our subscriptlor
list. and in increased promptness In the
| payment of dues by ourisubscripers.
! saluda Bridge at Bouknighps.f
4 A meeting was held in Newberry late
lv. TO DISCUSS the advisabllity OF build
ing a, bridge across .Saluda River a
| BouknighlaM The Importance OF toll
matter having been shown to the satis
faction octhe meeting, the following com
mittee was appointed to solicit subscrlp
tiona: C. C. Chase, B. 81. Cline and Nd
Foot. The meeting then adjourned.
Negro Found Dead.
T. negro boy by the name OF Gus
West. was found dead on Friday last
on Tom Holiness plantation, some thre
miles from Johnston. A young wni'
man. named w. M. Glenn, who ha'
been with West, and who disappear e.
simultaneously with the finding OF IN
body, is suspected Of the deed. Glen'
isstill at large.
Missionary Sales.
The Missionary Sale at Harmony VII
] occur on Saturday before the 4th Sunda'
in October-the 9th. That at Spann'
ON on Saturday before the 1st Sunday Il
1Noyember-the 3rd.s At Harmony tn
! Rev. D. P. Boyd will deliver an aadres
at 10 A. M. AT, Spann's the Rev. J. /
j Traywick>will be expected to perforr
similar service. aH
4 Removed to Texas.
we leazn from, oul friend, Col. -C.t
Y Sawyer, that our -feliow-townsman, I
iW. Norris, ESQ, has removed TO Fol
Worth Texas, city with population
II, 900, where he, vigorously prosecute
the duties of his profession. we fe'
satisfied that his numerous friends
7 this and Edgefeld County, will cordial
8 slioin us in wishing him an unsilnte
s measure of success.-A'L--
-sIIseG Disappearance.
+ We also hear whispers of an attemr
at rape-by q negro fellow upon youn
q white girl-in Washington Township
4 The negro, it. seems, was arrested an
4 taken;to the residence of q Trial Justice
4 This Trial Justice was no. at home. Th
negro was then confined in deserte
house -chained,to q stake-to await tn
4 arrival OF the Trial Justice. "A nigh
Il interveaed, and on the morrow the ne
/ gro was no where to be found! ~
aThe thousand Years Of Peace"
4 Miss Nellie Purcell, of Augusta,
holding her formal opening this week
/ Go to her and sigh for the "thousan
years of pcace'' e''-those' years in ghic
we shall sea no lovely Sonnets that W
cannot afford to buy-and no Feathers
no Flowers, no Hats, no Laces. w
shall see all these during this blesse'
period, but we shall also be able to pos
4 sess them. Go to Miss Purcsfps and Sc
them now-and dote, and rave, AM
scheme, and almost steal.