Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-02-28
Alfred Weaver.


Tlis colored man, who was taken from
our midst Q month back to GreenvilIe,
there TO be tried before the District Coart
for selling whiskey withouta o. s. license
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three
months in our county Jail and a fine o.
one hundred dollars.
Bible Presentation.
The handsome bible and hymn book
lately sent the Plum Branch Baptist
Church by the Hon. John R. Tompklns.
of Mobile, iO TO be formally presented on
Sunday next. The Rev. A. P. Norris,
who baptized the donor in his youth, will
be present on this occasion and recount
some pleasant and interesting reminis-
censes.
A Prcsidjns-Elder on Temperance.
In compliance with request, of the
w. Z. 7. u Of Edge6eld, the Rev. A,
Coke Smith, of Columbia, will deliver a
temperance address in our Methodist
Church on Saturday night of this week,
beginning at 8 o'clock. In this line, no
less than in the pulpit, Presiding Elder
Smiths zeal, earnestness and elcquence
have made him emphatically q man of
mark
--latest f,cm the Sufferers.
Onr friend, W. L. burst, Esq, sends US
the following item
Most of those injured during The recent
storm are much improved, except Mrs. j.
H. Burnett, who is still in critical con-
dition. & great many buildings, shatter-
ed by The cyclone, have been put up by
the help Of neighbors along theline. Char
lesion and many other places are respond
ing literally for the help Of our sufferers.
TIE Methodist brethren of Bethel Church
have rendered the use Of their building to
the Bold Spring congregation for worship,
which offer has been thankfully accepted.
Bethel is not more than half mile from
Bold Spring.
March l, 1884
Isn't 1t ABOUT Time ~
Isn't it about time. gentlemen, for the
procession to be forming? We mean the
procession OF county candidates for 1884.
In New6erry the column has already as
sumed definite shape. Do not attribute
sordld motives to Us in asking this ques-
ton. We simply wish to see the fun be-
gin. In fact an Edgefeld man, true to
his instincts and to his breeding, cannot
live without this sort of fun. We are
anxious to see who openly acknowledges
a hope in connection with the Senate
in connection with The Legislature-in
connection with all the different places
And as We grite, countless shadowy gLosts
pass before our vision; but, with eyes
grown clear by long experience, we pene-
trate the hlmy robes. name the man, and
acknowledge hope in connection with
the five dollsrs Vive Ia 6agateNei
Plum Branch Brick.
Mr.. ]. H. Burkhalter, Of the firm Of
Burkhalter & Fisher, had on exhibition in
Augusta lately specimen of unburnt
pressed brick which they are making at
Plum Btanch on the Augusta and Knox
vile railroad. This specimen had been
pressed only few hours, and they are as
smooth and firm as marble. They are pressed
with 60 ton pressure, and the capacity is
from Is, 900 to 20,000per day. MIR. Burkha.-
ter thinks be has the finest bed Of clay in tie
South, and gave it a thorough testing be-
fore locating his works at that place.
Hereafter thele viii be no necessity for
sending 70 Philadelphia or elsewhere for
pressed brick, as they can be made right
here at home OF as fine quality as the
world can produce.
of 1t. Gov, sheppard's House
Some sixty years ago-upon slte il ~
our- town -enz iis!y,-nnss--'.=''',..'. @ -
5eauty-a ck3rmirg combination q mr.
md dale, grove and rill-old Col. John
BausSett, the famous lawyer of earlier
Iaya, built large and elegant mansion,
TWO stories in height, and elaborately fin
-hed in the style Of those times. Fer
some years past, this handsome home
,ue of the proudest landmarks Of Edge
ield-has been owned and occupied ty
Lieut. Gov. John G. Sheppard; aud there
mas reigned the beautiful and beloved la
iy whom five years ago he brought to his
own people as his happy bride. On Thurs
day afternoon of last week-in the midst
Of a sweeping ga!e-this house was totally
destroyed by fire. A spark upon the rool
being famed into fame by the high |
wind, the ruin was soon complete. Our
citizens of all classes and colors rushed to
the rescue, aud succeeded in saving the
furniture. Lieut..Gov Sheppard was IN
sured in the Georgia Home for $4,000,
upon house and furniture. He has subse-
quently purchased from Capt. NJ. A. Mar
ker. the beautiful Lebeschuliz place on the
opposite side of town, where he and his
family are already comfortably installed.