Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-06-12
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Interesting Aiken News.
AIKEN, S G. June s, 1884

EDITORS ADVERTISER: fiken hi g
settled to her usual summer dulln.ef.
Every one seems to be- taking rtsts
except the candidates and the farm.
ers.. But, in town, trade is at stag
nation. The monied visitor has de-
parted, and now the little business
done is to be squared up "ghen the
crop is made" The exceptionally
cool weather of the last few weeks
has benefited US in keeping back the
Northerners; but it has also kept
back the cotton crop to our detri.
ment. A poor rule that does not
work both waysl Cotton looks bad=
Iy, and many complain of bad stands
Abundant rains are giving us good
gardena, making the corn grow, and
supplying us with grass. Oats and
wheat are being harvested. The yield
in both is short of full crops. Fruit
go lar promises well for good sup.
ply, aid our shippers are already re-
alizing profits. Choice fruit is ship
ped directly North, while the inferio.
stock is sent to Charleston. The lal'
ter is the best market for average or
miscellaneous shipments. The pio:
duce dealers there assort the fruit,
ship the best North and sell out the
balance to retailers and huckstels.
One of our farmers makes a coed
thing of his asparagus, every seaat n
shipping North. He has gone into a
new venture, the Niagara grape. A
company furnishes the vines, he cul'
tivates them, not being allowed to
propagate from them, be sells tie
fruit and divides the profits. This
holds good for FIVE years when tie
vines become his property. The
grape originated in western New
York. is a white variety similar to
the malaga and is to come in compe'
tition with the latter. Some ioul
hundred odd vines are planted to the
acre, and in full bearing will furnish
from fifty to sixty pounds of fruit
Last season in its native region II
brought twenty-five cents a pould
while other grapes sold from ten tt
fifteen cents. There's money, but also
a monopoly, in it. as one grower hal
a certain amount of territory arouno
him into which no rival producer car
plant vineyard. The melon croI
bids fair to be. a bountiful one. L
will be blessing to the atoret alo
candidates, as they will "set EN- up
FOR the crowd at the barbecues aftel
Laying By" time. One of the fra
terpity told me recently that his am
was getting TO be Of sullivanic devel
opment and his palms corny from tn
constant dlurDal shaking" with th
dear people. This reminds me Of tn
bsnd.shaking last Court here of fou
ex sheriGs of your County, Meaarf
Jones, Spires, Boles and CASTOR, VIII
met on our streets.
Mrs. Chapin. the temperance adgo
cate for South Carolina Of the W. {
T. u, was here last week and forme'
Union, after an. interesting an
earnest address to full audience a
the Baptist Church. Tie Union W
find this a tough town TO deal will
yet the whiskey sellers are uneasy
; One affected to laugh away all feal
when another who had moved in troI
, a dry town said, "Oh, my friend, j q2!s
, get those women started here, an
we'll have to move again. The co
; ored people have large tenpera' c
society here and few weeks ago lsi
the corner. stone Of new hail soc
to be built. Among other building
going up in The town are three larg
) brick stores, the property OF the Eol
G. w. Croft. These will add great
, to the storage and looks Of our bus
ness street.
A building and loan association
inaugurated .hcrt time since is
successful operation, and much benz
to individuals and the town will AZ
crue from its working.
Aiken boasts Of a colored bal De-
VIM. Cormic, who remembers as
boy 10 have seen Gen. Lafayette whe
he visited America the last time. b
has had the honor Of shaving man
illustrious men, among them, Wei
ster, Clay, Calhoun, McDufie, Brock
Butler, Wigfall and others. The o!
man is in good preservation, uses t.
bacco, but belongs to tie temperate
society.
Fishing frolics and the Schuetze
balls are our only excitements no
in social way. DOTS
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