Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-06-11
LOCAL ITEMS

Dime Reading.
The next Dime Reading of the Presby-
terian ladies will take place on Friday
evening. next, at the residence of MAJ. s.
S. Tompkins. =
Small Farms.
On our fourth page this week, our es-
teemed friend, Farmer Walton, with much
interest and very decided practical sense,
+ ld;scourses upon the advisability of small
farms. Read him-and profit by him.
benjamin. w. Rettis.
Col. w. Il. Folk, being absent from
town at the time of the bar meeting il
honor of the memory Of Benjamin W.
Bettis, Esq, brings US beautiful tribute
to the worth and services of that unlver-
sally lamented young man, the publca-
ton of which we are obliged to defer un-
til next week.
The Cotton Plant.
A pleasant feature of the late Hussar
picnic was the presence Of Mr. VIM. Nc
Kerall, of Marion, a son of Maj. Mckerall,
of the Marion Star and The Cotton Plant.
Young Mr.. McKerall is handsome, grace
fol and agreeable, and both in the draw
ing room and in The field Of business is al-
ready man of mark.
Our Clerk of Court.
To us in particular who have passed
with him IN love from esrly life far down
into the vale, the new position Of D. R.
Duris0e, Esq, is q matter of interest. And
go we know 1T is to his troops Of friends
throughout our broad County. His first
term Of Court is over, and. he has dis.
charged his dulles promptly, we'll. faith
fully. In The Court room no less Than III
his office, lie steadily proves himself to !r
the right man in tie right place.
Adjournment Of Court.
The Court of Sessions was ndjonrncd on
Thursday afternoon of last week and on
Friday afternoon Judge K--shaw wound
up business and departed. having spent
Friday in attending to sundry matters en-
the civil side of the Court The trial of
the negro woman, Mat Isaacs, who is sup
posed to have killed the man at Clinton
ward, was continued until next term The
old case against the young white man
eileen came to trial on Thursday, a1d
Glenn was acquitted. Goode Head, found
guilty of manslaughter, was sentenced TO
seven years in the penitentiary. lie has
already been taken thither. Aultman has
also been retnrnedto to the penitentiary. Joe
Moore, the negro convicted Of arson, was
granted new trial.
A Teaparty In Lady's Drawing Room.
as densely thronged as was the great
annual Hussar Picnic at Lsnham's Spring
on Friday last, still it was as quiet, as
elegant, as refined, as teaparty ina lady's
drawing room, This is literally true. ID
could we say more Of illustration Of the
spirit, tone and management Of the Hus-
sars? Or of the spirit and tone Of the
peopl. among whom they live, and Of the
families to which they belong AS Capt.
TiIlman says elsewhere in this weeks AD
vERTrsER, well may he be infinitely more
proud OF the company he commands than
of his title. The entertainment of Friday
last. was in every respect the superbest
success-an occasion high and happy ana
honorable in all lis tendencies We had
intended to write q long account of 1t;
and bright recollectlons would have added
animation to our humble pen. Bot very
long ommunications--as our readers will
see-which had comeinto The hands ot our
& compositors before the beginning of The
present week, leave Us with too restricted
a space ksraGIIy. our first intentions. Sui,
fee isay that the.-IIussar Picnic OF
I.rifeEsas asre its delightful preas;