Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-29
State EewS.

Erskine College has opened with
very 1attering prospects. The rum
ber Of s.udenfp is large. and thsy are
q good claes OF young men
James Moore, Of Cokesbury, has a
Muscovy duck eighteen years old.
He whips every gander and turkey
gobbler that comes in bis way. a.
Henry Moore, OF AbbevljS Sss
SS+5 -haslAellsst el- l-oern--v7-.,1a stI 3 q
land. Until tie no-tence law was
passed this land was Of no use.
Neily Eakin, an aged colored won
an, was in town Monday and gave d
graphic account Of how che has been
ridden by witch for nigh on to Two
years. The witch has done all kinds
of devilment 10 her, burnt her hair
eff, stuck. rocks and peas in her body,
and splnters in her feet. She caught
sight uf the witch and says old Phillis
Branch nnswors the description but
has been deed q long time. She has
had two doctors attending her but
they could do her no good,-AbJcUlile
Medium.
The royalty from phosphate rock
mined during the year just closed
according to the Agricultural Depart
ment, is $l76. 764.9l, against amount
returned for lS95-S4, $l69,75752..
OF the total royalty paid in, the ecx-
elusive righta companies paid $l16,-
1851 and the general rights $780,
259l0; total, $l76,754 81. The total
tous shipped during the year he's
been l7l,67li.
The work of grading the Savannah
Valley Railroad was finally, com
pleted last Monday, and in The ab-
sence OF information we presume the
barbecue was given the grading force
on Tuesday according to arrange.
ment. Track laying is progressing
satisfactorily, it being expected that
trains will run into Lownd, sville in
Gizty days.
At the mea'ing Of th= S. G. Board
of Health, in session in this city last
week, the i:,!nwing resolution was
adopted ReSo'red. That tie Execu
tive Committee OF The Stale Board O. |
Health cnmmnGicate with tlo Pbar-
necea!ica! Association C! South Caro-
line, calling their attention to the
fact that many Gsatha A."c recently
occurred throughout the State from
oriates and other poisona sold by IN.
licensed e:orekeepela who are not
pharmacists, and that the Phar-
naceuticsl Association be requested
to notice tbs evil and remedy Ii, Il in
heir power, or to procure needed leg.
sla ion to correct the evila complain
ID Of.
ADDEvILLE. October 81 "A mis-.
rial was ordered in the Ferguson
case this evening. Tie jury stood
seven for conviction end five ior &C.
luitta!.
w. L, Woods was found lot guilty
If the murder Of Charlie Carter, coll
'red, to-day on the plea Of accidental
hooting.
DARLINGTON, October PA care.
ul estimate of the loss from the re.
ent FIRE here is about $4,000. The
neurance amounts to $1,000. An
ordinance bas oeen passed by the
own council prohibiting the erection
# wooden buildings in the business
'ortion Of town. A new FIRE depart.
nent will be organized at once.
The Abbeville Press and Banner
ublishes list of about thirty pro.
ressive farmers who have terraced
heir lands and are pleased with the
esult. The Press and Banner says
The old plan of ditching and ruin ,
ag our upland must give way to the /
lore practical plan uf saving our soil {
y terracing. The low, wet land |
hould be ditched, but the high, roll '
IS lands must be terraced, if we |
Mould prevent them washing into t
ullies. An open ditch is recepta-
le for the cream Of the earth, while 8
terrace forms basin for the pre-. &
'rvation Of the richest and best Of c
le soil. II