Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-09-24
Fer the Advertiser.
Notes f.um Datesburg.

Cotton coming in freely. J. Nd. Jones
is the duly appointed cotton weighor. E.
Battsburg, 1t Is said, is one Of the best
C :tton markets on the road from Colum-
bla to Augusta, and that fact is demon
strated bJ the planters who soil largely.
last week there were several farmers
who 1.-Two 20 miles distant. in town with
wagons laden with tho flnecy staple.
Rates:juig will ,,,OIi have n long felt
want in the way of 8. FIRST c!sss school
building. W. Is. Plunkctt and o. j,
Harris are on tho building committee,
and their zeal in educational matters is
unbounded. When completed, the build
ing will DO 2Sx65 ioet, two stories high.
1t was first decided to build house OF
concrete, S0x33, hut the committee have
abandoned tt.nct plan and will put up
wooden structure. Our friend and broth
or, Rev. N. N. Burton, is taking lively
interest in the enterprise and in few
weeks he will havo the pleasure Of see
lug an imposing institution of learning.
Your correspondent would respectfully
suggest that we have house-warming
in tho way of Hot Supper and invite
every body to be prosont.
Miss Laura Miller, a charming young
lady of Denny's x Roads, is in town,
the guest of Mrs. e. s. O'Nea.l.
On last Friday our young friend, q.
8. Landrum, son of L. D. Landrum, left
for Oxford, Md, to attend the M. NJ.
Academy. 81
Since the first of September thoro have
been sold ut tbis piace 620 bales OF cot
ton. During a.o:inonthso OF August there
were about rs sold making n total OF 6"5
during this cotton season.
Ins few days .. w. Solloe, who foi a
long time has beon connected with the
mercantile establishment of T. j Rer-
naShen, will go into business on his own
account. Your correspondent wishes
Kim success in his new enterprise.
Old "Ex" Wise, not content with max
ing a fine crop, still continues to run his
portable steam gin.
DR.. Z. +. Strothar thinks he will make
more cotton Off Of one.horse farm this
year than any man in The County. he
has PROMISED to give mo tho result, which
hope to send for publication.
havo in my mind at this writing, a
young farmer, of Norris township, who
is destined to outstrip "Phaon's" Bates
burg Furman.
by the time this appears In print, Mrs.
Ssllie j, Loman and her son and daugh-
ter, will have left US for Arkansas, their
future home. Edgelicld County never
sont out three nobler young men than
Wood, James and Ed, and no one wish
es them more success than this scribe.
Rev. J. Walter Dickson is holding a
series of meetings in the Methodist
church at Leesvil!e. 1t is hoped that
much good will be accomplished.
Sunday being the first anniversary OF
the Woman's M. Society of the Eates-
burg Baptist church, by way Of enccur-
agement the Pastor, Rev. j. X. Pace,
preached missionary. sermon, from
John, $3.50. lis remarks were chaste
and eloquent. He took the ground that
it was the Church's duty to send the gos-
pei to the heathen.
Editor McLeuna was in town on Sat-
urday. Ho resembles bloated bond.
holder.
I Iregret to hear of the serious illness
of Emsley McCarty, OF Rinehart town
ship.
An effort is being mado to have 9
Southern Telegraph Office established i'll
this place. "Compc.i:ion is the life OF
trade" and telegraphy as we'll.
Owing 70 the dry weather cotton il
opening rapidly, and it IS difficult mat
ter for xome OF cur farmers 10 keep ul
with it.
The many friends of Charlie Kerna.
CHAN, in this place, regret to hear of his
sorious illness at Johnston.
Capt. and Mrs. Jpnes B. Guess and
chiid, of Graha,n's, ara in town visiting
relatives. Mrs. Guess is daughter ol
our fellow citizen, ]. A. Mitchell.
Batesbrrg had drummer tax for one
month. 1, was repealed at the list meet
ing of Council on account of its unpopu.
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