Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
LoC1AL ITENGS-

preach ct Salem. The Rev. N. e.. eoonel
will preach. at Rocky Greek. The Rev. j
Ia. Carson viii preach at Good Hope. Tbs
Rev. A. NJ. Chreitabefg viii preach a
Providence in the morning, and, at glyde''
in the afternoon, The Rev. S. J. Bethes
will preach at Bars Chapel. The Rev
]. S. Jordan will preach at Bold Spring
The Rev. T. P. Phillips will preach al
Mt. Vernon in; the forenoon, andGat Mt
Carmel.in the aflernoon TIE Rev. ]
Walter Dickson:will preachsass Shiloh
in the forenoon, and at grsywick ! Chapel
in the afternoon. The Raw Abney
will preach at 'Gassasay. sThe:R Rev v. A
Herlong will preach at aBethanEThe
Rev. G. w. Bussey will preach at Parks.
vile in the forenoon, and at Plum Branch
in the afternoon: The Rev G.N Williams
VII preach at Ridge Spring ThesRev. ].
X. Pace will preach at Batesbutgss The
Rev. ]. F, Mcmillan will preach Of Noun
tain Greek.
+" I,rer Fox.u
Capt. J. P, Blackwell .ofeP Plam Branch
is said to bring in millions of redIioxeaSsfe
asy nothing. .of.now and then q gray
Railroad CommissIoners 20 ,;,sss IS.
In new State ticket nominated by one
of our exchanges, Capt. B. R. .Tillman is
set dow as one OF the Railroad Commis-
sioners. What do you think Of that? .,
Rev. J. S. MeYnardIe. r.....,...-,s.-s,s.s..sSs-
Rev. j S. Meynardie, formerly. Of oui
County, has been unanimously reelected
pastor OF the Berean Baptist C Church, Au.
gusta, for the ensuing year. :
Culbreath's Life Insurance,
We hear from a reliable source, that O.
7. Culbreatb had a policy of $2OQO-all
paid up and in good order--in the Cotton
States Life Insurance Company of Macon,
Ga, in favor Of his children.
The Episcopal Entertainment.
The liel.a !swn party in Mrs. Wisfalts
garden, on Thursday right of last week,
for the benefit of the Episcopal Church
was pleasant social End financial success,
The ladies netted thirty-four dollars. !.
The Holiness Meeting.
The great Holiness Meeting is to begin
in Augusta on Thursday Or Friday night
next. Persons and preachers from all
parts of the United States will attend
The Sam Jones tent. which holds 5000
people, has already arrived. and been set up,
The Great BennettsviTIe Speech.
Next week we shall begin the pu6lica-
tion Of Capt. B R Til'nan sspeech at Ben
nettsv'le, which created so much excite
ment. This will be good reading. The
people over in the Bsnnettsyille region are
proposing Capt. Tillman for next Governor
o: South Ca, o'ina III ~
Narrow Gauge Canvassers.
Senator Callson, in another column. az
ssg's N pnrtaas 70 sll :oanyassets
for the proposed Narrow Gauge Road; and
to all persons who may have any manner
of subscription to said road. This meet
ing Of Senator Calison and the said can
vassers will be private one 1885
Thrown and Killed.
On the 18th inst, Hampton Lindsey,
colored. living I this County, near Chap.
pelrs Depot. whilst riding a horse from
the pasture to the house without bridl !,
was thrown therefcom, the horse falling
on him, breaking his arm, and causing
some internal injury,"trom the effects Of
which be died in about one hour.
Ex-rreasurer Mitchell.
On Monday last, Comptroller General
St,ney and Capt. James Mitchell. ex,,
Treasurer, were in orr town, making 9
final settlement of the official affairs and
recsonirgS Of Capt. Mitchell. This set-
Element was satisfactorily made in every
respect, and Capt. Mitchell rstires to pr'.
vale life With heart, hands and skirts most
honorablv clean.
The Old Star. Fort.
The old tort at Cambridge, in Edgeheld
still remains as O monument TO the memory
of those who shed their blood for liberty
in the great war with cur mother country
The trench which Gen. Green had dug in
trying to undermine the fort is still open,
end the marks Of the pick made over a
century ago are distinctly seen. The
trench is 200 yards long. feet wide and
5 deep.
lie Conte and Japan.
a very pleasant feature Of the late meet
ing OF our County Agricultural Society.
was the presentation Of lie Conte pears
and Japan persimmons made by cur en-,
thusiastic local horticuituralist, Mr.. R. Il.
Minus. The Society enjoyed the sight and
taste Of the '-uits not little. The pears
were very fine indeed And the persim-
mons, although fine. were not as much so
as some Mr., Minis exhibited in Columbia
last winter -
The South Carolina Room. +. =
The Rev Thos P. Hay, of Aiken, who
has been travelling at the North lately,
writes an interesting letter to the Aiken
Journal and Rerie,0, in which he speaks
of pleasant visit TO Mount Vernon, and
says that be was very much sgratifed TO
find the South Carolina Room by far tbe
most handsomely furnished Of any in the
historic house of the " Father Of hia
Country" This speaks proudly not only
for the selfsacrifcing energy OF our beau
tiful and tonored townswoman, Mira Pick
ems, butequally SO for her taste and her ln-
tegrity to history.
Not Only Millinery bat Dress Making.
Mrs. N. Brum Clark, Of Augusta. no
long.and so favorably known to the Ia
dies Of Edgefield as the head OF one OF
tha ,,,oot Sooh;onohlo apd stvlish Mill