Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-23

Eds gefield Boys.
Three Edgetield boys graduated
IRON Wofford College last week,
Messrs. G. 9. Herbert j. B: Holley,
N. L. Wright.
An Edgefield Girl.
AT the commencement exercises of
IUrsuline Conventin Columbiathis
week Miss Sophie Swearingen contrib
Iuted four musical selections.
Hoist Your Colors.
If you intend to bea candidate it's
about time you were hosting your
colors in the ADVERTISER. Polqs
longissimns persimones>defert.
Childrens' Bible Day.
Rev.. r. Mealing requests us to ar
fnounce that Saturday before the 4th
Sunday in June will be Children's
Bible Day at Mountain Greek, Church.
Escaped Conyicts..
Among the convicts who made their
escape from the State farm at Hagood's
last week were two from Edgefield-
Albert Jones and Jackson Derlin,
the former is under sentence for life.
Cotton Bloom.
On Monday, June 20th, Mr.. Jerry
Gardner, of Horns Greek, sent to the
ADVERTISER office a red, cotton bloom.
This is the first3of the season in this
county, and, so far as we know, the first
bloom picked in the State.
Teachers Institute.
The Teachers Institute for Edge
field county is now III session in our
town. Prof. Lander, of Williamson
Female College, is in charge, and the
daily sessions in our Academy are III
teresting alike to teachers and visitors.
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To School Trustees.
Hurry mp and send the list of those
in yonr school districts who are liable
to pay poll tax. Send these lists in
to Auditor Davis who has been waiting
patiently for them. The. first thing
you konw some of you trustees will
be taken with "swrit of arousement.."
Hot as Tophet.
We had some hot days last week.
the thermometer indicating 80 0and 81
degrees at midday. i lie elect ic storm
OIL Friday afternoon, while not
accompanied by rain, cooled the air
somewhat. If it was rs hot as Tophet
before, it is still as hot as Fiddler's
Green-Fiddler's Green being only
three miles from Tophet.
Personal Mention.
Miss Fannie Blake, of Spartanburg,
is visiting her grandparents, Col. and
Mrs. Lewis Jones.
Mrs. Jas. NJ. Cobb is at lIillman.
Ga.
The bright little daughter of DR..
B. II. league, Of Aiken is, visiting
relatives in Edgetield.
Mai. Ernest Gary has been on a
visit to his mother and family at
Cokesbury.
Mrs. w. w. Folk left Oh Monday
for HillmaH, Ga.
Miss Harden, of Chester, is visiting
Mrs. w. E. Prescott.
Col. ]. P. Phillips, of Ninety Six,
and Mr.. Wm. Reed, of Dysons, were in
townon Monday. &
Prof. S. Lander, of WiIlimston,
preached incur Baptist Church on
Sunday night. ~
Messrs q. LYons and "A
fGheatham, two stalwarts Democrats of
old Hibler Township, were in town
on Monday.
Miss Mertie, the accomplished
daughter of Senator w. II. Trimmer
man. has returned home from Lime
stone Female College for a two weeks
vacation. Miss Mertie is taking apost
graduate course at this celebrated in
stitution of learning.
/ Miss Annie May Watson is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Joseph QUITS.
MIR. Pinckney C. QUITS, engineer OF
the Chicamauga, Chattanooga National
Military Park, passed through town
on Tuesday en- route to his old home
near Meeting Street to spend few
days.
Miss Lollie Addison. the attractive
and tainted daughter of Col and Mrs
Ii. W. Addison, is at home for the
summer.
:. Miss Pauline Derrick, a recent grad.
uate of the Staunton, Va, Female Col
lege, sister of Prof. S. j. Derrick o.
the Etheredge section, has returned
home for the vacation
Mine Creek News.
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