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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Falfa's Fair Scribe Writes TIE
Advertiser a Letter Full Of
News Items from That
Favored Locality.

Mr.. EDITOR: AS "procrastina-
is the thief of time," I shall not
wait longer to give you the mis-
cellaneous items of this place,
inasmuch as I had promised N.Y.
self to do so before the "clouds
rolled by.''
A series of meetings conducted
solely by our much loved pastor,
Rev. G. w. Bussey, at the Red
Oak Grove, closed on the 1th inst.
The word of God was expounded
so earnestly, so persistently, and
80 plainly that the members were
greatly revived and several addi-
tions were made to the already
large membership of the church.
Much sickness prevails in our
loved locality.
Mr.. Willie Whatley, one of our
popular young men, has been seri-
ously i'll, but be at ease, Miss -,
he is better now.
Mrs. S. M. Dorm, who has been
very ill,is now convalescing.
Mrs. P.B. Whatley who has been
afflicted by rheumatism for nearly
a year, suffering intensely, but pa
tiently, We are glad to note, is
slowly improving.
The sudden demise of Mr.. Willie
Parkman on the 9Th inst. was a
most severe shock to our commu-
nifty. Willie was always SO kind,
generous, true, and manly, that to
know him vas to love him.
One of our bachelors seems to
be thinking seriously of his lonely
condition, judging from his fire.
quent visits in a northern direc-
tion.
Mr.. Luther Zimmerman, who
has been home during vacation.
has returned to school at Bold
Spring.
Miss Fannie Clegg, a dashina
young lady of Callison, is spend.
ing awhile with her grandfather
Mr.. M. Zimmerman. 1t is not tc
be surmised that Miss Fannie will
fget away from here "heart whole
and fancy free," as the boys Of
this section have never allowed
any girl to take back to her home
her own heart.
Since the Major has ceased tt
come, our flower girl is roaming the
world wide, sad and lonely.
REsURGAM.
l. E,1f. @ N
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Struck hy Lightning.

ORANeEBuRG, August 25.-
Special: During the late severe
thunder storm that visited this
city the residence of Mr.. John c.
Heaner, one of the candidates for
the Office of coroner, was struck
by lightning. The bolt descended
inside of the chimney, demolish-
ing the mantelpiece of the sitting
room and setting fire to some
shrubbery IN vase that stood in
one corner of the apartment. Miss
Louise Heaner, who was in the
room at the time playing the organ
escaped injury, but her mother,
who was outside of the house, was
struck by a falling brick and
slightly bruised.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

weston and Houston being the
most important ones so far, and
all the people have treated me
kindly and respectfully. There
are great many people here who
are as high-tored and as we'll edu-
Gated as you will find in the older
settled states.
I visited the State Democratic
Convention in Houston and saw
representative men from all over
the State. They are as a fine body
of men as I ever saw anywhere,
but they are here as they are in
some other states. Hogg is Gov
ernor and represents the Farmers
Movement. Clark and minority
oppose him. The Clark faction
bolted and held a convention of
their own, and nominated Clark
for Governor, just like the Has
kellite party did in South Carolina,
and from what ] hear the people
say they will be beaten as badly as
Haskell was. A great many Clark
men will support Hogg, the regu-
lar nominee of the Democratic
party.
The Clark men accuse Gov. Hogg
of driving capital from the State
and fighting the railroads, just
like the Haskellites do Gov. Till
man. The town people here, most
of them, oppose Gov. Hogg, as
they do Gov. Tillman in the towns
of South Carolina. II
Since / have visited Mississippi,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas,
and Texas, I can live in South
Carolina better satisfied than I
could before I saw the lands i'll
these states. Taking everything
into consideration, I don't think
they are making much more money
than we are in South Carolina.
Labor here is higher, droughts are
more general, water at times is
very scarce in places, and has to be
hauled some distance, the price of
corn and oats is very low, the
former selling for 80 cents per
bushel, and the latter 25 cents per
bushel. If we make in South
Carolina only half as much corn
and oats to the acre, it brings us
as much money as they get fol-
theirs iii Texas if they make twice
as much to the acre as we do.
7. IT. O.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01


Delmonico restaurant. The rear
of the building, which was recently
built and fitted up for gentlemen's
sleeping rooms, was swept away,
and the whole place was flooded
with water.
Very little stock was saved; in
fact, hardly anything. Everything
in Alexander's store, Thomas d
Bsrton's, Fleming & Bowles' aud
the Chronicle Office was consumed
by the fire. When the fire took in
Smythe's store, the stock in DORIS
store, was moved out and scatte-
red abOut.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Falfa, , S. C.
News, News, News, My Gossip.
ing Friends.

. DEAR Mr.. EDITOR: Weeks have
elapsed since our last. Absolutely
nothing has transpired during that
time to break the awful monotony;
except, perhaps, one or two deeply
interesting events. No murders,
very recently; no one has done
anything apparently worthy of
notice in the P. G., though we are
told two or three are working for q
column or two, with illustrations,
in that sprightly sheet. We are
sure things are perpetrated here
which might cause angels to turn
aside to weep; for this seemingly
quiet town is only a slumbering
volcano, ready at a snap to blaze
forth death and destruction, or
like the deadly rattlesnake coiled,
alert, stealthy, but bewarel 'aoH
me tangere! If you glide along
peacefully, however, and have your
wits about you, there is safety. for
you will find tender hearts here
and brave, fair faces, and much
witchery of manner.
Here too you will find balmy air,
shady streets and byways. broken
and picturesque yistas, on all
sides, of hill and dale, and villas
cleaning right and left.
Through greenest shrubbery, q
distinct semi-tropical feature in
this lovely Southern garden, is the
exquisite crepe myrtle tree, tall
with long cream satin trunk, scant
small, pointed, dark green leaves
and wide spreading tops, covered
with pink or lilac crimped blooms
One stately mansion crownine
an eminence meets my admirine
gaze; it is green and white with
red mansard roof, a regular French
chateau. another with wide
grounds, cream colored turrets ane
angles, a miniature castle; still
another olive green and SO on
Bravo, Edgefeld! you are ahead o:
the field.
The ringing Of hammers can be
daily heard just across the stree
on the spacious grounds of Col
-. What a pity Joe Smith ane
Sewell could not have bossed tht
building of the pyramids, indeed
they would have gone up in agiffy
Northern capitalists and In
valids, etc., should look to tbei'
interests and migrate here thi'
coming winter. Abandon Aiken
do, and come here. We are told
that the air in that noted health
reaort has become mipregnated, ,ant
on the streets you slip, 80 winl
your flight farther on ye health
seekers and tourists with heav'
purses, and bring along two o
three English lords with you, tha
We may have excitement.
Apropos, this week will prov
: exciting enough, on account of tn
election. One party will "whool
up" his man, and the fallen her
will step down and out. At an.
hazard, after all is known, the,
will rest their poor tired limbs an
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
brains and riddled characters. We

brains and riddled characters. We
pity the poor candidates. Another
class we devoutly pity are the poor
who are struggling against des-
perate odds, those whom the rich
and mighty pass by icily and to
whom they hint or give the cold
advice, to "get to work!" never
dreaming Of throwing the work in
the way of the poor wretch. In
deed, some of these gilded sepul-
chres do not think those low objects
could ever reach the heaven which
they expect to grace with their
presence.
To be woman and poor in this
age! Even with energy, refine
ment, exalted aspirations, and a
desire to do right, without execu-
tive ability, on the lowest round of
the ladder you stay, and there pre-
pare to be beaten with clubs and
peltcd with stones. God pity the
the poor and needy, yes and the
gilded Pharisees too, and pity all
who need thy love and mercy, gen.
tie savior-but begone dull care !!
It is SUNDAY afternoon and our
usual time for writing. This morn
ing the services in our Baptist
Church were we'll conducted by
Mr.. ]. N. Booth and Mr.. Joe Can
telou. The young ladies are in
the parlor engrossed with their art
friends, while this waif is pausing
to watch the tricks of two shiny
black Maltese kitteus with collars
of scarlet ribbons.
What faint perfume comes
stealing up the street as re crouch
at the open window? Can it be
his satanic majesty surely coming
to pay US a visit? All! no, it
"turns out" to be the fragrance of
a cigar and we see a man entering,
so we shall peep at the key hole.
News, news, news, my gossiping
friends!
have wonderful news to tell.
A lady, by me, her compliments sends /;
And this is the news from He'll:
The Devil is dead. He died resigned,
Though somewhat opprest by cares !;
But his wife, my friends, is woman
And looks after her lords affairs.
have just come back from that won
derful place,
And kist hands with the Queen down
tnere;
But I cannot describe her majesty's
face,
1t has filled me so with despair.
The place is not what you might sup
pose:
1t is worse in some respects.
But all that heard there, 1 must not
disclose,
For the lady that told me objects.
The laws of the land are not Salique
But the King never dies, of course
The new Queen is young, and pretty
and chic,
There arc women, think, that are
worse.
But however that be, one thing
know,
And this am free to tell;
The Devil, my friends, is woman
just now;
'Tis woman that reigns in He'll.
Il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

Personal Mention.
Miss Kate Strom, after an
extended visit to Limestone her
former home, has returned to Edge
field.
Miss Irene Mobley, of the Dry
Creek section, was in town this
week.
Mr.. E. ]. Norris returned last
night from a few days visit to
Batesburg.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Franklin Minus Golfers and
Cold Spring.

Mr.. EDITOR: When at the con-
clusion of a former article l said
"more anon" L meant it should be
at an earlier date than this
but with the Centennial at Red
Hill, convention at Gilgal, barbe-
cue at Golfers and other hinder
ances too numerous to mention, l
forgot my promise, and conse-
quently no communication up to
date.
AS above stated we were at all
the above named places, but as
they have already been ably de-
scribed by others in these columns
we will proceed to give you the
programme in part for the coming
weeks.
Mr.. Booth is among us again
after his sojourn in the old North
State and was at his post last Sab
bath looking we'll tho no better
than before he went away. Pro.
tracted service began at Antioch
Sunday, the 21st, and will continue
the following week, or as long as
demonstrations warrant. Pro-
tracted meetings began at both
Red Hill and Gilgal on the same
day. 81
We were very sorry to hear Of
the illness of Miss Mary Lou
Brunson a few days ago at the
home of Mr.. A. L. Brunson, and
trust she is better ere this. She
came over from Parksville to at
tend the convention and has not
been able to return.
We acknowledge twilight cal,
from a friend and school mate
Thursday of last week. We en-
joyed very much our chat of ole
school days and their memories
Au revoir, my friend, we will e1
pect you again in the future.
Wednesday night of last weel
we witnessed gathering of tn
young people of this community
at the pleasant and hospitabl'
home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Eu
banks, for the purpose of enjoying
the most pleasant of all entertain
ments, a musicale. Among thos'
present were Misses Agnes Nor
gan, Annie Wash, Emmie Jones
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Johnson, ant
Messrs. Tommie and Johnnie
Gardner.
Miss Agnes Morgan, one o
Gilgal's own, is down on a visit tt
her aunt, Mrs. J. w. Reynolds.
Mr.. Editor, a horseback club i
on the tapis in this vicinity, ant
should you in the near future hea
the tramping of many hoofs, yo,
may come out to look, for beholt
the horseback club is upon you
Those interested are Misses Nanni'
and Emmie Jones, Lizzie ant
Sallie Eubanks, and Emmie Big
ham. We hope the remainder o
the young people will take an in
terest in this, the most delightful
of all exercises. Think of it, y
lads and lassies.
We were out on the front veran
dab week ago, and handsom
; John Long rode up with two opel
bolls of cotton on the lapel of nj
coat. We know not whether h
had but one stalk of that kind o
not, but certain we are that we ha'
none, and it looked very suspicious
We shall proceed to investigat
this matter.
IGNoTA.
Franklin, S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

Citadel Appointment.
Edgefield is entitled to beneficiary
cadet at the Citadel for the coming
scholastic year. The. examination Of
applicants will take place in the court
house on the 18th of September. The
examiners are Messrs. E. II. Folk, j.
T. Parks, and DR.. Frank Butler. Since
the establishment of the Citadel Acad-
emy in 1843 Edgefield county has had
fifteen graduates; their names are :
(and we give the names in the order; of
their graduation): H. Oliver, C. d.
Oliver, J. A. Croker, E. j. Walker, E.
Croft, A. J. Norris, A. G. Howard, j.
X. Bouknight, o. Sheppard, P. N.
Zimmerman, j. w. QUITS, j. H. Brooks,
B. L. Clark, B. 8. Cogburn, and A. G.
Etheredpe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

DR.. Frank Butler.
Having resigned his position in the
United States army, DR.. Frank Butler
has concluded to take up his rest with
his old friends and neighbors and will
locate on his fathers plantation on the
Savannah river for the practice of his
profession. Above all things, Edge
field delights to have her sons come
back to her.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-12-14

ssgy- pvtinutL,.l rbth.E. 'cd J..
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w. w. BOOHER,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22

PROF SARGENT is probably right in
considering the most important para
graph in his chapter on the physique OF
John l.. Sullivan published in the Herald
yesterday to be his concluding state
ment that "If women can learn from
this mans physical development how
potent the influence of the mother is in
fashioning and transmitting not only the
refined and delicate parts of her organism,
but also the Drawn and sinew that con-
quers both opponents and environments
and sustains the race, John l.. Sullivan
will have served to illustrate very i'm
portant fact" Woman, the individual,
might perhaps claim the right to de-
form herself with stays, IL it suits her
fancy but woman, the mother, sins
wantonly against the human race in
trifiing habitually and generation after
generation with the facts Of physiology.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22
prompt to assert and enforce American
rights and defend American interests.
From RAp TO WORSE.

Our free trade friends as they digested
their Sunday newspapers yesterday,
must have found some portion OF the
cable items decidedly interesting. Sew
eral hundred shipwrights were dis
charged from the Clyde shipyards Fri
day and several hundred more on Sat-
urday, it was chronicled, and the reason
given was that trade in Great Britain is
going from bad to worse, and there was
noSwork to De found for them.
The wires under the ocean brought
the further message that the masters in
the steel and iron trade are about to re-
duce wages. and that times are so bad
in the cotton and woollen industries that
the Lancashire weavers are racking
their brains for some way ont Of the net
that entangles them. The outlook be-
fore the British artisan was never more
gloomy. That before the American
was never brighter. What makes the
difference? Ask the English working
man? He's been thinking about the
matter latterly, and he knows and says
it is protection.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22

waited till the rain drops began
actually to fall 80 that had a genuine
excuse for bringing the wet shirt Indoors
and then got out the skirt board and put
the shirt over IL TO iron. The stove was
down wa cellar a. told you but visg,d! Sd ssq na
had him to do the running over the stairs.
he brought me sizzng hot iron Inc
directions said the irons mustn't be un-
necessarily hot;' but 10 seemed.to me that
the time Of night made it necessary 20
have the irons hot enough TO dry the snlro
reasonably fsst, SO ], as Virgil says,
sailed In.
"The wet flaps Kissed and steamed, and
ironed on the front side aud the back
side and kept Virgil trotting over the
stairs till he said 1t was more than any
shirt WAS worth. However. he read Do
Quincy to me aud put in his time feeling
OF the shirt flaps and saying couldn't
dry them in ten hours. The directions
were TO pull the flannel and stretch 1t
lengthwise aud crosswise to the required
o would anu hold s''fs L up p'" across @ Virairs
chest to see il 1t was co ming out as big as
it was before. He couldn't see that
1t was shrinking, and that Of course en-
couraged me greatly. ironed almost for
ever, for Of course two irons weren o
enough. aud the first thing knew both
were cold as stones. put on more irons
and ironed again and kept on ironing
until about $50; by that time IL really
seemed AS il the shirt was about dry
enough To finish before morning, If left TO
itself, so tided up the kitchen again aud
carried myself and the shIrt up stairs and
went to bed. Now this isa true story, and
I've washed shirts every week since. Do
you wonder that want Il. 4. V. on my
tombstone"
'I-excuse me, but wonder that you
keep it up"
sWall hut I can,f vaab dav rnes he
cause I'm in ---'s Office, you know, and
besides Katie thinks send them out t. u
laundry. Ii she knew did them myself
she'd shrink them all up with looking at
them. Katie hasn't any confidence in me.
But the shirts have stayed reasonably big
SO far They do shrink almost as much
as before but not quite l can wash IL IL
does take till most morning"
And silence fell, AN n locust in the
woodbne raised u loul z-e-e-e."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22

ALL talk about the do-nothing-nature
of the recent session Of Congress must
be stopped in short order. The Demo-
cratic majority lent valuable aid to a
huge political job by printing Henry
Georges book, Protection or Free
Trade" in the Record. 1t can now be
sent free through the mails by a Con-
gressman's frank. Tom johnson OF
Cleveland, o., lends his and the 100000
registered voters of New York city are
each to receive one. There's true enter
prise in making the country pay your
party's bills.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22
THE NEWS.

We take the liberty of printing the
following note, selected from among a
number of similar welcome missives
WARREN, Aug. ~.
DEAR SIR-Please send me thirty five extra
copies of the EVENING News every day until
further notice. Yours respectfully.
i. A. BLISS.
1t is seldom that retail newsdealer
increases thirty-five at once, though
we did have a new order of fifty daily
from Bristol last week. Smaller in
creases we are, however, getting in num-
bers, especially in the city, and new
dealers are constantly beginning the
sale of the paper. Our bicycle boys are
bringing in new names right along.
The best of it is that whoever begins
reading the News usually keeps up the
practice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22
RETALIATION.

The expected has happened. Presi-
dent Harrison's proclamation declaring
that hereafter tax of twenty cents a
ton shall be laid upon Canadian freight
passing through st. Marys Falls canal
is direct result of the Canadian gov
ernment's discrimination against Amer
ican freight passing through Welland
canal and of the Canadian Cabinets
supercilious suggestion that perhaps re-
dress might be afforded lat the end of
the season." The bill permitting the
President 10 exercise this retaliatory
power passed both houses of Congress
without division last July. 1t has
been wisely and moderately used.
Ii is understood that the President
stands ready to declare the resumption
OF the free passage arrangement just as
soon as the Canadian ministers act in n
similar enlightened manner. As Mr..
Foster pithily remarks. discussion of
future action can then proceed under
parity Of conditions"
Its probable that the Canadian au-
thorities merely wished TO save rs much
time as possible before yielding. Every
days delay in retaliation put thousands
of dollars in the pockets Of Canadian
shippers at the expense of American.
But our government Is now as IL has
been throughout Gen. Harrison's term,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22
ANNIE KATHERINE GREEN, the authc

ANNIE KATHERINE GREEN, the author
of number of detective" novels.
comes before the public with statement
of her belief in Lizzie Borden's inno-
cence. Every normally constituted
human being must hesitate to charge
parricide upon daughter. but the
writer of the Leavenworth Case" has
too many times confessed that her
tangles of crime are spun wholly out of
her imagination, for her dreamland ex-
perience to carry weight in dealing with
a case in actual life.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22
DEMOCRATIC INJUSTICE TO THE
TENNESSEE MINERS.
BY JULIAN WERE.

No strikers ever had more Just cause
for righteous indignation than the miners
of Tennessee. Compelled by Democratic
contempt for the rights of wage-earners
to work side by side with gang of State
conyicts for whom the mining company
paw Is cents day and found. any Ameri-
can with u spark OF manhood in him can
realize the feelings OF the free miners who
are forced to compete with this sort of
labor.
The Republicans Of Tennessee have pro-
tested against this most unjustifiable
competition and brutal, uncalled-for out
rage upon common decency, but thus far
in vain. The lordly Southern Democrat,
with his utter contempt for the moral
rights of the wage-earner, has turned a
deaf ear, and this terrible system of sell
ing convict labor ut auction. without the
slightest regard to either the well-being
of the prisoner or the free laborer has
gone on. While violence and lawlessness
should be stamped out by force of arms
and by the cannon's mouth, the Demo-
cratic outrage which cries To heaven for
redress, should be swept from that State
and our nation; and the grand old Re
publican party should make IL n special
business to zee that these Democratic
assaults upon the rights Of labor are ex-
posed, and the gospel OF protection for
home industry should he proclaimed i'm
all it's fuliness, and without regard to
whether the question be state or National.
George w. Winstead, the Republican
candidate for governor, is stumping the
State He will carry East Tennessee, IL Is
said, by $1,000 majority. He now has a
grand opportunity To thoroughly expose
the Bourbon misrule and Democr ic dis-
dain for the rights Of the laborer aud the
considerate protection labor always re-
ceives at the hands OF the grand Odd party
which has ever honored and fostercd home
industry as the pillar upon which our
prosperity depends for support. With
buchanan or some other In the field as a
third party candidate, Tennessee ought
TO be Republican beyond controversy.
In Republican states convict labor is
used so as TO never compete with free
labor; but in many Democratic States the
chain gang and the lash for any disobedi-
ence is brought into public view, and the
free wage-earner must not only compete
but must be degraded by this Democratic
sytem. IL IA an outrage upon civilization.
May the grand old party speedily swcrp
1t from our land.