Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-12
Ed dgefield Ad Yertiser

CneckSs -,
Checks for Edgefield county pen
sioners will reach Clerk Williams's
office the last Of this week.
Notice to Drs. and Crs.
J.W.Devore, Esq, has in another
column notice to the debtors and
creditors Of the late B. II. Miller.
"A Few More.
Capt. Stan Ryan advises US that he
has: as:afew;more Crooks" to throw, if any
gentleman desires to see them go up,
sor feel them come down.
Croft's Factory Burned.
Croft's Pine Fibre Factory on the
Cumberland c Gap road, five miles from
Aiken, was burned on Saturday night.
7th inst; loss $4,000; partly insured.
Cheap Cradles.
$1.75 will buy six finger Grain
Cradle, with q celebrated Blood's blade
: {best known.) w. 81. TURNER 6 Go.
Cotton Advancing.
Cotton is certainly on the rise, but
we hope nobody will be fool enough to
plant any more at this late date on that
account. The best cotton is now worth
in Augusta IA cents.
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Knight Of Pythias.
The Knight of Pythias, Lodge at
this place is increasing rapidly in
members, and bids fair, in this respect,
to outstrip all our other organizations
of a kindred nature.
Delegates Returned.
The delegates from our village Bap-
tist church to the Southern Baptist
Convention, which met in Atlanta last
week, have returned, and Mr.. Booth
I: will occupy his pulpit as usual on next
Sunday.
An Excellent Discourse.
Rev. ]. II. Plowden preached an ex-
.eefent sermon on last Sunday night in
the Presbyterian church from the text:
Prov. %: IS, @Train up a child in the
way he should go, and when he is,old,
he will not depart from it."
I Douglas Shoes.
Mr.. Jas. NJ. Cobb is the only mer-
chant in Edgefield county who sells
this famous shoe, famous ;n two hemis-
pheres, and on four continents. Read
all about these shoes in another
column.
Revival Meeting.
The revival meeting will begin next
Sunday. Services will be held in the
Opera House every morning at IL
O'clock. and every evening at 8 80. We
hear that Mr.. Wordsworth. of Augusta,
is coming to assist Mr.. Watson.
Wonders Of the Sky.
There will be a partial eclipse Of the
moon this "wednesday evening. A
comet is also said to be visible at this
time, in the northeastern sky about s
o'clock in the morning an in
! convenient hour tobs star gazing, and
we hayen't'tried to seeit.
no Sub-AIliances.
County Lecturer Jones, in another
column, has notice to- sub lliances:
Hunt it up and read it. Mr.. Jones'sre-
cent heavy loss by fire explains the
reason why ne has notgup to date
visited the various sub-Alliances in
! the county in the discharge of his
s;dnties as lecturer.
Elegant Home Burned.
The former residence of Cod. Till
man Watson at the Ridge WAS burned
last "Wednesday. This was an elegant
mansion, one Of the largest and finest
in the State. Mr.. James B. Jones was
occupying it, and we hear that most Of
his furniture was burned, and that
there was no insurance on house or
furniture.
A Classic.
sYou may bray loud, and you may
bray long, butyou'll never, never get
Z the fodder Our excuse for publish
ing the above again is that it has be-
come classic throughout the length
and breadth of Edgefeld county and
John Hill is going to put it in all the
spelling books and readers used in our
public schools.
Cheap Cradles.
SIZE will buy a si1-finger Grain
Cradle, with:a;celebrated Blood's blade
Chest known.) VII. TURNER & Co.
Another Batch.
We present our readers this week
another batch of candidates; John b.
Davis, for Auditor; John B. Hill.-for
I Clerk; !Geo.EIB Bern, County COM
missioner. There are all tip-top men.
They have been weighed in the balance
and not found wanting. We know this
to be a solid fact for we helped weigh
{ them.
just That Many.
AS our old friend, Mr. Peter Reese,
was walking across the street on Sat-
urday, the 23rd, he was run over and
Knocked down by Messrs. Rufus Hart
and Henry Cogburn, who were driving
mule with cart attacked, Mr.. Reese
was net hurt much, and the whole
thing was. of course, an accident. So
Won see it takes mule and two sheep