Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-07-21

Edgge effield AdV erIttiIser
Primary election.
s. II is only six weeks to the primary
election, which will be on the 3Oth, Of
august.
Candidates Tickets.
Tickets for candidates can be had at
zthe ApyERT1sERS Office for sl.5O per
thousand. cash on delivery. : ;
August Court.
Our August term of court conYenes
on the first Monday. We: publish the
first and second week jurors else where
Edgefield Rifles.
The Rifles are requested to meet
Mt their Armory on next Monday
night, the 25th inst. Every mem
her is expected to b. present.
Oyerhauling and Repairing. i
Contractor a. r. Waits has the
Job of soverhauling and renoyating
the courthouse and is already at
work on it. The work is to be;
finished in time for August court
Beef Delivery.
Mr. Fayette 0uzts;wlI coon have,
n wagon specially fitted and adapt
ed for beef delivery wagon, and
then we can all live better than
what ne have been a-doin'o
Wise Township.
Weare authorized to announce
that the reform element of the
Wise Township Democratic Club
will meet at Horns Greek Church
son Saturday next, 2Srd.iasts at 10
o'clock I'm. sS Z 81.
Sale and Removal.
Messrs. Cheatham & McKerall have
sold out their stock Of goods and leased
their store to Messrs. J. NJ. jones &
! Son, and they will remove to; their
new quarters in few days.
1 Fine Crops.
Mr. Alvin Hart, who has been out in IN
the country for few days has re-
turned to his store and business. In
an interview with him he expresses
great enthusiasm about the crops.
corn and cotton are magnificent. Some
farmers ne thinks win make enough
corn to do them two years, and -t'"
smaller crops IRISH potatoes, water
melons, pindars, cabbages, ETC., are
equally as promising.
Accidental Omission.
In our short account of the
Democratic rally at Sand Ridge in
last weeks issue, we omitted to
! mention, among the list of speak
ers3 the name of Mr.. Enoch What
ley. Mr.. Whatley madea hand
some little speech on the occasion,
for which he deserves special
credit as he is very retiring in his
disposition, and only spoke at all.
because the (Tillman spirit
moved him so to do.
"A Manly Card.
That is q manly card of Roper
Durisoe,s in this weeks ADyER-
r1sER. lie there be any other can
didate in our list who has been lied
about, he can have the, use Of the.
columns of this paper free gratis!
( and if any wish to state in these.
col sha atss they are ssfoSss or
against The Re FORM moYemenf.
they are equally welcome to our
space.
8 Some More Potatoes.
Mr.. w. E. Dobey has brought to
this Office some potatoes that discount
allpreyious bringlngs. There were
only two original potatoes, but these
TWO have :sprouted and made thirty-one
potatoes in all. fifteen growing on one
of the potatoes and sixteen growing on
the other. MIR. Dobey couldn't,dig them
in the ORDINARY way or pull them out
Of the ground for fear of breaking, SO
he took a long handle fork and pried
them up. Wehaye dubbed them the
tangle-foot potatoes.
Exquisite Portraits.
Miss Eliza Minis, eldest daugh-
ter of our esteemed fellow towns
man Mr.. R. II. Minis, has been do
ing some beautiful work lately in
the work of portrait painting. Ac-
curacy in every line and detail is
the sine, qsaa non for painter of the
human countenance, and Miss
Eliza has compassed this accuracy.
Tie latest works Of this accom-
plished artist are the portraits of
the late Benz. Miller, Esq, aad that
of Mr.. Walter Bland, both of
which bear abundant testimony to
the truth of what we have said.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. Tribble, of Newberry and her,
daughters, Misses Marie and Maud,
re vi sting Mrs j. A. Holland and
Mrs. M, II. Minis
Mrs. West of Charleston, and Miss
Dollie league and Miss Houston, of
Johnston, were in town one day last
week.
Messrs Nick Brunson and Frank