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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05
MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EDeEF1ELD COUNTY.
Court Common Pleas.

The American Freehold Land Mort
gage Company OF London, Limited.
against
j. A. Creighton, as Admir-, and in his
own right, ct al.
NOTICE is hereby given that by vir-
IN tue of the decree and order in
this cause, l will sell at Edgefield Court
House, South Carolina, OH salesday in
June, 1892, the following described
mortgaged premises, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land, lying,
being and situate in the county and
State of South Carolina, to wit: The
four hundred and fifty (450) acres,
more or less, bounded on the north by
lands of F. +. Creighton, r. b. Nc
Creery, and S. Morse; on the south by
lands of i. Still and B. J.. Youngblood /;
on the east by lands Of w. ii. Howard
and W. S. Loguc; and on the west by
land of F. G. l.. a. May.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers.
w. T. ROATH,
Master E. G.
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Go Home and 'Tend to Your
= Business.

Mr.. ED1ToR:-While at the
campaign meeting in your town
on Saturday, the 23rd day of
April, asked Gov. Sheppard some
very pertinent questions, far
reaching and soul-searching, but in
stead ofanswering them he turned
to me and said ESQ | have since
been informed);::. "Stan Ryan, go
home and tend to your business" I"
I would have John Calhoun Shep-
pard to understand that stanmore
Butler Ryan was that day on his
native heath, too, as well as the
balance Of 'em, and that he calls
no man master; and furthermore
it might rain John Sheppards fol
nine days and nine nights and not
frighten him from his proprlety
If it should occur to Gov. Shep'
pard at any time that he wants
anything out of stanmore Ryan
let him know that he, the sale
stanmore, is always at home te
his friends-and his enemies.
STANMoRE B. RYAN.
P. S. The Governor was on hi
native heath, too, but his name il
laDennis."
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Dots from Newberry College,

Ex-Gov Sheppard was in town
on the 18th in response to- a
telegram sent him by the citizens
of Newberry. Mr.. Sheppard
spoke inthe opera house to a large
audience, composed of advocates of
both parties. In his speech he
spoke of the extravaganza of the
present administration, and
intimated that it was the cause OF
the present price of cotton. Mr..
Sheppard said he was in favor of
taxing the people according to
their wealth. At the close of his
speech the applause was very great
for both parties.
The exercises Of the college were
suspended from the 18th to the
10Th inst, and most of the boys
went home to spend Easter; others
visited friends around Newbcrry
while the remainder remained in
town and enjoyed themselvs with
the fair sex: decorating the churches
and Easter-egg hunting. On re-
turning from breakfast last Sunday
morning one of the boys, Mr.
c., found in his room setting
on the table a basket of most beau.
ltiful flowers containing six Easter
eggs. he returns many thanks
to the unknown donor.
Our friend and one Of the wise
sophomore's, Mr.. J. W-is
certainly getting there now, as hi !!
is sporting a young Jewess of thi'
town.
AS for the rest of our Edgefele
boys, they are very busy with
their studies and nave no ClIl'
for sporting
Those boys are still lingering
around that yellow house. Som'
nights ago they serenaded tn
house when the young ladies wer'
not at home. About 1 o'clock on
of the boys returned in search o
part of one of his musica
instruments and on passing QUITO
the gate he met the young ladle
returning home.
The final examination of th'
Senior class will take place mex
week.
Good luck to the ADVERTISE,
and all our friends.
B. g. C.
Newberry, S. c., April %, 1885,
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Hubbard, Price & Co.'s Report

DEAR SIR: Our correspondence
is all enormous one, and we are
forced to resort to the printing
press to keep our friends all
advised.
Bradstreet's report this morning
is a decided surprise to the trade,
Summarized briefly from $4,000
replies, it indicates a reduction in
the use of fertilizers of from 30 to
35 per cent, and a probable
reduction in acreage of from 20 to
25 per cent.
Assume this crop to be 9,000,-
900 bales.
Deduct for decreased acreage 20
per cent, say 100000.
Deanct for fertilizers say pei
cent upon the total yield or 45o,'
600.
Total 2,25O.OO0 bales =
Indicated crop 6,75o,000 bales.
1t is generally admitted thai
the past two seasons have beer
exceptionally favorable if mo-
phenomenal in the weather condi'
tions that have resulted in the
unprecedentedly large produc'
ton, and if we assume for the
contingencies of a third season
that will possibly be unfavorable
further reduction in the yield o.
from 5 to 10 per cent. crop o.
under 100000 might be COZ
sidered as logically indicated
Of course these figures will b
considered ridiculous and we d'
not advance them as any estimate
of the probability, but simply t
show possibilities within tn
present situation. For the mex
few months, sentiment with regar'
to the growing crop will be tn
controlling factor in cottol
speculation. For the past tw
years the market has been almos
continually declining. AS
result the feeling still continue
bearish, and no one can measur
the magnitude of the existln
short interest that has bee
created on the decline. We d
mot think the force of the chang
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CITATION
: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EDaEFJELD.

SoONll VI lSbdFsc 'Ibb'
J. D. ALLEN, Esq, Probate Judge
WHEREAS, L. W. REEs F
W. hath made suit to me to grant
him Letters of Administration, de
.bonis non, of the estate and effects OF
George M. Grafton.
TFEsE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite anc
admonIsh all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said George NJ
Grafton, deceased, that they be and ap'
pear before me, in the Court of Pro,
bate, to be held at Edgefeld G. a., or
the 10th day Of May, A. d. 1892, a
II o'clock in the forenoon, to SHOW
cause, if any they have, why said ad
ministration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
the 3rd day of May, A. D. ~ J
1892. Published on the 4th L. S.
day of May, 1892, in the ~
Edgetield ADVERTISER.
j. D. ALLEN,
2t J. p. E. G..
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in public opinion that is nowebe.
ing created is as yet appreciated
when it is, we look for much
higher prices for cotton, and be-
lievethat the article can be very
confidently bought now.
~ Faithfully yours,
HuBBERD, PRICE Il Co.
= New York April 1882.
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CI AT ION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD.
]. D. ALLEN, Probate Judge.

JLIHEREAs, L. w. REESE, hath
w made suit to me, to grant him
letters of administration of the estate
and effects of Lou NJ. Grafton.
These ARE, THEREFORE,, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kim
dred and creditors of the said Lou M.
Grafton, deceased, that they may
be and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Edgefield G.
II. on the 10Th day of May next, after
publication hereof, at II o'clock in the
forenoon, to shew cause, if any they
have, why the said administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this Bird day
of May, 4. D. 1892. Published on the
4th day of May, 1892, in the Edge
field ADVERTISER.
J. d. ALLEN,
J. p. i. G..
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Bridqe Letting.

ONE or more County Commissioners
" will be at Rogue Shoals bridge, on
Stevens Creek, on Thursday, 10Th day
of May, at 10 o'clock a. m, for the pur-
pose of letting the building of a swing
ing arch on said bridge, reservlng
the right to reject any and all bids.
j. A. WHITE, c.. c., E.
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Fair Notice.

A LII persons are forewarned not to
II hire or give any employment to
Rob Kimbrell, as he is under contract
with me for the year 1892. The law
will be enforced on any persons who
disregard this notice.
J.W. LONG.
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Call at Once.
And get first-class choice of those
beautiful French Sateens, only l5c.
yard, at w. II. TURNER q Go.
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EDcEFIELD S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-05

Ere at Ninety.Sfx.
We clip the following description OF
the fire from the News and Courier OF
May 1: zone of the most destructive
fires in the history Of Ninety-Six oc-
Cured here last night. The alarm OF
fire was sounded about o'clock and
the whole town was soon aroused, but
reached the scene too late to save any
of the stores. The entire row Of
wooden buildings on Hotel street,
numbering fye, three of which were
stores occupied by J. E. Shumate, w.
w. Holt, grocers, and F. NJ. Osborne,
druggist. One was large frame build-
ing used by Nc n. Turner as market
house and the other was the postoftice,
sll Of which were completely con-
sumed,
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Notice from Chairman Turner. y
In accordance with resolution,
passed at the last Union meeting Of
the third division of the Edgefield
Baptist Association, I hereby call upon
my fellow committeeman, Revs. j. N.
Booth, J. P. Mealing, and A.. IS. Tomp-
kins, and s. B. Mays to meet me at
Curryton academy on Tuesday, the
18th of May, at II o'clock a. m. to take
into consideration the matter entrusted
to us by said resolution.
CIV. TURNER, Chair.
Revival Meeting.
On the 10Th of May, in our Opera
House, WILDE commenced series Of
meetings by Rev. A. B. Watson of oul
Methodist church, assisted blythe pas.
tors Of the other churches in town
ar. Marshall. the sweet singer who
travelled with Rev. J. L. Tillman, viii
conduct the singing during the meet
ing. The whole community and th'
country surrounding are invited t.
attend. This is most auspicious tim'
to strike for God and mora1ity-to ris'
ON the stepping stones of our deat
selves to higher things.
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Am EdgefleId Man.
Mr.. VIM. Radford, one Of Augustus
Oldest inhabitants, dropped dead from
heart disease at the home of his son on
Milledge avenue, on last Friday morn
ing. Mr.. Radford was native of
Edgefield, and eighty-five years old at
the time of his death, and has friends
and relatives in this county who will
regret to hear of his death. The re-
mains were inferred at Ebenezer on
saturs1ay, Both April, Revs. Browne
and Booth officiating.
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Newberry, S. c., April %, 1892.
The record-union., 1892-04-06

thereon shall then cease. and the amount due
be set aside Tor the payment o. the same
whenever presented. All redemptions OF
bonds shan be made according TO priority in
order of their issuance. beginning at the iirst
number. - 1to -
SEC. 109. The Board OF Trustees. BIZ a vote
oi not less than seven members thereof, may,
.a whenever they deem it for the public inferes t.
atli4d < 4il any outstanding bonded indebtedness
OF the city by the issue OF other bonds in liCll
lofh and under such conditions as nav be
prescribed By general laws of the State OF Cali
oFhla loFhla Ia lorce at the time Of such issue; pro-
not bear greater rate of interest than i've per
cent. per annunn
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
A Noble Act.
IFnrgo FOruH,1

There was an old negro in sEif on the head.
waters of the Licking. He was fshing-fsh
mighty fine down that way. He had a boy in the
boat with him who kept looking into the water
until he lost his balance and disappeared in the
water. Quicker than could tell you the old
man had his coat off and dove for the boy. He
brought him up all right, then rowed for the
bank. When they got out, dripping. of course,
a white man, who had seen the whole business,
complimented the old man on his heroic act.
He must be son of yours" said the white
man.
No; no, sab; no son O. mine."
Nephew, then ?"
No; no, sab =; no nephew"
Cousin"
No; no cousin"
Then you deserve all the more credit for
saving his life"
Well, / doan' know bout that. boss. You
see he had all de bait in his pocket"
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
High Velocity in Field Guns.
ISuTurxDn Do,;,,,t


The high velocity is gained not only at the
expense of the carriage, but of the prOectile.
The violent forces in the bore break up pro-
jectiles formed of the ordinary cast iron, and
steel has to be employed for shells, material
not only more costly but less we'll adapted to
the purpose for which it is intended Cast
iron breaks up readily into small pieces and
allows the force of the bursting charge to have
full effect, while Il steel she'll is strong enough
to resist the explosion inside it too efectually,
is only partially opened, and does not fly into
splinters. Other difficulties also arise in con-
nection with fuses, and these have, in fact
proved 80 insuperabIe that the great powers of
the 12-pOunder cannot be fully utilized-as
regards shrapnel, at any rate-because a time
fuse cannot be made TO act at anything except
ordinary ranges.
The situation is ths-that if you insist on
high velocity you have to add so much addi-
tional machinery to your gun-carriage and
have to SO greatly strengthen its construction
that you destroy its mobility, while even if
you gain long range you are still unable
to make use OF your most efficient projectile at
it. Moreover, since the remaining velocity Of
its shrapnel is truer measure of the value of
a gun than its initial velocity, and the two are
by no means directly proportional, it does not
follow that we benefit as much as we might ex-
pect by submitting to these disad vantages
Thus, the 12-pounder has an initial velocity of
over LOO feet per second and remaining We.
locity at 1900 yards Of s62 feet; while the 49,
FOUNDER. with an initial velocity of only 1850
feet, has at the same range a remaining veoc-
ity greater by six feet per second than that of
its rival. One of our highest authorities on
field artillery has. indeed, recorded his opinion
that as regards the efficiency of shrapnel we
gain nothing by the increased muzzle velocity
of g the best field-gu in Europe" at all practi
cal ranges. Moreover, it is the attempt to
squeeze out the last few extra feet that does
all the harm.
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
What q Horse Can Do.

A horse will travel 400 yards in 41 minutes
at u walk, 400 yards in two minutes at trot,
400 yards in one minute at gallon. The
usual work of n horse Is taken at 225OO
pounds raised one foot per minute for hours
per day. A horse will carry 25O pounds 25
miles per day of eight hours. An average
draft horse will draw 1,600 pounds 90 miles per
day on level road weight of wagon included.
The average weight of horse is 1000 pounds +;
his strength is equivalent to that of five men.
In horse mill moving at the rate of three
feet per second, track 25 feet diameter he
exerts with the machine the power of four and
a half horses. The greatest amount horse can
pull in horizontal line is 900 pounds, but he
can only do this momentariIy; in continued
exertion probably half of this is the limit. He
attans his growth in five years, will live 25,
average 16 years. A horse will live % days on
water without solid food, II days without eat
ing or drinking, but only five days on solid food
without drinking.
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
Gen. Alger and Gen. Sheridan.

Tn conversation yesterday with Michigan
man, Mr.. E. b. Sayles he said to me that very few
persons were aware that three years before Gen.
Phil Sheridan's death he was persuaded by Gen.
r. A. Alger to be examined for $50, 900 life
insurance policy. "Sheridan had just been
married" said he. "and had a child, and de-
clared he could not pay the premiums. Gen.
Alger said lie could arrange the first three
years with the company as they liked to use
the names of prominent persons to advertise
their benefits. Then he quietly went around to
the company's Office and paid the premiums for
three years himself. That made the policy good
for $4,000 for that period, and good for some
thing. on the basis of the three years premiums,
even if Sheridan never paid any more. Sheri-
dan died before the three years were up and
his widow got the money.
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
THE QUESTION SQUAD.
Veterans Anxious to Find Their Com rades-WL
Can Aid ThcmI

Veterans Anxious to Find Their COr,rades-Who
Can Aid Them!
HosPITAL.-Of comrades who knew David Peas
ley at KnightstOwn Hospital, Ind, from lS66-65;
by G. A. Peasey, Gowen, Mich.
IowA.-Of s. III. Sowyers. Surgeon. 36th Iowa by
C. f. White care H. J: Harlow. Sioux Falls. s. D..
1st Mass. Cav, who was captured at Richmond; by
VIM. Cromach. housewife, Pa.
MIscELLANEoUs.-OfG Gibson Gray. last heard from
at Memphis; by Samuel G. Gray. Dekoven. Ky.
MIssoURI:-Of J. S. Morris. Sd Mo. Cav; by G. P.
Keen. Leesburg, o.
NAvY.-Of U. s. 8. susquehanna when Gen.
Walker captured in Nicaragua; by III. W.
Schroeder, Wellington, OF u. s. s. Juliet in
Mississippi Squadron from January to June 1864;
by VIM. Fl. Belts. 10 Washington street, South Nor
walk. Conn-Of U. S. Gunboat Choctaw or Red
River Expedition; by Samuel r. Morris, Box 239
Kirkwood. St. Louis Mo.-Of U. S. S. Vanderbilt
during 1864 G5; or of u. S. s. Tahoma during the
Summer of 1865; or of De Soto during 1866; by
Frederick Creighton, 4O6 State street. Brooklyn, n
Y.-Of Thomas Canty. who served in u. s. navy
from December, lS6l-'65; by James l.. Bowen.
Springfield. Mass.
Charles Cugle, serg't Kilburn, and VIM. Dale, Co.
f, s,h n. Y ii. A.; by George W. Jeffers. Williams
town. Mass
OHIo.-Of burial place of Samuel III. Merser. Co.
B, Cd Ohio Fl. A.; by John a. CoIvin, New Bur-
lngton, o.
PENssyLvANIA.-Of Lieut.. r. s. Allen and JAS
Union Church, Pa.--Of Samuel Bellman, Co. Il,
55h Pa; by Haley Wren, Lucas. Iowa.--Of Lieut..
John r. Brady, Go. II. 18th Pa. Cav by James G.
Martin, Bethany. w. Va.-Of I'd and 22d PA. who
with Joseph Wilt when injured by his horse
falling on him; by II. b. Shotto, Oak Park, MINI.
of Clint ID. Robinson, l.. n. Butler, Frank Nor
gan. VIM. r. Wilson, Derius Inscho, Co. +, 1lth
Pa Cav; by VIM. Jones. Byron. Minn.-Of Capt.
d. r. Nealey and Serg't James Gllius. Co. 1. 18th
Pa; by Geo. w. Crisper, Pennington. Pa.
REGULARs.-Of Capt. Alexander Gibson. Lieuts.
Carson, John III. Sheratt; by Il. M. Ives. Kellogg.
Iowa.-Of Mark Mulroy, enlisted about l6 years
ago from New York City. last heard from in
U. s. Navy; by Michael Concannon. 93I Lemon
street, Baltimore. Md.-Of VIM. c. Little, Serg't
by John Bryant. Wooster, 0.
VERMoNT.-Of Geo. w. Flagg. Frank Rose, and
I. Pierce, Co. +, I'd VII by Ira NJ. Carpenter, Kel-
seyvie, Cal.
VIRGINIA.-Of Patrick McCue, Co. A. 1st Va.
Cav; by James Brooks. Morgantown, w. va
OF Co. c. Sth Va, who knew Dennis Burns; by
Reuben Davis, What Cheer, Iowa.
WEST VIRGINIA.-Of Capt i. N. Fordyce, Co. 9,
1st W. Va; by Robert p. Carpenter, Carrollton,
Mo.--Of Co. G., 7th w. Va Cav; by VIM. Hud-
nell, Chapman, Neb.
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
FOSTERS WEATHER FORECASTS.
BY W. T. FOSTER.
COPYRIGHT, 1892.

| tcorYRIGHr. 1921
ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, March 25.
| We como now to consider April weather.
The most important feature of the month will
be tho outcroppings of the drouth. April. in
| most places. brings greater rainfall than any
other month of the year. but this will not be
true of 1892, for the coming April will give
warning OF an approaching drouth by decrease
in rainfall in limited localities all over the
country, but more noticeably south of the 10th
parallel of north latitude
The month Of April will average warmer
than usual, but few sudden. sharp, cool spells
will occur. The principal! storm will cross the
continent from the 21st to 26th and will be
most severe east of the Mississippi River. The
second greatest storm wave will cross the con-
tinent from the 10th to Nth. and will be at its
greatest force west of the Missouri River.
will again repeat that important astronom-
ical events will occur on March % and April
% that will bring unusual events. Very high
tides, electric storms, an increase of earth
quakes and volcanoes in countries subject to
these distur Dances, and an increase of the storm
forces. Watch the telegraph reports for those
dates.
My last letter gave forecasts of the storm
wave due to cross the continent from 22d to
2Sth of March. which is expected to be dam
gerous storm from the 9th to 29tlI in the east
ern States and bad cold wave further west at
the same time. also gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the continent from March
2S to April 3, a dangerous storm for the Pacific
Coast
The next storm wave will be due to reach
the Pacific Coast about April 3, cross the west
ern mountains by the close of the 4th. the
great central valleys from 5th to 7th, and the
Eastern States the 9Th and 9th. This will be-
come dangerous storm midway of the North
Atlantic, on the route of the ocean steamers
about the 10th. A cool wave will follow this
low about two days later.
The coming drouth will not DO general, but
will damage the cotton more than it will the
corn. Tho worst of the drouth will be in May
and June. Colorado will have an unusually
heavy rainfall / am sending out number of
estimates of the rainfall for various parts of the
country by private letters, but many persons
who write me forget to inclose stamps.
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
Suuibieis.

What is the hardest part of joke. writing,
Whittix?"
Punctuation. That's the reason so many
jokes lack points.-Epoch.
You say your present boss treats you better
than Mr.. Smith did?"
Yis, sorr, and ener."-Epoch.
In England they stand for Office, in this coun-
try they run, and in both countries they lie
more or less.-Oa City BHzeard.
Mike-Why do thin false ayes be made of
glass now?
Pat-Sbure. an how else could they say
throo 'em. ye thick heaS.-Yate Record.
There's richness for you" said the Doctor.
as he injected charge Of gold into despond-
ent -Binghampton Republican.
Dolly-Oh, mamma, / met little girl to-day
who had never heard of a cow.
Dolly's Mothcr-That was strange, wasn't it -?
Who was the little girl. Dolly?
Dolly-She said her father was milkman.-
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
One Sort of Treatment for Insanity.


Attorney for Defendant-Now. Doctor you
have testified that an excitable man, under the
influence OF sudden passion, may be carried
away for the moment and unable to control
himself. Have you not?
Physician ION the witness stand d)-Yes.
Then he is insane for the time being, is he
not?" s-,- .-
ITO certain extent he s.' "a
"And if this sudden insanity ia caused by
anger he is likely 10 infict deadly injury on
the one who has angered him 2"
lie is"
"Then, Doctor, is not such man simply a
subject for medical treatment"
''In my opinion he is"
"Thats ALL"
Attorney for the Prosecution-One moment,
Doctor; what would you prescribe for an in.
sane patient of that description?
"a dose of hemp"
"That's ALL"
The National tribune., 1892-03-31

George Hess. Superintendent Antietam Ma
tional Cemetery, Co. /, 25th Pa, Sharpsburg,
Md, would like to have the names of all the
sick and wounded at the battle of Antietam
who lay in the hospital established in the old
Lutheran Church which stood in the grave
yard on chill, east end of Sharpsburg. Com
rade Hess would like to hear through private
correspondence from any surviving comrade
who was an inmate of the ahove-named hos
pitai. true cut of this church and street
view of Sharpsburg can be had. postpaid, for 12
cents, sold for the benefit of the Soldiers Me-
mortal Lutheran Church, now building in
Sharpsburg.
The National tribune., 1892-03-31
Board and Clothes.
YzSI

"Say." said the elderly. farmer looking man.
" want little piece put in the paper that
want woman who can cook, wash, iron, milk
four cows an manage market wagon"
"All right" said the advertising clerk
" Shall l state what wages will be paid?"
wages nothin :" shouted the farmer look
ing man. 81 want to marry her."