Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-03-10


II rhe Hon: w. 3. albert is s;annolnced
this week for Con ngress fegSfirst II
/ the sfeld. ~:
Correspon dents Wanted.
/ We would dslikesto have good, relia-
th1e person ut every postoffice lns the
feounty to- act as corre;sp dent 1eli 1ol
fTHE Advertiser.
And Tom Knows.
s.Pom Whittle, the Sitting Bull OF
Mime Greek, says that. i n dgefieltd
/ county Ben Tillman can beat any
Edther man for Governor three to one
Call at Once. ~ S., tx *
4 xnd get tiirst-c1ass choice OF Sgnose
tieautif French Sateens, only LOG. q
Esard; al W. H.; TUREER 90. Z
IAN nAdIaiSsion. =
The Orangeburg Alliance al onitor
lsays Reports from sall parts OF the
1 1cbunty3 saw that IT Tiliman holds his own,
land is as strong, if not, stronger, in
most places as last year. We are sorry
tohear q 81 s
tsAH atHome.
+ With thisissue of The; ;ADyERTIsER
i " commence printing both sides our
iselyes. For. the last few years our out
sides have been printed in Atlanta.
1--we ;thinE' the present arrangement OF
lsDrinting both sides here will prove
more satisfacf TO all concerned.
Our Office.
The temporary quarters of TIE Ap-
yERTIsER are in the rooms next Mr. j.
tL. Addison,s law office, where we will
he clad to see our friends and the pub
llic, Come in and look at our new
presses, type, papre cutting machine,
etc, etc. We are better equipped for
the fray than ever before.
Plant Eggs.
Dnring the months of March, April,
and Nav. Mfr. Henry p. Cook, of Gram
iteville, S. c., will sell to Edgefieid
county people eggs from the purest
strains of Wyand0ttes, Leghorns,
Ian gshans at $l.50 per sitting. Mr..
Cook advises the farmers of Edgefield
county to plant less cotton and more
chickens. Read his isadyertisement.
j. William ThurmOnd, Esq.
After an absence of more; than year,
this. estimable young gentleman has
returned to Edgefield and resumed the
practice of his profession-the law.
His card will be fonnd in another col
umn. MIR. tThurmond has purchased a
lot fromJ J.. Addison, Esq, opposite
the office of Gary and Evans, and will
commence the erection ofa law office
thereon in short time.
Tobacco Culture.
Trapp McManus, A. g. Penn, and
several others in, the vicinity OF Noun
tain Creek church:are going to try the
culture of tobacco on q small scale
this year. Mr.. Penn, who has the
general supervision of this new de-
Darture. SAYS that the soil of. that re-
gion is admirably suited to tobacco
raising. Read what our correspondent
s.Tailholtp says about this matter in
another column.
The Spring is Upon Us,
And we are receiving this week a
nice line of Spring Calicoes, Cling
hams, etc.
Call and examine them.
Very truly,
w. II. TURNER & Co.
Mrs. Campbell's Bakery.
Mrs. Campbell is certainly q public
benefactor. She has put upa regular
bakers oven in which she bakes bread,
rusks and cakes, and she. does more
than this. she has them rolled over
town in aslittle bijou of a cart and
sells them at such reasonable figures
that:it makes your hair stand on end
with Joy. The loayes of bread are sold
lone for a nickel and two for. a dime,
Johnnie get your bread baked just
like mine. ::
State Depository i
5Ehe. farmers, Loan and Savings
IA ii OF ttfisH place las been sdehomi-
a.; 4:e So TreasuTer Bates as one Of the
| ,,erSs,. aries forSState funds. This is a
nomplimeiit:tO the prudent and sue
n9sfrl :.,anagement of this institution
I --sy iastilltion which small be-
g,nIiinss has grown to most respecta-
ri,ie PROPORTIONS. Indeed with such
l.fnanciers at It's head as President
Norris and Cashier Padgett the re-
sults could not have been otherwise.
An Iridescent Dream.
Before the fire in January which
lalaced The ADVERTISER temporarily
/, ;a,S,Nde combat, the ADVERTISER man
az >pally had desire to retire
y.au, s.. >ess-from the sinful world
.-aui ~, fishing, but when retire
me!,i * thrust upon him he didn't
/ .;nd tt.s owery beds of ease he was
! .ooEius for. Four weeks of retirement
i-ial,.n s..tisfied his longings. Retirement
- ppiness, is an irridescent dream
laDpiest life for mortal man is a
one.
rrffst Piece.
This is the first piece printed on our
new press. 1t got things slightly
mixed, but it's all right now.
I4ast night, yesterday morning
about one elo'clock in the afternoon, be-
fore breakfast, hungry boy about
forty years old, bought big custard
fer levy, and threw it through s
brick wall nine feet thick, and jump.
ling over it. broke his right ankle of
above his left knee, and fell into a dry
mill pond and was drowned. About
forty year, after that, on the same day
an old cat had nine turkey gobbiers;
high wind blew Yankee Doodle on
irving pan, and killed a. sow and two
dead pigs at Boston, where deaf ant
dumb man was talking to his aunt
Peter"
The Town Trlunphs.
More than decade ago the town O.
Edgetield issued bonds to aid in the
construction Of what was then denomi
mated the Edgefield Branch Railroad
The act which authorized the issuing
of these bonds required the railroad
oomnonv to oiye IN the town frs