Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-15
Prince Tom Rainsford, of Horns
Creek, was in town on Monday.

and title of q new firm OF cotton
/ factors in Augusta. w. j. Gran
|ston--and all -Edgefield knows
|Wil !Cranston, and knows bu' t.
Hove him-is the senior member
and the name of stovall, the junior
partner, is as old and as honorable
as any in the whole State OF Geor-
gia. 7S9 Reynolds Street is their
place of business.
Presbyterian Service.
Rev. J. M. Plowden will preach
at Roper's school house on next
Sunday, the 18th inst.
Cotton Looking Up.
Cotton is said to be "looking up,
! but doesn't seem to be going up
appreciably, which is the thing
we horny-hands are 'hovering" for
Big Meeting.
Big meeting commenced at
Steven 8 Creek church last Sunday
| in connection with the YIN. G. A,
Convention.
Presiding Elder Power.
Presiding Elder Power will
|preach at Leesville on Oct. 1st and
,|2nd, and at Providence of the
Batesburg circuit on the 9th and
9th.
Our High School.
The Edgefeld High School will
open on Sept. 26th, under the d.
rection of Prof. White, a North
Carolina gentleman. This is what
we hear.
For Sale.
Mr.. John r. Abney's beautiful
place in our western suburbs is
loffered for sale. After Oct. 1st it
will be for rent, if not sold. See
i Mr.. D. R. Durisoe's advertisement
in another column.
Mr. w. j. McKeran.
Mr.. w. J. McKerall has secured
the position of Express Messenger
between Goldsboro and Raleigh,
N. c., and has gone on to take
charge of the route; his family
will follow at an early day.
Pardon.
Gov. Tillman has granted q
conditional pardon to Henry
Griffin, "a little fourteen year old
boy, convicted at the last term Of
our court of burglary and larceny
and sentenced to the Penetentiary
along with his elder sisters.
Eighteen Feet Long.
Mr.. Walter Addison has sent tc
this Office stalk of corn, of this
years growth, that measuref
/ eighteen feet in length. Walter
says there are plenty more OF the
same sort where this one came
from, and some even longer tina:
the specimen sent US.
Job Printing.
The ADVERTISER Job Office il
prepared to do any and all kinds
of job printing, as cheaply and a
well as you can get it done else
, where. Patronize home industry
;; and home folks if you can do a
weA as by sending it off.
Mrs. Sharpton's School.
, We call especial attention t
: Mrs. B. F. sharpton's school adver
tisement which appears in this is
, sue of the ADVERTISER. There j
, probably.no better teacher for pri
mary and intermediate classes il
this broad land of ours than thi
/ refined and accomplished lady
>lgive her your patronage,
: Which Shall 1t Be?
r Eight young gentlemen are bein
examined to-day, Tuesday, for ap
pointment to the vacant benefciar
cadetship in the Citadel, thei
| names are: H. V. Cronch, S. "
7 Carwile, L. P. Jones, r. M. Broad
water, G. S. Latimer, w. B. Perry
!. S. H. Nicholson, and D. B. Riser
COMMITTED.
Press Toland, who was to, hav
: been hanged on next Friday ha
= had his sentence commuted t
, Imprisonment for life. Nine of tn
Jury that convicted him signe
L his petition. Folk & Folk VIII
D were the attorneys for Tolan
managed his case with admirab]
skill, acumsn and perseverance
. A Beautiful Home.
d Xanthippe writes us that one
d the prettiest homes at Johnston
+. that of Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Peel
J.. nan. The house and garden al
az lovely as dream, and pictures
quaint coins, music and fowe,
: abound, Ella Pauline, flake
x \ haired elf, herself being the quee.
). of the flowers. A visit to thi
, home is as refreshing as Rhei
u wine, and the memory of it is tc
81 bright to fade"
Butler Circuit.
I am almost ashamed to col