Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-07-28
|Ed geff'ield Advertiser

New WSuperintendenCs
NE Ed Beall has been appointed SUI
petintendent of the Edgefeld oilsMill,
vice Mr.. Giles Minis.
90 Degrees in the Shade.
The thermometer registered so de-
grees in our townon last Sunday, the /
+ hottest weather Of the year.
Candidates Tickets.
Tickets for candidates can be had at
the apvERrIsrR office for $1.5O per
thousand, cash on delivery.
a New Trian.
Ne learn that an additional passen-
per train is to be placed on the Cam
berland Gap Road next week, a:con-
summation deyoutly to be wished.
Quarterly Meeting!
On next Saturday and Sunday, the
s()th and .slst of July, the regular
Quarterly Conference willbe held at
the Trenton Methodist Church.
l76 Eggs. '., 2
Miss Ellen Harris living seven miles
above our town. has white Minorca
hen that has laid 17e eggs during the
short space of fourteen months that
she has been on this modern sphere,
s,x,,~,I,sr, rluh
This club will meet at Cheatham's
( .store on Saturday. the 30th July inst,
= at.s D. m, by order of Preside mt A. l..
Rrnnson. Business Of vital import
ance.
An Old Mason.
Hearinga a number of Masons afew
days ago speaking of masonry and
various little incidents connected
Herewith, among other items of in
4 terest It was stated that our fellow
townsman, MID. r. Durisoe, is proba-
bly, the Oldest Mason in the county,
having been raised to the sublime de-
I. gree OF Master Mason ir 1852 by DR..
Ebert Bland, then the Master of Con-
cordla Lodge, No. so, A.sF. M. Forty
years a member of the fraternity, and
still q regular attendant of the same
B lodge is a remarkable record. Can any
other lodge in the county equal it!
.Edgefeld Rifles.
At ameeting of the Edgeheld Rifles
held on Monday night, 25th inst, all OF
the vacancies in the non-commissioned
offices were filed, and the roll of Off
& GERS is as follows .-ss, .ss
WV. Adams, Captain.
John Lake, LIST Lieut..
J. f. Hart, End Lieut..
T. 3. Lanham, 1st Sergt.
Chas. Cheatham, 2ad Sergt.
P. ". Gibson, 3rd 5ergt.
wv. QUITS, 4th sergt.
w. 81. Addison, 9th Sergt
w. s. Covar. Ensign.
w. F. Strickland, 1st Corp'l. ID
j. w Reese, End Gorp'l.
= 1i-.-
w. j.. Lewis, 3rd Corpl.
b. R. Cooner, 4th Corp'l. !:
IA drill of the company has been or
dered for Friday next at Z p. m. The
annual barbecue and target practice
will be held at Mr.. q :s J. Norr.is's y 1.ls;' !
spring, Ang. 11th.
Gourtney's shop: g e 81 q g Is s g G
We would call neclal attention TO
the adyertiselaent Of ai rS 81 b B.
Courtney in thi ! Issue of the AryERTS + E
IS :.l risEa Recent ls .ssseasts5& sElas
ssSSsskased Interest OF Inns yih' i
the Machine plant at the depot, Rhichl
has hitherto been operated by the
firm Of Courtney g Minis, and he is
now the sole owner. tbs hardly
necessary to state that Mr.. Courtney
can do anything in his line from
oyerhauling and repairing a Mogul
engine to the tiniest and most
delicate little toy. In addition to a
mechanical genins, Mr. Courtney has
had vast deal of practical experience,
and always guarantees his work.
Suppose, reader, you look up the ad-
yertisement and see if there be any
thing in Mr.. Conrtney's line that you
need. The following is a partial. list
and partial list only, of what friend
Courtney can do for you: General
repairs and everhauling of wagons
carriages, buggies, road vehicles Of
all kinds, steam engines, mowers
reapers, gins, etc, etc.
Why He Flopped.
Col. w. Y, of the Long Branch sec.
tion, was askeda day or two since why
it was that he had flopped from tht
Sheppard crowd to the Ben Tillmar
party. aWell," says the Colonel, @tha
was the result of little deliberate re
flection on my part, and it came abou
this way: On last Thursday evening
was plowing' the switch-tail filly in tn
new ground, (you know 1t was hot a
III HI that evening", and the filly wa
a-frettin' and the sand flies were thicl
and hungry, and, of course, wasn't il
no good humor myself. Well. Z got t
studying as 1 was blowing along, an
my plow bouncing over<a root or
blackjack stump ever continually, an
says I tomyself, what a dad-blaste
Z fool am to think of going agin m
brother farmers and neighbors an
their best friend honest Ben Tillma
and turning in favor of Sheppard, tn
corporation candidate, and the mer
3 chants, and the little cigarette cit