Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-10-05
LoCAh BREVIT>lES
G;,,a ara now admitted to Flu

LOCAR BRLVlIlLo. y.
Girls are now admitted TO Fur
man University.
The cotton in Edgefeld county
will all be picked by the last OF OF
October.
The Aiken Times in its new
dress is as handsome and bright
ss daisy.
Anderson IS tohaye a dispensary
after several flashes in the pan;
Laurens also.
Forty cents hundred is the
price being generally paid for
picking cotton this fall.
Under the game law it is q
misdemeanor to shoot partridges
before the 1st of November.
Venus the evening star, is
beautiful beyond comparison in
the western sky these evenings.
Sweet potatoes are being sold in
this market at 80 cents per bushel.
Capt. Spann Barr had load IN on
Saturday.
Treasurer Stevens starts on his
rounds of collecting taxes on Mon-
day, the 10th inst. The ball opens
at Trenton.
Mrs. w. w. Owdom and family,
of this county have removed to
Greenville for the purpose of edu-
eating the children.
We have received a handsomely
printed catalogue of the South
Carolina College from the presi-
dent, DR.. Woodrow.
Jas. Norton, Esq, chief clerk
fof tho oller-general was in.
town lastweek making a settle
ment with the treasurer.
There are bug-eaters and there
are bug-juice-eaters. The ADyER-
TIsER has always maintained that
Senator Irby was no bug-eater.
There is a member of Congress
from the State of Mississippi
whose name is Money, and he is in
favor of more of 'em and more of it.
The fly lays four times each
summer, and eighty eggs each time.
The descendants of one female fly
in a single season may number
2,0S0,S2
Mr.. G. G. Lewis is giving uni
veraal satisfaction with his gin.
Everybody who carries cotton
there is delighted with the sample
and yield.
The Augusta Exposition will be
open Just one month, from the 18th
Of November to the 18th of De-
cember, and it will surpass all its
predecessors.
Mr. ]. D. Dunovan., of the Mine
Creek section, leaves on Friday for
Nashville, Tenn, where he goes to
take a course IN the famous Pea
body College.
When you sell your cotton the
ADVERTISER people will be glad to
have you come up and shake hands
and let them paw out that $1.50
you owe for the paper.
We call the attention of our
readers. to the advertisement in
this issue of Miss G.. o. Martins
school for young ladies, SO Broad
street, Charleston, S. G.
Cotton fell, off 20 points (7-10 of
q cent) last week. But don't get
scared, it will recover this and
more too. The universal acclaim
sll OYER the cotton region is that
the crop is short and still short
ening.
The following notice is posted
upon the doors of a bank of
Arizona: aThis bank has not
busted; it owes tho people $4,000;
the people owe it$55, 600; it is the
people who are busted; when they
pay we'll pay"
Examination of applicants for
certificates to teach in the public
schools of Edgefeld comfy will
take place on Friday and Satur-
day, the 9th and 2Sth insts. See
School Commissioner Davenport's
official notice herewith.
Rev. B. O. Berry, of the West
side gave our Office pleasant call
last week. Mr.. Berry thinks the
dispenssry is better than the bar
rooms, but he doesn't think that
because thu dispensary is better
than a very bad thing it is there
fore good thing.
All the readers of the ADvER-
T1sER who have received the Amer
ican Farmer during the present
year as premium for the ADyER-
TJaER can make the same arrange