Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-10

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THURSDAY, AJ G. 10, 1ss3.>
DCAIa BREW TIES,
Fodder pulling is now the order
Of the day.
We have had too much rain fol
cottonin these parts, S
There are now thirty dispen-
5saries in South Carolina:
The seventeen year locusts are
due in this county this year.
Store for rent in the ADVERTISER
build ding. Apply at the ADyERFIsEH
Office.
Meat dropped 8 or 4 cents pei
pound in Chicago last week, but
z hasaince partially recovered.
a large number of cows have
recently died of bloody murraln
on the Saluda side of this county.
Wofosd College is one Of the
best in the State; there is no ques-
.tions about that. See advertisement
in this issue.
The scorpion is a total abstainer.
If q drop Of whiskey is placed on
the back Of one, ii will Immediately
sting itself to death.
When man whistles he is
either ID good shnmor or scared
& but when woman whistles look
oa., for rain, or cyclone.
The Edgefeld dispensary cleared
about $500 for the month of July,
and July is poor month to sell
liquor as every body knows.
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Miss Carrie Boatwright daughter
Of Eliian Boatwright, secured the
Converse scholarship at the OK
animation recently held in this
place.
Old Furman shows up in this
issue of the ADVERTISER in double
column measure. The Baptists Of
the State are justly proud OF this
noble institution.
Dr.. L. R. Gwaltney will reach
Edgefeld during the closing days
of August, and will begin his
ministrations in the church and
his duties at the Institute a few
days thereafter:
We call attention to President
Townes's advertisement of the
Greenville College, now one OF the
foremost institutions in the State.
The number of matriculates IN
creases year by year.
Messrs. w. 81. Powell and w. 81.
Arthur have bought-out tie wagon
and buggy manufacturing and re-
pair shops formerly run by Mr.. e.
B. Courtney, and will continue the.
B business at the same place.
The Edgefeld Assoc citation has
) scontrib this yaar, M to date,
! 9f53 .o8 for home mIsslo oMs: ne
Ridge ASS ociation has con-
ttrl.iibnted tl.ib for the same purpose,
during The same time, $20S.26.
NJ. P. Wells, Esq, of Horns
: s'Creek, whom our readers will re-
member was admitted to the Bar
8 short time since, proposes to
come to Edgeftld in the early
fall TO practice his profession.
Not a single drunken man on
3our streets on Monday Of this week,
most remarkable non-exhibit
: when we consider the fact that il
wasthe first day Of court and also
salesday. What could have been
the reason?
Read the advertisement of the
South Carolina College, in this
4 issue. DR.. Woodrow, it's president,
is one of the most distinguished
educators in the South, and he IS
assisted by an able corps OF
rofessors.
In addition TO the twenty-three
students at Clemson from this
! county, whose names we have
already published, Edgefeld has
sent another in the person OF,
y Master ]. E. Horne, second son Of
I Mr. a. Horne, of the Ridge Spring
section.
Erskine College will open the
1st of October. The new building,
erected on the site of the one that
was burned, is a handsome and
scommodious structure. and
Erskine is better equipped than
Fever before. See DR.. Grier's ad-
EsYertisement in another column.
a letter from Georgia contains
this: sAt this place the thermome-
ter registered 104 at sunset.
Roasting ears and vegetables are
cooked in the fields, and the peo-
s ple 90 ort after dark and eat. A