Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-04-06

CnlckeNS In Tue yaru,
Meat in the smoke-hOuse
Anda a tub full of lard;
z Milk in the dairy,
Butter by the load,
Coffee in the tin-box
And sugar in the gourd;
Cream in the pitcher,
Honey in the mug,
Cider in the ajimmy-john"
And liquor in the jug.
Buy your Straw Hats-cheap this
season-from J. M. Cobb.
Cotton is bound to be powerful"
cheap this fall. If itwere not to
be SO we would not have told yon.
Trial Justice Cooper, of Cooper
vile Township, was in town on
Tuesday of this week.
Bills of Sale and Mortgages of
personal and real estate for sale at
the ADVERTISER Office.
Mr.. H.A. Bouknight, one of the
most influential citizens of the Sa-
luda side was in town on Tuesday.
= Happy and content is a home with "The Ro-
chester;n lamp with the light of the morning
For Catalogue, write Rochester Lamp Co., New
2 York.
We heard an anti say last week
that the Dispensary Law was the
only good thing that Tillman ever
did.
MEATS coming down little in
this market. Eleven and eleven
anda half. cents per pound are the
figures atthis writing.
US. Commissioner Ramey left
town for Charleston on Monday,
whittier he goes to attend the ses-
sions of the United States Court.
Dogwoods are in bloom, lizards
are running, leather-winged bats
a1e fying-hence we know that
spring is here with all its rejuven-
escence.
Messrs. Alvin and Edgar Hart
have returned from New York with
their spring and summer pur-
chases. You will have to 60 early
if you want to see all the beauti-
full things they bought.
Mr.. w. H. Briggs, Of Meriwether
Township, was in town last week.
Mr.. Briggs believes in making all
the cotton you can, first however
making an ample supply of bread
and meat. He also says he believes
cotton will be as low as six or
seven cents pound. next fall.
Every business man should have
his name and postofice printed on
the envelopes he uses in CORES
,pondence and then no letter would
ever go astray., The place to have
them printed is at the ADVERTISER
! Office. Farmers should have them
too.
Brethren, let US resolve to never
again aim the shaft of ridicule at
chewing g-gum. From excessive
mastication an Ohio woman con-
tracted the lock-jaw, and was un-5
able to speak for three days. Her
husbands gray hair turned jet
black the first night.
We village Baptists pray every
Sunday that the Lord will direct
us in the selection of a pastor and
send u.s. the right man, but when
tha Lord sends him we'll rub his
hair the wrong way and row him
up Salt river just like we did the
balance of 'em.
Presbyterian Pastor.
The Presbyterian churches of
Edgefeld, Trenton, Johnston, ard
Highview have secured the services
of the Rev. w. P. jacobs to preach
for them during the year 1898.
W. M. S. M. e. Church, South.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Womans' Missionary Society,
will be held in the Methodist
Church next Friday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
Lou P. GARY, Pres.
Farmer Walton's Corn.
Farmer w. T. Walton, of the
Meeting Street section, made
eighty-five bushels of corn last
year on one acre. 1t is hoped that
many of our Edgefeld farmers
will follow suit in the year of grace
1898.
DR.. Gwa1tney Coming.
DR.. l.. R. Gwaltney, of Athens,
Ga, will visit Edgefeld On the
18th of April, and conduct a meet
ing in our Baptist Church of sew
eral days duration. Many of DR..
Gwaltney's friends all over the
county will be delighted to see and
hear him again.
A New Industry.
Mr.. H. Bussey, of Cold Spring,
is making at his mill convenient.
substantial, and cheap crates for
shipping fruit to Northern markets,
We have a sample at our Office that
visitors NAV inspect. Mr.. Bussey