Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-12-07
BREVITIES.

Penn has lovely lot OF Christ
mas goods.
Read the continued story on our
outside called "The Broken Heart.
Go 10 Penn's to get your Christ
mas goods.
Absalom HON, of Ridge Spring,
has planted 27 bushels of peach
seed this fall.
Mr.. Penn and his three clerks
are kept busy until late in the
night showing their goods.
On Monday, Nov. 27, Il severe
shock of earthquake was felt IN
northern Vermont.
Dolls, =, fact all kinds of Toys,
are cheaper at Penn's this year
than ever before. Go and see them.
The Portuguese have proverh
that no man can be a good hus-
band who does not eat a good
breakfast.
Mrs. Elizabeth Francis Minis:
widow of James II. Minis, former
lv of our town, died i'll Newberry,
November 21.
A man may not be able to serve
two masters, but, when he has a
wife and q grown daughter, ne
comes pretty near 1t.
Fresh fruits of all kinds, nuts,
raisins, mince meat, confectionery,
etc., etc., at Penn's Emporium Tor
Santa Claus.
Married, on thu 2sth Nov. 1898,
bv Rev. G.. w. Bussey, Mr.. -
Brown and Miss Gelie Burnett, all
of Edgefeld County.
The Mississippi River was fro
zen over at Galena, ILL.,, on Fri
day, Nov. "a, the earliest ice block
ade in twenty years.
Be sure to call at Penn's store
before you buy your Christmas
goods, you will be utterly astound-
ed at the variety and cheapness OF
everything.
We warn all persons against
feeding storm injured corn to
horses and mules. In eight cases
out of ten it will cause "blind stag
gers" and kill them.
If we should devote the entire
inside of the ADVERTISER this week
to PENIS display of Santa Claus
goods we could not do the subject
justice.
Dolls, Iron and Tin Toys, China
and Glassware in endless variety.
Every style, and all grades and
prices, at Penn's Christmas EN- !
porium.
An American uses three times
as much meat as the ordinary Eu- I
robean and 50 per cent more than {
an Englishman uses, although the
English are called a nation OF
beef caters.
Senator Butler is getting in his
licks early. He spoke in Williams
burg last week and in Marlboro on
Monday Of this week. His sub
iect On both occasions was nation
al politics.
Penn's stock of Christmas goods
is the prettiest and most artistic he
has ever brought to Edgefeld. Our
readers will understand that this
means a great deal, for Mr.. Penn
has always lead in this line.
"Old Tumblin" has tumbled, or
to state the fact with more ele-
gance, the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap, and Chicago railroad has ad-
miited its Insolvency and been
placed in the hands of receiver,
one w. J. Herbert. Judge Aldrich
granted the order.
An exchange says that an editor
once applied to the door of Hades
. for admission. "Well," replied his
cable majesty, "we let one of your
profession in here many years ago,
and he kept up a continual row
with his former delinquent sub
scrbers; and, as we have more of
that class of persons than any
other. we have passed a law pro-
hibiting the admission of editors"
Rev. w. G. Rollins, State cam
vasser for literature, is in Edge
field in the interest of ''character
sketches" by Dr.. Geo. A. Lotion,
Nashville Tenn. This book is a
gem. The chapter on the "Mote
Hunter" alone is. worth the sub
scription price of the book. MIR.
Lotion has studied human nature.
The book is replete with though.
and humor. Read il, and you will
be profted and entertained.
What Cal Said.