Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-11
Edgefield Advertiser

Edgefield Advertiser
LOCAL. BREVT1lEs.
Clear Out.
Gov. Tillman has knocked Jer-
vey clear out of the ring and over
the ropes. Read the correspond
ence elsewhere.
Bridge Across the saluda.
The new bridge across the Sa-
luda river at Chappells will be
completed in a few days. Those
who have seen it say it is an ad-
mirable structure.
Angel Lucille.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Lanham have
the sympathy of the community
in the loss of their infant daughter
Lucille. Her angel smile now
beckons them to that other and
better country. Of such is the
kingdom of heaven.
Aged and Venerable.
Mr.. John Mack, living near Big
Creek, is ninety-one years of age,
probably the Oldest man in the
county. He is hale and hearty,
and doesn't wear glasses, and from
all appearances will live ten years
longer.
To State Pensioners.
By the time you lay your eyes
on this, Clerk of Court John Hill
will have your money for you,
twenty-five dollars apiece. Come
right along and get it. Don't wait
for the moon to change or any
thing else.
Chain Gangs.
Under law passed by the last
meeting of the Legislature, courts
are authorized to substitute labor
OH the streets for q term of inn
prlsonment in jail. Our new town
council will probably organize a
chain gang. and instead of putting
prisoners in jail and paying their
board to the county make them do
q little work on the streets.
Cotton Seed for Hogs.
There is wide spread belief
that cotton seed will kill hogs, but
according to the Sumter Freeman
this must be fallacy, provided
the cotton seed are cooked. Here is
what the Freeman says on the sub
iect-it is worth an investigation
and a trial.
.We had conversation with
Mr.. Leonard F. White, a compare
lively young man living about three
miles from this city, on last Satur-
day in regard to the use of cotton
seed as hog feed, to which we
desire to direct special attention,
because if Mr.. Whites experience
with cotton seed should become
universal in the South it would
work complete revolution in our
present farming operations. He
says he has been using cotton seed
boiled "till they crush easily be-
tween the fingers" as hog feed,
mixed in proportion of two quarts
of corn meal to eight quarts of seed,
with such results as to make him
believe there is no fesd the equal
of it for hogs. That he has fattened
all his hogs with this mixture for
several years and keeps all on it
during the year, that his meatis
delightful and wholesome and his
hogs healthy and thriving and of
course he buys no meat and sells no
seed at present prices. !"
What Is 1t:
Capt. B. F. Glanton, of Choty,
finds on his land, on every cold
morning, a awhite exudation on the
rocks that tastes like soda or lime.
This is evidence that the rocks
contain an alkali, and who would
believe that Choty was once COW
cred by the raging Atlantic? Soda
is made out of sea water, you
know, and therefore, the leviathan,
when the world was young, must
have gambolled on Ben Glanton's
place. We have a sample of these
rocks at our Office should you
like to taste them.
Still to Run On.
Since the sale of this plant
we have interviewed A. S. Tomp-
kins, ESQ.,, on the future of the
Edgefeld Oil Mill-what's to be
done with it, what's to become of
it. He assures US that it will con-
tinue to be operated as heretofore
as an oil mill and ginnery, that his
brother, D. A. Tompkins, hasn't
the slightest idea of removing the
machinery or abandoning the ven-
ture, that an oil mill is like rail
road which may change hands q
dozen times yet still will run on.
This is a conf orting assurance.
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