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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Money in Hogs.

We have before called attention
to the value of hogs and urged
upon our farmers the value of
raising their own meat. There
are two classes of farmers who
have had a convincing lesson on
this subject this season-the ones
who had to buy their meat, and
those who had hogs to sell. The
former have doubtless wished
they had followed the oft repeated
advice of the press, and the latter
have jingled the money in their
pockets with solid satisfaction.
The LeGrange Graphic some
time ago gave the figures on two
hogs killed by M. a. B. Handley,
as follows: Gone weighed 404
pounds and the other 1852 pounds
net, the two weighing 766 pounds,
and worth, at the price meat is
now selling, $S4.26.
The pigs were seventeen months
old, and the cost of raising and
fattening them was only nominal
being fed on slops, waste milks and
such other stuff as would other
wise have been wasted until the
time of fattening to kill. Twenty
three gallons of beautiful lard and
seventy-five pounds of as good
sausage as tooth WITS ever stuck
in, we're part of the proceeds of
the pigs. These pigs have made
Mr.. Handley independent of the
short hog crop of the West, and he
has. shown what our hogs cat be
made to do with the right sort O.!
attention. Il pays to raise hogs in
Georgia"
Just along these lines is inde-
pendence for the farmer of the
South. The farmer whose smoke
house is full of meat, whose crib
is full of corn, and whose barns
are full of hay, while he has
plenty of COWS to furnish milk
and butter, and a good horse or
mulo or colt, or two, coming OH to
take their places in the plow when
the older animals give out, can be
very independent of the price of
cotton and most other things. He
can live III clover without hurrying
his cotton to market and selling
when ices are low. He can take
his own time about selling and
sent it to market only when it will
pay to do SO; and he can afford
to sell at price which his neigh
Dor cannot who has everything to
buy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Masters Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD.
Court of Common Pleas.
TIE AMERICAN FREEHOLD
LAND MORTGAGE COMPANY
OF LONDON, (Limited)
against
C. O. MAYSON.
C. O. ALAYsoN.

DUKSUANT to the judgment of
I foreclosure in this cause, will
offer for sale at public outcry, before
the courthouse, town of Edgefield
and State of South Carolina, on the
first Monday in June, 1898, (being the
9TH day of said monthly between the
legal hours of sale, the following de-
scribed mortgaged premises, to wit:
All that tract or parcel Of land in
the County of Edgefeld and State of
South Carolina, containing one hun
dred and seventy Q70) acres, more or
less, bounded on the north, by lands of
Mrs. Sarah e. Lanier; east, by lands
DR.. r. @. Mayson; south, by lands of
Frances Yeldell and Catharine Lanier;
west, by lands of Susan L. Lanier.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash, and
the balance on credit of one year,
with interest from the day of sale.
Purchaser to give bond and mort
gage of the premises to secure the
payment of the credit portion, or all
cash at the purchasers option.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
w. T. ROATH,
Master T.. c..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

The gay young editor of the
Nashville Banner giddily remarks
Speaking Of the Worlds Fair, it
will fare one we'll if he secure 80
low fare to the fair, and good fare
when he gets to the fair, have fair
weather at the fair, get fair view
of the fair, receive fair treatment
from the managers of the fair and
from the fair whom he may greet
with fair words, and finally give a
fair judgment of the fair. Hav..
ing Jared fairly we'll. he can, with
fair mind, say farewell"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Your Uncle Ben Tillman seems
to be natural born humorist. 1t
is difficult TO down such a man.
He sits up all day with his friends
and all night with his..opponents.-
Atlanta Constitution.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
THE RIVER AT MEMPHIS.

MEMPHIS, May 15.-The river
here now stands as 35.2 feet, about
five inches below extreme high
water mark, and is still rising, but
a decline will probably set in by
Wednesday. The condition of the
levees below is still very serious,
and the result to a great extent de-
pends upon the vigilence of the
guards, Arkansas city is in bad
fix, and water is running ovel all
parts of it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
General Marion's Tomb.

Columbia Register.
Two bronze tablets and models
for the monument of Gen. Francis
Marion have arrived. The
ceremonies take place this month,
and the occasion will be made a
very impressive one. The tablets
and models were purchased from
the Henry Bonnard Bronze Com
pany of New York. Ahe freight
was paid upon them yesterday
by the comptroller General, it
amounting to 1881. 1t will be re-
membered that the last Legislature
authorized an appropriation for
repairing the tomb.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
"Please Don't Be Ruff on Rats" I"

The following letter, received
by School Commissioner Daven-
port, we publish just as written,
spelling, punctuation, and all,
omitting only the signature at the
bottom:
Mr.. DAVENPORT,
DEAR SIR: 1 was Examined be-
fore the Board on the % of April
and have not yet received any
thing. please Enform me what
the Trouble is as I have been Ex-
amined Several times and have
Never failed at any time to receive
a certificate.
am complaint teacher Every
one that knows any thing about
me says that! Every where 1
have teached the People wants me
again begs me stay not leave them.
but has taken up School Mt Lib
erty Spring where the People have
been begin and teasing me for
some while to teach, I donot hunt
Schools nor Ask for them. They
hunt me, I never inquire of a
School in my life, for I never had
the chance to do that! Just as
Soon as I was Examined and le-
ceived a Certificate Several years
ago from Mr. Lott, the People was
proud of it and offered me a School.
if a Man does his duty in School
he will never have to Ask for a
School.
Dear Sir I know not the trouble
unless you think I should have
added more to the Answers, of
which I thought to Answer in q
Short wy was sufficient. and I had
but a short while to Ans them.
you See if I had no knowledge of
books could not have Answered a
Single question, but I Answered
them. Please don't be ruf on Rats !!
don't Expect me to know books by
heart before 1 can teach them! !!
Dear Sir I do Earnestly beg you to
not think that l am writing
through any contempt or indie
pendents, of my own but will ask
you not to do that for me others
have not, that is to deny me a GER
tifcate! Ask Capt. T. c. Morgan
Of my education and he will tell
you that / am compliant. now as
you are not taking me in on trial 1
have already been tried and found
true. Send End Grade Certificate
to me than you will have dis
charged your Duty.
I remain your servant,
-.
Won will nlease remember that
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Ode to the Hen.
Nebraska State Journal.

State Journal.
OF robin, and blue bird, and llnnet'
spring poets write page after page;
their praises are sounded each min
ute by prophet, soothsayer, and sage;
but not since the stars sang together,
not since the creation of men, has
any one drawn goose feather in
praise of the patient old hen.
All honor and praise to the singing.
that cheers up the wildwood in
spring; the old recollections oft
bringing JOY, childhood, and that
sort of thing; but dearer to me than
the twitter of robin or martin or
wren, is that motherly cluck when
litter of chickens surround the old
hen.
And her mldwinter cackle, how CHEEKY,
above the new nest she has made; it
notifies hearts all aweary another
fresh egg has been laid; and when
the old bird wakes heavy, and aged
and lazy and fat, well cooked with
light dumplings and gravy, there's
great consolation in that.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Bills of Sale and Mortgages of
personal and real estate for sale at
the ADVERTISER office.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Ladies Hats at Cobb's.

Ladies Hats at Cobb's.
Ladies have you seen Jas. M:
Cobb's beautiful assortment OF
Ladies and Misses Trimmed Hats.
Don't fail to see his millinery
goods. You can save money and
get the latest styles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

be 1000 pounds of seed cotton, or
333 pounds of lint and twenty
bushels of seed at 25 cents a
bushel. The cost of lint will be
be S14.15 of. The cost or nearly
Al cents a pound. The money
outlay might be reduced a little
by u ling homemade manure, but
the above calculation will give
some idea of what cotton costs a
pound.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Edgefield Advertiser
L0GAI2 BREVI'1lES,

LOCAIa BREVITlES,
This is Carnival week in colum-
bia.
Delightful showers on Monday
afternoon and night.
Time will change everything but
counterfeit dollar.
The oats have stretched up pow
erful since the last rain.
DR.. JOS. b. Jennings, of the
Westside, was in town on Monday.
How about the enforcement of
the vagrant law by our town coun-
Gil?
The cool mornings of last week
put the cutworms on the rampage
again.
The Welsh are greater Bible
readers than any other race OF
people.
You can sometimes tell when a
man begins to backslide by his
breath.
w. T. Hoffman has the finest
Irish potatoes in town. We had
to take his word for it.
Cotton choppers are in great
demand and the stands through
out the county generally are fair.
The ADvERr1ssR Job Office does
all kinds of job printing. Send
us your orders. Satisfaction guar
anteed.
The law of the State permits
any school district to levy an extra
tax to the amount of 2 mills for
the support of the schools.
Senator Butler has appointed
Representative Dan G. Cooper of
Marlboro, his private secretary,
vice Carroll Brooks, resigned.
There is this good to be said of
the cheap silver dollar. If a man
sees one lying in the street he
won't pass it for sixty-fve cents.
The directors of the Edge6eld
Oil Mill held a meeting Oh Mon
day of this week, probably the last
under the present organization.
Abraham's bosom is probably
not crowded. The man on the
scafold who says ne is going there
as soon as he is choked may go to
some other place.
The Three C's road was sold at
auction in Charleston last Tues
day week, by order of the United
States court. 1t was bid in by the
bondholders for $5,000,000.
To Mr.. N. D. Bodie, of the grad
uating class at Newberry College,
we return thanks for an invitation
to attend the commencement exer-
cises at that popular institution of
learning.
Mr.. Gwaltney, should he accept
the call of our village Baptist
church aud of thisthere is scarcely
doubt, will with his family board
with DR.. Prescott until he can
build house of his own.
T. B. Crews Of Laurens has been
appointed postmaster at Laurens,
at a salary of fourteen hundred
dollars. This is the first appoint
ment President Cleveland has
made in South Carolina.
MIR. G. B. Courtney has sold his
machinery and plant to Messrs.
w. F. Dobey and ]. ]. Bell who
will coutinue the same business at
the same stand with the addition
that they will CONTRACT to build
houses when desired.
Uncle Bennett Holland says that
"George Lewis's mill" Tin our
town. "makes the best meal he
ever saw and he has been eating
meal sixty years, or thereabouts
and has tried all kinds of mills
and all kinds of meal"
Or Monday afternoon of this
week DR.. J. w. Hill was called to
attend DR.. G. M. Burckhalter of
the West side. DR.. Burckhalter
has had an affusion of blood on
the brain from the rupture of a
blood vessel and grave results are
apprehended as this is the second
attack.
We are under obligations to B.
w. Crouch, junior at Wofford,
for an invitation to attend the
commencement exercises at that
noted institution. We notice on
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Subscribe to the Edgefeld AD-
vERTIsER.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
for Distemper in
Horses.

The following prescription was
given me by a skillful veterinarian
some years ago, WIDEN l had a fine
young horse with a bad case of dis
temper,and a lrage running acscess
on his throat. It's use was SO quick
ly successful in curing the distem-
per that it should be generally
known
LIST, Two ounces of chlorate Of
potash in a pailful of water, and
give him all he will drink.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
CL o T HIN G.,
SHOES, HATS,
Gents Furnishing Goods.

We are now ready with our Spring
line of CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS,
and CENTS FURNISHING GOODS.
We have the best and most complete
line of Clothing that we have ever
shown, consisting of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

MIKE al we'll aIld, put CaDIe
spoonful of the powder we'll back
on the tongue four times a day.
Put faxseed meal in his drinking
water. Keep the abscess open and
we'll washed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
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The Costof a Pound of Cotton.

Carolina Spartan.
Farmers talk much about the
cost af making cotton. Very few
of them know what it does cost.
Set aside all ac1e of fair land and
charge that acre with every lick
of work,,from preparation to selling.
The expense accout will stand
about as follows:
One day, and horse, 1.25
Two sacks guano 800
Putting in guano and planting Is
Two bushels of seed, 800
Hoeing twice, 100
Rent for the acre, 200
Picking 1000 pounds, 500
Cultivation with plant 200
Hauling to gin and toll, 1.25
Total cost $1e.75
The ESTIMATE is that there will
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Certificates Ready.

Certificates Ready.
School Commissioner, Davenport
requests us to state that certificates
to teach have been filled out and
signed and are ready for delivery.
Parties entitled thereto will please
call in person or send order for the
same. They cannot be sent by
mail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Uncle Bennett Holland says that
"George Lewis's mill" Tin our
town. "makes the best meal he
ever saw and he has been eating
meal sixty years, or thereabouts
and has tried all kinds of mills
and all kinds of meal"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Grand Excursion.

The Y. M. c. A.'s of our town
are going to have a big excursion
to Charleston on the 23rd. It's to
be the grandest affair of the CEN
tury, second only to the Columbian
Exposition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Senator Butler has appointed
Representative Dan G. Cooper of
Marlboro, his private secretary,
vice Carroll Brooks, resigned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Board of Control.

Board of Control.
Gov. Tillman has appointed J..
w. Hardy. D. R. Durisoe, and L..
w. Reese to constitute the board
of control for Edgefeld county.
You couldn't find three firmer
spirited gentlemen in the county,
but they are powerful poor judges
of good spirits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Joined the Church.
AS a result of DR.. Smiths preach
ing in the Methodist church seven
children joined last Sunday-Cor-
rie Alice Jackson, Bessie Lee
QUITS, Helen Louise Sheppard,
Elise Fraser, a daughter of Mrs,
B. E. Nicholson, and a daughter
and son of Mr.. A. R. Nicholson
Several other children have ex.
pressed their intention of joining
the Baptist church.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

you will please remember that
not a word I has spoken is. for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Mr.. G. B. Courtney has sold his
machinery and plant to Messrs.
w. F. Dobey and ]. ]. Bell who
will coutinue the same business at
the same stand with the addition
that they will CONTRACT to build
houses when desired.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
Dr.. Gwaltney Called.

DI. UW"1UHoJ Ot'1hoU'
At a business meeting of our
Baptist church last Sunday morn
ing Rev. L. R. Gwaltney of Athens,
Ca, was called to preach for this
congregation for life, at a salary of
$1,000 year. We understand also
that DR.. Gwaltney has been offered
the charge of our high school at
the expiration of the present ses-
sion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

There is this good to be said of
the cheap silver dollar. If a man
sees one lying in the street he
won't pass it for sixty-fve cents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Treasure-Trove.
Mr.. n M. Marlborough, lives
near Dennys on the ealuda side of
the county. On last Wednesday
week, after the terrible rain of that
day, be went out on his farm to
ascertain the extent of the washes.
Taking down a hillside ditch
which he had recently cut, he fol-
lowed it to its emptying place
here he saw something glistening
in the sand. which upon examine
tion proved to be money, an old
Spanish coin. Looking around he
picked up several other pieces. OF
course he was amazed at this find,
but didn't lose his head, and at
once put on his studying cap, and
studied it out in this wise: This
money at the end of this ditch
must have washed down here, and
if 80 there's more where this came
from, and I'll 60 back up the drain.
Accordingly. he started back up
the ditch, examining the ground
closely as he went along. After
walking about fifty yards, he dis
covered, more than half buried in
the ground, a pot, fared out at the
top like an old lnolasses boiler,
seemingly of lead or pewter and
holding half bushel. This pot
was full to the brim, except for the
few pieces that had been washed
down the ditch, with gold and sill
yer coins, Spanish coins of date
one hundred and thirty years
back. Ono of those gold coins was
as big as biscnit and had 800
stamped on it, but the most of the
coins were of silver. We get these
facts from reputable gentlemen
living in the neighborhood. We
saw one of the coins; it was dated
1872, and had "Philip" V.of Spain
in Spanish on one side, and "John
ME get your hair cut" in English
on the other.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

The directors of the Edgefeld
Oil Mill held meeting on Mon
day of this week, probably the last
under the present organization.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Or Monday afternoon of this
week DR.. J. w. Hill was called to
attend DR.. c. M. Burckhalter of
the West side. DR.. Burckhalter
has had an afusion of blood on
the brain from the rupture of a
blood vessel and grave results are
apprehended as this is the second
attack.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

Abraham's bosom is probably
not crowded. The man on the
scafold who says ne is going there
as soon as he is choked may go to
some other place.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

T. B. Crews Of Laurens has been
appointed postmaster at Laurens,
at salary of fourteen hundred
dollars. This is the first appoint
ment President Cleveland has
made in South Carolina.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

The following letter, received
by School Commissioner Daven-
port, we publish just as written,
spelling, punctuation, and all,
omitting only the signature at the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

The Three C's road was sold at
auction in Charleston last Tues
day week, by order of the United
States court. 1t was bid in by the
bondholders for $5,O0O,0O0.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18
N NeCkWeap.

in fact everything a man wants.
All we ask of our friends is to give
US call. We will be glad to show you
our stock, knowing that we can save
you money.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

altack.
We are under obligations to B.
w. Crouch, a junior at Wofford,
for an invitation to attend the
commencement exercises at that
noted institution. We notice on
the invitation card that Edgefeld
will have quite conspicuous place
on that occasion, Mr.. w. w. Wat
son being chief marshal, and
Messrs. B. w. Crouch and M. L.
Banks being two of the debaters in
the Joint debate between the Cal
houn and Preston societies.
The following has been given out
by the management of. Clemson
Agricultural college as the best
plan for making second crop of
Irish potatoes:
Our experience and observation
is, that as general rule, the Sec
ond crop is best. both as to size
and keeping qualities, and for seed
the next year. The great difficulty
is in getting stand early enough
for the plant to mature before
frost. This can usually be had (a)
by bedding OUT the small potatoes
Just after digging, as you would
sweet potatoes Except the manure
and keeping the bed damp. (d)
Spread the potatoes close together
on an even surface, cover two to
three inches deep with hay, straw
or pine needles. On this put two
or three inches Of soil and keep.
damp. (c) Spread in the shade
where the morning sun only can
reach and let them lie till they
turn green and begin to sprout.
In any case, plant only whole
potatoes and not until the eyes
show signs of termination. Cover
very shallow, say half-inch to one
inch and cover deeper after the
sprout has grown.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-05-18

The law of the State permits
any school district to levy an extra
tax to the amount of 2 mills for
the support of the schools.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-11
Higgins on Excursions.

Why can we not have half rate ex.
crrsions into Waco from forty or fifty
miles from us9
Suppose each railroad coming into
Waco be asked to give us one excur-
Sion each week from each way coming
into Waco. These excursions would
get the people into the habit Of
coming to Waco. They would become
Identified with our fine water, our
DETER stocks of goods, our cheaper
Prices and become acquainted with
our merchants.
Let us organize a commercial club
ana try what Can be done.
Let US work tor Waco. Here is the
ou'stretched hand of Waco Trading
company, now grasped by nearly
',ooO customers.
with better facilities offered all tue
"ule to these people,
Furniture, carpets and stoves. Cash
easy payments.
Don't forget Waco Trading Co.
j. w. RIaaINs, Proprietor.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-11
hggins Quotes Some Prices Too.
Proclamation LU all People.

"Ou- business interests" claim our
attention in Waco. We pay "rents"
and fiod it much better to do SO and
stay in town in business. Our trade
was never better, which fact is largely
due to cur Low PRICES aud LIBERAL
TERMS We expect to stay in bust.
ness unless our Low PRICES bust us.
Look at these prices and if you are
REAL anxious to get bargains:
Chamber suits 6 pieces new $l2 80,
ParlOr I" 6 i" =" $500.
Wicker chairs, So to $40"
High back dining chairs 15c to 81 so
each
Chairs, six in set, $3.50 up.
Oak hall racks, Sc so TO $l2.
China mating, 40 yards for only Sc.
Carpets 25c to Sl.50.
We pack and ship; we rent; we sell
for cash or easy payments. Trade
new furniture for second hand or buy
or sell. Two distinct departments.
All new goods. Separate store.
Will meet any so called cost
PRICES. Trade IN everything.
WACO TRADING co.
J. w, RlGGINs, Prop.