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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Thanksgiving Proclamation
By the President of the United
States of America-A Ploclama
BoCH.

By the President of the United
States of America-A Ploclama-
ton:
The bankers of Wall Street
should gratefully render thanks
giving and praise unto me, for l
have watched over them with kind
ness and fostering care during the
year that has passed. They should
also with humility, faith, and a
bank-check supplicate me, the dig-
gest man on earth, for continued
blessings. I have always been
their friend and as long as there
is any money in it propose to re-
main 80.
Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland,
President of The United States, but
principally of Wall Street, do
hereby appoint and set apart
Thursday, the 29th day of Novem-
Der instant, as day of thanks
giving and prayer to be kept and
observed by all the people of the
land; the gold-bugs to do the
thanksgiving, because I have made
them rich; and the poor to do the
praying, because I have robbed
them of what they had, but kindly
allowed them to live. On that day
let the bankers suspend their or
dinary.. pastimes and hasten to
Washington bringing with them
nv part of the Doodle which we
have earned during the year, and
after partaking of State dinner,
which the taxpayers have to settle
for, we will visit the treasury, and
if any more money can be found,
we will pocket the whole she-bang.
After all this has been done we
will return thanks to the G'a'ator
of every good and perfect gift that
the people are such darned fools as
not to see through it all. We will
teach them that this Is now the
land of the rich and home of the
slave.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the United States, which I have
caused to be hereunto affixed.
Done in the city of Washington,
Just as I returned from a duck
hunt, on the 1st day of November,
in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and ninety-four; and in
the disgrace of the United States
one hundred and nineteenth.
(signed)
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
w. G. GRESHAM,
] Secretary of State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
SEMPHRONICUS.
Wyse's Ferry, S. G.
[For the ADVERTISER.
Trenton News.

DEAR ADVERTISER: we near
nothing save hard times, just the
same every fall, but really l
believe the people are in earnest
this time, with our corn cribs in
the west. For the last twenty
years Doctors bills have been just
as high, Lawyer fees, the school
bill, interest and every conceivable
thing, the same as twenty years
ago, except -four. A few days since
one of our best farmers carried
eight bales cotton to Vaucluse and
brought back 1902. "Where are we
at"
On Wednesday Oct. 31st, Mr.. M.
M. Padgett, Jr., lead to Hymens al
ter, Miss Mamie the bright and
beautiful daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. M. Smith of the Harmony
section. The marriage ceremony
was performed at Harmony church
by Rev. Mr.. Brabham. The church
was BEAUTIFULLY decorated, and the
wedding march was played by the
accomplished Mrs. J. B. Norris.
The attendants were as follows:
Mr.. Luther Smith, with Miss Mat
tie Marsh, Mr.. L. J. Courtney, with
Miss Rosa Sease, Mr.. Joe Huffman
with Miss Bessie Wright, Mr.. Coy
Johnson, with Miss Matte Broad
water, Miss Oscar Padgett, with
Miss Bessie Smith, Mr.. Willie
Huffman, with Miss Nora Edison,
DR.. Price Zimmerman, with Miss
Ella Huffman. Mr.. D. F. sease,
with Miss Ada Lagrone, Mr.. S. M.
M. Smith, with Miss Lena Smith.
Then came the groom on the arm
of his best man Mr.. Zonnie Smith
and the BRIDE on the arm of her
sister Miss Lena. They stood un-
der beautiful horse shoe of flow
ers and were made man and wife.
After the marriage ceremony con-
gratulations were extended to the
happy couple. Then to the hos
pital home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. M.
Smith where a sumptuous dinner
was served. After dinner the attend
ants went to Trenton with Mr.. and
Mrs. Padgett, where they boarded
the south-bound train for the land
of flowers, may they ever live and
prosper.
The noted Evangelist Rev.
Thomas Leitch is having a splen-
did meeting at this place. May
grace and infinite mercy ever bless
this noble man.
BoCH.
Trenton, S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
SLAIN ON THE ROAD.
A Peaceable Citizen Killed on
the Highway

LAKE CITY, Nov. 10.-Mr. Madi-
son L. Council, we'll known and
respected farmer of the Ariel neigh
borhood, about seven miles from
Lake City, was about 6 o'clock
Friday evening waylaid and killed
on the public highway within half
a mile of his home.
When found at midnight he was
quite dead and partially burned,
his clothing having been fired by
the charge that took his life. He
had been at work at a neighbor's
house during the day and was re-
turning home. The assassin, who
was probably secreted in the bushes
bordering the roadside where Mad
ison's body was found, shot him
twice.
The body was no. removed until
after the inquest, which was held
Saturday.
There is no clue to the perpetra-
tor of tie dreadful deed. If suspi-
cion rests upon any one it is with
held. Over the deed 30 fearful and
the manner of its accomplishment
so horrible, there is considerable
excitement in the neighborbood.
Mr.. Connell left widow and
several children.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14

T WILL resume the practice of medi-
cine in Edgefleld and vicinity. Many
thanks for past patronage, and l only
ask partial continuance of the same.
Can be found in my office from 8 a.
m. IN p. m.
MY specialties are: Scrofnla, COM
plants peculiar to women, and vene-
real diseases.
I am the oldest physician in the
county, though not the oldest man.
1t has been said by some up-start
Young NJ. d. that the oldest physicians
are at least fifty years behind the
times; per contra, it has been said by
philosophers, statesmen, scholars, and
gentlemen, from 4Esculapius to Jen"
nings, that "practice makes perfect"
I have never forgot anything in my
life. except when l did so on purpose
And, if not, why not?
w. d. JENNINGS, SR.
Oct. 23, 1894.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Weather for October.

Weather Observer G. A. Long, of
Trenton, sends US the following
data of the weather for the month
just ended:
Monthly mean temperature, 65.1
Mean max. temperature, 72.o
Mean min. temperature, 57.5
Maximum temperature, IS, date
1st, End and 3rd.
Minimum temperature 4S. date
18th.
Total precipitation 6.31 inches.
Greatest daily precipitation 5.55,
date 9th.
Number of clear days 20, partly
cloudy s; cloudy, 3; on which .O1
of all inch or more precipitation
fell, 4.
Prevailing direction of wind,
s E.
Dates of frost, light 18th, 18th,
and 31st.
Time used on this form, East
ern.
October, 1898, 5.29 inches.
Aroused to Quick Action.
We are to do business. Can't
afford to let grass grow under our
feet. Activity, enthusiasm, and
alertness is our motto. 1t is a fact
we'll known and tacitly admitted,
our prices are matchless, and any
competent critic who merely
glances through our stock will tell
you that our Oak and Poplar suits
of furniture are perfect in respect
to style, workmanship, and design.
These what excuse have you for
buying furniture anywhere else?
Then unprecedented bargains
ought to harmonize with your in
tensest economical thought: Five
dollar Bureaus for $500; $25 Suits
for $40; $40 Bureaus for So; $500
Poplar Beds for So; Chairs from
SOC up. RAMSEY q BLAND.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Tax Notice.

T WILL be at the following places, on
l the days and dates named, for the
purpose of collecting taxes. The levy
for the present fiscal year is as follows ::
For State tax, 5 mills; ordinary county,
2 mills; bridges, l mill; court ex-
penses, 3s mill; school tax, 2 mills;
past indebtedness, q mill. Total mills,
1917. A poll tax of $l.00 on all male
citizens between the ages of Il and 80.
There is specia: tax of 2 mills on
all property in the corporate limits of
the town Of Edgefeld, including rail-
road property, to pay interest on the
bonded debt of the town. Also special
tax of 8 mills for school purposes on
all property in the Ridge Spring
district including railroad property.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
TERMS OF SALE :

One-third cash, and balance in two
equal successive annual instalments
from the day of sale, with interest
from said day of sale at Z per cent. pay
able semi-annually; the credit portion
to be secured by bond or bonds Of the
purchaser or purchasers, and mortgage
of the premises sold; the buildings to
be insured and policies assigned; the
purchaser TO pay all taxes falling due
and payable on and after the day OF
sale and the sheriff for papers, and to
have the privilege of paying all cash.
GEO. S. DRAFTS.
Sheriff Lexington Co., S. G.
Sheriff's office, Nov. 10, 1894.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
ALSO,

All his right, title and interest in
and to certain lot or percel OF land,
situate in Edgefleld county and State
aforesaid, containing forty and one
fourth (40A) acres by survey of James
NJ. Forrest, d. s., bounded on the south,
by the Herlong place and by lands OF
the Poor House; on the east, by lands
of the said Fl. y. Wright; and on the
north and west, by lands of Sallie A,
p1opd
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14

prominent editors of our State will
be men with brighter records and
more exalted patriotism than these
four! We want, not political
tricksters and disciples of Anna
Mas as journalists, but men like
our own genial, blithesome Tom
Adams, who had rather make men
laugh than hear them cuss or cry.
Adieux.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Sheriff S Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County OF LEXINGTON
Court Common Pleas.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHARLESTON, Plaintiff.
against
HENRY T. WRIGHT, and others,
Defendants.
against

TN obedience to the decree of the
court in the above stated case, will
proceed to sell to the highest bidder, at
public outcry before the courthouse
door in Lexington, S. O., on the first
Monday in December next, 1894, during
the usual hours of sale, the following
described property, to wit:
All that certain lot or parcel or tract
of land together with the buildings
thereon erected, situate, lying, and
being in the counties of Edgefield and
Lexington. in the said State, near the
town Of Batesburg, containing eighty
nine 1897 acres Qess one acre adjoining
the Bates burying ground, which is
expressly reserved and excepted for a
grave yard) and having the following
metes and bounds, to wit: Commenc-
ing at point on the road leading from
Mt. Willing to Bates burg, s. c.. at the
corner between J. 6. Etheredge's land
and the land con- eyed to Henry T..
Wright on the 9TH day of August, 1891,
by A. D. Bates, and running along said
road in the direction of Mt. Willing,
N. 74% w. 8 chains and % links to a
corner in said road, thence S. 51A W.5
chains and 81 links to stake, thence
S. l5% WIS chains and 30 links to o
stake, thence S.791S w. 13 chains and
AZ links to pine, thence N E. %
chains and 30 links to corner In said
road. thence N. TX E. 10 chains and
II links to stake, thence S. SO E. 20
chains and 80 links to stake, thence
s. 8 w. 5 chains and l6 links to stake,
thence S. 16H w. 15 chains and 26 links
to a corner in the road the place of be-
ginning or starting point; and bound
ed by lands of A. D. Bates, j. G. Ether
edge, and others, as will more fully ap-
pear by reference to a plat Of same
made by Wade Crouch, surveyor, on
the 4th day of August, 1891.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Gov. Tillman'S New Home.

Gov. Tillman has purchased tue
old homestead of the late Major
Abram Jones at Trenton for six
thousand dollars, part cash. He
will in a few days remove thlther
with his family-at least as soon
as possible after the inauguration
of Governor-elect Evans possibly
before that time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
ALSO.

All the right, title, and interest of
the Defendant Henry II. Wright, in
and to that certain tract of land in
Edgefeld county, State aforesaid, on
waters of Log Creek, bounded by lands
of Bennett Holland, the Poor House.
the late Fl. r. Wright, and known as
the Herlong place, and containing one
hundred and twenty (l20) acres, more
mr. less
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Done With GuanO.

The idea very prevalent among
Edgefeld county farmers that it
does not pay to use guano under
cotton, but 1t took 5 cents cotton to
bring them to this way of think
ing. They say now they doubt if
it paid to use it when cotton was
ten cents, but at the present prices
there is no room for doubt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14

From the 21st of November until
the 31st of December, 1 will be at the
Treasurer's Office at Edgefeld, after
which time Is per cent. penalty will
be added to all delinquents.
w. L. STEVENS,
Treas. E. G..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Fattening Hogs.

One bushel of corn will produce
10 pounds of pork, from which
you can easily determine whether
it is better to sell corn or pork.
Careful experiments have shown
the following facts in regards to
feeding corn to make pork:
so pounds of corn, fed whole
and raw, makes 10 pounds of pork.
so pounds Of corn, fed ground
and raw, makes Is pounds of pork.
50 pounds of corn, fed ground
and fermented, make II pounds of
pork.
so pounds of corn, fed cooked
and fermented, makes 70 pounds
of pork.
Taken Up.
An estray mule, whose owner can
get by calling at the ADVERTISER
Office, proving property, and pay
ing charges. The mule looks as if
he had lived in clover once, and
also as if he had run ou5 from un-
der a ".een" and knew it, and
didn't care who owned him or got
him in the future, SO he got from
under the "leen." He also looks
as if he thought he knew as much
about politics as any white man
or niger in South Carolina. He
is, indeed, the most cunning and
cutest mule we ever laid our NOR
tai eyes on. Call and get him if
he is your mule, and be in hurry
about it, for he and the rats are
eating up our next years seed
corn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
ALSO,

All that certain lot or parcel Of land
with the improvements thereon,situat
living, and being in the town of Bates
burg, in the county of Lexington and
State aforesaid, with the following di-
mensions: Fronting ninety (90) feet on
Lexington Street, and running back
equal width two hundred (20O) feet,
and bounded as follows: on the north,
by lands of E. Jones; on the south, by
lot of H. 7. Wright; and on the west,
by lands of L. Hartley.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14

Buggy Whips at any price you
want at Ramsey d Bland's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14

which DeIOHE eStcNtIHIy 70 tno
entler sex, every one Of wi ON shoud subscribe to
Iemorest's Magazine. II you are unacquainted with
70 merits, send for specimen copy Gree), and
on will admit that seeing these THUMBS mas put
Magazine everything to satisfy the literary wants OF
he whole family. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14

We commend the example of
Hon. II. II. Towues to all who pre-
fer the good Of their Anglo-Saxon
brethren to the unholy pursuit of
power and pelf. Mr., Townes was
a, Butlermanlbut he was not to be
geduced into an act Of folly if not
of crime by any hope of prefer
ment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14

The ADVERTISER with DEMoREsT's
MAGAZINE one year for $500. Send
your money to the ADVERTISER office.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Medical Card.

Sheriff's office, Nov. 10, 1894.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14

The Barnwell People says that
homemade flour is as much better
than the bought Western article as
a violet is sweeter than a gourd
blossom. This is another reason
why we should make our own
wheat.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-09-28
They Dance at HI Insane Asylum.
Charlotte Observer.

Your correspondent last evening at
tended one of the dances at the insane
asylum. Every Wednesday evening the
men dance, and every Friday the female
patients. Most people think the insane
behave in a wild fashion at these dances.
Quite the contrary. Their behavior is a
model which many sane persons might
well pattern after. The dance Wednes
day evening was in the new and hand
some dining room of the female intirm
airy. This is the new building, which,
sad to say, is yet unoccupied. At least
100 of the insane were present. Ofthese
twelve were females The attendants
also participated A really good orches
ira of four pieces made the music. All
were happy. The dances were all square
dances. The patients look forward to
these affairs with perfect delight. Seated
in a corner conVersing pleasantly, is a
man who for % years has been an inmate
He killed his wife and two children
Talking to a fine looking female patient
was a man who during the three years
he has peer in the asylum has not spoken
half as many words as he spoke that
evening. The female patient was from
his own county and she began the con
versation and drought him out" 1t
was very difficult to tell the patients from
the attendants and your correspondent
made some queer blunders A very tall
female in a white dress is a noted jig
dancer, and while the orchestra reeled off
the measures of that lively dance she took
the floor and showed what she could do
Three male patients gave a specimen of
their skill in the same line. The plan of
allowing the best male and female pa
tients to dance together is a new one and
is working admirably. 1t all goes to
show what a queer world this is, and how
little the many know of the few.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-09-28
. STATE NEWS,

A colored man at j. r Youp,,. A.,
near Henderson, n. c, got his Lev De,.,
cut OFF by a mower.
Republicans and populists me.,
Asheville today where they will 49,.
their sway for awhile.
George S. Bruton, at one time edit.
of the Morning Gazette, at Asheyi1e
found dead yesterday at PETERSBURG Y,
He was % years old.
James Robinson, OF Lucoma, was f,r,a
dead yesterday near Sharpsburg. Il.
fell from an excursion train sbo3, -
O'Clock plight before last.
Prof Early Whitaker, at one time ,
Durham boy, now teaching Shorthand =,
Oak Ridge institute, has just comple,ea
an elegant residence at that place Esr,r
is well know here.
Notwithstanding the heavy wind and
rain storm last night and yesterday morn.
ing yer three hundred democrats of Pr,
county were out 10 hear Hon. r B Glen,
speak at Greenville, N. c..
The registration books are now one,
for North Durham. The registrar i
John r, Proctor at furniture store q,
Main street. South Durham at Ths1,or
& Pstton's store on Main street, and J
J. Thaxton will see that your name I,
autographed.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-09-28
THE LUMBER KINGS ACCUSED.
An Insurance Man Claims They Started
the Big Forest Fires.

CHICAGO, September 28.-W. j.. st.
John, of Chicago, in delivering an ad-
dress before the Fire Underwriters as
ISOLATION of the Northwest, at the
Grand Pacific hotel yesterday, declared
that the recent forest fires had been
started by lumber kings. They had
taken that method, he said, of covering
up their stealings, and to them was
directly due the death and destruction
which followed. The speech caused a
sensation among the 800 members pres
ent. The occasion of yesterdays gath
ering was the celebration of the silver
anniversary of the association.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-09-28
THE STATE or TE1A
Two Lives saved.

Mrs. PhGbe Thomas, OF Juna.,-
Ill, was told By her doctors she ~
sumption and that there Wa 10 A"Lr J
but two bottle Of Or. King New ~
completely cured her and She az \
her life. Mr.. Thomas Egger-, ..'
street, san Francisco, suffered iE.~-
full cold, approaching con-am!"
without result everything eIe '.sA
n bottle Of DR.. King New IH~'
in two weeks Wa cured. He
thankful. 1t is such results, Of sa-s-
are samples, that prove the "ondr" ,
Of this medicine in coughs AMI ss 4
trial bottles at K. B~lacknalI "
store. Regular size SOC. and
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-09-28
PULLMAN cOMPANY's TAXES.
Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, Writes q Let
ter Concerning the Assessment.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, September 28.-
Governor Altgeld today addressed the
state board of equalization On the as
sessment of the Pullman car company's
property. He showed many figures and
facts concerning the company's name
of escaping taxation in this and other
states and in the Dominion of Canada.
The company for instance gave in 1885,
900, 900 as their capital stock, when it
should be SCI, 900. 900. The governor, in
conclusion, begged the board to make
a proper and just assessment of this
property in justice to the people and
the state,
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-09-28
$4,000 PLURALITY FOR HILL.
Said to Have Never Been Defeated for
Any ONCE He Has Sought.
From TIE GLOBE Corresponds

From TIE GLOBE Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-The republi-
can deputy commissioner of internal
revenue, Mr.. Wilson, is to be removed to
make room for a democrat from Alabama
named Woods. Mr.. Woods is the com
petitor for the seat in congress from
Alabama against CASTOR Robbins, a
nephew of Hon. VIM. l.. Robbins, of our
state. 1t was thought Yesterday by some
of the North C%arolinians in this city that
this place would be given to the Hon.
Kope Elias and there is some disappoint-
ment felt that a North Carolinian does
not get it.
A Tammany chief who is here today
says: New York will give David B. Hill
a majority of $4,000. He has never been
defeated for any office he sought. He Is
one of the best organizers in this coun-
try. The democracy of the Empire state
is enthusiastic for him"
Senator Faulkner, chairman of the con-
gressional campaign committee, Is very
much encouraged at the advice he re.
ceives from every part of the country.
He believes Mr.. Cleveland with his usual
patriotic fidelity to the party will lend
his influence to secure the success Of the
gubernatorial ticket in New York. 1t is
admitted here that the Hon. Levi P. Nor
ton is the strongest possible candidate
the republicans couldHhave nominated
Socially and financially and politically
he is admitted by both friends and foes
to be very strong.
DR.. E. A. DeSchweinitz, of Salem, the
professor of chemistry in the medical
school of the Columbian University, will
deliver the address on the opening of the
school on Oct. /.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-09-28
NEWS NOTES BY TELEGRAPH.

The bankrupt Chickasaw treasury
will compel the closing of the native
schools.
A court of inquiry will investigate
the grounding of the Adams on st.
PauIs Island.
lumber company for the value of
$500. 600 feet of logs
Governor Cfounse. of Nebraska. will
endeavor to provide relief for the
drought-stricken districts.
Governor Peck, of Wisconsin, has in
structed the sheriff Of Green Bay TO
arrest all concerned in the prize fight.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-09-28
Four Big Successes,

Having the needed merit to more than
make good all the advertising claimed for
them, the following four remedies have
reached a phenomenal sale. DR.. Kings ew
Discovery, for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, each bottle guaranteed-Electric Bit
tiers, the great remedy for Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. the
best in the world, and DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, which are a perfect pill. All these
claimed for them and the dealer whose name
is attached herewith will be glad to tell you
more of them. Sold at z. Blacknall & Sons
drug store.