Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-28
BREVI7lES,
Next Sunday is April Fools day.

Next Sunday is April Fools day.
Capt. Geo. B. Lake, we regret to
state, is i'll with pneumonia.
Four or five candidates will make
the race for County Supervisor IN
this county.
Hold down the acreage in cotton
to reasonable limits. Let this be
the shlbboleth for 1894.
There will be q meeting of Hol-
lingsworth Alliance next Saturday.
See notice in this issue.
The Mccormick News has gone
down and the Mccormick Tele-
gram has come up in its place.
The Edgefeld County Alliance
will meet on Friday, April 18th.
See Secretary Mays's notice here
with.
Instigated and seduced by the
warm, spring-like weather sundry
farmers in this community have
already planted cotton.
If a frost should come now
would it clean up the fruit, in
cluding blackberries? Later-It
came, saw, and conquered.
This has been the most pleasant
March we have ever experienced.
There was little wind and many
warm, sunry, delightful days.
Cleveland, the Democrats, and
sugarcrats in Congress are playing
havoc with the Wilson tariff bill;
and playing the ID generally.
DR.. Gwaltney's school, the small
er children, celebrated Easter Eve
by an egg hunt in the Academy
grove, which they seemed to enjoy
hugely.
Presiding Elder Hodges will
preach at Rehoboth, Leesville cir
cult, March 81 and April l; at
Ridge Spring, April Z and 8; at
Vaucluse, April s.
Rev. J. N. Booth, of Union,
formerly pastor of the Edgefeld
village Baptist Church, has started
paper at his present home called
"The Little Helper"
Plenty of alligators are reported
at Crofts on Old Tumblin'. They
are raising 'em there to sell TO the
durn Yankees and to make 'em
think they are in Florida.
Aiken had big sensation last
week in the closing Of the Aiken
County Loan and Savings Bank
by the United States Court and
the appointment of temporary
receiver.
The amount of money which
will come to Edgefeld county by
reason. of the gaining by the
State OF the. railroad tax cases will
amount to somewhere near seven
thousand dollars.
Dogwoods are in bloom, white
oaks are full of leaves, hickory nut
trees are budding, and whip-poor-
will has hollered-and yet there
are people who predict we will
have more cold weather, frosts and
billiards..
Easter Sunday was SO dark and
gloomy th at Edge6eld's fair danes
and dcmoisselles were not able
or willing to don their Easter at
tire, but next Sunday will reveal
it all unless that day should also
be inclement.
To County Commissioner Joe
Banks is due it is said, the big
license tax on lightning rod ped
lers in this county. Joe says if
you take the spangles off the top
of the lightning rod you've got the
whole thing.
Last Thursday, March 22nd, was
the warmest day that has ever oc-
Cured in that month in Edgefeld
within the memory of the Oldest
inhabitants. The thermometer
registered on that day, as its max
imum, "a degrees.
Easter Sunday was entirely un-
favorable to the display of Easter
suits and hats. Yet the rain that
disappointed so many feminine
hearts was very refreshing to vege-
tation. The flowers and grass and
fruit trees seemed to drink it in
with an e1uberancs of joy, 80 to
speak.
The examination of applicants
to teach, which will take place on
April goth, will be more thorough
and searching than ever before.
In accordance with a recent resolu-
ton of the State board, Algebra
and English literature will be in
cluded in the examination, that is
for first grade certificates.