Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-25
Edgefield Advertiser
THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1894.
LOCAL2 BREV!7IES.

"Lay on, Macduff, lay on"
And darned be he who first cries, shoo!
The tax paying time expires the
last day in this month.
A wedding in high life in Edge
field early in February is on the
tapis.
New subscribers are coming in
at gratifying pace, for which all
thanks.
Mormons are travelling through
the county distributing circulars
and literature.
The Rev. Mr.. Brabham made
visit last week to Ninety-Six, his
charge last year.
In ordering the address of your
paper changed please give the
name of your former office.
Cotton Seed Meal, Acid Phos-
phate, and Kainit, get my prices
before buying. W. w. ADAMS.
E. G. Morgan, of Parksville, was
in town on Saturday last. He had
his baby with him, a beautiful
child.
Prepare to put in good acreage
of corn this year against the day
of wrath next fall when cotton will
be drag.
The County Commissioners had
c special meeting last Saturday
and signed up good many checks
on the County Treasury.
Hon. H. H. Townes, of the Sa-
vannah river side, was in town on
Saturday. He represents old Meri-
wether as holding the fort.
The best is the cheapest. Bald
win. and Bradley's Ammoniated
Dissolved Bone are the best.
w. w. ADAMS.
This years crop of mortgages
and liens will be a short one. We
know of only one merchant in our
town who proposes to do much ad-
vancing.
The weather prophets are pre-
dieting a late, cold, and wet spring.
We hope they may be as far wrong
as they we're in their predictions
of severe winter.
A farmer who has tried it says
that sugar cane seed makes the
finest feed for COWS, hogs, and
poultry, and that every one should
try patch this season.
Rattlesnake Bob Gardner is
scooping 'em.in' since he went to
Charleston. 1t is said he can tell
contraband liquor by the smell. 1t
has wicked, law-defying smell.
Norton w. Brooker, Esq, of
Ridge Spring, has been appointed
agent of the sinking fund commits
sion of this State in place of S. G.
CARTRIDGE, deceased.
Rev. Wm. S. Wightman, form
erly pastor OF the Methodist Church
at Edgc6eld, has recently become
Presbyteriap. and elected pastor
of the Ebenezer Presbyterian
Church in Charleston.
Inspector of Dispensaries Vel
dell is now OH his rounds. 1t is
not true, as was stated, that be re-
ceives $1,000 a year, but only $75
per month, and the work lasts for
only three or four montha.
A call for meeting of the Edge
field Farmers Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company on the first Monday
in February appears in another
column. Let there be a good meet
ing as business of Importance is
to be transacted.
A three-eyed girl of great beauty
is said to be the coming sensation
in Europe. We hope this maiden
will come t, Edgefeld, and If the
Y.M. C. AS will grt her in the
Opera House she will make bet
ter pull than Spedon.
The girl had yawned behind her
cambria handkerchief until it ac-
tually had nap on 1t. Still he
stayed on and talked. rhe girls
evident WEAKNESS at last appealed
to him "Bless my soul!" he ex-
claimed, "what time is it?"
"Time," she replied; "it must be
eternity"
Ten applicants for admission to
Clemson College were examined
Thursday. Commissioner Daven-
port took their papers and for
warded them to President Craig
head. Of the ten examined only
five can get the appointments, and
their names will be published as
eoon as ascertained.
John E. Partlow, of Kirkseys, is
said to have the prettiest and
smartest baby in Gray township. if
not in the whole county. Emma
Neal is only fourteen months old