Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-08-01

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received d car load at w. w
Adams's.
If you want to place small boy
in one spot where you will be sure
to find him five minutes later, put
him in the pantry.
The rain these days is like the
Reform Movement, it doesn't seen
to know that enough, even of s
good thing, is plenty.
Dog days commenced last Satur.
day, and it didn't rain a drop. Now
you can make your own predictions
as to the weather, and do as well
as Hicks.
Col. E. J. Goggans, one of the
silver-tongued orators of Clouds
Creek, has been brought out fo1
the Legislature by his friends in
this weeks ADVERTISER.
On Friday night last Capt. J. H.
Tillman shot himself accidentally
in the left breast. The wound is
not serious, though painful, and
be will soon recover.
We call attention to the adver-
tisement of DR.. w. D. QUITS. He
is breeding Golden and Silver
Wyandottes, Barred Plymouth
Rocks, and Buff Leghorns. His
stock originates from the leading
English and American strains.
An exchange says that the town
man thinks all a farmer has to do
is to set under the shade and watch
things grow and the farmer thinks
all that has to be done in town is
to sit behind a counter and rake
in money. This is the reason every
farmer wants to move to town and
every town man wants to move to
the country.
An old Scotch lady who had 10
relish for modern church music,
was expressing her dislike of the
singing Of an anthem in her own
church ole day when a neigh
bor said: "Why, that is very old
anthem! David sang that anthem
to Saul" To this the old lady re-
piled: "Weel, Weel! I moo for.the
first time understan' why Saul
threw his javelin at David when
the lad sang for him.
There will be a competitive ex-
animation held on the oath of Au-
gust, in this county, under the
charge of the county school com.
missioner, for a scholarship in
Furman University: worth $50, an
amount sufficient to pay tuition
for one year. The appointee is to
enter the lowest college class. For
further information, catalogues.
ETC., address Charles L. Durham,
Secretary of Faculty, Furman
University, Greenville, S. c.
Removed to Rock Hill.
Messrs. J. J. Bell and w. F.
Dobey left our town on Thursday
last for Rock Hill, at which place
they have secured building con-
tracts. Mr.. Bells family went with
him, Mr.. Dobey's will remain in
Edgefeld for the present, but may
join him later on.
An Important Decision.
J. VIM. Thurmohd, Esq, has
Just won an important case in the
Supreme Court-important, not on
account of the amount involved,
but the novelty of the points made
by counsel and decided by the
Court. The case is entitled, "E.
B. Sample against the London and
Lancashire Insurance Company"
Messrs. Sheppard Bros. represent
ed the defendant.
The Rains.
Have done considerable damage
in the fiat, sandy, and bottom
lands of our county. One man
tells US of a hundred acre field of
cotton which he predicts will not
make even one bale. One farmer
we hear of is barring off his
cotton with a Dixie Boy sweep
and throwing the grass in a big
ridge in the middles where it can
flourish or fade. This was perhaps
the best solution to be made of the
matter, but it is question whether
it is not better to let the grass re.
main in the cotton than to try to
root it out and thereby ruin the
cotton itself. In the clay and roll.
ing lands the outlook is much bet
ter.
The Late Capt. Ira p. Culbreath.
Fortunately for the family of
this gentleman, only short time
before his death, he secured
policy of insurance Oh his life
in the Union Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company for $1,000. And
within nine days after the proof OF
death, ETC., had been received at
the home office, Mr.. B. B. Evans.
the manager of the company for
South Carolina, was prepared to