Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-28

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daily papers last week. About all
we saw was that they had got
through burying the Car.
Ladies, the lew millinery goods
at Peaks store are lovely beyond
description-hats, bonnets, feath-
ers, flowers, ribbons, laces, pom
pons, aigrettes, velvets, and satins.
Mr.. Lewis Harmon, one of the
best and wealthiest citizens of the
Savannah river side, was in town
last week. Such farmers and such
citizens as Mr.. Harmon are an
honor to any country.
Mr.. A. S. Parks, an Edgefeld
man, but now living at Chappells,
Newberry county, was in attend,
ance on court last week. Mr.. Parks
is one of the best farmers in our
whole county. He made eighty
eight bales of cotton this year with
eleven mules, besides a plenty of
provisions.
Three times within as many
months has the New York Racket
Store been obliged to order an en-
tire outfit of shoes. The Racket
Store has become headquarters for
shoes. Peak can't keep up with
the demand for shoes. He has
made up his mind to order a new
invoice each week.
Methodist Appointments.
The Methodist Conference has
closed and we note the following
appointments of interest to Edge
field: Rev.J. w. Dickson was made
Presiding Elder for this the Co.
lumbia District, Mr.. Hodges hav-
ing been transferred to the Flor
ence District. Mr.. Brabham, we
are glad to state, has been returned
to our town. The Rev. T. c. Ligon
goes to Leesville; P. A. Murray
goes to Batesbulg; r. E. Stack
house goes to Johnston; E. P.
Taylor goes to Mccormick; W. W.
Jones goes to North Edgefeld;
Rev. A. B. Watson goes back to
Greenwood; E, A. Wilkes goes to
Parksville; O. N. Rountree goes
to Butler; J. E. Beard goes to
Graniteville; S. D. Vaughn goes
to Saluda.
An Old Manuscript.
Edgefeld people will be deeply
interested in the following an
nouncement which we clip from
the Baptist Courier over the sigma
ture of Prof H. T. Cook. AS DR..
Johnston lived many years in
Edgefeld his "reminiscences no
doubt deal largely with Edgefeld
history: ga treat is in store for
those readers of The Courier who
are interested in our early history.
Trustworthy material for sketch
of w. 2. Johnson's life has been
searched for for several years with
but scanty returns. Last week,
one of his granddaughter, Miss
Claudia Townes, put into my hands
what will prove to be one 'of the
most valuable contributions to our
history. It is manuscript of LII
closely written pages full of remin-
iscences which are told 30 simply
that the reader may expect all oc-
easional overflow from his lachry-
NAL lakes. DR.. Johnson's mind
was so accurate and orderly that
his "reminiscences will take rank
as authority at once. The tradition
that he was lacking in his emo
tional nature can hardly stand be-
fore these glimpses into his inner
life. 1t was finished on his S0th
birth day. With The Courier's per-
mission it will appear in weekly
installments."
Mr.. Leitch's Meetings.
The Opera House was so crowded
on last Sunday morning to hear
Mr.. Leitch that a good portion of
the congregation had to 60 into the
gallery which was already occupied
in part by the colored people.
People who object to Mr.. Leitch's
style are hypercritical if not hypo-
critical. We have never yet seen
or heard of the man who exactly
filled the bill in all respects, our
bill, your bill, reader! But the
man who hits everybody some
where sometime is probably filling
the injunction of st. Paul to be
"all things to all men,"
Mr.. Leitch's preaching reminds
us sometimes of q little boys letter
to his mother, in which he said, II
cut Uncle Williams hens neck off
with hatchet, and she huttered
herself to death. I don't think she
ought to done it." Mr.. Leitch cuts
and whacks at the sin, and the
sinner does the hutterlng., If
there's any harm done it's because
the sinner will futter instead of
dying quietly Ito the SIM as he
ought to.
Mr.. Leitch's sermon on Sunday
night was perhaps the best of the
series. 1t lifted NEIL and women
ont of themselves and their mental