Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-21
LOCAL1 BREVITIES.

WI Nld9C LIZ 9lSieh0AAS " 49, ~
on next Tuesday, Nov. 9th.
Col. O. C. Jordan and Col. G. W.
Croft, lawyers from Aiken, are IN
attendance on our court.
Governor-elect John Gary Evans
attended the Leitch meeting in the
Opera House last Sunday morning.
Mr.. Leitch continues to preach
every morning and night in the
Opera House to growing congrega-
tions.
Cotton took little squirt one
day last week and went up an
eighth of a cent, but quickly re-
lapsed.
Col. John Terry, Of Lickskillet,
brought in a turkey gobler last
week that weighed thirty-five
pounds.
All places of business in our
town will be closed on next Thurs
day.. the 29th Of November,
Thanksgiving Day.
The owner has been found for
the mule advertised in these COL
umns last week. 1t belonged to a
man in Aiken county.
Hogs killed in the month of
November are said to keep better
and are less trouble in regard to
insects than those killed later.
The Abner Perrin Camp of Con-
federate veterans will meet at
Edgefeld on salesday in December.
A full attendance is requested.
A free-born American citizen de-
posted in the ballot box on elec-
tion day in Monticello, Fla, note
from his wife to "get well chain"
Two postage stamps will buy a
pound of cotton these days, but
Capt. Bill Brunson won't take
pound of cotton for two postage
stamps.
DR.. Patrick Adams, of Phoenix,
was at court last week as medical
expert in a murder case. Many
friends were pleased to meet this
genial gentleman and skilled ply
sician.
A little gill read a composition
before the minister. The subject,
"a Cow" She wove in this COM
plimentary sentence: "a COW is
the most useful animal in the
world, except the preacher"
We again call attention to Mr..
J. P. Mahon's advertisement in this
issue. He offers to sell the exclu-
sive right o. operating The
Peoples Mutual Fire Association
in Edgefeld county. Address him
at Newberry c. Fl. for particulars.
Deacon Randolph-When nah
son Abe KEN home from college he
war powerful doubtful bout de
Bible; said he couldn't swaller de
story bout de whale swallerin'
Jonah. Parson Johnson-Den why
did be iine de chu'ch? Deacon
Randolph, complacently-Simple
'nough. I whaled itintoe him.
Mr.. William West, of .he Ether
edge section, made this year, for
himself and neighbors, over seven
hundred gallons CT sorghum syrup,
and quit making it simply because
he did not have the time to spare
from his other business. He ground
sugar cane until the whole atnlos-
phere round about was sweetened
and tasted like molasses candy.
To all who pay up for the ADvER-
T1sER between this and the FIRST
day of January, 1895, we will give
three grains of home raised coffee.
Despise not the day of small things
but come right along and get your
coffee. Remember this coffee is
the genuine red, rust proof, home
raised and home-cured, none of
your store bought and kiln-dried
stuff.
Jim Wood has come back to
Edgefeld, and will half sole and
patch your shoes, or anybody's else.
as cheaply and expeditiously as
any Crispin on this continent.
And we haven't but one objection
in the world to Jim Wood, and
that is, he steps as high now when
cotton is 5 cents as he did when it
was &c cents a pound, thus encour-
aging, 5, atimental!y at least, a
spirit of pride and extravaganza.
A Georgia paper tells how a mag
istrate tried with rather poor sue
cess to initiate the judgment of
Solomon. He was perplexed by the
conflicting claims of two women