Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-07
Edgeffield Advertiser
LOCAL2 BREVf7lES.

And having once turned rOullu WalNs
on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful 1iend
Doth close behind him tread"
Mrs. Col. Folk is very i'll.
Ladies' Waterproofs for 69e at
Peaks.
Be praised, not for your ances-
tors, but your virtues.
Sam Jones will lecture at Green
wood on Nov. %.
Lace Curtains from SOC to Sl.OO
per at Peaks's Racket.
In scandal, as in robbery, the
receiver is worse than the thief.
When a cornstalk tassels toe
soon, you can look out for nub-
bin.
Peaks is the place to get all
kinds of bargains unheard OF De-
fore.
Children's Table Chairs and
Rockers at SOC, former prices Ioe,
at Ramsey & Bland's.
One fiddle is just as good as a
whole brass band to dance with If
your heart is feeling light.
A man hat can plow in the new
ground and not cuss little is
mighty nigh fit for heaven.
Miss Sophie Abney left last Sat
urdav to teach school IN the
Ridge Spring neighborhood.
A corncob pipe is lot aristo-
cratic, but it smokes a heap sweet
er than one that is not paid TOR.
It is a pity some people cannot
give cup of cold water to a dis
ciple without spilling it on him.
Messrs. Hammond & Bell have
removed their grocery store to their
old stand in the Parker building.
The roar of Niagara has been
Photographed, and may be hearG
in any part of America for small
fee.
A philosopher is a man who
doesn't attempt to argue unless ne
knows he can knock out his opp.o-
nent.
Mamma said Mabel, "if peo-
pie eat up all the toadstools, what
will the toads do when they want
to sit down."
Your money will hold out longer
if YOU will trade with those houses
that advertise in the old reliable
ADVERTISER.
Charles Lindsay, near Chappells,
lost his mill and gin by fire last
Monday night. AS he did not gin
Monday he thinks it was set on
fire.
We a1e showing the largest and
best line of Straw mattings ever
shown in Edgefeld and at lower
prices than ever, at Ramsey q
Bland's.
Mr.. John C. Lott, Jr., will 60
over to Augusta this, "Wednesday:
evening on a Pledge(r) trip. BE
careful John, and don't let the
train leave you in Augusta.
We carry a larger stock of Bug
gies than all the houses in Edge
field county combined, conse-
uuently we are in position to save
you money. Ramsey & Bland.
The people in charge of the
Greenwood county movement have
filed with the Secretary Of State
map of the proposed county and
all the papers appertaining thereto.
We are in receipt of the first
number of The Pee Dee Baptist,
published at Wadesboro, n. c., by
r. w. Adams & Co., and edited by
Rev. J. @. Adams, both natives OF
Edgefeld county.
Norman Youngblood, colored,
has opened beef market and
restaurant on the corner next to
the blacksmith shops. Norman
sells nothing but stall fed beeves,
fat and delicious. See his adver-
tisement in another column.
Misses Ida and Kate Dubois,
Eliza Neal, and Julia Lotion, of
our Pittsburg suburbs, have joined
our village Baptist church and will
be baptised next Sunday. These
conversions were the result of Rev.
Mr.. Brabham's preaching at the
quarry.
Jim Shaffer, who gins for Mr..
John Blocker in the Elmwood Sec
ton. had the misfortune to have
his hand cat off in the gin last
Tuesday. The physicians found it
necessary to amputate the arm;
and he is In a critical condition at