Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-05-09
Mrs. Lucy E. Norris, we'll known
in this community, has been ap-
pointed postmis'ress at Aiken.

4h .. HtSy t1' 4'oAAAS1
in this community, has been ap-
pointed postmis'ress at Aiken.
The Aiken Baptist Sunday
school will picnic at Edgefcld on
next Saturday. So says the Aiken
papers.
When you come to town drop in
the ADVERTISER office and give us
any item of news you may have.
We will appreciate it.
Clerk of the Court John B. Hill
begs us TO say to Edgefeld county
pensioners that their money is IN
his hands ready for distribution.
The Old Hickory Wagons, in
comparable forever, still take the
lead everywhere. Ramsey & Bland
can supply ynu and send you home
happy.
County Treasurer Stevens has
received instructions from Comp
troller General Ellerb not to re-
ceive any license money for the
sale of liquor until further
instructed.
When he visited the cemetery
Mike Donovan noticed on tomb
stone the following inscription
"Sacred to the memory of a lawyer
and honest man." "By the powers,
said Mike, that's strange custom
to bury two men in one grave"
Our young friend Mr.. A. V.
Morgan is off on a trip to Navasota,
Texas. This is on the Brazos
river where the lands are The richest
in the state. He has partially
promised to send in a letter for
the readers of the old ADVERTISER.
Whole Family Poisoned.
Seven negroes, all entire family,
were poisoned near Richarsonville
in this county last Tuesday. They
weretaken violently illimmediately
after breakfast and vomlted
incesantly until death came to
their relief. No clue as yet to the
guilty parties.
Y. II. c. A. Officers.
AT the annual election of officers
for the next twelve months, our
local Y. M. C. A. has selected for
President, E. Minis; Vice-Presi-
dents, M. Timmons and T. B. Lam
ham; Secretary, Geo. F. Minis;
Treasurer, w. H. Dorn. We con-
graduate the Association upon so
happy choice.
DIR. Buffers Lecture.
On Friday evening last our hon
ored townsman, DR.. F. W. P. But
Ter, gave another of his excellent
series of "health talks" before the
Y. NJ. C. A. Training-School boys
and their friends. This depart
ment of the instruction thus fur
nished the young men will doubt
less accomplish much lasting good.
Tests of Democracy.
Edgefeld county has two tests
for the two kinds of democrats
now hustling within her territory.
First, the jimmy-john democrat
is one who can get the neck of a
iimmy-john over his standing up
collar, and into his mouth and not
waste a drop. The other kind,
the spit-over-your-c collar democrat,
is one who can stand fiat-footed
and spit clear over his sitting
down collar and not get drop in
his eyes; and we're only remem-
bered by what we have done.
Hussars.
The annual election of the Edge
field Hussars held on last Satur-
day resulted as follows: Captain,
S. B. Mays; 1st Lieut., L. R. Brun-
son; End, H. L. Bunch; 3rd, J. M.
Mays; Ensign, J. F. Atkins; 1st
Orderly Sergt., J. P. Sullivan
End Sergt., P. F. Ryan; 3rd, W. A.
Collett; 4th, J. NJ. w. Glover; 9th,
T. N. Zimmerman; 9Th, D. w.
McClendon; 7th, w. H. Ryan.
There were several accessions to
the roll. The company now num-
bers thirty-nine. The company
will go to Charleston on the excur-
sion on the 10Th inst. The 18th
day of July was selected as the
date Of the annual picnic. After
a barbecue dinner, the company
adjourned to meet on the 4th of
July.
A Correction.
In our last issue the official re-
port of the organization of the
Meriwether Democratic club had
the following as the words of the
person moving to retire and organ
lie a separate club: Gall who wisE
to form an independent Demo-
cratic club follow me-" This was
not the exact phraseology used,
and Mr.. P. B. Lanham, president
of the original club, asks US to
say so. He says that there was no
intention to stigmatize the retiring