Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-06-13

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into Office as Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court of South Caro-
Ira on Monday, July 9th, and on
the following morning, just as the
king of day rises above the horizon.
"Let her roll, boys!" will be heard
from the mountain tops to the
marshes of Saltkerhathie, which
means that the dispensaries will
be then and there opened.
Everybody Take Notice
That John Wier's watermelons
are blooming.
A Liberal Reward.
A liberal reward will be paid to
any person or persons furnishing
this office with a method for ham,
a blind tiger-tell us how
to do it so that the tiger can never
walk again and will lose all inter-
est in life and liquor.
Preaching at Centre Spring.
DR.. L. R. Gwaltney, chaplain,
will preach the annual sermon to
the Edgefeld Light Dragons at
Centre Spring on Sunday, June
24th, at 4 P. M. The public is
invited to attend; and
Capt. Blocker writes us: "We hope
to have a large audience to wor-
ship with us on this occasion"
A Rattlesnake-CoIonel.
Since Rattlesnake Bob Gardner
has given up the position of State
constable and retired to the shades
Of private life here in Edgefeld
he has been promoted, and is now
a Rsttlesnake-C -Colonel-and from
this timesen.4w will be known and
accordingly Rattle
snake Colonel Bob Gardner is his
name with the trimmings:
Pensions for Manned.
What has become of the fund
appropriated by the State to the
benefit of manned Confederate
soldiers? The amount was $4,000,
we believe, but none Of it has been
received in Edgefield county. The
old one-legged, one-armed, and one
eyed veterans are asking about the
matter. Will our county board
Of pensions give us some light on
the subject.
B.
The Woman's Home Mission and
Parsonage Aid Society. of the M.
f. Church will have a "Spelling
Bee" at the residence of Mrs. G.. S.
Butler OH Thursday night Of this
week, June 18th. Cream and cake
will be served. The best speller
will be awarded a cake; the poor
est a blue back Webster's spelling
book. Admission, TO- cents for
adults, 5 cents for children.
,IcKendree I'M G. A.
!. The Young Mems Christian AS
,ociation at McKendree. originally
organized as a part of the Meeting
Street Association has just been
.e-organized Independently. The
Jew officers are: J. M. Shaffer,
president; Whitman Harling, Sec
,etary; J. L. Mcdowell, treasurer:
The McKendree Association holds
is meetings on the End and 4th
Saturday afternoons :at 5 o'clock.
Record-Breaking Times.
This is certainly a record break
ng year. The fig. bushes in this
section that were killed down to
he ground. by the March freezes
nave grown up.to their full stature
md are now full of young figs with
/ fair prospect of an abundant
yield. For a tree to glow from:the
ground and make fruit within four
months is one of the things you
:ead about but rarely see..
Short on Fruit. -: '''
Uncle Bob Middleton, of Clarks
Hill, says, in the Augusta Evening
News, there is little fruit in that,
he fruit region of The Westside.
To had only fifteen peaches out of
. hig orchard and five crates of
olums. However, there will be
good many grapes later on. There
is scarcely any fruit to be gathered
his year in Edgefeld county.
Even black berries are few and far
between.
Those Resolutions.
The resolutions adopted in the
mass meeting of citizens held in
5he court house on Monday after
noon last anent the blind tigers,
we're handed to us so late on Tues
lay afternoon as to prevent their
publication this week. If our peo-
pie really mean to fight the tigers
by resolutions they should get
them to the press in time. We shall
be delighted always to do our part
in such matters.
Eight Hawks Killed,
Near nightfall on the cold Satur-
lay of last month, May 10Th, Mr..
Dan Holland, living in Newberry,
saw flying toward him large
of what he supposed
to be buzzards, but upon a
nearer approach he discovered
tl,+ tbor uoro he owl-c .Thop o1iuht