Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-14
Edgefield Advertiser
WEDNESDAY, NOV. IA, 1894.
LOCA2 BREVITIES,

"When the country gets in clover,
Won't we have a jolly time!
On, We'll toss dollar over, and
Well spend it like dime;
You'll hear our pockets jingle in the
City and the grange,
And we'll get just what we
Want to, with "neVer nina the
change"
AS rule the man who takes his
own time does not hesitate to take
. the time of others.
The Thermometer stood as low
as 20 degrees above zero on Mon:
day morning of this week.
Good men do not go astray when
they stray into Ramsey 4 Bland's
for their hardware specialties.
eff a man would live we'll, let
him fetch his last day to him and
make it always his company keep
err
This is fne weather for killing
hogs and there are hogs to xii IN
Edgefeld county, we are glad to
say.
Cotton sold at II cents in this
market last week. 1t will probably
60 cent lower before it touches
bottom.
The Sheriff of Lexington county
advertises some very valuable
property in this weeks issue of the
ADVERTISER.
Last Saturday and Sunday morn-
ings we're colder than any we have
had yet. Ice in exposed places was
half an inch thick.
Mr.. B. B. Evans lost his fine
thoroughbred seven month old
colt, "Annie T." on Thursday
night last. She was held at $4,000.
Mr.. Shepperson, the great statis-
tician, thinks cotton will 60 up in
the spring. Of course it will, but
what good will it do then? Cotton
was s cents last spring, but few
farmers ..ad any to sell.
While returning home from the
village one day last week, our
friend F. M. Warren was thrown
from his buggy and had his leg
broken in two places. At this
writing he is getting along very
well.
The Barnwell People says that
homemade flour is as much better
than the bought Western article as
a violet is sweeter than gourd
blossom. This is another reason
why we should make our own
wheat.
We commend the example of
Hon. H. H. Towues to all who pre-
fer the good Of their Anglo-Saxon
brethren to the unholy pursuit of
power and pelf. Mr., Townes was
"a Butler anlbut he was not to be
seduced into an act Of folly if not
of crime by any hope of prefer
ment.
Rev. Thos. Leitch, the famous
evangelist, has arrived. He preach
ed last night in the Presbyterian
Church, will preach tonight, We'd
nesday, in the Baptist Church, and
tomorrow night in the Opera
House. E1r. Marshall, the sweet
singer, is with him. the various
congregations of our town are
uniting to make the meeting a
glorious one.
Mr.. Leitch arrived on our noon
day train on Tuesday and will
preach as announced. The SER
vices in the Opera House will con-
tinue for an indefinite period,
preaching in the morning and at
night. The morning services will
begin at II o'clock, and the night
services at 7:30.
Done With GuanO.
The idea svery prevalent among
Edgefeld county farmers that it
does not pay to use guano under
cotton, but 1t took 5 cents cotton to
bring them to this way of think
ing. They say now they doubt If
it paid to use it when cotton was
ten cents, but at the present prices
. there is no room for doubt.
Gov. Tillman's New Home.
Gov. Tillman has purchased the
old homestead of the late Major
Abram Jones at Trenton for six
thousand dollars, part cash. He
will in few days remove thither
with his family-at least as soon
as possible after the inauguration
of Governor-elect Evans possibly
before that time.
Fattening Hogs.
One bushel Of corn will produce
10 pounds of pork, from which
you can easily determine whether
it is better to sell corn or pork.
Careful experiments have shown
the following facts in regards to
feeding corn to make pork:
20 mounds of corn fed whole