Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-09-05

Tan I1aTlley, anu FellN dlld oai-
braith Lake. Mr.. and Mrs. Peak
joined by letter.
We are pleased to hear that our
old friend DR.. w. D. Jennings, Sr.,
and DR.. R. Jennings Talbert have
within the last month fallen heir
to 400 acres of land each, worth
$40 per acre, enough to make the
old Doctor happy for fifty years to
come.
In the primary election last
Tuesday M. B. Davenport and P.
N. Lott, candidates for School
Commissioner, got exactly the same
number of votes, $40 each. These
gentlemen have to run over and
their fate will not be known until
the date of the second primary,
Sept. II.
Mr.. R. Fox has just graduated
at the New York Optical Institute,
and may be found in his apart
every hour of the day, ex-
cept Sundays. He has an immense
assortment of eye glasses and
spectacles and optical instruments
Of the best types and patents for
testing the eyes. He can almost
enable the blind to see again.
The Greenville Female College
will open its next session on We'd
nesday, Sept 26th, under new man-
agement and with new equipment
throughout. The new president is
DR.. NJ. M. Riley, lately of George
town, KY, who is highly recon-
mended in voluntary testimonials
by DR.. John A. Broadus, Prof. W.
H. Whitsitt, Rev. T. P. Bell, Rev.
J. K. Pace, and others. The board
ng department will be under the
supervision of Mrs. Riley, and the
.ooms will be newly furnished in
every particular. The Greenville
Female College will maintain a
higher standard than ever before,
Ind a full corps of teachers has
oeen engaged for all the depart
nents, including music and art.
Send for catalogue to DR.. M. M.
Riley, Greenville, S. G.
Store Looted.
On Saturday night of last week
ome miscreant or miscreants broke
n the front window of Mr.. W. L.
)unovant's store on the public
quare and stole therefrom $12 in
money and quantity of other
foods.
Will Support the Nominees:
S. McG. Simkins was and is
lassed as a Conservative, but his
manly card in another column re-
,udiates independentism so far as
le is concerned. He says he lives
IL Edge6eld himself and totes his
wn skillet, grease or no grease:
nd submits to no mans domina-
ion.
Adver tised Letters.
List of letters remaining in the
'ostof6ce at Edgefeld c. H., Aug.
LIST, 1894: J M Butler, Peter
Brown, Warney Holmes, Isaac
ones, w Park, Sam Roam, Mrs
lar Bleckley, Louisa Davis, Miss
latte Frazier, Mrs. S Gamble,
Iiss Miley Heris, Miss Annie
'orris, Miss Mamie Perry, Miss
aura J Robertson, Mrs NJ E Sulli-
an.
-uc COGllllOu N1uU'
The Edgefeld Cotillion Club
,ill give their annual ball on Sept.
9th. The ball, we are informed,
7ill be made the grandest yet
iven, as no pains or expense will
re spared in this direction. Those
Who are so fortunate as to receive
n invitation should certainly ap-
,recia'e it and be sure to attend,
IS Edgefeld's lovely women and
handsome men, many of them,
will be conspicuously represented.
Weather for August.
Weather Observer c. A. Long, of
'renton, sends US the following
Iata of the weather for the month
ust ended:
Monthly mean temperature, 1873
Mean max. temperature, 1876
Mean min. temperature, II.
Maximum temperature, w, uate
9Th.
Minimum temperature 81. date
;th.
Total precipitation 7.6O inches.
Greatest daily precipitation "a
late 5th.
Number of clear days II, partly
,loudy 12, on which OF of ap inch
,r more precipitation fell, IL.
Prevailing direction of wind,
10 w.
Rainfall for May, June. July,
Ind August, 1898, 31.61 inches.
Rainfall for May. June, July,
Ind August, 1894, 22.S4 inches.
Rainfall for August, 1893, 1920
inches.
Rainfall for August, 1894, 100
inches.
Mention.