Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-06-20
A Mountain Creek Boy.

LULU, uaPlIS flsAlSu -tfeA ""oi
Hamburg, Bremen,and Amsterdam
in the interest of direct trade from
Augusta, Ga. Captain Berry has
appointed reliable agents in those
places for the sale of his flour mil
product. Shipments will be made
direct from Port Royal, Savannah
and Charleston" Capt. J. NJ. Ber
ry, or Jiles Berry as he is known
in Edgefeld, was born and reared
on Mountain Greek in this county
The poor boy has become a mer'
chant prince.
More Hope.
The Greenville correspondent Of
the News and Courier says in thai
paper, June 18th: "The leading
topic of interest to our people !ol
the last week or SO is revival Of
the proposition to construct new
railroad through Edgefeld county
looking to Charleston and Port
Royal for it's destination on the
coast, and the Northwest via Green
vile in the interior. TT is no vic
lation of confidence to state that
a representative of a strong COM
pany has recently passed along this
route, with what instructions is
not known, but he was evidently
much pleased. Two lines have
already been surveyed from Green
wood, one to Edgefeld c. H. and
the other to Johnston via Trenton,
and a proposition has been made
by a construction CO. pany to
grade either of these lines for to-
tai of $4,000. This proposition
was made when times were flush.
It can be done how, it is believed,
at a cost of $4,000. Very little
more is to be done than to shape
the roadbed, as it is ridge all the
way. The route contemplated
north of Greenwood is by Wares
Shoals, on Saluda. River, near
Cokesbury, which is one. of the
finest water powers in the country,
and only awaits access to be de-
veloped into use. The construc-
ton of this road would open a fine
section of country and give the
shortest possible route from the
mountains to the seaboard.
at the Citadel.
Two Edgefeld boys graduated at
the recent commencement of the
Charleston Citadel. Cadet E. j..
Ready, son of the late Senator W.
J. Ready, and Cadet James E. Peu-
rifoy, son Of D. B. Peurifoy of sa-
luda late member of the House
from Edgefeld. The News and
Courier refers to their essays in
the following compli entary terms
''After another intermission filled
with music Cadet e. L. Ready was
introduced as the second orator Of
the evening. His subject W IS
aMan" He drew a picture of the
uncertainty of life, the limited
range of knowledge and the frail-
ty of all things buman. The de-
scriptions of men, their acquire
rents and their knowledge, were
delivered with spirit. The speak
er displayed an eloquent command
Of Language. and great earnestness
Il the moral which he desired to
point. He closed his address with
a fervld appeal to his hearers 10
i've and strive for the right, work.
ing faithfully and steadfastly to
achieve their highest ideals.
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Cadet Jas. E. Peurifoy was next
introduced as the valedictorian of
the class of 1894. His address
was most excellent and appro-
pirate one. After bidding farewell
to the members of the faculty and
to his fello v students he turned
and spoke in a feeling manner to
the audience. He referred to the
relations between the students and
The citizens of Charleston. They
we're, be said, bound together by
The closest ties of friendship. No
student of the Citadel Academy,
no matter what distance or time
him from Charleston,
could ever forget the warm-hearted
hospitality, the never-failing kind
ness and courtesy and the sincere
and devoted friendship and affec-
ton with which Charleston people
had met and treated him. He re-
ferred eloquently to the treatment
of the students by the citizens and
the city after the burning Of the
institution two years ago, and that
the kindness then extended the
cadets had been characteristic of
the people and their treatment of
the Citadel boys. The address was
an admirable one and was we'll re-
ceived by the audience"