Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-14
BREVITlES.

start a large cotton factory at ar
early day.
1t IS not the right time Ct the
: moon to plant your potatoes. Wal
till SHE is full.
Grand Free Balloon Ascension
and Parachute Jump: at Edgefeld
Tuesd v, March 81.
Peaches and Leconte pears are
in bloom. An abundant fruit crop
is one of the great desideratams.
The Colleton plan will sweep the
State except about three countries
Greenville, Union, and one other
Chas. Bell, king of laugh makers
with Col. Halls shows, Edgefeld
Tuesday, March 81.
Capt. J. w. Bunch, the efficient
and handsome treasurer of the
South Carolina peuitentiary, was
in town last week.
Col. Cooner, English giant, tall
est man OH earth, with Col. Halls
Shows, Museum Menagerie, and
Racing Hlppodrome, Edgefield,
Tuesday, March 81.
Married, at the residence of the
brides parents, on Thursday, the
sth of March, 1894, Mr.. A. E.
Padgett, cashier of the Farmers
Bank, to Miss Cora Reynolds.
daughter of Mr.. Edgar Reynolds.
The next annual Interdenomi-
national Sundey-School Conven-
tion of Edge6eld county will con-
vene with Trinity (Luth.) Church
on the End and 3rd days of May.
Programme will appear later.
There. will be a meeting of the
county executive committee on the
first Monday in April. See Chair
man Timmerman's notice here
with. The machinery is about to
get in motion. The hosts of reform
are beginning to rally.
We are inclined to believe thai
"living grace" is more essential
than "dying grace" for if person
has "grace" to live within his own
means and pay his honest debts,
he can discount his need of dying
grace" al least SO per ccntum.
The latest racket is that sweet
potatoe vines make good salad.
The experiment has been tried at
an agricultural experiment station
and the announcement made that
they make the loveliest greens!-
there were not any grass-hoppers
"settin'" on 'em.
The Hon. w. J. Talbert is ex-
pected to make a visit to his home
at Parksville this week. Jas has
done faithful work in Congress
this session and his constituents
appreciate it, and although it's hi
first term he never hesltates to
jump on the biggest man there
when it is necessary.
'Are you the judge of repro
bates?" said an old lady as she
walked into Judge Holleman's
office. II am the Judge of Probate" :"
was the reply. well, that's it,
quoth the old lady. "You see, my
husband died ,leteste6 acd left me
several little infdels, and 7 want
to be their executioneer."
The Greenville News says: 1t
seems rather curious that to this
time no man of the 10000 who
voted for Sheppard and Orr in
1892 has been caught violating the
dispensary law. We don't claim
that our fellows are too good for
that kind of a thing, but they must
be smarter than the others.
81 don't believe in those secret
societies." said one lady to an
other. That's very singular" re.
piled the other. "Your husband
is Mason, a Knight of Pythias.
and Knight of Honor. and you
will have at least $4,000 when he
dies" but what good does all
that do me?" was the fearful re.
sponse, when he never dies?" and
the poor creature burst into tears
The accounts given in the News
and Courier, The Stale, and Reg
ister concerning Buffers speech at
this place on the 1st Monday in
March were very dissimilar. The
News and Courier and The State
made it appear that the meeting
was an enthusiastic one for Butler
while the Register represented il
as a kind of frigid zone tempera-
ture. To commence lying so early
in the campaign isn't good form.
A young Edgefeld gentleman
addressed young Edgefeld lady
recently, but at the time be said tc
her 81 don't press for an answer
now. l will give you three weeks
to think about it." But 10! already