Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-09-12
Edgefield Advertiser
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1894.
BREVI7lES.
Mr.. Davis Timmons has closed
out his ice cream dispensary.

Mr.. Davis luminous mas closeu
out his ice cream dispensary.
There will be baptism in our
Baptist Church next Sunday night.
The Ridge Association is in ses-
sion this week a Trenton, Ebenezer
Church.
The rains of last Thursday and
Friday were welcome IN this
vicinity.
The first thing to do after selling
your cotton is to come up and pay
for your paper.
The poorest man is not the one
who has the least, but the one VINO
wants the most.
Mr.. J. w. Peak has rented the
store next to Mr.. w. E. Lynch and
is moving his goods there.
The only thing that walks back
from the tomb with the mourners
and refuses to be buried is charac-
ter.
J. Walter Mitchell, a native OF
Edgefeld has been elected to the
Legislature from Lexington
county.
Mr.. w. C. Jackson, of the Cleora
section, made 125 gallons of sor-
ghum from one-fourth of an acre
of land.
Handsome w. J. Lanham, of the
]. B. White establishment, Au-
gusta, Ca, is visiting relatives IN
Edgefeld.
A young lady, graduate Of female
college, desires a position as teach
er. Will teach music, French, and
English. Apply at this office.
September is considered the best
month to make the fall sowing of
oats. Judging by the Law of aver
ages next year ought to be most
favorable for small grain.
Four thoroughbred Brown Leg
horn cockerels Eureka strain)
and five thoroughbred Barred Ply
mouth Rock cockerels for sale at
$1.OO each. Apply at this office.
On Friday night of this week,
the/14th, the moon will be partially
eclipsed. 1t will occur between 9
and 10 P. M, and will be visible
as usual from the Academy branch.
The boil worm has made its ap-
pearance in various sections of
Edgefeld county. Over in New
berry it is getting to be quite Sc
rious matter according to the New
berry papers. One man, Mr.. D. P.
Bouknight, fears that his whole
crop will be ruined.
Persons desiring TO see Bulletin
No. 1S, issued by Clemson College
and which treats of fertilizer ex
perinents with cotton, will be fur
nishel with copies by addressing
J. P. Smith, Secretary Board of
Control, Clemson College, S. c.
Thirty-fve conversions last week
at Clintonward was the result of
Mr.. Leitch's labors in that village.
1t is proposed to invite Mr.. Leitch
to Edge6eld. He was here in the
fall of 1885 during the earthquake
scare, and nearly a hundred united
with the church through his instru-
mentality.
Messrs. Alvin Hart, J. NJ. Cobb,
J. w. Peak, and E. B. Hart have
returned from New York, and ele-
CANT goods are arriving at their
stores daily. They report the new
tariff law as greatly reducing
prices, and can show their Gus
toners fine lines of goods at prices
cheaper than ever before.
- In the primary of the 2sth of
August quite a number omitted to
vote for State Senator from mere
oversight and the furtherifact that
there was no place on the tickets
printed for the name of candi-
date for this office. All things
considered, 1871 votes for Col.
Watson is a very handsome record,
a vote which so far as we know did
not have single days canvassing
or work behind it on the part of
the nominee.
Here is q schoolboy's definition
of eternity: When our ships all
come in; when the sea gives up her
dead; when Father lime hangs up
his scythe; when the heavens are
rolled up like a scroll; when Ga
briel blows the rams horn; when
the solar system collapses; when
we find the lost Charlie Ross and
the man who struck Billy Patter-
son; when Johnny gets his gun
when society becomes pure, and
"after the ball is over"-then will
be eternity.
Col. Ingersol once called upon
lDor pbi1ina Rrooks and the