Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-02-28
Advertiser
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2S, 1894.
BREVI7lES.

1t has rained every Sunday dur
ing this month, except the last, and
on that day 1t sleeted.
Mr.. Hord Allen is attending to
the duties of the Probate Judges
Office during Judge J. D. Aliens
illness.
We regret to learn of the illness
of Mr.. D. r. Durisoe, Of our town,
who is, however, some better this,
Tuesday, morning.
In this issue of the ADVERTISER
Clerk John B. Hill~applies for let
ters of administration on the estate
of Ira P. Culbreath, deceased.
The sale of the effects of the
late Mrs. J. E. Cartledge at the
residence of the late Benz. QUITS,
has been postponed until Friday,
March 16.
Candidates for county Offices and
thu Legislature, generally declare
themselves during the spring term
:. of court. Look out for develop
ments next week.
Collector Townes has not yet
made his appointment of all Edge
field county deputy. We think he
has determined on the man but
has not yet made it public.
DR.. Bob Mason, of the Gilgal
section, said on last Saturday
while the snow was falling, that he
hoped it would get three feet deep
for it would "bust up the grip.
An exchange says that the man
who named his hen "Macduff" 80
he could command her to 'lay on,
has a brother who named his roos-
ter "Robinson" because he screw
80"
Gen. Butler is booked to speak
in the courthouse next Monday.
Let every farmer attend who can,
no matter where he stands politl-
cally, rs between Butler and Till
man.
A correspondent of The Edge
field Advertiser pays a beautiful
tribute to the nine members of the
Cartledge family who died near
Batesburg in one month.-Aiken
Times.
Co.. Tillman offers reward of
one hundred dollars for the cap
ture AID conviction of the person
or persons who set fire to Maj. }.
M. Dorn's barn and stables on
Feb. 16.
We commence this week the
publication on our outside Of
most thrilling serial, "At Loves
Command" It will probably run
through twenty issues. Now is the
time to subscribe.
married, on the evening of the
21st of February, at the home of
the brides parents, Ridge Spring,
$50 p. n, Rev. J. B. Traywick
officiating, Mr.. F. R. Timmons, Jr.,
and Miss Orlena Quarles.
Auditor Haltiwangsr, who has
finished his rounds through the
county assessing property, says
that the people living in the coun-
try have returned their real and
personal estate, generally speaking,
at fair valuation, but he cannot
say as much of all classes of citi-
Zens.
The farmers of Edgefeld did a
good thing when they organized
the Edge6eld County Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. A fire insur-
ance company operated on the
same plan has been doing busi-
ness in Kentucky for twenty years,
and the annual cost is only 50 per
thousand dollars of insurance.
An effort is being made by the
Y. NJ. C. A. to get Mr.. John Lake,
of Edge6eld, to hold series of
meetings here in the interest of
young men at an early date. Mr..
Lake was here in attendance on
the recent convention of the IN.
C. A., and made most favorable
impression on all who came in con-
tact with him.--Sumter Freeman.
"How, when, where, md why
Jim Bigham was mistaken for an
owl''-a thrilling narrative, which
will be given in these columns as
soon as we can get access to the
records. In the days of which we
speak when this great mistake was
made Jim was an anti. Ofcourse
no one would mistake him for an
owl now, since his memorable con-
version.
It's getting high time, beloved,
for you to put on the golden slip
pers of reform and BE- ready for
the campaign of 1894, which will
be on us in full blast by the ides
of March. Come up during court
uaak and subscribe for the ADVER-