Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-11
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Now is the time to put in spring
turnips, green peasc, and onions.
Among your many new resolu-
tions resolve to raise your own
meat.
The Edgefeld Institute opened
on Monday of this week with a
good attendance.
Prof. NJ. w. Peurifoy, principal
of the Trenton High School, WAS
in town on Saturday last.
Snch has been the mildness OF
the weather that some of our gar
deners have strawberries nearly
ripe.
During Auditor Haltiwanger's
absence on his rounds through the
county, Judge Allen will take
property returns ut his office.
Hon. VIM. C. Whitney, of New
York, secretary of the navy under
Cleveland's first administration, is
journing at Aiken for the winter.
Mr.. R. M. Hays will have two
car loads of fine horses and mules
here at Edgefeld this week. Look
up Lod Stevens if you want to buy
any.
The thermometer for the past ten
davs has been ranging as high as
60 on an average; summer weather
here at time we usually have
freezes
Now there comes the story of a
boy who found two hundred dollars
in a can of tomatoes. it is not
settled in which canning factory
the rumor started.
This is campaign year and prom
ises to be the liveliest sort of one.
If you wish to keep up with the
procession subscribe for the AD-
vERT1sER without delay.
H. w. Johnson, Of Greenwood,
advertises in this issue an eight
day, hour and half hour strike,
beautiful, guaranteed clock for So.
Upon receipt of the money he will
send you the clock by express or
freight.
DR.. J. B. Owens, of Laurens
county, a graduate of the Atlanta
Medical College, has located in the
Ropers Store section of our county
for the practice of his profession.
DR.. Overs boards with Mr.. John
F. Atkins.
The Abbeville Medium says:
Saturday before Christmas the
dispensary at Abbeville sold $745
worth of whiskey. The chief of
police Informs us that not an ar
rest was made on that day or Oh
Christmas day.
Enoch Cheatham, colored, has
left at this office for indentifca-
ton by the owner, valuable gold
ring, which he picked up on the
street. Claimant may obtain the
same by application at the AEvER-
TIsER Office, proving property. and
paying for this notice.
The first seizure of contraband
liquor in our town under the dis
pensary law was made on Satur-
day last in the depot at this place
by Constable Jack Harling. The
amount seized is five gallons,
marked to A. G. QUITS. We under
stand 1t has been in the depot for
several months.
Mr.. G. A. Long, of Trenton, gives
the following as an infallible
remedy for the grip. He has tried
it on himself and several citizens
of Trenton and they have pulled
through: One level teaspoouful OF
soda dissolved in, say, half
glass of water. Take this every
two hours until soreness and head
ache are gone, and then take one
extra dose for good measure. 1t is
better not to take dose just be-
fore or just after eating.
Rattlesnake Bob Gardner, one of
Governor Tillman's most efficient
liquor constablea, who has been
stationed in Charlee.Hn since his
appointment, will move to that
city this week. Rattlesnake says
that whenever he would leave the
city for few days which was nee
essarily the case while his fami y
was in Edgefeld, the Charleston
people would kick up all manner
of devilment. For this reason he
fLds it necessary to become
fixture in the Getty by the sea-"
Col. William P. Butler dropped
dead at the house of his son-in-law
DR.. w. S. Nicholson, near Elm
wood, in this county Monday
morning of this week. Col. Butler
was saven,v-eight years Of age, and
had lived in Edgefeld all his life,
a greater part Of the time
merchandising in our town. Up to
two or three years ago he lived on
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