Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-18
BREVITIES.

LOCAL3 BREVITIES.
There is a scheme on foot to
consolidate the two Johnston
banks.
Car load best Lime, at w. w.
ADAMs's.
Judge Fraser will preside at our
next term of conrt, which meets
in March.
Mr.. Richard Timmons and fam
lily, of the Elmwood section. have
moved to town.
William Carpenter. now confined
in our jail for murder, will be re-
sentenced in March.
In thu last weekcotton has pick
ed up considerably and is now
worth S cents in Augusta.
Car load Molasses and Syrup,
fresh from New Orleans, at w. w.
ADAMs's.
Presiding Elder J. B. Campbell
will preach at Rehoboth, of the
North Edgefeld circuit, on Feb. 8.
Sugar is lower than it has been
since Nebuchadnezar's time. Gran
ulated sugar in Augusta is quoted
ut 4t cents.
Mr.. Walter S. Richardson, of
Ninety-Six, has a hog twenty
months old that weighs six hum
dred pounds.
Hon. C. P. Boozer was in attend
ance on the County Alliance, which
met last Friday, and presided over
its deliberations.
Married. Jan. 3rd at the home
of the brides father at Modoc, by
Rev. G. w. Bussey, Mr.. Geo. Dorm
and Miss May Wates.
Lieut.. J. E. Hart, of the Edgefeld
Rifles calls a meeting of that COM
pany for next Monday night, Jan.
22nd. See uotice elsewhere.
Gov. Tillman has by special re-
quest written for the North Ameri-
can Review an article on "The
South Carolina Liquor Law
Presiding Elder E. Toland
Hodges will be at Edge6eld on
Feb. Ord and 4th to hold his first
quarterly inference for 1894.
Batesburg's Cotton Mill will
soon be in operation, and will
doubtless prove i great success un-
der its able board of directors.
Mr.. S. A. Townes, the newly ap-
pointed revenue collector of this
State is a brother of the Hon.
Henry H. Townes, of Edge6eld.
Under the new county govern
ment law, persons liable to road
duty can be exempt by paying
commutation tax of $2per annum.
The pension boards in the vari
Gus counties have held their annual
meetings, but SO far the Edgefeld
pension board has had 10 meeting.
Parks & Gilchris:., of Parksville,
have rented Mr.. Lynch's vacant
store, and will open therein in a
short time what is known as
Racket" line of goods.
Did you ever know a Wednesday
when you did not get at least one
peep at the sun? An old supersti-
ton says not, that he always shows
himself on The day he was created.
We hear that Uncle George Till
man has rented the old Griffin
house on the hill in rear of Gen.
Butler, and will occupy the same
with his family during the year
1894.
Small grain throughout the
county is looking remarkably well,
and they tell us great deal has
been put in the ground. The mild
winter has promoted it's rapid
growth.
A good many prospective candi-
dates were in attendance on the
Alliance last Friday. Things viii!
begin 10 boom and sizz now, di-
rectly. The campaign of '94 will
be a sizzard.
For the ring which We adver-
tised last week there were four ap-
plicants. This shows that three
out of four rings lost are never
found, or, if found, the finder
never thinks it lucky to mention
it.
Jack Bladon, who was sho' at
Spartanburg some ten days since
while attempting to arrest negro,
is recovering. Roland Littlejohn,
little boy who was present at the
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