Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
BREVITlES.
.!a;lgv Townserd presides.

i Mss. :h .wer fell in this vicinity
Saturday evening.
We regret III staip that Mr.. Joe
QUITS is iii with tynilui'! fevr".
sirS. \. =. Padgett is visiting her
mother near Liberty Hill.
\ free silver tea IS the latest in fash
iunablc circles.
Cotton advanced u quarter of 4 cent
last week and will do better.
The Rock Quarry having been ahan-
doned, Mr.. and Mrs. Rice are now Wis
iling friends in Union.
Mrs. Ida Sheppard leaves this week
for visit to her sister, Mrs. FAINT, who
lives at Littleton, \. e.
Solicitor Nelson is on hand. Blythe
way. it is said he vii! net be L candi-
date for reelection.
Miss Carrie Sheppard has returned
to her large and liOurishing school at
CallisOn's.
Revs. G. W Bussey and F. A. Wilkes
have just concluded protracted
meeting at Plum Branch.
The friends Of MIR. and Mrs. II. B.
Lanham will be delighted to know that
the latter, after severe attack OF fe-
yer, is convaleScent.
There are iifty-nina vacancies in the
Norma! School Scholarships at the
South Carolina College. If you would
like to fill Il vacancy apply at once.
The advertisement of the South Car
oliua College will be found in another
column. Let us patronize this old
and hoKured institution.
Revs. P. P. Blalock and G. II. Bur
ton have been conducting series of
meetings at the Baptist church at
Troy.
Mr.. Jno. r. TompkinS has been Sc
lected as the Secretary of the Edge
field Cotton Mills now in process Of
erection and construction.
The Rev. G. W. Bussey is writing a
history of old Callahan Baptist church
now known as the ParkSville church.
This sketch will be published.
Mr.. Joe QUITS has the contract for
saving part of the lumber for the
Edgetield cotton mill. Mr.. Jasper
Rush is to furnish the heavy timbers.
We would call the attention Of our
readers to the advertisement of WOf-
ford College which appears in this is
sue. This is one of our best and most
popular colleges.
Protraeted meetings are being held
in various portions of the county. A
very interesting one is going on in
our village Methodist church.
1t is stated that the number Of cot
ton spindles in Georgia and the Caro-
linas has increased 200 per cent since
1892 as against5 per cent increase in
Massachusetts.
Mr.. Z. j. Norris is soon to erect a
handsome residence opposite Mr.. r.
Ii. Mims's in north Buncombe, hav-
ing exchanged his south Edge
field purchase for the building thereof.
The Edgcfeld Institute opens on
Monday September 2nd. There will
be no charge whatever for tuition du-
ring the months of the public school
term. See announcement in another
column.
Hicks has predicted three storm pc
riOds for August. The first was to
have come and did come from the 1st
to the 4th. The second, the l4th to
10th; the last, from the 2Sth to the
9th. There will be local cloud bursts
and much wind.
Sow rye and crimson clover in your
cotton, especially pa,cnes near the
house. This will not only improve the
land but afford pasturage AID forage
for cutting in the winter and early
sping.
In the Big Creek section of this
county SO much fodder will be made
this year that there will not be corn
stalks enough to hold it. What is to
be done about il? Where is the states
man to solve this problem?
We are requested to announce by
the President of the Big Creek club
and the managers of election at that
box, that on the day of the primary
election after four votes had been
cast, the report came that Col. r. B.
watson had declined 10 make the race,
otherwise he would have receive d
probably all the votes aast at that
box.
We beg to call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement Of the
Leesville College in this issue. This
institution is eo-educatlonal, and Of
fers fine advantages to both sexes to
secure that ineStimable boom-an eX-
cellent education.
have been instructed by Mr.. r. L..
Fox to say to our patrons, that in or
der to make room for fall stock which
will be complete in every detail, we
Will sell anything in our line, except
Waterbury Watches, at discount OF