Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-04-24
Edgefield Advertiser
WEDNESDAY, APRIL "a, 1895.
LOCAL1 BREVI7IES,

Last Sunday was the first real spring
day of this season.
We regret to hear of the illness Of
Captain NJ. A. Markert.
DON'T forget about the Bargains in
Straw Hats. at Jas. N. Cobb's.
Cotton is still looking up, but we are
afraid to say so for fear some one will
think it means permanency.
A woman can throw more express
sion into toss of her head than can
be defined in quarto dictionary.
Mr.. Thos. E. Byrd, Seigler P. o.
this county, has SOW and eight pigs
for sale.
Colored grapes in variety of eX-
quiSlte shades and colors, at the Misses
AycOck.
Come and inspect our Bargain Coun-
ter,
The EDGEFJELD CASH STORE.
Rev. Mr. Brabham preached most
excellent sermon in our Methodist
church on last Sunday-a deeply in
teresting and helpful discourse.
Chairman Zimmerman calls meet
ing of the democratic executive COM
mittee on Monday May 9Th. Notice
elsewhere.
Coleton farmers are eating Irish pO-
tatoes, and with US POTATOES, have not
yet made their appearance above the
ground.
Skirts now have seven cores. Cores
are five yards in width and are lined
all the way up the back, and foot and
a half in the front with hair-cloth.
The Cotton Factory is coming, but
the beautiful line of Spring and Sum-
mer goods have arrived, at
The EDGEFIELD CASH STORE.
DR.. Gwaltney was called to Bates
burg last Sunday afternoon to preach
the funeral sermon Of Mrs. n. G.
Cooner, the sister of our felloW-towns-
men \. J. and E. j. Norris.
The next Woman's prayer-meeting
will he held at the residence of Mrs.
j. Z. Hart on next Monday afternoon
at 80 o'clock. All Christian women
of our town are cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
Precious little cotton has been
planted in Edgetield county up to
this writing. SO far so good. Gentle
spring seems to have takenupon herself
to frown yet little longer, as long as
she could, and thereby reduce the cot
ton acreage.
A great attraction for the young
people of our town, and even the OIL
der ones, are the baseball games, eve
ry Saturday afternoon, near the Du-
boise place. Last Saturday our Edge
Held team won complete victory over
the Pleasant Lane boys, standing 49
to l.
We have nice line of Shoes, prices
--:a-y te-+tt+s-tfT Indigo Blue
and all Standard Prints, going at sc.
yard, at
THE EDGEr1ELD CASH STORE.
Gov. Sheppard and n. &. Evans,
Esq, are in Charleston in the inter-
est of--shall we tell it? Well, no. not
yet. 1t is a good thing. however, for
our town. grand thing, the beginning
of Edgrfeld's renascence.
The dispensary authorities have is
sued a new price list Of their goods,
and the prices by the quart, gallon,
pint, and half pint must be post d up
in the dispensary building.
Mr.. J. NJ. Gaines of Gaines, was in
town on Friday last Mr.. Gaines is
one of he most saSacious young men
i'm the State, and should he ever enter
politics would become leader, as he
already is leader of public sentiment
in this county.
Beautiful assortment of Crochet
Cotton and Silk. Just received ut
The EDGEFIELD CASH STORE.
Stentor, from whom we have the
word Stentorian, was Greek herald
in the Trojan war, famous for his tre-
mendouS voice. Homer says he was
"great hearted, urazfn voiced and
could shout as loud as 80 men,"
The Greenwood journal says: "Cards
are out for the marriage of Miss
Winona burst, eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. i; X. burst, to Mr.. w. d.
Barksdale, a prominent merchant of
Abbeville. This happy event will take
place in the Baptist church on We'd
nesday eveing April 24th.
J. w. Zimmerman, Cashier Of the st.
Matthews Bank, who it is clIimed ac-
cidently shot himself about two weeks
ago, is short about $4,000. 1t is said
that the robbery has been going on for
about three years Systematically.
Zimmerman is still alive. Zimmerman
used to live 1T Johnston and was an
insurance agent while there.
The Misses Aycock have at their Mli-
merry Store something entirely new in
tho ,rnr nf lndiaS md misses hats and