Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-06
EdgeffiieId Advertiser
!. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1895.
BREVITIES.

The "monkey wrench" quilt is the
latest pattern.
: 5000 first-class Cowhides wanted.
w. w. ADAMS.
The public roads, we are told, are
almost impassable in many places.
A large crowd in town on Monday OF
Tins week, salesday, but a distressinsly
impecunious one.
In the future the parade grounds OF
the Ed ;eeeld Hussars will be within
the corporate limits of our town.
The Edgefield ADVERTISER and Cos
mopolitan both one year for $500.
Capt. and Mrs. ihos. B. Greneker,
are visiting his father at Helena, New
berry County.
Judge Earnest Gary presides at the
February term of Beaufort court,
which is now in session.
The time for making your returns
to the County Auditor expires on the
Goth of February.
We are told in many places, the pub
lie roads are almost impossible In
many places.
You have only three more weeks in
which to pay your State and county
taxes.
Liens for rent and advances; Bills
of sale of personal property; Land
deeds aud Mortgages, for sale at the
ADVERTISER office.
Best Cream Cheese, Macaroni, Dates,
Figs, Raisins, Keg Pickle, &c.
w. w. ADAMS.
Johnston and Greenwood have both
voted not to have dispensary within
the corporate limits of their respective
towns.
"yanderbilt" Hamilton is what they
call Press Hamilton now because he
.ran down" the poor house on Capt.
Williams, the incumbent.
Land upon which oats was sowed in
the fall will make splendid corn If you
conclud. the oats are irreparably dam
aged by the freezes.
There will be five ccllpses this year,
three of the sun and two of the moon.
The first will be of the moon on the
10th of March, which will be visible in
this section.
Wheat Bran, Cotton Seed Meal, Pre-
pared Cow Food, Chicken Food. IN
fact Food for everything and every
body, at w. w. ADAMS.
Our town is now indulging in the
luxury of a night-watchman. Mr.
Clint Covar is the man and we believe
he will make a good one.
We are very grateful to those of'our
delinquents who have called and squar-
ed their accounts with the ADVERT
SER.
The annual meeting the National
Farmers a lance will be held a at al -Ral= il,L
eigh, N. c, on Wednesday OF this;
week. We thought it had kertiumix-
ed.
Under the new military law, passed
at the last session of the Legislature,
there must be a reorganization of all
militia organizations in this State.
See notice of TIE Edgefeld Hussars to
that purport, in another column.
We do not know exactly what are
: the duties of the members OF the Town
ship Boards of Commissioners, but
there is one thing they can do, and
should do see to it that every man, lia-
BILE to pay poll tax in their respec-
tive townships be made to do it.
The English sparrOws are beginning
already to make their nests, but we
wouldn't undertake to say that is
sign of spring, for these little darllngs
work at making nests and laying and
Matching almost from January to De-
cember.
In some of the upper counties ma
chimes for working the roads have
been purchased. 1t might be good
thing for Supervisor Whittle TO get
the figures OH these machines, how the
work is done with them, and lay such
information before the Board at its
next, or some subsequent meeting.
Many farmers are in the habit of Civ
ing their COWS hot water for their drink
in cold weather, claiming that they
WELD one-third more milk than when
given cold water. The only objection
to the hot water is that it makes the
butter white.
Rev. j. II. Boldridge, for a number
of years pastor of the Baptist church
at Batesburg, has accepted call to
the pastorate of the Lancaster church.
This will certainly be great loss to
the Ridge Association but cores
ponding gain to the Lancaster Bap-
lists.
From Weather Observer Longs re-
port for the month of January, 1895,
we see that four times as much rain
=. 1bo eor,o month of 1894. also