Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-10
LOCAL1 BREVI7IES
HahLlt Metal for sale ut this otiic e.

Always sharp and to the point, Ram
sey X iiland'S knives.
Mrs. King, of Rome. GA, is WISHING
her father Dr l.. r. Gwatney.
Deli shtful rain on Sunday. Crops
are beautiful. Cotton blooms plenti-
ful.
4 bit of cash, and eager mind; &
bargan sure 1T Ramsey Bland
You'll find.
Not to change the subject, corn
crops in Edgetield County are simply
out of sight.
Walk. about town, inquire as to
prices, and then drop into Ramsey Y
Blands. No other suggestion is needed.
The pillow was In use seven hundred
years before the coming If Christ and
1t isn't perfect yet.
Master Wallace and Miss Helen
Sheppard are visiting their grandpar-
pnts, Judge and Mrs. W. II. Wallace,
in Union.
Ramsey & Bland the furniture deal.
rrS. duut-selI sugar, but they have .
choice lot of suits for the sweet bridal
couple.
The first of the campaign meetings
for this county will be held at Holly's
Ferry on the 10th July-Sre notice
elsewhere.
Times are looking up You are
looking up bargains. Everything is
looking up, and Ramsey II Bland's
trade is booming.
Rev. z. p. Blalock will preach in
our village Baptist church next Sun
day morning. DR.. Gwaltney, on the
same day, will preach at Rehoboth.
1t is nearly the longest day of the
year, and Ramsey & Bland make
things balance by cutting prices to the
illllI vi y cdl.
The children enjoyed pleasant
moonlight picnic last Friday night,
given in honor of Misses Marie Boy
kin and Matte Hill Wardlaw in the
Academy Grove.
The great carriage works voluntari-
" advanced wages ten per cent re-
Gently. Ramsey Il Bland keep up with
the procession by reducing prices on
summer goods.
The State may need the services Of
John C. Sheppard again and he has not
forfeited the esteem of the people. In
fact his dignified course has made
friends for him among those who
were against him.-Abbeville Medium.
We are under obligations to Master
J. a. t. Medlock, Vice president of Co
lnmbia Literary Society, for an invita-
tion to be present at the joint combat
between the Columbian and Palmetto
societies of Clemson College on Fri
day evening, July 10th instant.
Did you ever try setting out Irish
potato -cuttiHggS.tel make second rF0p2
If you haven't done so, do so. We
have few rows set out and they are
looking lovely. We know that toma-
toes will grow from cuttings and make
tomatoes.
Honea Path Chronicle; While Sam
Butler, 4 negro living near town, was
asleep one night last week, I rat cat
place out of the bottom OF his foot
about the size of q silver dollar. But
Ter knew nothing of the operation un-
til the next morning. His foot was
paining him and upon examination he
found it had been eaten by a rat.
Even the negroes of Edgetield Coun-
ty, the majority Of them, are not in
sympathy with Dargan. They say
that he, Dargan, wants an office. Capt.
Stan Ryan says that he has heard Il
number of them say that "Dargan
ought not to be allowed to stir up strife
between the whites and blacks when
we are getting on SO we'll"
The Newberry Observer says: "We
have had no sympathy whatever with
the ideas recently expressed on the
hustings of Col. John j. Dargan, of
Sumter, which it seemed to us, had a
tendency to inspire the negroes with
he hope that there is Il possibility of
social equality. Therefore, we have
no comments to make on his treatment
at Edgelield'
And so does the Lexington Dispatch:
"The silencing of Col. Dargan was not
suppression of free speech within
the meaning of the Constitution, but
only the prevention of al incendiary
from hurting his burning brand
among intlammable material; it was
but al emphatic and effective protest
against an effort tendil g toward a
conflict between the races: 1t was but
the strong arm of the law stretched
forth to prevent riot, and the prompt
action of the Sheriff and his advisers
will receive the commendation of ev-
cry thoughtful man in the State ire
spective of race or party atliliation."
The Southern Cultivator says:
"Sweet potatoes may be set out during
the entire month of July, the latest
planted slips making the smoothest
and best keeping potatoes. Even the