Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-04-01

1T. hQUl. IL. CONdT vi EuSeuCIu dut
Miss Jennie z. Hendrix, on the eve.
ming of A pril End, '96, at the home ot
brides parents, No. 79 Society Street
| Charleston, ). G.
Col. Jas. II. Tillman for the State
Senate and Mr.. Walter P. Brun son for
Sheriff are the only new announce
ments this week.
Nc one as yet spoken for coroner o
Edgefield county.
Ml. j. w. Peak the popular proprie.
tor of the New York Racket Store ha:
been so busy that he hasn't been able
to write an advertisement Of his
immense stock of spring and summer
goods. Next week however he viii
attend to this all important matter as
important to his customers and the
public generally as to himself.
Mr.. J. II. Edwards will make the rae
for State Senator from Saluda county.
HE stood at the top of the steps," she
said, in telling about it afterwards
"and mustered up enough courage to
say: "You know, this is leap year?'
eyes. What then?" "rhen he eaped
and I haven't seen him since"
DR.. Frank Butler has been mentioned
for the State Senate.
The Colonel is now chary even of his
smiles. "There is that scattereth and
yet increaseth; and there is that with
holdeth more than is meet, but it ten
deth to poverty" "The liberal soul
shall be made fat, aud he that watereth
Shall be watered also himself"
The Misses Aycock are showing up
the prettiest and most stylish hats.
There was show a; the Methods
colored church last night that was Ger
tainly unique. 1t purported to he a
half nlgger ard half elephant, with
three eyes. We don't know that this
new freak would be any Improvement
On the elephant, but it certainly would
be on the negro for he couldn't get IN
a chicken house any more.
The best is always the cheapest pro-
vided you get the best cheap enough
to make it so. You can do this on
groceries and drugs always and all the
time at w. e. Lynch's.
Go to the Misses Aycock for Spring
Millinery.
The severe winter of 1894 destroyed
MANY of,our birds, even the redoubta-
BILE English sparrow disappearing with
the others. But a friend from Choty
advises us that few blue-birdS have
been seen in that section. The ubiquit-
Gus blue jays, whose privilege 1t was
to leave us on every Friday, have broken
the record, never returning at all from
their last excursion.
New and pretty Spring Millinery at
the Misses Aycock.
"The Way to Liberty" byJ. a. Mette,
is remarkable pamphlet, containing
platform for Socialists, Popullsts,
Democrats and Republicans. 1t is q
practical plan to reyolutionize the Gov
ernment. For sale.at this office. Send
15cents in stamps.
Married at Modoc by Rev. G.. w. Bus
sey, March 18th, Mr.. Jasper Parks and
Miss Sue Jennings.
By the same, at Mt. Vernon church.
March 25th, Mr.. Walter Bird and Miss
Annie Zimmerman
A Kansas newspaper wound up a
compliment to a young schoolma'am
with good word about "the reputation
for teaching she BEARS" The next day
the schoolma'am met the editor and
chased him down the street with blue
umbrella, and at every jump in the
road she screamed that she had never
taught a she bear in all her life.
Gov. j. c. Sheppard has been called
to Savannah to defend man indicted
in that city for murder. The Governor
left our town on Monday of this week
Five new subscribers to the ADvRR-
TIsER Will entitle the person getting
up the club to a copy of Gen Long
streets book. From Manassas to Apo
matiox. Apply at the ADVERTISER OF
fee.
In one of the smaller towns in Ken
lucky lives a negro familiarly known
as s'Tim White" On one occasion it
was necessary to record his full name.
The not unnatural supposition that
.rimn stood for "Timotny" was met
with flat denial. "No sab! Ny right
name is ssWhat-timorous-s us-souls-we-poor
nortals-be White. Dey jes' calls me
Tim fo' shit, sah."
Frank Stockton's new story, "Mrs.
Cliffs Yatcht," which begins in the
April Cosmopolitan, promises to be
one of the most interesting ever writ
ten by that fascinating sUory-teller
Readers of "The Adventures of Cap
tain Horn" will find in "Mrs. Cliffs
Yatcht" something that they have been
waiting for. This Magazine and the
ADVERTISER both one year for $3.50.
Woman's Prayer Meeting.
The Woman's prayer-meeting whici.
assemblies every Monday afternoon al
different homes in our town has n de-
lightful social feature that no meeting
of any other character could have. AS
a prayer-meeting, the intercourse is al
of an-elerating and refining nature, in
ducing each to appear at her best
creating Christian kindliness which
| is calculated to make of all Edgeteld
one family. Those who attend con-
staptly of course are more benefited by
the meetings than those who occasion
" are present. Why can't all the
Christian women of Edgefield attend
The next meeting will be held at Mrs
Gena Skaters, the succeeding one al
the home OF Mrs. John Ware.
Mr.. Brabham Last Sunday.
The great subject of missions is being
more and more agitated. The Christian
world is awaking out of its apathy and
Indifference to the coming of the king.
dom of Jesus, the Lord of Lords and
King of Kings. On Sunday morning
last Rev. Mr.. Brabham in the Metho-
dist church urged the increase of mis-
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