Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
LOCAL BREVITlES.
Rebate means bait US again.

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Rebate means bait US again.
wstermelons are abundant IN this
market but are smaller than usual.
People in this vicinity are already
eating sweet potatoes Of the new crop
The name of the Ron. III. II. Townes
is presented this week for the office OF
State Senator.
Roaming beans, cucumber anc
SQUASH seed should be planted now 1oi
September crop.
The Teachers Institute will open at
tbe Johnston Academy, on July 27th
ard he continued for one week.
Please don't tell us that you have
bs,d too much rain, Wait while, a lit.
tie while, and it will be all rlght.
Remember the picnic and barbecue
of the Light Dragons at Centre
Spings on tomorrow, Thursday.
During the past week DR.. Gwaltrey
has been assisting Mr.. Bowman OF Al
ken ina series of services IN that couh'
ty.
Since the rains of last week our far
mers are already complaining that the
cotton is all running tc weed, has the
big leaf, &c,
100000 rebate on liquor last year, and
100000 this year. Somebody got ricn
but the State didn't get q cent OF IT,.
We tell the tale as it was told TO us.
Who are the guilty ones?
BRYAN, the nominee for President,
has been called the "Black Eagle OF
Nebraska" 1t is said that the BLACK
Eagle will stump the United States.
Mr.. E. G. Haltiwanger, the new raj
road agent at this place, is giving uni
yersal satisfaction. superintendent
Fowler could not have done better II
no bsd searched creation round.
Jefferson said of agriculture, ut is
= the grand exchequer of the world that
honors all drafts, however large" Jet-
fersoh lived in times when the crops
never failed to satisfy the liens, per-
haps.
ON Monday, Tuesday, ald Thursday
of last week the rains that fell were
3trash movers and root soakers." The
wind which accompanied the second
rain did some damage, twisting up
cotton and blowing down corn.
II isn't vet too late to set out swee:
potatoes, but use slips rather than
vines, if you have them. the georgia
ayneriment station has demonstrated
the fact that cutting the vines Injuries
the yield in proportion to such CUT
ting.
Tne things Tillman said at Chicago
last week and the way he SAID them
nroye what his best friends oest KNOW
Thar he has a great big streak OF 1901
in his mental makeup, KIND oil 4
streak most likely to show up OF g ana
strong at the most inopportune times.
Messrs. A. E. padgett aud Chas. A.
Griffin have formed q partnership lor
the purpose of Lille, fire, and acciuent
insurance business in Edgeheio couh-
ty. These gentlemen represent some
Of the best companies on the globe. see
their statement in another column.
Their office is in the Farmers BANK
building.
- at is stated that Mr.. Mckinley Will
make a tour through the South In tne @
autumn, to make speeches on the tarlh
question. It is safe to say however,
{ that Republican managers are count
Sing much more strongly upon Hanna's !, 5
B trip through the South with his .1uii.
dollar. Both0f these tourists viii nnn =.
assaults upon the Solid South are IN
ainsn-Ex.
If you want to eat rutabaga turnip s
in September and October SOW tine seea
this month. But if you want TO raise
to keep during the winter as you do
sweet potatoes in bank, delay sowing
until the last of August or the nrst oI
September. This is the experience Oh
Dr.. w. Hill of our town. an eXpe-
rienced and successful raiser OF TINS
esculent.
yhe Edgefeli State campaign meet
ing will be held at this place on We'd
nesday the 29th July inst. 1t has been
predicte that this would be one of the
most quiet campaigns since the In
coming of the Tillman dynasty (by the
way it would be better never to die at
all than to dynasty but we are not SO
sure of the quietness. A little ieven
has been injected into the lump that, II
it works well, will make things any
thing but quiet.
Mr.. johnson, tutor at Edgewood, res
pectfully invites people with musical
and literary taste to meet him at the
Baptist church Monday night, goth
inst, at s 80; on which occasion ne
will deliver his lecture on music, IL
Illustrated with vocal and instrumental
selections. 1t is hoped that all persons
who try to help in ahe musical part
of church services, will make it point
to be present. Admission free, bat a
collection will ae taken up.
Presbyterian Appointments.
First Sunday-Johnston, IL a. IN.
Trenton, 5 p. m. 2nd-Ropers, II a. m.
Edgefeld, s 80 p m. 3rd-Trenton, II
a. M. Johnston, s 80 p. m. 4th-Edge.
Held, IL a. m, Ropers, 4 80 p. m.
See Old DR.. Bill.
William Jennings Bryan, the demo-