Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
Dr. Ben Lee Allen.

DR.. Ben Lee Allen.
We are in receipt of an invitation to
attend the commencement exercises o.
the medical department of the Univer-
sity of Georgia at Augusta on April
lst. Among the graduates in the class
Of '95 we notice the name of Ben Lee
Allen of Edgefield, who also occupies
the honorap.e position of vice president
of his class.
To MY Friends and Customers.
have learned positively of glander-
ed stock being IN this county, and take
this plan to post you in regard to IL.
Don't water gour stock at any public
watering PLACES. Don't hitch TO puollc
hitcning post-and don't exchange for
any stock being driven through and
offered for trade.
r. NJ. HAYS.
Mar-24.
TO be Investigated.
The probabilities are that the Coun-
ty Treasurer's office at Edgefield will
be thoroughly Investigated by the
Comptroller General, or some one des-
ignated by him. he has recently writ
ten to Auditor D. II. Wise asking him
if he could go to Edgefield and make
the investigation for the department.
The Comptroller could not get more
competent man than Mr. Wise..Aiken
Journal and Review.
A Bold Robbery.
On Saturday night last Mr.. j. NJ.
Eayes. our efficient depot agent, was
robbed of 500. Upon retiring, he
placed this amount in his trunk, locked
it. and placeo the key under his pillow.
Some time during the night he was
awakened by noise in his room. Jump
ing out of bed, he saw fleeing form,
at which he fired several shots, but
without bringing down the coon or az
resting his fight. The next day ten dol
lars were found on. The steps, dropped
hy the thief.
Dwelling Burned.
On last Wednesday about 10 a. M, the
dwelling house of Mrs. Annie l.. Hol-
son, situated in north Edgetield, was
discovered to be on fire, having origi-
mated between the ceiling and roof.
Prompt Efforts were made to save the
house but all in vain. Much Of the
furniture, however was removed. There
was partial insurance, $3.50, through
the agency OF ID. X. Durisoe Esq, and
the luss has been, adjusted and will be
paid in full without discount or abate-
ment. The company carrying the risk
was the old reliable "Pensylvania" of
Philadelphia.
Death of Mr. G. G.. Cevar.
In the death Of this citizen Port
Royal loses good man. Un0btrusive
and industrious, Mr.. Covar had lived
among us for many years, ever since he
moved here from his old home in Edge
field. At the time of his death, which |
occurred OH his farm near Port hoyal,
Friday last, from pneumonia, he was
80 years of age, and leaves widow and
several children to mourn his loss. De-
ceased had been the watchman at the
Baldwin Fertilizer Works for years,
and was we'll Thought of by his employ
ers. The remains were taken TO Beau
fort Saturday, and, after funeral SER
wees by Rev. a. g. wilkins, were in
TERED i'm the yard of the Beaufort |
Baptist church.-Port Royal Post.
Badly Shot and Often.
Probably Capt. Tom G. Morgan, #
the Rehobo'h section, has been wound
ed oftener than any'other man in Edge
field. He is now si&ty-four years of |
age and was in the Confederate war
from ST, rt to finish. He was first Sc.
yerely wounded in the left arm; his
second wound was in the neck from
right to left; his third wound was in
the neck also, but from left 70 right; in
these two neck wounds the last ball |
came out of the same hole. that the first
one went in. The fourth wound was in
the hip aud thigh. In 1876, during the
memorable Wallace House imbrogliO,
he was accidently shot through both
iegs by Bob Hammond, of Ed geiield
County, one knee-cap being shattered I
and The leg shortened thereby. From
all these he recovered, although badly |
crippled. only to have stree fall on him
q few years later, which broke his skull |
and one arm. After he got we'll from
all these thugs it would seem that he
ought to have had immunity from cas-
uaities, but not so: the doctors got |
hold OF hlm-they split open one of mis-
ar.ls between the elbow and shoulder, |
sawed out four inches of the bone and |
sewed him up again. This arm is con-
sequently an almost useless appendage. |
And vet Capt. Morgan is SO modest
man that although we have known him
forty years wenever knew of all these
honorable scars until quite recently.