Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-24

who are left, and many hopes and
prayers ascend for their heavenly
resignation and comfort.
LOCAL1 BREVITIES.
X.rsy material is the newest fash
ion in dress material.
Miss Cell Richards is visiting rela-
tives in Augusta, this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Ashley, of Fruit Hill,
were in Edgefeid last week.
Miss Eliza Ann Williams, her sister
and brother, spent Sunday in the coun-
try.
If you want to make large crops of
small grain try Nitrate OF Soda. Sold
by w. w. Adams.
The spring is advancing rapidly and
50 far the fruit is safe and unusually
abundant in promise.
Comptroller General Norton esti-
mates the income from the income tax
law at from $4,000 to $l25,0OO.
It rained again on last Sunday night
and again dashed all our hopes of dry
weather for farming operations.
Mrs. Ella Allen, of Johnston, mother
of our friend Horde Allen, is recover
ing from her long and serious illness
Underskirts made to order any size
and style, prices to suit the times
Come to Mrs. Woo!son's rooms, q
Addison building and see samples.
Graniteyille is to have new factory
for the manufacture Of cotton, with a
capital Of 100000 and to be known as
the Warren Manufacturing Company
The tariff on sugar under the Ding
ley bill will be 5-s of g. cent, which
means that this article will be sold for
that much higher price than at pres
ent.
Miss Hettie Sheppard, having fin
ished her school term at Liberty Hill
has returned to Edgefeld. Her many
friends are rejoiced to have her at
home again.
At its recent meeting the Farmers
Bank, at this place, elected three new
directors, to wit: Hon. Thos. n. Rains
ford, Mr.. o. L. Miller, of Trenton, and
Judge Ernest Gary.
Top dress your small grain with
Nitrate of Soda for big results, to De
had Of w. w. Adams.
Miss Marie Abney will leave Edge
field in few weeks for Atlanta, where
she will pursue her vocal studies with
Borelli, the celebrated vocalist, q
brother of the famous Adellini Patti.
Rev.. s. Jordan. of Phoenix, will
prea b the commencement sermon at
the College for Women, Greenville, on
June 10th. The literary address will
be made by Hon. b. c. Patton, Of CO.
lumbia.
Mrs. Partington, in illustration Of
the proverb, "a soft answer turneth
away wrath" says, at is better to
speak paragorically of . person than
to be all the time flinging epitaphs at
him."
Miss Eliza Minis will leave for New
York about the middle of April to at
tend tha Students Art League of that
city. Miss Minis, though already an
accomplished and successful painter of
portraits, wishes tt give to herself the
advantages OF the metropolis.
F. Mrs. Agatha Woodson is agent for
ladies' guaranteed underskirts, skirt
supporters. hose supporters, and belts.
See her samples before buying else
where.
Ex-Judge T. J. Ma ckey intends
writing and publishing In book form
q history of political events in this
State from the close OF the war up to
the ending of the carpet bag era. 1t
will make interesting reading. No
man N the state is better posted and
qualified to do the subject full JUS
tice.-Barnweli People.
The odor of the sweet pea, according
to contributor of the Medical Records
sis so offensive to flies that it will drive
them out Of the sick room, though it is
not usually in the slightest degree dis
agreeable to the patient" 1t is, there
fore, recommended that sweet peas be
placed in the sick room during fly
time.
A prominent merchant of New York
city in an interview last week, said
'Before the election we had some bu-
siness but no confidence. Now The
situation Is changed, we have some
confidence but no business. We have
the confidence but some how or other
the business does not put in its ap-
pearance,"