Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17
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There is a village called ABC
in New York State.
Court is in session but has not
done enough business to chronicle.
Farmer Walton was in town on
Monday. Corn to sell, oats to sell,
pease t. sell, cotton to sell.
The Rev. Mr.. Bishop, of Georgia,
now breaches for the Dry Creek
Baptist church, with headquarters
at Johnston.
The Rev. R. w. Anderson has
been called to preach for the Edge
field, Trenton and Ridge Spring
Episcopal churches.
All the business houses, banks
included, will be closed on
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, the
25th November inst.
Maj. R. S. Anderson has rented
Mrs. Tompkins's house on Colum-
bia Street, and will take possession
about the 1st of December prox.
Solicitor Thurmond has bought
the Giles Minis house and lot on
Columbia Street. This means, 1t
means-well, it means business.
L.F. Dorm, of Parksville, drove
his fine blooded horses, a beautiful
pair of sorrels, to Edgefeld on last
Monday.
Note the advertisement of val
uable lands of the estate of the
late DR.. Thos. Lake. These lands
will be sold in five separate tracts
at Greenwood on the 3rd day OF
January. 1898.
We hear that six enoerS OF
the Edgefeld bar will run for the
legislature next year. Their names
are: Jim Tillman and Jim DeVore,
Brooks Mayson and Geo. Evans,
Mac Simkins and Mitch Wells.
What is the use of paying two
dollars a day for rooms when you
can get the best and most com,
Portable rooms in the city fer 5O
and rs cents. See Commercial
Hotel advertisement in this issue.
Cheap second hand school books
can be had of the "Old Book
Store" No. $50 Broad Street, Au-
gusta, Ga. TO buy new books is a
heavy tax, so buy 'em little shelf
worn, and SO much cheaper, and
just as good.
Ellen Terry has a very simple
receipt for the retention of youth
and beauty. You must work till
rested, have plenty Oh 1fesh an
live in cool rooms, take a daily
sponge bath, and eat the simplest
food.
A preacher in Kentucky recently
asserted that there is no devil
The congregation became so
indignant that they eJtcted him
from the church and score of
shots were fired at him. The
gentleman has probably changed
his opinion.
John Randolph once met in the
street political enemy,who wished
to drive him into a duel: This
gentleman stepped directly in front
Of Randolph and said: IL never
get out Of the way for ID
scoundrel." 81 always do said
Randolph, bowling, and passing
off one side.
"Sumpin's goin' about through
the country eaten up the dawgs,
this is the report that comes to
this office. "Sumpin" eat up Mr.
Mark T"ney's dog last week and
tried to eat up dog belonging tc
his neighbor, Mr.. Smith. But II
this case the dog came near eater
up the ''sumpin."
The papers speak of an old Bible
being found in the low country
by a negro, which was printed in
the year 1736. In the Chapman
family of Newberry there
is one much older. 1t bears the
date of 1913, and is perhaps thu
oldest Bible in the State. 1t il
of the King James version.
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee
made speech in Texas few day
ago in which he said: Texas il
the biggest waffle on the griddl
ofNorth America. 1t is sweetene'
with the honey of happines
pouring from the bunghole o
prosperity and buttered with pur
Democracy"
At the close of concert in Salud
county, while young man wa
struggling with hat, cane, oyercoal
opera glasses, and his young lady
fan, all of which he was trying t
retain on his lap, suspicious
looking black bottle from the over
coat pocket fell on the floor wit
a loud thud. There" b
exclaimed to his companion. "