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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

Edgefield Advertiser
WEDNESDAY, DEC. Is.
LOCALa BREVITIES.
Grover Cleveland is hunting
ducks in Georgetown.
Gelatine, SHREDDED Cocoanut and
Ground Spices at ]. L. Minis.
Millinery just from Baltimore at
the Misses Aycock.
Mr.. J. D. Etheredge, of Phoenix,
is eating English 2ease, planted IN
October.
Cards are out for the marriage
of Mr.. Jack A. Lott and Miss Ethel
Hart on Dec. 30th.
Mr.. E. D. Thompson, of York
county, made four bales of cotton
OIL one acre of land this season.
Gov. Evans m aries to-day, We'd
nesday. HeWill bring his bride
to Edgefeld for few days.
Miss Willie Cassels, of Johnston,
will be married to Mr.. Thos. Gary
of Florida on Wednesday, Dec. 29.
After a number of heavy frosts
we have been favored by another
series of delightful Indian summer
days.
Mr.. ]. Foster Cheatham and his
son Charlie made this year thirty
bales of cotton on thirty-five acres
of land.
Deeds and Mortgages, Liens, Chat
tel Mortgages, ETC., for sale at this
office.
Try our Oat Meal and Oat
Flakes, atJ. L. Minis.
John B. Palmer & Son, of Co.
lnmbia. in this issue of the ADyER-
T1sER advertise money to lend.
The interest charged is s per cent.
A mad dog was in town on Mon
day evening last, and is said to
have bitten several dogs of high
and low degree.
Editing a newspaper is very
much ike poking the fire. Every
man thinks he can outpoke the
man who has the poker.
The Columbia Register is au-
thority for the statement that
Judge Gary will remove from
Edgefeld to Columbia early in
January, 1898.
A French experimenter has sue
ceeded in grating tomatoes upon
potatoes. The hybrid plant pro-
duces tubers underground and to-
matoes on the stalks.
Big assortment OF Children's
Hats, pretty and cheap, at the
Misses Aycock.
Fresh Walnuts, Almonds, Pc
cans, Brazil NIts, Raisins, etc., at
J. L. Minis.
Gov. Sheppard has returned from
Washington, whittier he went to
argue before the Congressional
committee The Chat6eld-T -Talbert
contested election case.
Pay your debts. Establish the
reputation of being debt-payer
and your standing in the COM
munity will be improved, and you
will earn the approval of your
conscience, which is better.
Zack Boone says we will have q
mild winter. Il know this," says
be, "because the hornets build
their nests low, near the ground.
In hard winter they build high up
off the ground
There is little matter that Some of
our subscribers have Seemingly for
gotten. To us its an important matter,
it is necessary in our business. We
are very modest and don't wish to
Speak about it.
If you want the choicest fruits,
confectionery, etc., order or make
your purchase in person of Clio
vanni, No. 635 Broad Street, Au-
gusta, Ga. See his advertisement
in this issue.
Married, by the pastor at Bethel
church on Dec. 1st at II a. m. Mr..
Charlie Reynolds and Miss JAMIE
Quattlebaum; the bride is OF
G eenwood county and the groom
of Edgefeld county.
Sailors and Caps at reduced
prices at the Misses Aycock.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15
An Up-to-Date Letter.

An Up-to-Date Letter.
Wash Adams, colored, gets a love
letter from his Dalcinea del To-
boso. Wash desires it to be pub
lished that the rising generation of
colored people may know how the
aristocraey do these things:
AUGUSTA, GA, Nov. Is, '97.
Wash Adams, Esq,
My Darling Sweetheart: Your
sweet letter came to me and found
me enjoying the best of health.
You can't imagine how proud I
was when received a letter from
my darling. Sweetheart, I don't
think that I ever can>forget you or
ever content myself from your dear
presence. My darling, send me
whatever you want to. / am not
particular. You can send me @
one or two dollar William, for l
am very much in need.
had a dream the other night,
When everything was still,
1 thought saw my Washy
Come running down the hill.
Achit'ling string was in his mouth,
A tear was in his eve,
Says he, "I'm coming to the South,
My darling, don't you cry"
am coming to Edge6eld just as
soon as I can. I think of you all
the time and more too.
AS sure as the vine runs round the
stump,
Tll take you for my sugar lump.
I hope to hear from you soon
sweetheart. Since my absence
even the split seconds seem like
months, but hope that such will
not be long, How often, oh how
often, do I hang over the Hamburg
bridge at midnight and think OF
your beautiful face, your lovely
eyes and your exquisite form.
My darling, do you ever think
of me-, and the happy hours we've
spent together? But the poet says
"Joy must often change his wing,
And spring would be but gloomy
weather
If we had nothing else but spring"
The poet was mistaken, anil
shall never want to change wings
as long as my Wash's head is hot
For my darling, oh my darling,
l will always think of thee,
If my darling, oh my darling
You will always think of ME,
And my darliog, oh my darling,
You will always think of me,
For my darling, oh my darling,
will always think of thee.
Answer soon. I shall look fo,
the Box.
Good bye, sweetheart, till th'
robins nest again.
From your darljng,
HoLL1E SIMMs,
324 Taylor Street
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15
ouinine and other fe-
yer medicines take from 5
TO 10 days TO cure fever:
.goh7soH's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
Masters Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EDaEFIELL.
Court of Common Pleas.

Emily Roper VS.. W. 81. Briggs, ct al.
PURSUANT to the decree in this
+ cause I will offer for sale at public
outcry before the Court House, town
of Edgefeld and State of South Caro-
lima, on the first Monday in Jenuary,
1898, (being the 3rd day ef said monthly
between the legal hours of sale, the
following described realty, to wit:
All that tract, piece or parcel of
land, situate, lying and being in Edge
field county and State of South Caro-
lima, containing three hundred and
ninety-four t394) acres, more or less,
and bounded on the north by lands OF
-; on the east by lands of
on the west by lands of
-; on the south by lands Of
and known as the
"Chota place." as mentioned in the
Will of the late George Briggs, de-
ceased.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash and
the balance on credit of one year,
with interest from the day of sale.
Purchaser to give bond and a mort
gage of the premises to secure the pay
ment of the credit portion, or all cash
at the purchasers option. Terms must
be complied with or Master is author
thorized to resell the same day..
w. F. ROATH,
Dec. 9Th. 1897. Master E. G..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

JOB WORK !$. s s:s =. ;;: t:'. ;.. 5s SO; d
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

Assessment Of Property.
For the purpose of assessing prop
erty Auditor Haltiwanger will be at
Edgefield from Jan. lst to Jan. 9Th.
Trenton, Thursday, Jan. 6
Johnston, Friday,
Elmwood, Saturday, 8
Pleasant Lane, Monday, 10
S. Cheatham's store, Tuesday, II
Red Hill, Wednesday, II
Golfers, Thursday, l3
w. Cheatham's store, Friday, IA
Clark's Hill, Saturday, 10
Modoc, Monday, IL
Parksville, Tuesday, IL
Plum Branch, Wednesday, -
Longmires, Thursday, 20
Quarles', Friday, II
And at Edgefeld G. Fl. to Feb. Goth,
1898. After which date so per cent
penalty will be added to the personal
property of all persons who have fail
ed to make their returns.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15
Presiding Elder.

Presiding Elder J. Walter Dick
son will preach in our Methodist
church on Sunday morning next
and at Johnston at night.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

Every farmer ip Edgefeld
county ought to sow enough wheat
to at least supply his own family.
Gov. Ellerbe has appointed Gen.
M. G. Butler a delegate to the Cot
ton Growers Convention which
meets in Atlanta.
Ladies, you will find pretty Hats
in the latest styles and colors and
a guarantee to please at the Misses
Aycock.
Judge Roath is paying out divi-
dends on the estate of the late
Alvin Hart. The Mount paid to
each creditor is 81 5-1S cents on
the dollar.
The ladies of the R. P. Society,
Trenton, will give an entertain
ment at Trenton Academy on the
evening of Dec. 18th. Friday of
this week, for the benefit of Thorn
we'll Orpbanage. Price of admis-
sion 10 cents. Light refreshments
at cotton prices.
The ways of the Speaker Of the
House of the Georgia Legislature
are as peculiar as those of the
other members of that surprising
assembly. A few days, when a
quorum was not present, he ad-
dressed the doorkeeper as follows :
"Mr. Doorkeeper, go ye out into
the highways and hedges and sum-
mon all absent members to this
banquet hall. Brlug ye them in
so that this public feast may pro-
ceed."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15
Master S Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
Court of Common Pleas.

W. 81. Briggs as Administrator of
Jefferson Briggs, deceased, and
in his own right
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

A French experimenter has sue
ceeded in grating tomatoes upon
potatoes. The hybrid plant pro-
duces tubers underground and to-
matoes on the stalks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

John B. Palmer & Son, of Co.
lnmbia, in this issue of the ADyER-
T1sER advertise money to lend.
The interest charged is s per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

The Columbia Register is au-
thority for the statement that
Judge Gary will remove from
Edgefeld to Columbia early in
January, 1898.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

Editing a newspaper is very
much ike poking the fire. Every
man thinks he can outpoke the
man who has the poker.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

The best Mincemeat on the mar
ket is Heinz's-we have it. Also
Heinz's Pickles. il. Minis.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

A mad dog was in town on Mon
day evening last, and is said to
have bitten several dogs of high
and low degree.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-15

Dec. 5, '97.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
Where Pennies are Made.

All the minor coins of base metals,
such as pennies and nickels, are made
at the Philadelphia mint, and nearly
100, 100000 pennies are coined there
every year. This large number is oc-
casioned by the fact that thousands of
pennies are lost annually. The profit
of the Government by their manufac-
ture is large The blanks for making
them are purchased for one dollar a
thousand from Cincinnati firm that
produces them by contract Blanks
for nickeIs are obtained in the same
way, nickles costing Uncle Sam only a
cent and half apiece. Gold is coined
in Philadelphia and San Francisco. Not
enough of it comes into the mint at
New Orleans to make the coinage of it
worth while.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
A western paper gave a delinnnent

A western paper gave a delinquent
subscriber the following as an obituary:
Bob Spiker died last night owing this
paper for 10 years subscription 1t is
reported that he said just before he
pegged out that he felt that he was
floating upward No doubt of it Bob
had got SO low down that he had to
slide up some in order to get into per
dition.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

The people of Reynoldsville, jefferson
Co., are after the scalp Of Postmaster
McGraw They are signing petitions
calling for his removal. The allega-
tions are that he is too strict in his dis
cipline People are not allowed to talk,
swear, drink whisky or hold general
discussions in the office. What is the
Office for? That's what they want to
know 1t is not alleged that McGraw
doesn't carry on the postal business all
right, but he's too Extensively particu-
lar.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
RHEUMATISM CURED INA DAY

Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to ) days.
It's action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. 1t removes at once the
causes and the disease Immediately dis
appears. The first dose greatly benefits;
IS cents. Sold by J. c. Redic, ard J. F.
Balph Druggists Butler Apr 90
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
Be Not Deceived.

The experience of the N J. Wine Co.
after a continuous career of more than
forty years in Grape Culture and Wine
making has resulted in the production
of Grape Brandy that rivals Hennessy
and Martell or Cognac. a fine delicate
10 year old Grape Brandy is rare; their
Climax vintage of 1876, is becoming
celebrated among Europeans who ap-
preciate pure article. Druggists sell
it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
Young People and Outdoor Exercise.

In the matter of physical exercise the
present Is a great improvement over the
past American Youth Of both sexes
are beginning to see that a good deal Of
fun Is TO be had ont Of doors. 1t Is no
uncommon thing 10 find girl who can
do her ten miles without fatigue and
dance half the evening if she can get
the right kind of partner, and if you
happen TO live for the summer within
range of Il mountain it Is rather the
fashionable thing to foot it 10 the top
and back
Football and baseball did something
toward starting this new regime. but
they have either fallen into hands of
professionals or are confined to a mar
row class Tennis has had wonderful
run and is one of the pleasentest games
extant because it offers opportunities
for quiet hirtations while acquiring
health. There are girls who row as
boys and girls who ride horse more
gracefully. Indeed the tendency Of the
times Is to turn the young people into
the pasture ana let them browse at
their own sweet will.
1t has been shown too. that robust
bodies are not inconsistent with well
trained minds Thirty years ago we
had hoidens who could leap five rail
fence, and very pale and interesting
young women, hollow chested and hol-
low eyed, who could read Greek. The
holden has changed to a bright com
panion who viii give you the name of
every flower on .the hillside, and the
pale young woman who was full OF
Greek is now able to beat you at tennis
as well as discuss the last question in
astronomy or chemistry.
After the grip that slow state of
health tone is quickly built up by
Hood Sarsaparilla.
To him who has been watching af-
fairs very closely there is no doubt that
there has been a gradual improvement
of the times all around since the .elec-
ton This may not be so in some par
ticular localities, but taking the coun-
try as whole it is true. There of
course was no boom Immediately
after the election, as some expected, but
this was beyond the question. We
don't want any booms, but a gradual
and sure recovery of the times and a
general improvement. That such an
improvement is going on quietly all
around is apparent to the keen observer
The latest is the reports from New Eng
land, which inform US that many mills
are being opened that have been closed
for long periods. The bank clearings
are also steadily gaining. Both show
ing gradual strengthening in business
circles.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

Tramps in Altoona will hereafter
wear a ball and chain and shovel dirt or
smash stone ON the street That is Il
rare good way to make the tramps give
Altoona a wide berth The tramp season
is about to open up, and Pennsylvania
is a great sufferer from this evil Es-
peciaily the towns and cities along the
railroad lines or where more than one
railroad line enters. The ball and chain
and shovel and break stone idea of Al
toona will soon solve the tramp problem
in that city, for no self respecting tramp
will ever be caught more than once.
Butler is visited by more tramps than
other towns of its size in the state, and
they have been the cause of a vast
amount OF mischief here. Suppose
some councilman who desires to make
d record in the council introduces a bill
to compel tramps to work on the street
That might mitigate the nuisance to
some extent
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
nCCo3 r3LLa cure LjyLf s,:s, .tn-
!ousness, Indigestion, Reada ci.o.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c.

George Mark, of New York, is Tor
rather was the champion fast straight
away cigarette smoker. He began the
habit some years ago, and was yet
a young man when ne achieved the dis
tinction of champion smoker. He smok-
ed as many as is packages a day. They
cut his supply down; what mind was
left to him gave way, and he died in
Bellevue Eospitable, pleading to the
last for cigarettes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
THE CITIZEN
The Boy said Grace.
Clereland plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
To child of tender years the ceremo-
ny of grace before meals is always a
puzzling one and many are the stories
told TO illustrate the fact. When a
certain married woman was a wee
maiden she was taken to visit a rural
relative There for the first time. she
heard a blessing asked When the
family and the visitors were seated
about the table the head Of the house
hold drew his chair back, and looking
down at his Knees, commenced a rather
long grace The little girl stared at
him in astonishment. Then her curios-
ity overcame her confidence, and,
clutching her mothers arm, she cried:
Mamma, what's uncle reading on his
pants?'
\ small boy of a dozen or more years
ago, who is now an upper classman IN
Adelbert college. is the hero of another
blessing story He was familiar with
the operation, but not with the words.
nevertheless, he took it TO be an impor-
tant adjunct to the business of eating
and something which 1t wouldn't be
well 70 omit. One day when dinner
was announced the little boy and his
still younger sister hastened to the ia
BILE Climbing into their chairs, the
little girl at once reached and grabbed
potato. The boy was Mortified.
You must wait until l say grace, he
sternly said Put that right back. g
The little girl demurred, but the boy
seized the offending tuber and hastily
restored it to the plate. Then devoutly
remarking, tSh-h-h," he leaned over
his plate and said;
and now oh, Lord
l asked my mother for fifty cents
To see the elephant jump the fence,
He jumped so high
He touched the sky,
And didn't get back till
Fourth of July! Amen
Then he decorously paused a second
or two before looking NJ.
Now, he said, you can have your
taterl"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
TIL T.
Butler County National Bank,

Butler Penn,
Capital paid i'll SIoo,ooo.oo
Surplus and Profits sII4, ,647.S7
Jos Hartman, President; J. v Ritts,
Vice President; c. a. Bailey Cashier;
John 9. McMarlin, Asst Cashier.
4 general banking business transacted
Interest paid on time deposits.
Money loaned on approved security.
We invite you 10 open an account with this
bank.
DGRECTORS-H Joseph Hartman. Hon.
W. :. Waldron, DR.. y. NJ Hoover. II. Nc
Sweeney. f. +. Abrams, G. u. Collins, /. G.
smith. Leslie p Hazlett, NJ. Finegan, w.
w. II. LarlIiu. John Humphrey. DIR. W. G.
McCandless, Ben Masseth, Lcvi NJ. Wise,
!. v Ritts.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
Duty.

1t is a duty we owe to ourselves, as
well as those who are dependent upon
us, to pre- serve our health and strength.
Aunt Rachaels Peruvian Malaria Bit
ters are found to be an unfailing and
valuable assistant in maintaining the
vigor of the system and in keeping ii in
tone Excellent for those subject to
malarial fevers, females and weakly
persons to give an appetite.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

Announcement is made by the Penn
sylvania board of fish commissioners
that they can receive no furth her applica-
tions for brook trout; they state that
the applications for this species of fish
now on hand are more than double the
supply from the rtwo hatcheries. The
commission further authorizes the
statement that if the bills now before
the legislature become enacted, they
will, within two years, be able to sup
ply nearly if not more than double the
number of trout fry they can now,
with scarcely an appreciable increase in
expense.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

NATURES Compound is gaining in
favor every day. c. P. Stewart, Salts
burg Pa, says: 1T has helped ne more
than anything else" 1t builds up the
system gives a good natural appetite.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

At some of the clubs which women
have established in large towns there
have of late been discussions on the
subject of house cleaning, and views
have been expressed which really hold
out ray of hope to masculine suffer
ers. The speaker went so far as to say
that housekeeping, as it has been so
long practiced, is simply tradition,
and that more attention to domestic
cleanliness during the year i'll an ordi-
nary way fully answers every
purpose. The very thought that
a woman should thus seek to upset the
DEGREES which have been obeyed so
humbly, and that she was not over
whelmed by the reproaches of her fel
low women, is something to be CRATE
full for What must be the measure
of mans gratitude if efforts are made to
break away from the bonds OF custom
and we find women in spring and au-
tumn clothed and in their right mind,
instead of sweeping through the house
like cyclone and leaving behind them
a trail of discomfort and misery?
q If the new woman can bring about
such an Eden in thousands of homes
she will be forgiven a multitude of
faults.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

DIPHTHERIA-Nine times in ten a
physician will not be needed if Arm
strong's Diphtheria and Quinsy Drops
are used as soon as soreness is felt i'll the
throat.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

RHEUMATISM-Many cases treated
with other remedies, have been cured
with Armstrong; II cure u" 1t reaches
pain, cures pains, bruises, crampcolic,
cholera -morbus, etc,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

It's quite i problem to please
eve;yone's taste in any line you
may select and particularly Of
iewelry, silver novelties, cut glass,
etc, but I'm sure you will find
what you want in my large stock
and at such prices that defy COM
petition. l am making a spe.
cialty Of nobby and find Goods
and want your trade.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29
GIRLS
WILL JUMP ROPE.

Let them jump they will rot jump
long, the time will come when they will
not care to jump. Buy them good shoes
and let them go, children are hard on
shoes at all times and when rope jump
ing begins that's when they wear out the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

KNOCKED OUT-A merchant says
Morrison Bros Cough Syrup has knock
ed out my sales on all other cough cures.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

\ teacher IN a New York school
proudly exhibits the following excuses:
Dear Teacher: Please excuse Fritz for
staying home he had der meesles to
oblige his father Teacher: Please ex-
cuse Henry for not comeing in school
Tuesday. By so doing you will greatly
oblige his loving mother. Dear Miss.
Baker: Please excuse Rachael for being
away those two days her grandmother
died to oblig her mother
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-04-29

In this particular age, nearly every
boy who has a fairly good education,
wants to enter profession. He wants
to be a lawyer, a preacher or an editor.
All of these professions are crowded.
True the great bulk of them belong to
the mediocre class and there is always
a demand for better men in every pro
fession. But the fact that any educat-
ed boy considers anything but profes-
sional career beneath his dignity, tends
to keep the professions crowded with
persons untitled by special talents to
become useful or distinguished. An
educated energetic and brainy man, is
Just as likely to win the respect and
esteem of his fellowmen. and make a
success of life in any other pursuit, as
he is in law or medicine or the ministry
A capacity of work, a devotion to duty,
and disposition to concentrate the
energies upon one subject, are the es-
sentials of success. There are more
opportunities III business and in me-
chanics to become wealthy and distin-
guished, than in any of the professions.