Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-10

Miss Bessie Jones who has been Wis.,
iting her grandmother Mrs. Lewis
Jones in Edgefield, has returned to
her home at Ridge Spring.
We are advised that quite a
percentage of bottles shipped from
the dispensary at Columbia to the
county dispensaries are broken in
transit, and that much of the Ii
quor contained in such broken
bottles is not spilled. What be-
comes of such unstable liquor?
Whose perquisite is it?
"The roads, the roads, the awful
roads," This is the cry from Edge
/ fields Dan to Edgefeld's Beersheba.
We do not believe it possible under
present conditions and environments
for Edgefeld to have absolutely good
roads, but they might be made pas sa-
BILE. May the mantle of old Appius
Claudius as road builder fall on the
broad shoulders of our worthy coun-
ty superintendent Fl. @. Talbert.
Mr.. Jefferson Briggs of the Cold
Spring section died at his home one
day last week very suddenly, it is sup
posed of heart disease. His remains
were inferred at the family burying
ground on the day after his demise, the
Rev. j. P. Mealing officiating at the
funeral. Mr.. Priggs was the Oldest
brother of the old and honored family
of that name. He was good soldier
in the Confederate army and was an
honest man. Peace to his ashes.
Blow the Whistle.
Complaints have been made that
trains on the Gap road do not al
ways blow the whistle as they cross
the Beaverdam trestle coming in
and going out from the depot, the
special gravamen being that, per-
sons travelling in vehicles are
sometimes caught under or near
the trestle by the trains, absolute
ly without any warning; and the
danger of runaways is always |
imminent in such cases. We know
Col. Fowler well enough to say
that he will amend the matter of |
whistle blowing.
Accident to F. R. Timmons.
The following account of an &C.
cident to Mr.. F. R. Timmons, son
of DR.. F. r. Timmons, of our
town, we clip from the Augusta
Chronicle: "F. L. Timmone, a. !
prominent citizen of Ridge
Springs, S. c., was quite badly
hurtlast night at 9:36 o'clock at
the corner of Telfair and Sixth
streets, while attempting to board
the outgoing train on the South
ern Railway. Mr.. Timmons' gasp
ed the left bar of the last coach,
and as he went to put his feet on
the bottom step slipped. In this
position he was dragged for some
distance before anyone went to
his assistance. He was afraid to
let go lest he fell under the wheels,
and so he received a severe bump
ing. He was SO affected by the
accident as to become very i'll and
so was taken in the city hospital
only few yards away. There
were nc fractures"
Township Commissioners.
missioners for Edgefeld county
has not been published, but we
give the names of all we can get
for the present. Later we will COM
plete the list. There are three COM
missioners for each township. The
following is the incomplete list:
Hibler-W E Sheppard, 0 D
White, ] K Corley.
Gray w Alton, R P Hollo-
way, unknown.
Cooper-B B Kinard, Coop
er, J G Hilton.
Elmwood-J M Bell, Jr.. Albert
QUITS, unknown.
Pickens-H S Hill, F M War
rem, unkr own.
Wards-A Horne, L V C::axton,
unknown.
Johnston.P N Lott, W T Wal
ton, unknown.
Shawl w Jackson, = Satch-
er, Ben Harrison.
Wise-J NJ Mays, unknown.
Meriwether-T f Atkins, P B
Lanham, unknown.
Colliers-D T Mathis, T Il
Miller, Elbert Dorm.
Collins-P H Bussey, unknown.
Washington-W Mcdaniel, w
E Middleton, WA D Blackwell.
Plum Branch-S E Freeland,
W. Wells, Walter Lanham.
Talbert-R A Cochran, ] E
Strom, E G Winn.
Moss III Reel, P w Cheat
aam, f P Walker.
Blocker--N D Zimmerman, S T
Williams, unknown.
Weather for February.
Weather Observer c. A. Long, of
Trenton, sends us the following
data of the weather for the month
just ended:
Max. Temp. IA; date 22nd.
Min. Temp. 20; date 2Sth.