Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-01-20

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Wanted-Fifty bushels of corn in
the ear will buy less quantity). Ap
ply at the ADVERTISER office.
Chattel mortgages for sale at this
office, guaranteed to hold q mule if pu
on HIM right, or your money refunded
now have tirst-class Meat Market
and always have what you want. Cal
and see me. G. w. CAMPBELL.
Col. and Mrs. Jas. Il. Tillman spen
part of last week in Columbia. The
Colonel had business in the Supreme
Court.
DR.. Horace Parker, who has beer
confined to his house for sometime, is
we are glad to state, well enough to be
at his Office again.
Mr.. George E. Dorm, of the Callison
section, was in town last week. He
reports great deal of sickness in the
Shatterfield country.
North Carolina boasts of newspa-
per man who has worn the same pair
of pants every Sunday fer As years. II
is patent outside he runs.
U.X Gunter, private secretary tC
Gov. Evans, has ceen given an office
by the Legislature, secretary to one OF
the Legislative committees, we believe
Don't be always asking who Gains
wife was. 1t is none of your business
If Jonah had minded his own business
the whale never would have bothered
him.
Judge James Aldrich will preside al
our March term Of the court. j. VIM
Thurmond will at this term represent
the State in his official capacity as
prosecuting officer.
A car driver in Sheboygan, Michi-
gan, has been discharged because it
was discovered that she was woman
The gender Of a Sheooy gander is
naturally, little perplexing.
Yon. can plant English pease and
onions now, if you want to, and if
there are none of us here to eat the m
when they get ripe, they'll be bless
ing to the cotton factory folks.
Speaking of the grip reminds US OF
the Irishman's description. He spoke
of it as "a disease that keeps you sick
three weeks after you get we'll" This
is also Jake Haltiwanger's opinion.
1 now have on hand fifty tons Acid
KANT and Guano and am prepared for
business. Haul while the roads are
good. Z. j. NORRIS,
Agent Patapsco Guano Co., Baltimore
and Columbia Phos. CO.
There will soon be great rearing and
pitching OH the part of those entitled
to Confederate pensions. We believe
no board of pensions has been ap-
pointed for Edgetield county for the
year 1897.
Senator Tillman has just received
his quota of garden and field seed from
the Department of Agriculture and
will distribute them to snch of his
constituents as may wish them and
will apply.
Frank Leslie's illustrated Weekly
end The ADVERTISER both one year
for $3.50. Frank Leslie's alone is 81 OF
year.
Married, at st. Paul's Methodist
church at Plum Branch, s. c., after.
noon of Dec. %, 1896, by Rev. o. n
Rountree, Mr.. Willie A. Robertson and
Miss Bessie Lanham, both of Edge.
field county.
Mr.. B. Lawrence, Augusta, Ca, Of
fers for sale in this issue of the AD-
vERTIsER the Huiet-Thomas tract OF
land, a valuable piece Of land, mile
or two from our town. Hunt up the
advertisement and write Mr.. Law
renee as above.
Miss Sophronia Cnlbreath. oldest
daughter of the late Ira Culbreath ant
at one time resident of our town
died at the home of her grandmother
near Paynes, in Saluda county, OF
Monday, Jan. 10th, and was buried a
Strother's cemetery on Tuesday.
They are serving cats when rabbit!
are ordered in Paris restaurants. Th'
accidental appearance of a claw in th'
dish revealed this awful fact to hun
cry American not long since. If Pari
was nearer to Edgefield into what {
bonanza could we convert our numer
Gus colonies of cats!
Place, Edgefield; time, midnight
The girl had yawned behind her hand
kerchief until it actually had nap ol
it. Still he stayed. still he talked. The
girls evident WEAKNESS appealed t.
him. "Bless my soul!n he exclaimed
"what time is it?" "Time," she re
piled, sit must be eternity"
Having heard tina a sleeping coac
was to be put on our railroad bet wee
here and Trenton, we Intervene
Agent Haltiwanger on the subject. II
says for the present the sleeper WI
not be put on, in fact not until th
road commences running all-nigl
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