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

millinery goods, and Will return q
Edgefield in about ten days.
Messrs. Palmeri and Cason, of Au
gusta. who have been boarding witt
Miss Lizzie Dobey for eight or tel
days manufacturing and selling wire
jewelry, returned to Augusta Sunda!
morning.
Speaking of farmers as big liars
you'll meet some of 'em who will tel
you that the best crop of oats they
ever made was sown on the 9TH o.
April and the best corn they evel
harvested was planted on the 9th Of
July, and yet they take care never te
repeat the experiment of such late
planting.
The inaugural ball, which will
take place \. in Washinton to-
morrow in spite of President
McKinley's alleged protest, will
in lavishness of decorations and
abundance of dain:ies almost
equal the famed ball of the Brad
ley-Martins. Five thousand pal
metto palms and thousands of
roses, tulips, and lilies have been
ordered from the South to beauti-
fy the hall. The supper is to
suf1ce for fen Thousand guests,
Three hundred gallons of con-
somme, 800 gallons of dressed
terrapin, 800 gallons of chicken
sailed, $50 gallons of crab sailed,
200 gallans of lobster salad, 200
gallons of coffee, 1900 quarts of
ice cream and $4,000 oystere, 49,
900 assorted sandwiches, 800
chicken outlets, 1000 sweetbread
patties, $50 Smithfeld hams, 200
tongues, 1S0 boned turkeys and
$50 pounds of assorted cakes will
be provided.
Fine Portraits.
Call at Mr.. Fox's Jewelry Store and
see the fine Portraits Of DR.. and Mrs.
J. G. Maxwell, Greenwood, s. O., and
little Francis Pickens Sheppard, all
painted by Miss Eliza Minis.
Here we Are.
The magistrates appointed for Edge
field county are: L. G. Bell for First
District; P. B. Waters for Second Dis
trict; j. NJ. w. Glover for Third Dis
trict; Fl. w. Dobey for Fourth Dis
trict; A. Gilchrist for Fifth District; {;
A. D. Zimmerman for Sixth District,
and F. v. Cooper for Seventh Dis
trict.
How we Stand.
The commission appointed to adjust
the Indebtedness of old Edgefeld be-
tween Edgetleld and Saluda counties
have found the amount to be nearly
thirteen thousand dollars. The pro-
portion paid by each county will de-
pend upon the value of the taxable
property in each county. At their
next meeting the exact division will
be fixed by the board.
Hussars.
The Edgefeld Hussars are ordered
to meet at Edgefield, Saturday, March
18th at II o'clock wearing full uniform
for the purpose of reorganizing, all
members are urged to come, those who
will not re-enlist bring or send all
company property, they cannot get an
honorable discharge until all compa-
ny property is returned or accounted
for. L. r. BRuNsoN, Capt.
Jas. G. Mobley, O.S.
Tho poA.:eod1Eon-
South Carolipa's great curiosity, the
petrifie5 man, found by w. M, Buff,
near Saluda river, five miles north of
in Lexington county, South
November 10th, 1896, will be
on exhibition in Edgefield, March sth
to 18th. Open from 8 a. M, to 10 p. M,
Also, one of Edison's latest improv-
ed Photographs and az who visit the
exhibition can listen u free tune.
1t is the body of white man, suppos-
ed to be British Soldier killed du-
ring the Revolution over a hundred
years ago. and supposed to be 20 or 30
years of age at death. He is feet 8
inches high and weighs in his present
condition 3l3 lbs. Admission only ten
cents.
Letters.
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Edgefeld c. H., S. c., Feb.
2Sth, 1897:
10 Bonham, w j Booker, Jast But
Ter, George Branson, Milledge De-
loach, A II Harmon, Hankinson &
Hansey Hame, Charlie Lee k,
John Manning, James McHorge,
Hampton MOBILES, William Rutherford,
Pierce Swearengin, Elder Spencer,
Adam Thomas, Mrs S Willie Wilson l
package, VIM Wingard, Bette Austin,
Miss A V Barton, Ellen H Bryant,
Rebecca Isbin, Matte Matte Lung
duts, Matte Hanson, Lizzie White.
When asking for letters on this list
say advertised.
Very respectfully,
w III BRUNsoN, P NJ
Real Estate Transaction.
Ex-Secretary William G. Whit
ney of New York, was so we'll
pleased with Aiken that he made
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