Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-08
BREVITIES.

LOCAL2 BREVITIES.
Buy the Florence Wagons, for sale
by w. w. Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wise spent
Sunday in EGgefield.
Fresh Hulls at the Oil Mill at 15c
per 100 pounds.
Cotton is bringing in this market
from 81 to 6zs cents.
Gov. j. c. Sheppard is sick with the
prevailing type of fever.
Mr.. Milton Parker and family are
visiting DR.. league in Aiken.
S. C. Stalnaker, Chris, has been
elected cotton weigher at Greenwood.
Mr.. Mott Parker sold IA bales OF
1897 cotton in our town on Friday
last.
Secure some of farmer Walton's
Oats before they are all sold, at w. w.
Adams's.
Captain Milledge Lipscomb of Nine
ty-Six is visiting his sister, Mrs. L.
R. Gwaltney.
w Go to w. H. Turner, Sl3 Broad
Street, Augusta, Ga, for House Fur
nishing Goods. s@,--
Mrs. John A. Weir who has been Ill
for some weeks is much better, we are
glad to state.
The Edgefield Institute opens on
next Monday the 18th inst. See ad-
vertisement elsewhere.
Rev. PIP. Blslock has returned from
Bradley where he has been conduct
ing series of meetings.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Miller have
returned home, after a visit to their
mother Mrs. Ida Sheppard.
Mrs. Ursula Hunter and Miss Matte
Glover, of Birmingham, Ala, are on
visit to Mrs. D. R. Durisoe.
Prof. Dennis, Principal of the Edge
field Institute, arrived on Tuesday.
He will board at Mrs. Lynch's.
DR.. L. R. Gwaltney is on visit to
his daughter in Mississippi. He will
be absent ten days or two weeks.
Hon. Geo. D. Tillman was in town on
Monday and Tuesday of this week on
avisit to his son, Col. Jas. Il. Tillman.
A crust of bread with contentment
Herewith is better than q dish Of
strawberry ice cream wit q sore
tooth. :
Mr.. Jones and Mrs. Gunter Of Bates
burg, have returned home after few
days visit to their brother Captain
Matthew Jones.
Wagon Harness, Buggy Harness,
, Wagon and Buggy Whips, Harness
Leather, Lace Leather Go, at w. W
Adams.
And Edgefeld's total vote in the
recent primary was only S6S. This
was indifference with vengeance,
not half the poll of the county.
Auditor Haltiwangsr is in attend
ance at the laying CT the corner stone
of Greenwood court house. The cere-
mony is to be performed by the ma
sons.
The difference between q cat and
sentence is that the cat has its claws
at the end Of its paws, while the sem
tence has its pause at the end of the
clause.
Larry Can't says the reason of the
small vote in this State was because
the election was held in fodder pull
ing time. That reason is good enough
as far as it goes.
Chemists say it takes more than
twice as much sugar to sweeten pre-
serves and sauces if put in when they
begin to cook as it does If the sugar is
added after the cooking is done. This
Is pointer for Edgefleld preserve
makers.
Texas is to have the longest trolley
line in the world. Galveston and
Houston-53 miles apart-are to be
connected by electric transit. AugGs-
ia might experiment by extending
her electric system to Edgefleld and
Aiken.-Augusta Chronicle.
90 W. H. Turner, who deals in
House Furnishing Goods, is at Mul-
herin's old stand, 913 Broad Street; 20
there for your fall purchases of furni-
ture. He has plenty Of nice chairs in
which you can rest while making your
selections,