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


Liens for advances for sale at this
office.
Read Jim Miners piece and then
read Semphroni-cuses.
See the notice of Mrs. Nancy Hen
dirk in another column.
Mr.. Jas. Z. Hart goes to New York
this week to buy goods.
Col. James Tillman attended the
Aiken court last week.
There is nothing so good for burns
as a mixture of cooking soda and lard.
Mr. Albert Dozier has accepted q
position IN railroad employ at Green
wood.
Mr.. Brunson Hollingsworth has q
@fatteningn hog that weighs over 200
pounds.
Small grain is looking lovely, but
very little plowing has been done in
this region.
Miss Mary Lille Fisher gave de-
lightful party to her little friends last
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Dear, the depot agent at Vau-
cluse, was robbed of $500 on Sunday
night, the 21st, ult.
Mrs. Nancy Hendrix, of Trenton,
spent few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Lochlier, last week.
Our legislators will be home in
few days and will give an accounG OF
their stewardship, we hope.
Rev. Mr.. Leitch did not begin his
meetings at Graniteville last week as
announced. but postponed to this
week.
w.P. wideman, of Troy, has Joined
the army OF lecturers. His lecture,
aHit the Grit" is favorably comment
ed upon.
Married by Rev. j. P. Mealing at
residence Of brides father, February
18th 1897, Mr.. Tandy Culbreath to
Miss Agnes Morgan.
Mr.J. Foster Cheatham and family
have removed from their country resi-
dence to town, occupying the Marsh
home in west Edgefleld.
Senator Tillman wants the inscrip-
t;on, aAuthor of the Dispensary Law
placed on his tombstone. He is, how
ever. in no special hurry.
DR.. Raipsford, the New York preach
er who in his pulpit denounced the
extravavance of the Brady Martin
ball, is sojourning at Aiken.
Magistrates will save money by or
dering their blanks at the ADVERT
SER office. Find out exactly what you
want and bring US your order.
The Union County Era says: "The
best bill passed by the present legisla-
ture was Mr.. Rainsford's antitrust
law. Hurra.ksz- Edoefeld@-annlar
fegisT1Iory
The Hendersonville and Brevard NJ @.
railroad, which has been in operation,
only about two years has been placed
in the hands of w. E. Shuford, OF
Asheville, as receiver.
Sheriff QUITS and family have NOV
ed into the lower rooms of the Jail.
Sheriff finds the walk from his resi-
dence to the Office too much for him.
HIS fine residence in our suburbs is
for rent.
Mr.. n. E. Grim, our former towns
man aud who will return to Edgefeld
in the early spring, has been elected
president of the Great Southern Medi-
cine Company, with headquarters at
Edgefield, S. c., and Eureka Springs,
Arkansas.
Some of onr farmers, instead of bed
ding their sweet potatoes and setting
out the draws, expect this year to cut
up the potatoes and drop the pieces
in rows. This is the way they do way
down IN Georgia, where the whang-
doodles live.
School teachers in China run great
risks. A man in Yungchou was found
guilty of murder and the judges, af-
ter booming him to death, also decreed
the death penalty for his teacher, say
ing that he should have taught his
pupil to respect human life.
We understand that DR.. F. w. P.
Butler will soon begin to enlarge and
beautify the residence on Griffin hill
and will occupy it in the fall. We are
glad of this, for it will bring this pop
ular young doctor and his charming
wife nearer to their village friends.
At caucus Of reformers in Colum-
bia, last week, Representative Tim
,~merusa-of-Alken, son OF our own
State Treasurer w. Fl. Zimmerman,
is reported to have said that "the
promised reduction of taxes by the re-
form party had not been made, and
something must be DONE" We agree
with Mr.. Zimmerman and suggest
that another reform party be started
to reform us reformers.
Last Friday morning there was