Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
LOCAL2 BREVITIES.
Prof. I. E. Woodson is at home
for the holidays.

Judge Ernest Gary spent Christ
mas with his brother in Abbevllle'
Mr.. R. A. Tompkins, of Port
Royal, is on a visit to his mother
Mrs. Lucy Durisoe.
Deeds and Mortgages, Liens, Chat
tel Mortgages, ETC., for sale at this
Office.
Miss Efie Sheppard from the
Greenville Female College is spend
ng the holidays with her parents.
Assistant Cashier J. L. Caugh-
man, of the Farmers Bank, spent
the holidays with his parents in
Saluda.
The meeting of the stockholder S
of the Bank of Edgefeld will hold
their annual meeting on Jan. -th
prox.
It is not always wise to tell all
one knows, butt is we'll to know
all one tells.
Jas. M. Padgett, of Saluda, re-
Gently admitted to the oar, has
formed partnership with Solic-
itor Thurmond, with headquarters
at Saluda G. 81.
Millinery just from Baltimore at
the Misses Aycock.
DR.. L. R. Gwaltney, the beloved
: pastor of our Baptist church, is
quite sick at his home. The pray
ers of our people ascend daily for
his speedy recovery.
TIE Edgefeld Institute will
open it's doors again on next Mon
day, Jan. 3rd, 1898, with brighter
prospects than ever, and an in
creased enrolment.
The time within which taxes
may be paid expires on the 31st of
this month, December. Up to this
writing lot half of the taxes have
been paid.
Big assortment OF Children's
Hats, pretty and cheap, at the
Misses Aycock.
Mr.. Horace Dorn and Miss Mary
Lou Lanham are to be married
on Thursday night of this week at
the residence of the brides mother,
Mrs. T. G.. Lanham.
Master Jimmie Dantzler, young
est son of Rev. D. q. Dantzler, has
made map in colors of our town
that is a most creditable piece of
handiwork. This map shows the
streets, houses, public square,
roads, etc.
Presiding Elder J. Walter Dick
son will preach in the Methodist
Church on Tuesday night, Jan.
18th prox., at 7.30 o'clock. He
will hold the first Quarterly Con-
the next morning at II
o'clock.
Sailors and Caps at reduced
prices at the Misses Aycock.
If any of our subscribers have 8
rooster with four legs or a calf
with two heads we will be obliged
to him if he will trot 'em out. We
must not give up the fight because
our ol:! county has been so cut up,
subdivided and mangled. MI
desperoucy,tn, which translated
means "keep a-hookin'."
The Johnston Institute opens
next Monday. From all we can
learn the increase in attendance
will be "out of sight" to use
slang expression. However, we
are assured by the principals that
there will be room for all, no mat
ter how great the influx.
WANTED-Agent for New York
Tea and Coffee house. Apply for
particulars. VIM. JOYCE, S32 Broad
Street, Augusta, Ga.
Pickens Sentinel, December II:
"Crossties are being distributed
elong the line Of the Pickens rail
road to the number of about one
thousand a day. We will state,
too, that they are not spine poles"
either. Our readers will remem-
Der that this is the other end of
"Old Tumblin."
A colored preacher in Edgefeld
was recently asked to pray for
''our white brother" He offered
most fervent prayer, concluding
as follows: "Put his hands to the
gospel plow, tie up his tongue with
the plow lines of truth, noint him
with the kerosene lie of dy saliva
tion and sot him On fire." Some
say this prayer was offered by the
Rev. Paul Holloway, colored, but
as to that this deponent sayeth not.
Assessment of Property.
For the purpose of assessing prop
erty Auditor Haltiwanger will be at
Edsefield from Jan. 1st to Jan. 5th.
Trenton, Thursday, Jan. 6
Johnston Friday,