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

Notice to Taxpayers.
Intendant w. w. Adams re-
quests US to publish he following:
The taxpayers of the town of Edge
field are requested to meet in the
court house cf said town OIL Thurs
day afternoon next, Jan 21st, at 4
o'clock. Business of great i'm
portance will be discussed at this
meeting, and every taxpayer is
urged to be present.
School Funds.
School Commissioner Nicholson
requests us to say that the delay
in making and publishing the
school fund apporticnment for
Edgefeld county is due to the fact
that he has not as yet been able to
get the data for such apportlon-
ment from the various sources, but
that it will be given as soon as he
can get the necessary information,
perhaps next week.
To Plant Tobacco.
Mr.. Abe Broadwater has just &C.
cured the fine tobacco seed he has
been hunting go long. They are
imported from cuba, and have to
be soaked in honey, maple syrup
and Jersey cream before they will
germinats. Mr.. Broadwater will
plant forty acres this year, and all
this he has done just to keep Sam
Taylor from going to the Cuba
war, so Sam says.
New Firms.
The firm of Ramsey & Bland.
hitherto doing business at Edge
field and Johnston, has been dis
solved by mutual consent. TIE
bush ess will be continued at
Edgefeld by w. w. Ramsey and
B. B. Jones, under the firm name
of Ramsey u Jones; at Johnston
Mr.. Avory Bland will own and
operate the Johnston business un-
der his own name.
A Guano Problem.
B. has three tons of fertilizers. One
1 contains psr cent of ammonia; an
other y per cent Of potash; another
~ per cent Of acid. He wishes to mix
from these three tons ton to contain
per cent Of ammonia, 3 per cent of
potash and per cent of acid. How
many pounds must he take from each
of the three tons to make the desired
formula? Guano agents and school
teachers are invited to work out this
problem for the sake of sorely dis
tressed farmer.
Accid ent at Mccormick.
Mr.. G E Cade, living uear Nc
Cormick in Abbeville county, was
accidently killed on Saturday
night last. He was found dead
and it is supposed his horse ran
away with the buggy, threw him
out and killed him. But as he
was wealthy man and had con-
stantly money on his person, some
think he was killed and robbed.
He was caught between the shafts
and wheels and dragged several
hundred yards. When found life
was extinct.
Cut This Out.
The Scientific American gives
this receipt,w the whole world
ought 10 know: ''At the first III
dication of diphthetia in the
throat of child make the room
close, then take tin cup ahd pour
into 1t quantity of tar and tur-
pentine, equal parts. Then hold
the cup over a fire, so as to fill
the room with fumes. Tie little
patient on inhaling the fumes will
cough up and spit out all the
membraneous matter, and the
diphtheria will pass off. Tho
fumes of the tar and turpentine
losen the matter in the throat and
thus afford the relief that has
baffled the skill of physicians"
Eclipses of the Sun.
During the present year there
will he TWO eclipses of the sun
visible il the Southern and
Eastern States.
The first of these solar phenom-
enon will occur On the first day of
February next. 1t viii be what
is known as ring or annular
eclipse, which means that the
moon will pass across the suns
disk in uch way as to leave
only rim of light visible. 1t
will last for only short time,
however, and the suns occupation
will not be very seriously menac-
ed.
The second ECLIPSE. which will
be of the same nature, IS slated for
July 29th. 1t will b. visible in
North and South ..marica, and
also on the Atlantic OF an. Instead
of lasting for only a fev minutes
however, like it's pred yessor, it
will last for something like two
and a half hours.