Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
BREVITIES.

English pease have been indulged IN
by few in our town.
Some Edgefeld spring lambs were
sold in Augusta last week for four DOL
lars head.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Anderson, of
Greenwood, are visiting Mrs. Ida
Sheppard.
Beautiful new Spring Millinery
at Miss Aycock's.
Mr.. Frank Fair, of the firm of Pad
gett G. Fair, has eturned from trip
TO Anderson.
Mrs. Carey Lamar. of Beech lSlano,
is visiting her friend Mrs. James II.
Tillman in our town.
Communications without signatures
are not published. Correspondents
will remem Der IlllS Tule.
A Mrs Schultz, of Denver City, has
ORGANIZED a female cavalry troop to
fight in Cuba against the Spanlards.
There was slight fall of snow IN
the northwestern portion of Edgeiield
county on last Wednesday morning.
Boat Strom. of the Rehoboth section,
sold some spring lambs last week LOT
$3.50 cash-a regular klondike price.
All things considered we do not re-
member any year in which the small
grain outlook in Edgetield county was
better.
Gen. r. G. NJ Dunovi.nt, who has
been seriously i'll for some days past,
is. we are glad to state. some better at
this writing.
A pound of energy with an ounce OF
talent will achieve greater results
than pound of talent and an ounce
of energy.
The New York Sun predicts that
citizen Josh Ashley will run for Gov
ernor of South Carolina on the mo-
cuff" platform.
Every week we receive one or more
communications which are not slgneo
bv the author, and, under our rule,
they 20 to the waste basket.
Miss Aycock invites the iadle
TO call and see her new goods.
Gen. Miles has ordered ten thousand
canvass suits to be made for the equip
ment of soldiers. as Cuba has warm
climate and the soldiers must be thinly
clad.
MIR. John B. Hill, who has been quite
sick at his home three miles from town.
is, we are glad to know, much better at
this writing. His many friends nope
so soon see him in his office again.
Col. r. B. Watson reports that the
fruit has not been injured to any ap-
preciable extent by the frosts OF last.
week. In some sections, however, the
early-bloomers were much damaged.
One of the notable things about the
Cuban business with It's rumors OF war
is, that cotton has not declined on &C
count thereof, but rather the contrary
OF course if war comes cotton will go
down, temporarily at least.
The entertainment of the B. y. L. u,
to be held on the evening of the 10Th
for the benefit of the library, promises
to be a great success. The beauty and
chivalry of Edgeiield will take part in
this effort for good cause.
Mr.. John A. Mette, of Trenton, au-
thor of "rhe Way to Liberty" says
that he is willing and expects to JOIN
the army for the invasion of Cuba JUST
so soon as the Vanderbilt and Gould
boys join, but not minute before.
The Congressional committee whose
duty it is to do such things, in,antlcl-
patton of war, has about concluded to
put a tax of four cents pound on COL
fee, which will yield $29,O00,0OO a year,
two cents on tea, which will yield
sll,0OO,0O0 yeas. A tax on beer and
cigars is also on the programme.
Pugh Jones now says that for the
Cuban war all the Baptist niggers are
TO he called out first, because the Bap-
lists are accustomed to fighting ON wa
ter and this is to be a water war, Pugh
further says that the MethodiSts will
not be called out at all as they cannot
fight on water.
The disease that so many doctors
have pronounced smallpox is said to be
"Cuban itch" This disease is quite
common in Cuba and was brought to
Atlanta last fall by family emigrat-
inc from the island, and thence it has
spread to various parts of this State
and North Carolina.
Low prices. nice quality, nice
assortment of Hats and Flowers at
Miss Aycock's millinery store.
Mai. Lem Corley, an old citizen of
Fdgefeld, died at his home five miles
north of our town on last Friday, and
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