Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-11-09

Married, Nov. 9th, 1898, by Rev
D. Q. Dantzler, at Methodist Par
sonage, Mr.. J. Clinton Covar and
Miss Matte Vaughn.
Two other brands of shirting
have been added to ''Beaverdam"
made at the Edgefeld Cotton Fac
tory. They are palmetto" and
"American" and retail at SC.
Pretty assortment of Hats, Vel
vets, Fancy Feathers, Plumes, and
.other>millinery at Miss Aycock's.
Col. w. P. Calhoun will arrive
lin few days from Atlanta, his
.charm.ng wife has already arrived.
Col. and Mrs. Calhoun will live at
the old historic Abney homestead.
What with the demand for wood
at the cotton factory and oil mill
and the S. C. C. l., in few years
this article will be very scarce.
Take care of your wood.
Col. Jas. Y. Culbreath has en-
mleyed an expert 20 prospecs his
old home plantation near Denny's
for gold. His expert reports pay
I;no ne;ps of the yellow stuff.
.'sDen't be afraid of the bacon,
Str. Jenkins" said a boarding
honse,mistress to boarder. "Not at
agq, z,aaSism. I've seen piece twice
as large, and it did. not scare me
bit"
WANrEn-Reliable and expe-
rienced B.. !esman to handle good
line Of Lubricating Oils and
6esrsasegUn COMMISSION. Address
The CL1NroN OH Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.
Capt. Cain, of the S. c. C. l.. is,
we regret to say, quite sick at the
Institute and, unable to attend to
his duties. Capt. Cain has since
coming among US made many
friends by his quiet demeanor and
genttemanly department.
A big meteorie shower, popu-
larly known as falling of stars, is
predicted for the night of Novem-
bar IA. next Monday. The dis
play will begin about3 o'clock in
the morning. Sit up until that
hour and if you don't gee anything,
charge it up to profit and loss.
: There is a negro living near
Prosperity, on the homestead of
the late j. A. Bedenbaugh, who has
feet 16 inches long and 6 inches
across the toes, each toe standing
out to itself, like so many goards,'
the big toe is as large as hen egg
and so on down.
J.H. Cantelou, Esq, represent
ing Jno. B. Palmer & Son, of Co.
lumbia, will lend money on farm
ing lands in any amount. Easy
payments. No commission charged.
Interest only s per cent. The bor-
rover pays actual costs of perfect
ing loan and no more. See Mr..
Cantelou at once if you need
money.
One of the most beautiful and
attractive features of the State
Fair will be the pyrotechnic dis
plays. The vivid and realistic
presentation in frework form. of
-tha. battles of Manila, Santiago,
etc., will be presented by the
noted artist. Pain, on the nights of
the 18th and 18th November, The
sight will be truly magnificent.
Trains will be held until the fire.
works are over, 80 chat visitors
may return to their homes.
I. A congress of scientists which
has been investigating the question
for the past two or three years has
decided that malarial fevers come
from the bite of the mosquito, and
their conclusion is that good
mosquito net is better than doses
of auinine and chill tonic to keep.
off the fever. Thoseof our readers
who have not yet had the fever
> will do we'll to make note of this.
Another year our people should
plant more ribbon cane from which
to make syrup. Ribbon cane is
simply real Louisiana sugar cane
and. does not mature its seed in
this climate. On this subject the
Yorkville' Enquirer says: "Mr. S.
A, McElwee, of. Yorkville, has sue
nsssfully followed the lead of Mr..
Robert Conrad in making molasses
from home-raised ribbon cane.
Mr.. McElwee has been expert
;menting with ribbon cane for two
cor three years, and this year has
produced an excellent quality of
molasses. He is encouraged to
continue his experiments on
isrger scale, and believes that he
can make the business profitable" :"