Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-02

Oll t'lC SS'NtA1~
night of this week.
A few shad have been caught in
tbe lower part of the State, none
in Edgefeld market as yet.
Geo. II. Dominick Las been ap
pointed Supervisor OF Registration
for Saluda county.
Don't neglect the meeting OF the
taxpayers. IN the court house on
Monday next.
Misses Mabel Keese and Salome
Bell of Aiken spent Saturday and
Sunday with Miss LIME Minis, ID
Edgefeld.
Improved limbel Peterkin Cot
ton Seed for sale or exchange. Ap-
ply to or address, A. F. BroadWa-
ter, Edgefeld, S. G.
Miss Mary Minis, daughter Of
Nr Abner Minis has secured tne
school at Gilgal, and will teach
there during the ensuing year.
Jononils are nearly in bloom,
maple trees are in bloom ana
neach trees are budding, and two
pnakcs were killed on the Academy
branch last week.
Little Miss Miriam Norris was
onite sick last week, but is much
improved, to the edifcation OF her
m any friends.
The Baptist Young Peoples
Union will meet at the residence
Of CAPT. Mat Jones, in Buncombe,
on Friday afternoon OF this week.
Good morningl Have you paid
for the ADVERTISER yet? If you
have not, do SO before the olo
Scratch comes along and carries
YOU home with him.
The report was current on our
streets last week that there were
two cases of small pox, ator near
Liberty Hill. 1t has transplred
that thew were chlckenpox, only
this and nothing more.
Miss Cott;e Youngblood who
has been teaching in the Augusta
Orphanage, is visiting at Pine
Hill. but will return to Augusta IN
a few weeks to resume her duties
there.
The Rev. NJ. NJ. Brabham, of
Ninety-Six preached in our METH
odist church last Sunday. This
popular preacher seems much lm-
proved in health since he left us
more than year ago.
Cotton is slowly crawling up
brother farmer, so as to be ready
for you against planting time and
induce you to plant as much as
you ever did.
Now is the time to set out shade
trees. at least it is not too late;
Editor Hugh Wilson contends that
the best time is in tbs spring Of
the year while they are full of
sap.
The weather prophets-and they
know just as much about the
weather as the balance of us-pre-
dict that February and March will
give US much falling and cold
weather.
One of our wealthiest old bache-
lors, on last Sunday at the Baptist
church, deliberately sat himself
down between two beautiful young
girls. And there he sat until the
doxology was sung, seemingly IN
Billy-ious trance.
On Monday night of last week
Mr.. S. B. Marsh living near Tren-
ton had the great misfortune to
lose his barn and two other out
buildings by fire, also q large
quantity of corn, fodder &c. The
total loss will reach the sum of
$500.
The PHILADELPHIA Insurance Ad-
vocate SAYS:
"Tbroughout the United States
aud Canada the Provident Saw
ings Life Assurance Society is
gaining ground rapidly. With
the accession of Mr.. Scott to the
Presidency, year ago, it entered
upon a new era. At the rate at
which it is now making progress it
will surely soon take a leading
place among the companies rank
ing next to the three great life Of
fees of the country
See Mr.. Durisoe's advertisement
as Agent of the Provident in an
other column.
Mr.. B. F. Etheredge is respon-
sible for the statement that he
is owner of a hog that was en-
colosed by fence higher than
his head and that the pig became
dissatisfied wish his habitat, took
running start and jumped the
fence above without touching IT.
Where is the man with snake
story that can beat this?-Saluda
Advocate.
A rare treat is in store for those