Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
LOCAL. BREVITIES
Miss Kellah Fair is visiting in John

Miss Kellah Fair is visiting in john
ston.
Jonquil teas is new fad; not yet in
Edgefeld.
Mr.. Walton Fuller of Liberty Hill
was in town last Sunday.
Jas. L. Hart and J. w. Peak have
returned from New York.
Prof. T. C, WooGson of Saluda is in
Edgefeld for few days.
Misf LIME Minis is visiting the
Misses Lake at Johnston.
Dr.J.J. KirkseY of Saluda was in
town on Tuesday of this week.
Jno. 81 Peurifoy Esq, of the Saluda
bar, was in attendance on our court
last week.
Capt. Geo. B. Lake of Johnston,
worshipped in our Baptist church on
last Sunday.
Mr.. John Faulkner has purchased
talking machine, otherwise know as
Gramaphone.
Ouly few days longer will the cost
prices last at Fox's, a new Jeweller
takes possession April 1st.
DR.. L. R. Gwaltney will preach at
Horns Creek church the fourth Sum-
day afternoon at 3o'clock.
The "Divine Healer" Miller is at
Crotwell Hotel, Newberry. He has
effected some remarkable cures.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Ransom
Padgett was christened in the Episco-
palchurch last Sunday morning.
Irish potatoes may be planted up to
the 1st Of April, or even later, but the
sooner you get them in the ground
now the better.
Mr.. W. F. Dobey and family will
move to Aiken in few days, Mr.. Do
bey having secured lucrative employ
ment in that city.
What Edgefeld young man is it
who has to wear his Sunday clothes
and his tooth-pick shoes every day in
the week, because he may expect to
see his best girls to dropin on him at
any moment.
The Piedmont Headlight says: cit
seems that the trouble with our un-
lamented legislature is that more mem
bers rose to quart of dispensary than
to a pint or order"
1t is the general supposition and the
fond hope that we shall have good
fruit crop. All signs are favorable 30
far; it is scarcely possible that we
shall have freezing weather after this.
Mr.. r. A. Lovelace, of the Charles
ton Evening Post, was in town few
days ago in the interest of the "Deep
Water Edition" He secured several
choice subjects for a write-up, in our
town.
Z The man who tells you "there will
be war or peace" in this Spanlsh-Cu-
ban business is fool, and probably a
liar. There is nothing in the situation
upon which to base judgment, barely
enough to induce an opinion.
Husband-If you only had the abili-
ty to cook as mother used to would
be happy, dear. Wife-Andi if you only
had the ability to make money enough
to buy things to cook as your father
used to, I, too, would be happy, dear.
The town of Front Royal, Warren
Co., Va, is to introduce the South Caro-
lima dispensary system. This is pro-
hibition town, bat the law is f1agrantly
violated and the dispensary system
will be tried as reGedy for blind
tigerism.
The Lancaster Review Of last week
says: "Some devil busted dlspensary
bottle against the door of our sanctum
on last Monday night" Tut, tut,
friends, not so harsh, the bottle smash
er may have thought your sanctum
battleship ready for the christening.
Why is it that man will buy 80
proof liquor, drink it and get 80 drunk
that he can't hit the ground with his
hat and then swear that he is not able
to take his county paper? 1t is beyond
our comprehension. A man that is
able to suck whiskey is able to pay for
his county paper.
Mr.. c. J.. Scrimper, Augusta, Ca,
who is an expert Millwright, has an
advertisement in this issue. He is
recommended by Col. Harry Ham
mond of Beech Island as an excellent
workman. Hunt up the advertisement
and read it. His address is No. 52S
Broadway, Augusta, Ga.
'When ADAM" said the political
orator, "was driven from the garden
of Eden to"
.sWhere was Adam driven to-" he
asked in whisper to one of his plat
from supporters.
"Dam 'finop was the reply.
"When Adam was driven to Dam
inoN finished the speaker, "What