Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-05

Treasurer Morgan informs US
that he has collected, in round
numbers, $35,000of taxes, and that
about $4,000 yet remain unpaid.
Married, ON Thursday, Dec. 80,
1897, by DR.. L. R. Gwaltney, at the
residence of the BRIDES mother,
Mr.. Horace Dorm and Miss Mary
Lou Lanham, all OF Edgefeld.
Big assortment vi Children's
Hats, pretty and cheap, at the
Misses Aycock.
Rev. Mr.. Anderson, the new
Episcopal minister, has rooms,
temporarily, in the old Fairmort
Inn, where he will abide until the
arrival of his family from Virginia
Mr.. B. L. Abney, who has for
several years been assistant
division counsel for the Southern
railway, has been promoted to
division counsel to succeed the
late Judge Cothran. His jurisdic-
tion extends over the state of
South Carolina.
Haul your guano now, while the
roads are good. Mr.. w. w. Adams
has everything in this line. See
his notices herewith.
Mrs. Abe Broadwater has sent us
an orange, fully ripe and beautiful
!y yellow, grown by her in hot
house, which indicates that Flor
ida's orange record is in danger.
Mrs. Broadwater's oranges are IN
bloom now, even at this inclement
season. Of course they are pro-
tected at this season of the year
from the cold winds.
On Monday night Of this week
our town was thrown in spasms
over the report that tramp had
broken out with smallpox in a box
car at the Cumberland Gap depot,
and that he was making for Main
Street with all colora up. This ru-
NOR we ran down and found the
truth to he that, the tramp instead
If breaking out with the smallpox,
had broken into chicken house
With a sledge hammer and broken
pit with the last old hen that the
,olored brother owned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. M. Cobb gave
/ most elegant reception to Gov.
Ind Mrs. John Gary Evans on
Wednesday evening last. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Fisher, ex.Gov.
md Mrs. J. G. Sheppard, Mrs. Vic
;oria Evans, Mr.. George Evans,
Miss Mary Evans, Mr.. Barney
Evans, ex-Gov. and Mrs. John
Gary Evans, Miss Lou Gary, and
little Miss Mary Lily Fisher were
among the guests.
Lord Charles Beresford has been
making some plain speeches in
London. He declared the other
day that the boys who robbed
orchards and were generally
nischievous and bad made the
oest soldiers when they grew up,
and later, at a banquet, be said
hat money was everything in
1t would buy access to
what was known as the very best
society; and let anybody 60 to
England with enough money, no
natter whether it had been gained
1onorabIy or disgracefully, there
vas no door which he could not
nope to enter. He prophesied the
'uin of the country unless the
dominion of money was over
thrown.
officers X. of p.
At the last meeting of the Edge
ield Lodge Knights of Pythias,
he following officers were elected
% serve for the ensuing year: J. R.
Tompkins, C. c.; DR.. J. G. Tomp-
,ios, V. c., J. w. Thurmond, Pre-
ate; w. W. Adams, K. of R. & S.;
:. E. Jackson, NJ. of W; L. G.
Bell, M. of F.; DR.. c. P. DeVore,
VI. of E.; L. B. Jones, NJ. of A.;
;. L. Jones, 7. g.; N. L. Brunson,
}. G..
Had Been Vacinated.
Talking about vaccination the
News says: "Probably
he most thoroughly vaccinat-
d man on earth is Chief
zeal of the health department at
Atlanta, but he has never felt the
fleet Of the virus that has been
,ut into his arm. Since he has
,een in charge of the health de-
Chief Veal has handled
many cases of smallpox, and has
,een exposed too many times to
stimate. Since he began the
york, Chief Veal has been vaccinat-
d 263 times with the purest virus,
,ut not once has it had the desired
fleet. A: though physicians have
Ione everything known to medical
kill to have vaccination stake"
N him, they have failed.