Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-09-07


button party"
J.W. Peak and James E. Hart have
returned from New York.
The second primary Will be held on
next Tuesday, Sept. 18th.
The factory has brought number
of new faces to. our doors.
Mrs. o. o. Barr removes to Ninety
six this week, having sold her place to
MIR. Henry Powell.
Jim Penn will run over in the sec
ond primary for the House Of Repre-
sentatiues in Greenwood county.
We never remember to have seen so
much work done for candidates and by
candidates as in this the second pri-
mary.
Mr.. A. G. Jones will board pupils
for the South Carolina Co-Educatio nal
Institute at reasonable rates. 4t
Prof. T. E. Woodson will have charge
of the Mccormick High school for the
next year. Prof. Woodson will be as
sisted by Miss Carrie Talbert and Miss
Arial.
Bill Arp says: The BUTTERFLIES are
moving. It is two weeks earlier than
they moved last year, and that would
betoken an early frost if the insects
know anything.
There was not q single clear bright
day during the month of August just
ended. A remarkable record. Of rain
there was more than IL inches. Rain
fell on 20 days out of the 81.
A rooster in Limestone, Me-, was
struck by lighting and deprived of all
it's tail feathers save two. The chanti-
cleer survives the shock and the owner
has christened him Cervera.
The South Carolina Co-Educational
Institute is being FURNISHED up for the
opening, next Thursday week. Prof.
Bailey is everywhere seeing to every
thing. a wonderful organizer and
worker is Prof. Bailey.
The delegates from the Edgefeld
Baptist church to the Edgefeld Asso-
citation, which meets at Red Oak Grove
church are: DR.. L, r. Gwaltney, Rev.
P.P. Blalock, Prof. F. n. X. Bailey,
o. Sheppard, and J. H. Cantelou, Esqs.
After the abundant and long con-
tinued rains the sun is out again, and
cotton picking goes on apace. The es-
innate is that cotton is cut off one
third in this county by the bad wealth.
er. Corn also was damaged consid-
erably.
After long suffering, Mrs. Henry E.
Grim died at her home in our town on |
Sunday night last. Her funeral was
preached in our village Methodist
church; her remains were carried to
Johnston snd buried in Mt. Olivet
cemetery at that place.
Gov. Ellerbe and Brown, one of the
candidates for Superintendent of Ed
ucation, are both from Marion county.
Therefore in the second primary vote
for McMahan for Superintendent of
Education, to more evenly distribute
the offices. Marion has already the |
Governor and one member Of Congress.
Col. William Quattlebaum, father of
our townsman, Rev. A. j. Quattlebaum,
died Aug 22nd, at his home near Cal
lisons. Col. Quattlebaum was one of
the old landmarks of the north Edge
field section. He was born Jan. 10Th,
1919, and was consequently in his SOth
year. He was faithful soldier of the
cross, having been member of the
Methodist church for 55 years.
Greenwood Index.
The Horse Swappers Convention
met pursuant to notice in Grice's STA
bles and organized by electing Jess
Hobbs, president; Ginse Wood, treas
urer, and Jim Bigham, secretary. The
following bylaw was adopted: 81. Any
member swapping or selling a blind
horse or mule to a preacher or widow
woman without telling him or her that
the said horse or mule is blind, shall
be mildly reprimanded. Moon-eyed
horses not included"
The electric railway 70 connect Au-
gusta with Aiken, distance OF II
miles, mention of which was made
some time ago by the Manufacturers
Record, will be built, it is said, in the
near future. 1t will pass through the
villages of Bath, Langley, and Gran
iteyille, entering Augusta over the
tracks of the North Augusta line. The
power will be obtained by electrically
developing the shoals Of the Savan-
nah. Philadelphia parties are back
ing the project.
AS result of the meetings in the
Baptist church for the past ten days
the following professed conversion, to
whom the ordinance of baptism was
administered on Monday afternoon of
this week: Joe Holland, Abney Wood