Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-09-27
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. Willie Byrd still has considera.

Capt James Dorm is better we are
glad to state.
Seventeen boarding pupils for
the S. C. C. |. arrived last night.
The big advertisements of J. E. Hart
and the New York Racket Store will
appear next week.
6sO-lOO are the figures for middling
cotton in the Edgetield market at this
writing, Tuesday morning.
Cotton seed are selling for 16@ cents
bushel at the Oil Mill. This is about
cents higher than last year at this
time.
Six and one-half cents for middling:
cotton in Edgefeld is just about one
cent higher than the same cotton last
year at this time.
Married, at the home of the brides
father, Mr. Benz. Dye, Mlss Melissa
Dye and Mr.. Levy Yonce, by DR.. W.P
Zimmerman, Sept. IL, 1899.
Mr. Motto c. Parker will soon COM
mence the erection Of a handsome cot
tage on his lot recently purchase ed of
Judge Roath on CoIumbia street.
Mr.. Ed Morgan. who has beer i'll
with fever at his fathers home in the
country for several days has SO. far re-
covered as to be on our streets again.
Prof. T. E. Dorm, of the Red Hill
High School, was in town on Tuesday
of this week. His school opens on
next Monday with brightest prospects.
Hon W. q. Zimmerman, State Treas
urer, lost his ginnery and six or eight
bales O. cotton on last Wednesday.
Loss about $1,000, and there was noin-
ufance.
Tickets sold by Southern Railway to
New York on account of Dewey Cele-
bration will be good to stop over at
Washington. Baltimore and Ftila-
delphla-both directions.
Capt. P. B. Waters, Of Johnston, was
in town on Tuesday. The friends Of
Capt. Waters are thinking of bringing
him out for the State Senate next
year.
Mr.. Albert Miller. of Trenton, will
make twenty bales Of cotton on twen-
tY-one acres OF land, and this is sorry |
crop year too. Mr.. Miller viii also
make about 1900 bushels of corn.
We publish Gen. NJ. G. Buffers now
famous letter on the negro problem,
not that we approve of it. on the con-
trary we believe it to be foolishness,
that kind of .foolishness of which Solo
mon said aif brayed in mortar would
still be foolishness."
Mrs A. A. Woodson, formerly Of
Edgedeld now Of fAngusta, has removed
her, dress making establishment to s26
Broad Street, over Sylvester & Sons,
where she will be pleased to see her
former Edgefeld patrons and friends.
Hunt up her advertisement in this is
sue and see what she has to say.
The ladies of the Memorial Associa-
ton will meet on Friday of this week
ats o'clock P. NJ. at the residence Of
Mrs. Kate Minis, for the purpose. of
electing president, vice Mrs. Pickens
deceased. All ladies interested in this
matter are urgently requested to at
tend.
Mr.. Lee Mack is on his annual
rounds again. He spent Monday night
with Mr.. Brunson Hollingsworth. He
says he frequently has to use his spy
glass to see mans heart, bit he says
he doesn't have to use it on Bruuse
that his heart is 80 big and generous
that the naked eye is all sufficient,
which we all know to be true.
During the greater part Of last week
and all of this 10 date, our buyers have
been paying Augusta prices for cotton.
We khow this to be true, not only from
the newspaper quotations, but from
private advices. So bring your cotton
to Edgefeld, and il you don't get as
good prices as in neighboripg towns
let US know it.
We have been asked for solution Of
the negro question. Well, we haven't
any. When the Almighty's hand is at
the helm we feel like back seat far
back, is the place Cor mortsls. We are
not one of the rushing in fools to solve
problem that even He has been CEN.
turies evolving.
Last Saturday our dispensary ex-
changed the chemically pure" for the
commonly denominated "ilthy lucre"
to the amount Of s205.40-and it was
an off Saturday at that. Mex; Satur-
day, however, will be pay dayat the
cotton factory and over 1926 will be IN
the dispensary exchequer as the sun
goes to rest on that day. The bet is
open until 10 a. NJ. Saturday.
Mr.. W.. Broom, of Columbia, who
Is tobe engineer on our road for short
time. Mr.. Eickiin1 heirlo shsent on &C.