Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-04
Observation-Disclosures IlllIIIIIlIIllIIg
LOCAL AND PERSONAL. :

on Monday morning at sunrise. Cold
est day of the season.
Jake Dich, clothier and watermelon
raiser, says he is looking for a box OF
goods this week "bigger'n a nigger
house,
They are paying 1sc for cotton seed
at the depot. Perhaps you can squeeze
a little more from Mr.. Taylor or John
Tompkins.
D. A. Tompkins, who was with us
few days last week. proposes to build
school house for tie factory children.
A patriotic thing to do.
Rev.P. P. Blalock will preach in our
Methodist church On Sunday morning
next at II O'Clock, Res. Mr.. McRoy
being absent at conference.
Tom and Warren Paul have opened
beef market at John Weir's old stand,
where they will be pleased to see and
serve the public to the best at the best
figures.
Mrs. Gen. Evans and Miss Mary
have returned to Oakley Park from
Glenn Springs. Miss Mary is entirely
restored to health again, we are glad
to state,
Married, at the residence Of the
groom, by Rev. P. B. Lanham on the
29th Sept, Miss Minnie Sue Lyon and
Mr.. j. G.. Lanham. All of Edgetield
county.
Mr.. Brunson Hollingsworth's new
gin is doing good work, makes an ex-
cellent turn out from the seed and
gives good sample. See his adver-
tisement elsewhere.
Capt. Gus white saw frost on Mon
day of this week, but the Captain lives
right on the banks of Beaverdurn creek,
and frost may be seen there every
month IN Cne ye6r-almOSV.
And talking about cotton markets,
Tom Rainsford bids US say that he has
tried 'em all this fall and Edgefeld
downs 'em all. He gets better figures
here than anywhere else on the conti-
nent.
At the instance of Gov. Sheppard,
Auditor J. B. Haltiwanger has been
appointed to represent Edgefield
county on the commits ZION to apportion
the debt of Edgefield, Abbeville and
Greenwood counties.
Mrs. Emma Anderson, of Spartan
burg, widow Of the late Gen. Anderson
and mother of Mrs. w. L. Dunovant, Of
our town, has moved to Edgefield with
son and daughter. A great acquisi-
ton to our society and town.
Comptroller General Derham was in
Edgefield last week for the purpose OF
making his annual settlement with
Cosat st<as..-II
county Treasurer Morgan, both Of
which were eminently satisfactory.
Mr. Jasper Parks is now chief CLERK
for Clerk of Court Hill. We are glad
to have Mr.. Parks and his family with
us in Edgefeld. Jas is remembered
pleasantly by our people ever since
his uncle, Jas. T. Parks, taught in the
Academy.
"A bird IN the hand is worth two IN
the bush," is trite old saying. But
Pugh Jones says that's not so when the
bird in hand is crow, and the two
birds in the bush are partridges. And
in this instance Pugh is about right in
his conclusions, if he did get "lampooh-
ed" in his last horse trade.
Henry q-rdy use to say that cotton
was fool, went up when all the con-
ditions indicated that she ought to go
down, and went down when she ought
to have gone up. The receipts on last
Saturday were double what the re-
ceipts on the same day last year, but
notwithstanding that fact on Monday
cotton went up a-hooping again, but so
long as she is fool on our side and IN
our favor let her roll.
Capt. Stanmoie Ryan tells us that
his neighbor and friend-and friend to
everybody as to that-Mr. Chesley
Wells, is having his house fixed up
and repainted inside and out, and the
fencing put in @apple pie" order, and
is buying and sending home load after
load of beautiful new furniture; and
Capt. Ryan don't know what 1t means
and we are likewise in the dark. But
we imagine that "orange blossoms" are
budding in that vicinity, and that ere
long we can give friend Ryan some
good news. Because bachelor Wells
doubtless knows to his sati,factlon that
it is mot good for man to be alone"
g. G. C. /. Dots.
The South Carolina Co.Educational
Institute opened it's doors for the fall
session on last Thursday with the
brightest prospects. Two hundred and
odd names were enrolled, and eighty
boarders have already registered with
more to come.
The public school fund will last un-
til the month of February, month
0r twO Inn oer thor avor baforo