Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-14

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give, their free street entertainments
from April 23rd to 2sth inclusive.
Mr Brunson Hollingsworth, who has
seriously ill with the q zip, is, we
are gratitled to state, much better.
Mr. W. 81. Hendrix, of Augusta, was
in Edgefield for few days this week
on visit to his daughter, Mrs Robert
Covar.
John G. Strother's friends are pull
ing him torun for county supervisor;
but John says 'no, rather raise loo
cotton"
Capt G. n. Zimmerman has been
awardedt the gold medal for oratory at
the Patrick Military school, eAnder-
son, s. C.
The Montgomery, Ala, Advertiser is
authority for the statement that Ben
, Tiliman is candidate for vice-presi-
dent with Bryan.
Real Estate Agent Burnett with
draws from sale the L. B. Lanham
house on Geter street, the same having
been sold to Mr. Horace Dorm.
y The Aiken papers inform US that
there are more people in Aiken this
season than at any time since the de-
struction of the Highland Park hotel.
Messrs 8. n. p. Roper, Capt J. A.
Bennett, j. B. Hill, and Pou Jcsesyail
Of onr,town, have beeudrawn as United
States sju, ors to serve in Greenyille at
the April term.
Col. Willie Jones. OF Colnmbia, chair
man OF the State democratic commit
tee, has issued call for. the meeting
f:she committee Id G Columbia on We'd
nesdsy, April 1lth.
There will be q meeting Of Camp
Abner Perrin at W.N. Burnett's Office
on Friday. Of this week at II O'clock.
Business of importance. JOIN KEN
NRRLYs Commander.
We are rejoiced to state,that Mr..
Harry Hill, who was critically i'll last
week, has entirely recovered, and is
going about as usual. He had an acute
attack of heart trouble.
Il The Norfolk Landmark observes that
'sa Boer marksman on the topic of a
kopje can dropie bullet in the right
spotje almost every popje and never
seems to want to stopje."
Thelast number of The Delineator
has a life size portrait Of the beautiful
Miss Lula Cassels Lake, daughter OF
Capt. Geo. 5. Lake, late of Edgefeld, at
present of Lexington, KY.
The township democratic clubs will
meet for the purpose of organizing on
the fourth Saturday in April prox
The county convention will meet on
the Hrst Monday in May.
Mr.. r. Il. MiEls tells US chat the
three qulckest ways to send news
around the world are by telephone
telegraph, and tell-a-woman. tbe5last q
little mite quicker than the other two
q The siip-back in cotton last week
seems to have been only temporary fol
1t is gong up again this week. But as
we have said before, the figures are
perilously near the top at present
prices. - S 81
Mr. M. B. Sturkey, who was in oul
office on Monday, reports the roads be.
tween Edgefeld and mis- home neal
Plum. Branch as just awful, and or
horseback is the only possible mode o.
locomoti0n.
If the building of cotton mills con
tinues at the present rate for a few
years, and the doors of the world opeI
wider and wider la China, Japan
and the Philippines, 10 cents cottor
NAV ha pernanency.
The gratifying intelligence has beer
received from Baltimore, whittier Mr.
j. B. Haltlwanger went some day
since, for medical treatment, thai. she
l,getting on finely, and will be at
home in few days with her husband
Mr. J. B. Haltiwanger.
Jack Permenser, (you all know Jack
Gays that Zack Boone, (you all kno,
Zackl, can @gnirl ut' on top of a mil
rock and sleep all night without turn
ing over, and the only way you coul
wake him up was to .'bust green wa
ter million over his head"
The average vitality of cotto,, seet
4, SO per cent. that is to say, SO out ,
every 100 seeds will germlnate; th
year, however according to expert
ments by the agricultural depsrtmen
at washington with seed Of last year
crop, only zaper oentof the seeds ha,
enough vitality, to come up, so if yo
want a good stand of cotton this yea
ssyou must use more seed than usual b
say 20 per cent.