Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-03-07
Ed efield Advert 8 i j ser
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It's better tobe q ahas beenn than 9
sneYer.was.n g:
Mrs. Mamie Griffin has returned tc
Washington, D. 9.
Goyereor join Gary Evans has 10
Gated in spartanburs.
at the: s. O. G. I. are three stuaen'ts 'a
from the State Of Florida.
Cotton is higher now than it has
been since January, 1893.
Gold prospectors near Mccormick
claim to have struck it rich.
The newcotton seed oil mill at NC
Cormickruns night and day.
Prof. =. E. Dorm, of the Red Hill i
High School. was in town on satur-
day.
Miss Ef6e Sheppard isyisiting nee
friend Miss Covington in Pensacoia' %
Fla.
Under the new law State constaoles
must now give bond in the sum OF
$500.
Mr.Jess Hobbs, of Horns Creek, is
being spoken of for the office OF o0ro-
ser.
Mr. John Kemp, of the Kirkseys sec
ton, spent Saturday and SUNDAY IL
Edgefeld.
The Hon. W. J. Talbert announces
this week for Congress. Hewillhaye
walk ovei.
Clerk Of Court John B: Hill has ad-
mustered on the es:ate OF the late
Mrs. Pickens.
MrI,ewis D. Landrum, of Batesburg'
was in town on Monday and gave tniS
Office pleasant call.
Mr.. julie Hart has moved from 9onn-
ston to Sylyania, Ga, where ne SoeS
into the mercantile business.
Mr. G. Dozler Mobley, Of saluda
county, was in town on Monday: Do
49,, INV friends in Edgetieid. =,
81 Mr.. X. w. Powell, of Johnston was was
in town on Monday. Bob has JUST re-
covered from severe spell Of the grip.
pr;gbt outlook for fruit crop in
Edgefield county. Blaokberrles are
out Of sight and will be as big as goose
! eggs. :
II Is rumored that Col. Jim Tillman
win be a candidate in the next stass
primary for the Office of Lientel ant
Governor.
Miss Lizzie Eubanks, principal OF
she Olive Branch school, klrkseys, iss's.y
snsnt Saturday and Sunday with tne
home folks IN cur town-
be Rev John axe, at present Of q
Louisvil;e, x win be in attendance
| ON tie B. 4. F. -. convention Wnlcn u
meets here in April prox.
a q per cent. annual dividend has
been declared by the Banko Edge
FIELD, andthe old board of directors has
been elected for another year.
The man who sold his cotton at S1e is
mad because he did not wait for s19S,
and the man who sold at 9x is mad be-
cause be didn't wait and get lo1a. :
Coy. sheppard's elegant mansion on
tie hill came very near destruction by
FIRE on Saturday last. The fire was
caused by defective chimney or stove
f1ue.
Some folks say that if the plums fail
TO bloom in February, there will be no
plums that year. There were certainly
no plum blooms in February OF this
year.
Mr. w. E. Waddell is the new editor
Of the saluda Advocate, vice Mr.. Cum
ningham,. who has removed to the up
country. We welcome Mr.. Waddeli TO
the fraternity.
Columbia has four candidates for
mayor, tw enty-one for aldermen, and
1--we for school commissioner. This
shows that our capital is on boom
and rushing things.
lis getting about the time Of year
to think of planting Irish potatoes.
You canget the best varieties from Mr.
J.. D. Holstein, Lynch's drug store, and
at o Sheppard's, Jr.
Mr.. Geo. w. Zimmerman has been
elected President of the Travellers
Protective Association, Augusta, Ca,
OF course Mr.. Zimmerman was origi..
nally from Edgefeld.
DIR. "a. Marsh, who has bee TAX
inga SPECIAL course in medicine and
surgery In Baltimore, has returned
home. much to the delight of his pa
tlents present and prospective.
We have heard it rumoTed that the
school teachers of Edgefeld county are
to lie paid in full this year at the end
of each and every month, without dis
cn.nt or knock-of. So mote it be.