Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-01-24
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Palmetto Breveties.

state of immortality existing IN Lex
ington county that the good citizens
of the county are determined to cor
rect, and to purify the surrounding at
mosphere even if it takes the strong
right arm Of the court to do so. The
presentment of the grand jury ar
raigns for immortality four eases, and
recommends that the parties be in.
dicted on the criminal side of the
court. All of the parties are whites.
1t is charged that two single men and
two married women, and one married
man and an unmarried woman are
living in adultery and that an unnlar-
ricd man and. an unmarried woman
are openly living in violation of the
law of deeency and morality. The
names of the witnesses who will prove
this state of affairs have been fur
nished Solicitor Zimmerman and he
will hand out bills Of Indictment at
the next term of court against the
parties named.
At the meeting of the Richland Bar
association held in the county court
house to discuss the advisability of
introducing in the Legislature bill
providing for the establishment of a
county court for Richland county,
the sentiment of tn, attorneys was al
most unanimously in favor of the
plan. After several talks had been
made and the pros and cons discussed,
the following committee was appoint
ed to draft a suitable bill for pre-
sentation to the Richland delegation
to be introduced: Mr.. R. w. Shand,
president of the association and ex-of-
fcio chairman; Messrs. A. w. Ray, B.
P. McMaster, J. S. Muller and John
P. Thomas, Jr. No discussion was
had upon the text of the proposed
bill and the contents was entirely
left to the judgment of the committee.
Acting under instructions from the
State board of control in Columbia
Anderson's dispensary was closed
will not be opened again. The order
came without any previous intimation
that such action would be taken and
even the county board did not know
of it until after the dispensary was
closed. AS soon as the stock can
be checked up by the Inspector it will
be shipped back to Columbia.
The protection of the birds Of South
Carolina is subject which is inter
esting many leading people Of this
State. There are bills before.th leg
islature which will require attention
at this session.
Mrs. Noel Sharpe, who lived near
CASTOR, committed suicide about II
o'clock at night last Thursday by
jumping into we'll, which is about
100 feet deep.
Mr.. George Aillgan, the inventor
of a new self-folding barrel, espe-
cially designed for truck, announced
plans for. the erection Of a barrel fac
tory, with capital of $4,000. The
factory will be located near Charles
tot1, and it will have large output.
The State supreme court has dis
charged the rule against ]. S. Farnum
and in that way the pendinr contempt
proceedings were dismissed.
A street car conductor was held
up in Columbia Thursday night and
robbed of what money he had on his
person and also watch and revolver.
There is no clue to the robber.
A special from Columbia says: ].
W. Parker, one of the three accused
pickpockets arrested in the crush at
the entrance to the street car enclo-
sure at the fair grounds during fair
week, was dismissed from Jail after
having lad tile amount of his bond
reduced from $4,000 to $1,5O0 on pc
tition for the reduction taken by B.
Palmer McMaster, before Associate
Justice Woods at chambers last week
and consented to by Solicitor George
Bell Zimmerman.
II is an interesting coincidence that
Spartanburg S two dailies have new
editors, each entering on his new du-
ties at the same time. Mr.. C. 0.
Hearon Of Bristol, Tenn.-Va., former
ly managing editor of the Bristol
Herald, has assumed charge of the
Spartanburg Herald as editor; he sue
ceeds Mr.. Fl. L. Watson, who recent
ly resigned. Mr.. J. c.. Darlington.
former editor of the Spartanbne
Herald, has been engaged as chief
editorial writer on the Spartanburg
Journal and began his new work