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Edgefield Advertiser LOG Ah . BREVITIES. Capt. Joe Branson of Aiken was in town on Tuesday. Miss Annie Price, of Ocala,Fla., is visiting Miss Gertie Strom. Senator M. C. Butler is at home for a few days from Washington, D.C. See notice of meeting of the County Board of Control on Mon day next. The Florence Times thinks that Gov. Tillman has clipped Jervey's tail feathers. Gov. Tillman has ordered 1050 barrels of liquor for the use of the Dispensaries. John Lott has the finest bicycle in town. It is a Columbia and was catalogued at $150. Mr. Charlie Dobson, of Beech Island was up '?n Sunday. Charlie is "rushing" a new girl now. Mieses Ella and Flora Lott, of Johnston, worshiped at our Pres byterian Church on last Sunday. The ADVERTISER Job Office doe^ all kinds of job printing. Send us your orders. Satisfaction guar anteed. Solomon was the first trial jus tice who proposed to split the dif ference, but he didn't split it all the same. The Charleston wholesale liquor men are selling out their stock for half price. They are getting ready to stand from under. Mr. John H. Carpenter, of the Old Wells section, and as good a Confederate as ever trod shoe leather, was in town on Friday. Capt. Jas. H. Tillman has an important notice in this issue to the Capers Light Infantry. And so has Capt. J. R. Blocker. Mr. John C. CaughmaD, a gal lant one-legged Confederate soldier from Caughmans on the Saluda side, was in town on Friday last. - A Camden correspondent of the Columbia State chronicles the marriage of Rev. J. B. Holley, of Edgefield Couuty, to Miss Janie Smith, of Camden, on May 16th. Maj. John W. Aiton, Hon. W. H. Yeldell, B. W. Rushton, D. D. Brimson, and others whose names haven't reached us, a committee of Alliancemen, met here on Fri day in the interest of the order. There was a regular cyclone of bank failures out West last week, and the tail end of it struck South Carolina wrecking the Bank of the Carolinas at Florence and several minor banks under the same man agement in this State. The officers of the South Caro lina Agricultural Experiment Sta tion will please accept our thanks for Bulletins Nos. 9, 10, and ll. The contents are experiments with Irish potatoes, notes on varieties of beans, and analyses of com mercial fertilizers. Very few-went from Ednefield to the Columbia Carnival. One of our colored brass bands, however, went over and paraded up and down the streets playing one tune all the time: "They took a knife and cut him down, In his bosom no life was found." This tune was selected, it is sup posed, in remembrance of the deep damnation of the taking off of John Peter Richardson. Position Wanted. A young lady graduate of The Charleston Female Seminary, qualified to teach Latin, French, English, and music desires a posi tion to teach. Address Miss J. E. ADVERTISER office and the letters will be forwardod. No Money in lt. Messrs. A. C. Penn, Trapp Mc Mauus, and Bill Mclure, of the Mountain Creek section, have not gone into tobacco culture so heav ily th i s year as last. They say there's money in tobacco, no doubt, but they could'ut find it, and they don't propose to hunt for it any more. . Greatest of the Three. , Several- charitable persons of our village, who are not in the habit of letting their right hands know what their left hands do in such matters, on last Saturday carried a wagon-load of provisions up to Mrs. Edward Presley the widow of the old gentleman killed by Jones a few years ago. The old lady is more than eighty years of age. She has been bedridden for a long time and last year her only cow was taken from' her for debt leaving her not only helpless -she was that before-but abso lutely penniless; but the good Samaritans came! "And now abideth faith,- hope, love, these three ; but the greatest of these is love." Big Onions. Trapp McMaous is the boss ouion raiser of Mountain Creek. He brought us one last week that measured fiftee* and a half inches in circumference. After being fried it filled two hominy dishes so full that it spilled over on the table cloth. Here is the way Trapp make8them; he put out his sets on a bed 8 feet x 6 feet and five six inches apart. On this bed he scattered three or four bushels of cotton seed, and over the cotton ?seed he spread pine stiaw, and turnad 'em loose, not working them at all. The result of this mode of planting without culture was the big onion above mentioned. The people on Mountain Creek call 'em the "hominy-dish onions" when they dont call 'em the water bucket onions." Pigs for Sale. Mr. G. W. Crouch, of Trenton, has five pairs of Essex pigs for sale at $5.00 a pair. This is a free advertisement," and if anybody else in the county has pigs they want advertised free, trot 'em out. Admitted to the Bar. Mr. M.P.Wells, of Edgefield, was admitted to the Bar last week by tho supreme court of the state, after passing a most rigid and thorough examination by that august body?' Lawyer Wells will probably settle at Edgefield, where, in the past, so many giants have met in the legal arena. Satan Worked in 'Em. During the late revival services in our Methodist church, Mr. Smith, after one of his sermons, went down into the congregation to talk, as was his custom, to the people concerning their souls' wel fare. He approached a pew in which there were three young men, supposed to be journeying on the broad road that leads to destruc tion. Upon being abjured to turn from their sinful ways, however, one of them remarked that he was already a member of the Baptist church and had a lively hope of walking the golden streets. Tho second one said he was a deacon in the Baptist church, and the third asserted that he was study ing for the Baptist ministry. Mr. Smich finding himself on a cold trail moved on, but found out af terwards that there was not a word of truth in all the young men had said, and in a subsequent sermon gave them away, declaring that "they knew they were lying and he knew they were lying at the time." Now, who were thtse three young men? The ADVERTISER is authorized to offer a suitable re ward for their names with proof to convict, said names to be black listed and sent on to President Cleveland so that they may never hold office, not even a fourth class post office. Mrs. Elizabeth Haynsworth Mil ler. This Christian gentlewoman, well known in Edgefield and a member of the Edgefield Baptist church, died on the 13tti of May inst., at the home of her youngest daughter in Brooks County Geor gia, aged eighty-two years. Mrs. Miller was a native of Sumter County and was born near the High Hills of Santee. Her father was Dr. James Haynsworth of that county and her husband the late Col. C. W. Miller. Bom to af fluence and reared in luxury, with all her associates and environ ments of the society world, 6he at an early age cast in hr>r lot with the people of God and, leaving the church of her parents because she believed it right to do so, united with the High Hills Bap tist church, the church of the first Dr..Richard Furman, a church that in those days was like a light set on a hill to all the Baptist churchee-in-South Carolina.-That deceased was faithful to the end, a membership of sixty odd years testifies. In her last moments she gave abundant evidence that the faith she had lived by was the faith to die by. Her last words were, "I am not afraid, the Sa vior is waiting for me." Glorious hope! A joyous transition! A resurrected saint ! Uncle Bennett's Way. Seeing in the ADVERTISER two weeks ago how Clemson College made a second crop of Irish pota toes Uncle, Bennett Holland brought us in a basket of this year's crop of his own raising, and told us how he made two crops of Irish potatoes every year. "Seven teen years ago, this spring," said he, "I planted a crop of Irish po tatoes in the utual way. I covered them deep with pine straw. When grabbling time came, I grabbled uever dug, but always grabbled when I wanted potatoes, and never taking all from a hill. Late in the summer I put more pine straw on them and in this way secured a tall crop. Again in spring I put on more pine straw. This mode I've been repeating for seventeen years and have never planted a potato since the first year. I always have an abundance of good sized pota toes in the spring and fall. Of course the potatoes come up much thicker now than they did at the first planting, they are scattered all over the bed, in fact, but as they are never worked this does'ut make any difference. It is really an advantage as you get more po tatoes. By this method you can hardly have them too thick. There are three things to remem ber in this way of raising potatoes ; alway s grabble, never dig; always, leave some in the hill ; keep them covered with pine straw." Elmwood Items-"Work While It is Yet Day," a Good Motto. MR. EDITOR: The weather has been entirely too cool for cotton and corn to do well for the past two weeks, stands are generally good, but cotton looks very bad and is not doing much. The cut worm has seriously injured tho stand of corn and done muoh damage. The oat and wheat crop is g?nerally sorry on account of cold weather and drought; about one half crop upon an average will be made. Farmers are generally hard up on account of raising too much cotton and failing to make plenty of corn and meat, and it would be true, too, to say they don't work enough. They do not stick close enough to business, and lose en tirely too much time. If they worked as hard and stuck to busi ness like merchants aod town peo ple generally do they would be far more successful, prosperous, and independent. Some men complain and say they have no luck. I ara not surprised at all that they don't have any luck because they don't work and manage as they should. The best way I always found to get anything was to work for it, and work, and keep working on, and not be afraid of work. A man in a great measure makes his own luck by his good work and close attention to business. If I could instill into our people the great importance of sticking to work, and close attention to business, I would then look for more prosper ous times, and a better living for the people. What is more the matter than anything else, the farmers don't work enough. How the. people do love to go about to public places, such as picnics, barbecues, and political meetings to hear the speeches, and to Edge field C. H. on salesdays to hear the news generally, but I tell you that won't make corn and cotton grow, and put bacon in the smoke bouse, you better believe it won't, but plenty of work in the right way will, just assure aBgunis iron. If you don't believe it, try it and see, it will do you good. OBSERVER. Elmwood, S. C. May 22. Dots from Upper Choty. MR.EDITOR: Upper Choty still lives and moves and has her being. The farmers are exerting all their energy and muscle, trying to de stroy the grass, while it is yet young and before the wet weather sets in in June. Having had a dry April and May we are looking for ward to rain, and lots of it, in June, when oat cutting time comes. We have had good rains since our last, which has caused the oats to stretch up. The forward oats are very good, but the late sowing is sorry, and so is the wheat ex cept in spots. In spite of cut worms there are good stands of cotton, and some are about done chopping out. Cut worms are not as bad in this sec tion however, as they are over in the neighborhood of Mr. Abe Gil christ. Abe passed our house a few days ago, and told us that the cut worms had cut down all the cotton in his sectiJD, and the foots of all the plows and a few of the negroes. Your humble scribe and one or two chums went down to Uncle Ben Glanton's a few ago on a big fishing frolic. We went in high spirits expecting to bring home a two horse wagon load. Uncle Ben Lewis and N. H. worked faithfully with us "night aiid day,-but alas! in vain were our efforts, and we come home sadly disappointed. While there Uncle Ben told us some old news. He said that he met au old colored woman at Parks ville not long ago and thinking she was the oldest looking person he had ever seen asked her how old she was. She looked up at him with a toothless smile, and said, "Ah, Lawd Massa I can't tell how old I am, but I 'member well when the Savr.nnah river wasn't nuthin' but a little bit of a branch. On our way home we took in Red Hill, the capital of Choty, and it is getting to be quite a busi ness place. There is one store run by Mr. Arthur Morgan, that cannot be surpassed the country round. Then there is a saw mill and grist mill with shingle ma chine* and planer attachment, a blacksmith and wood shop, and also a large and flourishing school, but speaking of schools the one at Barr's chapel taught by Miss Liz zie Eubanks cannot be surpassed. M?6S Lizzie takes great pains with her pupils, and they show it when ever you see them. Rev. 0. M. Berry preached a noble sermon at Barr's Chapel last Sunday. " A CHOTARIAN. Letter from Texas to The Adver tiser-Crops in That Country A Comparison of thc Two States. MR. EDITOR : As I failed to get ray paper last week I will write you a few lines to remind you that I missed the old ADVERTISER, and I do miss it greatly. I want to Bee what is going on at my old home every week. I had no time to talk with you laet winter when I waa in South Carolina. I was in your office only long enough to pay for a year's subscription. I left old Edgefield for Texas in December, 1865, and last winter-an interval of twenty-seven years-was my first trip back there,' and I must admit that there had been greater changes than I was prepared to see. I have often travelled the Edge field roads in my imagination just as they were when I left, but when I crossed the Savannah river I could see the difference; the whole face of the country had changed ; lands that had natural forest on it when I left has been cleared up, worn out and has grown up in pine-thickets ; I recog nized all the houses, but in travell ing along the road the only way I could locate myself was by rocks. I could not see that ? had worn much. The lands lo ed poorer than they used to 1 tome, but that may have b caused by being used to lookinj our land out here. v I am cultivating land that ] been in cultivation between thii five and forty years, and it ma between seventy and seventy-! bushels of corn per acre, with any fertilizers. Our land her? high rolling prairie and produ equal to any bottom land, all tl it needs is rains during the sn mer. One ordinary hand here c cultivate as much as two g< hands can in Edgefield. Crops in this part of Texas ; looking well. Some of the ea wheat is beginning to turn a will be ready to cut in about 1 days. Oats are just beginning head, that is spring oats. F oats will do to cut about, the ti: that we cut our wheat. Corn from knee to waist high. Most the cotton is up, but some are i done planting yet. We have i been able to do any work on t farm for a week, as it has rain every day, and it will be three four days before the ground w be dry enough, if it don't rain a more. I will have to close my letter I am afraid I will tresspass i your time and patience and I m want to write again. W. J. P. Brandon, Tex., May 14, 1893. Sensation.. The following we clip from ' tl Columbia Journal. There is pro ably enough truth in it to flavor and that is all. CHARLESTON, S. C., May 19.-; prominent farmer from Edgefiel who has represented his county : one branch of the Legislature, to. some interesting things to Tl Journal correspondent this mon ing. He is a man of wealth ac influence and a Tillmanite. B has been here several days c business and returns home t< night. His remarks were not made f< publication, but everything 1 stated was said in a bold, toarles manner in the presence of seven others. If what he said is true, and ger tlemen who know him say his v< racity cannot be questioned, hi utterances will^ be widely rea throughout the State, as they d: vulge some interesting matter: "Yes, sir, we are growing might tired of this never-ceasing politi cal fight, up in Edgefield. Til] manites and Conservatives ai alike praying for peace and quie once more." "Who is to blame for it all? was asked. "Both sides. One as much a the other, and both sides are wear It is beginning to look like a figh of the office-seekers and politician and the people be d-d." A peen liar Edgefield accent lingered upo: tho last word. "Are you a Tillmani-e or Anti? someone asked. "I am a Tillmanite, or rather was until Irby and Governor Till man defeated 'Uncle George' Till man for Congress. But I reckoi now I am a backslider. I hav fallen from grace or disgrace, ! don't know which." "Ie it true then that Gov. Till man opposed his brother?" "True? Yes, as true as Gospe and the people of the Second Con gressional District know it." "But he didn't fight bin openly?" "Oh, no. Nor do I mean to sa] that Governor Tillman in his hear opposed his older and only brother who has been like a father to him What has been done was done foi policy's sake. The Reform leaden marked 'Uncle George' for slaugh ter, and with or without Ben's con sent the order was passed along the line. I believe Ben Tillman con sented, for all this deviltry was hatched in a meeting at the Exec utive mansion, over which Gov ernor Tillman presided. The loyal Irby placed the unsheathed dagger in the Governor's hands, who, when a panorama of political glory was pictured to him, wavered between lovn for his brother and 'duty' to his movement. The latter triumphed, and he sent the gleam ing blade hilt deep into the breast of bia only brother, who nursed him in childhood, and in after years befriended him as only few brothers would." "Then you think Irby had a hand in it?" "I know it. Irby is a sort of pickaninny Walpole. He has the treachery of that great English man and none of his brain. Irby thinks he is canning, but his craft is the ostrich kind. He fools no body and only mi sleads himself. It was this man who executed the Tillman-Talbert combination." "How do you know?" "Well, I will name one glaring instance, he replied, as he puffed 1 *sje*r" at a cigar that had nearly gone out, "and you can draw your own conclusions. At one of the precincts in Edgefield, Dan Tompkins' home-Cooper No. 1 or No, 2, I am not positive which -in the first primary George Till man got nearly every vote. In the second primary it was exactly the reverse. In view of this and the unusual fact that Irby went to Dan Tompkins house immediately preceding the last primary and remained until the day of the election, things look fishy. I could cito others, but it's unnecessary." "Does Congressman Tillman know all this?" "No one has ever accused Con gressman Tillman of being a fool,' was the r?sponse. "I suppose 'Uucle George' and Ben are friendly,'* some one asked. "Oh, yes. They don't speak," was the somewhat sarcastic reply. "They don't" was chorused by all present. "Y?s; they don't; and before his audience had recovered from the shock, he continued ; "Let me make a prediction. Befora very long it will be Governor George Tillman. He could have been Gov ernor some years ago, but declined. He has the confidence of the peo ple as well as their respect and ad miration. He could heal all breaches, and would make a model Governor of a once more more united people." ' "Is he a candidate.?" "No, and that's the reason we want him." A Visit to thc Coosaw Phosphate Works. MR.-EDITOR: I thought a line or two from this place might be of passing interest to some of your readers. Leavius home on the 15th inst., I reached Beaufort on the following evening, where I spent the night, and the following day in visiting some of the phos phate works near there. We came to this place yesterday morning and began the "moisture test" at Coosaw phosphate works with Gen. Wm. Stokes, of Early Branch, and Mr. Comvoysiers, cf Port Royal, who are acting with me. This moisture test is instituted for the purpose of ascertaining the per centage of loss between the crude and dried rock, and to establish uniformity in that among the different phosphate companies mining in Coosaw river and other streams. At present there is no uniform rate in that respect among them. Coosaw employs variously from two hundred to five hundred hands in all departments of their work. The company complains of not making money nevertheless. Yet the time once was when their dividends were enormous, com pared to incomes from other lines of business. We met here our genial friend Dr. Hutson, who formerly lived at Edgefield. He is the popular physician of this village. He made inquiry of many Edgefield folks and particularly of his special friend Mr. James M. Cobb, and complained that he had never honored him with a visit. It is quite in contrast with our loose Way of farm-business to wit ness the system of conducting the labor of one of these large phos phate works. Everything moves with clock-like regularity. There are no evidences of any farm work carried on on this island so far as we have observed. It seems to be used for pasturage for goats and cattle. The largest flock of goats that we have seen in a long time i.re grazing around here on this luscious grass. We have scribbled this iu haste. Yours, etc., W. H. T. Coosaw, S. C., May 19. Shooting Affray at Denmark. DENMARK, S. C., May 18.-Again the ever ready pistol has caused great excitement in the quiet town of Bamberg. This morning at 9 o'clock the citizens wer? startled by hearing reports of pistols firing in rapid succession. Messrs. H. Eaves and Willie Johns had just entered in a per sonal encounter. The firing lasted two minutes and ceased. "Mr. T. E. Andrea, who was standing about 100 yards away, was struck by a stray ball over the eye, fracturing the skull. He is dangerosly wounded. Mr. Eaves was shot through the pants, the ball grazing the skin. Mr. Johns was shot through the thigh. The two journalists, Tally and Malgas, are getting on as well as can be expected, but they are both dangerously hurt. "Arabella, <iear, I'm sorry to tell you that Freddy and Algernon didn't like the frock you wore last night." "Araminta, dearest, I don't dress to please the nipn, but to worry the girls."-Forget Me Not. Bills of Sale and Mortgages of personal and real estate for sale at the ADVERTISER office. Cleveland and Crisp. Augusta. Chronicle. There was a a good deal of talk soon after Cleveland's election of his opposition io Speaker Crisp, and that he was throwing his influence to defeat him for speaker of the new house. There was nothing more than conjecture in this sensation,' at the time, and there seems to be nothing at all to support it now, President Cleve land and Speaker Crisp have had several interviews, and both seem to think more highly of each other after each meeting. Their last conference is described in an interview with Speaker Crisp in which he is quoted as follows in ?he Galveson News' corres pondence : Mr. Crisp said, in regard to the congiess, that if it would repeal the federal election laws ; repeal the 10 per ceut, tax on the state banks; reform and lower the tariff and pass an income lax law, the democratic party would be ' good for twenty-five years control of the country. He said that tb'e&e acts would satisfy the country and allay the friction in the west and south. "What does the President think of the proposition?" the correspon dent asked, and he replied : "I do not know how he stands on all of them, but he certainly is in favor of a reduction of the tariff and the repeal of the 10 per cent, state bank tax." "Do you think he favors an income tax?" . "That is a subject he is giving most serious thought. I cannot state how he stands on it but a few days ago a congressman who is a strong believer in it and who was a farmers candidate besides being a democrat, called on him and had a long talk with him on the income tax. This congressman carried with him a speech on the income- tax delivered by Robert Reed, from which he quoted. Mr. Cleveland was much interested and stated that as the book con taining the speech was not in the white house library ho would like for the congressman to leave him his copy for his inspection, which was done. "I think," continued the speaker "that Mr. Cleveland is in thorough accord with the trend of the democratic party and I know that ne appreciates to the highest ex tent the present conditions of the people." Mr. Crisp seemed highly pleased with the president and expressed himself as being half-way as tonished every time he met him at his wonderful grasp of public affairs." There is nothing in this which indicates any unfriendliness be tween the President and the speaker. They seem to understand each other very well and President Cleveland has had several confer ences with Crisp c!.?arly im plying that he is getting things thoroughly understood between the executive and the director of the legislative branch of the gov ernment. There is nothing sur prising in the fact that Mr. Clevela nd is reported by Mr. Crisp as favoring the repeal of the ten per cent tax on state bank issues, the reform of the tariff, etc. There is no other position he could occupy. The democratic party outlined very fully the policy for its adminstration in the event of the election by the people, and it is to be supposed that Mr. Cleve land will carry out that policy. The salient points in the party platform aro : I. "We pledge the democratic party, if it be intrusted with power" "to the defeat of the Force bill ; no negro domination. II. "We declare it to be a fundamental principle of thedemo cratic party that the Federal Government has no constitutional power to impose or collect tariff duties, except for the purpose of revenue only." We denounce the McKinley Tariff law." and we promise its repeal." No Mclvinley bill ; no Protection. III. "We denounce the sham reciprocity" of the republican party. No false trade interchange ; no barrier of prohibitive tariff taxes. IV. "We demand the rigid enforcement of the laws made to prevent and control" the trusts and combinations which are designed to enable capital to secure more than, its just share of the joint product of capital and labor, a natural consequence of the prohibitive taxes which pre vent the free competition which is the life of honest trade." No trusts; no prohibitive taxes for their benefit. V. "We hold to the use of both gold and silver the etandard money of the country, and silver, without discriminating against either metal or charge for mintage," but "the maintenance of thc parity of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in payments of debt" shall be insured. No monoinetalism ; every dollar of equal intrinsic value with every other dollar. VI. "We recommend that the prohibitory 10 per cent, tax on state bank issues be repealed." No exclusively national banking system. It Costs You Nothing. We are pleased to announce that we have made arrangements by which we are prepared to supply free to each of our subscribers a year's subscription to that well, known monthly home and farm Journal, the American Farmer published at Springfield and Cleveland, Ohio. We make this offer to each of our subscribers who will pay up all arrearges on subscription and one year in ad vance, and to all new subscribers paying one year in advance. The American Farmer is strictly Na tional in its character. It is a high-class illustrated journal filled with entertaining and instructive reading matter, containing each month much information that is J invaluable to agriculturists and of special interest to each member | of every home. It is suited to all localities, being National iu its make and character, thus meeting with favor in all localities. It is strictly non-political and non sectarian. It has a trained corps of contributors and is carefully edited. The various departments of Farm, Horticulture, Sheep and Swine, The Home, The Horse and the Dairy, are filled with bright and useful matter. The readers ! of the American Farmer are uni versal in its praise and look for its monthly visits with keen anticipa tion. The regular subscription price to the American Farmer is | $1.00 a year, but by this arrange ment it costs you nothing to receive that great publication for one year. Do not delay in taking ad vantage of this offer, but call at once or send in your subscription, Sample ' copy of the American Farmer can be seen at the ADVER- | TisER office, or will he supplied direct by the publishers. ? COMPOUND: A recent discovery by an old physician. Successfully -used monthly by thousands of Lo dies. Is tho only perfectly safe and rellablo medicino discov ered. Beware of unprincipled druggists Who offer Inferior medicines In place of this. Ask for COOK'S COTTOX KOOT COMPOUND, take no subst itu te, or inclose $1 and 6 cents In postage In letter, and wo will send, sealed, by return mall. Full sealed particulars in plain envelope, to ladles only, 2 stamps, i Address Pond Lily Company, No. 3 Hater Block, Detroit, Mica. gW- Sold in Edgefield by G. L. Penn St Son niu?iiriiggists everywhere. THE COUNTY DISPENSAS!. The Board of Control for Edgefield County, as appointed by the State Board of Control, will meet in the County Commissioners' office on Mon day the 29th May 1893, at ll o'clock a. m., for the purpose of organizing; and on the same day will receive from ap plicants for the position of Dispenser for the Town of Edgefield, their res pective Petitions for appointment to said office; the said Petitions to re main on rile in the County Commis sioners' office for at least ten days, and until the next meeting of the County Board of Control, (of which meeting due notice will be given,) and at which time the said Petitions will be duly considered and passed upon. J. TV. HARDY, L. W. REESE, D. R. DURISOE, County Board of Control. Edgefield, May 22nd, 1S93. Notice of Application for Homestead. MASTER'S OFFICE. EDGEFIELD C. H., S. C, ? May 24,1S93. J Notice is herewith given to all to whom it may concern, that Mrs. Sa vannah Padgett, widow of the late Dr. Elbert Padgett, has filed her peti tion in this Court, praying that a Homestead, as prescribed by law, be assigned to her. I will pass upon the same on the 27th day of June 1893. W. F. ROATH, Master E. C. May 23-ot._ Attention, Light Dra goons. You are hereby ordered to attend a call meeting of your company at Cen tre Spring on Saturday, 3rd of June at 3 p. m., sharp. Appear mounted and equipped for drill, and each member is earnestly requested to be present as business of the utmost importance will be transacted. By order J. R. BLOCKER, Capt. W. H. COGBURN, O. S. ATTENTION CAPEES LIGHT INFANTRY ! You are hereby ordered to meet at Meriwether Hall on Saturday 27th inst., at 3 o'clock, p. m., You will also meet at Parksville on Saturday the 3rd, prox., at 2:30 p. m. uniformed and equipped for drill. By order JAMES H. TILLMAN, Capt. lt P, MIMI, ? V>. "U m -OK'S s? 1 uaw ft??i >J PHOTOGRAPHER All kinds of Pictures, Large and Small, made at reasonable prices. This is the best season for Children's PHOTOGRAPHS. May 20-it. _ Notice.^ ONE or more County Commissioners will be at Rocky Creek bridge, near J. T. Ouzts's, on Saturday, the 3d day of June, 1893, at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of letting the contract to build a new bridge at that place. Specification made known at that time. J. A. WHITE, J. TV. BANKS, County Commissioners. No Advance, Old Prices for Cash. Ladies, you are respectfully invited toan inspection of my beautiful stock of prints @ 5c; Zephyrs at 6^; Zeph eretts @ 7c; Ginghams @ 8 and 10; Scotch Ginghams, Pecales, Normandy Zephyrs @ 8,10 and 12; beautiful and new effects. Dress Flannels, Batiste, Tunkin Cloths, Irish Lawns, Beiges, Cream and fancy cold Nuns veiling, Bourette Cloths. Our 10c line of DRESS GOODS are the prettiest we have ever brought out. J. M. COBB. 2ra, Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. Court of Common Pleas. THE AMERICAN FREEHOLD LAND MORTGAGE COMPANY OF LONDON, (Limited) against C. 0. MAYSON. PURSUANT to the judgment of foreclosure in this cause, I will offer for sale at public outcry, before the court-house, town of Edgefield and State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in June, 1S03, (being the 5th day of said month) between the legal hours of sale, the following de scribed mortgaged premises, to wit : All that tract or parcel of land in the County of Edgefield and State of South Carolina, containing one hun dred and seventy (170) acres, more or less, bounded on the north, by lands of Mrs. Sarah E. Lanier; east, by lands Dr. R. C. Mayson ; south, by lands of Frances Yeldell and Catharine Lanier ; west, by lands of Susan E. Lanier.. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of one year, with interest from the day of sale. Purchaser to give bond and a mort gage of the premises to secure the payment of the credit portion, or all cash at the purchaser's option. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. F. ROATH, Master E. C. Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. Court of Common Pleas. THE LAND MORTGAGE INVEST MENT COMPANY'S AGENCY OF AMERICA', (Limited) against MASTERDON C. WOOD. PURSUANT to the judgment of foreclosure in this cause, I will offer for sale at public outcry, before the court-house, town of Edgelicld and State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in June, 1S93, (being the 5th day of said month) between the legal hours of sale, the following described mortgaged premises, to wit : Two hundred and eighteen (21S) acres, more or less, in Talbert Town ship; bounded on the north, bylands of James Freeman and Jesse Stone; south, by lands of A. M. Talbert; east, by lands of William Quarles: and west, by lands of A. M. Talbert. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of one year, with interest from the day of sale. The purchaser to give bond, and a mortgage of the premises to secure the credit portion, or all cash at pur chaser's option. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. F. ROATH, Master E. C. CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, tats' For?ifi Goods. We are now ready with our Spring line of CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. We have the best and most complete line of Clothing that we have ever shown, consisting of Mens, Boys, Youths, Cliilrli'ens Snits. Our Clothing: is remarkably cheap, considering quality of goods, lit and finish. SHOES. We carry everything in Shoes that is desired. We are selling Bay State Shoes, which everybody knows to be Sfood. We also carry a full line of Hamilton Brown Shoes, that will give perfect satisfaction. We ask the ladies to call and see our immense stock of beautiful SLIPPERS, which we are selling very reasonable. HA. T S. All the latest styles in FELT and STRAW, which weare sellingcheaper than can be bought in large cities. SHUNTS . Large assortment of NEGLIGEE SHIRTS from 25j* to very elegant ones. A good WHITE SHIRT for 50^. Alse beautiful PLAITED BOSOM DRESS SHIRTS very cheap. We carry a complete line of COL LARS and CUFFS in the latest styles. Neckwear. Our stock of NECKWEAR is un questionably the nicest and cheapest line we have ever shown. Beautiful four-in-hand Ties for 25.'*. Windsor Ties fronj a? cents I o 50?. SUSPENDERS . We sell the Harris Wire Buckle Sus penders, one of the best that is made. UNDER VESTS, Etc. A large line of Summer Under Ve^ls. Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, and in fact everything a man wants. All we ask of our friends is to give us a call. We will be glad to show you our stock, knowing that we (tan save you money. Spill Slier life I have just opened ,i slock of beautiful Spring and Summer Millinery at the old stand, Mr. W. H. Turner's store, whore I will bo. pleased to see my friends and the public. My stock consists of all kinds of ? Millinery goods, Tattern Hats and Novelties. Thc most Beautify! Lauij liars, IDA CO VAR. Fresh Meats. Beef, Pori Sausage, lia, Always on hand at my market, next to Mr. D. T. Grice's Livery Stables. Patronage of the public solicited. Fair and square dealing in my motto. W. * LIVINGSTON.