Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, December 08, 1892, Image 4

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Edgefield Advertiser L0GAI2 -BREVITIES. Survivors Association. A number of old Confederate veterans call for a meeting, of old soldiers at this place on the first Monday in Jaixuaj^exfc. Seeno ti?e in another column.: A Visitor. - . Miss Daisie Sawyer, one of John ston's most-charming young ladies and one the .Monitor's staff, was -the guest of M?ss Iiiliie Jones on Monday. . ? ? Judge Gary at CTliambers. Judge.Garv w\ll fit up ohambers a.t Oakley Park for the hearing and determining of such judicial mat ters as may properly be heard off. the bench. Court Next Week. *? Judge Wallace will. hoffl court, commencing next Monday. None but equity cases will be heard,) - however, and, of course, there will b? no juries. Evans & Evans. The election of Major Ernest Gary to the judgeship dissolves the^ aggg(kp o' Gnrv ? ii;vans. Th- fir. ?iDa VJ ?V vV.o <fe- Evan?, a\ our jtiang .fritad Barnard' contour- j Pjfr'p'&tt'S CO'VJPJI to th*-uai;Jn.H iej?> '^<r-&7mihs aa? ^JSoci?^n^-??injf^.. with his brother ??^f>V .' V ?elioofSi* k?i^al/jCKen t. 'Th':rx* wUI'X-.'? gr^i ' ^^M -given "Kv patron! arid fiends afr the dose ol Miss Willie Hu&on's school at Red Hill on the ?6tBinst. In addition to the dinner .'there will he delightful music, rendered by the true and tried "Uncle Ben" and his son. Every man, woman, and child can get his, her, or thoir j dinner for the small sum of 25 cts. The proceeds go toward paying for the piano; v A Lest Railroad. We have frequently been asked what had become of Potts and that portion of the Cumberland Gap - Railroad above Edgefieid. To get the truth, about the matter we have interviewed Dr. Bob Mayson, who lives near the line of the projected " route. Dr. Bob says that the last tim?:he saw the railroad Dr. Josh ' - Bell had it on .his back and was trying to cross Mountain Creek,, but that right at the ford he stumped his toe and fell down and lost it. . -. . A Smash-Up. . It is generally known that up to this time there has been a strong combination as to the price of all j . first-class eooking stoves, that this combination has certain agents in every State and section, that these agents are proteoted by iron-clad agreements from-the factories, and nioner has -been -allowed to en croach on their -territory. ^But, . happily for the people; with the . election of Cleveland to the Presi dential chair comes also a smash up* of this great stove combine. | We have just been informed r Mr. L". F. Padgett, 805 Broad S t., Augusta, Ga., that he will sellai No. 1006 "Charter Oak" stove ^ith 20 pieces cf ware for $16, a Nb. 2007, with same quantity of ware \ for $17.50. This stove has been retailed for $25, and we have no doubt that the dealers, who have not been posted on this are yet asking $25 for it. We only men tion these two sizes because the I people are acquainted with them and. will see at a glance how great j a" reduction has taken place in stoves. If any of our readers are| in need'of a cooking-stove, it will be well for them to write this firm r"~ibr a catalogue, who also deal largely in all kinds of house-fur nishing goods, including furniture, carpets, oil-cloths, .rugs, shades, baby carriages, in fact,everything! - with which to furnish a house. Mrs. Lucy J. Bates. Mrs. Lucy J. Bates, relict of the late Gen. John Bates, died quite . suddenly at her residence in our village about ll o'clock on Monday last, Dec. 5th. Her remains were laid to rest in our village cemetery on .the following daj, the Rev. J. Booth of the Baptist church) officiating at the obsequies. Well known and well beloved through -. out Edgefield county was this dear | lady, for her whole life has been passed within its birders, and the graces and. virtues of ^a noble an cestry were lier's by inheritance. For several years past her health had been failing, and loving ones were grieved to witness the gradual diminution of streugth, the daily decline of the patient invalid. At | last, the angel messenger came un - awares and bore her gentle spirit, -to its home in biiss. -Rare indeed , Were the qualities of the deceased. Exemplary in.every relation of| life, her-devotion to her children was something remarkable,, the gentle modesty of her disposition leading, her to prefer tosshine in *tho home circle* rather than seek Tder. fields of usefulness. She . leaves two daughters, $Irs. Mary bartley and Miss Ella Bates, and ' two sons, Mr. John Bates, and Mr. v. Eugene Bates, of Greenville, and .hosts of other relatives and friends .. to mourn their' irreparable loss. Her children were* with her in her last moments, except one who had - preceded her to the better land. I . To- these bereft ones, especially those nearest and dearest to her, ^ we would extend our tender sym pathy. " The blow is crushing, the : agony of grief is well nigh insup portable, the devoted mother will be'missed more and more as the "years roll by and life's trials and disappointments press heavier upon :the weary hearts. May the afflicted oneB find consolation in Christ, and the faith that " There is no de?th-r What seems so is transition, These earthly stars but set To rise opon a happier shore, "Beyond our mortal vision. The New Board. The new board of C??hty Com misBionewT "taken holt" last Tues day. Don't Be Bulish. It will be well for those who a? inclined to be bullish on cottor futures to remember that the visi ble supply of cotton at this date is only one hundred thousand balef lesss than last year at this time, and*that last year at this time cot ton was selling at six and sever cents. The cotton yield for thit year is, it is true, more than a mil lion bales short, up to date, but thc -visible supply is the safei point ol .view and coign of vantage from which to look at future cotton This year's cotton crop is a small one. Now if last year and ' yeai before last crops had alio beer small you might safely predict thal cotton would yet gc higher anc1 permanently, but when you knov; that the cotton in' tue world to-d^j is within only ca* h:;ndrc? thous and bales of' inovlock on &a*nd last fair your diagnoc-is may jbf? faulty if .you precbV - z rige-and yet it ms y go up. \Vt only ad vB s against betting:-on a rise ar ' -..AB juncture. %f'it should go up' it will be dus fe speculation ^nd not Xi' tho litciieil supply of ,t?ie staple. / ? : - jstr - Abrtrt- jfr. Fife and ?0s r - " lolling. yt\ ? lrter Tis. j.-t va House every day at iV0:3G.-i*ad every evening at 7 Relock witnesses the assembling ??' ft -jrge and- appreciative con gregation1. "Mr. W. P. Fife, the weil known evangelist from North Carolina, is conducting a revival meeting in that building. Although Mr.. Fife., has been in Edgefield only since Sunday, his warm and genial disposition has won the hearts and confidence of the people of our town. His mag netism is wonderful, and he can make us cry or laugh as he desires. Every one has an urgent invita tion to come and come promptly, and the people of the country are invited to attend and participate in the religious services. In thelast.town Mr. Fife visited he was -asked, in what place he would conduct his next meetings, he replied, "In Edgefiold," where upon he was told that he would "strike a snag there." Mr. Fife, not gaunted, said he blessed God for the hard cases for they were, the ones he desired through God's help to reach. Mr. Fife' has won derful faith, and we know that he will, through God's help and the prayers of the Christian people of Edgefield, reach the hard cases. Mr. Fife says that his heart is much bigger than his body, that He is a big-hearted fellow and that th? beys will like him when they know him better. We heard one young man, that had been 0 given a hearty hand shake, say, not that he liked Mr. Fife; but that he "knew Mr. Fife liked him." which we believe means about the same in the end. This shows, too, what a genial, kind manner the evangelist dis plays. Here is another illustration of his generous nature, which he says was misdirected generosity: He said that as late as 1884,, at the time of the election of Cleveland and Hendricks, he was keeling a grocery with a bar attached, and on the night of the election had made a little speech to 1200 men ; after this speech he invited them all to come in and he would knock the head out of a ba.rrel of whiskey for their especial benefit.. This invi tation they accepted, and Mr. Fife does not boast of, but deplores the fact thal he was the cause of the drunkenness of many citizens that night He further said thoy thought him a fine fellow then, but that when he left that place and after some time returned' to it a Christian, these same men said they had no confidence in Fife's religion, and declared they wouldn't hear him preach, however he said that before his meetings there were concluded many of those same men had been brought to a knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. Mr. Fife says he had been ac cused of preaching for money, but that although he believed he got more money for preaching than any man in the United States except Sam Jones that now he could not draw a check for a hun dred dollars. He says that some peo ple think evangelists live on souls anyway, but he thinks it would take a hundred such stingy narrow ones as that of the man who think that way to make a bait. Mr. Fife says he hasn't a stingy bone in him and that if he thougat he had and knew where it was, he'd cut it out. He has been called a fool, a fanatic, and crazy, but he says if he is crazy he knows his asylum is up in heaven and that the Lord Jesus is his keeper and that if he is a fool he is the happiest fool on God's earth. He desires unity in the churches, and tells how that the last prayer Christ had made was that the disciples Bhould be one even as Christ was one with God, and that tho stones of prc j ud ice, eec tari an i em and unbelief would have to be removed before rich blessings could come to the hearts that fostered these stones. He deplored the fact that many people made mighty fine Presbyterians, Bap tists, Methodists, etc, but were very poor Christiane. That some ? of the Presby terians preached perseverance of the saints to the exclusion of Christ until they would persevere into hell, .that the Methodists would preach infant baptism while the poor little infants were at home sleeping/down to hell, the Baptists would cry water, water, and all the time they were going to a place where they'd never get a drop, the Episcopalians at the same time crying apostolic succession, they, can very quickly tell you where you came from, but they never teil you where you're going. Mr. Fife related his experience a short time after his conversion. HG said that he rented a store hrnise m the town in which he lived, and there invited the poor People to oome and hear about Jesus. At first five Or six came, and gradually the crowd became larger and larger, so ,that the house was not large enough to hold the people, many souls were brought to -Christ, and Mr. Fife carried the names of the converts to the pas tors of the different churches, and most of them were gladly accepted and h* was greatly encouraged, but the young Presbyterian minister re fused'to take them into the church because he said that they had benn subjected to undue excitement, and that he had not been liceused, etc Mr. Fife then told him that he had only obeyed what was laid down'in God's word and that he would be willing to get up to his neck in mud, if necessary to save a dying , soul, and that if he called that excite ment, he prayed that God would give him more of it. Confederate Survivors Associa tion. I-^-A' '* It is proposed to organize a Con federat?.5urvivors Association for Edgefield county. To this end all the old soldiers are requested to meet at the court-house on sales day in January, 1893. Nearly every county in South Carolina bas such an organization, why not Edgefield? Come, let us all meet once more and fight our battles over again in memory. Many of our comrades have gone hence, and in a few years the -very name "Confederate soldier" will live only in song and story. MANY OLD SOLDIERS. What the Legislature is Doing. From a Looker-On. MR. EDITOR: Tho Senate being up with its business, took a recess from Friday afternoon till Tuesday 3 p. m., and so many of the senators went home. Among those, who are here are McGill, Redfern, Des Champs, and Timmerman. Edge field's representatives are. all at their ..posts, except Hon. W. R. Parks who will return to-night. Legislation is progressing fairly well. Theressa flood of bilis in troduced as usual which never get upon the calendar. Among the important measures which will come up for consideration are the Salary Reduction, Railroad, County Government, Prohibition, Insurance, Factory Labor, Consti tutional Convention, Congressional Redistricting, and State Funding Bill. One and all of these will provoke considerable discussion and, with modifications, will in all probability, be enaoted into law, judging from expressions of opin ion among legislators so far as-we have been able to obtain them. Hon. W. H. Yeldell is a promi nent candidate for Railroad Com sioner with flattering prospects of success. This worthy son of Edge field is both competent and deserv ing and would doubtless fill the position with eminent satisfaction to all concerned. A LOOKER ON. Columbia, S. C. Short Cotton Crop. There is no longer any doubt about the .cotton crop beingj very short as compared with last year and the year previous. The move ment of cotton to date is 1.332,000 bales less than last year, and 834, 164 short of the year before last, The total amount marketed from September 1 to December 1 inclusive is 3.572,000 against 4,940,000 and 4,210,000 for last year and the year befoie. Probably sixty per cent, of the crop has already been marketed.. While at this time last year 55 per cent has beenjmarketed at very low prices, is it not reasonable to presume that the prevailing high prices as compared with those obtained last year have served to rush cotton to the ports, and that, in proportion to yield, a greater amount of cotton has already been marketed this year than last? In the one year. starvation prices prevailed, and in the other, living prices. The crop is short in all sections. In Texas as well as other states there has been a curtailment of acreage, and if it be true that three fourths of the crop has been marketed is northern Texas,one can readily believe that the South has not produced this year over 6,510, 000 billes. Those who are looking for cheap cotton will have to wait for another year. The conditions are favarble for a firm market. Present or even betterprices may be obtained.-Augusta Chronicle. CURIOSITIES EST THE MAIL Some Bare* hpecimens of Gov ernor Tillman's Corres, pondence Governor Tillman frequently receives some rare curiosities in the way of correspondence, In many of tho letters the trifling rules of spelling, punctuation and composition are not allowed to destroy the force of the writer's sledge-hammer expressions of their convictions and opinions. Yesterday the Governor received two gems, both sparkling with novel narratives of experience, and scintillating with suggestions. The names of the writers are, for obvious reasons, withheld, but this detracts nothing from the in terest of the letters. ' The first runs es follows : -, Nov. 28,1892. Chief Executive of S. C., . Dear Sir : I wrote Your Excell ency and gave you a few hints as how the poor, honest people of our State are being^imposed on by the cursed lien law. Being myself experienced in the-^business for ten years, I don't think anyone is bet ter posted as to its wrongB than I am. My collections has been all the way from 40 to 86 per cent, on the dollar let out, and in the year I was obliged to sell at a very lar ge margin to even hold my own and I find by the ten years' busi ness I am about to-end up. that good, honest, poor people have been keeping up the lazy negro and the white raskels. Now the*e people are ignorant starving them selves and their families, to pay their debts wh?r?lthere hat been a large per cent put on them to make up for losses on dishonest, lazy people They are ignorant and need legislation and the country is plumb full of corn now and there never will be a better time to abolish totely the cursed lien and mortggage sistam. We also need a dog law, as we .can't hava sheep nor eggs to any satisfaction in this mountain part of the country, where we ought to have abundance, but in there place we have an abundant.of useless dogs. I hope you will in- ! flutnce your legislator along those .lines. . \\ Also people have got to building right on the edge of others land and raise chickens on other peoples j small grain, &c. .and you being a. farmer you know something, pf what forty or fifty chickens and jven .a,- imndredi ?AD... dejt?pv.^-1 think.at least there should j^e" a ! law passed-limiting the chickens . when others than their owners have to feed them I am obediantly yours, P. S. Excuse the form of this letter and my suggestions, The other missive reads like this : 1-Nov. 28' 7892. Gov. B. R. Tiilman. Dear Sir; I seen in your message To the Law makee in regard to the Pension Law. I want to thank you knocking the Block =out for the first time it has Been Doen. My object JS To Tell you of my own case I Belong to Orrs first Rifles Mcgowans B?igade Was wounded through the Wrist in the Battle at Spottsylvanir C. H Va May 12 1864 and have Been affiicted about \% years and I Never have Received one cent of the Soildiers Penstands the Way it Does and the same Board Remains in power my health has continued to get worse until I am not able to get medicine and it ' Looks to me thia Poor house is not 6 months "off medicine is no all that i am in need of my comrade Reunion at-made me up a purse of ;7.80 for which i felt gratful to Receive, i Will Closo gov. By askiug you to pardon Taking these Liberties. Yors Truely a Tillmanite until the End Register. To Redeem Port Royal? A Meeting of the Exchange was held at noon to-day, and the following?resolutions,introducedby Mr W. J. Cranston, endorsing Gov. Tillman in his efforts to prevent the bottling np of Port Royal, were adopted. "Whereas, the attention of the Augusta Exchange has been called to the fact that the Legislature of South Carolina has under con sideration and has instituted pro ceedings looking to the reopening and preventing any further con trol of the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad in the interest of rival corporations ; "Resolved, That in the opinion of the Augusta Exhange of this city, the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad is a most important outlet to thi city of Augusta, and this Exchange will hear with t?eas ure the time when that porltand harbor is reopened to genaral reinmerbe instead of that which is allowed and permitted by che authority now in control ; Resolved, that a copy of those resolutions be sent to the Governor, President of- the. Senate, and Speaker of the House of Repr?sen t?mes of the State of South Carolina. EXAS TAKES A TURN. V A Ifony, Two Negroes and a Bale Cotton Clear the Asph?lt. t a little past 1 o'clock this af ternoon a one horse wagon, drawn by ft roan colored Texas pony, with two Edgeflel darkie s and one bale of cotton, struck Broad street from the bridge. the pony was thorough-bred, the cotton was dog tail, the wagon froip. Coskery *& Davison, while thejtwo negroes were of the gen uine Edgefield variety-black, tough and true grit. As the pony firit stepped upon the asphalt payement on lower Broad a queer kind of feeling came over him. Thxrheavy load he had been pull ing all day seemed to have parted company with him and he felt glad.: When he met the first electric car, he gave unmistakable signs of uneasiness. He was pacified by the driver, who sat on top of the bale,, and by wordi of encouragement from the assistant darkey who occupied the half way station on the cort?n. Th? roan however, was not fully satisfied with the explanations, and when th? next car came down and met him at the Confederate monu ment that pony felt sure that h-1 had broke losse in Georgia. Acting upon the impulse, he lost no time in shaking the asphalt dust from his Texas hoofs and mode a dat up Broad street which was simply marvel lous for its suddeness and business like movement. As he passed Schnei derte corner the pedestrians, vehi cljej^ffbVLeverything else, gave the little pony and his load a clear ?acki The further up the street he got the faster he flew. Every body and every vehicle gave him ijjie right of way. The driver had nb purchase or foothold, cons cpiently could not stop or impede his gait- by the bit. The little wagon swayed from side to side jike a youug pine in a wind storm. The other negro laid down -across the bale and swayed with the wagon, while the driver swore and prayed alternately. , It was a race for life and death. As the ieam passed Coskery & Davison's store it nacl the appearance of a shot out of a shovel, and many thought it was Biela's comet. But the Texas pony was getting in his work in true Western style, regard less of results. At the juncture of Campb3ll and Bro?d ho met another car from furpin Hill. At its appearance he took out Cambell street towards the river, where he struck the plain earth and rough places. Here a thought came over him that he was making an exhibition of himself, and he very quietly stopped and looked around to see where he was at. Fortunately no damage was done, the wagon was sound, and the two negroes haw-hawed at the free show given up Broad. That pony will never again Bet foot on Augusta asphalt without serious protest, and as for electric cars he will ever entertain a con tempt.-Augusta Evening News. Alliance Meeting.^ TMITRE will be a meeting of the Trenton Alliance at Harmony school house on the 3rd Saturday in December, 17th, at 10 o'clock ii? the morning. Several speakers will ad dress the meeting on alliance subjects. Everybody is invited whether member or not. S. M. SMITH, Pres. 0. A. LONG, Sec'ty. I893. Harper'^ lNdLa.ga.2&iiie. ILLUSTRATED. HARPER'S MAGAZINE for 1893 will continue to maintain tbe unrivalled standard of excellence which bas char acterized it from the beginning. Among tbs notable features of the year there will be new novels by A. Conai Doyle, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and William Black. Short stories will be contributed by the most Sopular writers of the day, including [ary E. Wilkins, Bicbard Harding Davis, Margaret Deland, Brander Matthews, and many others. The illus trated descriptive papers will embrace articles by Julian Ralph on new South ern and Western subjects; by Theo dore Child. on India; by Poultney Bigelow on Bus&ia and Germany; by Bichard Harding Davis ona London Season; by Col. T. A. Dodge on East ern Biders; etc. Edwin A. Abner's illustrations of Shakespeare's Come dies will be continued. Literary arti cles will be contributed by Charles Elliot Norton, Mrs James T. Fields, William Dean Howells, Brander Matthews, and others. HARPER'S PERIODICALS.. PER YEAR: HARPER'S MAGAZINE.$4 00 HARPER'S WEEKLY. 4 00 HARPER'S BAZAR. 4 00 HARPER'S YOUNO PEOPLE. 2 00 Postage free to all subscribers in the United States, Canada, ancTMexico. The volumes of the MAGAZINE begin with the numbers for June and Decem ber of each year. When no time is mentioned, subscriptions will begin witn the number current at the time of receipt of order. Bound volumes of HARPER'S MAGAZINE for three years back, in neat cloth binding, will be sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of $3 00 per volume. Cloth cases, for bind ing, 60 cents each-by mail, post-paid. Remittances should be made by PoTt officc Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss. Newspapers are not to copy this ad vertisement without the express* order of Harper &, Brothers. Address : HARPER A BROTHERS, New York. HappT and content ii a home with "The Ro chester;" a lamp with the light of the-morning. For Catalogue, write Rochester Lamp Co.,New York. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGBFIKLD COUNTY. Court of Common Jileas, w. H. NURNBUBGEB, against SCYNTHIA DOOLITTLE, et al. PURSUANT to the judgment of fore closure in this cause, I will offer for sale at public outcry before the Court House, town of Edgefleld, county and State aforesaid, on the first Monda; in January, 1893, (being the 5th day ol said month) between the legal hours of sale, the following described. mort gaged premises, to wit : All that tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Edgefield, and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and thirty five (185) acres, more or less, bounded on the north by lands of.G. W. Hamilton; south by Stevens Creek; east by lands of Pleas Doolittle and west by Stevens Creek. TERMS OF SALK : Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers, W. F. ROATH, Master E. C. Notice of Final Settlement and Dis charge. ON Saturday, January 7th, 1893, the undersigned will make a final set tlement in tne office of the Judge of Probate of ?ge field county on the estate of tne late B. H. Miller, and will on that day apply for a final discharge as administrator thereof. J. W. MILLER, Adm'r. Assessors' Notice. rp HE books will be open from A Jan. 1,1893, to Feb. 20, 1893, for the purpose of receiving tax returns for the fiscal year com mencing January, 1893, and ending Oct. 31,1893- - " All persons owning property, oi otherwise having control of such property,'either as agent, husband, guardian, father, trustee, executor, administrator, etc., should return the same in the county in which ?uch property is situated, under oath, and within the time pre scribed by law. Seetion 177, G. S^, prescribes the manner and form for merchante returns. - Sec. 215, G. S., requires the Auditor to add 50 % of the prop erty valuation of all persons who fail to make their returns within the time prescribed by law. Sec. 192, prescribes that insur ance agents shall make returns of the business done by each com pany. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 50 are required to pay a poll tax of $1.^ All returns sont by mail must be made out on the proper blanks and sworn to before a proper officci qualified to administer oaths. I will be at the following placee at the time specified below, to re ceive tax returns : Pleasant Lane, Tuesday, Tan 2 Meeting Street, Wednesday, " i Red Hil), Thursday, *' i Colliers, Friday, 44 I Holders, Saturday, " \ Clarks Hill, Monday, 9, until ia m Modoc, ** 9, after 1 p m Parksville, Tuesday, io, until 1 am Plum Branch, " io, after lpn; Quarles, Wednesday, . " 11 Longmires, Thursday,^: u. v. Minors, ? Friday, 13, until ia m Calli son ?, . 44 al'r lam to Sat'y ian: Rota, Saturday, 14, af Ur 1 p rr Kirkseys, Monday, - Jan i( Williams Mill. Tuesday, 17, until 12 m Stevens Bros, . " 17, after 1 p m Haltiwangers, .Wednesday, Tan ii A S Werts, Thursday, ?. i< Big Creek, Friday, 44 ai Richardsonville, Saturday, " a: Coleman's Cross Roads, Monday. 44 a; Dennys, Tuesday, 44 2. Peurifor's, Wednesday, ? 44 T Kinard's, Thursday, 44 ai Caughman's, Friday, 4- a' Holstein's Cross Roads, Saturday, *4 ai Mount Willing, Monday, 44 31 Forrest's Store, Tuesday, 14 3 Watson's Store, Wednesday, Feb Ridge Spring, Thursday, 44 : Wards, Friday, 44 ; ?ohnston, Saturday, t* . 'renton, . Monday, 44 1 Edgefield C. H. from Feb. 6,1893 to Feh*20,1893, after which tim? 50 ?Jo will*be added to the property of all parties failing to make re turns. ? J. B. DAVIS, Auditor E. C. Two UNUSUALLY GOOD Off EDS. REAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS. FirsT.-The great Holiday No. (enlarged ti 356 pages of that brightest of quarterly publi cations, "TALES FROM TOWN TOPICS." Out December first, all oe wi and book stand; and railway trains, price 50 ct>v will be sent -FREE To all who send *i for 3 mos' trial subscription t< TOWN TOPICS. The largest, raciest, strongest, most varie< and entertaining weekly journal m the world. SECOND.-TO all who will send ?5.00, will bi sent TOWN TOPICS and "TALES FRO* TOWN TOPICS," from date until January I 1S94, covering5 Nos. of the inimitable quarter!) (regalar price $3*5?) and 14 months of the great est of family weeklies (regular price 94.00 pei year.) gm- Take one or tho other offer AT ONCI anti remit in postal notes, orders, or New \ oil Exchange to TOWN TOPICS, 21W. 23d Sf., New York Peterkins Cluster, OHO BUSHELS Cottonseed ?i\J\J "perkin's Cluster," fo: exchange, at the rates of ont bushel" for four of other seed. F. P. HOLLINGSWORTH, 2m Edgefield, S. C Lost Note. LOST, by the undersigned, some timi during the past summer or thii fall, a note given by Goodey Timmer man to S. M.. Williams for twenty-foui ($24) dollars, and endorsed by Elbert Dorn, due Nov. 1st, 1892. . All personi are warned not to trade for said note as payment has been stopped." SCHUMPERT & BLAND, _ Edgefield, S. C. Land for Sale. /.TA ACBES of land five milei 40 U north of Edgefield, half ii woodland. On the place there is a comfortabh dwelling house, barn, stables, black smith shop, gin, store house, excel len well of water, and springs, and five oi six tenant houses in good condition Excellent neighbors, and the health ii proverbial. The soil is good and will procure anything that will grow in this lati tude. The place will be sold as a whol< or divided to suit purchasers into lot! of 50 acres. For particulars apply al the ADVERTISER office. Trespassers, Beware I ALL persons are warned not to tres pass upon my lands in Edgeflelc county, now oocupied by D. A. J. Bell Sr., and Maj. L. Corley in Moss Town ship, and also lands situated on bott sides of Bed Bank Creek and Litth Saluda River. ALVIN ETHEREDGE, Grantville, S. C. Subscribe to the Edgefield AD VERTISER. New Fall and Winter Goods. Our entire stock of Fall and Winter goods, recently purchased in New York, has been received and is ready for inspection. We have used .every effort on our part to buy a first class stock of goods at very low prices, and therefore are prepared to offer bargains to our custom ers. We earnestly request all, wishing to make purchases, to examine our stock before, buying elsewhere, as we honestly believe we can save you money. We give below a few prices and mention some of our goods, which will give you a little idea of how cheap our goods really are, and how large a stock we can show you from which to select. Good Calicoes at 5c yard. Mourning Serges at 7?c yard. .DRESS GOODS-Our Dress Goods department is very full, from very cheap grades to the most elegant patterns. Dress goods that would be cheap at 25c, we are selliDg at 18c. We have given a good deal of time to this department, and know that we can show beautiful dress goods at remarkably low prices. We have a splendid stock of black Cashmeres, Henriettas, Flannels, etc., at very reasonable, prices. Ex amine our stock of these goods before making your [purchases else where, as we can save you money. GINGHAMS-Beautiful Ginghams from 7c and up. Ginghams for 10c that is really worth 12?c yd. BLEACHED HOMESPUN-"Fruit of the Loom" at 7?c by the piece. Yard wide bleaching at 6?c yard. Full line of all grades. 10-4 bleached Sheeting at 20c yd. For 25c Sheeting that would be cheap at 30c. Pillow casings, Lonsdale, Cambric, etc. BED TICKINGS-Large stock of all grades at very cheap prices. PANTS GOODS-Tremendously large stock of these goods. First rate pants Jeans at 10c. A regular 20c Jeans for 15c a yd. We sell a pants Jeans for 25c as good as can be bought anywhere for 30c. Our 35c Jeans is remarkably cheap. A large stock of Cassimeres. Beautiful China Silks in all colors at 40c. Surah Silks in variety of colors very cheap. VELVETEENS-Large stock of Velveteens^in black and colors at low prices. LADIES' JACKETS AND BLAZERS-The largest stock of these goods that has ever been brought to Edgefield, at prices that will satisfy any one. TABLE LINENS-Large stock of Table Linens very cheap. TOWELS-The best 5c, 10c, 15c, and 20c Towels ever sold. Look at our 25c Towels before buying. They are worth 37?c. Doilies at all' prices. Toweling at 5c yd. Lovely Chiffons. Beautiful veilings at 15c yd. . RIBBONS-A large stock of all the latest shades at pricf-?> very cheap. Examine our stock of these goods. . LACES-Valencienne, Torchon and all desirable styles in Lacs 12 yds Torchon Lace for 10c. HAMBURG EDGINGS AND INSERTIONS-We have a splendid stock of these goods. Augusta cannot surpass our stock of Hamburg Edgings and Insertions in patterns or prices. Our 20c quality is as good as is usually sold at 30c. 2 oz. bottle of first class Machine Oil for 5c. ZEPHYRS---a large stock, of fresh Zephyrs, in all the desirab 3 cc . - BLANKITS-Our stock of Blankets is very large, from 85c . o per pair for blankets that are really worth $8.00. Look at our . $5 blankets. ? FLANNEL?-All-wool red Flannel at 12>?c. All-wool twilled red Fi; mels at 25c yd. .Large stock of white Flannels very cheap. COTTON FLANNELS-Fall stock of Cotton Fhnnels from me anc ap, . best 10c quality of these goods ever sold in Edgefield. TABLE OIL CtOTHS-Large stock of the very best quality at p; lcm rharkably low. BED SPREADS-An elegant stock of these goods at prices very rea son CORSETS-A complete stock of all the desirable brands at very'?ov pi HOSIERY-Large stock of hosiery for ladies, misses, and men ai prii tsj please. GLOVES-A complete stock of Gloves, sold at low prices. A goo I $1_ Glove, dressed and undressed, for $1.00. HANOKERCHIEFS-Beautiful ones at 2%c. The prettiest 5c H?ndkcrc::! -> ever sold. A regular 25c handkerchief for 15c. Our. stock Of then? goods immense. BUTTONS-All quality? and styles. NOTIONS-Everything in the Notion line that could be desiree;. : ri j -Ices that will astonish you. UNDERVESTS-For children, ladies and men, large stock in all gra< es, from 25c and up to the best all-wool ones at remarkably low prices. Checked Muslins at 5c yd, and our white goods stock that is sal; ..'> el and winter, is kept full and complete. Cretonne at 10c yd. Scrim at 7c yd. - MEN'S HATS-A splendid stock of boys' anr* mens' Hats. Gents' Shirts, Cuffs, Collars and Scarfs very cheap. STATIONERY-We give a great deal of care to the buying of Stat ionery, and our stock is very large. We have all grades from a cheap to a very i \ ] lality. 5 qrs of real nice paper for 20c. All in need of stationery will fine t te interest to examine our stock. UMBRELLAS-A large stock of first class Umbrellas at reasonabx' prices. SHOES-A large and well selected stock of Shoes. We have a lin Shoes that will please any one as to quality and price. We sell a great ?rr of our shoes guaranteed, and mean exactly what we say. If they are not a right, we will have them repaired or give a new pair in exchange. Our she ? , . quantity and quality, is second to no stock anywhere outside of a very large city. A full line of the celebrated Zeigler shoe for children, misse- and Zeigler's Kid Buttoned shoes for ladies at 32.00 per pair-never before sold al such prices. If you fail to examine our shoe stock you simply lose t. ?ney. Our stock has been marked cheap, so as to sell it, and we do not carry any of it over to another season. We have never been so wei rep ired to serve our customers and save them money. ALVIN HART & C< >. Edgefield, S. O, Sept. 27, 1892. ESTABLISHED 'JOST W. 13. BO W?K Io?8 Broad ?$t.9 AUGUSTA.. <. DEALER IN Wielder ami Other Rifles, Breech ni Mnzzle-Loadins Smith & Wessonand other Revolvers. Cartridge-, All kinds of Field Ammunition, Complete Stock of Sporting Goods. REPAIRING DONE BY THE MOST SKILLED WORI <<S.K EXPRESS ORDERS SOLICITED. 7-27-92-3m _[_ Monumental Store, D. SANCKEN, PROPRIETOR. 540 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, GA. - DEALER I* Groceres, Win, Ittjs, Cisars, ai Tota I am now open and ready for the trade with a Full Stock. My t< i ins : strictly cash. My pricey are the lowest. Give mea call before buy: > : where. Also a full and complete stock of Extra Fancy family Grocer] c.? corner of Campbell and Broad Street, Loflin & Meyer's old stand. Did You Ever -SEE SUCH AN ASSORTMENT OF TOYS, XMAS COOP And Useful Household-Articles as are Kept at M. A. BOUTDT'S. And at so low a price? Now don't forget the place. 534BroadStreet, - JVXJOUSXA, O. M. STONE. . W. F. CAVAN. : STONE & CAVANAUGH, AUGUSTA, Cf A. COTTON FACTORS Ai MACHINERY DEALERS. Commission on Cotton 50c. Storage, 25e per bale. IvOXJie COHEN, 206, 208, 210, 212, 213, Washington Street, Corner Broad, AUGUSTA, GA. - DEALER IN - DOMESTIC and IMPORTED WIES, LIQUORS, LAGER BEER. I will sell goods in any quantity at wholesale prices. Finest Old California Wines, $1.25 per gallon Gire me a trial. Edgefield Trains pass my door.