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? Edgefield Advertiser L?CAu BREVITIES. Happy and content is a.horae with "The Ro . chester;" Alainp .with the light ofthe morning. ' For Catalogne, vrrlte Rochester Lamp Co.,New York? . Mr. W. J. Rochelle, of Brandon. Texas, a native of the dark corner section of onr connty, is on a' visit to. h i s( old home and friends. School Commissioner Davenport j advertises tho opening- of publicj schools in Edgefiald connty on the loth of January. See advertise ment to that purport- elsewhere. ~g0F* 95 cents on the dollar will be paid i'or school checks at the . ADVERTISER office, provided you area subscriber to the paper, or '-become a subscriber when you1 bring in the checks. Auditor Davis again calls upon school trustees to make a report of the names of all persons in their respective districts hubject to poll ? tax-. The apportionment of the .Behool fan J will be made in thirty days, and unless these lists are complete by that date school trus tees thus defaulting must bear the blame, and school patrons may proceed to row them up Salt river. \?? Letters. Post-Master Branson delivered 50 registered letters in one day last week to Treasurer Stevens, being the largest delivery to one person at one time in the history of this post office. Express Delivery. The Southern Express Company now delivers all express matter sent for delivery in our town.' Hie vehicle in which carriage is made isa two-wh?eled gp-cart with a one-horso nigger attached. 50 Convicts. Fifty convicts have been sentj from the penitentiary teethe Edge field rock quarries, and are now at work there under the direction of Contractor Coleman, late of the ?reat and only Three C's. Presidential J?. O. Such and so great have been the receipts, at the Edgefield post office for the four quarters last ending that it has been made a presi dential post office, which means that the President- will make the next appointaient. How Cold! ' . Last Friday and Saturday were the coldest days we have experi enced in this town in several years. A thermometer which registered 60 degrees in Mr. Fox's jewelry establishment on Friday ? was car ried outside'and hung on the show wi n dow. The quicksilver immedi ately run down to 40, and it didn't stopthero. Mr. John* Bates re ports; that it dropped to the bottem )f the globe, burst it, ran out on 1 -nriddle of the I road, and ran down to the depot s to ask Medie Taylor how cold it j was there. A Mother in Israel. Mrs. Martha Swearingen, aged about 90 years, died at the home of Capt. S. B. Byan, near Horn's Creek, on last Wednesday.- The funeral aad burial services were held at Horn's Creek church on the following day, Rev. J. N. Booth officiating. Of this church de ceased had been a member fori nearly forty years* of her long and well-spent life and died in the faith. Deceased loft the follow-i children: Mrs. B. L. Jones, and Mrs. S. B.Ryan, and A. 8. Swear ingen, J. C. SwearingeL, and J. T. | Swearingen. A Teat of Merit. Individual deposits in the Farmers1 Loan and Savings-Bank of this place at the close of busi " ness on the 10th of January were j $56,423,42. There is no safer, surer, nor better test of the merit . of a banking i nstitution than the amount of its individual deposits, and when we consider that there are four banks iu Edgefield within a radius of ten miles, and that it is only twenty-five miles to Au gusta, a money centre, and further more, that the Farmers' Bank is the baby bank, this is a ramark able showing, and evinces the great confidence which the people have in ite management.' Billy Wood and the Turnip. .During- the Christmas holidays, .Billy Wood, who lives over in Bunconbe, had a raw turnip in his pocket. Ho also had a box of mr.tches in the same pocket. Billy got wet, wringing wet, the matches got wet, the box busted," the matches rac. out, they mixed with th?at turnip. Billy ate the turnip, internal spontaneous combustion followed, Billy got sick, doctor was sent tor, and for a whole day and, night they didn't know but what Bill}'had met his "match" and would have to "turnip" his toes to the daisies. Billy we a~e . glad.to state, got well and now ad vise s the young to beware of a mixed diet. Something- to Boast Of. Edgefield ?as something to boast of that no ovher town in South Carolina has, yet we aro a modest hide - your-light - under-a - bushel people and dislike to "norate" it, but fdr once the bushel must be lifted; Edgefield has a colored barber,and a very polite and gentle manly ono, too, by the name ot Samr.el H. Shellman, who once had the honor and supreme felicity of shaving Russel! Sage at .New port; After'the operation was over Russell pulled out ah old much worn, and greasy looking pocket book andi paid the cash, but' Jot ? Ment more than poor folks are in ' the habit pf paying for a shave. In fact he told Shellman confidentially that while ^Brag and Biggoty"we;opretty gpod dogs, old. .^HoldrFast" wal *'goo4 enough, for birnV' What Padgett Says. I am not cross-eyed, but I can look both, ways-backwards, with ail experiene of over sixteen years, pointing with pride to an ever in creasing business which is really the best testimony to the merits of my plan of doing business, and ;*he integrity of my" methods. For ward, confident that with more .good" points, more new styles increased patronage and an un rivalled equipment added to an Honorable Record, I can serve my patrons better than ever. With me success means extension,hence my customers and myself are de cidedly in it for 1893. I wish my friends and the good people a very .happy and prosperous New Year and while thanking them for the enormous business given me for 1892 I extend to them the same liberal terms and low prices for 1893, and shall ever try to have the best assortment of House Fur nishing Goods ever placed before the people, of our City. None shall try harder to please the peo ple, than myself. None shall work harder to attain success than my self. None shall go farther to merit the good will and the pat ronage of the people than I will go. Remember that ? carry every thing to furnish a house embrac ing every article bf Furniture, Car pets, Rugs, Matting, Baby car riages, Cooking stoves, Portieres and Lace curtains, Lamps, Dinner sets, Tea sets, Chamber sets, Clocks, Mirrors, Pictures, and everything to furnish your home complet*? from the~kitchen to, the parlor. ^ During Augusta's Great Carni val or at any time I will be glad of the opportunity to show any person through my Eetabl ishment. If you need goods send for a cata logue. Yours very truly, . L. F. PADGETT." 805 Broad St. TILL WE MEET AGAIN. Mr. Plowden delivered his part ing sermon as pastor of our village Pre?byterian church on Sunday evening last, and will accept a call to Augusta, Ga., where he will enter upon his duties next Sunday. Mr. Plowden, said that he Was not going'sofar but that he could; come again to Edgefield, and that he expected to preach in the Edge field church ere long, therefore he not consider his sermon 'a farewell one, but would take his addrsss from a subject, which he had desired to speak upon for some time, but he did not wish the congregation to[ think that he was giving them a scolding in his parting words to them. Mr. Plow den . said he fel t complimented and pleased that the Baptist con gregation was present, there being no services in that church in com pliment to him.. Mr. Plowden expressed his re-" ?ret at having to leave Edgefield and the many tind friends whom he had in this > place, but : we all know, that in this world of constant changes the best of friends must often part. He said his church here had always met the obligations to him cheer-. fully and promptly, and that they had done more than, they had promised or he expected. It .would be impossible for us to do justice to so eloquent a sermon as this one, but the following is a brief and .imperfect synopsis of the same: The text was taken from 1 Kings, 21:20, "And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee, because thou hast sold thy self to do evil* in the sight of the Lord." Mr. Plowden said that so many people, and our -best people, too, had been heard to say that they didn't think ministers had any thing to do with social and politi cal questions, and that their ser mon sought to be the Gospel, pure and simple. The truth is, he said, they do not wish the veil lifted that the vice and corruption of the social world may be brought to light. It is said, and truly, that society creates the crimes which it punishes. In his investigations Mr. Plowden said^he had found that Christ had denounced sin and wickedness, as much and as often as he had poured ' blessings on the upright. John the Baptist was in a way sensational, crying to the multi tude as they came to hear him and be baptized of him in Jordan, "Ye generation of vipers, who hath warned you of the wrath to come? Si, Paul, if he lived in these days, would be considered the most sen sational preacher of the day. As he stood on Mars Hill near Athens, where all the learning and splen dor of the day were centered, he said to the congregation below him, "I perceive that in all thiugs ya*are too superstitious." Now a minister in these times would hardly express himself that way. He would more probably say, "Brothers and sisters, it is com monly reported that there is much superstition in these times, and I am afraid that we are rather in clined to be partakers of that dis position. 1 Ahab' was anxious to possess himself nf the vineyard of Naboth. which was.near the palace, and he .went tp ??aboth and said, "Give me thy vineyard, and I will give thee for it an equivalent ia land or money," but Naboth refused to give up the vineyard, and Ahab went home and laid his face against the-wall and would eat nothing. Jezebel, his wife, .per ceiving that the king was troubled, asked him, "Why ie thy spirit ?ad?" and he told her.that Naboth had refused-to give him the vine yard, and Jezebel then said, "Dost thou govern Israel and thy spirit sad? Arise, and make thy heart merry; I will get the vineyard for you." She then wrote letters in Ahab's name,and sent them to the nobles and elders who were in'th? city, dwelling with Naboth, and had a feast proclaimed, and set two men to watch Naboth and to bear witness that he had blas phemed God and the king, which order they executed, and after wards stoned Naboth till he died. Then Jezebel said to Ahab, "Go possess thyself of the vineyard, for Naboth is dead," and he went to the vineyard. Now the word of the Lord eame to Elijah the Tish bite, and said, "Gp down to meet Ahab, who is in the vineyard of Naboth theJezreelite. aud say unto him, 'Hast thou killed and also taken possession? In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall doirs lick thy blood, even thou." If God broughtjsuch judgment on sin then, will he not also do it now? Now Ahab most probably did not know by what means he had come into possession of the vineyard, "but he knew it was his now, and the method of getting it was no consideration. Now the maxim of modern finance is the maxim of the" devil. Get money in your pockety honest ly if you can, but get it. The principles of sin are always the same.. The methods of concealing sin have been changed, it is true, but the real principles have re mained uu?ltered. God's word says, Thou shalt not steal, and stealing means possessing wrong fully.' l onee heard of two boys who were class-mates at college. Af ter they had been separated for a number of years, one of them was walking through a peniten tiary when he recognized his old friend among the convicts, and he said to him, "Why, my friend, how is this?" and his friend replied, "i have been rather unfortunate. I wanted to go somewhere and didn't have a horse, so I stole one.. His more fortunate friend replied, "Why didn't you take the more honorable way of going about it as I did?" "Well, how's that?" I bought a horse on a credit and didn't pay for it." The principle is the- same when a man hires a horse for a number bf months and works him till you can see sun light through him, returns him borne and never pays, for the use .of him... On every hand injustice' triumphs over justice, wrong over, righ t, and 'tho rich ..''over tne?poor^ Mr. Plowden said, however, that, he was thankful for- the men of finance who could keep their Bible on their desk and at the end of the day can pray truthfully, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." Mr. Plowden believes that if he lives out his allotted time of three score and ten years that he will see great changes in the times and for the better. He thinks the church is waking out of her leth argy, and will, with the other in stitutions which God has blessed, do her part in the work of reforma tion. At the close of the sermon Mr. Booth prayed that Mr. Plowden might have great success in his new field of labor and that^ we might hear from him glad tidings of prosperity. Emerson on Immortality. We once heard Ralph Waldo Emerson lecture on Immortality. The lecture was a summing up of the results of human wisdom on the great problem of haman des tiny. He quoted ancient and modern authors from Plato to Goethe. The ancient Egyptians, he said, lived constantly with the idea of death before them. With -them, the cheif end of life was to be well buried ; the strength of the race was spent in excavating catacombs and erecting pyramids, and their priesthood was a senate of sextons. The Greeks, on the contrary, discarded the gloomy ideas of death, and believed in an active, joyous life. Christianity, taking its hue from the barbarous minds who first received it, conse crated burial places with holy water, in which only the faithful were to be interred. The superiority of the new theology over the old is seen in the change which has taken place in our places of sepulchre-: the gloomy graveyards superseded by beautiful cemeteries beneath whose leafty. colonnades we now bury our dead. Sixty years ago, under the influence of Calvinism and the Catholic idea of purgatory, death was held up to the young as something dreadful ; the books read were Young's Night Thoughts, Watts's Hymns, and works On Death. The young were taught they were born to die. A change has now come over our way of thinking of tnis matter and it is seen that death is a natural event, to be met with firmness. A great man has had placed on his tomb the words, "Think on Living.' This is the true philosophy. Sufficient for to-.day the duty of to-day. The way' to prepare for death is to perform well the duty of the hour. The first element of natural faith in the immortality of the soul is our delight in that which is permanent. We delight in immense period? of time, in rocks, mountains, and whatever has stability and permanency. We are interested in nothing that ends. The idea of a candle a mile long does not move us, but a self feeding inextinguishable lamp enkindles the imagination. Secondly, this love of permanence corresponds with the way of our nature. It proves that there .is something in us that must have longer time for its development than earth can give. Most men are insolvent; they have failed fe fulfil the promise of their youth. Few great authors or artists consider their work equal to their ideals. The Creator having given us this cons ciousness of undeveloped powere? will give further spaca iri which to develop them- immortality is space in whicn to fulfil ideal. Another argument for immortality is our intellectual activity. The work of the intellect, unlike that of the hands is never done. Tho result of all human knowledge is only to know how much more there is.yet to be known. And the most cogent argument for im?, mortality is our appetite for all knowedge. ' God would not have implanted this within our breast if he had not intended to give tts space for i ti 'gratification. The argument for immortality of the soul with Mr, Emerson was a con clusion, not a demonstration, and he thought man's dissatisfaction with any other conclusion blazing evidence of his immortality. Dido Sends Us a Bound of John ston Happenings, and Good Wishes Galore. Intended foi lut week. Two contests for the Dem o re st medal have taken place . in our Academy since I last wrote; one composed of girls, at which Miss Marie Coleman won the medal; another of boyB, at which Mr; Olin Sawyer won. These boys and girls are fine orators/ and it is difficult to decide who is best. Wo think this agitation of the temperance question a good thing, as it - im plants in the minds of the young, temperance piin[oJpleR_^^ These pieces are all wellr4writto1?^c^::,>?^'. posed by men and women of . tellect. Some by Mrs. Lorthi .: whom we have met, and can v OK h for her being rightly called a roof! ern Daniel Webster. Many fair visitors grace-i ou? . town during the holidays. Many residents who have sought employment in neighboring towns and villages, ?paid the. nome folks . a visit, and how welcomer they all arel > - The Christmas tree managed by the W. C. T. U. for the Y.M. CA. was a success, although the weather was very disagreeable. The for mer presented the latter with ? nice lamp at the last meeting. The Dramatic Club gave a very pleasant entertainment, the most enjoyable affair of the season, on Thursday night of last week. The Johnston Manufacturing building is partially covered. The sound of the hammer is not heard during the holidays, but will be gin with renewed vigor with the .coming year. A cotton factory is in contemplation. Mr. Walton has quite ? neat cot tage erected within sight of us, so also has Mr. Jordan. So, fair Xanthippe, you would that your dream be interpreted. Your longing for the beautiful peacock plumage shows the natural inclination of the human mind toward the pomps and vanities of this world. Your failure to gratify that inclination shows that the place for them is beyond human reach. A rightly constituted man or woman should never grow old. We could live again in the young, if "they were only properly trained, but we are sorry tb see the incli nation of the very young tending to be grown-up. Little boys and. girls not in their teens having sweethearts and undergoing the pettyjealousies of the more ma tured. Some parents find this amusing. We think it disgusting ly wrong. Let them play together as chums, companions, but check the inclination to ape grown-up folks. ' We have a crow to pick with Edgefield inasmuch as she will entice from us one oi our most be loved families, Mr. and Mrs. Cobb and Miss Sue Sloan. Mrs. Cobb is an excellent musician, and a suc cessful teacher, besides possessing many other accomplishments. ' Rev. Mr. Rook has moved to Johnston. Many kind wishes and a happy New Year for tty) ADVEBWSER corps. DIDO. Nitre is exoell ent for a cold, especially a feverish one. Use ten drops to a teaspoonful, according to age, onco in four hou.rs. Bathe the feet in cold water, if possible: if cold water is un pleasant use warm and plenty of plain, unscented soap, dry tli or ou ghi)- wiih a soft towel and then sponge off with equal parts of cold water and alcohol. I Reduce ?otton Acerage. MEMPHIS, Jan. 7.-B. J. West, secretary of the cotton bureau of the National Farmers'. Alliance, has issued an address to the order advising a reduction of acreage of cptton planting. He says that the Southern States produced 55 per cent of the cotton grown and 28 per cent of the staple available for use in this country. He holds that cotton mills in the South are desirable, but unattainable, this not being a manufacturing country The salvation of the Southern farmer is diversification of crops and living at home, instead of depending on the pork packers of the North for food. He points out, in support of this argument, that the, r?duction of the crop this sea SQ?suited in a marked increase^/ in prince, and insists that cotton planters can secur? fair prices every season by keeping produc tion within reasonable bounds. Ai Paste made, of equal parts of lard and powdered chalk will curecorns. _ -? Throw a quantity of salt in the stoviHf the chimney is on fire and thejje-is danger from sparks ; if not let it burn. THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR F.P.HOLLINGSfORTH'S GUANO ADVERTISEMENT. ' IF YOU WANT INFORMATION ABOUT . Address a letter OT postal-caiM^p THE PRESS ClAlilS COJIPANT, JOHN WEDDERBURN, P.O.Box 463. . Managing Attorn er, WASHINGTON, D.C. PENSIONS PBOC0RED FOJt SOLDIERS, WIDOWS, CHILDREN, PARENTS. ' . f nr A?idiera und Sailors disabled in the line of - ,._ . - .-; ,-.2Jnc?tbc war. ".o.Jj.'iiTid '.' : ". >..?? '-..r^U.-Z " ar. .. v? .> i- .... . . . ; tu*.? ?t ...?.1er ; ?iia? . i .i? '--ii*. , ??:? ?a-?ce. K? i genors?,. . ' . .. quesUr?? tC-JI; .. .... on the dates given below-??.J pju.."* being to oonfer as td new appoint ments and oiher matters pertaining tb the; better working, and, mainten ance oftKe" roads. The" dates and ?laces given correspond with Auditor ?avis's appointments : Dennys, Jan dary 24* Peurfoy's, w 26 Kinard's,' " 26 Caughmans, " 27 Holstein's, w 28 Mt. Willing, ?. 30 Forrest's. " 31 Watson's, February 1 Ridge Spring, u 2 Wards, . " 3 Johnston, " 4 Trenton, u 6 | D. W. PADGETT, Co. Commissioner. DXTotio? ACCORDING toan act of the last session of the Legislature, there will-be a meeting of the free-holders living within the Union School Dis trict, at Woodville Academy, on Mon day, Jan. 16th, at 10 o'clock a. m., to vote a special school tax, and to trans act other business. J. W. AITON, J. M. GAINES, P.H.ADAMS, Phoenix, S. C., Dec. 31. Trustees. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. STATE OE SOUTH CAROLINA, . EDGEFIRLD COUNTY. . BY virtue of the power vested in me by and under a certain mortgage, executed in my favor by Peter Wells the 31st day of August, 1892, to secure the payment of one Note of even date with said Mortgage for one hundred .and seventy-eight aud 72-100 dollars, payable the 1st day of September, 1892, witk interest after maturity on said note; said mortgage being duly re corded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances for Edgefield County, in Vol. 39, p. 399, there being due on said note and mortgage the sum of one hundred and seventy-eight and 72-100 dollars, with interest at the rate of 8 per centum per annum from the 1st day of September, 1892; and de fault having been made in the pay ment of the amount due, and secured by said mortgage, I will proceed to sell at Edgefield C. H., S. C., during the usual houri of sale, on the first Mon day in February, 1893, the lot and house thereon, located, situate, lying, and being in the town of Plum Branch, Edgefield County, State of South Caro lina, said lot being 49)? feet front and 140 feet deep, and adjoining lots of Annie L. Sturkey on the north; south, lots of T.K. Collier; west, Annie L. Sturkey and T. K. Collier; east, by street and railroad. . TERMS : Cash. , Papers extra. ANNIE ii STURKEY, J. WM. TH?RMOND, Attorney. CITATION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. J. D. ALLEN, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREA8, W. P. B. Kinard made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of Mrs. V. E.Payne. THESE ABE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Y. E. Payne,, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Edgefield C. H., on the 18th day of January, A. D. 1893, at ll .o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why said ad ministration should not bc granted. Given under my hand and seal this, the 21st day of Dec., A. D., , 1893. Published on the 4th j L. S. ( day of Jan., 1893, in the < - 5 Edgefield ADV KUTI SEE. J; D. ALLEN, Probate .1 udge. LOOK HERE ! 1 car "Omega" Flour, pr bbl, $5.25 1 " 2nd " " " " 4.00 Vanity Fair .Flour " u 3.50 Meal, per sack, 1.25 3 K Molasses, 25/ per gallon, . 16c by barrel. Best N. 0. Syrup,, per gal., .50 Pale Oliver Soap, per box, 2.15 Granulated Sugar, 17 lbs. to dollar. Rice, 3/, 5/, and 6%/ per pound. Buckweat, 5/. ; Oat Meal, 5/. . . . Coffee, 20/to 25/?. . Malaga Grapes, Oranges, Apples, Nuts, Bananas, Cocoamits, Cran berries, Mince M??t, Condensed Milk, 3.1b. can Tomatoes $1.10por. dozen, Canned Peaches, Cherries, Pears, Pine Apple, Corned Beefr Roast Beef, Dried Beef, Gelatine, Pudding, Hog-head Cheese, (souse), Sausage, etc. E. J. NORRIS, Edg?field, S. 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 Edgefield county on the estate of.tne late B. H. Miller, r.nd will on that day apply for a Anal discharge as,administrator thereof. J. W. MILLER, Adm'r. Assessors? Notice. rpHE 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,- pr 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" presor?b?s the manner and form for merchants returns. Sec. 215, G. S., requires, the Auditor to add 50 % of the prop erty valuation of all perons who fail tb make their returns within the time prescribed by law. > ' Sec. 192, prescribes that insur ance agents shall make returns pf 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 sent by mail must be made out on the proper blanks and sworn to before a proper officer qualified to administer oaths. Twill be at the following places ?.?ooififid below, to re l-i ? Ti,?r-:.,y, w.u.... Minors,' . ~T-_{? . . - J. >. ...! .JV. Callisons, *.-?.'.: Rosa, -.; .' : Saturday}'14,-at M^~L_^\ Kirkscys, , - ondny, ?.. ,'JanwT Williams MUI, Tuesday, ^nutil ia m Stevens Bros,'.' > . ' " . ry, after i p m Haltiwang?rs, Wednesday, Jan 181 AS'W?rts, .Thursday, "19 Big Creek, Friday, , - " ' Richardsonville, Saturday,. . " Coleman's Cross Roads, Monday. " 23 Dennys, Tuesday. - " 24 Peurifoy's, Wednesday, " 25 Kinard's, Thursday, " 36 Caughman's, Friday, " 37 Holstein's Cross Roads, Saturday, ? ount Willing, onday, " 30 Forrest's Store, Tuesday. " 31 Watson's Store, Wednesday, Feb 1 Ridge Spring, Thursday, ** s Wards, Friday, " 3 ?ohnston, . Saturday, " A 'renton, Monday, " o Edgefield C. H. from Feb. 6,1893, to Feb. 20,1893, after which time 50 % will be added to the property of all parties failing to make re turns. J. B. DAVIS, Auditor E. C. Two UNUSUALLY GOOD OffE/js. REAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS. FirsT.-The great Holiday No. (enlarged to 356 pages of that brightest of quarterly publi cations, "TALES FROM TOWN TOPICS." Out December ft nt, all news and book stands and railway trains, price jo cts, will be sent -FREE TO all who send ti for 3 mos' trial subscription to | TOW1ST TOPICS. The largest, raciest, strongest, most varied and entertaining weekly journal in the world. SECOND.-To all who will send ?5.00, will be sent TOWN TOPICS and "TALES FROM TOWN TOPICS," from date until January 1, 1894, covering 5 Nos. of the inimitable quarterly '(regular price ?2.50) and 14 months of.tne great est of family weeklies (regular price 34.00 per yew.) .. ..* . Take one or the other offer.AT ONCE na rem it in postal notes, orders, or New \ 01 k Exchange to TOWN TOPICS, 21W. 23d Sf., New York. Peterkins Cluster. 900 BUSHELS Cottonseed,! ?i\J\J "Peterkins Cluster," for exchange, at the rates of one bushel for four of other seed. F. P. HOLLINGSWORTH, 2m Edgefield, S. C. A NEW WHEEL! /THE DIAMOND RAMBLER No. 3 FITTED WITH THE CELEBRATED G ?J PNEUMATIC TIRES. <? THE FA8TE8T WHEEL SOLD. *. 9 Speed, Comfort and Beauty All Combinad. v" Send for Illustrated CatcJoc-ue, 'V L Go RM u LL Y & JEFFERY MF'Q CO.. A <2 WASHINGTON", J>. C J PATENTS Care?is, Trade-marks, Design Patents, Copyrights, And all Patent business conducted for MODERATE FEES. Information and advice giren to in ves ton wi to oat charge. Address PRESS CLAIMS CO., ?JOHN WEDDERBURN, Managing Attorney, . P. O. Box 463. WASHINGTON, D. O. .TTbls Company ls managed by a oomblnatlon of tte largest and most Influential newspapers In the United States, for the express purpose of protect Ina* their subscribers against unscrupulous and Incompetent Patent Agents, and each paper printing thia advertisement vouches for the rciponsl blUly Vii fcig? standing ot tte Frets Claims Company. ~BSTAB,r.TB-HIISID nST 1855. W. r>. BOW?N, Ioa8 B oad St., AXJOXJSXA, Gr A. DEALER IN WMester and Oler Mes, BM and- Mizzle-Loaii Gu, Smith &WessonandotherRevovers. Cartridges, All kinds of Field Ammunition, Complete Stock of Sporting Goods. REPAIRING DONE BY THE MOST SKILLED WORKMEN EXPRESS ORDERS SOLICITED. ? 7-27-92-3m_._ :-:- \ Monumental - Store' P. SANCKEN, PROPRIETOR, f 540 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, GA. -DEALER IN --* Groceres, %im, I|fi? Cfc aifl Toteo. I am now. open and ready for the trade with a Pull Stock. My terms are strictly cash. My prices are the lowest. Give" me a call before buying else where. Also a full and complete stock of Extra Fancy family Groceries at the corner of Campbell and Broad Street, Loflin & Meyer's old stand. Xv. IT OX, EDGEFIELD, 8. C. WATCHES, SPECTACLES, - CLOCKS, . MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. JEWELRY. BRONZE FIGURES. * SILVERWARE. FINE CUTLERY. Did You Ever ! -SEE SUCH A2TASSORTMENT OF- f TOYS, XMAS GOODS, And Useful Household Articles as are Kept at M. JV. BOUTET'S, And at so low a price? Now don't forget the place. 534 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, GA. 0. M. STONE. ' W. F. CAVANAUGH. STONE & CAMAb surjan ST A, Gr A. - I^?X-'f? OG* ' ? . ; : 206, 208, 210, 212, 213, Washington Street, Unier - DEALER IN DOMESTIC i IMPORTED WINES, LIQUORS/ LAGER BEER. I will sell goods in any quantity at wholesale prices. Finest Old California Wines, $i.25 per gallon rial.^ Ed i 5,10 AND 15 CENT STORE, 510 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Is the place to get Bargains in Crockery, Lamps, Glassware, Tinware, Iron, Agate Ware, Wooden Willow Ware, Hard ware, etc. Notions, Toys, and Jewelry a specialty. FINK, - DEALER IK -i Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco. Special Attention Given to the JUG TRADE. 6 Year Old Corn Whiskey at $2 per gallon. ; 847 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.. . C. H. SCHNEIDER, - KEEPS THE CHEAPEST LINE OF - Junction. , Goods - IN THE CITY - Dry Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Shoes. First Class Goods at Second Class Prices. 11140 BROAD ST., - AUGUSTA, ' OA.. "Seeing Is Believing. 9? And a good lamp must be simple; when it is not simple it is ? not good. Simple, Beautiful, Good-these (words mean much, but to see "The Rochester" will impress the truth more forcibly. All metal, tough and seamless, and made in three pieces only, it is absolutely safe and unbreakable. Like Aladdin's of old, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar velous light is purer and brighter than gas light, softer than electric light and more cheerful than either. Look for this stomp-TEB Rac HESTER . If the lamp dealer hasn't the genuine Rochester! and the style you want, send to us for our new illustrated catalogue, and we will send you a lamp safely by express-your choice of over 2,C OG varieties from the Largest Lamp Store in the World. BOCHESTER LAEIP co., 42 Park Piece, New Yo rfc City? ^ "The Rochester." GEO. R. LOMBARD & COMFY MAME, BOUEE ail GIN WOEKS MILL, ENGINE aM IHK SUPPLY I0?SE. AUGUSTA, - - - - GA Is the place to get Machinery and Supplies and Repairs at Bottom Prices. 60 New Gins and 62 New Engines in stock. If you want a First-Class COTTON GIN at Bottom Prices, write for a New Catalogue and Reduced Prices of IMPROVED AUGUSTA COTTON GIN. See the extra fine recommendations of last yea sr [work. Mention THE ADVBRTISRR when you write. jlyoOl y