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. ? . Oldest Newspaper ?n|South Carolina. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 1.908. N0.39. ,T,m,","T,n T/%Tr miTXTA I rnnnrntrn xmrrxm MAU EDGEFIELD BURNED * 27 YEARS AGO. ONLY FOUR STORES LEFT. Not Enough Provision Left in the Town to Feed it 48 Hours. Supposed to Be Work of Incen N diary. Twenty-seven years ago, October 80th, 1881, ?ldgefield was in ashes as a result of* the most disastrous fire in sits hi story. The following is an exact copy of an extra of The Advertiser that was published Sun day morning;, October tbe 30th, IS SI, which will doubtless be interest ing to many of our readers: With feelings of unspeakable hor ror and sadress THE ADVERTISER an nounces to its readers that the Coun ty-site of old Edgefield lies in ashes and ruins. At dawn this morning, Sunday, October 30th, the large livery stable' belonging to the Tillman hotel and standing in ::ear of same was discov ered to be in fiamos. The wind was blowing fiercely, and sat fatally : to the Northwest, bearing the flames directly over Park Row. In less tlian an hour all of Park Row, the various small buildings in rear pf it, andv Capu Markert's cabinet shop were in fiantes. So wild and^ sweeping was the wind that human effort availed noth ing. For a couple of hours the ADVERTISER building seemed doom ed but in God's providence the wind bore the flames in a contrary direc tion, and the building and proper ties are safe. From Park Row the flames leaped across the street to the store house occupied by Mr. Lee Holson,3Ir. Wade Youngblood and the two : barbers; from this to the Chronicle office, lately so handsome ly repaired by Mr. A. J. Norris; from this to Mr. Lynch's drug store from this to, the huge building occu pied by Mr. Clisby and Mr. Cobb; from this to the little brick oflice occupied by Mrs Crawford: frcm this to the old law oflice of ' Carrol 1 it Bacon; while in rear of all these, all law ofliees were consumed-Mr. John Addison's, Mr. Walter Ouzts' old Law Range, ; Bi were consumed saved. The old Saluda House, the property of Col. H. W.Addison was saved. The vast Tillman hotel was swept away as if by magic. The metho dist parsonage, the private residence and the law oflice of Norris & Folk were saved. From the old Saluda House to the Advertiser building, and from the Advertiser building tojthe Methodist parsonage and Mr. jW. B. Penn's resideneejs one horrible waste of ashes-not a building stands upon the scene.-.;The buildings on the public square are now these alone, the Advertiser building, Dr. Park er's oflice, law office of Glover & Abn?y, old Ryan Hotel, Post Oflice, old Bryan brick store, Mims photo graph building, Jail and Court House. The law ofliees and small buildings, beginning with the Gary law oflice'and running down to the Catholic Church, are uninjured. The bar-rooms, the billiard saloons, blacksmith shops, negro store are all gone. > The merchants were able to save but small portions of their stocks; and these stocks were almost entire ly uninsured. We give a hurried but still a reliable list of the losses: Mrs. Tillman hotel furniture, $8*,000 3 blacksmith shops, J- L. Addison and S. W. Nicholson, 1,500 M. A. Markeri, undertaking, shop and tools 4,000 3 stores on Park Row, S. W. Nicholson 9,000 i: store. Park Row, O. L. Dobson , 1,500 I store, Park : w, W. H. Brunson 3,500 1 store, W. B. Penn, Main Street 1,500 8 stores, Dr. D C Tompkins 4,500 1 brick oflice J. L. Addison, 800 M. L. Holson's store . 3,000 Clisby and Hart, 2 stores 3,000 A. J. Norris, 2 stores 5,000 M. A.fMarkert, 2 stores 4,000 A. A. Clisby, 1 store 2,500 H. T. Wright, 1 store 3,500 Jesse Timmerman, brick office 500 J. P. Carroll, law oflice 600 D. D. Ouzts, 2 brick offices 1,500 J. L. Addison, law office 1,500 J. L. Addison. 3 offices in law Range 1,500 Sheppard Bros., law office 1T200 Lawrence Cain, dwelling 2,500 W. E. Lynch, office 300 Alvin Hart, stock " 8,000 W. B. Penn 5,000 31. LebeSchuItz 2,500 W. H. Brunson 3,500 Edgefield Chronicle 800 Penn & Anderson 2,500 B. P. Covar 2,000 Colored Corporation Store 3,000 JOHNSTON FLORALFAIR. Beautiful Exhibits, Bountiful Dinner, Handsome Sum Realized. A great throng gathered at John ston cn Saturday last from the neighboring towns ,'and from all parts of the county, the occasion being the annual floral fair. This was the third and last of a series of autumn fairs held in the county that would do credit to very large cities, where florists of many years of ex perience and of unquestioned skill display the products of their labor The first was held at the county* seat, the second at Trenton and the last-lattin time only-was held at Johnston. Why should not these three organizations combine their beautiful flowers next year and have a joint exhibit at the County Fair? County Fair, did we say? Yes, the signs of the times pqint I unmistakably^ to a County Fair at Edgcfield in the fall of 1000. During the early morning hours, roses, dahlias, ferns, begonias and chrysanthemums of almost every hue of the rainbow were tastefully arranged in the Lewis hall, where Mr. Balk, a prominent florist of Augusta, scrutinized them with eyes that could discern their merits or demerits with unerring accuracy I and attached the much coveted blue ribbon to the choicest of the many beauties. After the completion of the work of the judge the doors were thrown open to the impatient public. A mad rush was made for the hall in order to see who the suc cessful contestants were, as well as to feast upon the beautiful flowers. The success achieved by the grow ers of chrysanthemums in the towns of Johnston, Trenton, Edgefield, and vicinities, is a revelation even to the Augusta florists who are invited to act as judges. One would naturally suppose that these gentlemen, who are so accustomed gazing upon the choicest beauties of nature, would find the task of passing upon the merits of flowers grown by ama-1 teurs, tame-and uninteresting, but such is not the case-far from it. Both Mr. Balk and Mr. JBerc'kmans express themselves as finding great pleasure in. a day's outing spent at [floral fairs such as this of which we cultimt.1 The fair women-young, middle-aged and old-of every community can not engage in a more worthy or more laudable en terprise than that of growing flow ers. Besides greatly enhancing' the beauty of the home, making it brighter, happier and r*- re heaven ly, one result that coi?- " om the culture and prese' >f flowers,' though intangible ami invisible yet as truly existing as the unseen per fume of the rose, is the wholesome, "elevating, relining influence that is exerted upon the home and commu nity thereby. 31. L. Holson 2,500 Wade Youngblood 3,000 C. L. B. Marsh 1,000 W. H. McCullough 2,000 "NV. E. Lynch 4,000 A. A. Clisby 3,000 J. M. Cobb 500 Upon this property there was about ?30,000 of insurance-?25,000 in the companies represented by Jefferson S: Zimmerman, and ?5,000 in the Georgia Home represented bv Mr. D. R. Durisoe. At the hour at which we write 11 o'clock a. m.-the flames have died out, and an awful cloud of smoke rests over the dreary scene. Citizens from'the surrounding coun try are thronging in, and the burnt district is crowded with excited hu -an being of all ages and races. Many houses, not burned were emp tied of their furniture; and every street and back yard is filled with household goods, broken torn and injured In our horror and excitement, we would not like to make discrimina tions, but even now Ave must men tion the names of Mr. Ned Penn, of Augusta, and Mr. C. R. Reed, of our own town, as the men who saved the Methodist parsonage and Mr. Willie Penn's residence, and thus stayed the flames in that direction. These two gentlemen worked like intrepid bei .oes. The men who saved the Saluda house were equallv noble in their efforts; we hope to secure their names. Mrs. Tillman and her daughters, left without a roof above their heads will find a home in every house and heart. Circumstances point very strongly to this terrible conflagration as the work of an incendiary. The great tire of 1852 was small compared to this. Th? appearance of Edgefield's public square is appall ing in its desolation. In our regular weekly issue we will be able to give further particulars concerning this awful catastrophe. COLD SPRING TIDINGS. Election Over, Death of Mr. John West, Efficient Young Teacher.. "Well, tlie election is over and our "Bill" is left out agnin, but that doesn't put any chock in our wheel, for wc arc going along as if it had never happened. After all, isn't it our pride that is hurt more than anything elf?e, by this defeat"' On last Saturday afternoon Mr. John West, who had been ill for some time, breathed his last. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." On Sunday afternoon the funeral services were held at Red Hill church, of which he was a member, and his remains were placed in the Red Hill cemetery. Air. West had a great many rela tives and friends in this community and there was a Targe crowd at the funeral. Miss Wcinona Strom, our popu lar young teacher, went over to her home at Rehoboth last Friday af ternoon to spend Saturday'and Sun day with her parents; We feel for tunate in having Miss Woinona among us this session, for she is not only making quite' a success as teach er for our little fplks but is helping to develop the musical talent of some of our young people and mak ing herself useful in other ways. Mr. W. T. Brown has traded off that mule of his at last, and lias also been taking considerable inter est in knife trading lately. If you have an old knife- that you can't make any use of call on him and swap it off. We were glad to have Willie Brown back with us again last Sun day, i On November 3rd, the remains oft the young wife of Mr. Freemnn Glanton, of Modoc, were interred in our cemeterv with our pastor offi ci?t in g. There has been some fine rutaba ga turnips raised around here this fall. Mr. Earnest Quarleshad ono at his store the other day weighing sev cn and one half pounds. It was one of many raised by Mr. Toni Willis. Things are not very lively at present but. it has been rumored that there will be an entertainment of some kind among the young folks ifift<tt>.innfli nm" mr? irr rirrr in' he comirmTTnT. '?' "??"?? m iininti X. Y. Z. Adjoining the hall in which the flowers were exhibited was the din ing room, which though spacious was crowded to its utmost capacity. Here a sumptuous feast-yes, a roy al spread-was served for a mere song. Notwithstanding the fact that prices of all groceries are so un precedentedly high that one can barely reach them tip-toe, even some edibles can not be reached with a step-ladder, yet these Johnston ladies, bent upon having popular prices prevail, gave a turkey-ham salad-pickle-rice-sandwich-coffee din ner, served in Dresden china and sterling silver, for the sum of one quarter of a dollar. Surely they gave away their dinner, merely charging for the labor of preparing and solv ing it. This delightful fair was given un der the auspices f the Johnston chapter of the Laughters of the Confederacy, than whom there can not be found anywhere in the state a more loyal, more zealous, more patriotic body of women. All honor to these ladies for their unceasing efforts in behalf of their organiza tion, and all praise to them for the delightful occasion of last Saturday. It was a credit alike to the organi zation, to the town of*Johnston and to our county. The program of the day was beautifully and very fittingly closed with a horse-back parade. Capt. IS. G. Evans and the meinbers?of the Edgefield Plussars, with the beauti ful flag of this historic old compa ny unfurled to thc breeze,headed the procession, acting as escort. The following is a list of the con tests, the prizes, and the happy win ners of the very valuable prizes: Class A. Finest collection white, silver cup: Mrs. F. M. Warren. B. -Finest collection oink, rug: Mrs. M. T. Turner. C. Finest collection yellow, pair ladies shoes: Mrs. M. T. Turner. D. Finest collection red, picture of Arlington: Mrs. M. T. Turner. E. Finest single white, chop dish: Mrs. J. H. White. F. Finest single pink, meat fork: Mrs. M. T. Turner. G. Finest single red. toilet set: Mrs. Geo. Merchant. II. Finest single yellow, shawl: Mrs. I). B.jHollingsworth. I. Finest single bronz?, cherries: Mrs. I). B. Hollingsworth. J. Finest two on stem of any va riety except bronze, kimona goods: M iss Annie Pe Loach. K. Finest collection of mixed BLIND TIGERS M AIKEN . _- ?$ Aiken Afflicted Witt?oth Blind Tigers and Disp?nsary. We confidently beliere'that Aiken v:ith her dispensary^-;-is annoyed more with blind-tigers'than is Edge field without a dispensary. Not withstanding the fact that, a special constable is constantly; on duty, li quor is illicitly sold in Aiken. This on^y shows that a certain class of lawbreakers will violate the dispen sary law whether they reside in a "wet" o?-' "dry" county. The fol lowing from the Aileen'^ correspon dence to the Augusta Chronicle tells how the city treasury was aug mented -by ?100 in fines imposed up on blind tigers: 'Yesterday in the police court, a half pint of cheap booze, worth a quarter, caused a fin?rof$25 each to placed on four youn? negroes. "A white man wrent to a negro Pre' tiest Decorated Child's Rig ir Miss Helei named Lucius Johnson, and Lucius went to Harry McLain, and Harry went to Mack Green and Mack went respectively to-a negro-named Grant, who furnished ^the goods, which again went around the circuitous route and readied the pin-chaser, and by that time';. Constable Samuels grabbed' the wbate mall, who said he got the stu ff) from .Johnsen, and John.-on said he got it from -McClain and McClain alkged- that he got it from Green. ami G>-een avowed that .lie got it from GI P nt so the mayor put .'JO da.'vs ?fe???j' ! ty. :'v-' dollars '>oveui-?^^?^PPi^iiiib^?iKj???;' ' dispensary law." Old, Reliable Firm. There is no out-of-town firm in this section of the country better known to the j 1 1e of Edgefield than the Thom- ? Barton Compa ny of Augusta. They are among the largest dealers in the south in musi cal instruments, furniture and house furnishings of every, description. This popular firm has .inaugurated a great Stock Reduction Sale that should be of special interest to the buying public. During this sale liri ces are not only reduced ? very low, but useful as well as handsome premiums are given with all pur chases from ?5 'un. Attention is di rected to Thomas' & Barton's half page advertisement in this issue. ? varieties, picture of Arlington: Mrs. M. T. Turner. L. Finest maiden hair fern, table: Miss Amire DeLoach. .M. Finest Boston fern, vases: Mrs. C. F. Pechman. N. Finest Ostrich plume fern, lady's parasol: Mrs. C. F. Pechman. O. Finest collection cut roses, 'hand bag: Mrs. Leaphart. P. Finest collection dahlias, wa ter ?et: Mrs. Angeline Bacon. P. Finest begonia, table scarf: Mrs. J. H. White. K. Prettiest design, shawl: Mrs. Maggie Hill. In the parade, Miss Angel An I drews and Mr. Jerold LaGrone took the prize for thc best appearance, riding, etc., and ol' the children, riding, Miss Kizzie Epps and Mas ter Powell Harrison bore off tho blue ribbon. The following persons attended the floral fair at Johnston from Edgefield: Mrs; J. H. Tillman, Helen Till man, Mr. J. L. Minis, Mrs. J. L. Minis, Florence Minis, Thelma Bai- ' lev, Dr. C. E. Burts, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogbi -n, Mrs. J. E. Hart, '[ Misses Ethe and Lucile Sheppard, Capt. and Mrs. Geo. Evans, Mrs. H. A. Smith, Mrs. J. D. Holstein, Mrs. Maggie Hill, Mr. and Mrs. M. ; C: Parker, Misses Sallie and ' Rosalie Parker, Mrs. Reel and Misses Maggie and Lucile Reel, Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth, .Miss Ruth Cogburn, Miss Marie Tomp kins, Mrs. Manly Timmons, .Mr. .lames T. Bacon, Natalie, Gladys and Eliot Padgett, Mrs. Ella Tomp- : kins, Dr. Corley and Miss Maxcie Sheppard,.Mrs. Wallace Sheppard, Miss Virginia Simkins, Rev. T. P. Burgess, Mr. Buist Anderson, Prof. P. P. Burns, Maj. T. J. Lyon, Miss Rhett Sheppard and Mrs. Milton Parker. CONGRESSMAN L? VJii? ? ADVICE. A Timely Editorial From the News and Courier. A question to our farmer friend: If you owned a cotton mill in tillich you .had been producing cloth of a particular kind for ten years aihl'the price of that cloth 'should drop below the profit point, would you not curtail production? You would suspend until the prices should be better? Of course you would-unless, by changing your machinery you could spin and weave another fabric .which would bring good prices. The latter ex pedient would avoid the necessity of * shutting down," which OJIO floes not adopt unless the extremity be dire because insurance, taxes, in terest and many other fixed charges continue in spite of suspension. -..V i'a.;. V*:, ;.. i the Edgefieid Floral Parade, i Tillman Our farmer friend to whom this question is addressed has %een pro ducing chiefly a single crop for many years, cotton, and the price is approaching the. non-profit earning point. If it drop a little lower and there remain, he must suspend <-ot ton producing operations but will he permit his stocked farm, his pro ducing plant to lie idle? Why should lie? The'South Carolina farmer does not need to change Ii^is machinery. He pan produce mules, cattle, sheep, goats, c a dozen pro<l farm application of brains as we dustry may not be converted into a plant that will produce scores of things that will sell The everlasting problem of the manufacturer is to increase pro duction. That should be the prob lem, too, of the farmer. There should be no day of enforced idle ness onvaccount of the la k of some thing to do on any farm in South Carolina. Every day that the hands, the mules, the wagon? and other machinery do nothing spells loss. Sometimes it may be unavoidable, but it is none the less loss forthat reason. The problem before the Nt'ws and Courier is to increase its sales. The production of our presses is curtailed many hours in each day; otherwise, there would be overpro duction, wc fear, of copies of the uewspaper. If we could keep the presses busy in their idle hours pro ducing something else th: t the pub lic wants, pur profits would be in creased. Unfortunately a newspaper plant cannot diversify conveniently, but the fanning plant can with ease Why then does not the South Carolina farmer diversify? Why does he so lovingly and lingeringly dote on cotton? Why does he not lend an attentive ear to Congress man A. F. Lever and a few others who address to his plain common sense truths that the merchant, the manufacturer and other business men accept as fundamental in their rc spectiye callings? \n intelligent and' industrious man who owns a well stocked farm ol' average-fertility in South Caro lina can earn a livelihood and save money without planting an acre in cotton if he so wish. We do not ad vise that cotton planting be aban doned, that woidd not be a wise de parture, because cotton is and will continue'to be a paying crop, but the man who does not diversify op poses the laws of nature that have been decreed for this land of hills ind valleys, of diversified climate ind soil. I Distinguished Christian Worker Coming. Sir. Luther M. Tosh, Field Secre tary of the Baraca and Philathea movement, with headquarters in Syracuse X. Y., will be with the Bapl isl Sunday school Sunday morn ing next. Ile will address the Ba raca class at 10:15, and speak at the Methodist church at 3:80 p.m. All are cordially invited ts hear this ear nest worker it) the interest of this great movement. KHiUJKiN?jj mum oniiNA. Young Missionary Greatly Be loved in Edgefie'G. Miss Mary Culler White, a native of Georgia, who has spent nearly a I decade in China as missionary cf the Foreign Missionary. Society ol'the Methodist church, has been in Edge field several clays. Miss White has been well known in Edgefield as a close friend cf Miss June Nicholson of beloved memory. On Sunday af ternoon at the Methodist church, Miss White made a most interesting and instructive talk to a large au dience. She brought* China and the Chinese very close to America and stirred the sympathies of all the au dience for the work of lifting theJ Chinese. Her address was very en-1 couraging to mission workers shew in?r the wonderful progress of the gospel and reform in that great country. It has recently been an nounced by edict in China that there shall be no more foot bind ing. The opium trade ard habit is being suppressed, by a gradual but certain pi o jess, and the. education al system is becoming westernized and effective, lt is a wonderful in spiralion to listen to Miss White as she speaks oilier experiences, of the work and needs as well as accom plishments. On Wednesday afternoon at the parsonage tlie local Foreign Mission arySociety of the Methodist church will giye a reception to Miss White, to which the officers of the local so viel ies of otherderiominations will be hinted. Attention County Schools. The Edgefield chapter of the { Daughters of the Confederacy-is offering a gold medal, to be awarded is a prize for the best essay on jren. Robt. E. Lee. This offer is men to all pupils of $ie various schools of our county, boys and pris from the ages of 15 through he 18th year. Every teacher is re piested to choose the best two capers from each school, one a boy's md the other a girl's and send these ;wo to Mrs. Julian Holstein, secre ary of the' chapter, by December L4th as none coming in later can be iccepted. The papers sein; in will be .ead before the members of' the J.hapter by Mrs. Holstein and the >est six, three boys and three girls iosep by . the Daughters ) :909, to an audience ass?m ?elebration of Lee's birthday The Daughters of the Confederacy viii attend in a body and decide hen and there which essay as well LS delivery is the best and the med il will be awarded on this occasion t is earnestly hoped that the vari ms schools will take this matter up ind co-operate with the U. D. C n trying to instill a love and inter :st in the Confederacy in the young icople of our county. Veterans desiring Crosses of Honor will call on 3Irs. Griffin at he Edgefield Bank for application riariks as soon as possible and have ame filled out properly returning hem to her at once. Orders for drosses must go in between thc 1st ind 10th of November aa this is lie time appointed for the State Custodian to receive applications. Mrs. N. G. Evans, Pres .Mrs. J. D. Holstein, Sec Famous Edgefield Musician? Miss May Wills, of New York, ormerly of Johnston, is in thc louth for a short time, and will rive a recital in the college audito ium on Saturday November 21st at I o'clock. Miss Wills is a native of Cdgefield county having lived at Johnston until her tenth year. She is a graduate of distinction ?ti the music school of-Converse College, of a New York Musical Conservatory and a student for two -ears in Paris. Miss Wills is only wenty-two years of age, but has dayed before some of thc most se ect Parisian audiences. The pro leeds from the evening's entertain nent will be divided-between Miss Yillsand the local Woman's Chris ian Temperance Union. Let every body prepare to go and do honor to .nother famous daughter of old Cdircfield. More will be said in our lext issue. dumorous Lecture at Trenton. Kev. J. W. Daniel, 1). 1)., will leliverhis humorous lecture, ' The muthern Mule," in Wise's Hall, frent?n, S. C., Tuesday evening, November 17th, at eight o'clock. The proceeds go to thc support of leaconesses doing mission work in nill towns in Columbia district. Ad nission lu to 2"> cents. We trust hat Dr. Danie! will be greeted with i crowded house. If the weather is 'avorable Edgefield will be rcpre icnted on this occasion. I J?U\J?jr lEiiaU IUUnU 1UA11. Prominent Factor in the Reli gious Life of Atlanta. A bright little monthly entitled The Welder comes regularly to our desk, and is a welcome visitor. It is a periodical published by the young people of the .' ccond Baptist church of Atlanta, the business manager being Mr. Paul W. Gibson, who is well known in our town and through out the county. It gives us pleasure to quote the following from the last issue of The Welder concerning , our young; friend: "He is an all-round-handy man; an expert stenographer; good in fi nances; and one of the best treas urers any class ever had. The ma jority of his friends think he was born" in South Carolina-but history shows that Columbia county Geor gia has the . honor of claiming his place of nativity. His father dying it the time Paul was nine years of ?gre, the family some two years la ter moved to South Carolina and lo cated at Edgefield. At the age of fifteen Paul was baptized, uniting with the Baptist church at that place. In March 1893 he came to Atlanta and immediately joined Bi rrie class No. 2, being received into Fellowship of the church by letter )ii January 1 st, . 1900. Mr. Gibson is secretary to the ex ?cutive committee on church finan ces,-acts as private secretary and right-hand man to the pastor, Dr. White, and is invalnable to him, as mis. also to the teacher of Bible Dlass No. 2. In fact, Mr. Paxon has )f ten remarked that if anything: hap icned to Mr. Gibson, he would feel t one of the greatest deprivations o his Sunday school work, for Mr. Gibson is always willing, enthusias ic, painstaking and suggestive. For nany years he was employed by the Telegraph, :ers of the ct >osition to look after the details of ts growing financial work. Much of uccess of the finance committee mist be credited to Mr. Gibson and t is only a question of time when ie will assume the entire charge of ill the financial interests of the shurch and Sundav school work." Bettis Academy Opened. Some years ago Rev. Alex Bettis, , colored minister who was a leader mong his people and who was also lighly respected by the white peo >le, established Ja school in the outhern part of the county several niles west of Vaucluse, and the in titution has prospered since the day >f its founding because of the loyal apport from the colored people, ts success is also due to the fact hat it is removed from the towns, way from surroundings and influ nces that might lead to friction .nd its injury. Rev. Bettis, being .n intelligent man, realized the wTis lom of establishing thc institution ipon its own land or farm of con idcrable area.? The school is being well and )roperly conducted by representa ive men of the colored race. The Viken correspondent of the Augus a Chronicle had the following to ay of the work of the academy: "The Bettis negro academy, the argest negro institution of learning n this part of the state, has' re >pened its session. Bettis academy s located on tito western edge of the iounty, near the Edgefield line. There is a large enrollment this .ear, and it is expected that before he Christmas holidays arrive, there viii be a total enrollment of at least ix hundred. "This year the school is under the tianagement of Prof. Hightower, a veli educated negro, who is princi pal of the school. Albert Nicholson s president of the board of trustees, flic school is in a very prosperous ondition, and is the pride of the ?olored people." Should be Commended. The very fine Guernsey bull that Mr. Julian R. Strother purchased it the fair in Columbia last week cached Edgefield on Friday and vas very much admired by those vho saw him. Mr. Strother should ic commended for introducing the Guernsey cows in this section. The .ecords show that they excel all )ther breeds as milkers.