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mm m Mm m ml vm 1,1 Oldest Newspaper In? South Carolina. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 1.908. NO. 39. mm B it I rkrimTTnurnn T-<r?/"\W HUI XT A I T?T\r UT?TT7T n VmiMA MAW EDGEFIELD BURNED - 27 YEARS AGO. ONLY FOUR STORES LEFT. Not Enough Provision Left in the Tovm to Feed it 43 Hours. Supposed to Be Work of Incen diary. Twenty-seven years ago, October 30th, 1881, Edgefield was in ashes as a result o:c' the most disastrous fire in - its history. The following is an exact copy of an extra of The Advertiser that was published Sun day morning, October the 30th, 18 81, which will doubtless be interest-j ing to many of our readers: With feelings of unspeakable hor ror and sadness 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 rear of same was discov ered to be in flames. The wind was blowing fiercely, and sat fatally to the Northwest, bearing the flames directly over Park Row. In less than an hour all of Park Row, the various small buildings in rear of it, and Capt. Markert's cabinet shop were in flames. So wild and sweeping was the wind that human effort availed noth ing. For a couple of hours the ADVERTISER building seemed doom ed butin 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 Holsen, Mr. 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 31 r. Cobb; from this to the little brick office occupied by 31 r's Crawford: from this to the old law office of ' Carrol 1 & Bacon; while in rear of al! these all law offices were consumed-Mr. John, Addison's, 3Ir. Walter Ouzts' old Law Range, Brothers. The . - ."ranee~02.in.r w offices in Mr. 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 to|the 3Iethodist parsonage and 31r. W. B. Penn's residencais 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 office, law office of Glover & Abney, old Ryan Hotel, Post Office, old Bryan brick store, Mims photo graph building, Jail and Court House. The law offices and small buildings, beginning with the Gary law office'and running dewn to the Catholic Church, are uninjured. The bar-rooms, the billiard saloons, blacksmith shops, negro store arc all gone. The merchants were able to s.i , c but small portions of their stocks: and these stocks w ere almost entire ly uninsured. We give a hurried but still a reliable list of the losses: 31rs. Tillman betel furniture, ?8^000 3 blacksmith ?hops, J- L. Addison and S. W. Nicholson, 1,300 M. A. Markeri, undertaking shop and tools 4,000 3 stores on Park Row, S. W. Nicholson i),000 fl? store. Park Row, O. L. Dobson 1,000 1 store, Park Row, W.H. Brunson 3,500 1 store, W. B. Penn, Main Street 1,500 3 stores, Dr. D C Tompkins 4,500 1 brick office J. L. Addison, 800 31. L. Holson's store . 3,000 Clisby and Hart, 2 stores 3,000 A. J. Norris, 2 stores 5,000 M. A.j3Iarkert, 2 stores 4,000 A. A. Clisby, 1 store 2,500 H. T. Wright, 1 store 3,500 Jesse Tiramerman, brick office 500 J. P. Carroll, law office 000 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 1,200 Lawrence Cain, dwelling 2,500 W. E. Lynch, office 300 Alvin Hart, stock _8,oou W. B. Penn 5,000 31. Lebeschultz 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 r TI Saturday last from the neighboring towns ,'and from all parts of the county, thc occasion hying 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 marty 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-last in time only-was held at I 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 point unmistakably to a County Fair at Edgetield in the fall of 1900: 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 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 flower: 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 ro act as judges. One would naturally suppose that these gentlemen, who are so accustomed {razing upon fhe choicest beauties of nature, would find the task of passing upon the merits of flowers grown by ama teurs, tame and uninteresting, but such is not the case-far from it. Both Mr. Balk and Mr. Berckijians express themselves as finding great pleasure ?u a day's outing spent at -floral fairs such as this of which we culture. 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 j beauty of the home, making it brighter, happier and more heaven ly, one result that conies from the culture and presence of flowers, though intangible and invisible yet as truly existing as the unseen per fume of the rose, is the wholesome, elevating, refining influence that is exerted upon the home and commu nity thereby. M. L. Uolson 2,500 Wade YoungJdood 3,000 C. L. B. .Marsh 1,000 W. H. McCullough 2,000 W. E. Lvnch 4.00U A. A. Clisby :5,Ooo J. .M. Cobb 500 Tpon this property there was about $30,000 of insurance-?25,000 in the companies represented by Jefferson cfc Zimmerman, and ?5,00U in the Georgia Home represented bv Mr. D. R. Durisoe. At tile 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 man 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, wei would not like to make discrimina tions, but even now we 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 heroes. The Mien 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 j will find a home in every house and heart. Circumstances point "erv strongly to this terrible conflagration as the work of an incendiary. The great fire of 1852 was small compared to this. Tile appearance ol' Edgcfield'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 again, but that doesn't put any chock in our wheel, for we are going along as if it had never happened. After all, isn't it our pride that is hurt more than anything else, 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. 31 r. 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. Vi?e feel for tunate in having Miss Woinona among us this session, for she is not only making qui te 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 wavs. Mr. AV. T. Brown has traded off that mule of his at last, and has 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 of' the young wife of Mr. Freemnn Glanton, of Modoc, were interred in our cemetery with our pastor ofli ciating. There has been some hue rutaba ga turnips raised around here this fall. Mr. Earnest Quarleshad one at i his store the other day weighing sev len and one half pounds. It was one of many raised by Mr. Torn Willis. Things are not very lively at. present but- it has been rumored that there will be an entertainment 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-sandwieh-cofl'ee 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 serv ing it. This delightful fair was given un der the auspices of the Johnston chapter of the Daughters 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 tor the delightful occasion of last Saturday. It was a credit alike to thc 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. N. G. Evans and the members'of the Edgefield Hussars, 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, thc prizes, ami the happy win ners of the very valuable prizes: Class A. Finest collection white, silver cup: Mrs. F. M. Warren. B. Finest collection pink, rug: M rs. 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.jHollingswortli. I. Finest single bronze, cherries: .Mrs. 1). H. Hollingsworth. J. Finest two on stem of any va riety except bronze, kimona goods: Miss Annie DeLoach. K. Finest collection of mixed BLIND TIGERS IN AIKEf> Aiken Afflicted With Both Blind Tigers and Dispensary. "We confidently believe ?iat Aiken with her dispensary,- is annoyed inore with Vdind-tigers'th?n 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 only shows that a certain class ol lawbreakers will violate the dispen sary law whether they reside in a "wet" 01' "dry" county. The fol lowing from the Aikehj correspon dence to the Augusta Chronicle tells how the city treasury was aug mented -by ?1U0 in fines imposed up on blind tigers: 'Yesterday in the police court, a half pint of cheap Booze, worth a quarter, caused a firm of ?25 cadi to placed on four young negroes. 'A white mau went to a negro Pre'tiest Decorated Child's Rig i Miss Heh named Lucius Johnson, and Lucius went to Harry M'cLain, 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 roached the pinvhaser, and by that tirae^Oonstable Samuels grabbed the white mall, who said lie got tlie stiiffffrom Johnsen, and Johnson said hf?fotitfrom McClain and McClain.allied.-that he got it from Green^-jfeMKreen avowed that ,11c got it from,Grant so tho mayor put 30 days ^v^tt^jty; - live dollars dispensary law. Old, Reliable Firm. There is no out-of-town linn in this section of the country bettor known to the people of Edgeh'eld than the Thomas ?fe Barton Compa ny of Augusta. They are among the largest dealers in the south in m?si ca] 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 salo prices aro not only reduced " very low, but useful as well as handsome premiums aro given with all pur chases from *5 un. Attention is di rected to Thomas' ?fe Barton's half pago advertisement in this issue. varieties, picture of Arlington: Mrs. M. T. Turner. L. Finest maiden hair lorn, table: Miss Annie DeLoach. .M. Finest Boston fern, vases: Mrs. C. F. Pechman. N. Finest Ostrich plume fern, lady's parasol: Mrs. C. F. Pechman. 0. Finest collection cut rosos, I hand bag: Mrs. Leaphart P. Finest collect ion dahlias, wa ter sot: Mrs. Angeline Bacon. P. Finest begonia, table scarf: Mrs. J. II. White. Ii. Prettiest design, shawl: Mrs. Maggie Hill. In tho parada'. .Miss Angel An drews and Mr. Jerold LaG-ronc took tho prize for tho best appearance, riding, otc, and bf tho children, riding, Miss. Kizzie Epps and -Mas ter Powell Harrison hore off thu blue ribbon. Tho following persons attended the floral fair at Johnston from Edgeficld: Mrs. J. H. Tillman, Helen Till man, Mr. J. L. Minis, Mrs. J. !.. Minis, Florence Minis. Thelma Bai ley, Dr. G. E. Burts, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, Mrs. J. E. Hart, Misses Effie and Lucilo 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. Kool and Misses Maggie and Lucilo Reel, Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth, Miss Ruth Cogburn, Miss .Mario Tomp kins, Mrs. Manly Timinons, Mr. Jamos T. Bacon, Natalie, Gladys and Eliot Padgett, Mrs. Ella Tomp kins, Dr. Corlcy and .Miss Maxeie Sheppard,.Mrs. Wallace Sheppard, Miss Virginia Simkins, Kev. T. P. Burgess, Mr. Buist Anderson. Prof. P. P. Burns. .Maj. T. J. Lyon, Miss Rhett Sheppard and Mrs. Milton Parker. ADVICE. A Timely Editorial From the News and Courier. A question to ??ur farmer friend: If you owned a cotton mill in Lwjhich you had been producing dolli i of a particular kimi for ten years and'thc price ol' that dolli 'should drop below thc profit point, would you not curtail production? Von would suspend until thc prices should bc better? Of course you would-unless, by changing your machinery you could spin and weave another fabric .which would bring ?rood prices. The latter ex p?dient would avoid the necessity of "shutting down," which one does not adopt unless the extremity be dire because insurance, taxes, in terest and many other fixed charges continue in spite of suspension. s , SA.v. ?..?.? - '. - . .-. V'.V* * W. \ Vi-** WsmK n the Edgefield Floral Paradi ;n Tillman Our fanner friend to whom this question is addressed has neen pro ducing chiefly a single crop for many years, cotton, and the price is approaching thc non-profit earning point. If it drop a little lower and there remain, he must suspend cot toil producing operations but will 'he permit Iiis stocked farm, his pro ducing plant to lie idle? Why should he? Thc South Carolina farmer does not need to change lii^s machinery, j He can pjoduce mules, cattle, sheep, goats,, c farm application of brains as dustry may not bc converted into plant that will produce scores of | things that will sell. Thc everlasting problem of the manufacturer is to increase pro duction. That should be the prob-j lem, too, of the fanner. There j should be no day of enforced idle ness onvaecount of the lack of some thing to do on any farm in South Carolina. Every day that the hands the mules, thc wagons and other machinery do nothing spells loss. Sometimes it may he unavoidable, but it is none the less loss forthat reason. The problem before the Xt'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, we fear, of copies of the newspaper. If we could keep the presses busy in their idle hours pro ducing something else that the pub lie, wants, pur profits would be in creased. Un fortunately,' a newspaper plant cannot diversify conveniently, but the farming plant can with ease Why then does not thc' South Carolina fanner diversify? Why does he so lovingly and lingeringly dote on cotton? Why does he not I lend an attentive ear to Congress man A. F. ?.ever and a few others who address to his plain common sense truths thai tiie merchant, the manufacturerand other business men accept as fundamental in their re spective callings? An intelligent ami' industrious man who owns a well stocked farm |of average, fertility in South Caro lina can earn a livelihood and save money without planting an acre in cotton ii he so wish. We do not ad vise that cotton planting be aban doned, that would not be a wise de parture, because cotton is and will .continue to be a paying crop, but the man who docs not diversify op poses the laws of nature that have been decreed for this land of hills and valleys, (d' diversified climate and soil. Distinguished Christian Worker Coming. .Mr. Luther .M. Tesl). Field Secre tary of the Baraca and Philathca movement, with headquarters in Syracuse X. V., will be willi the Baptist Sunday school Sunday mum ing next. He will address the Ba raca class al 10:15, and speak at the Methodist church at 3:80 p.m. All are cordially invited ts hear this ear nest worker in the interest ol' this great movement. Young Missionary Greatly Be loved in Edgefie'd. Miss Mary Culler White, a native of Georgia, who has spent nearly a flecado in China as missionary cf the Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church, has been in Edge field several days. Miss White has been well known in Edgefield as a (dose friend ff 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 ot" all the au dience for the work of lifting tho Chinese. Her address was very en couraging to mission workers show ing thc 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 and habit is being suppressed, by a gradual but certain pro-ess, and the. education al system is becoming westernized and effective. It is a wonderful in spinition to listen to 31 ?ss Whitens she :-pe;;ks of her experiences, of the wort: ? ?id needs as well as accom plishments. On Wednesday afternoon at the parsonage the local Foreign Mission arySociety of the Methodist church will give a reception to Miss White, to which the officers of the local so cieties of othcrdenom?nations will be invited. Attention County Schools. The Edgefield chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy is offering a gold medal, to be awarded as a prisse for "he best essay on Gen. Robt. E. Lee. This offer is open to all pupils of die various schools of our county, boys and girls from the ages of 15 through the 18tb year. Every teacher is re quested to choose the best two pa]iers from each school, one a boy's and the other a girl's and send these two to Mrs. Julian Holstein, secre tary of the' chapter, by December 14th as none coming in later can be accepted. The papers sent in will be read before the members of the chapter by Mrs. Holstein and the best six, three boys and three girls 1 tfilJJ.Ki ?hospn by the Daughters :/*' "1 celebration of Lee's birthday. 1 The Daughters of the Confederacy 1 will attend in a body and decide then and there which essay as well ! as delivery is the best and the med- j al will be awarded on this occasion. 1 It is earnestly hoped that the vari- ' ons schools will take this matter up : and co-operate with the U. D. C. 1 in trying to instill a love and inter est in the Confederacy in the young people of our county. Veterans desiring Crosses of 1 Honor willcall on Mrs. Griffin at '' the Edgefield Bank for application blanks as soon as possible and have ' same filled out properly returning f them to her at once. Orders for 1 Crosses must go in between the 1st ! and loth of November as this is ' the time appointed for the State ! Custodian to receive applications. Mrs. N. G. Evans, Pres. ' Mrs. J. D. Holstein, Soc. : Famous Edgefield Musician.^ . Miss .May Wills, of New York, '< formerly (d' Johnston, is in the 1 south for a short time, and will ' give a recital in the college audito rium on Saturday November 'J 1st at ; S o'clock. Miss Wills is a native of 1 Edgefield county having lived at ? Johnston until her tenth year. She is a graduate of distinction : in the music school of ..Converse College, of a New York Musical Conservatory and a student for two : years in Paris. Miss Wills is only 1 twenty-two years of age, but has : played before some of the most se- ' lect Parisian audiences. The pro ceeds from the evening's entertain- . ment will be divided between Miss I Willsand the local Woman's Chris tian Temperance Uuion. Let every- : body prepare to go and do honor to another famous daughter ?d' old I Edgefield. More will be said in our next issue. ] _i Humorous Lecture at Tre.iton. < Rev. J. W. Daniel, D. D..W?11 ( deliver his humorous lecture,' rhe Southern Mule," in Wise's Hall, Trenton, S. C., Tuesday eveni lg, November 17th, at eighl o'clock. The proceeds go to the support of ? deaconesses doing mission work ill mill towns in Columbia district. Ad mission loto 25 cents. We trust that Dr. Daniel will be greeted with a crowded house. If the weather is ' favorable Edgelieid will be repre sented on this occasion. I LUU\JUL ILJUU i vj u ix u ?urvii. 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 Second Baptist church of Atlanta, the business manager being Mr. Paul W. Gibson, who is well known in our town ana through out the county. It gives us pleasure to quote the following from the last issue of The Welder concerning . our young friend: ''Ile 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 at thc time Paul was nine years of agc, the family some two years la ter moved to South Carolina and lo cated at Edgefield. At thc age of fifteen Paul was baptized, uniting with the Baprist church at that place. In March 1898 he came to Atlanta and immediately joined Bi ble class No. 2, being received into fellowship of the church by letter on January 1st, 1900. Mr. Gibson is secretary to the ex ecutive committee on church finan ces,-acts as private secretary and right-hand man to the pastor, Dr. White, and is invalnable to him, as he is. also to the teacher of Bible Class No. 2. In fact, Mr. Paxon has often remarked that if anything hap pened to Mr. Gibson, he would feel it one of the greatest deprivations to his Sunday school work, for Mr. Gibson is always willing, enthusias tic, painstaking and suggestive. For many vears he was employed by the 5 Telegraph i-ers of the position to look after the details of ?ts growing financial work. Much of success of the finance committee must be credited to Mr. Gibson and it is only a question of time when lie will assume the entire charge of ill the financial interests of the church and Sundav school work." Bettis Academy Opened. Some years ago Rev. Alex Bettis, i colored minister who was a leader imong his people and who was also liighly respected by the white peo ple, established Ja school in the southern part of the county several miles west of Vaucluse, and the in stitution has prospered since the day >f its founding because of the loyal support from the colored people, its success is also due to the fact that it is removed from thc towns, iway from surroundings and influ ences that might lead to friction md its injury. Rev. Bettis, being in intelligent man, realized the wis dom of establishing thc institution upon its own land or farm of con siderable area.. Thc school is being well and properly conducted by representa tive men of the colored race. The Aiken correspondent of the Augus ta Chronicle had the following to >ay of the work of the academy: ''Thc Bettis negro academy, the largest negro institution of learning in this part of the state, has' re opened its session. Bettis academy is located on tire western edge of the county, near the Edgefield line. There is a large enrollment this year, and it is expected that before the Christmas holidays arrive, there will be a total enrollment of at least six hundred. "This year thc school is under the management of Prof. Hightower, a well educated negro, who is princi pal of the school. Albert Nicholson is president of the board of trustees. Thc school is in a very prosperous condition, and is the pride of the colored people." Should be Commended. The very fine Guernsey bull that Mr. .luiian R. Strother purchased it thc fair in Columbia last week reached Edgefield on Friday and was very much admired by those who saw him. Mr. Strother should be commended for introducing the ti Hornsey cows in this section. The records show that they excel all other breeds as milkers.