The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-08-26
NEWS ITEMS.

lnG (.ICtFLCStOU SUit NullOuICCo IllttI
that paper is not for Moses.
The first bale of new cotton arrived in
Charleston on the l+th inst.
DR.. Boycc has returned to Due West,
after an absence OF Il month.
The first new rice of the season has
been received in Charleston.
Mrs. Eliza Minis, of Johnston's, Edge
field County, is dead-aged ST years.
IS The most beautiful flowers in or about
Edgetield are those of Mrs. Dr. Sanders.
"Many Voters" have nominated Dr.
J.. p. Hillhouse, for Mayor or Green-
vile.
Advertising is to business what steam
is to machinery-the grand propelilng
: power
Some of our exchanges distrbutesad-
vertising supplements in violation %
postal law, #
The California wine product of this
season is estimated ut not less than ten
million gallons. &
Plymouth pulpit is being freshly
pSlilllSu. ilIl XII LIS SSts AASS
of whitewash. ess
;! The Edyefeld Adrertiser apologies
for publishing the call for the Republl-
can County Convention.
A correspondent of the Progressive
Age has been writing up" Williamson
in q very. complimentary style.
The Ui,ion-Hcrald puts the name Of
D.. II. Chanlberlair at the head of the
), paper as its nominee for Governor.
The drought continues, and has be.
come calamitous. No amount Of rain
could make our crops.-E1gcfeld Ad,
Vertiser.
The, Lexington Dispatch has been fa-
svored with a lot of apples twelve inches
in circumference, weighing twelve
ounces.
The Calico Ball at Glenn Springs last
week realized $l25 for the Monumental
Association. Who says dancing is not
profitable?
A fearful gale ragged in Sumter on
"Wednesday night last, blowing down
houses and trees, and destroying fields
OF. corn.
(, A backward spring-That of q man
8 who thought he could get out without
stopping the omnibus, and sat down in
the mud.
" Spartanburg is rejoicing that she has
consolidated the Spartanburg and Union
Railroad with the Asheville and french
Broad Road.
Prof. Kennedy has been in feeble
health since Commencement. He has
gone to Glenn Springs, in Spartanburg,
IS. c., to- try, the virtue of the water.
Ben Butler is an invetcrate chewer.
IT is not tobacco, but camomlie flowers
that he uses. H keeps them constantly
with him in very handsome box.
At last we are to be freed from cinders
on locomotives, a spark arreSter ana
consumer having been invented, which
is fastened to the smoke-stack III such a
way as to catch every spark.
There is perfect mania for suciding
lust now. Scarcely paper comes to- us,
but contains an account of the shaking
off this mortal coil" by some lunatic-I
to use mild term.
Until within few days, the report of
the, growing crops in ali parts OF the
country was good. But local drought
has set in, and fears are now felt III
many places.-ProgrcSste'e Age.
2 The Anderson papers are filled with
proceedings of Tax Unions, notices OF
Union Prayer Meetings, Cantatass, &c.
Gentlemen, can't you give us little Va
ricty?
tits curious fact that it is the fash
ion at summer resorts, this season Tor
ladies to promenade in the open air
bare-headed, and to sit at the dining Ia
bic with their hats on
The bronze palmetto monument to the
Palmetto Regiment is being repaired,
and will soon occupy position opposite
the North front Of the State House IN
Columbia.
The people are very much excited
about politics in Edgetield County, and
fears are entertained Of bloodshed.
Senator Cain is endeavoring to pour oil
on the troubled waters.
On Friday last there was very la"ge
Democratic (not TaX-Unlon) meeting
and barbecue-picnic very near the resi-
Qence Ol MI. w III. D. hoin, 'hi|e VI
four miles beyond Liberty Hill, near the
Abbeville line.
The Associate Reformed Synod will
meet this Fall at Hopewell, Tenn. The
,pastor, Rev. J. II. Peoples, offers n
hearty greeting from himself and his
congregation to all who may come. Va
riois matters of interest will be discuss
ed at this meeting.
The Associate Reformed Presbyte-
rians are pleased with the prospect Of
organizing a good congregation, and Of
being able to erect an elegant house Of
worship in Charlotte. Mr.. Sloan did q
good work there.
Greenville county can boast of seven
large cotton factories in her borders,
Sullivan's Batesville, Lester's, David's,
Sampson, Hall & Co.'s, Morgan's and
Whilden's, with the Piedmont soon to
be completed.
: We had the pleasure Of o call, during
the present week, from Hon. ]. B. Hen
derson, a native of this County but now
q citizen of Texas, and member of the
present Legislature from Smith County
in that Statc.-LaurcnScile Herald.
The emigrant steamers from New
York to the old world which formerly
carried but very few passengers, are now
filled with disappointed laborers, re-
turning home. Fifty thousand return
ed during the first six months of the
present year.
The anderson Conscrrator says: 1--WE
would call attention to the card of Col.
'NYm. H. Trescott which appears else
where. The Colonel is one of the best
posted men of our State upon the poll
tics of our country, and his address will
doubtless be very interesting"