The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-09-16

But the answer came, btaye ailtl
true: 81 Il 1.
aI am afraid not,n she said. aOh,
Teddy,I am SO glad grandpa forgayss;
you, for I'm afraid Itcould never shayes
broken my promise to him."
But I choose to think she conld. 4 q
GOSSIP WITH OUR EXCHANGES, s s
The Anderson County Singing Con-
vention will meet al. '1onea Path cfs
Friday before tho fourth Sunday in iit
this month";. ia ~
The red rust has made its appear
|ance on the cotton, and many fields
in various portions of Anderson Couft
| ty are injured byit.s Z; 4
The Sandy Springs Camp. Meeting
will begin on 18th inst. Large mum -s
bers are expected to be present 3 3
On last Friday while in the vicinls
ty of Centrevilie we took occasion
to visit the Mills. They have been
reftted aud furnished with new ma-Q
chinery by Mr.. Thos. Huschison, and
are now in excellent running ORDER ,'s
Thus writes the editor of the 4ndsr-
son Coaservator. Mr.. Hutchison lis
known to many of our people as once
the owner Of the Barnes mill, and
more recently as the owner Of the
Donald mill His friends will be-
glad to hear that he is prospering.
| Pegg's store in Anderson was bro-
ken into last week, and three sides OF
bacon taken.
The Advertiser is the name of new
paper to be published in Columbia by
Mr.. Charles II. Prince. en-, ~
James Henderson, coroner, was
shot and painfully wounded by nn-@ nns'
known persons On Thursday night.-:.
Newberry Herald.
The Nesoderry Herald begs the fox
hunters of that County not to run
the foxes in the directien Of Colnm.
bia. II II y s9
Mr.. J. W. Hill sold the first bale of
new cotton at Ninety-Six on the 4th
instant to Messrs. Shumate & Go.
Judge R. B. Carpenter has render
ed an opinion that the Act of the
General Assembly of March 3, 1874
relative to the poll tax, is uncensti-
tutional. Il fF - III N
Rev. J. G. Boyd has lost one Of his
children, diptheria. g; 81
Prof. Lowry has not been married
as reported, but the a. r. Presbyteri-
an advises US to look out for the 18th. I
Rev. John McElroy Of Georgia has
been paying visit to South Carolina
In a Communication to the a.. .R.
Presbyterian he says he cloves South
Carolina with all her faults" ~ Is !
W. MIG. is editing the AR. Pros-
5yterian in the absence OF its editor. +
Upon most of the lands in this
region, the failure of cotton for the
last ten or twelve dayshas been mark
ed. A dry season following the pro-
tracted wet, the, large weed that had
been produced has suddenly collapsed
and well-nigh the whole top and mid
die crop is failure.-Sumter Wateh- (
man. "a lr.se rstsis,t-is
Pauline, the little daughter of Capt.
Isham Moore, Of Rafting Creek, was
so severely burned on Friday last,
that her life is despaired of. She was
playing with matches and set her
clothing on fre.-Suuter Wateassan-
Col. A. G. Haskell, owing to his
protracted illness, has resigned the
Presidency of the Richland Volun-
teor club. ~ &
Robt, Mckay, the local editor OF
the Grccnville Daily Neacs, is nomina-
ted as a candidate for the Office Pro-
bate Judge for Greenville County,
Foa many years before the war no
was Ordinary Of the County.
The Northwestern railway eompa>
ny on last Thursday ran speciak
train from Clinton, Iowa, to Chicago.
q distance of 1873 miles, at the rate Of
q milo q minute fort the entire dis
tance. This is considered the great.
est feat of railroad speed ever accom-.
plished in the world, and is rather TO-,
be deprecated than encouraged.
"When once a concealment OF a
deceit has been pfaeticed in matters
where all should be fair and open as ,
day, confidence can never be restored,
any moro than you can restore tho
white bloom ty the grape or plum
that you once pressed in your hand"
In our last issue we unintentional>
ly rufled the temper Of "the learned
Theban" who presides over sthe COL
umns Of tho anderson Intslageaeer, )
and called forth o reply which was
more remarkable for tartness than
good humor. Our object was only
little pleasantly, and as he had here
tofore indulged in an occasional wit
ticism at our expense, we proposed TO
give him q "Rowland for his Oliver"
But as he does not seem to relish it,
we'll play "quits."