The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-12-27

the sliowmcn complied with, with a:
much grace rs it was possible, undei
the circumstances.
| BY reference to the hymcneal mott
ccs in another column it will be seer
! that the Rev. Mr.. Pearson, Of Due
West, is kept pretty busy and that the
! marriage fever is unabated. Ever and
anon we hear the merry voices OF
some new couple as they step aboard
their little bark and glide gayly and
happily down the silvery ripping wa
ters to the ocean that is apparently, as
i*wcctly serene ~ IL morning in May.
From away down in our soul we trust
that they who have taken passage,
may never know, how u bro0m-etick
or q grid irUa feel over tho top o. the
head.
TRIAL JCSTlCE BECKlIAM has writ
ten q letter to the Journal Of Com
mcrce setting the Lowndcsville people
right before the public in reference to
tho arrest and treatment of the Allen
muTdcrers. We made diligent in
quiry for tho facts long ago to
give them to the public, in order that
the truth might go in advance OF any
misrepresentation that might be
made by the Union Herald and other
enemies Of the respectable white peo-
pic Of South Car1lina.,n
If a man wants to aEecp fully up
with the Returning Boards OF Fiori-
da he should take the 1tlunta COnsti-
autin'. That paper has u special cor
respondent, with Ex-Governor Brown
assisting, to give full reports. Last
week Mr.. Grady, tho man who got in
to trouble with the Florida alligator.
has been writing some very readable
articles on the subject Of the orange
groves of Florida.
HENRY HEARD, the Georaia negro
who sits in Bogus House, gave some
evidence Us TO his treatment by va
rious white men in this county. lie
says that fifteen men shot ut him if-
teen PAGES, but never "tcched har."
If tho boys about Mt. Carmel can't
shoot better than that, we would adj
wise them to give up ihcr guns. Shall
We regard them ~ poor markSmcn, or
consider Heard to be u great liur2
With the approach of Christmas,
the average country darkcy brings his
sack of corn to market, to get money
to buy ''goodics," which, he carries
home under his shirt, or in q little
brown jug. lie generally realizes
from so to 65 cents q bushcl for his
corn, and expects to replace the grain
next IN by paving u. so O buahcl
OH time.
TIE best colored man in the Will
lington ncighborl,OOd ia G. Nj. Middle
ton, who farms, takes the Press antl
Bunncy', and has "October, II" printed
opposite his name. lie don't give any
liens, ncrer insurcs his life, ncrcr
wastes money in gllnro, or allows
himself to be swindlcd by lightning
rod agents.
Robbins arc beginning to make their
appearance and the ''shootists' are
huppy.-EcrshuW gazette. That's
nothing, there were owe thirteen
hundred Robbins ut one box in Barn.
well on the afternoon of the 18th OF
Novcmbcr-n majority of whom were
registered as "black birds"
Our townsnnn. Mr.. J.. i. T.. Da-
Pre-, has been promoted to the Office Of
Deputy Grand Master OF the Grand
Lodge of South Carolina, for this ror-
ton Of the State. The appointment
is q good 0nc. \ more suitable man
could not have brcn found.
PERsoSAI.--Mastcr Thomas r. Par
ker, son OF Mr.. Thomas Parker who
was killed in the battle OF Secession
vile, :. C., during the late was, and
grand son Of Mrs. Ellen s. Parker OF.
The village is; here visiting his rcla-
tons.
AS the rain fuils imrartia,ly on the
just and unjust, so the pale moon
bcaDls:, creep through the cracks in a
hen horec aud show the midnight
naturalist where the best pullct is
:OoSting.
TIE various schools in town have
closed and the Young misses and lad
dic4 arc foot loose aud fancy FREQ, and
the way they feel huppy-wcll, We
won't attcMpta description 30 di1ll-
cult.
DIR. +. F. GARY, Col. B. Y. Hcrn-
don, Col. Muck Mosc,cy and Maj. w.
Il. Mc(ilec, and others of Cokcsbury,
were invited guests ut the Masonic
Supper on Friday night.
Mr.. JAMES LAWSON received three
dozen mammoth pears from Florida
last week. The expense OF TRANSPORT
tation WAS only seven dollars. What
was his profit"
The editor OF the EcrshnW Gazette
takes goats in payment of subscription
to his paper, and now udvcrtiscs for
sale young goats, suitable for Christ
mas presents.
Mr.. ED. DICKINSON, formerly Of
this place, returned few days ago,
and ia subpeonaing witnesses to up
pear before the congressional commit
tee.
PROF. WE'RE diainissed his school
Oh Thursday last for the christmas hol-
idays. He left on Friday to spend a
few days with friends in Charleston.
MASTERS JAMES PERRIN, Thos. Per-
rim, and Willie Thompson will, it !is
thought, survive the supper given by
the Literary Society on Friday night.
FORGIVE your enemies, renew your
subscription to the Press and Banner,
and commence the new year with o
clear conscience.
! Mr.. AND Mrs. BEQUESr have gone
to Keeping house over his store room
on the public square. May happiness
attend.
| MASTER HIRAM TusTEN is spend
| ing Christmas ut I.Cwndesville. His
lilIle sweet heart had better look after
him.
Ir VIC are to believe the notices we
see in our country exchanges, there
! will be a great reduction Of mail mat
ter after the first of January.
When preacher and politician unite
in the same person there is the culmi-
nation of human villainy: O. g., Rev.
Pumpkin Head, of Cokesbury.
There are some COWS about town
that care no more fos q II rail fence
than q Florida returning board for
telling a lie.
MIR. w. q. McGuEE, of Hodges, was
ut the party OH Friday nightbut didn't
dance any OF Tho Methodist out OF
himself.
TIE KershuD Gazette has adopted
H., .Iroiout nutsidn md we Doubt