The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-19

80 thSi Nv ~ q SptSioAo PthSi
= asst Friday week. We were hOnored with an
aviation, but had regretfully to stay al
home. The occasion was q very pleasant one,
#punch, toast, and sentiment being the order
81 the day. The champion Rides are a com
pany Of good fellows, their officers are gener-
bus, and greatly liked by their men, and we
are sorry that we could not join them In their
merry punch party. Capt. McGhee and his
brother officers, are the men to cultivate u
high esprit de corps.
Eighly-two and F~ifty.Seyen.
Mai. Lee, of Asheville, n. c.. was married
to Mrs. Lee, Of this county last Thursday
hight. On Saturday they took the train for
80 %1reenville on their way to the home OF the
BROOM. The Major is 81 years OF age and she
has checked OF 81 winters. We trust that
! nany years of happiness are yet in store for
nose who have so late in life united their for
J tunes for future bliss.
The Charleston Hotel, is one Of the most
Elegant establishments in the South. and is
hnost literally patronized by the travelling
bubble. A gentleman stopping ut this hotel
bays, in proportion to the room he occupies.
from $50 to $500 q day. This u the only
Equitable plan on which to keep q hotel, as
! here Is always great difference in the Sleep
j ng apartments. We might go on to enumer-
Ste the many elegancies and comforts of this
Motel, but we say 1t all at once, when we say
n is superior in every department, to any
,otel that we have eyer stopped at. The
- nFEC sknH tlceF Oh In1S nOlA IL
bns and obliginp. while the army OF servants
&eem anxious 80 anticipate oneS wants:
ANY one visiting the "City-by-the-Sea,"
should stop at this hotel. where he may fare
Fumptuously every day, and DO treated lna
princely manner all the time.
FIREs.-The gin house and six bales OF cot
BON belonging to Mr.. stephen LatiIner, at
.4ientsville, in this county. were burnt last
Monday afternoon. The cotton took fre
while the machinery was In motion. Mr.. o.
yer Bronyan. near Due West, On Little l;lver,
oSt his GIN house ana thres or iour oaleSM
Potion, IN the same way on the oth Ilst, MI.
hbner Hill McGhee, near turkey Ereek
Church., had the misfortune TO lose MS dwell
ng anu nearly all ltS contents iaSt rrluAy
plight. The hre was ulscovercu ABOUT Two
1913 uJna raj u ~ I'm ;, defective stove nine No
n.nranceo on any Of the above property.
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dnut OUT p,aiin' '1 nsH H' No Sree Nv {. vn q n'errv
Ing our deveiI may DC Iree 10 nave m'eraS
EariStIhas, our neht IsS1y M re 80 umu
Banner VIII DC mare on Shristllas niorniiS;
5ilstehd OF on "tuHeSnayr oup smuet VIII a
. a Iisha ah Iny tG sninv nnr rhr}kstpp"as nnncS'
,tharw,Se the roner would snoil the pnnch'
, "a NV "ru - Eli, , snnil ,hp nanar fNN'
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A correspondent suoscriDins IL seMeS US
ZONE Original verses ior Pup hni Ihe h e
{ret nat we canlot puoisn 'ne mmose, "u'
give our reauets Tcise"s
dreamed a dream OF rove ana ilSht' %
nj nj ali tSa World seemed fair and BRIGHT
Rene,th II - r.,diamt ,raze'
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IFInl.y Nuu u Maa S.0.eo III Nin.hSi y,
ne pas'o[ was ~ nem oo.'S: o nf,ar I'M er.
NJ = "mo aso ',hora r.a a mmms,,n,Iv inr"a
nSre.,tion Mt The services in the Presbyte-
han Church Rev. Mr. Martin fntimuted at
Lad close OF the sermon that on the first sun
Ian in January the sacrament OF baptism
gnuld be observed, and the sacrament of the
ord's Sumner on the second Sunday.
1,,a o,ita M IN. west come down IN force
ast saturday TO make purchases for the
christmas holidays. After which they dined
the Aston House. Among the number
$cssors, and the finest specimens of the Gull
bIreI beauty hat ulorns Due West society.
rho va,n.,nd r,.;o. b,d , mos, Amusing
j nd withni instructiye article in its editorial
niumns last week on the subject of the fruit
20 the original. The type is q peculiar one, as
he can testify: for nave we not known, have
ye not heard, and have we not been hunted
fnd "treed" by the fruit-tree peddier!
We understand that Mr.; Ralph o. Bourne
las bought the Robinson plantation, nearly
FOUR hundred acres, on Russell Creek, SaVal :
han River. We nope our energetic young
<Iiberaian will make q fortune. II hard
work will accomplish anything. Mr.. Bourne
6vill succeed. We need just such Immigrants:
icn with vigor, health, industry, and a little
eady money.
Our friend Capt. W. 2. McGhee of Hodges.
VAS nomilnted in the Grand Lodge for Junior
&Vnrdnn and RECEIVED a q nerous support for
4ne ofBre We trust TO see him elected next.
rear. as the compliment could not be bestow-
III on a better man or a more Jealous Mason.
Manse Elliott is an authority on the Turco-
5ausSi,n war and on wars in general. He
fovS ia snow.s,orm had not come no at the
,ti,tIe Of Waterloo' and if reinforcements had
8,ot come nm IN wellington Mt the same time.
Napoleon or one OF his ancestors would have
been on the French throne to-day.
! rba pbiIon,,tbeon Waltz &c the title Of q
,iane 81 mus;c r%o'nnoscd and nublished by
49, rrin,G Nj IL II ,frGiIi of Due
H. e. Tie vnrv nrettv waltz of which its
k.omposer NAV be proud. 1t is dedicated to
Miss Leila Il. Barr of Lexington, :. c., and a
grateful tribute it must prove to her.
NJ q r. I,c,- son ,os, Monday sold his
>.mmhrijse c,rm of Two hnudred and fifiy
heres. to Mr.. Stewart, OF Tennessee, for sixteen
Slollars I'm acre, cash. Stewart will give one
thousand dollars towards building the new
3court House. at Ninety-SiX.
At the Office of the Press and Bonner The
following papers are always kept on tile:-
6nu. icMon Journal Of Commerce., Ncws aud
nttir... the Register, the PHGhir, the Nctc
DO K Hc,utd, the Chronicle aud Constitutional
81: and most OF the County papers. They are
6ent :,ro bono po6iico.
tf'Return, We ransomed sinners"-Messrs.
ANDY Dun Richey, COwan Pratt, Frank
Nearight and John William Clinkscales. lett
SDonaldsVtie last Monday Tor Texas. we are
3sorry TO see so many OF our exceiient young
3ncn leaving nome; inEy can w oe'teF III
exas thah Ri olo Aooe'iiie'
MeSsrs. James and Arthur Liddell, or this
county, will remove to Mississippi the latter
part OF this week. They will 90 in a wagon.
}Mr.J:, \. Sitton, OF Due west. expects 70 go
with them, out ne VIII return IN Il snoI1
we aiw avs regret 10 lose a sooa clti-
pen.
The coiored band Serenaded several OF our
fmo,e prominent ciilZens last Me9nesuay
1ni:it. Ihey dlscourseu some splrlteu music,
ana some OF tne favored dispenseu SONY
Sniriiual cohl,ort among Inc niusicians. ~
was u coid nisht.
We were pleased 10 meet MI. John Z. BAL
reE OF the Greenstae enterprise 9nd h0nhhoI"-
yer, on the cars last SATURDAY. MI. baiiey lsa
good trend ana an eNcei'ent newspaper man
1"no' IKE ourseil' isoh Tue 100 WI d WIFE,
Capt. !. W. Perrin, County Treasurer, was
In Columbia last week on official business.
lie Is one of the best TrcaSurers In the Slate
and we nope 10 see INC LEGISLATURE 90 MIN
the justice 10 increase MS salary.
\ meeting of the directors and stockholders
OF the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad will
he held NJ the stockade On Ihursaay, 2th
January next. refreshments LOT an VIII oe
Inrnisneu oy 'he sooo people Vi "reeh"oou
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