The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-06-27
A TRIP TO CAROLINA.
The Elbcrton Boys Visit Abbev,!ie
for q Base Ball Contest and Re-
turn with Clipped Plnions--A
Cooa uS;~o NJ,
From the EiberLon EHzdHe

From the Eiberton Gazdne.
Last Thursday morning the No Name Nine
base ball club Of this town started for Able
willie. s. G., to play q game OF ball with the
club Of that city. After a ride of 30
miles over mlddy roads and through the rain
Abbevillc was reached about sunset. when
gentlemen of the other club and assigned
places Of abode during their stay in this de-
lightful town. Few OF the Elberton club had
ever visited Abberillc before, and although
the town Is famous for Its handsome residcn-
ces and beautiful flower gnrdcnsand grounds,
some of the boys expressed themselves as
surprised and enchanted with the tasty and
licences and cultivated gardens that here and
there deck the city.
Fears were entertaine ed by the two clubs, rs
by nearly Ill the people, that the day on &C
count OF ne gloomy state Of the weather
would be unpropitious for the contest. The
hour for the match was appointed at four
o'clock, p. M, on Friday, and us early as two
in the afternoon the people began to asscmll l.
on the ground, and right here. we would OBJ
serve that we never saw such Interest mani
tested by the elderly portion of the commu-
nifty In the game, which Is obliged to act as
an Incentive TO the young mon who engagein
the sport.
AT $3.50 the boys left Wier's hotel for the
ground, and soon thereaftcr reached the spot
where the noble SONS of Georgia and Carolina
in friendly contest were to strive for the
championship OF the ball and bat. The ex-
cellent brass band Of the city was on the field
and before and aft, the game discoursed the
sweetestmusic to t: .pectatorsand contest
ants-this band, II Is ,.ot, should be the pride
Of Abbeville, for 1t is indeed one of the best
that 1t has been our good fortune to listen 70
for some time. On the ground, too, were Alb
beville's legion offair and charming daughters
and the ElbertOn boys say that they attribute
their defeat to the presence Of so much daz-
zling beauty-that they couldn't half play for
looking at the bright-cyed, rosy-cheeket
beauties that were so abundant in the crowd
nf Qnppf0tOra-if fhprn Ia Qnv NTH In this
hypothesis the writer Of this was SO enchant-
ed that he didn't know himself from an UNI
brella, for he never played poorer In the
whole course of his extended base ball ca
course of people on the field, and promptly Mt
four o'clock the boys began the game, and Of
ter about two hours and q quarter Of spirited
tity Of poor playing by the Elberton nine,
the score was announced, amidst deafcning
applause, Resolute,. Is; No Name Nine, Is.
During the game u shower came up that last,
ed about twenty minutes, but the boys did
not stop on account Of 1t. Cheers rent the air
from the excited crowd when q good play Was
made, irrespective Of sides. and although 1t
was but natural that Carolina should AVE
the ascendency, not seldom did we hear a
rousing "'Rah for Georgian" The boys took
their defeat like men. and while, OF course,
their feelings were tinged with that disagree
able sensibility that more or less attaches to
every defeat, they bore up bravcly.. and one
of the boys spoke the ~sentimentof the nine
when he remarked. well, boys, We are beat,
but we couldn't have been outdonc by Il more
clever set of gentlemen"
Friday evening the n. y. y. were invited to
q social gathering at the residence of Mr..
Smith, one OF Abbeville's most successful
merchants, where they had an opportunity Of
becoming acquainted with many OF the fair
ladies of the city, and while 1t might be pre-
mature to assert It, from the way some of the
boys talked, there was sad havoc made In
their bosoms. However this may be, certain
1t Is that the social was q recherche affair
and the participants enjoyed 1t greatly.
tally dispensed with better grace than at Alb
bevllle, and our boys arc loud In their praises
Of the place and the people. And, now, rs
the two W are not q world apart, and
there seems to have been such a promising
way opened up for the enjoyment Of social
intercourse, 1t is to be hoped that the opp0r-
tunity will be embraced to cultivate and de.
veiop the growing c~ongeniality.
hi Abbevillc club will visit Elbcrton he.
fore long, when we trust that our boys will bC
able to render their stay as pleasant as wa1
their %sOj0urn across the Savannah, and also
that ElbertOn may regain her lost luurclS.
While in Abbcville, your reporter stopped
at Wier's Central hotel, md received all the
care and attention that such clever and gen.
manly proprictors as the McSsrS. Nicr, TIA.
ther and SOM are capable OF giving to thei.
guests.
We also made q visit to the sanctum Of tho
c%ongenial and able editor Of the Press ana
Banner, MIR. Hugh Wilson, who handles tho
scissors with remarkable drxterity, and
wields a fluent pen, which is obvious from III.
excellent paper he weekly grinds out, and
which is Il welcome visitor to this Ollie"
The only objection we could find with Kim
was that several summer have passed o,ei
his head, and as yet no silvery-toned female
lady calls him darling. However, he may
have done his part and Is not so much tc
blame after all. Long may he flourish!
We had the pleasure likewise of meeting
the junior editor Of tho Mwiium, Captnin
HemphiIl. who Is also Il clever gentleman,
and q sound Notwithstanding a good pa
per for his people. He Is also Il single pink,
but on every feature bcamcd evidences OF Il
hope that might dawn in the not distant (u-
ture. Success, young man.
The crops along the road to and from Able
vile wore in a fiouriShing condition. The
cleaners were harvesting the wheat crop
which was good, the corn was growing at q
rapid rate, and what little cotton we saw on
the Carolina side appeared to be doing well.
The industries OF this Stute has evidently
gained new impetus from the Inauguration
OF Democratic rule, and In n few years will
again blossom and bloom as the rose. Nivc
L. CnrOlinui