The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21

next morning.
THE Press and Banner office ha!
now one of the best appointed jot
printing offices in the interior Of the
State, and can turn out as neat work
"a can be executed in the State. Give
us a trial, and if we please, then kecI
your money at home by patronizing
home enterprise.
ABBFvILLE AT LEBANoN.-Last
Sunday was the meeting of Quarterly
Conference at Lebanon. Misses Eliza
Cater, Josephine Hill, Mrs. A. NJ.
Hill and Messrs E. NJ. Osborne, Rich
ard Hill. John Baker and others rep
resented Abbeville.
LAST Saturday was st. Patrick's
day, but no unusual performances
took place at Abbeville in honor OF
Ireland's patron saint. In all the
principal cities the day was observed
by impressive professions and cere-
monies.
SOME people about town seem dis
posed to be a little severe in their crit
icisms of those out of employment.
We are disposed to sympathise with
those of that class of men who were
born tired, and are not sharp enough
to get into a JOB.
WE give some beautiful Thoughts"
in another column, and doubt not that
these articles will he appreciated. 1t
is seldom that one finds q more beau
tiful word picture than that OF "Sun-
dayin the Valley"
MIR. THos. MCBRIDE died Of pneu-
monia, at his residence on Long Cane,
Sunday last, aged 20 years, and was
buried at Long Cane cemetery. Rev.
H. T. Sloan preached the funeral SER
mon.
Mrs. w. w. BULLOCK. of the c.
dar Springs neighborhood, died Sum
day last, leaving q large family of chill
dren. She was buried at Mt. Moriah.
Rev. Mr.. Clarke preached.
THE Spartaaburg Herald says the
selections in the patent outsides "are
always good and readable" We men-
toned the fact o week or two ago that
the head OF the editor of that paper
was level on this subject.
PROFESSOR D. c.. WEBB, who has
been absent for a couple Of weeks at
the bedside of a sick sister in Charles
ton, has returned and taken charge OF
his school. We are glad that he left
his sister convalescent.
THERE was divine service ut all our
churches on Sunday by their respect
i've pastors except at Trinity, where
lay reading was substituted for the
usual sermon. Mr.. Kershaw was in
Newberry.
QUARTERLY MEETING ut Lebanon
last Sunday. Presiding Elder Brown
was present and preached n of his
best sermons, after which he admins
tered the holy communion.
REV. J. L. Martin, by appointment,
will be absent from his charge on
next Sunday. He goes to Walhalla to
assist Mr.. Leslie Morris in administer
ing the communion to his congrega-
ton.
PRESIDING ELDER BROWN preach
.ed Sunday night in the Methodist
church. He went for the drones in
society with gloves off. His head Is
level on genteel vagrancy.
THE schedule Oh the G. &C. Railroad
was changed last Wednesday. The
down train now leaves Abbeville 20
minutes earlier and the up train one
hour later than before.
THE Town Council are having some
good work done on u streets. Mr..
A. Request is the contractor for this
work, and very faithfully indeed is
he carrying out the agreement.
TIE Spartan6urg Herald comes to
US with a new head and otherwise
much improved. Several locals have
appeared in that paper each week for
the past three or four weeks.
THE Press and Banner is the only
weekly paper, as far as we have no
ticed, that published the Presidents
Inaugural Address as early as the eth.
CALVES and hogs have been lying
down on the pavemepts in front of
the stores in Barnwell to die. So says
the Sentinel.
MISS JANE RAMEY's new millin-
cry will be in by next week, and then
the young ladies may make them
selves more beautiful than ever before.
Mr.. w. r. MCDONALD ia getting
in some of his new goods, which he
is selling at bottom prices for the
lizard pan" Call on him and get a
bargain.
Mr.. AND Mrs. r. NJ. HADDoN
are fixing up their store ever 80 nicely,
and will he ready in a few days ia
make the plainest girl look perfectly
stunning.
MR.. J. RILEY FERGUSON reached
over the dash board of his buggy to
arrange the harness. The horse kick
ed his arm and broke it in two places.
Pickens Sentinel.
Mr.. D. B. SMITH has contracted to
put up the main portion of DIR. Mar
shall's house while "Uncle Louis"
will put up the adjoining room.
Mr.. JOHN EVANS had the misfor-
tune to get some of the bones Of one
of his feet broken last week, by his
wagon running over 1t.
MRS. L. w. WHITE and family are
now in Newberry. spending the time
with her parents, while Mr.. White is
gone to lay in a stock of goods.
LEARN to write q good hand. 1t
will do you good all the days OF your
life. Prof. Perry is teaching pen
manship at a low price.
THE young ladies of Due West and
Greenwood may look ont for Mrs.
White. She warrants all her custom
ers troops Of suffers.
THREE Italian musicians-one wo-
maj and two men-are furnishing
music to idlers at the rate of a nickle
a tune.
The Marion Jail has twenty-six pris-
ers and to prevent their escape, a
guard of citizens swatch the prison
every night.-Merchant and Former.
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