The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-25

morn was a reminder of may-time
and whose close in crimson colors was
fifty followed by the love-light twink
ling from myriads of stars, softly dim
med by the gentle rays of the pale
moon. Al! the day long the birds
chirped their happiest songs, the gen
tie breeze was laden with the first
fragrant breath Of spring flowers, the
distant woodlands showed their first
verdant tinge, and both man and
beast were happy. Young men took
! occasion to air their new spring
breeches, and maldens fair showed OH
their hats and dresses suited to the
season.
SOME of our friends are DESTROYS Of
having the subject of "Proscription'
discussed in the clubs before the meet
ing Of the County club next Sale
Day. This is right. We believe the
subject should be discussed and ac-
ton postponed for the present. we
fear that Prescription may be
carried TO too great an extreme just
now. Our own notion is, except IN
extreme cases, to let such matters rest
for a while, and next spring or sum-
mer revive the clubs with all the force
possible. We have always been for
peace and good feeling between the
races.
DIR. J. F. TOWNSEND, Of Hodges,
is now receiving large additions to his
drug department, of all the purest ana
best drugs in the market which he Is
selling at the lowest prices. He care
fully fills physicians prescriptions ana
makes a speciality Of this branch
of his large and varied busi-
ness. He sells by the barrel ma
chine oil and tanners oil, putty, glass,
paints, varlishes, brushes, &c, 10y the
WHOLESALERS; the fact is the people are
going crazy over his cheap goods.
TIE public sentiment of this COM
munity against Osborne Rhodes is
equally as great as that against amy
one of the Lowndesville prisoners
now under sentence Of death. 1t was
on account of his obstreperousness
that Alien was killed and that they
are now awaiting execution.
TMR. B. w. BARHwELL has moved
to his new and elegant home, which
once belonged to General Mellow
an. We congratulate Mr.. and Mrs.
Barnwell on their good fortune in get
ting so nice u place for so small a sum
of money. We wish them many
years of health and happiness.
THE PEE DEE WATCHMAN.-We
have resolved the first number Of this
new paper, published at Darlington
by the Messrs. Gilbert. The new pa
Der looks bright and clean and we
hope, that it may nave a long II
prosperous career. The paper Is very
large, the same size of the Press ant
Banner, and we are glad to welcome
Mr.. Gilbert back to the field of jour
nalism.
OUR farmers are going to work with
q vim. Everywhere Il he seen the
evidences of better work and more OF
it, than has been on u farms for the
past ten years. More new fences have
been built than have been put up any
year since the war.
Mr.. JOHN VANCE, of Cokcsbury,
died at his residence last Sunday
night after Il lingering illness, aged
seventy-three years. He was II OF
the old landmarks whose removal will
be mourned over by all who knew
him. He was an upright man and a
good citizen.
THERE has not been Is much feel
ing exhibited in reference to the hang
ing of a few negroes in South Oar
DINA since the time that we were
Provisional Governor of the State.
ABBEvILLE has more pretty girls
than any town Of its size in the State.
and the number is increasing as the
population grows larger. Heaven
bless the girls.
DIR. Fl. ID. WILSON now has al at
traction at Hodges. We hope that
the Doctor will have better luck than
we did when we went counting. We
were instructed to hang our harp on
the willow.
A merchant down town sells more
of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup than all
other medicines together. 1t surely
must be the best remedy fora cough.
PER EXPEsS.-This week to Able
vile Green wood and Due West a new
line of Hats flowers &C., at the lowest
prices, Mrs. NJ. NJ. White.
WE are prepared at the Press and
Banner Office to do job work ut the
lowest figures. Parties having work
to do will find it to their interest to
give us q call.
MAY 4.-The Inauguration Ball in
Columbia is to come off on Friday
evening, May 4, the evening Of the
same day that the Lowndesvillc muir
derers are doomed to meet their God.
Mrs. H0LLINsHEAD sold the re-
mainder Of her household goods on
Monday and will 20 to Ohio in . day
or two.
IF anybody will read what the An
tlcy.son Journal says of the Lowndes-
vile prisoners he will see how to-
tally ignorant the editor is of the ev-
idencc elected Oh the trial.
The troops have been removed from
the State house in New Orleans, and
cheers for Hayes!
THE editor of the Ncu6crry Herald
wants his correspondents to write with
blue glass pens. If they do the editor
will see through a glass darkly.
On Sunday, the 18th instant, the
time for shooting game expired. The
turkey gobhler can now strut prouder,
gobble louder and breathe easier, pro-
vided he doesn't try to bite anybody.
THE Salem Democrat published at
Salem, Indiana, is Il gem Of a paper.
No country exchange received at this
office is more highly priced.
DOES Abbeville county make a good
investment of one hundred and fifty
dollars to keep Osborne Rhodes in
Jail for twelve months? He is in pris-
on because he cannot give a peace
bond.
THE Pickcns Sentinel gives partic-
ulars of another raid on Mountain
corn distillers. What Il showing to a
great government like this.