The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-07-04

should fail to get his seed rs carly as pos
siblc. It is of vital importance. \ large
crop of turninS is almost Indispensable.
BASE BALL.-Thc Greenwood and Alb
bevil!e clubs played their third match on
our grounds last Friday afternoon i'll the
prc$cnccof a large assembly Of ladies' u
gentlemen. This game WAS the most
closely contested and most exciting that
VIC have witnessed; The @amc was wei
Dlavcd on both sides. The Greenwood
club surprised themselves. and their
advcrsaricS too. lr their excellent play
ing even in tie absence OF some Of the
best PLAYERS; on their first nine. At the
ninth inning the game stood Ii to II. and
the umpire ruled that another inning
should he played. The AhbGville boys
then went to the bat AMI made runs.
and when the Greenwood boys went 10
the bat they made and got to the
third base on the second round. The Alb
bcville club now claims the champion
ship. having beaten twice IN the three
games. The following is the score OF the
game:
1885, G 5 Q 10
Greenwood, l4lOo2 0 1-l5
Abbevillc. 300 0 Iii
Mr.. Baily remained over al night, and
had a good time.
DIED. on Sabbath the 9th, ulti,no, near
Donaldsvillc, i'll this county, Mr.. Will
linn Donald, aged about sixty years.
He had been confined to his bed the
greater part Of the time fer several Years.
owing to Il general breaking down Of the
system. The deceased leaves no inlre-|
diatc family. Ills wife who WAS Il daugll-
ter of Squire James Bar:uorr, deceased,
and sister OF the late Larkin BarlnOre,
hating died several years ago, leaving 10
children. He was the second son If Ma
iOr John Donald. deceased, and had five
brothers and five sisters all Of whom
lived to middle are. but OF these thcrcarc
but two left, one bciNr Mrs. William
Till. of ~cur'countv, and the Other, DR.. J.
+. Donald, Of GrcenViilc county. Ills
remains were conSigIc u their !a>: rest
ing place in Grccnville churchvard on
Monday evening. there to await the
trump Of the mIgc! i'll the resurrection
morn.
WE NEED QUICKER TRANSPORTATION.
In the, last quarter Of Il century vast
improvements have been made in the,
transportation of passengers and freight
on many roads. but tho railroads from
here to Charleston have not advanced Il
single step in that time. We are forced
still to travel OR the Old slow schedules
and wait for our Charleston papers until
they are two days old. lie. the trains run
through from Greenville to Charleston in
q single day. Ii is not Justice 10 the bus
mess Interests Of Charleston 10 keep Is 1T
two day travel from ~ chief CONNER
cial city.
GREENWOOD SPLINTER, EXTRACTED
FROM THE N~INETY-SIX GUhHDiAN.-.At
y meeting OF the Hampton Reading and
Musical Club, held N the 18th inst, the
following oiliceGs were elected to serve
for the ensuing quarter: John T.. Parks,
President; Thomas vi. DENLY. first Vice
PrcSidenti Miss Ella Cobb, second Vice
President; James l.. Davis, Secretary;
Miss Fannie Parks, Treasurer; }. ".
Kennedy, Critic. The club is in Il pros
porous condition, and all seem to take
great interest in it.
DURING the late dry spell a worthy
h,'nther living on "Hard Labor attempt
~ I, ND for cotton, a piece Of rocky
Gu ~ -" Rock and the land be-
ing hard. he failed to- n,n.nn"
cred, be flew in5o a''dcSr>" .;,.o
thought he c0uld do the SUBJECTS '"
but all al once rcco!icctcd his "iurlou4h."
had been withdrawn. lie thcreupon put
his team to Ills wagon and hauled iii q
load Of sand. Old Mr.. 'Hiac,' one Of his
tenants and Il reliable man, is my author
ity.
PERsoSAL.-Wc had the pleasure OF.
q call on Monday last from our friend Dr..
s. S. Marshall, OF Grccnriilc. s. &: The
Doctor is q constant reader OF the Press
and Banner, and has read with much in
tcrest the articles OF the cy-Ahbcyiliian,
whom he knows personally and rr!lc!n-
bcrs most kindly. They were ~ school
together. He, like hundreds Of others,
wants cx-Abbcviilian to write moro.
The Doctor is 4 prominent physician and
genial gentleman.
The exercises of the Midway Academy
closed on last Friday the : I'D. This
school for the last two years has been
presided over by Miss K&oie Patton who
has given general satisfaction. Miss Pat"
ion is a most es:imablc lady and 4 splen-
did teacher. The patrons and friends
turned ont the school with nice pic
mic. Teacher and scholars, parents
friends and swcethearts had a gala day.
DURING q recent visit to Due West we
bad the pleasure Of attending a meeting
Of the Due West choir. At Mr.. Gallo
ways we net many of ourlady acquaint-
nnces and spent really a pleasant evening.
There were many charming ladies III the
meeting, to some of whom
I'VE gave ourScif away,
Twas all that We could do"
GENERAL bradley tried to arouse the
people at Mill Way last Saturday after
noon on the Greenwood and Augusta
Rail Road. He said as o AS aif hands
got out of the grass lie was going 20 have
meetings all along the line Of the road.
He wanted $4,000 front Greenwood to
the Gold Mine. Greenwood had already
raised $500.
WHY GO WITHOUT CAKE.-Mr. III. L.
Tusten made eighty bushels of wheat on
three acres Of land this scaSon-cnOugh
to last him two wears. When such crops
can be raised, is it not a shame that men
with hundreds of acres of land, and
claiming to be farmers, have to buy
-four.
Miss KATE PATTON, one of tho most
talented and accomplished young ladies
of The county, was among The visitors
who passed through -Abbeville on her
way to Due West last week to attend
Commencement. Her charming grace is
only equallcd by the beauties Of her
mind and heart.
SOME of the Theologs ut Due West are
disposed to worship ut bcautY's shrine.
The proper church authorities should
look into the matter. This thing OF
TheologS wandering of after tho tickle
gods should be looked into by Il cour,
composed of rival bachelors.
REV. Mr.. ELwELL preached at tho
house of Mr.. Harmon Gables on the AZ
teruoon of the 81 Sabbath. Mr.. Gable is
n~inety-four years old, and quite feeble,
has been Il OF the pillars of Tranquil
Methodist church for more than fifty
years.
Rev. B. f. Miller preached a capital
sermon to a large congregation at Horcl
church on last Sabbath-teXt James "
chapter, It'll and 9Th verses. During the
last month four members gave been add
ed to this church, ~ by baptism and
two by letter.
Mrs. DR.. W. c. WARDLAw and Mrs.
DR.. j. S. Thompson left this place for
Liberty Hill yesterday morning.