The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-07-25
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THE editor of the Merchant and Far
men. has invested in life insurance and
riycs his experience as follows: Every
dav tie papers bring us news OF the
breaking OF banks and insurance compa-
MES. They are too numerous to men
ton. and we OILY do so where our people
are supposed = be interested. The last
one rep0rted is the Universal Life Co., IN
which some of our friends have invested
their money. This is the asst OF ABOUT
eight in which we have X STOCK, ana
hereafter we shall let all SIGH alone" II
this editor had read OR articles two or
three wears ago, he might. have saved
enough money to buy cigars for the next
ten years.
A P1oUs S1sTER.-The Barnwcll cor
respondent of the Charteston Jo"'7aat {?
Commerce tells the following pious Incl
dent: At the colored Baptist church last
Sabbath, the cup of wine was handed
to one OF the sisters, who drained 1t to
the bottom, clappcd her hands, jump
ell up and cracked her heels together
twice. and exclaimed: "Glve me more !
Give me more!! for I does lub me Jesus
so mach. I could drink he blood all
dav." Sunday night this pious sister
was chased out of u neighbours garden,
with q load of collards and
Our country exchanges havo had
much to say of late on the subject of do
~linuuents. We suggest this remedy.
Reduce the size of your papers, col,
umn to the page, and cut off two n
dead heads. This will reduce your paper
bills to one-half, while income your Will
be as great. We did this, and know Where
of we speak. Two years ago we cut on
three hundred of these dead weights.
We now breathe trecr.
THE Press and Banner seems to be Ia.
miliar with the Koran. In it's text about
the new county it says something about
Mohamct and the mountain. Have you
been to Mecca lately ?-Ninety-Sir Guar
diun. No; we havn't been down 1oi
some time. We, however, are now con
templating going OH a pilgrimage to
your place.
A little colored child, living on tho
plantation of Mr.. John w. b. Shelton
some four miles west of this place, los,
its life last week by attempting to clint
a rail fence. When it reached the top OF
the fcuce the rail turned so as to thro"
the child and fall upon it in such a man
ncr as to break its neck, thereby killing
it NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I~ntel1gencer.
THE Keowee Courier at Walhalla Is
numbered "vOlume Xii-no. 3d." w
have known the KeoWee Courier To-
twenty-five years or more, and Whylt as
sumes its boyish years, we are unaDle "
tell. Perhaps it's on the marry. You,
too well known, Mr.. Courier, to pass fol
only twelve.
TIL Charleston News and Courier ha:
a complimentary word to the county press
of this State. AS we are one OF the mum
Der we appropriate our share OF the com
plimcnt to ourselves, and return thanks
General Toombs says that if the home
stead is reduced, that a Georgia debtor
in the future, intead of taking the lom
) stead, will Just 60 into bankruptcy, anc
claim, under the United States bankrup
law, the old $4,000 exemption.
We congratulate the Camden Journa
and Gazette on their consolidation AM
wish the proprietors great success. w
think, however, that they make a mis-
take in not using the patent outside.
THE Edgefeld Advertiser and the Lau
rensuilIe Herald are as silent as the gray
on the new county question. WHAT'S tn
matter, gentlemen?
The announced Agricultural Fair TO
the 9th of August. at the Fair Ground
t in this place, promises to be a line sue
, cess.-Amderson Intelligcncer.
, The editor of the Union Times is sensl
bic. Rather thar fill his paper with deat
lads" he has reduced the size Of his pa
per one column to the page.
The Lancaster Ledger objects to a cor
RESPONDENT of the Camden Journal an
Gazette copying locals from That paper.
> The anderson Journal informs us tina
Mr.. John H. Breazeale last week lost
hand in a thresher.
! w. C. Harris, formerly of Laurens
died in Greenville last week.-Enterpris
and MOnntdineer.
Tho Sumter Watchman gave his edito
rial space this week to his correspond
cntS.