The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-01

3 ClltNt tllu hlluIS ] XIV IIIf
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A colorrd woman ktinwii rs "crazv Lou
made sad havoc in tie I.'nt zane cemetery n
few days ago. by hrcaklGs the tomb stones
and digging up the shrlbbcry. On being in
tcrrogatcd as to why she did so. she said she
had been ordered to 20 up there ntt1 work
Two DAYS: that she had worked half n day
and intended going back as soon rs the
weather moderated and finish THO job. We
would think that from what VIC iAfe Been
told as TO the extent Of the damage done III n
part Of a day she would certainly finish the
lob lf she should put in II day anda half more
us faithfully. Steps have heen taken to have
her Sent to the asylum where she should have
been for some time.
WE had The pleasure IF greeting in our Of
fee last night Mr.. r.. {. ConnUr, who came I'm
on the evening train from Hodges. lie is the
handSolncSt clerk in tircCnrille, and has Il
c~oihmendahle appreciation of some of our
best and r~rctticSt young ladies. lie docs
business IN that princcly establishment 6f
! Ne>SrS. r.. =. Dickson 4 Co. and The number
of Ahbc>illc people who call ut this store to
trade with Mr.. Common is beyond compnta-
ton. Mr.. Common is a native Of ,.Abbcvillc
and we arc always glad to sec him back
among his old friends.
EXAMINATION OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
for tcacl, crS' certificates in the public schools
will do we'll to read carefully the notice pub
liStcd in our advertising columns this morn
ing by the County Board of Examiners. The
written examination of white teachers will
take place two weeks from to-day; that ~
cplured teachers on the following day. Cor
tii,catrS will be granted toth0Sco only who
success fully pass the examination. \ wise
exception is To nc made in favor of those few
applicants who may at the time he sick and
physically unable to attend. In such cases a
doctors certificate will I've required.
T!tE augusta (hron lie and Sentinel had
otitea ncwsy letter from Ncwbrrry last week
Tic offered us sympathy IN the "tookcr,,
| business. and seemed to think that we might
4 Iz,>l ~ tCv - HAttlt cN hi CO
rious intention Of opening a new poor house
in this county. We are sorry that we have
not rooin for a portion Of the letter.
FATTED CALF FOR Two.-Mr. John VI.
Ganlhrcll and family. Mr.. Hugh L. Rarmorc
and family, FORMERLY Of this county haye re-
mud OF the Mississippi valley. They now
think there is no place like home. We well
come them hack to their old homcSand trust
that they may never again seek a home else
where.
WE don't understand how It Is. that the
Register and others always know which Of
the editors 1t Is. they arc after IN this COLI
Germ. No man has ever "spottcd the wrong
man here except Colonel Mckerale OF the
Morion Star. Several years ago. he 'pitchcd
into" the wrong man, and with that eNcep-
ton he Is the only man who has been mista-
ken.
F1HE.-About s o'clock Monday night the
alarm Of fire was giyHn at Hodges. and the The
Hodges Hotel was found to be on fire. Prompt
action on the part OF the citizens subducd the
flames before mnch injury was zone 10 thS
Arc Sn oke and water PARTIALLY insured.
...,.h, .o.s.., pon,an ,on,Ios t-oro
LM.i .lS. ~ "v,.nIt 80, nr .h"n,inn then,
at each other was engaged In by the boys. UNI
til one hoy. John Hughes. who wouldn't run
NJ ~ Wv, w. ~ oT - ,",in,r;nn uhiIc vnrcrs, nv.
Stnnaar ,nLn,acd in The ps;,ai bio talk.
,,,rru1r I,rr,,,x C,ru-1bo Clph
vii NC, M Er,iav nirht al january nj tho
bn,Sn nf VA VOC ESQ nj half. mast seven
n.cIou.lr nov e " Pratt will road nm essay
on '.The Unity Of the Rncc." An excellent
essay and An interesting discussion may he
expected.
Mr.. W. II. MOORE. OF Cokesbury, who Ind
his leg broken about the same time the Gov
rrnor Sustained his injury. has been quite III
from the effects, hut We arc glad to state that
he Is now n little better. DR.. MAXWELL visited
him last Monday.
As we remarked last week, the fence law Is
Of force now. and IL nnyhody's old razor
bach, hog hotherS you, Just put MN IN a Pen Pen
4nu n".u h'ih III 'ne '""e' p"s' WV '~
n1" , os,,od ,s mot ~
SnML VI "un ot u, "mnH nnT yThcn thc~
eli ont tTorr iva ~ ihc resi- of ms nn ornortuni.
~ "a rct rood hornains I'm gray horses. old
irons cbicEcns SC
- town mil, berco-
forth have 70 be kent nt home or else their
owncrS viii RIM the risk or nayinr The pen
oitv sai in n or thirty DAVIS i'm iall.
VIZ accom-, tbc Pcolscr.s xnIo nation of the
Hn,nntnn hpsinrss and Dive thr ediio a full
pardon this time.
nr.ru-Nr Icncrson NcEoc died ST his
homo in Soutrck one day last week. His re-
mains were inferred at Grccnrillr Prcsbytc,,
rian Church.. lie leaves q wife ana several
Si,a'' e''''ureh 10 mourn ''e,r 'oH> ..
last week married. COUPLE cniorcd raupcrs ut
tho n,,r hnnsc He was blind and size was
old.
%r,.ox p,,r,ry ,.,s ,od,od I'm tail last
Sunday. charged with stealing corn, undcr
commitment Of Trial Justice 1urrant.
c,,,xr, 1,pr,.r, ~ can't q n uodrcs
Or. conner, of Cok csbury and others OF
Hodges had {; big S quirrcl hunt yesterday.
THE stock law will nrcyent the cuttlc and
hogs from taking lun chfrom your LuggicS on
the public square.
MIR. AND Mrs. L. Il. GARY, OF our town
law back again.