The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-10-06
State Items.

Keowee Courier.-We arc pleased to note the
return Of Prof. =. Z. BooZer and his IN
wife TO Walhalla. The Professor comes hack
TO take his accustomed place In Adger College
this week. He is in fine spirits and Is look
Ing well ...Adger College opens to day under
brighter prospects than ever. Many new
are expected to enter......Our town presents
n business appearance. New goods and
much cotton, make the place llvely..~.Rcv.
f. +. Davis filled the pulpit In the Presby-
terrain Church last Sunday evening in the
absence Of the pastor. Rev. s. l.. Morris. Mr..
Davis preached an interesting and instructive
sermon ABOUT two chills 10 o watermelon
be counted on MS a fair average now..;.
volume with brigtcning prospects.......The
State and National elections are drawing nigh
less h five weeks OIL. -.".ESgs are selling
at sixty cents q dozen In Charleston andlhard
eggs in this market at advanced priccs."...
Prof. w. S. Moore, Of John Hopkins Univcr-
sity, Baltimore, has arrived and will n his
place as Professor OF Mathematics In Adgcr
Greenville and Columbia Railroad, recently
put on, are freight trains with passenger
coach attached .......Plant your neighbours cats
carly. One under each fruit tree will help
your crop and do your neighbor q good turn
besides.......Now is the time to advertise.
Lexington Dispatch.-We are pleased to see
that brother McJunkin has met with deserv-
ed success with the Daily Ieomd1, and now
finds IT necessary 10 Issue m 5 page weekly, q
copy OF which we have pcrused and find 1t
worth three times the amount Of the subscrlp-
tioh price, Sl.O per anum.......The Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta railroad are now rum
ming four Mail and Express trains, two each
way. The schedule for Lexington Is as fol
lows; Going North. ll.W A. NJ. n 1000 y.
NJ; South so A. NJ. and 100 7. M."..Thc
demand for change for the past ten days caus-
ed, We suppose. by the farmers gathering 1t to
pay Oft the cotton pickers, has created a
see rcity Of specie In town......Th dry weather
been Of 81 immense advantage to farmers
gathering late fodder, nnd picking cotton.
The pea crop Is next in order.......H Horse flesh
in South Carolina Is twenty-five per cent
higher this year than 1t has been for the past
five years.......Th The Is no surer crop grown
tha the red rust-prOof out, and none more
profitable to the, farmer. Sow largely, early
and late.......A colored man on the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta railroad was mashed to
death this morning w~hile1coupling cars."-.A
number of mercantile men were In town last
cotton fields and the cry Is more labor.
NeeUberry NeUs.-There Is q great deal OF
diptheria in the southern portion OF the
County among the cOiored children and very
fatal With them, and In different parts Of the
County among the white children......Pro
CIarkson left Newbcrry yesterday for Column:
b.a, where he will be co-principal. with Prof.
Hugh S. Thompson In his classical school.-....
We learn that Newbcrry will soon establish q
game. .. There is n great deal of cotton now
open in the fields and hands TO gather IT arc
scarce. Mrs. NJ. Evans returned from
Charleston last Friday and was taken down
with the broken-6one fcver.m...ChillS and
fever are prevalent over the County.