The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-23
Quid Nunc's Notes In Abbeville and
Edgefeld-Terrible Death.

i nave UeeI TclucSLeN ny 1tCS. IL. ". llld
to call attention to acentennialc celebration @
the Sunday School work, to take place q
Greenwood or, the 18th Sabbath In this month
II also of o similar meeting at Ntnety-Si!
on the 18th Of July. These exercises Will com
memoratc che of the most important event
In church history. the organization Of Sab
bath schools by robert Raikes OF GlOuceste
In l7sH. 4 ginerHl attendance of all neigh
boring StinolS Is urgently requested. The ex
erciScs will be Of Il very interesting and profit
able character, II will surely result In goOt
TO this important interest.
! was informed by n gentleman on the lin
that the work on the GrcenwoOuHnd Augusta
Railroad progresses finely. Their force la'
been increased tya considerable number o
hired hands. Augusta has also added IL mum
bcr of carts and mules to their facilities u
transportation. The piers of the bridge arr
about ready for the superstructurc, and tn
road will be completed from the city to thu
river within a short time.
1t would seem that the chicken. of all othe'
creatures, liz the least choice of Its mode o
c~ominginto the world. \ lady residing II
this county while recently dressing Il her
took from hcra partially developed egg wlicl
she artificinIIy Matched within the ordinary
healthy chicken:
Rosa, aged 9 ysars, daughter Of Capt. and
Mrs. J. II. Rogers Mt Nincty.SiX died lasI
Thursday morning.
Aludicrous incident illustrative of the uo1
popnH ruSe Of candidates In proclaimint
themselves occurred Il short time since In q
township in Edgeiicld county. a citizen no
ticing Il double loaded announcement of can
didacy signed "Many Citizens" got on his
horse and personally visited every voter III
that part OF the township from which 1t crncr
gcd and never succeeded In tindinsa single
man that new anything about 1t.
There Is Il family in the vicinity of Noun
tain Creek. Edgcfcld county, that have for
generations developed \ disposition to suicide
by hanging. The grandfather and father
hanged themselves, and the son was narrow
- rpSoIptl from n similar fate last wear Dy
two German labOrerS who came across MIN
just as he had fastened the rope around his
neck and was ready To make the fearful LEAP
into eternity.
While l cordially appreciate the invitation
to accompany the press gang to Cincinnati
when | got the invitation too late TO aval
myself Of tn" pleasure. | must confess TO feel.
ing something like the freshman who replied
to the question, Were you born In Dubltn?'
No please your honor, though l might have
been If | had desired it,"
y new mail route from New Market. via
Terkscy'S and other Intermediate points, f0
Edgeticld G.. H., will shortly he opened. The
present route from New Market will also be
continued. The people upon The latter line
have of late been greatly pcrpleNed by irregu'
lar mail deliveries and some times clean miss.
cS. 1t Is to be hoped that the new arrange.
ment will abatc this evil. This trouble has
grown out Of the fact of the general contrnc'
removed by an infinite amount of sub-letting
us to defeat anything like q necessary and lc.
climate supervision requisite To the enforce
Inent Of punctiality from sub-cOntractors
This Is one of the mean Determinations OF the
administration against the South.
Any one who participatedi In the memorable
cam paign of 1875 in Edgcfield and Abberille
well remember q noble OK that right gallant
shirts on every public occasion during the
campaign. He was the property of a middle
aged German, whose name l forget, q profess
sor OF music ind piano-tuner who some TIM
-. lIt - ILL.,, f,-.r a., NM, rtnn
This stately steer evoked compliments and APP
plauSe from the distinguished leaders In the
campaign. The historic animal was subse-
Quently regularly ridden by the old German
in his professional rounds, and had the habit
Of announcing his presence by Il most Singh
lar noise. IL genuine bovine dialect. when his
master stopped at a house. He has lived to
see the state redeemed, and the sword OF the
which / saw him chccrfufly drawing the other
day. He Is nearly twenty-tour years old,
every whit Il democrat.
Mr.. jeff Anderson. Il Joint lessee with Mr..
Scott, OF Mr.. oinaX's saw mill, neur Promise
Land met a terrible fate on Saturday last
while going down a hill near Promise Land,
the mules attached TO q wagon loaded with
lumber, took fright and run at n fearful speed.
Mr.. Anderson, Il man Of cOrpulcnt physique
attempted to Sove himself and arrest the
mules by jumping from the wagon and was
struck upon the head by q piece Of scantling,
the wheels OF the wagon passing over the full
lclplu VI u'S upuy, iio iuIsihS ~, WV
causing instantaneous death. The deceased
was middle aged, All estimablc gentleman and
worthy citizen, he leaves Il wife and i've or
six children.
1t is related BY n gentleman who has had ac-
cess TO the archives OF the mercantile agency
that \. NJ. Aiken. Esq, of Greenwood, S. c.,
is c;ltalOgued as one of the most competent
and skillfu! merchants In the South /; u COM
pliment OF which he might justly be proud
considering the vast competition.
\ festive tramp. rather well clad, hall
ing from Augusta. and claiming to be re-
lated to a wealthy family Of the name OF
Fleming in that city, last week rendered him
self obnoxious to several young ladies In
Elgcficld by abrupt matrimonial 0vertures
on Sight. For bold faced impertincnce and
audacious insolence he just exceeds any per-
~ipatctic coNcomb that ever honOred these
parts. " Is fortunate for him that the ku-
kluX Is obsolete. II Is not probable that lie
will revisit those communities.