The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-06-20
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4 fine rain fell here Sunday afternoon.
DR.. n. brennan and Capt. w. l.. Hem
derson have recently had wells bored at
Vcrdery.
Capt. +. Cowan, School Commissioner
of &bbeville county, was visiting the
schools in this neighborhond last week.
There will I've Sunday School III Ashurv
next Sunday ut half-i'ast two O'clock III
the afternoon.
We heard Il lecturer sly the other day
.Liuuor has saved the lives Of thousands
of people by their not swallowing it,
Il lady seeing Il gentleman riding Il NJ
cycle, remarked, THAT locks like a Splr-
it,"
The other dat orc Of our energetic far
mcrs, in his haste to get to the harvest
field, ground his scytlieS on the WRONG
side. They wouldn't cut ''worth q cent
We had the pleasure of attending inc
exhibition given at Greenwood on last
Friday evening by Mi $ Florence Will
son. BY hall-past eight o'clock, 4 very
Hail to witness the closing exercises 81
Miss Wilson's school. Miss Calhoun de-
livered tie Salutatory address. Her adj
dress ws brief, but concise. AMI WAS
well delivered. She said the exercises OF
our school are now abort 10 come to q
close, We have iabored hard within the
past few months. and often we felt dis
courarcl and almost ready to- sink under
the work assigned to us by our teacher.
We often felt that she was too eXacting III
reauiring so much of us. 1t wa for oul
good that she was thus so cxacting, and
now we feel fully compensated for all
our laborS. We sincerely thank her for
having taken 50 much pains i'll teaching
us, and for being sc kind to MS. Her aim
has ever been to prepare us for the many
duties of life. We will always cherish
the remembrance Of our teacher and hel
name shall ever occupy a warm place III
our hearts. After the s%alutatory address
the Coronation" took place. The stage
had been beautifully decorated and q
| throne had been erected q bright little
. boy and girl made their appearance upon
the stage, when the forms, after a very
| appropriate little speech, crowned the lat
ter queen. Then several young ladies
and quite q humber of boys and girls
came forward and after making short. APP
propriate speeches, presented their roya
majesty with many beautiful presents
| Whom the speeches had all been made
and the PRESENTS had been donated, tho
queen in a verr pathetic manner thanked
her subjects for the honor they had Sc
layishly bestowed upon her; aud wished
them long and happy lives. The tiiirc
class in Geography then recited. after this
a class came forward that represented the
"Thirtecn Original Colonies" In regu
lar order. Zach gave a brief history OF TIT
State which he represented. Besides
these q number Of other Rotations were
made, all of which were very good in
deed. v hat surprised us most was TIT
rapidity with which the pupils made cal
culations. Several good essays were
read. and n number Of dialogues wcr'
spoken. The Greenwood Band was pres
cnt aud played between each recitation
The Ea,edictory address was made b.,
Miss Wells. This address was indeed
good and was we'll spoken. The eXhibi
ton was certainly quite a success and re
fleets much credit alike upon teacher ant
pupils. OSCAR.