The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-01
Letter from i~.rcCnWnON.

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The heavy rains last week did cGn>idci;lhiC
damage TO tho crops, both on up aid bottom
lands III this section.
About two hundred and fifty car loads OF
building matrrl1l. actual count. have been
consumed here since ii nf January.
We regret 10 learn at The serious illness OF
Mr.. !. I. Fleming 1T The Scotch cross.
! The girls are beginning t. return home from
the different schools. Now the college duic
will have an opportunity of displaying his
knowledge o: h"l.c> %lcttrrs.
! There Is great mortality among TIC negro
, ro2ulatinn in this section.
Mr. John Mci.ccS. Il recent graduate OF thC
! Columbia Theological sem mary Is on aHiSlt
to his Old home. He filled the Presbyterian
pulpit here on last Sunday
Tie ommcncrmcntS are great things FOR
the railroads. hotels and people who wlnt to
get married. but the average reader don
want TO he bored to death by Il full account 81
them in every paper he Picks up. lie would
much rather read latcnt medicine aaFcrtise'
lncIltS. :,
deposited all their spare change with the May
or for q street tight last Friday.
The Commonwealth of Georgia certainly
takes tho lead for natural curtnSiti"s. The
lntrst craze is over q mI;le lorty-thrcc years
oil and a rooster That lays egg. Their next
discovery may be u hog with feathers, rr 4
goose with hair. \ Sta'c That can iufhish
land that will produce eight bales of COTTON
per mere can furnish almost any thing else.
There Is nothing that tends more to Il man S
happiness IN this life than good ncighbnrS.
Ours arc exceedingly kind and lavish with
their fruit.
1t Is rumorcd throughout The county that
six Jurors Went to .AbbcviHn sworn to acluit
Ferguson, If he had been tried. Is ms ii"t II
sad state of affairs: Is IL not worthy, "i m
vcStigatinn ? when the defence has such oCdS
IN the selection OF Il jury.
jerome was not sick as we feared. lie was
entertaining his pastor tho day lie didn come
to ;uWr.
Our friend, G. ". Buchanan. has shown ia
scsrc very old periodicals. The contrast bc-
tween the makeup Of them, ami those OF
modern times is very great. The absence OF
deceptive advertisements being very nOticca-
BILE in the f.rNlcF.
We nre informed that our friend ''!;i!l' Nc
Kinney, the boss farmer of White Hall, has
the finest crop prospect III The county, yet IN
a communication 10 us, he states that 1.-The
seer Is grazing and blowing IN The same
row.
We nov have so many passenger trains
leaving on tho same schedule. that passengers
ar really puzzhd 70 know what tram TO take.
Why. q lady boarded the wrong train the oth.
@: day. while the accommodating agents l,nt
her children. baggage and poodle dog on the
right one. When She ,rissel her poodle she
reached for The bell roi c. hut caught tic din.
ger cord Gall lave mir brakes which answered
the same purpose, and she was soon on the
right train with her boon companion.
Our council don't act Often, hut when IT.
does, its actions arc healthy and cDn,i:cnGa-
BILE. This is the ensign of its last. Resolved
lst. That all druggists within tho corporate
limits of Greenwood. selling wines aud H.
quors for medicinal purposes. under the Unit
cd States. State and town laws governing The
sale of same be taxed ut the RI G of go per an
! mum, beginning the LIST day Of July, lSHj.
2md. All billiard and pool tables, at The rate
of So per year, beginning at the same date.
All the comments we make Is, thai, tNe
council should have, rs the law allows, dated
back TO January LIST. instead of July lst, AS tho
tax Is far below what they arc allowed 10
charge. Tie citizens arc furthermore warned
that tho penalty on town lax, real, personal,
, ,J -,,,,,,tufinp viii I've rfl1rrtnl iN .1Il.
lion To the assessment If unpaid. Oil tho Ith
day Of July.
I'VE are very fond Of fresh FISH. but havca
diS!aStc for cells. on account Of their re>eni-
blance to snake. Nelson Patterson caught
one OF the above Sral;r-likc fish ont OF III lrd
Labor last week, which measured 3 feet IN
lenGth and 81 inches In 81 circumference THIS
may seem like u tislIy tale, but we measured
Col. r. w. Youmans will hc one of the
speakers here on the 1ih Of .Inly celebration
The thirteenth anniversary exercises of the
Brewers Normal School, coiorcd. LOCALIZED here
took place on Thursday, June q. The annual
address was delivered By the Rev. +. T.. Nc
Donald, Of Columbia, at ii o'clock q. m. To an
unusually large audience and enlisted cnrncSt
attention: during the honr consumed In Its de-
livery. 1t is to be hoped that II will DC long
remembered by those who heard 1t. IL was
followed ny 4 short, but earnest talk from Inc
Rev. II. NJ. Young. presiding elder OF this dis.
trict in tho a. NJ. T.. conference. On the plat
form. besides those mentioned, wee lscvs.
McCnnts. Evans. Gilbert and Goodwin OF the
Baptist church, G"ndiCtt and Lindsay of the
NJ. f. church, and Baker of the \. NJ. F..
church. The sinoing WAS by the entire school
and was loudly app!nudcd. Alter which fol-
lowed an intrrmiSsion OF an hour, during
which time friends held fellowship with
friends and hctoOk themselves to the contents
OF well laden baskets. The afternoon cNer-
ciscs consisted OF singing, rerltatiuns and dia-
lo.neS by the primary delartrncnt. The large
hall was beautifully decorated with flowers,
arranged with artistic skill, but WAS by far too
small to accommodate the immense thro:"
seek ing admission. The Greenwood and MING
ly-SiX Cornct EandS discourSCd sweet music,
and added much to The cniOymrntO Of the occa-
sion. The callSihcnic exercises and rccita.
tons were well rendered and won many corh-
pliincntary remarks. Ats o'clock p. IN. q me-
mortal service was held In the chapel In hon
or OF q former prominent pupil, ana VINO tho
Year before had taken great Interest In the
months OF patient suffering. passed oft the
the stage OF action ON the 9th of last April.
The annual exhibition proper, came OF ut s
O'Clock p. N. The programme was varied,
consisting Of sixteen parts, inic!Sptrsed with
music. Competent Judges pronounce the en-
tire exercises fur superior TO any former coca
sion. The unusually large attendance OF the
white citizens IF the town seemed greatly to
please principal, patrons and pupils. lircw-
cr'S institute has made Il deep ard lasting i'm
preston on the colOred people OF this conn
Try. They acknowledge the good work IL has
done and is doing, and rely strongly ulon the
future that Is before II, under the leadership
Of Prof. j. ID. BacicnStoSc. The attendance
during the year was lis. \ considerable adj
vance over that Of any former year. On Fri
homes to come again with the return Of their
teacher. Prof. Back rnStnSe. nrNt October, who
will spend his vacation ut his home In New
York. "S."