The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-16
DUE WEST, $. c., Dec. II. 1885.

DUE WEST, $. c., Dec. IA. 1919.
The Rev. w. +. Pearson is making cXteh-
sivc improvements on his town residence.
Captain J. NJ. Cochrarc had his hand pretty
badly laceratcd by q cotton gin lti>t week.
An election and installation Of officers OF
Independent Lodge, a.. F.& \. NJ, Will be held
on saturday, the 18th instant. go
Miss Laura Easier of Philadelphia. Pa, VIII
spend the winter with her sister. Mrs. Er. FL
lis. This is Miss Easlcr's first trip othe Houth,
and we hope she VIII thoroughly I enloy1 it, and
others attendcdlhe convention OF the vlctllns
of the Mutual Endo %ment Company held III
Grcenvillc yesterday:
vailing fashion last week and got sspliced;
They had TO run away, however, MS the ola
folks were "furninst' their arrangement. -,
The pretty Miss Lou Mclf92 o. uc GrSenSi''e
The Rev. G. ii. Carter. the new pastor OF the
BAPTIST church here, will preach his hrSt ser
mon here in the forenoon Of the seconu oao-
bath in next month. r..
Your corrcSpondcnthad the pleasure of lis
tening, last Sabbath afternoon, at the resi-
dcncc OF Mr.. II. p. Mc(ice, to some very hcan'
tiful sacred music s,, ren and eis by sif M MsS' LAURA II r.;
Easier, and Mr.. john Ellis, Mrs. Mcdee pre-
sided at the organ.
The G S1y y M SnsS comr rnumg por t t
painter of that city, and predicts for MN a q
successful career. Mr. Mcpavid IS cousin OF
the family OF that name in Due West. :,
W nel I'LL Oll SllSt Wv
Young lady as being 'divineiy charming.
people are apt to conclude that hes got IT,
pretty bad.
+ Dr. Gricr occupied the pulpit of the Presby-
terrain church in Grecnvillc last Sabbath: The
services OF this distinguished AMeaSsauor OF
Christ seem to be in pretty general demana.
Miss Jennie Girier and Miss Jul'a Kennedy
returned last Saturday from their WISH 10
Florida. We understand that these young
ilalirS. when in Pensacola, added TO their ht-
mcrouS other accomplishments a pretty thor-
ough knowledge OF the art OF naVisatl0n.
One firm in Due West has shipped OIL some
two thousand bushels of cotton seed. THIS
may be more profitable than to use thenl OH
land at home, but we are disposed TO doubt.
last week greatly improved In appearance
and health We trust that he will soon oc
able 10 resume his duties in the Presbyterian
office. ..o ,h,,
'Qpid has been busily engaged IN his section
of late" &c. Just who |1pidn Is, 1 Is more wc
penned that paragraph, and abbreviated the
word Cupid to "Qpid." oro ,o-
We notice that the county papers are DC
sprinkling Mr.. Parker with praiSe ior niS et,
bill. AS Mr.. Parker stated in his speech IN Pc
half of the bill that he was mot a proLlni.
Zionist in practice" we presume nc desirco llS
passage In order that temptation IhlSnIoe IT,
Here is another definition Of a "crank," this
time by the Rev. Howard Crosby: "A person
who has a good idea, but not sense enough 10
carry out
It is generally supposed that the managers
of the "bustcd" Mutual Self EndowmentCon'-
pany liberal y endowed themselves before the
H The CoiumJm Hegistcr got off the following
uni. ,tcntional good one on the Legislature
one day last week: about fifty members
were absent and there wasa great deal OF WORK
accomplished" ~
We are told that Due West has a Literary
Club. but that it is confined to Il charmed cir
Gle into which only the "6ong tong can pehe'
trate.,
appointment at Kings Mountain, \. T., last
From the number of counties now before
the LeslsIatuIe s eatnes ~ ,, r%S'l II Ws and 'd dcciar.
ing the same utter failures, 1t seems that pro,
hibition does not prohibit. A regulated
high license law Is The only practical ana sat
isfaclory way Of dealing with this matter.
Tho South has, in Savannah, the oldest Ma
sonic body in MISUNDERSTANDING Lodge, NO.
(which will hulis, to morrow: its IDtll an
nual or sesqui rentnnn1at ce!enI Hi Mndoa a' Of
England In l7sj. eighteen, years AFTER the or
ganization Of The latter body under what Is
known as constitutional Frecmasonry.
dent Cleveland plants himself sQuarrly on the
Democratic platform in relation, to the talih-
"Revcnue sufficient for the needs OF the GOV.
crnment honestly administered d'ta 70 pso,ect
n WG1ICV{H tUttIS NOf ""p wv
lies" This means protection for American
workingmcn, and this stac only platform on
which any party can win In this country: 49,,
1t strikes us that the prohiDltionlsls vi tnis
State arc strangely inconsistent. In a rclisl-
Gus paper before Us. TIC cdlso: IF Which WILL
cs it to be understood that he "llas always az
vocatcd Prohibition, > il is stated in one breaih
that there is "rral peril" in carrying, proii1bl'
ton into politics-.in other words that 1t Is
wrong to do so-and in the next breath we arc
told that If the Legislature does not do as the
- - ~, =. i. All 1 fInx, chnn1l Hn thHN
the Proliibitionists, will take the matter into
politics. 1t is wrong to drag this thing mic
politics, but rather than be defeated III our
ends and aims we will do this wrong. Does
bination of circumstances can Justify wrong
doing? It would seem that he docs.
We are to have on Friday evening or this
week one of those delightful musical enter
tainmcnts with which our people are sclni'oc.
casionally RECALLED 10y the pupils'hnd faculty OF
the Female College. AS the editor OF the Press
and Banner seemed to enjoy the last OF these
entertainments, II Is 10 DC hOpcu tlaL ie WILL
Tie Rev. Arthur Millard'Slcctures last week
on Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Walter scott ana
Oliver Cromwell were highly entertaining
and were listened to by large and apprtciatlrc
audiences. We have heard some criticism OF
! Mr.. Millard'S pronunciation of certain words,
but without pretending TO be authority on
this subject, we will say that in the lectures
we hcard-thc first Two of the coursc-al
though we heard some unusual %pronuncia'
lions. We heard none that were incorrect.
The Rev. Arthur Miliard. in his lecture on
Mary Queen of Scots, alluding to the occasion
when John Knox, having audience or inc
Queen, drew from his pocket the manuScripil
of one Of his thrcc-hOur sermons ana intlicteu
it. up0n her. CONGRATULATED his hearers that We
were not now living in the days OF long ser
mons. At this evident unacQuaintance WITH
one of the pcculIaritics of the excellent Easloi
of the 4. II. L. church of this place, many II
the audience "Smolc'' a very audible smile
which translated into United States. would
have conveyed to the lecturer an intilnatlon
that he was "Otf his base
An obServant editor says "'tlie reason why