The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-04
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Der Of Wives to Each Farmer.
DUE WEST, S. c.. October 20, 1887.
The Erskinc Student will make its appear
ance on the 10th of next month.
A night kew is the most dangerous weapon
a young man can carry; .u,
Dr. Latham preached last Sabbath ut kings
Mountain, n. c., where he is now regularly
engaged for the second and fourth Sabbaths
IL Dr. Grjer oficiated in tho Associate Re.
formed Presbyterian church vt Newberry
Miss Jennie Thornley, Clarke, of Georgia
the young lady who MS the place In the Fac &c
tie resignation of Miss Jennie Grler, Is q
poctess of far more than average merit. ~
recent contribution Of hers to the Sunny
Souh entitled ~"Changcd," IS beautiful In SEN
timent and chastc in expression.
The idea Of building q railroad 10 connecl
the great city of Chicago with the little haln.
let of Aiken would be extremely funny were
il not so supremacy ridiculous.
The NelU IOrk Observer speaks OF S-Gov
ernor Moses OF this state ms a retired poll
tician," Yea the Massachusetts State Prison
is a pretty "retircd' place we Imagine.
We were pleased to see Judge Wallace RUE
pprs did not disqualify a inan from sitting on
il Jury in q murder case. Time was When tC
have read q newspaper account OF q Lluroel
barred a man from me jury IN tnat Gas a az a.
cuSed: and as only the better classes or PEG
pie read newspapers, the result was that ls'
norancc largely predoninatcd III the jury
recount the fact OF a killing, and this cannot
or ut least should not, form the oasis OF al
ooiniOn.
ular monthly meeting Of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society. AS these meetings under
President Galloway's administration prom,
Use to be unusually interesting, there should
be a large a~ttendnllcc.
went down to Aiken last week to WhOop up
the Carolina. Cumberland Gap and Chicago
Railroad project; but We have no idea that
their presence in that neck o woods accounts
for the defeat OF the bond proposition.
Speaking of the Carolina, Cumberlilnu Gap
ami Chicago Railroad enterprise, 1t strikes us
that when the people Of one OF the termlnl
of a proposed railroad defeat a proposltlon 10
give it bonded aid, it is about time to throw
up the sponge .
The first page of the Press and Banner of
last week which fell into our hands was dated
"DgcemLer 81, 1881" The printers who get
up your outside must be anti-prohibition-
lists; but we have our doubts about their be-
ing very pronounced friends of temper
The little ones had a candy pulling at Mr.:
William Powers on Friday evening last and
n dinner party ut Mr.. BOD BrOWnlees Oh lasI
MIR. ]: S. Robins, of Wilcox county, Ala.
balna, former student Of Erskine, was united
in marriage last Wednesday evening to Miss
{. J. Williams.
What do you think it is that Professor Hulk
ley calls a "corollitlorial dicotelidinous eXo-
gen?' Only q primrose.
Colonel IngersOll has announced twelve lec'
lures in the South this season. Well, as the
religion has survived the attacks OF
the subtle Hume, the witty No!talre, the pro
found SpinoZa, the learned Gibbon AND the
eloquent UHolbach. we presume IT VIII De
able to stand up nnder an the olo"s eeal' ID
Lieutenant Madison of the Anderson Mil
itary Institute spent last Sabbath with his
parents at Iona.dsville.
We notice that Mr.. NJ. NJ. Clinkscales Is o.
fering his personal property for sale with q
view of, going West. Ee will first look
around the Lone Sta State and if not pleased
there will try some other section. Mr. Cilnk-
scales IS a most excellent, cltlzen, ana ms
many friends regret that he will leave us.
Success attend him wherever he may decide
TO locate. II
The Rev. DR.. Mayfield, who has been sup,
the Baptist churches at this place and
has rendered ms RESIGNATION 10
take effect the 1st of January next. The Doc
tor has made nan friends here, and has
his people with zeal and fidelity.
These congregations are now e~nucaVorihS 10
secure Il successor to pr. Mayfle!d, ana IL Is
hoped that they Will be able To get one VINO
will locate il one or the other OF the two
towns, as a pastor IS needed as much as q
preacher. ..
The people of our sister town Doneldsyille
have taken Il long step in the right direction.
After repeated efforts for years to have .goQu
on Il cheap basis, the citizens in and
around the W concluded That they; must
put their hands into their pockets. This they
nave uone, and having secured u first-class
teacher at a liberal salary, they now have Il
The Rev. W. l.. Pressly preached a very ex:
ccl;ent sermon last Sabbath morning based
on Luke Is: "a, 25-"How hardly shall they
that have riches ellter into the Kingdom OF
God. For 1t Is easier fora camel to go through
Il needles eye than for Il rich man to enter
into the Eingdom Of God" The reverend
gcntleman's language. always choice, was
thoughts were largely interspcrsed with apt
aud beautiful prose and pocticIl quotations.
The sermon throughout was able, eloquent
and impressive. 49,,
last week at her home near Grcenville, were
brought down to DOnald's last Tuesday and
inferred in the cenLrtery at Shiloh. Mrs.
Black formerly resided near Antreville, III
this county, and has many friends IN That sec
ton.
We see no good reason why the congrcga-
ton of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church should lie summoned ny TIE ringing
of the bell Il full hour before services COM
mence, as was the case last Sabbath. Most
persons like to be punctual in attendance at
church when the service opens, but they do
not like to have their patience as severely
tested us 1t was last sabbath.
DR.. Gricr has not favored our people with q
sermon since the communion services in the
early part Of June last. and all of them are
getting impatient TO hear him again.
a. temperance paper says that the contents
OF the beer kegs emrticd in Chicago last year
would tloat the American navy The, peo-
plc of Chicago must he exceedingly moderate
beer.drinkcrs If what they swallow in n
year is only sufficient to float the American
navy.
1t is surprising to what a great extent slang
expressions are used by young ladies'. Even
here in Due West-'thc Athens OF South Car
or some OF them at least, Indulge in the use
of slang, ana the writer has heard from them
such phrases as you're giving me taify,"
"don'l give me away" &c. Such expressions
ated; but when uttered by a young lady,
from whose lips only pearls should fall, they
shock the refined ear and oitentimes produce
u feeling of disgust. Slang may be expressive,
but it is inrleSlnt, and therefore should not
intcrlard Il lady'S conversation.
\ learned writer In one Of tho scientific
magazines declares that hanging Is one OF
the most humane methods OF putting Grim
mails out Of the world that has yet been dis
covered. Well, as no one Is ever hanged in
This country, it doesn't make any difference
whether it is n humane method Of shutting
of a criminals wind or not:
Hereafter whenever man Kills announcer all
he will nave to do to keep his neck from being
stretched will be to establish that at some
period of his life he had an attack Of "vertt.
60" The writer has been subject to vertigo
all his life, and knowing that his neck is safe,
he has concluded to make u first class corpse
out OF the first man lie ind 'adrancing'' on
him; provided always, that said man be Il
Jew or 4 negro.
1t will make Mac Cochran green with envy
to be told that Charley Wade of Barnwell
County has caught this season tWenty-SiX
foxes in tweuty.eight chases. Mac Is some
in q fox chase himself, but we are inclined 10
think that this BarnweIl boy IS several laps
ahead OF him.
1t is said that the people of Chicago have
become so "enthused' over the advantages tc