The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-02-25
DCI; VESTS DOINGS.

FinthusIm<tic Railroad Meeting
f~s"j"yabic C~onccrt-4A Sad Death.
DrE VEST. February 23.-Dr. Nav
field occupied the lahtist pulpit last
Sabbath.
Mr.. Sam .Agnrw, of %Gircrnv;ll,. is
spending 4 few days with Mr.. +. W. r.
Nance.
DR.. James Boycc preached an impress
siv" sermon in the \. Il. Church Sab
bath.
The Due West choir numbers 3G, and
makes most excellent music. They
have y fine lcadcr-Dr. Il. 4. Edwards.
McsslS. Don Brownlcc and W.. r..
Cowan are attending the New Orleans
Exposition. The evening they left, as
the citizens were somewhat exercised
about their safety, the lntcndant Of the
town sent 4 telephone message to Mr.. J..
e.. Caldwell, the agent ut DonaldS, to put
, n tag on them marked "Nrw Orleans.
III care of the C~onductor.'
Mr.. Sam Latham, Il rising young law
yer of Washington, is visiting his IA
Tiers family, DR.. Latham. Mr.. Latham
is in the War Department 1n q salary Of
1920. In 4 comparative examination
for this position, he took the prize over
twenty young mon. One half Of his
time is given to law. Mr.. Latham is
cn route FOR Florida.
Miss Bessie Duniu, of Columbia.
daughter Of The popular book publisher,
j. W. Duflie, is on Il visit to our little
city. Miss Duflir horc OF II portion of
the honorS of tho Senior Class in the
Female C"llc=. last year.
Mr.. James +. Todd has lust returned
from Augusta. whore h" has been LAYING
i'll Il supply OF material for his new
house. Mr.. John Wren has til" iul, and
will push it right through. When Mr..
Todd gets his new house ca.nplctcd. he.
Will have one of the landSomcst places
in the county.
Our citizens were glad to note the
words Of encouragement The MEEsry-
GER spoke in its last issue in behalf of
the c, &. &. II Z. Railway. These were
most fitting just at this time, when its
friends arc trying to awaken all the ill.,
tcrcst they can in its behalf. Especially
so, as it is just on the eve of the Charles
ton meeting when no disayrecmcnts
should he thrown in the way Of a great
through point from the Sea Board to the
West.
> n "<'rt bald q wy interesting Rail
/ it. | reckon. These t:yssday evening.
have tsajS tho Chair
oS;.e. rss p ts '.hs
Charleston ,neeting which 5tsWxs-.2n
the 3D. md 4th Of March. The meeting
was. however, n free conference on the
Railroad subject. Almost every one
present had his say and entire good har-
mony prevailed. The meeting was not
confined to the citizens Of the town.
Some of thr prominent gentlemen of the
town were present and freely expressed
themselves. Among others, Mr.. j. T..
Todd thought that with prudent and can
did management. showing the people
where their money would be placed. n
reasonable tax could be carried in Due
West Township. The feeling of tho
meeting was, that so far AS Due West
Town was concerned, a tax Of 5 per
cent. could be easily carried. Our citi-
zcns. would be willing to attempt to grade
the liz miles between this place and
Ahbcvillc. or course they would cx-
poet some aid from Long Cane Township.
These were about the sentiments en-
pressed by the following gentlemen,
| who made remarks, viz: Rev. j. y.
| Young, DR.. Gricr, r. W. IIaddon, DR..
| Wideman, Prof Hood, IL. =. Mc(icr, j.
T.. Todd, IL. +. Bonner and other gentle
men. On motion of Mr. Bonner, the
Secretary was instructed to correspond
with all the towns north Of this on the
line Of the Road urging them to send n
good representation to the Charleston
meeting. 1t may have TO be said that
the sense of the meeting was not to run
n little short line, to say, Abbcvillc, MS
seems the goal Of ome but n through
line. 1t is possible you may fail of this.
but you will never Of course succeed in
that which is most desirable, if you de-
terminc this point before hand. \ mo-
ton looking to a through line as far as
possible was made by DIR. tirier and car
ricd. and the delegates to Charleston
we've so instructed. In lieu of a%lternatcs,
the following list Of gentlemen were
nominated as Delegates to Charleston
Chairman, IL. =. Mc(icc. Prof. j.. y.
Young, VIM. Hood, DR.. Gricr, L. W.
Fiaddon. j.. z. Todd, John a. Dcviin,
DR.. Wideman, II. T.. Bonner, r.. S. Gal
loway, \. =. Kennedy and J. w. Power.
a considerable plumber Of these gen.
tlcmen ttotcd that it would he i,npossi-
bic for them to 60 to Charleston, but Il
sufficiently large number were nomi-
stated, so rs to insure a good attendance,
if possible.
One of those enjoyable occasions, a
monthly concert came off at the Female
College, last Friday night. The ~visitcrs
who were present, were on invitation
and enjoyed the feast immensely. We
have heard some Of the fortunate young
gentlemen present, say they would hav,
been willing to sit there all night and
"nevcr tire This was The first Month.
ly Musical Of this collegiate year and
was richly enjoyed.
The Death Of Mrs. Capt. Il. G.. sharp
occurred in our midst on Thursday
night of last week at II o'clock. Mrs
Sharp hns been in feeble health 70,
some time. but tho sad end was not OK