The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-25
TIE. SEAT OF LEARNING
sc1NP1L1AT1oNs FROM OUR DUE WEST
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Pc sonaI It,ms =. ImmOlafitn of &
Young Lady-.StranSe Freak OF q
Printers Unlon---The Travels Of q
Text Book-..If a Lady ''Should Fall
in Love"---A Lndy's Artistic Skill
.--Compliment to "PrintinS Office
Graduatcs"-.New Kind of Presby'
terrain .- Whisky or No-Whisky
That is the Question.
MI. w. J. Bonner will spend a week or two
in Walhalia for the benefit of his health. >,
Orange blossoms will soon be In demand III
Due West.
Knowledge, like timber, should not lie used
until it Is we'll seasoned. ,,,
A note written by a college student WhlcI
by chance came under our 0hserVati0n tne
other day, leads us to the conclusion thai the
young gentleman spells by ear. ~.
Vests fair young daughters Is preparing tc
immediate herself upon the ~matriInoniiin altar
The average country editor Is now onsily
e1g srtt' IN s g10lntEh s1 kesisl hS iee viii if g. Dusily
engaged in not following It,, ~
Mrs. w. T. Branch of Abbevillc attended
the A. r.. p. church In this place last Saooatn
Dr.. Grier preached at Union Academy las'
Sabbat and DR.. Latham at Kings Mountain,
Mr.. J. l.. Outz, licentiate and student In
Furnan University. filled DR.. Mayfieldsp:ace
IN the BaptIst pulpit, last Sabbath, and favor
ed the congregation with a most excellent
An Indian qua in town last week: be;
decked with ribbons and feathers, attracted
An agentin iowa last week. while repre-
senting his wares in very flattering terms
was asked who paid him to tell all those lies
TO this question the agent promptly w rep' nt1,
pounced the query is q preacher you may I'm
agine how lie felt.
TURKEYS are roasting pretty high hes days
Mr.. John r. Niece and Mrs. II. T., McGee
attended the Baptist State Convention IN
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Clinkscales is now in he '"all
West" looking for u home. He disposed ol
all his property before leaving.
D0nnald, which was sold last week, brought
Mrs. Vance has had some improvements
made to the house on the farm she purctias
cd of Mr.. Clinkscales. She will move 10 he'
new home this week.
Printers are generally supposed to be more
or}csS Incorporate. but we notice that AZ q
recent meeting of the Atlanta Typographica
Union, after the transaction OF routine Dusl
ness, the body resolved themselves into a Fro
hibltion club, elected, officers, and mapped
out work for the different members to 40 II
the battle against rum now being wascd III
that city. .,
B%ackbones, spareribs and "sausages'' will
Dr. May tield, pastor of the Baptist church
here, Is visiting the Lone Star State. ,
Mr.. Joseph Rogers OF WiliinnlSton IS oead
He was a brutiier.in-law OF Mr.. j. NJ: Gam
brcll OF YOU town, they having married Sis
terS,
Mr.. Henry NJ. Young, II Of our merchant
princes is having his town residence improV
I'd, with the view of returning to 1t by the
first of the new year. He has been living OF
his farm near town for some three years.
The members ofLittle River Baptist churcn
actuated by the spirit of improvement whlcf
is manifesting itself In better houses of Wor
ship all over the county. have determined up
on building ~ large and handsome edifce or
the site Of the present one. The bnildl4I
committee awarded the contract to Mr.. j.. II
the work will he well done. t.
Thanksgivin Day will be duly observed II
Due West by public service in the A. H.. +
church at II O'Clock A. NJ.
The regular monthly meeting of The For
eign Missionary Society will be held at the a.
II. church on Thursday evening OF mex
week. On that OCCASION officers OF the Socie'
tn will be elected for the first quarter OF 1855.
Thanksgiving Day Is "bieer man. In Inc
New England States than Christmas or any
other day in the year. On tllnt day reunion!
are held in nearly every family, and goot
cheer generally prevails.
One of the peculiar tenets OF n new religious
sect in Ontario Is that wolnen have no souls
hecause in the Bible angels are no whel'
spoken of rs "She.' We once heard q hen
picked husband declare that all his bette
half lacked of being an angel was wings, nn'
he wished sincerely that he could supply ,hel
with that means Of locomoiion and induce
her to make an aerial voyage.
When the Due West little ones dance an olt
Virginia Reel they call 1t "LwistificNti0n.
Well, we would as soon dance 1t under tha
namea as any other. Tho fragrance Of a rose il
not diminished by calling IT. cowslip.
Miss Susie Calhoun, second daughter or MT
John F. CALHOUN; went e ont last st Mona"y 81. u
rcnS county, where she Is engaged In teachins
school. Apart from her educational quaiih
cations, which are first-claSs, we deem MIS-
Susie einineItly fitted for an instructor OF tn
young, and if she can only manage to fall II
love With and become welded to her vocation
we predict for her a successful and useful ca
recr. The teachers task is an extremely ar
dnons one: but 4 the profe.slon have It's per el
wards and rec0mpensee, for If but q singleDo
under ones tutelage should develop into a.
hOnOred and useful citizen, or but O slnSl'
girl become an ornament to and Il pattern 10
her sex, the Joy derived from the cortempla
ton of such Il result far more than rcplyS 10
all the labor expended andall the anxiety ex
perienced.
to being dotted" every time she turn
round" will cease turning round, perhaps tn
dotters will cease dotting her.
The two "Sams" are making it pay prett!
well. For one weeks work In Birmingham
Ala, recently. Sam Jones received $1,000 am
Sam Small Sill. BY the way, we notice tina
Sam Small has advertised for all his creditor
to present their bills for payment. This Is al
illustration Of the old adagc-"lts an Ill WINE
that blows nobody good"
Miss Fannie Ca .loun of this place has for
warded to the Charleston Fair quite an eHhib
1t Of the products of her educated, 1ndustrlou
fingers. Among the articles are an infant.
sack and q circular for q young Miss-bOt.
crochet work II very beautiful; q hal
wreatl-a rare piece of artistic work a mag
niticcntly embroidered cushion, and a rick
marvel of skill, being seamless, and made en-
tirely with needle and thread. Miss Fannie !
an expert with the needle, and 1t strikes us
just the style of young lady that some youn'
gentleman should go a cunning for. Perhar
some "lord" is out on an expedition of tina
kind.
Many of your readers will regret to hear o
the accident to the REV.. {. Presley at M
not fatally injured by a bale Of cotton falling
upon him.. DR.. Presley has many rclatlVc
and Il host of friends in this county. He Is tn
father of the Rev. Mason PRESLEY of Chestc
and of the missionary in Mexico sent out d.
the A. II. +. church.
A young lady resident of this place when
pupil OF the Female College eight years ag
neglected, when packing up her books at va
cation, to include her copy Of VIRGIL a srid iron N
hair of it. On last Friday a package whlcl
betokeneu that it contained Il book reached
her through the mail, and she was consratula
ting herself upon having received from SOM
friend the latest novel or some other attractiT,
work; but Judge of her surprise on opening i
to discovcrh her long lost Virgil, but SO thou
ouglly demoralized rs to be almost beyont
recognition. The covers of the book were go!n
and many of the leaves. and what were lief
seemed to have become yellow with age. In
deed the young lady would not have recosnl7
ed in the mass of torn and scattered leaves tn
volume over which she had pored so man,
handwriting on some of the pages. The pack
age was postmarked White Oak, $. g., bu
from whom the package came and where tn