The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-05-20
Due West Dots.

DR.. Edwards is putting up IN ice
house.
~Tinkle, tinkle, ye marriage bells!
DR.. Cowan and Ar. Joe Nance ran a
horse race last week. The cream got
beaten.
MI. A. D. Kennedy went on especial
business below the village a few days
ago.
Professor Young represented the
stock holders Of this Town ut Piedmont,
last week at the annual meeting Of
the stock holders.
Ono of IL pretty young ladies re-
ceived asa present a handsome bouquet
just fresh from New Orleans.
Our young friend and class ma tie, Mr..
w. l.. Miller is to deliver the grafton Mt
the Female College in Columbia. We
note this fact with genuine pleasure, and
feel assured that he will worthily rep
resent the class Of rs and "a.
Mr.. II. C. Poore, of Williamson, 8.
C.. has bought the handsome plantation
Of Mr.. Baz Robinson, q few miles out Of
town and expects to move to it soon.
When the rail road comes they will lit
orally flock in!
A couple driving a dashing black, in
spected the Lindsay grave yard recently,
and gathered few flowers for a bouquet
on their way. These were put together
by deft hands.
The commencement in the theological
seminary comes off the last Of this month
and will be a new and exceedingly inter-
esting occasion. Drs. Boyce and La
than and the young men will deliver the
addresses. These and the examination
cover two days.
The Widomans and the College nine
played q match gamo of base ball Satur-
day. Town and College ladies and a
good number Of citizens were present.
After the College nine played 9~innings
and tho Widemans 8, the game was de-
clared in favor of the latter by two
scores.
Messrs. Will Thomson and Jack Per-
rim came up last Sabbath to see the new
Church and hear a good sermon, and
possibly to look at the girls, as they
went up in the evening and stayed I'M
til they entered and then went home.
Miss Ella v. Miller, who has been
teaching near Honea Path, has been at
home for a few days.
; Prof. j.. H. Miller will deliver the
Grafton at the Biblo meeting here, on
the ed Wednesday in June.
The A. r. people have a fine Sabbath
School. Prof. VIM. Hood is the able
and energetic superintendent and has
filled this position most %acceptably for
the last Is years. There are eleven
teachers and the average attendance is
about 30 pupils. Sometimes the mum.
Der runs over 100.
There was q temperance meeting a
Mr.. Malcolm Erwins, on last Friday
Prof. Hood who is accustomed to take
his Junior class to the River each ven,
was invited to 60 on that day. We un.
derstand they had o good time. The
Templars had a pic mic and q half dozen
good speeches. The boys got as many
fish as they could eat.
! Mr.. p. H. Grier and Miss Mollie Nc.
David attended the pic mic at Erwins
Friday.
Don't forget that r. 8. Galloway take.
subscription and money for the MESS
ENGER.
1t seems that one of the Abbevil |,
papers has gotten one new subscribel
from Due West and this fact does it q
much good that it construes it into Of
endorsement Of it's recent course by:ou,
people. Possibly. We know however o
more than q half dozen names Of stprom
inent citizens" here who have Just sub
scribed FOR . red hot rail road paper.
Good news comes to as from Able
VILE. We couldn't think her progress.
iye. citizens, good and true, wonidsb
willing to- kill by their votes such an en-
terpfise ~ che 9, q. q g. Railroad