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DUE WEST, s. c., Nov. 16, 1875.
MI. Walter Miller Of your place worshippct6
in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church
last Sabbath.
Due West sent quite a detachment to the
State fair, among the number Mr.J. 81 bonner
OF the Presbyterian.
DR.. BOycc commencod inc dcliVcrS ol ms iCc
turc ut the \. II. L. church last Sabhath eve
ming, but owing to extreme h~oarScncSS Was
COMPLETED to dcsist. 1t will be delivered this
Wednesday, evening.
The Rev. W. +. Pearson held communion
services ut Honca Path last sabbath.
For the benefit Of your young lady readers
we will state that the index or first finger o.
the left hand is the one on which 10 wear thl
engagement ring.
How many OF the readers of the Press and
Banner are aware OF the fact that the goddess
of liberty on the American silver dOiiar IS y
representation of Il young. lad IN Ihllaael
phia, who was selected for thnt purpose by NE
Burchard, director of the United states mint?
The writer knew the young lady S name, pu'
it has slipped his memory. ,u,,
Newly married couples should haEc tncll
pictures taken before the honeymoon Is lull:
Reading the other day that Il certain lnalFlo-
ual was Il selfImade man brought TO- nina Il re-
mark once made by an editorial friend IN an.
other State, concerning a lstlngulsneu nov
pXtinguiShcd) carpct-bagscr. Being told tnat
the said G. b-r was a %sclflnadc man, he sad,
"Well, In glad to hear it; for it relieves the
Almighty of Il terrible responsibility
1t is broadly intimatcd that one OF que
will soon be united in marriage to Il young
gentleman from Il ncigliboring county. II we
had our life insured VIC might venture TO tel
you what the initials OF tho young lady name
We regret to record that Mr.. VIM. Bonner, OF
the Presbyterian force, is still confined 70 MS
room by sickness. He has had a long and hard
siege, and it is to be hoped will soon DC res1or-
cd to health.
MIR. R. j. Hood, eldest son of Professor Hood
of this place, has been appointed postal clerk
on the Richmond and Danville Railroad. .,o
Childrcn's Day was duly observed at inc
Baptist church in this place, notwlthstandlhS
the weather was very u~npropitiouS. Tho con
tributions from the little ones amounted 10
about three dollars, which is very good wiicn
we take nto consideration the unfayorlbic
weather and the further fact that the school IS
very weak in numbers.
The "boys' who attended the State fair say
that one Of their party was SO colnpletcls
"%strapped' before reaching homo that ne oIler-
cd to sell his pOckpt-bDok for fifteen cents.
Mr.. Henry Boyd, who was y student IN Ers,,
kline College last year, and will be remembered
as the young man who is so badly crippled as
to neccssitate his being drawn around III 4 liz
tic wagon by Il goat, is NOW teaching school IN
Ncwbcrry county.
Quite a pleasant little party assembled at
Mr.. Robert Pratts on Thursday evening or last
week to witness the marriage of Mr.. Thomas
L. f1oIlucTSDl, Vi HllucI SOii, ftIlu lis Ltu 80
Pratt. The Kcv. j. S. Jordan performed the
ceremony which made two hearts beat as one.
One by one our fair young ladies are being CAP,
turcd and carried OFT, an~d-and-wcll, our best
wishes go with all of them.
MIR. Robert Cochran, one of the most atf;!blc
and popular of our young gentlemen, Is Nlslt-
ing relatives and in the, city OF Andcr-
son. If reports are true as to former VISITS OF
Robert to that place, the salaries of the post
masters at Due West and Anderson will be
increased by the extra number OF post
age stamps they will be compelled to cancel. ,
The Baptist congregations at this place ana
DonaldS have secured the services OF the NeV.
&. H. Carter, now of N~incty-SiX, as their pas
tor for the coming year, vicc DR.. Mayfcld, re-
signed. Mr.. Carter is {; young man OF much
promise, and our Baptist brethren are to be
congratulated OH their choice, particularly 80
as Mr.. Carter will devote his whole tlmc TO the
two churches.
Our people without regard to sect deeply re-
greet that circumstances compelled the rcSiSna'
ton of the Rev. DR.. Maytield. pastor or the
Baptist church, and will greatly miss his ge-
NAL cOmpaniOnShip and excellent sermons
Mr.. James Pruit, Il well-to-do farmer who re-
sides about eight miles above here, near the
line between this and Anderson counties, Is re-
ported to be in a very peculiar and at tho same
time critical condition. About ten days ago nc
felt a slight pain in one of his hands, which
gradually increased, and the hand began To
swell. Physicians were called in, but the swell
ing could not be checked, and has now extend
cd ntO the arm and the skin seems to be peel
ing OFT. Near the wrist there is an eruption
from which Il substance of very unpleasant
OdOr O0ZcS out. Those who have seen Mr.. Iru-
lit say that a similar case has never come with
not long survive.
We learn from the newspapers that the
South is to be raided by d"tachlncnts from the
salvation Army. We can manage TO worry
along with Sam Jones, the army worm,' sam
Small and prohibition, but from the Salvation
Army may the good Lord deliver us.
The Germans constitute the very best elc'
mcnt of our foreign population. They arc
honest, Industrious and thrifty, and meet cv-
cry obligation that rests upon them as citizens.
They 60 into our waste places, where Amerl-
cans would Starve to death, and IN a rev years
cause them to blossom as the rose. 1t Is a rare
thing to see Il German pauper or II German
criminal, as they are pcaccablc and laW-lDlu-
ing and seldom figure in our courts in amy ca-
pucity. For the most part our German citizens
acquire property, anu this causes them to DC
interested in good governments and to uphold
the laws of the land. They have aided greatly
in developing our country, and we cannot at
ford to abuse them simply because they DO not
think as we do on all points.
The invasion of the South by the Salvation
Army leads Ills to remark that the lcavcn OF
tanaticisln is rapidly spreading throughout
this section, and that unless it is checked we
shall soon enjoy the distinction OF being what
we were accustomed in ante Geiiu1n days to az
cuSe New England of beiny-thc most intolcr-
ant portion OF the country.
The Intermediate celebration of the Philo-
mathcan Society OF ErSkine College will come
of on Friday evening, january s, 1856: At a
meeting Of the Society last Friday evening the
following programme was arranged: IrcSi-
dent, j. 3. Cochran, Huntersvillc, n. {. AS
X. Hood, Due West. senior Orator, VS. Cas-
ties, Chester, s. G. Dcbatcrs, II. \. Lee, Due
West; j. Z. Knox, HuntclSvillc, n. G.; ". ..
Brice, WinnSboro,S $. G.; K. L. Gricr, Due West.
Miss Sallic Kennedy went o on Long
Cane last Wednesday to attend the marriage
of her brother, Mr.. J. G. Kcnndy, who was
united that evening to Miss Leila ~ardlaw. ,.
1t is intimatcd that President Cleveland will
favor Woman Suffrage in his annual message
to Congress. Well, if the "dcar creatures
should be clothed with the right of suffrage,
and they should be as successful in soliciting
votes as they arc in soliciting money for mis-,
Sionary purposes, we will soon have to reverse
the present order cf thingS-lct the women fill
the offices and the ''bucks' stay at home and
nurse the young ones.
We frequently hear from the pulpit illusions
to "tlis unfricndly world" The writer's pref.
ty extended experience leads him to conclude
that if the world is u~nfricndly to u man it is
more tho mans f;ul THAN that of the world,
We arc aware that it is customary for cynics
to paint the world in very onlbr colors and
to dcnounce it as cold and uncharitablc; bui
we imagine that if Il man act well his part he
will find 1t full OF ready, willing helpers. 1t Is
a very good world We live in, certainly the
best one that any Of us have ever seen, and in
our opinion the best that 4 large majority .!
us ever will see.
Miss Lcona Blake of Greenwood is one OF
the most accomplished pupils of the Female
College. While seated in her room the other
evening, as the sweet strains of "Ncarcr, My
God, to Thee proceeding from a cornet lin the
hands of Il Skitlful player, were waited to hcl
ear through the open window, she pcnncd tho
following impronptu a~possopic to that grand
tune, without any thought that the lines would
appear in print. The little slip of paper or
which the words were written was given to 4
H.. ,,-1 .-,,.l kl- "a. g,,,I -
way into your correspondents hands: