The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-19
FROM NINETY-sIX.

Life and Activity Around the 'Gld
Star"...WOnderGul Cattle -. Lovely
Visitors-.-DevoutW Workers.
T. N1NErY-S1N, S. s., May II, 1856
Mr.. John &. Iii Jersey COW Rosa has been
privately tested with the following result:
For seven days she gave &c gallons and 3
quarts of milk, which yielded ii pounds and
. ounces Of butter. Her feed consisted OF one
peck of corn meal. half peek OF wheat bran
and one bundle of fodder per day, and was
pasturcu on red and yellow clover. This Is a
remarkable yield for Il heilcr with first calf
She is not quite three years OLD. MIR. Hill is TO
be congratulated. His COW bids fair TO rank
among the great butter COWS OF the country.
Every day we read of these remarkable tests.
Every family should have Jersey cow. The
prejudice against them is fast dying out.
The DcmOcra; icanh the Farmers clubs meet
regularly on tue Saturday evening before the
first Monday in each month at Trial Justice
Moore'S office. We do not wish to draw y line
of distinction, they are all Democrats, and all
have the interest of the country at heart
The many friends oi Mrs. Dr. stuart were
glad to see her. She comes down from Green.
Vile ior Il short visit to her daughters and
friends.
We hope all the friends Of our Stock Fair
Association will take notice that there Will be
a meeting of all persons interested in this en-
terpri>e at Nincty-SiX Oh the first Saturday in
June ut 3 O'Clock p. m. We trust there will he
:: good turn out We invite the friendly CO.
operation of persons from Il distance and any
will be kindly considered. We
desire to make our Association Il success and
will be glad you will write us II letter If you
cannot be present.
The lecture by Frof w. S. johnson, at the
colored Methodist church on last Wednesday
night WAS success, being largely attended.
The subject WAS. The origin Of the negro
The entire proceeds were given to the church
y large percentage Of the oats sown in the
FL tOrnpI
explain?
DR.. Blake has beautiful halt Norman on
which he expects to take blue ribbon at Our
next Fair.
The farmers complain about their stands Of
cotton. We hear of Il great many instances of
cotton sproGtins and then dying. Another
subject lOr the Fan mcrS club.
Perhaps one of the most prosperous schools
in the county is that taught by Miss Hattie
Pope in the Cow Grove section. The school
numbers about twenty-five scholars. Miss
Pope is the daughter OF the lamented Rev.
Thomas H.'Pope, ho died AT Greenwood sew
eral years ago, OF whom 1t has been well said,
mo purer or better man has ever come and
gone before u.s. Miss Pope in q large meas
ure inherits some Of her atler S Slcading tiaits,
and the good people OF Cow Grove are eX-
cecdingly fortunate in securing her services.
1t is quite possible, however, that her intel
lcc uill qualifications may tempt her to seek
a higher sphere of usefulness. She Is an en-
thusiastic Sunday School worker and has
mcnt Of the Cow Grove sunday School.
Miss Julia LipscOmb, of Newberry. is visit
ing Mrs. George NJ. Anderson. Miss Lips
comb is the only daughter OF Capt. NJ. B. Lips
comb, formerly Of this county, anu Il spirit OF
jealousy makes us hate to register her from
Newberry. Old Abhevile is always proud Of
its own jewels, and unwillingly surrendcrs
them.
ed the sunday School convention, speak in
very high terms OF the way the good people
of Lowndesvillc treated them, and say they
will always have Il warm place in their hearts
for man hailing from LOWndeSvillc.
Miss Ida Green, of Greenwood, was in town
on last Sunday. Her young friends were de-
lighted to see her.
We may be wrong but we think the farm
crS make a mistake when they exclude other
good men from their deliberations. The me
chanic, the stock raiser, and the lawyer and
merchant, if you please, who is friendly TO
the agriculturi>t and Identified with the pro-
gresS of the country is a thousand times more
interested in agriculture than the ignorant
Onc-hOrSc farmer who runs his crop on the
lien system, and because of his eXclusircncss
is admitted into their councils. We are not
knocking for admittancc,. but we do think
they have made a mistake. All good men
are alike interested. We all have our griev-
ances, and the remedy to all must come from
the same source, i.e., the ballot-boX: The
greatest burden seems to be taxation, This Is
the hugaboo and hobby of the politician and
the dcmagOgue. \ greater iallacy never per-
meatcd a voting population. Did yOu ever
my friend, think, If your taxes were rebated
how far the amount would go towards paying
your store bills? No, you never thought OF
that, but YOU have listened with Dated breath
to the Silver-tongued politician who would
tear down every institution of learning III
the land and keep You and your descendants
in ignorance and srrfdom. No, friends, don't
you listen to such men; they are your enc
mics, and whenever they talk to you about
doing away with the Citadel Academy or the
live because of high taxes, give them the go
by. Then 60 home and knc"l down with your
family and thank God that you are not
boud>mcD, but ticemen. and that your mite Is
chccrfully given to maintain the best govern
mcnt the world has ever seen. As far us we
are individually concerned we do not expect
office, and are content to live under our
own vine and tg tree, and be permitted to cd
ucatc and care for our little ones without
charging our misfortune to high taxation.
The ordinance of baptism was administered
on last Sunday night at the Baptist church at
this place to eight or ten persons. The church
was filled. The people 1ioclled In from the
country and much interest WAS manifested.
Our town has been unusually lively for the
past few days, on account, perhaps. of the
large number OF visitors, among whom we
Thomas t' Harmon and Mrs. ". Il. smith, OF
Chappe!s; Mrs. J. ". Hnlnbert and Mrs.
l.. $. Herbert, Of Ncwbcrry Mrs W. W. WAL
drop and Mrs. l.on%Shire, of Trinity; Mrs.
lONllpS .JOUtS, vi tOktSDuIS, -hIS. JpSllttl
Turner, Misses Weekman, Green, Anderson,
Coleman and Spccr The most of them were
delegates in attendance upon the meeting of
the Ladies' Missionary Society. The Rev.
G.. T. Harmon preached an able sermon in
the Methodist church on Sunday morning.
On last Saturday night their meeting was uil-
usually interesting. made so by the children,
many of whom rccted pieces suited to the
occasion. They were all well rendered and
showed that their parents had given the
proper training for the occasion. The foreign
missionary work is Il grand work and these
Christian ladies who are going about plead
, ing for the heather deserve the highest COM
incubation. We would especially mention
Mrs Herbert and Mrs. IIunhcrt, because OF
their zeal and the great ends they arc accom-.
pliShnG. We trust that the good work will
continue until every soul that now lan@uish.
cs in sin and Ignorance may be brought to
light and be led to realize their utter helpless
ness without the gospel. Mrs. Mi%htman was
expected but did Tot come The or.aniZa-
ton has a membership Of GS5, and have raised
in the last year SiSiGl.
Mr.. John Turner, of Greenwood, was in
town last Sunday,
Mcssrs. r.. f. McCaslan and James Rogers
Jr., arc building about one mile of wire
fence. enclosing pasture fer their cattle.