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DUE WEST. s. c.. April &c, 1856.
Doctors Wideman and Cowan performed
successfully the very delicate surgical opera
ton referred to in our last.
The sacrament Of the Lords supper will be
commemorated in the y. Il. 7. church on Sun
day. Preaching will begin as usual on Friday
afternoon. Two sermons on Saturday and
two on Sunday. DR.. Sloan has promised TO
MIR. William Wright died last Saturday
morning at the residence of his aunt, Mrs e..
g. Cohen, after suffering with consumption
for several months, aged about seventeen
years. He was consistent member of the
Baptist church, and the services Sunday eve
ming were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Carter, to the memory of the deceased His
remains will be inferred by those Of his pa
rents in the cemetery of Newbcrry.
The carpenters have finished work on the
Little River Baptist church. The congrcga-
ton now have one Of the prettic$t country
churches that there is in the county. 1t Will
ever stand faith as monument to the gener-
Gus liberaliiy Of q God fearing people. The
building stands on the old site and is wood
en- building 40N50 feet, l6 feet in story; floor
elevated i inches in front; walls and over.
head ceiled; overhead ceiling arched and two
inches wide between beads; Is windows, 10
feet high, 3 feet wide, blinds. to be painted
green; outside to he painted white; inside
buff. overhead light blue. The contractor,
Mr.. j. II. Wren. finished up his wood work in
II days with ~ hands. The cost OF building
Is less than 81 ,2i0. Seating capacity about 4un.
The "click" Of the cotton planter is heard In
the land
Our farmers are pushing their work. Some
are through planting and some are stirring
the soil around the young corn
Mr.. G.. f. Lee made such a nice profit OH or
his sugar cane last year that he expects to
plant about twenty acres this year. Mr.. Lee
Is one of our progressive young farmers.
The public schools in this section are nearly
all closed. The attendance has been good. If
we could get the advantage of the "Blair ap-
preparation bill' it would enable the schools
to DO kept open longer period, and many
children whose parents are utterly unable to
pay teacher could and would continue to
enjoy the great blessing Of al 'old field edu-
cation"
Donalds still ahead. The boys of Erskine
tried their strength again with Donalds on
the diamond last saturday. Our boys had
hard luck. The score stood 16 TO Is In favor OF
DonaldS. The students don't feel inclined to
give it up however. They will try them
again.
The distinctions in the senior class Of the
Female College have already been announced
Miss Lcitie Brico, Due West /;
French Essayist, Miss Maggie Halle, Camden,
S. G.; Valedictorian, Miss Allie Pruit, Due
West.
Mr. Elijah Brown, of Blecley, Brown &
Fretwell, Anderson, $. c., spent night in our
town last week.
Mr.. 4. w. Haddon of this rlace received a
telegram on Sunday announcing the death OF
4 little granddaughter at Grecnville, $. Z.
She is the oldest daughter OF MI c. e. Had
school at GreenVille. Her interment took
place in the a. h. p. cemetery ut this place on
Monday.
Due West has four brand new preachers.
7 hne N
York to attend the meeting of committee
appointed by the Pan Presby terian Council.
The facilities of the Two colleges here nave
found it inconvenient to cooperate with Mr..
Hodges in running Normal Institute at this
place during the month OF May. They have
offered him their cordial cooperation ii he
will open the Institute In July. 1t seems to
us very unfortunate for the normal that 1t is
inconvenient to hold it during the reg ular
sessions of the institutions here.
Mr.. 7. &. Boyce OF the seminary was called
to his home at Sardis, n. c., on Tuesday Of
last week. on account Of sickness IN his fam.
a farmers club was organized here last Sat-
urday, with thirty odd members. +. w. K.
Nance, president; j. f. Todd. vice president;
NJ. b. ClinkscaleS secretary; f. '. Pruit, treas
urer. Delegates to County Club: NJ, y. Clink-
scales j. X. c. Dunn, II. G. Poorc, j. c McDill,
F. w. r. Nance. Delegate to Colr mbia, NJ: b.
Clir kscules. Altcrnate,J J. Harvey Cinkscalcs.
The notice Of the meeting was not generally
added TO the roll since the meeting. The next
meeting will he held on the first Saturday af-
ter Saleuay.
Mr. John Brock met with the misfortune Of
having three bales of cotton almost consumed
by fire last Friday. It caught from u spark
from an engine at Mr.. Nj. B. ClnkscaleS saw
mill at the Hook.
Prof. Saunders, who has been teaching elo-
cution, took his departure last Saturday. On
Friday night he gave an entertainment, con-
sistng of select readings, recit;ltions and i'm
presentations. The professor is Il pleasant gen.
tleman, and made many friends during his
short stay here.
what he was studying, and his reply was, II
do not know; it is evolution or clOcutiOn,
don't know which," We suspect that he un-
derStands one fully rs we'll as the other.
The lumber for the Baptist church is being
Mr. W.T.. Cowan returned from the Grand
Lodge of the Knights of Honor last Saturday.
He reports pleasant meeting and a large at.
Anderson next April.
A young lady called for Shakespcrian pens
q few days ago, of q deal Ter, and as he did not
happen to have any on hand at that time, po;
would not do. TO his surprise she replied,
"Oh, my. no! have just joined the Shaspe-
rian U:ierary) Club"
1t may interest some Of your Lowndesville
desvile boy, is spoken of very iavOrably as a
candidate for Congress from his district. Mr..
CAN'T is editor Of a splendid paper in Athens,
Ga.
Some time ago the measles struck our town
OH the western side. Seven in one family
were stricFen, but strange to say the measles
have not been communicated to any one else.
The health of our town Is excellent.
The Junior exhibition comes off Friday eve.
ming of next week-the 7th of May. We ex.
pcct a large representation from Abbeville.
Mr.. II. 2. MCGEE has been appointed as one
of the delegates Of the Abberille Association
to the Bap ist Convention, which meets in
Ala. early in May.
"Bill Arp" is advertised to lecture in Lind
say Hall Thursday evening, the 18th instant.
Baptist church. No doubt there will be
large crowd out to hear him. DR.. Edwards
orchestra will furnish some choice music.
Mrs. Annie Tucker, of Anderson, is visiting
her father and family, Mr.. Jas. Magll.
a ladies and a children'S missionary Socie-
ty were organized in the Baptist church last
week.