The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-15
LOWndesyille Locals.

Roy again on our streets after a several
weeks absence in Tennessee.
Miss Matte Harper, Of IIarpcr,s Fer
ry. is III Eibcrt County, on a visit of
scvera. months. Miss Louise Moselv
is at Grecnville visiting relatives.
Misses Lola Speer and Ottie Latimer
are in the Columbia Female College.
"R. S. Gu, in his last dots, saws orr
mails arc very irregular. Ours hive
been too since the "young FLOOD,
Having only a horse mail tits water
bound fully half Of the time. IF we
Tail to get our mail not more than five
times a week, we think that we are do.
ing pretty we'll and bear deprivation as
ph'losophically as possible. hoping for
better days very soon.
The measles have been raging hollow
first among the rail road hanls and from
them they have spread in all directions
but few cases proved fatal.
The spring oats upon many farms in
ms township, unless some disaster be-
iali them, Will average, according to
judges, from forty to fifty bushels per
acre.
Mr.. Fl. O'Ncil, representing the
nursery of ltagsdalc Brothers, Of
Greensboro, n. C., has been canvassinr
TINS section for several days and has met
WIN fatteIlng success in taking orders.
"A reliable man working for Il reliab1c
firm.
Our town treasury was replcaished n
lew days since by the addition Of tSo
dollars, levied by our municipal author
tiles, upon II countryman, who had par
taken rather too freely of ''the ardent
ana was correspondingly hilarious upon
our streets. On for u prohibition that
does prohibit !"
For several Sundays in succession.
there has been no instrumental music
III the Methodist Church. The organ
was SO much out Of order that it would
not respond to the skillful touch of Mrs.
B. G. Kay.
Many reports reach us that lands TINT
were terraced washed very badly during
our late heavy rains. IL all of our lands
were us thoroughly and as scientifically
dltched as Mr j.. II. Latimer has his.
such complaints would be few and fur
between"
Mr. x. L.. Moorehead has lately
bought Il registered jersey, said to be a
very fine and handsome animal.
Mr. William Baker sowed five oy six
bushels OF cotton seed on III acre of land
as an experiment. He proposes to har-
row 1t u time or two and 'let it RIM
A few nights ago, Judge j. j. Mosely's
gin house, which had been much iniuied
by high water. fell into the creek. He
had left 1t but IL few minutes when il
went down. Zone after another the old
land marks are passing away"
"
1t is rumored that Mr.. j. G.. Kay will
erelonS begin to improve u lot near to
Or. o.: Horton. He will 60 to mer-
c~handlsing as soon as he can nave 8
store hoasc built near the depot.
I~hirty-tive or forty years ago. judge
Mitchell, then u citizen Of Lowndesyill..
planted All acorn in his yard which soon
sprang up anu has grown to be n ,r,.,.
some forty feet high, and near or quite
two feet in diameter near the ground.
Both the tree and yard are now owned bv
our entcrprising towns,nan Mr.. r. Bs-
ker.
hist farmers clubs are BEING
formed and conventions held. our town.
snip does not seem to be taking stock
IN them worth a cent. Every man who
tllls the soil should be Il strong advocate
Tor them where and when they arr or
sanized, solely for the benefit and nd
vancement of the agricultural interests
OF the country. All other interests. are
fostered and kept alive by, and are de-
pendent upon that Of the farmer.
Strange to shy, there is less union. less
concert Of action among this than sny
other class. Let us form q club. ,r
clubs. IT necessary, in every township:
and hold meetings at least once u month
and let there be a full aud free inter-
change Of ideas upon this very import
ant subject and We would all lie benc-
fitted and encouraged.
Those who are willing to be sacrificed
'for the good Of the people" are gradu-
nlly coming to the front. 1t is to be
hoped however, that thew will
not become so numerous as to call
forth an expression similar to 6nc
used by one Of Abbcville's
honored Sons, several years since. in a :
County Democratic convention. Nom
nations beng in order for delegates TO
the State convention, und when II
seemed nS if nearly all present had been
nominated, this gentleman called for he
names OF those present who had not
been announced, and that he would take
pleasure in nominating them. From
present indications there will be no
offices to let after the seventh Of No.
vember for want Of men to fill them.
We have had n "big, rain nearly
every day or night since my last. But
little ploughinS done during that time.
Tis said that the old scratch finds
plenty of work for idle hands," 81 can
th~