The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-20
MESSAGES.

NSh III
from Charleston.
Our warm hearted friend Maj. T.. S.
Hale was in town last week.
Judge McGowan and l.. w. Smith
Esq, will go to White Sulphur Springs
about the first of August.
Chickens and eggs are plentiful in the
market.
Mr.. Jno. B. Weir spent Saturday and
Sunday in Abbeville.
Mr.. j. NJ. Eason, Jr., Of Charleston,
has come up to join his family ut DIR.
Gary's.
DR.. Joe Anderson, Of Antreville, was
in town last week. one day.
There will be Il picnic Mt Clear
Springs on the 22d We are idcbtcd to
our friend Willis Mars for an invitation
thereto.
We are invited to attend the Com
m%encement exercises of the Citadel,
which begin on the 25th. We wish we
could go.
Physicians recommend Shriner's
Indian Verm,fuge in their practice rs a
superior article for destroying and expel-
ing worms. Only 25 cents a bottle.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. p. Cothran have been
to Atlanta and Rome Ca, to visit leila
tives and friends. They returned on
Saturday.
Mr.. +. II. Vance, a son of Mai. J. X.
Val.ce of Troy, was in town one day las
week.
Mr.. Allen Parker come home Saturday
trome Charleston where he has been
since commencement at the University.
The Teachers Institute opens to. day
st Due West, Prof. Hodges has gone ND
there. Our able correspondent will
give US a good report Of it.
We are requested to give notice that
the Abbeville school association will
meet in the Court House on Friday
afternoon at five O'Clock.
MIR. j. X. Hood, q son OF Professor
Hood is engaged.in the MESSENGER office.
Mr. Hood is u capital printer and n
young man Of fine character.
Gen'l H 'nnphill is nominated for Sec
rotary of State by a writer in the RegiS-
ter. We suppose the Gen'l is not a can
didate for this office. But it is an honor.
to our distinguished townsman.
Maj. TN Scott of Mccormick is now in
the field as the travelling agent ola tobac-
co house. Having entered the field he
is entitled to be called "Maicr" and we
so dub him. He is a genial gentleman
n we predict n successful career for
him in his new field Of labor.
Col. +. b. Gary leaves to-day for 4
sojourn Of some weeks at GlcnnS Sprin-
IS. Thence he will go to Asheville and
other points in the Mountains. Few
men are more attentive to the exactins
duties Of his profession than Col. Gary
and he is taking a needed rest after years
of hard work.
On Friday last Messrs. w. r. Richey
and d. II. Magill, +. Il. Gary and j. Il.
Johnson We're engaged in hearing a case
before w. c. Benet, Esq, as special
Master.
Solicitor r. G. Bonham, and Mai.
Ernest Gary OF Edgetield spent a few
days Of last week in Abbeville. Mai.
Gary is Il candidate for the Legislature
in Edgetield, m will be elected-and
will reflect credit on himself and his
county.
At a meeting Of the Town Council
held on the 10th inst, the Secretary was
requested to give notice that from this
date a close watch would be kept on
those who are suspected Of carrying con-
cealed weapons, and if detected, will be
prosecuted to the fullest extent OF the
law.
Mr.. r. l.. Cochran Of Chariot, Il
nephew of our highly esteemed fellow
citizen CaptJ. NJ. Cochrane Of Due West
has come to AbOevillc to settle and
pursue his avocation Of Life Insurance.
His card appears in this issue of the
MESSENGER. We cordially welcome Mr..
CochraDe to Abbevilie and wish him
success.
On the night of 18th instant, Con-
stable c. d.. Allen and Mr.. j. w. Nc
Crorey, the clerk Of the New Hotel,
went to Hodg cs and overlook one T.. G..
Curtis, who lad quietly stolen away
owing the hotel $ll.5O. BY their gentle
ways and persuasive influence thew in
duccd Curtis to pay the mount due
them.
DR.. Waddell has resigned his office of
Supervisor Of Registration. to take effect
on Oct. LIST When DR.. Waddell was ap-
pointed Supervisor in 1882 the Registra-
ton Law was an experiment. He mas
tered its intricacies and perplexities and
is to-day better informed therein. than
any man in the county. 1t is due, in a
large measure, to his skill, his fidelity
and his intelligent administration of the
law that the opposition with which it
first me in this county has died out.
On the 2nd Of August, w. c.. Nc
Gowan Esq, Il handsome and talented
townsinan will deliver the address be-
fore the Alumni of his alma Mater.
The University Of the South, at Sew
nee Tenn. Mr.. Mailman nocsanco,