The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

was IN town Ia. week.
The prese1ty.cnt OF the Grand Jury
may be found III another column.
We are very much indebted to Hon.
". H. Perry for kindness shown us.
Mr.. Albert Gilbert. Of Bordeaux.
spent Que day of last week in Abhcvillc.
Thes. p. Cothran, Esq, went Coluta-
tia on Thursday and rrtWncd on Satur-
day.
Mr.J. NJ. La'imcr. Jr, one of Able
villc's very hest citizens is attending
Court as a juror.
r. M. Haddon & Co. arc preparing to
pain to pairing to paint to paint the front
of their store.
We are very sorry to hear that W Of
Capt. w. ID. Manp's children are quite
sick pneumonia.
All Of the churches except the Catho-
lie had services in them on last Sun
day.
Col. +. NJ. Ruckcr. n member Of the
House from Anderson: spent three days
OF last week in our
Mr.. j. NJ. Gambrali has returned from
Grrcnville where he hes be serving as
United States Juror.
We were pleased TO see that veneer
able and respected citizen Capt. Charles
Smith Of Cokcsbury, in town on last
Friday.
r. NJ. Haddon & Co. have put in at
their new store two solid plate glass
windows that add much to the beauty of
the store.
Messrs. G: i. Prince and J. S. Fcath
o,.t,x az H., ts>, la. .,-,,n
n motion in Chambers, before Judge
Withcrspoon. :.
Capt. +. W. Dawson has gone with
his family to Europe. He will return
in two months. They will remain u
year or two.
Ask your druggist for Shriner Indian
Vcrmifuge. IF he fails to supply you,
address the proprietor. David'E. Foutz,
Baltimore, Md.
Maj. Zeiglcr the clerk of court. has
been and is suffering from rheumatism
in the shoulder and neck. Tins will ac-
count FOR any absence from the office.
The chimncys which were recently
built in the Presbyterian parsonage
smoke so badly, that it is thought they
will have to be torn down and rebuilt.
Squire W.. &. Keller was in Abhcvilla
yesterday. Squire Keller is eighty one
years old, and has been a magistrate for
forty-fivc years, anil never had but one
appeal from his decisions.
If there is one business in Abbcvillr,
in which more than any other, conlc-
tition is needed. it is that Of Undcrtka-
ing. The charges made in this line are
perfectly outrageous, and under the
circumstance we cannot help ourselves.
Col. NJ. Is. McSweeney Of the llamp.
ton G"H,aidn, president Of the State
Press Association, has done us the hon
or to appoint us a delegate to the Inter
national Editorial Association Of Amer.
ica. We would be pleased TO go il it
were possible.
Mr.. ". 4. Moore, Of CokcSbury. one
Of the most intelligent and successful
farmers in Ahheville County, mas Il let
ter in this weeks MESSENGER, on Mr..
c Tillman's call FOR n farmers convention.
Mr.. Moore is in favor OF it, and thinks
great good will result thcrcrrom if
properly conducted.
Mr.. Gaines Of the Chronicle, and Mr..
Taylor Of the NeUS and Courier were
in town last week giving our people the
'pppituiltJ W SubSCTlOc ~ TIC TWO DrSt
dailics in the Southern States. MI.
Taylor is still here and will be glad to
take and renew subscriptions to the
Wees and COurier.
Mr.. G. 3. Lythgoe, who has been
foreman of the MESSENGER Office since
it's publication here. is now devoting
himself entirely to the study Of short
hand. Mr.. I.ythgoe is a capital printer,
and VIC hated to give him up. II per-
severance and close attention will
accomplish anything, we predict that
Mr.. Lythgoe will soon master steno-
graphy, for he has these qualities. We
wish him much success.
Secretary Of State Lipscomb has been
at some pains to disprove the slanderous
statement made in Applcton's Encyct0-
pedia (pagc 77O) that tho use Of "Ynn-
kee Doodle'' was interdi:ted by the
Legislature Of South Carolina in 1861.
The testimony Of Judges Simpson and
MCGOWAN. Of the Supreme Court. Of
State Treasurer Richardson and other
proMil.ent men is prodvccd on our out
side to show the falsrness Of the charge.
Mess. r. w. Simpson, j. b. Moore and
Fl. G.. Scudday came down yesterday
from Anderson TO argue n motion befare
Judge Witherspoon in chambers. The
motion is for the issuing Of a writ of
mandamus to compel the town council
Of Pand.nton TO- grant a license to a GER
tain person whose name we have not
heard, 10 sell liquor in that town. Mr..
Scudaay appears for the motion and
Messrs. Simpson and Moore against it..
This seems to us to be a reverse Of the