The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06

for about an hour, caused, we under
stand by a run off Of the freight be.
tween Greenwood and Hodges.
J. S. DAILY Esq, editor Of the Green
wood Tribune was in town Monday
The Tribune is a good paper, and Mr.
Daily will continue to improve it.
Do our town council intend taking nc
steps towards procuring q ~firc-engine
for the town They might at least call
a meeting Of the citizens to consider it.
Don't forget the Colt show in May.
If yon have any thing good in that line.
let your neishbors know it, by having it
on exhibition here on Saleday in
May.
The papers containing the essay o!
Col. O. II. Calhoun, on the "Lien Law
and Homestead" together with the dis
cussions on it, were in great demand
last week.
We are glad to learn that tbs ladies
OF the Presbyterian church intend serv-
ing the public again this summer with
the delightful ice cream they arc aecus
toned to make.
Mr.. w. ID. Stone formerly Of Geor-
Slu3 pul lO" VI buS cSl, was III Town
Monday and We had the pleasure Of
MEETING him. We are glad to welcome
such men us Mr.. Stone to this County.
Mr.. G. P O'Neale a progressive farmer
was in town Monday and gave us a re-
cope for preserving fruit trees from
borers and other insects. Mr..
O'Neale is a succo ssful raiser Of fine
fruits.
On Thursday and Friday Of last week,
who were out TO sec the beautiful dis
play of Spring and Summer goods:
made by the enterprising firm Of r. NJ.
Haddon & Co.
The public School fund in Due West
Township will run the schools three
months and eight days from the time of
opening on Is January. We are re-
quisted by one Of the trustees to make
this statement.
All scientists know the p%roneness Of
insects to deposit their eggs in dccnyed
fruit. What creates worms in the
hnman body? Think Of this, and give
Skinner Indian Fermifugc occasionally
to your children.
Walter L. Miller, Esq, who has been
for several weeks at his fathers home
ut Due West, because Of the sickness Of
his mother, is now Mt his Office. We
arc glad to know that Mrs. Miller is
considered to be better.
On last Tuesday Long Cane creek ut
Dendy's bridge was away out Of it's
banks. On this side Of the stream it
was at least seventy-fve yards wide and
deep enough to run through the bridge.
We crossed it and know.
We learn that a majority Of the
school houses in this county are in a
very poor condition. Indeed some of
them almost uninhabitable. This ought
not to be. Children Of tender years
should be better provided for.
We learn that Mr.. w. j. Rogers, who
has been doing quite a successful bust
ness in Abbeviltc For years, intends going
to Augusta, Ga, to carry on business
there. We wish him much good luck
in his new field of operations.
Mr.. G. L. Smith, deputy Internal
Revenue Collector, has an important
notice in this weeks paper, relative to
those Of II farmers who furnish their
lahorers with tobacco. Read it and see
If you are Intentionally violating the
law.
Our friends of Ninety.Six expect to
have their stock show again this sum-
mer. We hope they will take an inter
est in the Colt show in May and give
many who were unable to attend Mt
Ninsty-Six last year, the opportunity Of
seeing their tiue stock.
Mr. Il. G. Lipsoomb of Nincty-S Six
has shown US q cotton bill Of TWENTY
two bales Of cotton sold by him in 1869.
The twenty-five bales brought $226O.a5
being over n hundred dollars per bale.
If our farmers could get that for their
cotton it would pay them.
Two Of the pretty stained glass win
dows in the Episcopal church have been
broken by s~ling-shots. If done want
only it is an outrage. If n%egligently it
can be avoided in the future by the bows
being kept out Of the church grounds.
1t is no place for hunting anyhow.
In another column may BE found an
article on the benefits of organization
among farmers, from the en- of Mr.. j.
M. Galloway, a brother Of our efficient
Due West correspondent. Mr.. Gal
loway made the anniversary address,
before the White Oak, Fairfield comfy
cub and the part we copy is the intro
ductory Of that address.
Due West NOts.