The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-10-26
Due West Dots.

escaped.
Due West Dots.
Due West had four men on the last
jury.
We were glad to meet Col. Med. Mil
ler in attendance on last court.
We think we have hardly aver seen
the dust as deep as now.
Judge Hudson puts through business
with much dispatch. We have not seen
him excelled.
We have been asked recently by
strangers, "why do not your people at
Due West put up some houses to rent {?
l wan a house there and can't get one.n
This should not be so.
The merchants of Abbeville are doing
a good business this year, they inform
us. Mr.. Chalmers kindly showed US
through his large and elegant stock Of
furniture. He has some beautiful sets
and had Is car load Of furniture not open
ed-up which had just arrived.
Abbeville has two princely stocks of
millinery. At R. NJ. Haddon & Co.'s we
found a Due West young man, Mr..
Chalmers Haddon. He takes pleasure in
howing you their MANN 9th stock.
At VIM. E. Bells we found Mr.. M. NJ.
Madison, Of Donalds, who is quite a gen.
tleman, and anxious for you to be pleased
in their elegant establishment.
Mr.. Hayne McDill now seems to be a
fixture Mt Abbeville instead Of Due
West. He is we'll spoken Of and can
be found at Rosenberg & Co.'s. where
all your wants in this line can be sun
piled. Mr.. McDill is we'll pleased with
Abbcville.
We met at Court the famous bird
shooter of Bradley, "Wes Griffin" He
killed $500 partridges last season, ship
ped them to Augusta, and got ten cents
q piece. They are known in that mar
ket as Griffin birds. and bring the high
est price. He Invariably shoots No. 10
shot, and "never misses"
We were we'll pleased with the drill
Of the Abbevillc Rifles in the Public
Square Monday night. Capt. MCGOWAN
makes an efficient officer, has q fine per-
son and splendid voice. He is we'll up
In the manual, and SO is his company.
which number fifty men when ali out
Lieutenants Smith, Lithgoe and Perrin
are most efficient officers. The
is in good hands. Gen. Bonhnm's man
tie has fallen on worthy shoulders.
We congratulate this circuit on it's
present Solicitor. Mr.. Orr does all in
his power to push forward the business
Of the court, and economises every mo-
ment of time. Solicitor Orr is a fearless,
Conscientious, able officer of the law,
who knows his duty and does it we'll.
Mr.. Barnwell, the excellent and most
efficient cashier of the Abbeville Bank,
says they are doing q good business.
Monday, the 18th, was the busiest dav
they have had. We found them busy
until late at night. The bank is a great
institution for Abbeville, and ought to
have beer running years ago.
DR.. Woodrow ought to examine the
curiosity in Mr.. T. P. Ferrin's, drug
store. Perhaps he. could throw some
i'sht On H. ~, Z 7ni ,T.rl aon2 J
Prof: Geo.C Hodges is to enter the
High School at iGreenwoad. He and
Prof! Boozer will be 60 ;ipfincipals. The
prospects Of the institute are very fat
tering. These gentlemen deserve sue.
cess. We doubt not they will achieve it.
We had . very pleasant stay at the.
Central Hotel during court week. Mrs.
Marshall keeps q good table and is quite
q pleasant and accommodating host.
1t takes a telegram from three to four
hours to go from Abbeville to Due West.
Last week a conveyance was telegraphcd
for from Abbeville to Due West to meet
several gentlemen. The dispatch was
sent off in haste. Later the parties set
out on foot, expecting the conveyance
to meet thom. They arrived in Due
West nearly as soon as the telegram,
and before the conveyance could be
started. w hear frequent complaints
about kilograms not going through the
Hodges office promptly. In this case
we do not know that this Office was to
blame.
Mrs. H. P. MCGEE is having a pretty
and commodious hot-house made. It Is
walled with brick and is to be covered
with glass.
There is considerable complaint made
by farmers that their cotton and corn is
being stolen from out Of the field. This
is q penitentiary offence and some Of the
rascals should be jerked up.
We had the pleasure Of meeting Can't.
w. D. Mars, candidate elect to the Leeis-
~lature. Capt. Mars is much interested
in ths proposition to locate the Agricul-
tural School on the De La Howe estate.