The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

associate Reformed Presbyterian.
Have you paid your preacher anything this
Some of our sportsmen have been out hunt
Mr.. R. $. Cochrane is reading medicine un.
The Abheviiie Prohibition Bill has been In.
troduced into the House.
Mr.. ]. X. Hood. of Erskine. is sticking type
In the associate Re,ormed Presbyterian office
Walter L. Miller ESQ.,, of Abbeville, spent
Snubath and Monday In town.
A new post-office has been created in thin
County by the name Of Hester.
We are glad to learn that Tom Miller, OF the
Medium office. is convalescing.
Mr.. T. l.. Hnddon Is having Parks creek
cleaned ont for distance OF four miles.
| Mr.. w. G. Haddon went to Anderson last
SATURDAY,. His family haven't returned yet
Miss Claudia Ellis came home Saturday at.
ternoon. She will not return TO her school
till after the holidays.
bought cheap for the cash. Apply at this
Miss Mary Darlington is in town. She ex-
pets to spent ,is While Win with her orotner 10
Miss Josie Chiles!s after sojourn OF TIVE
weeks with relatives of this place, left for her
home last Saturday.
Wages hands In Long Cane section are ask
We have heard of pastor in Alabama
receiving from his parishioners S32 suit OF
clothes. That certainly is a ''warming" 10 be
desired.
Rev. Il. N. Pratt, formerly of this County,
but now of Bennettsville has been called TO
take pastoral care of the Baptist church at
Ninety-Six.
General Bonham, of the Messenger thinks
Mr.. Parker has the hest chance to be made
Judge Cothran's successor. Judge Cothrans 8
Miss Perryman, OF Lincolnton, Ga. Is visit
ing at Mrs. Fl. NJ. Johnson's. She Is tax Ing a
course OF book keeping under Prof Hood -
combining work with pleasure which is to be
The weather prognostications will be re-
ported al this station this week The pole f'r
raising the weather flags has not yet been put
in position, but the dispatches will be receiv.
ed and published al the telephone office. The
station will be under the immediate super
vision nf Mr.. Samuel Agnew, whose name is
Il sufficient guarantee OF the correctness and
Mr.. B. c. DuPre left Monday for Charleston.
He goes to represent the Masonic Lodge OF
this place In the annual meeting OF the Grand
Lodge, which Is being held In that city this
Mai Murray has succeeded In having pass.
ed through the Senate brass bound prohioi-
ton bill for Anderson and Laurens Counties.
1t was interesting to see how hard some Of
Senators, Uho are not opposed 10 prohibition,
worked 10 kill the above bill.
In the course of week or two Colonel H. Il.
Bowen. the tireless head of the Carolina,
zap anu UdliTOhus
start on horseback ride over the proposed
line OF road from Aiken beyond the noun
tains He will be accompanied by engineers
representing the syndication that proposes to
do the work
The extreme economists in the General AS
sembly are losing their grip on reforIn.if they
| ever had It, The Columbia ca, al bill passed
the Senate yesterday By Is To 1t, and Mr. Tin
dalls bill to abolish the agricultural depart
ment was supplanted in the House by one
from the committee on agriculture which does
not abolish nnythng.-Register.
The cannon like report that so many OF our
citizens heard on Saturday afternoon of the
4th instant, was heard at Hodges, Cox kesbury
and Ninety-Si1 In this county, and in Green
willie and Laurens counties. The sound OF the
report came, as we thought, from the south
west We have been daily expecting TO hear
| Of meteorio stone in some Of the old heids
about Antreville or Lowndesville. There has
been no report from that side yet. What was
/ it? -
| The people OF Donalds are making prepara-
| tion to give an entertainment on Friday night
| Dec 2iCh. The object Of the entertainment Is
! 10 raise funds for the improvement OF the
school house Mr. Z. v. Martin Ia manager;
| General admission D cents; reserved seats 5O
cents. The object Is lnudable; the manager Is
gentleman Of culture and experience; the
admission fee Is small-all of which guaraIi-
tees full house and an enjoyable evening.
We thank you for the reserved seat offered
and If circumstances will permit we Will be
ON hand.