The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-02
RAYS FROM THE OLD STAR.

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WHAT A WIDE AWAKE REPORTER HAS
SEEN ARD HEARD.
Bridge BuiIde rs--Stock Show..Abbc.
Willie TwitteGl..'rhe Ladies' and their
Good Work-.A Turn at Making OF.
acers--Abouta n Score OF Other In.
feresting Items.
NINETY-Srx, May 81, 1856.
We HOPE the friends OF the Stock Fair Asso-
ciatIon Will remember the day OF the meet
ing. The LIST Saturday In June, at 3:3o +. NJ.
Important business Will be trnnsacted.
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs; A. J: Qnat.
tlebaum was buried nt El1nwood cemetery on
the 2itfi inst The bereaved parents have the
sympathy of e hoat Of friends;
Capt. james N King with his usual energy @
near the Calhoun Homestead, and It IL ready
for the public. Had 1t not been for Capt. KING
there Is no telling when IT would have 6een
replaced, and tho public would have been
tow n. last week. Mr. O'Neal Is n hard worker
and deserves SUCCESS and a good wife.
minds us Of what pftidble condition Ahbe-
VILE has been In for q number Of years. why
Nirety-Six would not submit TO this state oi
things. 1t Is terrible TO have but one passen:
ger aud one freight train daily. NOW go 10
work cid Abbeviile and run road out 70
Cokesbury and connect yourself Win live
people.
The Indies OF the Presbyterian church met
on last Wednesday and cleaned up the church
and church yard and trimmed the shrub
berry in the cemetery. They are great women,
In TACT about the hest woman We know OF DC
XXI phiilsns bns one Gf the haDdsomest
boys in town. II looks Just like Its father;
Tne farmers around Ninety3Six VIII plant
too much cotton, ind this yeal; between the
sses be Sna spe gra e ps9t e @
vigorous and healthy and II cleaned out viii
average well with other years at this season; on
The upland corn Is doing well. The few iall
The many friends OF Mr.. NJ. II. Coleman re.
greGted TO hear OF his loss by fire last week
MIR. Coleman is much esteemed here and has
NJ Mr. % ii. R. Turner ] ha, turned his sattentlon to
farming, and from reports he is making sue
cess OF It. We trust his crops may be abun-
dant and that he will have to tear down the
old barns and build new ones.
over. Is 1t possible that no oneelse covets the
honors, or ore they afraid to tackle hlm7 IL
does seem 70.
Should Judge Cothran be elected to Con
know Of no man who would make g better
Solicitor than Capt. NJ. L. Bonham. He is ouI
choice and we believe he can win.
On last Friday Miss Pope closed her school
at Oakland Academy; IN Cow Grove. Tbs
exercises were qn1te Interesting, after which
b0untiful picnic was spread for the enjoy
ment OF tile pupils and many Visiting friends
Miss Pope retireG from the management o.
this school, much to. the regret OF her patrons
Col. James II. Rice, In a short speech, paid q
beautiful tribute 10 the worth and capabilities
OF this young lady as Nm educator. and amid
showers of blessings from her friends, she
closed Oakland Academy" for the summer
,, tciIn.
The Ninety-Slx and the Cow Grove Sunday
Schools met ut the Presbyterian church on
last Sunday and heard an address from the
Wilson Is. On elegant and forcible speaker, and
everybody was deligh, led with him. He will
preach every night tor several days. tta ana We
Mr. W. ); Moore, Of the AbbeylIIe bar; WIS
In Ninety-SiI last Sunday and Monday. :.
Dr. Blake has new suiky add 2:lO trotter
and drives around like all " year old boy
when the Doctor was a delegate to the Gencr
oil Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
:. MIR, A: W. Still has gone TO housekeeping, ir
the house formerly occupied by the Rev. M'
Mr.. Joseph s. wilson, our eficient expires.
agent is still conna 70 his room. DR.. Wenck
reports him as doing well.
Mr.. John S. King, the king OF blacksmiths
surgeon. He can make lame horses we'll, and
we'll horses lame, and old horses young. The
many miracles he performs are wonderful.
MI DeVne the afa young an hs inser Wne
ested in the progress of ehe Marrow Gauge
Railroad. Judging from his frequent visits te
q certain farm house along tho line
Mr. G. P: Roberts will harvest about ten tons tons
of red clover. At so per ton this; Is 500
More than THE ordinary oottoh plahtet clears
on one hundred acres.
Our young friendf DR.. J. 4. Anderson speaks
of ns we aTe him M
the good people OF Antreville and guarantee
the virtue OF his pills and potions: ,,,a
Remember the meeting OF those 1nterested
in the Stock Fair will take place next satur
day. Don't fail ic' attend: -.
Messrs. Stewart, Boyd & Co., have arrived
with n force OF one hundred and fifty hanos
and gone to work: They havo everything
now. The finest lot of mules we have seen
for many O day. Their hands seem to be un
der good control and everything is moving
along nicely.
The Greenwood CORRESPONDENT OF the Ne,u,
ana Courier Is mistaken as TO the number o.
miles of road the Narrow Gauge has In Abbe-
vile county. From the Edgefcld line Via
Ninety-Slx, Coronaca and Cokesbury tc
Wares Shoals 1t Is about 30 miles, -:
The contractors broke dirt In the east end
of East Ends" lot on lust Wednesday morn
Ing II is now believed that by the 18th OF
August the road will be graded and ready fol
the iron, and that the star tort country VIII
furnish Augusta their Christmas turkeys viu
the Narrow Gauge Railroad
Mr.. J. A. Moore has sold his mercantile bus
mess tc, Mr.. j. D. Moore. MR.. a. Moore was
q very popular and successful merchant and
has doIie a large business in our town for G
number of years. He now retires to devote
his time TO his farming interests. We are
truly sorry to part with Mr., Moore as mer
chant, since by his energy, thrift, enterprise
and fair dealing In al! business transactions
he has done much In building up our town
and has endeared himself to our people. We
bes peak for his successor large patronage
and much success. EAST END.
The Journals Of AbbeVille County,
There are more papers published in Able
Vile counto than In any other county In the
State; and, so far as We know, they are al