The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-02
LETTERS, MUSIC AND SONG,
HAPPY CHILDREN N--BEAJTIFUL WOMEN
SPLENDID SCHOOLS.


News sFrom Dan TO EeeFs!iaba"--'
/ Stock RdisinG--DcnOcra: CLUBS
and Farmers Ciubs --- Sam Zones
ana Other Things.
DUE NEST, :. c., April 20, 1855
! Oats are heading.
Crops are suffering for rain.
Prof. Lowry's people have been eating green
peas for q week.
Mr.. Ed. Calhoun, Of Monterey. Is In town al
Rev John Gitfen and family, Of Egypt, ar
rived in the United States on April 2Oth.
| Mr.. w. T.. Cowan reports fine time AT inc
meeting of the knights of Honor in Beaufort.
He was the delegate from this Lodge.
| Mr.. Willie Lindsay attended the Floral Fair
| In Charleston and mn,c n pleasant viSlt u
his brother Dr. j. j. Lindsay, now located
there. .,,
Rev. Coke Smith will preach the annual
sermon before the Theological seminary NJ
their approaching commencement, Whicn oc-
ours last OF May This Is happy SclecllOn..
| We have seen n card of DR.. j. j. LINDSAY,
announcing his location in Charleston and rs
druggist for an excellent firm. IT is neatly
gotten up.
terranean, the writer says, ";herc are lOo9oO
cases of oranges on board this vessel for the
United States, aud two acasia trees ior the III
Mayor OF Charleston The acaSia tree IS Is the
'shittim wood" tree. We thought that Flori-
da was the home Of oranges. This IS like
| carrying Goals to new CASTLE ;,
Prof and Mrs w. 5. Lowry are a2out 10 i''il
heir to q fortune. Mrs. Lowry is y Gilbert. a
million dollars has been left In France by a
Mr.. Ciobut, and the Gobut IA mily here are the
nearest heirs. Mr.. Frank Gobut, OF Augusta
Ga leaves for France this summer.
| We thank Mr.. J. Althcus johnson, OF wash
ington, for q copy of the Washington Post con-
tanning fiattering notice of DR.: W. NJ. GrlGr ;
| visit there We were Interested in Mr. John-
sons recent letters to our county papers on
matters pertaining to his office.
We see that our friend Hon. j. +. e. DuPre
is going into the wholesale flower plant bnSl,
ness anl will sell all kinds hereafter to al
ness. D
Mr. Dickson, of Greenwood, was in Due
West last week talking up the @ Greell "0o,. U',
Bank In connection with other business. Our
people are favorably disposed towards THIS en-
terprise and are subscribing -,
lii n letter to Capt. ]. \. Cochran, Mr.. D. a.
johnson speaks thus Of DR.. Griers sermon IN
the Central Presby byterian church in WaShinS'
ton: The Doctors name was periect Slid
boleth" for the gathering of South Caroiln-
ians on Sabbath. He preached on tnc i,,ViMi, I'M
understand some twenty-five South Caroiin-
ians shook the Doctors hand after his als-
course. ,,, -,
| Troy. came up last week to visit DR.. Wide
man. They took in the exhibition at the re.
male College. Mr.. Wideman thinks that he
could have gotten rid OF the mouse tnaG ,,"n W"i,
down on IT,
| The Bible Society at Due West has just re-
ceived a nice lot of new books. Call on The
Dr.. Grier arrived home from Philadelphia
Saturday.
| We are authorized by the young men of Ers.
| kline College to say that they nave orSanlzeu
and are ready to give n gentecl thrash hlnS 10
any club near them who wish to cross pats on
| the diamond.
Mr.. John 4. Deylin contemplates buying a
nice phaeton, nice pair OF horses, hall doZen
| Hnp milk fine hogs anu go 1nbO
| 'aSing select stock.
Mr.. H. p. McGhee drives an elegant pair Of
| bays to his new phacton.
we see by the Press and Banner that IAN.
other Richmond is in the field" in the person
of Maj. Nance, OF Due West. We understand
the Major expects to spread himself IN the
campaign and make matters hot ana ilveiy
in a good humored way, He says that ne ne
twill burst the middle right square open lor
his friend Capt. Branch and not charge any
thing for it. TheTMajor means to make an
2iss' The Farmers Farm RS Club was reorganlzcd here
last Saturday. Mr.. NJ. 3. Clinkscales was
elected President and Mr.. F. V. Pruitt, Vice,
Treasurer. Maj. Nance, Prof. Young, Mr..
Clinkscales and others, made remarks on the
present status Of matters also touching on
TO he eou
meeting on Sale Day: J. y. Young. f. W. ~.
Nance, Henry Brooks, j. l.. Robinson, James
| Bell, Henry Clinkscales, j. L. Todd.
|
| iscd Saturday evening with the following oil-
GERS r. S. Galloway. President, K. Z. Br0wn-
| lee, Vice-President, A. $. Kennedy, and II.
| NJ. Young, I'd and Sd Vlce-President, and j..
| b. Bonner, Secretary and Treasurer. After
| discussion 1t was ordered that the club get up
| a new and complete roll as soon as practlca,
bile. The following delegates were appointed
to attend the meeting of the Central Cino on
Sale Day j. l.. Robertson, +. W. IL. Nance,
J. j. Il. F. GIinkscaies, j. NJ. Bell K s GALLOWAY
The anderson Inteltigenccr has cut OF KeF.
Sam Jones. That paper was hostile 10 MIN
before his recent visit to Anderson. Now
that paper is delighted with him. 1t says
this of his last sermon HE had fairly cap
| dice that may have existed against him. IL
| oucludes a column editorial thus: What-
| ever may be said and thought OF him In other
places, there is no denying the fact that he
| has made q host Of friends In Anderson ana
| that his visit here has done much good. lie
| has better control OF his audience than any
man we have ever listened TO. THERE'S pc
culiar fascination about the man. he is q
wonderful mana genius"
Miss Allie Pruitts School Exhibition
at Shiloh.
| The Exhibition at Shiloh church near Level
Land produced q great impression on the
good people of that section. Miss Allie Pruitt
Is the pretty and very accomplished teacher
| of this school. This school gave an exceed
| ingly creditable exhibition OF what they
could do on last Friday night. We had an IN
vitation TO 60 up and would certainly have
been there had not our own exhibition came
off here in the Female College the same night.
Mai. Nance was master Of ceremonies and ac-
Quilted himself handsomely. He paid the
| worthy teacher q deserved compliment. His