The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
LoWNDEsVILLE's LIVELY LETTER.
Moves OH the Chess Board Of Life..'
Good Preaching--The Old Log Cab.
In Down tho I1nnc...Refieclions on
the Recent Race for Clerk.


/ For the past two weeks the weather VIII
4 the exception of q day or two has been fine To-
gathering crops.
| In spots there has been frost enough to MI
| tho tcndcrest vegetation.
| A killing frost would only damage the cot
/ ton in fiat places and the late planted peas
! Our planters are now having their cottor
!gnned rapidly and put upon the market.
| Miss Maud Lomax went to Augusta las
Monday TO spend the winter in one OF The
tilourishing schools In that place.
Misses Emmie Bruce and Annie Barnes
| went to Abbeville c. H. last Monday.
pr. Sherrard of Anderson County was III
town the first of last week.
| Last Tuesday and Wednesday Mr.. q. II
Matthews mad his .'grand opening" 1t was
generally attended by our ladies.
Mr.. w. II. Martin Of Spartanburg has been
l in town since last Tuesday.
Judges Moore and lIcltoy attended court al
AbbcVlle last Tuesday.
Mr.. Johnson Of Mt. Carmel was visiting
! Judge LeRoy's family last week.
| Last Wednesday night and Thursday were
}Quite stormy. which was by no means oene
l1cial to the open cotton
Miss Minnie Adams who has been visiting
her cousin Mrs. Jas. NJ. Baker for sometime
lreturned to Augusta last Thursday.
| Judge ]. b. Leroy went to Greenwood on
that place.
In the temporary absence of our operator
Master Ned Fox, Master Joe Scott OF Able
willie has had charge of the office here.
L Mr.. Z. II. Mathews received car load ol
furniture last week which he has opened out
I in the Baskin store.
| Mr.. j. w. McCalla's family OF Elbert County
Ca, passed through this place last Thursday
1 Mr.. 4. L. Moore Of Ninety-Six, candidate fol
| Clerk Of Court was in town last Thursday;
Prot: J. +; Harper paid his old homo Eloer
'o Miss y! Annie lei Barnes visit to DR.. J. B. Nose
ley's family ended last Tuesday by her return
| to Barnes station.
Mr.. E. H. Mathews increase in business has
,uall n ip,f n additional
Clarence Young is assisting him on Saturdays
M Mr.. L. N. Moore Of Ninety-six came in Fri
day and remained till yesterday morning
! DR.. G. L. Connor of Cokesbury was here o
| day and two nights. and "took in" the cleo
ton, and also added to his list OF acqualnt'
ances and friends.
Mr.. j. H. Mcconnell Of Anderson C. H
spent last Saturday in our town.
We learn from the Augusta Daily Chronicle
| of last Thursday, that DR.. G. +. Steifer long
time resident OF this County, but for the past
few years OF Athens Ga. Is dead.
The livery and feed stables Of Messrs. Barnes
and Tennant are now well nigh completed
The work on Messrs. Baker & Sons brick
stores was temporarily suspended last week
for want OF material.
Mr.. ]. B. Franks now has another large kiln
l of brick in readiness to burn, which Will be
DR.. B. A. Henry has traded for a fine horse
Sometimes when young men indulge in such
luxuries, 1t Is prelude to an alliance "ohen
sive and defensive with some fair one.
At late meeting Of the choir OF the Metho
dist church here, Miss Fannie Booker was
elected organist. A good selection.
1t is now currently reported and generally
believed that some Of our young people will
| soon have placed upon them matrimonial
harness which none can take of-in South
Carolina.
There is now In this place rarely heard Of
specimen of humanity in the person OF fe.
| male "coon" who is deaf and dumb.
| Rev. w. Il. Buchanan who is now assisting
the Rev. S. ]. Bethea In q protracted meeting
at Shiloh, spent last Saturday night at ouI
Mrs j. B. Franks went by rail to Anderson
last Thursday, and Mr.. Franks went up on
our merchants now have their stores filled
with fall and winter goods In styles to satisfy
1 the most fastidious and the most penurious
Messrs R. l.. Moorehead and E. r. Horton
are on hand all of the time, and are prepared
| to pay the highest cash price for all cotton
brought TO this market.
| Rev. w. S. Martin preached O sermon espe'
cially 10 the ladies last Sunday. night, and one
| to the men last uight. AS these two very
tcreditable efforts upon his part considerably
Increased his congregations on those two oc
casions, 1t would perhaps be better for MIN lo te
all of the time, at night and in bad weather.
Esq. VIM. Black who Is 75 years of age has
in his yard log cabin In which he was born
in good state OF preservation. The )ogt
without any outside protection are still!
sound. He last spring plowed piece OF land
which he first plowed Is years ago. Who can
beat it?
5th and perhaps last primary election for this
county for this year will reach the public
gaze The most remarkable election as to
| humber Of candidates for the same office that
| has ever occurred with US. To this writer a'
this time although 1t is not positively known
who is to be the next Clerk Of Court. yet
knowing we'll as he does, the last two contest
ants can safely say good true man, one OF
the next four years. UP to few days priol
4 to the first election but little was said about
I il, yet there was all of the time strong un-
dercurrent of feeling and excitement, and as
| the election approached the respective candi
dates and their chances were freely S cues
and q very large majority of us will have ITO
l possess our souls In patience" I'LL another va.
oancy occurs. The "dear fve hundred
| friends" OF some of us who have been relegat-
ed for time to private life are perhaps being
"cussed" because the many promises and
pledges made US before the election do not eX'
actly tally with the canvass OF the votes by
| the County club. None Of us SO far as know
are very sick nor rs mad as hornet on the
strength OF It,. We think the county has
made great mistake in not providing offices
enough for us all. We console ourselves with
the thought that in the race we did our leve
best, we "hit de grit' as lively aswe could but
| we were outrun, and we can now only hope
for better luck next time. I think but voice
the sentiments Of my brothers in defeat
when say that we are very. grateful to tho
people OF the county for their liberation, at
tention and kindness whilst we running
O'' TROUPE.