The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
A TOWN WHICH IS DRY IN FACT.
An Index as to What is Going In the
Athens OF Abbeville---CompIiment
to the Press and Banner.

DUE WEST, March ~, 1888.
Miss Carrie Bradley has been making q
Beaver Beavers | are coming in" at Due West. Edi-
tor J. B. Bonner, DR.. Cowan and Mr.. T. G..
Ellis are each adjoining their persons with
What has become of the effort to beautify
and adorn generally Ersklne campus7 Our
people ought TO come up 10 the help OF this
enterprise. 1t ought by all means TO be done.
BY q private letter from Greenwood, we
learn that Gov. Richardson will make the ad-
dress before the Greenwood Male High School
In June. This is a good selection and will be
an interesting occasion.
colored citizens Is just completing Moe little
cottage of roomsin the suberbs of the town.
He Is to be commended for his thrift and
Mr.. Rice Ellis is running an excellent beef
market for Due West.
We were in the West end of town recently
and took look at Mr.. Nickols neW residence.
to town and has fine situation. Mr.. Nichols
is good citizen and we welcome him to our
Dr. e. Fl. Edwards Is just back from a visit
working order and the town on q generally
turn towards prosperity.
DR.. E. w. Pressly and bride, and the wed.
Friday. 4 nice reception, to which the young
people of town were invited, was given in
honor Of the occasion. A pleasant time gen.
orally was the result. Mrs. Pressly is bright
Whining RifIni one SO worthy. We return thanks
for our potion OF wedding cake" The hap
py pair with the best wishes Of all, left for
RE Rev. Calvin Pressly and Elder Calvin Boyd,
of NewLerry, s. c., Visited the Associate Re-
form congregation here last Saturday. They
met with the pastor, then the session. then
number OF questions, which we hope will stir
up our congregation to greater zeal. We be,
love the idea suggested Of dividing up the
congregation into territories or quarters. and
tion and would induce greater aggression In
church work. Rev. Calvin Pressly preached
two able sermons and our people enjoyed the
Presby terial visit
qulry we have assertained the following facts
from our business men and others; The In
tendant Of the town Mr.. J; A, neylin says
here he does not believe that pint OF whis-
key has been sold In Due West by merchant
or from drug store, and that he has not the
slightest suspicion that such thing is ever
done. Again, on inquiry at the drug stores
we learn that they have not q drop OF whis-
key in their houses and that they do not even
sell alcohol to customers, that when a doctor
prescribes whiskeey for a patient, they have to
Again a number of our citizens have ex-
pressed themselves as not entertaining the
slightest suspicion that q drop Of whiskey has
been or will be sold on the sly In Due West
record on this score and moral sentiment
that will tolerate nothing else,
a man who opened o bar here before the
war was rode On rail, thoroughly ducked
and next day left for parts more congenial.
He has not had q successor since.
The last issue of the Press and Banner made
a grand showing for the Methodist OF Abbe-
also a monument to the industry and enter
prise OF the Press Dnd Banner. r. 8. q.