The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
FROM GOOD OLD RILEY.
Good Cr0ps...Candidates for Office.
Expert EndOrsed...Fish Ponds n
Failure as to Furnishing Fish, but
as n ''Shaker'' Will Take the Ca< G
...Death of Good Old Women.

RILEY, S. c., July l6, 1883.
Rain at last. After drouth OF nearly six
weeks this section was favored with a fine
season on Sunday last
The crops are, as rule, very poor, owing to
so much dry weather. But the dropping spir.
its of our farmers are already revived, and
they hope for good crop. While there is life
Some of the farmers are about through work
and ready for the political campaign.
The merits and dement's Of the candidates
are freely discussed.
Cur section, almost as a unit, endorse the
report OF expert, and want the Augean stables
cleaned. They think business is business and
it should be kept straight.
Mr.. T. l.. Moore, the popular and handsome
candidate for Sheriff, passed through here last
Friday en- route to q Missionary Mass Meet
Ing at Little River Baptist church on Satur.
day. Ourown competent candidate for Schoo!
him to Little River. They report big time
and are enthusiastic IN the praise OF the Lit.
tie River people, especially the young speak
The mass meetings at Donalds and Hodges
this week will be we'll attended by 'old Mul.
berry,"
For the past week the sound of music has
Send Seg are praeteng for tn the Picnic at Donaids
They play well and deserve praise.
One good sign of better times is that many
Of the leading colored men are turning Demo
Gratis, and desire to vote the. ticket in full
Why could not arrangements be made SO that
they might vote in both elections, primary
and general.
Mr.: W. ]: MeGee is doing good business in
his store at Riley. He is cheerful and Is grow
ing fat-good sigh of contentment and pros
perity.
bath School yesterday. Our people 40 noi
they should. Many Of them are at1lict with
Sunday rheumatiSm.-th fatal disease To-
Sunday schools and churches.
Mrs. Laura MCGEE Ellis, Of Westminster,
has been spending two weeks at her fathers,
Mr.. NJ. B MCGEE.
Miss Ida Jones, our musician OF whom We
are proud. is now teaching music class nj
Level Land. She has taught successfully sew
eral classes.
Miss Ida Sibert, of Troy, has been visiting
her friends in Turkey creek section the Hast
two weeks.
Fish ponds are worse than q sad failure.
They cause chills and furnish no fish. Mr. NJ.
b. McGee, who has had one for several years,
let it off the other day and caught only one
nice fish. There should have been hundreds:
Abbeville county. He takes no moro fish
ponds in his.
Messrs. Frank Morrison, Thomas Graham
and w. Courtney McGee attended the Sunday
school Institute at Belton rs delegates last
week. They report very fine meeting fine
people, fine crops, and fine everything.
The, crops are especially fine near broad:
mouth. We venture Mr.. Henry Latimer has
the best cotton in the county.
We attended very interesting meeting OF
the Gentsville Reading Circle at Rev. r. W..
Burts Friday night. The Circle are doing q
noble work for themselves and the communi-
ty at large. They have nice library. Would
that there were more such Circles.
Mrs. Geo. Madden. q good old mother In Is
rael, died at her home about two weeks ago.
She was q consistent member Of Walnut
Grove Baptist church for many years. A can.
Ger in the mouth killed her after ripe old
Tage. She died as she had lived, trusting faith
fully in her Master.
"Aunt Sallie'' Martin is dead. Another
good o.d mother In Israel now wears crown.
She has been a consistent member of Walnut
Grove Baptist church for about forty years
An earnest Christian woman, jealous work
er for her Master, she was loved by all. After
a useful life Of about tour score years she died
of dropsy on the 18th OF July. She was the
last surviving member of what is known aS
the "old Rasor family" "Old Aunt Sallie'
took great interest in church affairs to the
last. At her request Rev. NJ. MCGEE Is tc
preach at Hodges on the fifth Sunday. Hel
funeral was preached by her pastor, Rev. NJ
McGee, at her home. She was buried al
Greenvlle church late Saturday. evening In
the presence Of many friends. She leaves an
aged and feeble husband and one son tC
mourn her death with many kin and friends
Several Of our young people We're at the big
~ ~ PICKWICK.