The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
SNOW FLAKES FROM LowNDEsvILLE.
The City Of the Seven Hills by ROCKY
Rivers Flowing Tide is on Firm
Foundation.

I.owNDESvILLE, S. G., Feb. 25, 1851.
Miss Willie Leroy left here last Tuesday on
n visit to friends at Anderson Z. H., anu IN
the surrounding country. go
Mrs. Charles Dodson, of Donaldsville, spent
several days OF last week with her brother
Mr.. w. l.. Seawright, l.,
Mr.. John McAllister OF MI. Carmel was II, ~,
town day or two last week, the guest o'
Judge ]. b. Leroy. ,,s.
Mr. Jerry Martin Of Laurens came over last
Monday, to visit his kinsmans hmliy' he''
w. S. Martin. t,,o, loo,
Tuesday night and her remains were deposit
ed in Salem Seme,ary Thursday morning;
Messrs. E. Calhoun and l. c. Haskell OF Mon
terey paid our town visit on last WeoEes'
day. .,o,,
Mr. r. l.. Morehcnd was called to anderson
C. H.. last Tuesday ON business, returHeo oi
Wednesday. .,,,,,. n,
her school near the depot last TUESDAY morn
Rev. John Epps of New berry and Mr.. Dan n
el Epps of Laurens. spent several Gays i"s'
week with their brother Mr. s. r. EppS.
Judge T. A. Gator of Magnolia was on our
streets last Saturday. .,,xo -,
Miss Fannie Booker who has charge o.
q tiourishing school at LatiIner came up SAY
nrday, and has since been the guest OF MT. D.
col. w. Jas. Lomax still has the silk velvet
vest. n beautiful one, in which he was nrsl
married 45 years ag" IT, is now owl IN ie nn s'"e
Miss Ollie Kennedy Of Anderson Y. H., Il
now on a visit to the family OF her uncle MT
w. L. Kennedy.
Station were united in marriage, at the house
If the bride last Thursday morning, ano
passed ND on our road on the O'CLOCK train
,nroute to visit the parents of the groom, neal
Walhalla.
MIR. Alex Zackaray, Of Buncombe county
cabbage seed notoriety, was snow houno 'oI
lay or two. but the time was not iosI 10 mn
rs he sold good many OF his SEED 10 our I'eo
De In and around here. .en
Last weeks Press and Banner says "Souti
Carolina ought to get out q patent on 1T avy
rains" the name OF the thing would De all
The patentee would have simply sign cure
as there would be no investors. ,,.
Yesterday was cold cloudy disagreeaole
sunday School in the Presbyterlen cnuret y
in the forenoon, a small Sunday Schooi; ana
gregation in the morning and the young
men IS prayermeeting in the evening were tho
services in the Methodist church.
For the past few weeks tons upon tons o.
commercial fertilizers and tons upon tons o.
food for man and beast, have been hauie0
from here by good farmers.
Pedestrians FOR day or two after every ram
nave had very soft Walk on mn rm5 s'oe oS Mnin
street. II has now been macadamlSeu ~nici
is great improvement especially III wei
weather. A.. .or
,eous phen omenon" OF last Monday morn
ing. /. G., the lighting up "of the whole nrma'
N ent'' with the "colors of the rainbow" The
:ame. was witnessed by some OF our carly
"isers, but II was very cloudy and raining, ~
The time, sun up and the lighting up seemed
TO be only in southern direction.
Last Thursday and Thursday night, we mao
the Heaviest snow that has fallen here lol
years. It came upon us ION the blind side.
SHOWS generally come from the North hui
his one from the South. We hear that Inc
rround at Mt. Carmel, fifteen miles south. was
covered with snow at sunrise Thursday morn.
Ing, several hours, (at least four) before any
ell at this point. ,,., ,ooa,
station informs me, that missed IT neatly q
nile in my last weeks dots, when In men
tioning the Improvements past and proSpec'
live OF that place, gave only post office,
depot and two stores. He says besides the
above, there Is q new residence, blacksmith h
shop, Il No. one and two saw and corn MUS,
cotton gin, one church and an application !or
another one, graded school. fourishing lar.
mers alliance. and number OF iots uhuer
contract "Who would thought IT,"
a new departure for LoWndeSHllle, MeSsrs.
Mathews ANA Patterson, have opened up an
extensive poultry yard at this place. Iheir
ward consists Of six enclosures wired OF, IN
which is Il neat fowl house. In each they have
as fine n strain of fowls, as Is to be fou uu they
propose to open up stock farm III the near
future.
The recent rains and SHOWS, landSlidcs and
blows, have been easy on our railroad, haNlnG
interrupted travel but few hours at any one
time.