The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-24
NINETY-sIX NEWS AND NOTES.
The Oil Mill ..- WatermeIOns and
Peaches-.-The Stock ShOw..-Base.
baIl...VIsitOrs Here and There.
NINETY.SIy. &. C..

NINETY.SIX, s. c., July g. 1873.
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Maj. J. A. Stuart, Of Cow Grove, pulled one
morning last week 2iO watermelons. besides
number of cantaloupes. The melons weighed
jor Tt for the he delightful one one left for Us. ~
You made me say last week that Mr.. +. s.
Addison shipped something less than one
dollars worth Of peaches each week, when 1t
should have been "something less than one
hundred dollars"
Miss Bessie Cauthen has gone on vesit to
friends in Orangeburg and Winnsboro.
visit to friends in Abbeville. She was delight
ed with her visit.
Mai. Lites one Of our popular County Com
missioners was in town last Friday on bus1-
ness.
Mr.. l.. NJ. Fouche has left for his post OF duty
In Tennessee. Kentucky and Louisiana. He
travels for a large shoe house in Baltimore.
A very pleasant game Of baseball was play
ed last Friday evening by the Coronaca and
vor Of the Coronaca nine. The young gentle
men present from Coronaca were Messrs.
Hayne Henderson, Hugh Murchison, Jones
and Henderson Stuart and Jefferson Pyles.
We hope they will honor us with another WIS.,
it soon, when we hope to be in better condi-
tiop to entertain them.
Miss Carrie Givens, Of Beaufort, 1s WISHING
Miss Esteile Lawton and Miss Maggie Rice
left on Saturday to visit Mcj. Aiken's family
at Cokesbury.
Ninety-Jix with insurance. Mr.. Miller repre-,
sents one of the best companies in the United
States. You can rely on what he tells you
about insurance
Miss Mary Watson, Of Columbia, Is visiting
Miss Lutte Bozeman.
Mr. Wy. Sherrard has returned from sue.
cessful trip, selling clothing. Mr.. Sherrard
carries the finest line Of samples on the road.
To 90 VIII OF fncy MruG
MI. E. S. Addison has the largest herd of
cattle in the neighborhood OF Ninety,Six, his
herd numbers near 100 head, and they are
good ones. He has quite number or grace
Jerseys and Holsteins, as well as Devons and
Durhams.
Miss Annie Osborne has gone on visit to
friends Is at LaHreps Hnad e. ue reou,ar,v that
" Our catalogue of the:Fair will be distributed
this week. Persons wishing one please drop
&ss w MarrOw oey xho has Seen visiting
her sister, Mrs. ]. A. Moore has returned to
The Coronaca and Ninety.slx mines will
play match game soon on the ball grounds
The gun club of Abbeville has been invited
to come down and practice with our boys for
the shoot in August.
machinery Is now being put in place. Just
here we would say word for our home enter
prise It is the duty Of every farmer in reach
Of Ninety.Six to sell or exchange his cotton
seed with this company. They OF course will
give you just as much for them, 9nd the way
to build up our town and county IS TO patron
ize home Institutes. 1t Is thought by many
that cotton seed will bring better price here
this fall than ever before. Caused of course
by the building Of our mill. 1t gives compe,
tition here on the spot and says that the oil
trust shall not regulate prices. So now when
you commence ginning remember the men
who have established O home mark ct for your
seed, and don't fail to give them the prefer
ence when you 60 to sell. EAST END.