The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-08
4 Presiding Elder Moves Himself and
then Writes.

Mr.. Ed;t0r:
Until now, / have had but little time
to comply with your kind solicitation
TO write you. Having to move was at
tended with the usual trouble of pack
ing, shipping, and unpacking. II has
been accomplished, and we arc in cur
,cO home. just out of the corporate
limits of Greenwood. We are 80 near
the town, | must ask you to change
NV NEIGIIEoR from Nincty-SiX TO
Greenwood. We spent two pleasant
years ut the former place. We never
enioyed better health at any place we
have lived, as strange as ic may seem
TO some who may remember the for
mer reputation of that town for SICK
ness. The people we found to he IN
telligcnt, agreeable, and pious. we
invoke the Bible blessing of peace up
OH them; for they received, and enter
tanned us kindly, and we were the re-
cipicnts of valued kindness upon our
departure.
The good people Of Greenwood and
vicinity have received us cordial
| ", and with tokens Of kindness that
reminded us of other days, and dear
friends, in other charges served hy us.
Friends in town and from the country
have sent us substantials and dellca-
cies, which have for us an intrinsic
value, far beyond their market price.
We have beautiful lot; eligible and
convenient to church and school, upon
which we hope to have q comfortable
District parsonage in the near future'
From the visible indications of thrift
and enlargement present, Greenwood
is destined to be city of surprising
commercial Importance in this portion
of the State. We must try to see to ii
that the church and morality have Il
pari 7,assu development. At present,
we are in an unfinished house, incon-
venient to church and other privileges,
but we must submit us chcerfully as
possible, as the best that we can do
temporarily.
At home and in the community, we
have Just now some pleasant visitors
from our Colleges in Spartanburg and
Columbia. The young ladies and
young men are at home for the holl-
DAYS. I think we have more young
men at WoHord from the Cokesbury
District this year, than from any other
in the Conference outside of Spartan
burg. Iwould that we could boast OF
at least all equal number Of young Ia
dies in our College ut Columbia. We
ought to have them. While there are
several institutions of learning fol
young ladies' in this up country, We
have the right to claim larger pa
tronagc for our own College, from oul
own people; especially when we call
offer advantages equal to the best. In
this faith We shall continue our urgent
efforts publicly, and in the homes OF
the parents, to increase our patronage
at Columbia. If some of our preach.
ers have been subjected to inconven-
icnce by removal, hope they will find
abundant compensation in the com.
forts and successes OF the year. a
happy New Year to you AZ Il yours, i'll
Guiding all your readers. May you
have many new subscribers with cn-
larged usefulness. For myself, and in
the name of this, your old District,
where you have troops Of friends, i'll
vitc you to visit us often this year.
Yours cordially,
\. J. CAUTHEN.
1T will he Il great pleasure to visit
you and your people. Hope to do so.
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