The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-11-30
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Miss Daisy Waller and Miss Mamie VIII
liams, two OF our most popular young ladies
are visiting friends in Abbeville:
II men don't want their matrimonial pros
poets published they should never divulge
Mrs, Jas. Jones has drove of 25 fine tur
keys She is begin n ing to market them:
Mr. T. K. Langley has cotton piled up In bis
yard and several fine porkers In the pen.
Mrs. Thos. Long died at her home In Edge
field on last Wednesday.
Miss Mamie Bullock, one OF our most esti
mable young ladies, was married at.the home
OF her parents on the 10th instant TO Mr.
Ralph Scurry, one Of the most prosperous
young farmers in Newberry county:
Mr.. w. S. Bell, now Of Marietta, Ga. visit
ed his family and friends here last week. AL
are delighted to know he is doing we'll in the
The friends of Thos. O. Taggard, now mop
ular conductor In the "wild and woody" West
were pleased to greet him for few days last
This scribe is wholly Indifferent as - the ma
ture and number OF prohibition bills passed
nor has he any criticism or suggestion for our
solons.
I'VE spent Sunday most pleasantly at the
hospitable home OF our relatives Mr.. and Mrs
w. y. Cromer.
Robt. Tarrant, peacable colored youth was
shot and Instantly killed Saturday evening al
the flying jenny by a white mai named Full
ler, who recently moved here from Waterloo,
There are conflicting statements as 10 the
cause OF LNe ulleT WAS SuUSe-
uuently arrested and sent To jail.
The only way Abbsville can get Greenwood
on the map is to reach out and encompass her
but mighty windy article may evolve from
seven men and a tallow dip.
Mr. and Mrs. w. V. Blythe have just return
ed from Atlanta whittier they went to have
the latter treated for an ocular trouble. Her
friends will be glad TO know her sight is
greatly improved.
Our cotton receipts to date are little over
nine thonSa nd baleS.
With several deaths from natural causes,
two homicides, others sick, Mr.. Flies meet
Ing Blelas cornet, and u meteoric shower,
the most timid OF our popnlace was not al II
loss for something to talk about Sunday.
Handy Antrim, coored, was the treasurer
of d Benevolent Society in the Lahrens
Land, he had about $50 of its funds on hand.
On last Wednesday he was brntally murder
ed his body was found In thetield on Satur-
day. Suspicion pointed strongly to Vince
he was committed to jail. He made partial
confession duplicating another man.
Mr.. Joe Alton. one OF the most popular
young men in Edgefleld and a prosperous
merchant just across the line, died last Thurs
day of fever. He was well and favorable
known To all our business men.
Mrs. j.. l.. Carr and Mrs. r. g. Cheathan
are both quite sick with fever.
Considerable comment and speculation Is
being INDUCED in just now because the re-
cent presentment OF the Grand Jury has not
been published according TO the time honor
ell custom If indeed IL Is not the law, but this
Ii the recently discovered comet Is Biela's.
and travelling toward our planet at the rate
astronomers have calculated, and both hap.
pen to reach the crossing on the same sched-
DR.. Millwee, of the OIL Mill. is we'll pleased
with their business thus far. For three sue
cessive weeks the machinery was only stop
ped for three minutes from Monday morning