The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-13

mated: For Mayor-J.f. Simmons For Al
dermen-J.L L. Carr, L. NJ, Moore, A.. Roseii-
taIive citizens In whose hands bhe affairs OF
onr government will be safe. They were
elected Monday without opposition.
The sale Of the Merrimun property which
" m take place here On the 10Th instant, will
ouen up decidedly the most preferable build
irg lots that have been offered here since the
s,,Ie of the Bailey estate. These lots are not
sold as speculntions, but suppose they will
bring fair valuation, as there Is DO reason
why they should he sacrificed. ;
Tie steam filters from d. II. T~oinpkins n
Co. Charlotte, N. c., have just finished tlrf
The new warehouse at the cotton mill,
The Sunday afternoon meetings OF the Y.
NJ G. A.. are unusually we'll attended. All
Young men, whether members OF the church
or not, are cordially Invited. Hour OF meet
ip5 from 4 10 5 p m. I
The roof the Baptist orphanage will be put
Our cotton receipts up to December "a were
for In excess of those OF any former year, but
I haven't the exact figures at hand now.
Mr.. A. Rosenberg md family are spending
a Jew days in Charleston.
MI. Cross of the dairy swing churn will
leave Greenwood happy, having sold several
Thousand dollars wortL of churns and several
Thousand dollars worth OF territory. A score
or more OF our citizens left last Monday for
various counties TO canvass for this churn.
Nav their luck be Crosses.
NJ. and Mrs. C. E. Bonnie nave returned
from Newberry, for the present are stop
ping at Mr.. w. H.. Wbltlock's, Mrs. Bonnie's
father.
Misses Lizzie, Lila and Julia Wells enter
i tanned their riends with q very enjoyable So
liable last Friday evening.
Mr. E. s. F. Giles has given out the contract
for the erection OF several neat cottages.
I hear Of several handsome residences to be
erected this Summer, Notwithstanding the
cry of bard times.
Miss Gown OF Mount Carmel is visiting her
sister Mrs. George Morrah. :.
The carpenters are at work remodeling and
enlarging the residence OF Mr.. E. j. Plowden.
Everything IS moving on smoothly at the
cotton mill, and the profits are fully %satisfac-
tory TO the management. President burst Is
the right man In the right place. He has
shown that there Is money In the cotton mill
business With a steam plant, and the direct
ors should spare no means to fill his building
with machinery.
The festive season is over. but large fat tur-
keys still sdorn the table at Riley's hotel ey-
cry day in the week.
Nh. Johnson whose resignation as depot
agent here has already been noted. left for his
new position in Augusta last Monday, carry
ing with him the best wishes OF his many
friends. MI. Gaines, his successor, has taken
'i MRS. iEllaEtobb Walker did not return 70 her
home In Oh rlotte last Saturday, as she ex-
pected, becalse Of in the family. She
/ agree with observer that Tillman was
not elected list year by such an oyerwhelm-
ing majorit las appeared. and I don't balieyc
his re.electilh possible If direct before the
the people shut, II as some suppose, we are to
only TO hayt a primary for delegates TO q
nominating convention the result may be
different H.
Colonel WAlingford received a carload OF
fine mules lat week.
1t is rumoHd that the beefmarket license
will Of $50 wil be resc!hded this year.
The friends of Rev. Thomas LEIGH are anx.
lousy waiting his promised explanation Of
his conduct while In Augusta,
It now turns out TO be all fuss and feathers
about the Acknowledgement OF the Haskelites
by the State Executive Committee and those
who at one time predicted such a course are
very loudmo1thed In saying l told you 80, II
Ia true this would have been q ruinous policy
for the Observation-Disclosures but many ofus
in this county have n Vivid recollection o.
how we were dtsfrancn:sed two years ago fol
q much less ofsnse.
II some OF, m 2 paragraphs this week appear
q little stale and out of date 1t must be re
membered they were intended for last weeks
issue and Is noault Of mine that they did moi
appear.
from Spartanburg to work on the 0rphanage
died suddenly at ais boarding house Sunday
evening. He pnbplained Of 3 headache In the
morning, took ia large dose Of patent pills
which his landlord had on hand and before
night was a corpse. Thedoctors are analysing
the pills. 8.