The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-11
LOWNDESVILLE ITEMS.
The People in and Around the City,.
The CrOps...BrOken II Heads..-SiIver
Coins -. Fine Horses Missing
Bridges.

Lowndesville. s. c., May 7, 1892.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett Hall and their daugh
Saturday ON visit to the family OF the son.
in-law OF the two first mentioned, Mr.. ]. w
Harder.
Communion services were held In Smyrna
church on last Sunday. Rev. r. T. Franks
preached an appropriate sermon for the oc
casion.
Sunday evening in Smyrna church there
was organized Juvenile missionary society
secretary, Miss Nellie Mosely, treasurer, Mis-,
johnnie Speer, lady manager.
| Our Town and section was we'll represented
MIR. ]. l.. snipes representing the music
house of q. A. Reed Of Anderson, Was In town
several days last week.
Miss Lena Brownless OF Penny's Creek WIS.,
tied our toWE Tusday.
Mrs. ]. 7. Barnes took trip to Augusta
Tuesday, where she will remain for severa
days.
here In Anderson county, had his head split
open by an axe in the hands Of Jim Haley
cOlored. without any known cause. jim
hurriedly took leg bail. The above Is the
our town Friday On the hunt for the mur
Mr.. G. Huckabee, Mrs. ]. w. Huckabee
and Miss Lille Huckabee went TO Greenwood
Thursday 10 visit friends In that thriving
town.
Mrs. VIM. Brovnlee, Mrs. Florence Hol
comb and Miss Ellen Brownlee. OF Anderson
county have just ended weeks visit to the
Our Presbyterian friends have provided
Providence church with handsome and fine
toned organ.
Mrs. j. g. Edwards and children returned
| 10 their Abbevile home to-day II ON ter
days visit to the family Of her brother-in
! law Mr.. J. II. Baskin.
Mrs. Fannie Huckabee has position In the
store OF Messrs. Sherrard & LeRoy.
church next Sunday, May 18th. It is pro
posed to make 1t an interesting occasion, anc
1t should be, as the material out OF which
men and women are made should have
showing.
Mr.. s. ]. Baskin now has three silver coins
two ten cent pieces and five cent piece tied
together with string, which we're given tt
him by his grand father, Capt. j. d. Baskin
and which he used to wear around his necB
when you could not determine his sex by the
clothes that he wore.
Messrs. Allen & Cooley q short time back
bought fine horse from Capt. j. E. Brown
| lee.
At this writing 1t is beginning to be pretty
dry. Small grain, OF which much more than
usual was sown in this section during the
past three months. would be greatly benefit
cotton planted before our last big rain had 10
| be planted over. so that q great deal OF The
planted corn and cotton needs rain to bring Il
up. Even gardens, those great helps a little
later on, will fail 10 fill expectations If rair
does moi come in the near future.
| Without hall storm. or something AS bad
| Il can be safely said that we will have an
abundant fruit crop. The fruit upon ouI
trees will have to be thinned, or 1t will be In
| ferior.
Several days OF this week were intensely
hot, almost us much SO as the proverbial "25th
day OF August"
| Our friends In the Prce's Mill section or
Rockey River, are grumbling good deal, and
eral spans OF the bridge which crossed The
river at that place were washed away. There
| have been at least two lettings of the rebui Id
Ing OF said bridge and yet to date even ~ be.
giHning TO rebuild, Is seemingly as far off as
| II was months ago. troupe.