The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-01
FROM THE ROARING RIVER.
ScintillatiOns from the City that
Crowns the CreSts of Smyrna's
Holy Hills.

Lowndesville, S. c.. May 2S, 1892.
| Last Saturday the Sunday Schools at An.
derson passed down our railroad to Bordeaux
| where they went To picnic.
Sunday being the second Anniversary oi
our branch of the Y. M. T.. A., Mr.. W. A.
Wynne, State Secretary OF that organization
was with us, and entertained the large crowd
gathered In the Methodist Church at II a. M,
in quite an appropriate and Interesting ad-
dress. Prof H. B. Humbert, our president,
occupied the chair and discharged his duties
very creditably to himself and satisfactorily
to all concerned.
Miss Pauline and Miss Be.tie Power Of An
derson came down Saturday and spent the
day with friends In town.
DIR. B. A. Henry went to Elberton Saturday
and remained there Till Sunday visiting rel
atlves.
Mrs. A. ]. Speer went to Ebert County Sat
urday on u visit 10 her old home.
For several mornings the beginning OF the
week, we had frost enough in spots TO show
It's blighting effects upon vegetation. From
present appearances IT. would seem as II this
is TO be u year without summer. Five
months, nearly half are numbered with the
past, and in each one we have had more or
less frost But this is by no means without a
precedent. One of our most honored citizens
who passed away last year, told this writer
that in 1885. think 1t was IL was so cold on
the Goth of June, he cut wheat all day with a
thick woolen jeans coat on, and that twelve
o'clock while the hands were eating their din
Ter In the field, they had to keep up big fire
TO keep warm.
Mrs. j. A. Hawthorn of Latimer was in
town Wednesday.
Mrs. j. B. Franks went to Anderson Tues
day, then on to Columbia Wednesday to visit
friends.
Messrs. S. F. Epps, G. l.. Baker, and Miss
Hattie Black lett Tuesday morning Tor Nine
ty Six, TO attend as delegates the session OF
tbe County Sunday School Conference. Miss
but when she reached Abbeville she received
a telegram stating that her brother, Mr.. ]. j.
johnson, of Greenville, was at Anderson
quite sick. and she went 10 that place.
Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Porter went to Abbevlle
Tuesday partly for business, partly for pleas
ure. and returned the next day.
Mrs. D. L. Barnes has been for the past week
or two visiting the family OF Col. j. T. Barnes,
Mrs j. NJ Huckabee is now at Mr.. ]. A.
Hawthorn's, her fathers, near Latimer. for a
short time visit
kin, in Monterey.
MIR. Seigler who had his skull fractured In
two places $50 said) with an axe In the hands
of darkey about two weeks ago, is getting
Although our town Golfers are by no
| means overfiowing, yet as there Is no imme-
dIate urgent need for money, our council Ut q
late meeting decided because OF the hard
times not TO levy any town tax this year.
1t is becomming distressingly dry. We
hear OF some places In the township where
tnere mas not Deen RAIN enough 10 run III LIE
yard since the 7th of April. During the last
oat sowing season, from October TO March,
many OF our planters anticipating spring
scarcity Of horse feed departed from their u.s.
ual custom OF sowing their poorest lands In
oats, sowed some Of their best lands and
highly manured them, and yet will realize
but little If any more than half crop. aud
the oats on poor unmanured lands are hardly
worth cutting. This failure Is by no means
general in the township, for those rains that
have fallen have been In spots. and upon the
farms SO favored thu crops are pretty good.
Our planters are however going ahead de-
spite the disc0uragements, and are getting
their crops In fine fix for the rains when they
do come. The celebrated north east Georgia
farmer, David Dixon, said that by riding over
country In the spring he could always tell
where the dry streaks would be later. They
would be where the lands were poorly pre-
pared, but this writer does not think that test
would hold good this time, as, If he is any
judge, the lands were much better prepared
this year than for several preceding years.
His assersion might and would hold good
over large area, but one farm we'll prepared
could not be blessed that way, and an adJon-
ing one poorly prepared, burn up.
Troupe.