The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-10
DUE WEST.
All Sorts of News Items from the
Classic Grounds.

Due West, 5. G., August /, 1892.
Another week without rain, with the ther
momcter climbing up among the nintics
The crops are beginning to show the effect o
the dry weather. We have heard IL predict
ed that we will have rain before the week Is
out.
james PrcSSly, died at the home of her son
Mr.. J. l.. PrcSsly, on Wednesday evening. On
Tuesday evening about four o'clock she was
taken sick suddenly. and was unconscious
for some time. She fingered until Wednes'
day evening when she quietly breathed her
last. Rev. +. Y. PreSSly and Rev. Calvin
Pressly and wife, Of Gcnerostee. arrived be
fore her death. She WAS mother in lsrcal
Mrs. j. y. &. Fleming Of Laurens. $. G., is
visiting her mother Mrs. Jane Todd.
Due West scrC down full delegation to
the County Bible Society ON "Wednesday: The
Grier, Prof. j. F. Lee, Messrs. r. G. Brownlee,
Jr w. &. Brock and X. :. Galloway. They
report Il very fine meeting OF the County
Bible Society. The same delegates were elect
cd to attend the State Bible Society, which
met at Abbcvlle also this year.
Mrs. ID. q. Phillips, of Prosperity, is visit
Ing her fathers fatally.
Miss Carrie Widcuan returned home last
week. She has been visiting her sister, Mrs
Phillips for sometime.
Rev. J. l.. Brownlce and family, OF Union
Springs, Ala. is visiting friends and relatives
In town. He Is The guest of his brother, MIR.
Il. &. Brownlce, Jr.
Rev. NJ. Is. Grier and Mr.. Calvin Todd are
visiting friends in North Carolina
MesSrS. II. NJ. Young and j. II. TODD attend.
ed the meeting of the Board Of Trustees OF
Erskiue College at Chester, =. e..
Rev. y. y. Bonner has reformed from Ten
ncSSee
Rev. ]. l.. Brownlee occupied Rev. o. Y.
Bonner'S pulpit on Sabbath, and preached Il
most excellent sermon. lie Is fine orator,
and his language was Il beautiful as that OF
Mrs j. l.. Pressly is visiting relatives in
Grcenville.
The Beard of Trustees of Ersk inc College
met in Chester on the 9th ult., for the pur.
pose of electinS some new Professors. The
following was the action taken: Prof j. /
Mccain, PHI. D., Princeton, was transferred 10
the Chair Of English Language and Litcra.
turc; r. &. Peoples OF Tennessee was elected
to mi the chair of Greek and German f. l.
Reid, OF Charlotte. n. c., was elected to fill
the chair of Physical Science.
Mr.. W. +. Bell and wife worshipped In the
A, II. F. church OH Sabbath.
Mrs. Sailie Marlborough and daughter Eve.
line, of EnOree, >. G., are WISHING friends ~
town. They are the guests OF Mrs. w. NJ
Grier.
The Young Peoples Convention of the
Second Presbyt terry will be held at III is pla &C
this week. number Of delegates are eX'
pected.
desire to make correction in my report
of the Sem |. Centennial OF the Philomatheai
Literary Society. In giving the names u
those who contributed To the Sem i-Centcn
NAL fund inadvertently omitted the name
OF Mai. j. NJ. Thompson, OF Gambler, Ala. /
is only justice 10 Maj. Thompson to state thai
he is the second largest contributor 10 tilt
fund. We regret exceeding That we made I'll,
omission, aud take this opportunity OF cor
recting it,
Another crowd from Due West went flShin:
on Salu,ia l;sL week They state that the riv
er was iull of fishers. They had some luck
however
Mr., Alfred Moore and Miss Mamie Alewint
were married on Sabbath week ago. H.