The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-12-14
A NEW FALL AT THE DOOR,
An Old Mans Advice-News of Long
Cane.
Long Cane, S. c., December

Long Cane, S. c., December ), 1892.
| ! make my bow 10 the good people, ALL o
every Sort" who are readers OF the Press and
| Banner.
If can interest, or afford Information to
any one, then am / fully repaid for my hours
of deep thought and labor In chropicIing in
set phrases the few Incidents that tranSpire
In our usually quiet and peaceful ne,ghbor-
hood. Although / have 1elt the froSts Of
many winters, and lind that there is u dearth
of the black tresses that once crowned my
head / ask the attention, especially, OF the
boys and girls. and throw myself on their
generosity. Is that strange, think you ?
No, for lifting the curtain OF the past, as Oh
| ten do am admOniShed that ], yes, was
once a boy. Fresh In my memory are the
days when, arTayed for church In my white
| body and linen pants, l started lOnt lor
church or town and felt as proud as any hing
| All, still fresher are the dnys when ! stood
forth and declalrned extracts from Mother
Goose" rs proud rs "Dcmosthenes or Cicero y
| Rev. Mr.. Henderson, of Cokesbury preached
| to a large and attentive congregatio ion on sab
bath last at Uppr Long Cane. Our people
! would do well 10 give Mr.. Henderson call.
Ebcnczcr, believe comes within my terri
tory. at least. now lay first claim. Rev. w.
year. He Is yonns, but consecrntcu man,
and under his charge, we trust old Eoenezer
will bloom as The rose of Sharon."
Old and much loved Brulah church that
has rested among the ma jestic oaks and tow
cring pines of that body OF original forest To
the left beyond Morton's Mill. where for years
gone by our good people have gathered To-
gcther to hear the word Of God" proclaimed
In all It's simplicity aud sing praises To the
God we love; where the generations now nv.
ing first heard the "glad tIdings OF great joy, )
and first learned to love and serve the God OF
our salvation; where we isped rs babes, won
dered as children, heard, digested aud appr'-
priatrd aS youths, aud labOrcd and loved as
years grew apace, That much loved Bculah
is TO be moved from its old site. The new
BcuIah is i'm building near the forks OF the
roads above EbcnrZrr For myself, am Sor-
ry 10 lose sight Of that old church building,
nesting amid that beautiful! grove Of giants
OF The forest" around which are associated SO
much of our spiritual lives, and which marks
SO many cpOchs of our lives. But the church
must keep progress with the age in which we
live. May the new copy fair the old.
Mr.. JOhn Il. LomaX and wife have moved
INTO their handsome new residence. i do but
voice the sentiment of all their friends and
neghburs when bid them good luck anu
Il happy. prosperous lie in their new home.
Boys. last Monday / saw on The streets OF
Abbevlle, Il boy reelng under the influence
of whiskey. Oh. shame! His mind was also
rcelng, and he said ahd did things that he
will regret as long as he lives II WAS not the
boy that said and did these things. II was the
whSkcy, but If he had respected himself,
would he haze allowed this whiskey to infu-
cncc him? And remember, boys, you cannot
drink whiSkCy, beer or any intoxicating bcr-
eragc without putting yourself under It's IN"
nuence. ! charge you, Legislators, In the
name OF suffering mothers, sisters, wIles, and
loved ones to hasten the day when IL will he
excluded from our border. Anonymous.