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LOWNDESVILLE NOTES.
TIL School Closing was Literary
Feast, and Hence Not Enjoyed by
SAnnl-
Lowndesville. S. G., June 81, 1892.

LOWnQeSVlIle, ", j une -, 1917.
Mr.. Robert Edwards, OF Abbeville, was the
guest Of Mr.. j H. Bask In Saturday.
Miss Minnie Adams. OF Augusta: came up
Friday to visit her cousin Mrs. j. NJ. Baker
We had good rain Saturday night, several
on Sunday, and more or less every day since
till yesterday. There has been but very little
blowing in this section dur ing the week, and
but little work o! any kind, and the grass, as
we'll as the crops, are booming.
There was little darkey In town Saturday
evening who collected crowd around him as
quickly as dog fight would, and he afforded
no little amusement to the bystanders. He
was boy about ten years old in size, but
from the beard upon his face, more than a
man in years. His feats of mmicry were
bard to beat. He could and did closely iml-
tate the sounds made by birds, beasts, the To-
comotive whistle, the pulling OF the engine,
etc.
Rev. r. p. Franks gave us an interesting
a. m, and Rev. II. G. Fennel acceptably fill
ed his appointment In Providence church ut
the same hour.
Messrs. S. F. Epps. candidate for County
Commissioner from this section. and sam
Killingsworth went as far as Antrevilie Mon
day evening on their way TO the Due West
Commencement.
Prof II. Il. Humbert and Mr.. l.. &. Maulden.
candidate for Clerk OF Court went To Due
West Tuesday to take In the commencement
eXsrcises
DR.. Frank DuPre. OF Augusta, having been
on q visit to the family of his father, MIR. j.
F. c. DuPre at Fort Hill, stopped here Wed.
neSday evening.
Mir. and Mrs. j. NJ. Baker and their chill
dron and Miss Minnie Adams started Thurs
day morning for Morganton, N. C.. where
they propose to spend the summer.
Miss Nellie Mosely had Il reception and
birthday dinner for her little friends from
four to eight p. m, Thursday and they did
Dr. j. b. Moseley left Thursday for Troy,
where he expects TO spend some time profess
sionally.
son, of Atlanta reached here Thursday even.
ing TOR sometime visit to the family of Mr..
The masons have had 81 neat and substan-
tial covering put over the steps leading up 10
their hall.
My time for giving an account OF the pic.
mic held here last Saturday. being so limitcd, /,
(having to send it off that evening" could
not say SO much about IL rs II deserved. Whit
did say did not appear In this weeks Press
and Banner, suppose IT Will come out next
week. | now add something more IN regard
TO it. In the Abbevlle Medium Of this week
under the heading "Lowndesville News"
mention is made of the High School picnic
held here and among other things SAID Is
that about one hundred persons were pres.
ent, most Of them women and children OF
the town." The giver OF that information,
who ever it was, If present must have had
his vision badly obscured by something or
his informant did not know what he was
talking about, or else did not care. 1t Is true
that n lurge part of the "women and chi J.
dren," as he puts II, were present, but 1t Is
safe TO say that there were ten times as many
"women and children" from the country.
My own opinion us to the number present.
supported by that of the best Judges, Is that
there were between 80 and 800.
knowing thata picnic will generally draw
a crowd when nothing else Will, the gather
ing was no, so large as might have been eX.
pected Perhaps some were kept away by
The same motive, oy when some were ac-
tuated of whom / have heard. That they
Il ;,>ta tf,n In SI6ll a f..
fair and they were not wanted. What an
idea When Prof Humbert merely exercised
the prerogative allowed all teachers of pub.
lie closing exercises in his school, anu TO add
TO the occasion much enjoyment as possi-
BILE. He proposed that there be baSke din.
ner, and In addition he invited several gentle
men of refinement and intelligence to be
present and address the gathering. not upon
the political question oil the day but upon the
question Of the hour-education. The intel
lectual part OF the feast was 10 consume the
morning hours, then as long as necessary was
10 be given up to pariaking OF the good things
of life 10 be followed by q social feature, 10
be continued during the pleasure of all con
cerned. Besides that Prof. Humbert In his
notices In the newspapers as well as upon
the bulitin boards in town and upon ether
boards in public places in the country, cor
daily invited everybody.
Now can any unprejudice person see any-
thing one sided In that? \ one sided person
can see things only In IL one sided light.
Again, OF the Ridiculous and absurd ideas
TO which the hour has given birth is, that
there is or should be amy antngonism be
tween the town and country people. There is
natural dependence between them, always
has been, always will be. 1t is well
known that there are no grounds whatever
| upon which To- base such an assertion. They
are prompted thereto solely by their own
selfish aims, and not by their desire for the
| betterment Of the condition Of the "hOrny-
handed sons OF toll" But to return 10 the
picnic. 1t was Il very pleasant and crcdltablc
affair. The social pleasures of the occasion
were considerably curtailed by the rising of d
threatening cloud, every one FASTENED home
| Tor fear OF getting a wetting. Every one who
honorcd the occasion with their presence felt
! that it was Il day well spent.
| COL. w. G.. McGowan. of Abbcvillc, than
whom there is no better man in the State
and Mr.. Hood. one of the most talented mem
bers of the Anderson Bar, because OF press o
business could not attend, which was great
| disappointment TO us all. Their presence
would have greatly added To the interest and
success of The occasion. Troup.