The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-23
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SeasOnabIe Weather - Best Bridge
Builders-GOOd Roads Fine Oats
and Peas-Marriage-Visi Conn
ing and GOing-HOn. A. &. Lati'

ing ana GOinS-Hoh' a. - A
mer.
Nineiy-Six, s. G.. Aug. 81. 1873.
The seasnna BILE weather has very much I'M
pressed the cotton and late corn crops. A
lew OF the farmers are sewing oats. bat most
Of the oats sown In this comnlulnity are so~n
Miss Mary Williams, of Greenwood: is with
Miss Maggie Rice. Misses Lena Booker,
Donalds. and Ada Plowden Of Greenwood,
are with the Misses Blake.
The Party who visited Harris Springs from
this place and vicinity enjoyed the trip no
much that they contemplate another trip IN
We hear that MIR. WI. DeVore has taken
q p,ac, with Mr.. Templeton. OF Aboeviile.
Mr.. DeVore In a rirst-class young man ana y
fine salesman. and we are sure his employer
will be pleased with MIN. ,,,co
The Rev. Marion Dargan, agent Of the GO, Co.
lumbia Female College, preached IN me
Methodist church last Sunday IN the Interest
of his College and the Importance OF female
education.
MIR. Edward c. Rice, of Charleston, Is IN
| town with his parents and taking mucn
The repairing f the Free Bridge over Salu.
da River IL com pleted. Capt. James n. King
sioners both OF Laurens and Abbeville CON
graduated Capt. King for so excellent Joo.
Capt. King IL rapidly coming TO the 'front.' as q
bridge builder and contractor.f
The Rev. VIM. H.Lawton is with his daugh-
| ters Mrs Phillips and Mrs. Rice. Our people
are always delighted TO see Mr.: Lawtol.
| Dallas Gooding, u black thlel, entereu Cal'.;; !;
Hales' sleeping room one night last week ano
stole q small amount Of money. 80 lar ne
has made good his escape.
Mr.. s. Brooks Townes. Of Greenville, was IN
town recently on visit Tonss to ms S,s,eI Med
last spring At Columbian University, Wash
ington, q. G., with the highest honors. This
In stltutIoD is said To be one OF he best law
colleges In the United States. and tue young
man In to be congratulated. He will open HI
office In Atlanta, and we predict Tor MIN
successful career. ,
Senator Butler has introduced bill In the
Senate to repeal the ten per cent. Stale oanR
Some Of the roads coming into Ninety-Six
| need working. while others have been nicely
worked. Mr.. w. l.. Fooshe has the ROAD ieho
Ing from Ninety.Six 10 Coronaca In good or
mir. Frank Holland now located In Laurenf
| is over on visit to his mother. FRANK ls a
good boy Ind we are sure that he Will make
| fine railroad man.
Miss Lille Calhoun ia at home again after
a long stay with friends at Mccormick sno
elsewhere.
Gently with his sister Mrs. II. j. kinard.
| Miss Aunie Blake Ia at home again. She
! has been with friends at Charlotte. n. Z.
Col. w. Jasper Tolbert has made hne
speech In Congress on the Free Coinage bill.
| Mr. E. N. DeVore made fine crop or Ca Is
this year, aud sold 100 bushels the past week
| for 30 cents per bushel.
Mr.. 3. r. Hill. Of Edgtf1eld county near
Ninety-Six, has the hnestfi field OF peas In the
Mr.. !. L. shumate went up to Greenville
last Sunday.
tice In the U. S. Court.
PROF. Rast, Of Bennettsville, has been with
his former college friend DR.. Kinard.
Prof. Cork has gone ON u short trip to his
old home near Wiers school.
| Miss Minnie MclAnts, OF Abbeville, Is with
her sister Mrs. A. Men. Turner.
| On Saturday evening the 18th In st., Mr. j.
K. Werts, of OcaIa, Fla, was married To Miss
cesslul merchant and we congratulate him
upon winning SD fair a bride.
Miss Agnes Galphtn has returned from Au.
gusta.
Mrs. Carter and daughter, Miss Kate, OF
Edgetield, are with Mrs. K. l.. Townsend.
| Several dilinquen. road workers have been
reported TO Trial Justice McCaslan.
Mr. Robert l.. stuart has purchased the
stock or Mai. J. w. Fouche. and will open out
| u fui stock or goods on the LIST OF Septen Der.
| Mr.. John Corley and wife of Cross Hi were
over yesterday spending the day with friends
shown his manhood In his interview with
Post Master General Bissell. The people OF
| the Third District want q change Of the 4th
| class post masters and Mr.. Bssell should no
longer hesitate. Nearly six months have
passed and you could scarcely tell IN south
Carolina that the Democrats controlled the
political situation. Their success last NoVem.
ber should mean more than merely putting
Mr.. Cleveland In the White House. The pet-
| pie of the South want and demand change
! in the personal OF the post master and subor.
Jinate officers of the Government, and they
should have It. We are not OIL the war path
but we simply ask Justice. East End.