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Jones. s. c.. July 2s, 1894.
| Located on the summit OF high aud gently
sloping hill some half mile from the ROARING
Saluda river Just below the celebrated Wares
Shoals and eight miles east OF Donalds Is
Jones, S. G.
1t has post office kept by DR.. w. T. Jones
one merchant, Mr. j. /. Crane. VINO Keeps OF on
community. The High School here was
taught last session by Prof. w P: Cnlbertson
who will take charge OF this institution again
next session. He was assisted by Miss Annie
Bolt, OF Laarens. Jones Academy was built
by the public spirited citizens Of this COM
munity without theiaid of dollars worth
of public money. The building is made OF
irIt class material and Is put up In work
manlike style. 1t is fully equipped with
patented desks and black boards. The teach
ers have given entire satisfaction to all parties
concerned. The young folks have two liter
ary societies, the Philonathian and the Pm J.
logian. These societies have been successful
iy managed and are qulte an adVantage 70
the youth Of this community. Prof. W. r.
Cnlbertson is Superintendent OF the Union
Should the c., K & w. R. R. ever he com.
peted, This would become quite an important
place. us the fine water power at wares snoals
near here would then be developed. II any
section OF country needs railroad TO develop
it's natural resources, IL Is that portion OF Alb.
bevile county north OF Coronaca bordering
on Saluda river.
gambling church in The near future. AT
present the school building Is occasionally
used for this purpose.
There is u good stand here for glnnery ana
And the hest fishing gounds we know
of in the npcountry are at Wares shoale.
Sometimes HI many as dozen fishing parties
are here al one time from Waterloo Lanrcns,
Princeton, Due West, Honea Path, Green
wood. Hodges, DUnalds, Coronaca and other
surrounding towns Within radius of some
thirty miles. Suckers weighing from eight
to zen pounds have been caught. The Ger.
man carp are abundant. Some Of them
weigh as much as twelve pounds. We are
told that Mr.. John H. Blackwell and MIR.
Daniel Dem who live near here recently
from these shoals In three or four hanls.
Wares shonls are about three miles In length
and from one hundred to two hundred yards
wide.
One OF them is Owned by Mr.. James G. Razor
and the other by stock company.
DR.. w. +. Jones will soon begin to rebuild
q two story residence OH the same plan. out
his handsome dwelling was burned last TALL.
Mail is received at Jones Tuesdays, Thurs.
days and Saturdays from Laurens ana
Hodges.
ment Of upwards OF 10 members.
Miss Lutecia Merriman, OF Cokesbury, sue
cesstulIy taught the Cedar Grove school this
year. Her patrons are delighted with her
work.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Fletcher, of Laurens, are Wis.
Iting relatives In the vicinity OF Cokesbury.
Mr. G. w. Robinson, of 1.-The Nation," has
an acre OF bottom corn on Saiuda river that
Prof ]. {. Cork, OF Ninety-Six, was In this
neighborhood las week visiting his brother,
Mr.. James Cork.
Master Frank Arnold, near Cokesbury,
juicy and delicious peach. Perhaps the only
peach that grew this year In Abbeville coun.
Prof. Culbertson attended the Teachers In
stitnte this week in Abbevllle, aud says II was
i'm every way success.
Tom Williams, coiOred, who lives on Mr..
q. b. Rlley's place, shot himself last week
while carelessly fooling with pistol
spending awhile with relatives at EXON, ). Z.
Mr.. r. j. Nickies Is visiting relatives near
Hodges.
the neigh hboreood several days with relatives
snd friends.
Mr.. James r. Meadlock, Of Greenwood. ac-
companied by his vile, was here last week on
a visit to his sister, Mrs. James Cork.
the neighborhood last week with relatives.
Mr.. g. b. Riley. of Rileya, Ia preparing TO
rebuild his ginnery, and has gotten his sta,
tionary engines. he gins rom eight hundred
Messrs. Allen Dodson, William Davis MIN.
rod Davis and James Davis are the oldest
men 10 this neighborhood The years they
have lived aggregate three hundred and
twenty.th Mr.. Dodson Is s. years old. Mr.
Nimrod Davis "A, Mr.. William Davis 7S and
Mr.. James Davis 83. Hh, last three named
are brothers and live within halfmile OF
one another and within three miles OF the
old homestead. They are all In the enjoy
ment of good health aud are still quite JoVlal
Messrs. Morrison and Hill. OF Jones, Will
begin soon 10 canvass the county In The In
terest OF first class steam fire extingulsher TO be
attached to steam engine.
We are informed that Il five year old boy OF
Donalds, died last Wednesday OF hydropho-
bia. This little boy and his seven year old
brother were bitten by dog eight weeks ago.
Their grandmother, Mrs. Mcnill, OF Donalds.
was te.egraphed tor and has gone over to
Waterloo. N. .. Pyles.