The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
THE OLD FORT.
Personal Mention by East End The HULA
balloo About the Registration Books.
Ninety.Six. S. c.. August 26

Ninety.Slx, S. c., August Goth, 1895.
The Rev. l.. T. Carroll, of Columbia, preached
fine sermon in the Baptist church mere yes
terday. Mr.. Carroll was pastor OF thls cnurcn
| for several years and our people were quite
glad TO see him.
Mr.. A. w. Smith bought several fine ,Jer'
seys from Mr.. w. H. Frazier the past week.
| The games of baseball between the Corona
CO and Ninety-Six clubs last Monday and
Tuesday, resulted In inglorious defeats lor
the Ninety-SiX nine.
Mr.. Percy Lumley, OF Coronaca, esslsted oy
Mr., Perrin Watts, Of Cross Hill. and MIR. Ed.
ward Rogers, of this place, commence the sur.
vey OF the Nlnety.Six county on next
Wednesday morning.
| A new enterprise has been entered upon al
| Nipety-Six: that Of turtle.hunting. Prof.
| Dan Fuller, of Laurens, is at the head OF 1t,
and several gentlemen OF N1nety'SiX nave
taken stock at twenty-five cents per snare.
Mrs DR.. WightInan and Mrs. Anna Lawton
a spending short while with Mrs. Col. Phil
Crops are very much improved since the
Miss Maggie Lltteton, pretty young lady
from Augusta. is staying with Miss Aggie
Galphn. .
Miss Tlllie Brooks is with her niece, Mrs.
G.. NJ. Anderson.
Sheriff f. W. r. Nance came down last Sat
urday and carried up three prisoners from
Judge McCaslan's court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell. of Laurens. have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Cork for several days.
Charles Arnold and Charles Jeffries, OF
Cokesbury, and Lewis Arnold, of this place,
all colored, were convicted before Trial JUS
tice McCaslan's s court last Saturday for steal
ing a set of harness from Mr.. D. Wardlaw
Moore and sent to Jail for thirty days. Charles
Arnold is q real estate owner.
Miss Ella Huff, pretty young lady from
Cow Grove. worshipped at the Baptist church
Messrs. James and Smyly Richardson. Of
Johnston's, were up last week to see friends
and relatives.
OF Green wood, came down to see the game Of
base ball last Tuesday. They have no hopes
Of Greenwood county.
The Rev. s. w. Ackerman. OF Colleton
meeting with The Rev. B. NJ. FAINT OF Ander-
son, has been visiting the Rev. F. y. $. Curtis
Mr.. Curtis is now himself absent at Clinton,
assisting the Rev. j. D. Mahon, of that place.
meeting here in his own church, nnd after
Saturday will be assisted by the Rev. G. I.
Scaife. Of Woodruff, S. c. All are cordially
invited to attend.
Mlssl Lula Young presided at 1.-THE organ in
the Baptist church on last Sunday. 1t Is
needless to say that we had fine music.
Capt. r. s. Nickes. OF the Ninety-Slx base
ball team has concluded that the Ninety-Six
Bob Is.
Miss Ellen Stanley, Of Columbia. who has
been staying with her sister. Mrs. DR.. Hol-
land, has returned TO her home.
Mr.. w. H. Frazier is m meeting with fine sue
cess at Asheville with his race horses. Both
"Duke of Kent" and Randolph" won races
last Tuesday.
The election here on last Tuesday passed off
very quietly. Early In the morning large
crowds Of negroes congregated at the colored
Baptist church and received their tickets for
the Republican nominees. At least 200 pre-.
sented themselves at the polls and wanted TO
vote. Unfortunately, however, for them,
only about 81 of their registration tickets cor
responded with the registration books. They
unquestionably have genuine registration
tickets, but for some cause their names had
been left off the register. Whose fault IL was,
or why 1t was done, we are unable to tell. At
any rate. the managers here carried out their
printed instructions.
Messrs. Brooks Livingston and VIII Hill
were down last week to see the girls. They
are handsome, nice boys. Come again, gen.
tlemen.
Miss st. Julian Walker, Of Columbia. who
has been staying with her aunt, Mrs. McCas-
Ian, has returned to her home.
Miss Rosalie Walker McCaslan has gone TO
Columbia on visit.
Chairman Kinard, of the township Board,
requests all overseers to have their roads
worked by the 10th OF September. By that
time they must have put in the whole SIX
days. East End.