The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-06
LOWNDESVILLE LETTER.
A 4 Good Letter frO,n the Seven.Hh''e"
City-Kind Words.
Lowndesville, April 9th, lSy6.

Lowndesville, April "a IN, lSy6.
Rev. and Mrs. +. W. Mason went 10 Aooe
VIE m uesu,,s ths ost week Mrs Il. Berry Allen
iurtnS TN co., ,r Nr Ernest Allen. went to Ander
soM, vi .,S 1,oxand Miss Nina Taggart, OF Ab
bcville, came up saturday; me iatter seHpPIng na
,,ith tho family OF Rev. IL. e. Fennell, ana
,he former going TO the home OF Mr. Z.
CIinkscales, a mile or two from this place;
Nr John Miller, and his son Mr.. Tom Mill
or nf line Vest have since Saturday Deen the
,,ues,s of Mr. John II. Bell, the son-in law o.
the first named and the brother-in-law OF Inc
last. r. or ,h.
best confederate soldiers, spent day or t"t
last week at Abbeville for the purpose OF pre-
senting her claims to the pension board.
GOOD SCHOOL TEACHER.
Miss Lena Booker, who has had charge OF
nourishing school in the lower edge OF Anuer'
son county for the past few months. came tC
this place Friday as the nrst lernl o. o. e, he,
school closed on that day. She leaves lot he'
home in Donalds to day. >,rs
Mr.J G. Huckabee and his mother, Mrs
!. w. Huckabee. went to Abbevilie Wednes'
day to spend day or TWO.
GOOD WORD FOR GOVERNOR EVANS.
Gov. Evans action in vetoing, the Act
passed by the last Legislature, renewing she
last different County Treasurers from puoilSn.
ing their report annually, Is commenced oy
every one. While we do not for one moment
question the honesty OF single one OF 1heI'
in the State, and when we put the most ianI N
niicit confidence in our own Treasurer, yet an
of the people are glad to learn OF the aoinss
of their public servants.
PRESS AND BANNER ENDORSED.
The Press and Banner is right in condemn
ing the Act OF the Legislature in not pro'luins
81 pension for soldiers under, as well as onsi I,
sixty years Of age. There are nuinoetn ,sin0 Mn0 y
ito u
entered the service when qurie souS, ue not D now
the late years of the war, VINO are noe nUm ,,1
siyty wears of age. They were as praVe' anu
made as good soldiers as any country ever
had in the field, whose ability ana oPpol i;,
lies since for making a support, or even Nv
in, have been very limited, ana II u Penslou
10 allowed TO the. needy, (aud 1t certainly
ought to be), one ought to be given 10 ALL
REFRESHING RAINS.
For week or two, up to Friday evening,
there had been some complaint as TO want OF
rain. but at that time there came rain tnat
more than fully met all demands, ana u was
one long to be remembered ior several o., req, =,
sons. l am fully justified in giving 10 u
more than a passing notice. About . p. M
the muttering of distant thunder was heard
in the west, and in very short time tne SKY
was entirely covered by black clouds, SO thlck
that the rays Of the sun could but teeoly pen
citrate them, and almost twilight darkness
overspread the land-lamps were ilgnteu III
many houses-then the winds hoWled, Hgnt,
nings flashed, thunders rolled and rain ana
hall fell. These atmospheric disturbances all
coming together, produced confusion ana Ier
ror, more particularly among school children
wherever q school was in session, and yet ev-
erybody so far as heard from, were, TO say the
least, greatly relieved when 1t was all over
land nobody hurt" Many trees were uProot-
ed. the lands badly washed. and the water
managed in some way to enter dwellings and
wet things generally At, A tree e, was ms SloWp w
Barnes. Smashing 1t, together with many OF
the store fixtures and crockery. The store OF
Messrs. Harper Il Latimer, had about haiI 1 OF
its tin roof torn up. and Tapped back. me
storm came to an end, and everything quiet
ed down. The storm of the 9th OF April,
1896, will be long remembered. We 40 not
murmur, but it is to be hoped that IL Is not u
typical forerunner of the wet weather pre-,
dicted by Rev. Irl r. Hicks, "storm prophet,
for the month OF May. troupe