The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-14
WEST END.
Happenings and Incidents OF a Week
About the city.

Happenings and Incidents OF a Week
About the City.
Rain Monday afternoon caused the post
ponement OF the Troy-A bbeville ball game
Our team were Just going on the field wher
Miss Florence Tehmpletou is at home after
delightful visit OF two weeks to friends III
Laurens and Greenwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Joel Smith left Monday at
ternoon for Highland, N. c., via Walhalla.
Miss Bertha White will leave this week TO
q visit 10 friends In Macon, Ga.
Monday q S. A. L. special with excursion
lists aboard bound for Toronto, Canada, pass
ed through: The train from this point Z =
Brice, who has just gone to work AFTER being
at home sick for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam SILVER are back from q
two weeks stay at Harris Lithia Springs.
Pool and Miss Mamie Pool lett for home
(Newberry). These young ladies during the1I
stay here have made many admirers who
much regret their going.
DR.. White came in last Sunday and wa
warmly welcomed by his many friends.
DR.. Lewis Russell, Messrs. VIII Moore. Ed
die Jay, olin Quattleoaum and Dick Riley
to take in the nall game: Mr.. Riley is still
here the guest OF his friend, VIM. Penney.
Watermelons, home raised, are on the mar
ket daily. So far the melons are not very
Miss Winton Parks has returned from an
extended visit 10 friends In Rock Hill, Col
umbla and Sumter.
Mr.. ]. A. Allen came In Saturd ~ and stay
ed over until yesterday. While here he hus.
tied around and took a number OF good sized
orders for his house. He will make Abbeville
headquarters.
Our neIghbor city, Laurens, has just com.
pleted q system of water works and has her
electric light plant almost completed. What
IL the matter with AbbevilIe having electric
lights? Would not the same engine that
pumps the water for the stand pipe run an
electric light plant? We have heard that the
capacity OF the boilers Is ample for both,
Why not get ii push on US and put in the
much needed lights. AS our streets are now
lighted, 1t Is as good as can be done under the
circumstances but we must change the cir
cumstances. Abbeville Is growing every day,
and the time has come for many improve
ments We did not need a few years ago.,
Mr.. Hartford Parks visited the home olks a
few days last week.
Miss Eunice Calhoun, OF Washington, Ca,
is visiting the Misses Marshall.
Miss Jennie White came home from Green.
willie Monday afternoon. after q delightiul
stay with her uncle and aunt, Judge and Mrs.
j. S. Cothran.
Miss Marie Wagner, a charming and &C
complished young lady from the "Clty by the
Sea-" is the guest OF the Misses White.
The german Monday evening In honor OF
the visiting young ladies was a most delight.
full function, In fact the most largely attended
and thoroughly social event OF the year.
There were at least twenty-five couples, be-
sides the stags, who "tripped the light fantas-
tic" II Is seldom indeed that so many beau
tiful young ladies are seen at one time, sell
dom so many handsome gallants 10 90 an IN
human power TO make the evening one OF I'M
allowed pleasure for their fair friends. The
music was furnished by the Abbeville String
Band. The german was led by Mr.J A. AL
len with Miss Nellie Stern, OF Athens. Ga.
MIR. ]. Bolton Lyles leaves tonight for Il two
weeks vacation. He goes first TO IorkVille
and will also visit relatives in Camden and
other places In the State before he returns.
Mr.. McD. Cater, now Of Anderson city. came
in Yesterday and was shaking hands with his
legion of friends. Mac looks well. and Is
charmed with his new home. but has not for
gotten Abbeville by any means.
MIR Colin Moore, native OF this place, but
now resident of Mobile, Ala, is expected in
AbbevIlle about the 29lh instant.