The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08
ROCKY RIVER.
Echoes From One of the Best Com.
munities In South Carolina.
LoWndesville, March 8.

Lowndesville, MARCH 8. 1899.
A number OF our planters were badly dis.
appointed Monday. It was thought by them
that the two or three days OF sunshine the
latter part OF the week before, would put
their lauds In rice condition to start their
plows, and they on Saturday bought their
blow stocks, &C., TO 60 to work Monday, but
alas a very heavy rain Sunday evening and
the week they went to sowing oats and pre-
pairing land. There is, at this date, less farm
work done than ever before In this section.
The hauling out of guano began last week
and will perhaps be pushed from now on,
The probabilities now are that there will be q
great falling off In this trade here aud much
less Of the cotton crop Will go 70 pay ior u,
in acreage In the cotton crop cannot be deter
mined till later on.
Mr.. ]. &. Allen went to Calhoun Falls on
0Gsrnsss Dr Henrs and family left on Thurs.
day for Elberton,' Ga. The Doctor will spend
some time In New York and Baltimore In at
tendance upon the medical colleges In those
practice ] of medicine. Mrs. Henry and her
pretty little twin girls will stay with the fam.
lily Of her father, Mr.. g. P. Oglesby, during
DR.. Henry's absence.
DR.. ]. D. Wilson who has been practiclng
medicine In the Bells chapel neighborhood
for some time. came over here and located
last week. We very much regret to have had
TO bid adieu to the first named, but are glad
10 welcome 10 our com IuuulLy Iuo ldet.
Mr.. B. Bolin Allen went to Abbeville Thurs.
Miss Zula Brook and Miss Julia McGhee
went over to Antrevile Saturday TO spend q
day or two with their friend, Miss Eva Wake.
field.
Mr.. A. l.. Latimer and family and Mrs. B. G.
Kay went to Anderson Saturday evening 10
spend q day or two with kinsfolk.
Hon. w, p. Wideman, Of Troy, came In Fri.
day evening, and at 7.3O p. m. In our school
building delivered his lecture on Fools
The crowd was not as large as It might have
been, but 1t was we'll entertained. Every
one speaks In high terms of the lecture. The
speaker had we'll studied his subject, and at
least some OF the characters, olassed as fools,
received some hard licks at his hands.
Mr.. l. II. McCalia was last week delivering
1926 bales OF cotton. which he had sold 10 Mr..
w. Z. Tennant at 6 cents round. This is prob.
ably the largest sale Of cotton at that price
that has taken place in two or three years.
having died in the past few weeks. Doubt +
less this fatality is partly; at least due to feed.
ing on damaged corn. With the large crop OF
corn raised In these parts last year, a much
larger proportion than ever before known,
was more or less rotten. There was compare
lively hut little sound corn, and that that is
not sound had better be thrown away, than
run the risk OF killing horse or mule with
1t.
There was "war In the elements" here, and
night about u o'clock. Thunder, lightning,
rain, hail and wind. These combi ned raised
q considerable disturbance, enough to wake
up all, except the soundest sleepers. Many
thought that a cyclone was upon us. From
appearances at the time, the storm was much
worse south Of US, and that we were only In
the edge Of 1t. Well, the edge was bad
enough TO satisfy us-ps to our part OF 1t. We
by no means complain beoauee OF not having
had enough OF IT. troupe.