The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-02
Due West, s. c.. August !, 1899.

visiting South Carolina they expect to settl
ut Tucson. Arizona, and make that their fu
| ture home.
A protracted meeting Is being conducted a
Gllgal church this week by Rev. W. b. Whor
ton. He Is assisted by Mr.. Check OF Ninet.
/ Six.
MIR. Isaac Green and family are visiting
relatives in Long Cane township.
Miss Alpha Rasor returned to Due Wes
last Saturday after a pleasant stay OF tw,
weeks in Greenwood.
sold the largest watermelon brought to thi
market. 1t weighed forty pounds.
| A good brass band Will furnish music for th
Farmers Institute to be held here on Angus
10th.
Mr.. James Mcmillan, wife and baby were IL
| town last Monday.
Dr. o. p. Hawthorne has been having some
good stock timber hauled in town 10 the saw
mill of MIR. w. B. Clinkscales.
Rev. j. w. Baird and family Of Mississippi
are expected in town this week. Mrs. Bairt
Ia recovering from a case of lever and come
10 Due West 10 recuperate
Mr.. Moffat Grier went to Gastonia, N. e.
last week on business. He reports tha
there will soon be eight cotton factories ir
operation at that place in addition 10 variouI
other manufacturing Interests. ]. T. McDil
and J. Y. Miller are dong good merch an d ist
business, and Samuel A. Pressy succeed ne
In The brok erage business.
Miss Maggie Lowry Is In Due West for
few weeks stay. Miss Lowry is in excellen
health, and her friends are glad 10 know tha
she Is stronger then she has been for severa
years.
DR.. and Mrs. D. R. Anderson. of Falrvlew
visited the family OF Mr.. A. 8. Kennedy las
week. Dr. Anderson is an interesting talkel
and well posted on the affairs OF the day.
Leon Ciinkscales, little son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. j. H. Clinkscales, took the wrong end OF
the street when he came out OF a store here
last week, and instead of going 10 MIR. H. c
Poore's, his grandfather, found himself neal
Mr.: F; II. Darlinglon's.
by the way very energetic man, is operating
saw mill near the residence OF Capt. 6. N
Nichols.
DIR. ". NJ. GrIer and Mr.. R. s. Galloway
went to Greenwood Monday. morning through
mittee OF Erskine College, who have In charge
lpst now the building OF a girls domitory fol
Erskine.
Miss nellie Kennedy, Miss Alma Brock, w
?. Lindsay and Robert Brock spent delight
ful day with Mr.. and Mrs. James Rasor al
day last wdek.
Henry Mitchell, colored, was arralgned be
fore Town Council last week for beating hit
vile. Sentence, twenty dollars fine, or thirty
days on chain gang. Not having twenty
dollar bill In his pocket. Mr.. Mitchell con.
cluded 10 enter the training school for pick
Ing and shoVeling dirt, now being conducted
by Capt. Joe job hson, in Bordeaux township
Henry BrownIee, Of colored persuasion
was unexpectedly called upon to stand pre-.
liminary trial In the court presided over by
Judge NJ. E. Hollingsworth last Tuesday
The evidence was such that The Trial Justice
felt Justified In committing Henry TO jail
where he awaits the convenient call of the
Sheriff at the next session OF the criminal
o, court. nn1 Ine pr prisoner IL CHARGED with an as
A Few nights ago we enjoyed q pleasant
serenade from the Due West cornet band
| We were surprised at the rapid progress these
young musicians have made. The following
young men composed the band Joe MagilI
Ben Magill, Robert Ellis, Eb. Ellis. Luthe1
ELLIS, Crawford Clinkscales and Earl Clink
scales. send for the Due West cornet band
when you want good music.
Mr.. Frank Jones and Mr. Blunt two hand.
some young gentlemen from Abbeville, were
visiting some OF their friends among the
young ladies last Sabbath.
RABBIT STEW.
Six or seven hundred colored people attend.
ed the barbecue In rabbit s'ewf last Friday,
The barbecue was a business enterprise run
by Enoch Cochran and Robt. Mars, two bust.
ling farmers, who cleared twenty-five dollars
on the venture. They sold out everything
they.had prepared and could have sold q good
deal more. The colored bands from Due West
and Honea Path furnished the music.
Speeches were made by Ben Cowan and 9th.
ers. In the afternoon the crowd came into
town and had game of base ball. They
were quite we'll behaved and appeared 10 en-
Joy the day throughout.
SCHOOL HOUSE Lot.
Al meeting of the building committee last
Saturday 1t was decided TO buy the lot be.
| tween Mrs. Lois Pressly's and the A. r. P.
church for the public school building. The
price paid for the lot Of two acres is two hun.
In accepting the proposition OF Mrs Pressly
In Offering the lot at the price named. In q
few days plans and specifications for the
schoo! building will be ready and the INIT.
tee prepared TO receive bids for the construc-
tion OF the same.
CAN GET MONEY AT Low RATE OF INTEREST
The public school building comm ittee have
q note good for fifty thousand dollars OF leas,
and possibly good for eighty thousand dollars
on which II Is authorized to borrow eight
hundred dollars at low rate Of interest for
the purpose OF erecting a school building
Two banks have already offered 10 loan the
money: Mr.. r. G. Brownlee. Jr. has been
ing fund and will be entrusted with the care
| and keeping Of the money.
Mr.. w. A. Vaughn, who served Due West
faithfully for year or two as town marshal
ia now merchandising In the city OF Green.
Vile. He is doing good business and his
fIiends here are pleased to hear of his success
| as merchant.
Mr.. Jno NJ. Leith died at his home on Long
Cane creek between Due West and Hodges
at 10 a. M, Wednesday. July Goth. He was
partially paralyzed some months ago and
was also affected with a malignent disease oi
the brain. He had taken no solid food since
the 10Th OF April and his death was not unex
pected. His remains was laid away In the
cemetery at Greenvllle church on Thursday
| last the funeral exercises being conducted by
DIR. ]. o. Lindsay. Mr.. Leith had been a
member Of Greenville church for several
years. He was Scotcbman and came to this
country after the war with Mr. Mckay who
owned the brick house place near iioug lass
Mills. His Intelligence and public spirit
made him useful man In his neigh DO rhood
high Tuesday afternoon of last week. He un
hItched his horse and left his buggy In the
creek until he could send back for It,
FIFTY CENT DOLLARS.
Capt. David Shsrpton, of San Luis Potosi
Mexico, visited his sister, Mrs. j. w. Ellis
last week. He was student In Erskine col
lege about the year 1870, and boarded with
Capt. James Pratt who lived at that time
where DR.. ]. H. Bell now lives. After leaving
college he married and engaged in rail road
business In Texas for several years. For the
past twelve years he has been a passenger
conductor Oh the Mexican National Railway
bis run extending from San Luis Potosi tC
Saltillo. Capt. Sharpton' lives in a splendid
climate, the lowest altitude at any point on
his run being more than five, thousand feet
above sea level. Mexican dollars are worth
fifty five cents. He has a good wife and is
the father OF five boys. One OF his soCs Is
practiclng dentistry at Edgefleld, another Is g
conductor on another line entering San Luis
Potosi, another is an engineer, another we
are sorry to learn Is blind and will be taken
to Atlanta for treatment. the youngest is
named Ben Tillman. The fighting weight o.
the CAPTAIN Is two hundred and sixty-five
pounds.
Rev. J. A. Brown. Mr.. T. L. Haddon, Mr..
r. MCGEE, Miss Lula MCGEE, and Miss Essie
Ellis attended the union meeting at Buffalo
church last Saturday Sabbath.
Rev. j. A. Brown began protracted meet
Ing at the Baptist church in Donnalds las