The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-22
THIRD BALLOT.

DR. Chalmers was declared elected. DE
took the matter under conslderatlon SAUL
day morning, and Monday morning he notl.
fed the Synod that after taking the subject
to God in prayer and counselling with those
for whose opinion be had great regard ne nao
decided that ne would noh isin n Sa I'm
At the conference on education DR.. E. P.
McClintock presided and addresses were
%ass e ksyDpssy ey ssyS and 81 v " E. HeS &ilen Il L.
Saturday night there were interesting me
mortal exercises In honor Of the, fve minis
tiers who had died during the past year Rsv. Rsv
w. NJ. Grier, d. d., Rev. r. E. Patterson and
Rev. j. Z. Hemphill. The occasion was q SOL
emn one, touching remarks being mace Dy
number Of members OF the SyDoo snoWIus
the esteem in which the deceased brethren
we Rev. g. 8. Clelsnd OF the United Pre.byte-
rian church conveyed to the synod the Chrls-
Of ,has Of %hich
time. The Moderator responded happily In
oe6as nn sabbath ihe pulpits in the city Of Char
lotte and surrounding country were filled by
the mem bers OF Synod. We had the pleasure
of hearing in the forenoon Rev. =. Knox
Montgomery az Inc me, bo5s n1s late In enterinT
the pulpit but the orga mist entertained the
congregation with excellent music on tne
mammoth pipe organ until the arrival O! tne
tsnsss bsaisa ssbDais School in the Second
church. AT p. M. at the flrst a; ~. 10
church there was communion service par
ticipsted in by about three hupdrea PersonS'
Tndd. a former pastor Of this church. AT
nieht we went to the Second presbyterian
church to hear q talk by Rev. samuel faliiP
Werner, q returned missionary rom ncs; A!rics;
in his work. He carries with him consider
abie number OF curiosities. Monday morn
inethe synod buokled on It's harness LOT tne
last days work. The various con- ord ~ sood
rate of speed. Another election for fresldent
of Erskine College was held at noon. Flgnty.
Ave votes were cast, OF whioh DI. r; I. fIess' @
ly received majority ana was aesiaIeu in 1vords
that strengthened Dr. Pressly In the estima-
lion Of the synod, the tended honor was de.
cliped, The Synod, however, was not aispos. p.
ed 70 allow him 20 aec,ns pnti sp m At that
honr DR. Pressly came forward and. yielding
his oninion To the voice OF the synod ana the
Church. accepted the presloenSy, ereSy,omsy o, hesn
made Unanimous and the decision OF Dr.
Pressly was gratifying to the synoo, ana Ers-
kline has once more an able, humble ano nom
ored President. The church mas no nlknSr @
g! TO offer nor S.ta had dsseryed mTts nono Synod
Adjourned at 10 p. m. Monday and tne aele.
gates hurried to the trains on the way 10 tneir
homes extending from Virginia 70 Ie1aa NJ,
Ieee viii choose between the work he nov ~ mas 2
and that laid down by DR.. Grier: rev. cmiiege wi
orr was elected professor In Ersklne C9Ilege
and will take whichever cnsir 70 IL "nI,egs
cant. he will also act as agent OF tne CoIIese
for a part OF each year. He is hustler from
baskerville, and we eIpsct, uhuT n,s ro,i rnn nm
istration, to see Ersk ines Ioil run ,,i M
towards two hundred. prolessorh ahs o Collage
WiII have some suggestions TO offer IN refer;
ence to the college for which no cnarge Will
be made. sod IN CbarIotte
the action Of the Board OF Foreign MISSIONS y1d,
was endorsed In appointing Miss Fannle wal Wai,
lace, of Paint LIok. KY, q teaoher III 'ne snie
mfss1oP RsS g. seao3l a. agneV IN % B. D. Rev F. E. Boyes
D. D.. and Rev. l. g. Mclaughlin were the
fathers Of Synod" and deeply interesleo es III
everything that was done by me eeSy,dson Syddoo Col.
Ieee Iectured in the Y. NJ. &. A. hall last Sat. a
urday night The lecture was gIeatxiy ,a xeat ' m.
ed. The Professor remained IN Due "ee' Ill
Til Monday afternoon. ,,ont N Don.
aids last Tuesday to greet the new fIesI ,a,Snrna
of Erskine College At the depot pLod plasLoddn .
they had a buggy, TO which wa was aTa6i IN W6ich
one ao Srnx II was
a relief 10 US that the Preaident Wao ao, IH de'
aboard this train. The young men soon be bis
cided to hold reception that nlgnl,, uu or.
ranged programme was circulated through ds ahe
toWn and everybody invited TO De on t n" and
The Due w est oornet band was on hanun ,,nSic nu
kindly furpished sweet asS an1 5,oun the Female
College gr$ced the occasion with the,r dRred Rd
senoe. Thsre were probably three nnaa nnnua q
persons present. Prof. D. g. Caldweli the
faeuity. ] Pau! A. Pressly spoke as the M repre-
sentation Of the student body. Mr. lPev
Caldwell represented the Seminary. haIf
James Boyce said some nice o,,a th1ngs 70 The new
President, DR.. F. Y. Pressly, made an apprHE
prate response In appreciation OF the recep
lion given him by his ne1ghbors, frien as, the
'"T The VOID yonneest Child Of Mr.. ]. H. Brooks, was
badly burned last Saturday morning ana MS
oldest daughter was also burned seVetey gh iI 10
her effort 10 save ner little. sister. Ine Gull.
dren received prompt medical attention ana
are doing nicely. ,s .,o,,,
The negroes are arranging to hold stoGR
show and fair on the grounds near Ut: y; d.
Cowan's. The show will be held on Friday
Decem Der 18th. All colored people are lnyit. |
cd TO exhibit stock, poultry, farm anG sarden
a restaurant will be run on the grounds for
The benefit Of the hungry. Three brass oanos
will be In attendance. Circulars Will oe sent
out containing particulars OF ne 1ne hnSsiss gei
vonr new suits and come to the colored peo-
pIes show on the 18th December
MIR. j. A. Devlin is renewing the fences
around hls yard and painting the same, mak-
INC improyements around the front Of bis
Main street residence and otherwise adding
n the attractlveness Of his home.
, ,ont ~ ,he WyIie Home was in Due West last
Monday to see that the work on that building
was being properly done:
MIR. James Bell is feeding four U. !; Y. pogs
-, a. 90 thpppht will weiph about QV6 num-
dred pounds each. He is dangerous COM
ratitor in the pork line.