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f. Walker, Etomologist, and Prof.
w. s. Morrison. The meeting will be held In
The Auditorium OF Erskine College. The Due
West Cornet Band has been engaged TO fpr.
oish music. A good barbecued dinner Will be
served by private parties for a small sum.
Senator Tillman has been In vited to make a
farmers talk. and is expected to be present.
Everybody is invited, special invitation
being extended to the ladies. We want them
10 come.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
NJ. B. Clinkscales, T. R. Blackwell,
]. r. MCGEE, G. N. Nickles,
P. L. Grer, II. +. Bonnar.
COMING AND GOING.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Kennedy are visiting
family friends at Prosperity.
Mr.. Seth Jordan, who is spending few
weeks with his son, Mr.. w. 8. Jordan, was In
town last week for a day or two.
Mr.. Sam TODD made hurried business trip
to Greenville last week.
Rev. J. w. Carson, who is supplying the A.
R. P. church at Abbeville for while. saw Due
West last week In all its vacation quietness.
Miss Mamie Todd left for Texas the early
part Of last week.
Miss Georgie Johnston is spending a part of
her vacation at Waynesville, in the Western
part Of North Carolina.
Miss Ola Devlin returned home last Friday.
after q pleasant stay of several weeks with
her sister, Mrs. James McClintock, at Ora, in
Capt. !. W. Cochran returned to Due West
morning, after an extensive visit to
Charlotte and other places.
MisR Maud Brownlee, daughter OF Capt.
Jno. E. Brownlee, visited the family OF Rev.
D. G. Caldwell. for day or two last week.
Miss Carrie Boyce. OF Gastonla, N. o. Is Wis
lily at the Female College. Miss Boyce is
book keeper OF the bank Of Gastonla, and re-
ally does the business OF the bank. She will
spend part Of her vacation here. We know
Of no young lady who holds more RESPONSE
Mr.. d. w. Lawson, of Abbeville, was doing
tin work on the Due West Female College
last week. He had with him Mr.. Shtllito,
who brought the little Cuban boy with him
when he came from Cuba with the Second
Mrs. E. q. Edwards was called by telegram
last week to the bedside OF her dauRh ter, Mrs.
Mamie Taylor, who has been quite i'll for
some time.
Capt. G. N. Nickels bas had sawed some
fifteen thousand feet Of poplar and pine lum.
Der for the girls dormitory.
The board OF trustees OF the Female College
has ordered repairs and improvements to be
that will cost several hundred dollars. Every
thing will be put In tip top shape by the open
ing or the next session and big school is ex.
Miss Lizzie Nance, Miss Jennie May Dunn
and Miss Ruth Dunn, of Abbeville, have been
visiting friends and relatives at Donalds and
Due W est for the past week. They have many
friends who are always glad to extend cor.
Mr.. Joe Tolbert and Mr.. Albuts passed
through town last Saturday on their way 10
The mountains. Mr.. Tolbert says he passed
some Of those In the crowd last fall that we're
30 anxious to find him and that some OF them
must have recognized him, as he knew them
we'll. He does not know why he was allowed
10 pass unmolested.
at Blanche and Prosperity In Lin
coli county, Tenn, will spend next session at
Princeton, N. j. Mr.. Ransom married Miss
Julia Cowan and while he Is absent from his
work Mrs. Ransom and little Mary Ransom
will remain with relations In Due West. We
earn also that Mr.. T.. Lindsay, Of Fayet.e-
Vile, Tenn, will attend Princeton Seminary
next session.
Mr.. Ed. D. Ellis and Miss Nina Ellis have
day or two in Anderson and then went over
o Lavonia, Ga, where they spent q week
With their uncle Mr.. Benjamin F. Ellis. who
8 Familiarity known as Dock: They were de-
lighted with the trip and visit. Mr.. Ellis re.
,ards Lavonia as O fine business place, the
,eopIe there being full OF energy and go
Ihead a-tive.ness.
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Don't forget the Farmers Institute at Due
West. The destitute will be held on Satur-
lay. August 10th. The following named pro.
essors Of Clemson College. will be present:
4. B. Hardin, Chemist, J. 8. Newman, Agri-
ultnrst 6 E: Nes1n Xsteglnarian, A.
md Prot. W. s. Morrison. This will be The
,nly Institute held in Abbeville county this
ummer and everybody Is Invited TO attend
md share in the benefits. A special invita-:
ion is extended to the ladies to come and
lear what the distinguished professors OF
clemson will have to say. The meeting, will
10 held in the auditorium OF Erskine College.
dusic will be furnished by the Due West cor
let band. A barbecued dinner Will be served
o those who desire II. tor small amount
senator Tillman has been invited and is ex-
,ected to be present and make q farmers talk.
Prof. J. L. Pressly, Mrs. j. l.. Pressl5, Miss
can PressIy ana little Eleanor r,T r[essy So sPeat
!. Patterson at Mt. Carmel last week. They
listed the home OF the late James Ed ward
,alhoun, on the banks OF Savannah river.
'roL Pressly says II quite romantic place,
end for five miles up and down the river, the
nile drive along the bank and the pictures.
ueness of the scenery add TO the attractive
ess OF the place. About seventy-fve persons
net there on the day mentioned: Tables are
ic dinner and cottage Of two rooms is at
he service OF the public. From fifty to two
r three hundred persons may be found there
ny day during the month OF August. An
Mrs. w. P. Wideman, her two daughters
fiss Jennie and Miss Clara and her curly
aired little boy, Boyce, is spending few
ays with her brother, Rev. James Boyce.
DR.. Henry E. Pressly, after pleasant stay
lover, s. c., returned home Monday after
Miss Ella Lee has returned home after a
leasant months stay at Chautauqua. Miss
The colored people Will have barbecue at
ir. r. W. Haddon's spring on the Abbeyille
Dad next Friday. They are under obliga-
Ions to MIR. Haddon for mutton contributed.
novement. He has been living on Mr.. Had.
ons place ever since freedom" BE looks
pom Mr.. Haddon as his friend and Mr.. Had
on regards him an honest, faithful man.
WHEAT GROWERS CONVENTION.
An enthusiastic meeting of the farmers Of
bis vicinity was held al this place Friday af-
ernoon, August 4th, in the interest Of the
7heat growers convention to be held a.
brentwood on Friday. August 18th. Mr.. J: Q.
ribble was made chairman of the meeting
nd r. s. Galloway, secretary. The farmers
7ho were present were deeply impressed
nth the importance of the movement, and
elfeve that much good Will result from the
York Of the convention. A delegation, com
osed OF the following persons, was appoint
d to attend the convention OF wheat growers
/. W. Haddon, D. P. Walker,
y. T. Cowan, J.C. Tribble.
4. B. Clinkscales, David Crawford,
ames Hawthorne, T. H. Gordon,
Iugh Bowen, r. D. Nance,
Dr.. o. P. Hawthorne, T. r. Blackwell,
. c. Haddon, g. N. Nickels,
j. r. MCGEE.
GOOD SERMONS.
Rev. n. R. Murchiaon spent Friday and
last with Due West friends. He
ad preached two sermons day for five days
I Little Mountain, and expected to begin q
1eeting at Long Cane last Sabbath. While
I Little Mou ntain he was entertained In the
omes OF Mr.. A. M. Erwin, Capt. John E.
,rownlee, Mr.. John Knox and Miss Black
nd greatly enioYed the hoapitalitY of the