The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
LOWNDESVILLE'S ITEMS.
sTroupe's' Conclusions as to the Dis.
pensary.

Mr.. F. B. Harris who has been for sometime
our depot agent and telegraph operator, haV-
ing been transleIre1d 70 as wse sgo ei'
railroad management and to our people.
Mr.. r. w. Collier who spent several years
since then, has been assigned to duty here in
M. Harris' place. We welcome Mr.. Collier
and family here; as they have been tried here,
will be fully up to oil OF the requirements Of
the position that they will occupy in our COM
munity.
last week to spend sometime with Mrs. ]. b.
Mr.. Robert Coffin. of Augusta, reached here
q week ago TO spend few days with his
Mr.. E. F. Latimer left Monday for Atlanta
to attend another course in the Dental Col
Mr.. J. F. Barnes left last Monday for Wof.
ford College, which raises the number Of our
departed young men TO six and which tenn
porarily at least, removes majority OF this
class OF our citizens.
Mr. Clement Allen who Is In the printing
here last week on furlough. which he will
spend at his fathers, Mr.. Bolin Allen and
other kindred in and around here.
Mr.. ]. C. Harper who has spent the past
several months In Cashiers Valley, came
down TO his brothers, Mr. E. w. Harper, where
he spent day or two.
Kew. Peter SLOR6S l6It w 6QQebQay IOr b stay
of q day or two al Cokesoury and Greenwood.
Quite number OF our people were called
to Abbeville Wednesday: Messrs. II. A.
Tennent, B. G. Kay, A. l.. Lstimer, j. T: Lati-
These were all witnesses In case in Court.
PRoTRAcTED MEETING.
Beginning with the services in the Baptist
church in this place on next Sunday, 18th
inst. at II q. No., and 8 p. m, there will be
reaching In the same Clnroh every night
during the most of the week by the pastor,
Rev. ]. A. Brown. All are cordially invited
The western approach to the iron bridge
across Rocky River near here, was sometime
ago let out to be rebuilt. Mr.. j. H. Bell was
the contractor. The work has been done and
MIR. A. T. Bowman has fine young mule
about six months old, which Is and always
has been from appearances entirely blind,
yet by instinct can get about without trouble.
ABBEvILLE, c. H.
A weeks sojourn at the above named place
brings out the following. Abbevillians of 8
decade and more ago, would see without OBJ
cerning closely, very much changed condit-
ions at Abbeville. Abbeville then seemed
almost destitute OF that push and energy, so
essential TO her progress and prosperity now
she Is fully alive to all OF her interests. Her
cally and tastefully arranged, 80 as TO be most
pleasing to the eye. Her business men are
Kind, o6liging and attentive.
Her splendid cotton factory, under the wise,
doing good work for town and community
at large. The operatives and their families
are daily placing many dollar In the bands
Of the business men OF Abbeville. and are
scattering In the county, their we'll earned
wages, among the truck raisers for everything
in the eating line.
The manufactured products of the Factory
for several months TO come are already engag-
ad and the demand. eYCe6dinQ the guDDlV
brings about q necessity for increased capaci-
ty for which movement has already been
started.
THE DIsPENsARY BENEFICIAL TO ABBE-
vILLE-TRSTIMoNY OF AN oNLooKER.
An occasional onlooker is obliged to con.
ed solution OF the whiskey probIem,-the dis
pensary-has been by no means powerless
factor in the promotion OF Abbeville's
AS proof witness the very great change for
the better which has taken place in the past
few years. on the Northern side Of the public
square. Then almost every door on that side
ofthe square lead into where the legalized
traffic In spirltuous liquors was carried on,
and on public days, the sidewalk was so
crowded with those who patronized such
places, and whose language was not Of the
most refined kind: that ladies always passed
by on the other side. Now how is 1t? flourish
ing business houses take up the entire space,
With the exception OF one small building In
Abbeville on Saturday the last day ofSeptem-
ber. and on the following Monday, saleday,
on both of which Abbeville was crowded with
people, and no one In passing up or down the
sidewalk by the Dispensary, could have told,
without looking. where 1t was, as there was
no noisy. profane crowd inside or out. to de.
signate its locality as is usually the case, with
an ordinary dramsbop.
GREAT NUMBER OF SCANDALS NECESSARY
TO OVERCOME GOOD OF DIsPENsARY.
What If an occasional scandal in the
management OF the dispensary Is unearthed,
as was the case along that line with Commits.
sioner Douthit. 1t would require large
number ofsuch cases to overbalance the good
done by 1t.
greater part OF last week with the family OF
his mother, Mrs. A. E. Moorhead.
Mrs. l.. o. Martin and Mrs. Henry Heard OF
Middleton. Ca, came over the first Of laat
week TO the home oftheir brother, Prof. j. r.
Harper, at Barnes, where they spent few
days. then to Messrs. E. w. Harper's and D..
L. Barnes, this place where they spent q day
or two-thep home.
A rather uncommon sight, cattle turned IN
to cotton fields In places, and the cotton being
ploughed up at this date. Troupe.