The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-19
DUE WEST.

Preachers and Picaics-Buying and
selling Lots-!The March Of Pro.
gress--AlI Sorts.
the campus of Erskine College near the
Euphemian Hall. There was an abundance
OF barbecued meats, hash and other things
necessary to complete hrst class dInner;
MIR. Sam Pressly and Mr.. G.. N. Nickels basted
the pork and mutton. and MIR. 4. w. Haddon
superintended the cooking of the hash whlcn
was pronounced the best that WAS ever eaten:
We have never seen or eaten better cooked
meats at barbecue and these gentlemen de-
serve the thanks Of all who Joined In demol.
ishing the carcasses or emptying the hash
pot. AbSut two hundred and twenty-hve
people were present. Each head Of q family
contributed fifty cents and the ladies brought
baskets Of chickens. pies and cakes ana there
was an abundance for everybody. me men
dren enjoyed II. Amount collected, $N.5O
Amount paid out, SA.50. Balance on hand
for the next barbecue, $500. For jumped up
barbecue Il was great EEooos ncs sniov
able affair. We regret that II is not 10 De re-
peated this week.
A first class barbecue WAS given at M
Dave Hanna's spring last Friday. Eight or
ten carcasses were barbecued. We learn that
there were about three hundred people pres
ent. The people in this section raise hne
hogs, fat beeyes. juicy mutton and an ,a5 a5un,
make the barbecue success. Such gather.
| ipgs Of the people are calculated to do much
good They tell each other of their successes
and bs her
| their bad badies, the bread that did rise and
the bread that didn' 7 rise and In this way they
become better satisfied with their own LOT
and more ready to sympathize with others.
| Mr.. R. r. Mcdaniel. who rented house
and moved here from Laurens county last
fall has just bought the house and lot on
Cleveland street. near the residence OF Df; d. .:
Allie Pruit, Of Bradley. Mr.. Mcdaniel will
occupy his new possession after October 1st.
Mrs. Sallie Addison, OF Greenville, has
rented the house belonging to Mr.. M. b.
Mrs. Addison comes TO Due West to make 1t
her home and TO secure the educational ad.
vautages to be afforded to her little children.
J. II. Wren, M. B. Clinkscales and Il. G.
Brownleee went to Anderson Monday on bus.
iness connected with the pubic school ouild-
ing to be erected here at an early day.
A telegram was received mere Saooatn Al
ternoon announcing the death OF Mrs. Belle
Todd, after a short illness, near Lexington,
Va. Mrs. Todd was the widow of the late
Rev J. M. Todd, d. d. and was highly es-
teemed by many friends VINO VIII receive the
an nouncement of her death with sincere sor.
Birth-To Mrs. John Mcdonald, a son, July
18th.
Nose Plummer, coioreo, Kllleu oiue c[aue
was o1I feet high and measured six feet from
Mr.. Z. II. Russell. OF Abbeville. came up
last Friday to see Mr.. l.. d. Bowie, who has
been sick for some days past. s. &. Thomson,
Jr was In company with his grandfather.
Mr.. Arch Kennedy went out in the country
few miles the other day to buy q bull. Co
ing int the pasture where the bull was Kept
he found the bull had treed negro and the
owner of the bull was then with shot gun
trying to persuade the animal TO allow the
negro TO come down and get his dinner;
aspiring teachers from this place returned
home last Thursday after pleasa ut month g
stay and study at the summer school FOR
teachers at Winthrop College In Rock Hin.
ternoon TO complete school term In Ander-
son county. She will be absent for a month
or two.
yer half dollar with this inscription stamped
on IL, 81. G. Payseur, Lancaster, s. e., June
10th, 1873 send him to me-"
Prot. P. l.. Grier left for Georgia, tuesday
Prof. Prof b. g. Caldwell left for the West, Friday
afternoon on similar mission.
THE WAY THEY DID IN THE WAR.
Mrs. Josephine Polhill has just had sub.
stantial palipg fence built around the front
yard OF her Main street property. This is
Due West and a few years ago the house wBs
known as the Phoenix Hotel. Years ago ana
before the house was improved 1t was HaW.
thornes store. Here the post office was Kept
and from the window Mr.. Hawthorne. the
postmaster. would call aloud the names ad.
dressed on the letters and papers. Bill Jones.
Sam S9oddy Pat Rosheie t, Tnos ts !; noams, ANS
and colored boys from town and country
would come to get mail from the soldiers who
had gone to the army. Those from the coun.
try brought small satchels. made rom nome.
woven cloth, In which they carried their
mail. Some member OF the home guard
would take q copy of the Columbia Guardian
and read the telegraphic news from the front
and In this way we hrst learned OF VINO we're we're
killed, who were wounded, who were miss.
ing and who we're taken prisoners.
Rev. o. Y. Bonner left Due West Friday
morning on the early train for Monteagle,
vacation given him by mis- congregation:
The latest news from Rev. Joseph l.. Press
ly is that he has about recovered from the
slight attack Of appendicitis he bad few
days since.
ON A JOURNEY.
Mr. R. S. Galloway and r. G. .Brownlee went
to Pelzer Thursday afternoon on the mail
train and returned the same evening on the
accommodation train. Capt. Smythe. the
charge and showed them over the immense
manufacturing interests that is under
his guiding hand. 1t was the first visit
Of Mr.. Galloway TO this cotton manufacturing
center. Mr.. Brownlee Is one OF the regular
cotton buyers for these mills.
LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL HOUSE.
A public school building for the district IN
which Due West is located Is still 1nder dis
cussion but is beginning to assume more
definite form. At meeting Of the school
patrons of this district held on Wednesday.
July 18th, 1t was decided that we shall 60
forward In this matter. and committee was
appointed TO buy lot and erect public
gentlemen have been entrusted with this
matter: Prof. P. l.. Grier, G. T. Hagan, G.
Brownlee. J. H. Wren, NJ. B. Clinkscale les. j.. e.
work, examining available lots and discuss
ing plans for a building. Sub-con mittees
have been appojr ted In order TO hurry on the
secured and active work begun: This school
district has no school building for the white
children nor has II had one for perhaps forty
years. We are not sure that It ever had one
II is now generally conceded that such q
building is necessity. The best interests OF
the one hundred and twenty-five children In
the district demand better facilities than
could be afforded heretofore and when the
new building 10 completed and the time for
the opening OF the school arrives 1t is hoped
that the parents of all the children will avail
themselves of the advantages afforded.
sistant in the Graded School at Union
Springs, Ala. Mr.. Galloway has accepted the
position rendered him and will enter upon
bis work In the early fall. He has taught In
the some town for two years past and has
been pleased with his work and with the peo.
pie.
line in wagons last Friday and had picnic.
They had a jolly good time and returned late
In the afternoon singing Rye Straw and other
familiar airs as they passed up Main street.
The wagons were a little crowded but being
propeely sandwiched ed they did not mine that.