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Lowndssyille. Sept. "a, 1900.
Miss Lulie WAGNER, Of Charleston, came IN
Monday for visit to Mr.. E. W. Heerper e ana
'amese There were TWO latter day saints in our
town Monday. They were as usual dtstrib1t,
ing their beloved literature to all who woula
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good enough for them and are not ready for
Miss Mesa and Mss Monday
morning to enter Cooper Limestone insIIu'e'
Gaffney, South Carolina: how
return to Winthrop College the first of last
Miss Ada Fennel took the train Tuesday
morning for Asheville, n. c., where she Will
Mr.. r. o. FicQuett and family moved into
the Franks House on Main Street last week.
He is manager OF the Oil mill and glnnery
machinery, and will be here TOR several
months, at least while his services are needed
Mai. and Mrs. F. W. R. Nance Of Abbeville,
came up Mondayathe frst named nsmea On 3ctobsr oHsl
Court.
considerable change iP ne temPeTatSare Sre. and
warmer clothing added comfort to the lean
and bony folk, but 1t was just cold enough 70
make the fat ones feel good.
IN q
sixty OF Abbeville County's young men and
maidens who are in different colleges seeking
higher education. This showing tells we'll for
old Abbeville. There might have been aaaeo a
TO the number given several others. who nave
gone. or will very soon 60 from 1,,fli tnis place.
Miss Carrie Gunnels Is in Williamston
Female College, Misses Meta and Vera Alien
Limestone Institute. Mr.. E. +. Latimer. Allan
Dental College, Mr.. John McCalla, Wohord,
DR., c. ]. Harper, Baltimore Medical College.
Is there country In the State that can peat
Messrs. Meta and Lena Brownlee. Of Penny's
Creek, and Miss Effie Watson. Of Warrenton, !,
who was visiting them, spent several days OF
: the past week with the family OF the uncle OF
the two first named, MIR. E. w. Harper.
(, Mrs. E. j. Barnes was with friends IN
!, Anderson for several days last week.
Mrs Lee Cleveland and her granddaughter,
Miss Kate Adams, OF Ruckersville, Ga, pass.
ed through this place one day last week on
their way to VISIT relatives in Anderson. The
first named was born and raised in this
place. Her father. MIR. Tom Rowsey, occu-
Mr. w. l.. Broadwell. Mrs. Cleveland has liv-
ed within ten miles OF this. her childnood
home, for near ~ years. and never revisited II
but once before last week and that was about
two months ago.
Mr.. Walter Boyd, his sister, Miss Ellie Boyd.
and Miss Kittie Grant. of Mt. Carmel, came
up Thursday and were the guests OF Mrs.
Rev. I. II. Plemmoms, Of Abbeville, reached
here Friday evening and renamed here till
Saturday morning.
DR.. c. c. Brown, Of Sumter, came in Fri
day. That night at $50, p. m. filled his en-
gagemsnt to deliver his famous lecture upon
''The Humorous side Of Courtship and Mar
part Of our citizens were in attendance. The
audience was we'll pleased, judging from the
laughter that was much in evidence. We
hope to have him again in the future.
Mrs. Bette Kennedy who has spent the
most Of the summer with relatives In other
places, returned to her home here with her
brother, Mr.. s. Baker on Saturday;
Fodder pulling Is about over and this year
In this Township 1t was an unusually short
and easy job, with large majority OF our
planters With them 1t was more In name
for years based its hopes for a corn and fodder
supply almost entirely upon their bottom
lands. These entirely failed them: 1t has
only been dernier resort that bIougnt a1out
1t was planted II anything like paying yield
was realized 1t was more than was expected.
No great expectations ruled either In planting
or gathering. To this fact perhaps more than
any other was largely due the common re-
suit If greater interest had been shown, In
better preparation and manuring and Guilt
have been very different and more encoursg-
Mr.. Mott Barnes and his mother. Mrs.
Minerva Barnes, OF Anderson. came doWp
Saturday, on visit 10 MT. D. L. barness
family.
Miss Lille Huckabee, after very enjoy:
able stay OF three weeks with the family OF
Mr.. c. NJ. Calhoun and other friends at Green
wood, returned TO her home here Saturday.
Mr.. G. w. Speer, Of the Abbeville Bar. came
up yesterday and was shaking hands with bis
many friends In thisplsce. He came special
ly to see the family Of his father, DIR. A. j.
Speer.
Miss Berthe Power, OF Anderson. came down
yesterday, and is still the guest OF the writer.
Mr.. II. T. Cunningham has just had his
dwelling which is a comparatively new one
nicely painted which improves its appear
Rnce very much. t.4g -
The cotton receipts at this "post" have to
date, been small, compared TO those of last
year, same date The knowing ones seem to
think that the crop will in this Township
hardly reach the half Of an average one.
While the price Of the staple iB renumera-
tive one and ordinarily would put our peo-
pie square with the world" yet II Will take
a considerable advance in price TO putN them
in as good q condition financially as they
were last winter, owing TO the loss Of their
corn crops. 1t behooves them 10 SOW oil OF
the small grain nossible. They will have an
unusually, good time to attend to this i'm.
portant matter as the gathering OF their crops.
will soon be over, Horace Greelys advice
was, Ego west young man, go west" 1t would
now doubtless be good advice, SOW oats and
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