The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-05-22
DUE WEST.
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| Due West, s. c., May 81, 1901.
| Rev. John w. Stagg, pastor OF the second
| PRESBYTERIAN Church IN Charlotte, n. u, WILL
make the anniversary address at the com.
| mencement of ErskiDe College on the It'll Oh
June. a.. a-,,
supply of honey to this market.
| Mr. win Rodges and MIR. w. P. Lindsay
have formed partnership in the beet market
business and win supply the people with good
Mr.. Thom pson, from Anderson county, is
attending Erskine College and taking spe-
cial course in surveying under ProL +. l..
Mr.. Sam Pressly and Mr.. Foster Seawright
struct camp on the banks OF ChickasaW lew
days ago and are doing some good work With
the county scrape around Due west.
| Miss jamie Young returned from Attention,
| Ala, last week. She has been teaching Art
| in the Academy at that place for the past ses-
sion and gave great satisfaction TO the patrons
| Of the school.
Miss Maggie Bowma n is at Kaufman, Texas.
whiting the family of her uncle, Mr.. Calvin
| Harkness She is highly pleased with the
! people and the prairies.
| Rev. D. Y. Mclaughlin, pastor OF the Pres
| Dyterian church at Chester, ). O., will preach
the baccalaureate sermon before the gradual
| inS Glasses Of Erekine and the Dne West Fe-
| male College on Sabbath, June 9Th.
| Commencement in krskine College Will
| occur on Tuesday, June llth, and In the Fe-
| male College on Wednesday, June 18th. A
| large crowd IL expected. .
| Miss Macie Stevenson, teacher In The girls
school at Tampico, Mexico. In connection
| with the A. r. p. Mission, will spend her
summer vacation at home.
Mrs. Cora Sibley, after 8 pleasant weeks
| visit with her father, Mr.. II. w. Haddon, re-
turned to Winchester, Va, last Wednesday.
Mr.. Walter Dilling received some nne rock
fish from w eldon, N. c., a few days ago. One
| of them weighed seventeen pounds.
Miss LOIS Loner has gone to visit friends at
HOnea Path.
Miss Eva Loner is at Cross Hill visiting rela.
tives and friends She will enjoy herself and
| afford enjoyment To others.
Major Thomas V. Miller Is looking closely
after the interests OF the town and will have
the streets put In apple pie order before COM
Capt. G. n. Nickels is representing the Due
West Lodge OF knights of Pythias at the State
meeting at SpartanDurg this week.
| Rev. d. g. Caldwell was Installed as pastor
urday. Or. f. Y. Pressly addressing the pas.
| tor and Rev. y. Y. Bonner the people. A good
congregation was present TO greet the new
Rev, Joseph l.. Pressly returned Monday
| afternoon from Long Cane where he assisted
| the pastor on Sabbath iu sacramental meet
ing. He reports that Mrs. o. 7; Bonner at
ns If1S tSs on
| shocked 10 learn OF the death OF MIR. Adoni-
ram Agnew. He had been In poor health for
several years and 1t is supposed by his friends
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| his own life. About seven o'clock Friday af-
ternoon with pistol OF so calibre he fired one
| .hot In TO his right ear and another into his
| right temple and in few moments expired.
| Mr. Agnew was son of Mr.. Andrew AgneW
and was forty.flve years old. He was hrst
married TO Miss Emma Agnew who died sew,
eral years ago. He was afterwards married
| TO Miss Willie Tribble, who with his six chill
dren are left to mourn the death Of husband
and father. They have the sympRthy OF the
| entire community. The deceased lived on
his farm one mile from Donalds and was
highly esteemed by all who knew him. His
remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at
Donalds, Saturday afternoon In the presence
of kindred and friends.
i Mrs. Matte Floyd, OF Spartanburg, and
Mrs. Sadie Wright, OF Pelzer, are Visiting
their sister, Mrs. j. ]. Lindsay.
One good rain Saturday night, two on Sab
bath.an another Monday attern oon Is the re.
cord for the past forty-eight hours.
| Master James Neel Bonner went TO Troy
Monday morning to see his mother, sister
Lila, grandpa, grandma, aunt Emma and his
cousin Mary.
MIR. F. W. Anderson. of Toronto, Canada
representing the Student Volunteer Move
ment visited the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION here arriving on Saturday: Satur
bath morning he preached In the A. X. p
church. At p. No., he addressed the young
ladies at the Female College. At 4:SO p. m.
he conducted q second service in the church
Ats D. NJ, be talked again at the prayer meet
ing in the Y. NJ. G. A. hall. Mr.. Anderson
has fine presence, splendid voice ana sayt
what he has to say In such way as TO make
a lasting impression on his hearers. He it
now about thirty years of age. At the age o
fourteen he left school and was engaged IN the
| retail and later in the wholesale dry goous
business. When he had attained his MAORI