The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-06
LOWNDESVILLE.
Quiet and Orderly TOwn-NO Need OF a
Council-Items Of Interest.

Quiet and Orderly TOwn-NO Need OF n
Council-Items of Interest.
Lowndesville, Jan. 9th, 1901.
DR.. ]. A. Dickson of Abbeville, was here on
Monday professionally. From here be went
to Iva, TO do some more work In his line Of
business.
MIR. Ben McKellar, whose headquarters are
at Mt Carmel ana a~ Wh1 M,lat Is travelling kail'
Several days ago, Mr.. u. w. Speer went to
Gaffney. and late news from him Ia that be IL
for the present at least, In the office of one OF
the prominent lawyers OF that place
Tuesday evening two darkies at Mr.. j. w.
Hardens, got into difficulty, and the one,
Till Smith, shot the other, Jno. Henry LeRoy
In the head, and he was still living, at last &C.
through. He might have been killed at once
if he had been shot any where else than In the
head. darkey is like sheep or goat. In one
respect, l.. e., the head is the least valuable
part about him.
MIR. B. A. Bell had the misfortune to break
bis left arm Tuesday. A loosened shoe sole
caused him TO fall from ladder, with the
above result. He Is getting along very well,
"The Hermitage" the very pleasant home
of Mr. and Mrs. Z. C..Meschine. was the gather
ing point for quite crowd OF young people.
Tuesday night. Between forty and ffiy invi-
tatfons were given. and majority of them
were accepted. The freedom OF the home was
given, and the guests made good use OF II, and
all unite In thanking the Kind hosts for the
Mr. ]. E. Jones, candidate for sheriff, Of Abb
beville, spent several days in this section last
week In the Interest of bis candidacy.
eap es s s M Wednesay as H h0b Ths Captain Eps
always welcome, and sight of him lisa re-
minder of the days gone by, when be and the
writer were younger than they are now.
There was social gathering at Or: j. B.
Moseley's. Wednesday night, at which our
young folks had a very pleasant Lime.
Miss Alice McAlister. of Latimer, who bad
spent several days with Mr.. E. e Meschine
and family, came 10 this place "Wednesday
and she. together with Miss Jennie McNeel,
OF Watts, were our guests II u the next day.
Preparation is being made to hold lega!
nicipal election In this place, on or about
will be kept open Till the day of election, that
all qualified electors In the town may register,
and when the ballot ID cast II can he counted
1t seems az II there has been no legal election
here since 'B5. owing to the voters not being
registered. as was before stated in these col.
umns. But this does not seem to have made
| much difference. We need council as little
such q quiet, civil, law.abiding people. that
we have had no use for q calaboose tor years
but we had as well have council and keep
up with the procession.
| The latter part of the week before last, DR..
A. j. Speer went TO Atlauta, accompanied by
Col. Jno. w. McCallu, OF Ebert County. The
| last named went on business.
There was a small drove (eight or ten) Of
horses and mules, quartered In the Moseley
House Stables. one night last week. No safes
nor swaps. There seems TO be no demand for
work stock hereabouts.
| There were two men here Saturday, from
Anderson, on the hunt OF some OF Mr.. j. s
| Fowler's hands who had lett his employ, for
parts unknown. There are about thirty o
such estrays from the employer above given
He still has about eighty lett, but would be
glad 10 get the runaWays.
| The demand for breadstuffs here, Is unusu
ally heavy for this early date Last year there
were about $500 bushels Of corn shipped tC
and sold at this place. The knowing ones es
| innate that 1t will take at least 5000 bushels
this year, to enable our people to pull through
| to oat harvest, and If that crop falls, good
deal more corn will he needed, than the NUM-
! Der of bushels above given, and II should be
remembered that this Township, perhaps
raises more corn than any Township in the
| county, 1t will take more corn this year tC
feed our Southern people. and their STOCK
| than ever before known.
| Mr.. E. o. Clinksca les spent several days last
week at Anderson
| Mr.. j. o. Chambers, Of Atlanta, Ca, was In
our place for Il day or two, last week.
| DR.. A. b. Mathews, of Elberton, ended abou,
a ten days stay In our town, the day before
yesterday.
/ derson, County have, for more than week
been With the family OF their kinsman, Mr.
w. l.. Bowman.
The time, for quite a while, of our cotton
| weigher has not been fully taken up In hls
business. 1t is only now and then, that @
bale OF cotton comes In. is sold, and has TO oe
weighed. Troupe.