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LOWNDESVILLE NEWS.
Embroidery Club-St. Valentine Day
Rabbit Hunting--COttOn Mark ct
Prog O0uOsticatiOns.

Lowndesville. Feb. II. 1902.
Mrs. B. Berry Allen was with kinspeopie In
Some time ago the young ladies Of our
place organized an Embroidery Club, with
Miss Vera Allen, President; Miss Lille
Huckabee, Vice-President: M Miss Ethel Speer.
urer. The club will hold monthly meetings.
and-well, the writer is in the dark as to " hat
'I6f Df. A. ]. speeE and Mr.; W. M. speer went
to Anderson &. h. Thursday.
Mr., and Mrs. g. w. Speer, OF Monterey, ,
were in this town Thursday.
During the past week q force OF hands built
n tower near Barnes Station. 1t WAS built
survey. 1t is located few yards this side OF
the line, between this and Anderson coun-
ties :; is about l6 feet IN diameter at the base.
and about 70 feet IN height The place where
IL is built IL the highest point for miles and
miles around. From its top Anderson city,
Eloerton, Augusta, Columbia, and even
Charleston, so said, In plain view, through
Mrs. A. A. TrayIor and her SOD, Master Le-
land Traylor, Of Augusta came up Monday
and remained with the family Of the BROTHER
terday Wheu they returned TO their home.
MIR. T.. c. Liddell and Magistrate ]. g..
Huckabee went to Anderson Monday and
came back Tuesday.
place for short while on Tuesday.
Friday night there was to have been val
entine drawing at Rev. A. G. Fennel's. but
owing to the bad wetther, snow. sleet anu
| ple were counting on q lot OF fu hao tnelr
valentines-comic and perhaps In some cases
sentimental-the first for amusement, the last
for feeling. The Observance OF the night wa
the Roman Calendar, who Is said to have
been slain In the year 3O6. A: D. Tradition
even does not say that this took place on the
why the above day is celebrated in honor Of
the above event, but 80 1t has come down 10
us. and neither does II matter, If our young
friends all over the country. every @ where. Gsn
be so, and II the young people failed this year,
let them "try, try again." and perhaps they
win "bave better luck next time"
heaviest that we have had for several years.
It averaged abont AZ or inches. IL ieli IN
irregular Jumps, not fakes, q part OF tne
time. The small particles OF snow were stuck
together but could be easily pressed apart
were not hard like hail.
The snow gave to our hunters good chance
to put In practice their love for such sport
Mr.: W. L. Kennedy ana Two or tnree opnpen GIhess
and MIR. Downey Parnell while out hunting
came across a oovey iof partrldges number.
ing fourteen and at one shot Killed ten OF
them.
Our churches were by no means crowded
at II 80 g. NJ, preaching services at the Me ID.
odist and Baptist churches yesterday. Az
the Methodist churoh there was only sllgnt
rise on bakers dozen.
The cotton ginning season is about over
with us, and so is the selling OF the staple
The cotton still in the hands OF the planters
is held by those able to do so. Price, an an.
tbority in such matters, says that the supply
will fall far short OF the demand, and that he
would not be surprised at big rise IN the
future In the price OF cotton, put II MS e3.
pectations are realized 1t will not oenent
much the larger number OF our cotton raisers.
who heed help along this line, as their crops
were sometime since forced upon the market
by the pressure to meet their engagements.
Messrs. ]. w. Harden, j. g. Huckaoee, ID.
q. Scott. Arthur Armstrong and Roscoe Hor-
ton went to Abbevlie yesterday. evening.
some of them having business AT the county
seat.
two or three days at the Pearl Mills and Ell
berton on business last week.
In the Elberton Star Of the 18th Inst, is the
announcement of the candidacy OF our old
friend, MIR. ]. G. Thomas, for the omce OF
| County Com missioner, and from what we
know Of him we do not think that the people
| OF Elbert county could better promote tnelr
countrys interests than by placing him 10
| the position sought by him. His many friends
| in this section, where he spent some years,
will willingly testify as to bis fitness for every
position which he filled while In our midst.
| he was connected with the County Board for
sometime, and Ia familiar with the workings
| thereof and therefore would be better quail
| flied To enter upon the duties Of the office to
which he aspirea than would an untried man
be. We hope for him triumphant election.
Troupe.