The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
LOWNDESVILLE.
Work OF Safe. fe.Blowers-Wedding Bells
-wintry Weather-Death OF Two
Former LowndesviIIe People.

Former LOWn0esVlle feoPie.
Lowndesyille, Dec. IA, 1908.
Miss Jennie Harper, who had spent some
time az Greenwood, came back 70 her home me
here at her brothers.. Mr.. E. w. Harper, few
Miss Eliza woodslde, of GreenyIlle, spent
some days with the family OF Mr. r. w. Col
DR.. and Mrs. a. j. speer and their little
babe, went TO Commerce, Ga, last TUESDAY
week The first came back after few days
the others will remain In that thriving toWn
Hon. 1. II. McCalla went TO Anderson Mon
day on busi ess. c,,
| ter Fennel, went to Abbeville Monday.
| Mrs, Hill, who has spent several months
with the family O! her son.in-law Rev. Il. w.
Barber, left for Bolton last Wednesday week
\ ago, where she will stay for short time-then
u Lowndesviile had her safe cracking last
Tuesday pight week ago. Wednesday
morning when the CLERKS opened me store
changed places since they had closed up
I the night before, and upon Investigation IL
was seen that the safe doors had been blown
of, and safe drawers, four IN numher, con
tanning money and papers. were gone. Inc
drawers with their contents. (excep;:ng tue
money! were found the next day In rear OF
Mr.. w. M. Barber's blacksmith and WOOD
Il shops, Just across the street from Mr.. Hor-
toms store. These evidently experts also car
ried out Of the store double barrel oreach'
loader shotgun and number OF cartridges,
In order, 1t Is supposed. TO be prepared Ior an
iemergency. The drawers, papers, gun and
cartridges were found behind the shops the
next day. The loss to Mr.. Horton In money
taken, was between six and seven hundred
dollars. They were sharp enough not TO
leave behind them much by which they could
be traced.
: Miss Lille Huckabee returned a few days
ago from a ten days stay In Augusta.
Rev. r. w. Barber left Monday and MIS-;
Barber left Tuesday Tor Greenville TO- attend
the session of the South CAROLINA Annual
, Conference, which began on "Wednesday. II
is safe to say that no gathering OF men or
the State, that come nearer representing ev.
cry part OF the State than does a Methodist
annual Conference. Methodist preachers are
here, there and everywhere.
! Mr.. Earle Z. Page. the circulation manager
of the Anderson Daily Mail. spent Wednes'
day among us stn the Interest OF n1s paper.
Mr. ]. F. Barnes. of E!ber,on, has spent
some days with relatives in this place.
| The ladies OF the Methodist church in this
place la charge OF lhei part OF the finances
OF the church, being In need Of some funds,
gave an entertainment In the storti Oum ear
the depot lately occupied bv Mr.. DIX. ConIey
last Friday a week ago. OYSTERS. etc, were
furnished. The receipts were lltlle ovar SSS
MIR. o. johnson has beaulif'd and ini.
| proved his home by having his dwelling and
and It's surroundings nicely painted.
Two days, Wednesday and Thursday of las
week, old Winter gave us taste of what be
could do, II he would, in The form or two
Hight SHOWS. The latter half Of summer, al
Of fall, and 80 far into the winter. IL has BEER
unusually dry In many places, damaginglJ
!, so. In places the freezes, although very shall
j low because of the dryness OF the soil, hav,
n killed much of the small grain-n fact, hav'
ruined fields Of wheat aud oats. For severa
e weeks the weather has been particularly
, good for m eat ra;sers to save their pork.
O Invitations are out to the marriage Of Mr.
f r. E. Moseley, q aLowndesville boy OF Ninety
- Six, and Miss Bessie GrIffiu. OF Bolton, which
is TO take place on the 10th instant.
Invitations are also out to the marriage O
J. DR.. ]. L. Fennel, (another Lowndesville boy
Of Waterloo. and Miss - Anderson, OF th
= same place. The writer In advance extend
his most heartfelt congratulations 10 th
'C couples above mentioned.
Mrs. J. T. Latimer and Mrs. A. E. Moorhea
went TO Anderson Friday last.
Mr.. Ellis ]. Huckabee has been absent a