The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-23
LOWNDESVILLE.
What the People OF the Seven Killed
City are Doing.
Lowndesville, Sep. 1908.

Lowndesville, Sep. 1908
Miss Helen Barber. who has spent some
weeks IN this place with her parents, left 1ol
Mapterey Monday morning, where she went
TO take charge OF a fine school near MIR. &. W.
Our High School opened Monday morning
with quite f1attering attendance.
Mr.. Charles Baskin started week before last
for Cedsrville, Ohio, to begin collegiate
Mrs. ]. B. Franks and her bright little boy
started Monday evening for their PhilideI-
DR.. D. Wilson and family returned Mon
day from a several days trip among kinsfolk
near Watts.
DR.. b. F. Hoyt OF Commerce. Ga. came in
Monday and stayed till Thursday with his
son.in-law, DR.. A. j. Speer.
Miss Leila Moseley Of Green wood, came up
Monday and began her duties as pupil In the
Messrs. w. T. Cunningham and ]. T. Bas-
kin OF Monterey, were up in this place on
Miss Allie May Fennel came back from a
several weeks stay with friends In Waterloo
Miss Annie Bell and Miss Leila Fennel
started for Asheville, to enter the Female
College at that place for another year. We
are passing through the period In which our
young men and maidens are taking their de.
parture for their respective places OF study for
another year.
The writer is told by one who knows, thai
from here, there are lands In cultivation upon
which fine crops are growing. which we're in
cultivation in 1888, and have been worked
ever since. and at that time the lands looked
as II they had been worked for years and
years, as there was not tree or even stump
upon them, and these lands are still quite pro
ductive without fertilizer.
Mr.. VIII Swift and his mother, Mrs. j. w.
Swift, OF Elberton, were over for q day or sc
last week with their klnspeoplei in and around
here.
Mr. "Boss" Nance and family OF Monterey
came up Tuesday and spent the day with the
family OF the father Of Mr.. Nance.
Mr.. j. A. Kirkpatrick, who has been here
for several weeks under treatment OF hi'
brother, DR.. T. o. kirkpatrick. improved II
health and returned to his home In Greens
Mr.. johnson Cleckley OF Latimer. came here
Our Township was hard hit as to jurors fol
the coming Court at Abbeville, there beins
but eight to have the honor OF serving theil
County and State.
Mr.. Herbert Brooks, assistant in our schoo
last year, now of Warrenton, came up Friday
and Is still here among friends.
Mr.. Roscoe Hortan went to Greenville Fri
day, aud entered Furman University FOL
another scholastic year.
Miss Ada Fennel, after spending sometime
with friends at Pendleton, came back to her
Miss Jennie May Dunn returned to the
Due West Female College few days ago for
another year.
After the tropical storm had spent the
greater part OF Its fdry, some Of the remaindtl
came to us last week in the form Of q brisk
East wind, and the wind from the same quar-
ter has continued to date. Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday 1t was accompanied by q
succession OF showers OF rain, neither oi
which was heavy enough TO do damage.
Rev. l. +. Wallace Of the Presbyterian
Church, and Rev. R. w. Barber OF the MethC'
dist Church, sometime ago decided that q
union of the two churches would make the
congregations at the Sunday night services
much larger, aud have since carried out the
following grogram. The first breaches here
on the lat and 2rd Sundays at II q. NJ, and
now he occupies the pulpit in the Methods
Church on the first Sunday at S:l5 p. M, and
the second breaches In the Presbyterian
Church on the 3rd Sunday at S:l5 p. 10. Thi
arrangement works very smoothly ant
nicely. Troupe.