The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
LOWNDESVILLE.
News from the Seven Hill City as Re-
lated by Interesting Writer.

Apr. 25th. 1904.
Miss Jennie May Dunn OF the Due West
Female College came over the latter part o.
the week before last and stayed at the home
Of her grandfather, Maj. +. w. Il. Nance ull
last Tuesday.
mr.. Milton Lee of Andersen came down
Yesterday week ago and spent the day at the
country home of his brother in law, Mr.. B.
Mr.. ]. T. Latimer aud Magistrate ]. g,
Huckabee went to Abbeville G. b., To-Day
was week ago on business. NJ
On Tuesday last DR.. A. j. Speer ana Mr
B. A. Bell were going TO the country Ps'e isii @
patient of the former, as they were golas
down the hill TO the iron bridge, some psrt
of the harness broke and the horse not oeing
e to get out of 1t and in doing so, as he was
getting up in years and his eyesight as a
Consequence somewhat falling, ne went lnIo
a pretty deep gully Oh the side OF the ROAD.
Before this happened DR.. Speer jumped out,
Mr. Bell still held to the lines and into the
gully in the buggy-then he got out, and as
The gully was wide enough the horse car.
red buggy down 81 ibs sheF' psee and In
doing so, the buggy was overturned and was
badly smashed up, no body hurt, but may be
somewhat scared. ~
Mr.. D. L. Barnes went to Atlanta, Ga,
wednesday to supply himself with some
Mr.. A. y. Barnes, went to Anderson. c. H.,
Wednesday on business: s.ao, y, tho
Savannah Valley. R. R. due here at SIC r.
M, was three hours behind time owing 10 lne
burning OF trestle on the main line oeio"
Mccormick. the most OF tne trouole q anu hnoonsa
pense for repairs upon this road IL because
of lust such mishaps as the above.
if"Old Probs," or who ever has charge OF
the business, can't give US better, more up "
and Thursday be had better sell out to some
one that can. Think ofit, sleet was 1aiilng
for some time on the first named DAY. apr
goth, and cloudy. cold and dlsagreeaoIe S tne
next day. April the month Of flowers. ana
the one in which vegetation puts iortn, IN
times past used to be an ideal month, put the
present one 20 fast passing by has oroken l,
the record for seversl years IN lis weekly
frosts, ice and cool weather.
Mr.. Claud McAnster Of Latimer came up
Thursday and was the guest Of Rev. d. Y.
Fennel till the next day: y:.1..ar oonoe
up Thursday evening and renamed al our
home for several days. a.,
A good many years ago, our town In 1ts
onward progress began 10 .put on airs aha ha
as one step IN It's Increased importance the
Council built q calaboose, but 1t soon appearea
to be q useless town appendage ana was
sold. Since then. no special use ior one has fais
been seen till during some OF the past lew
months, when the usual quiet OF our place
has been disturbed by too free indulgence;
in "boose" and the Council decided 10 an q
did raise fund sufficient to build another
calsboose to better preserve the peace and
good order OF the town. The place for IT
sdioining the western limits OF the ProV-
fdence cemetery on the Bowmaus Ferry
Street has been selected for it, and the lum-
ber is being put upon the ground, ana IL
will soon be built. Yet 1t is most certainly
hoped that the building Of 1t will have the
same effect upon the dramdripkers that
line building Of the pest house had upon 10 e
small pox more than year ago-1l scared OH
the loathsome disease not q case since. II
need not be expected that 1t will be founo
necessary to put any Of the colored people Id
it as they are generally 80 superstltloas
that they would almost prefer deatn lIsell 10
being put into caloboose so near TO grave
yard. hoo-a
THURSDAY with two performances. the one at
Q. the other at 7,30 p. m. both OF which were
veil attended by white and black, and from
what can be gathered from reports the spec
tators were generally we'll pleased.
Mrs, G. w. Speer of Monterey went 10 An
erson G. b. Friday evening TO spend a lew
DAYS with her son who is In business IN tnat
prosperous town.
Mr. L. +. Hark ness ofAntreville came over
Saturday on business.
H, yesterday evening on the North oouno
For the past few days force OF hands have
made their headquarters here looking aiter
the Rail Road bridges, trestles, and other
road property on the Savannah Valley
Railway. They may be here for sometime
Mr.. D. l.. Barnes treated some Of his friends
to q big mess OF strawb berries yesterday.
Troupe.