The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-09-27
EAST END.
What ..M" Sees and Hears on His
Rounds i'm Country and i'm Town.

To-day Is "npening day" wrtn nur i've
ladies stores VIII re will he Displayed al tnt
beau iful lai' ard winter styles in millinery
dress goms ~ d nIl other fads, thA. gn 20
| make up the stvies ot the season. 'iiS gal
day with The ladies " no lock forward ever,
year 10 this grand display of beautiful good,
| which prOmIteS thlS year to Surpiss AL pH,'
| So aGnnS.
II NJ Haddnn Il c.. nre in their same OLD
quarters and will have very ihi"g lovely aud
| b ant iful t. aiti act the E.; eS Of the larties
! Wilson, Henry & Co., will hr found In lheti
new quarters on The curn"r. ir The siUrr.roOn
| tec.nIiy vacated b e.. W, X 'nda' wh-r'
| 'hey VIII present 10 tho view 1.-The ladies one
OI the largest and hanfSomtht stocks nl
millinery an dress goods They have eVeI
carr led
| Don't fo. eet Tie days. Wednt sduy and
| THURSDAY 27h and 2S.h.
| Last : tur'iay was n Ia a day for Old Abbr-
VILE ard our sire, Is and stores were crowd.
Ell al day with AL Immense ihrong OF Peo.
| pie from all paris OF the cunntry to see the
| circus and witness tie grand street parade
| \ COED dea OF COTTON was on the market, and
| our merchants did III" greater part OF the
business ot The day a. the circus WAS not NJ
| 10 the Expectations Of The people. however
| they had good crowd aud carried off goud
| zeal ut money Ihnf m'eht have been II
| many cates more pref ably spent.
Mr.. Hugh Wilson has purchased The Sontf-
| arn depot. one Of iha old lundmarks o! thu
| city and IL ~ now being pulled down, and
viii, with additional brick and lumnrr b'
| converted into splendid cotton wnrehon.e
| u
| and abput 30 :eet east or The old DEPOT which
we hear Will br In chnrge OF Capt. John LyCp
who 30 successfully managed The first cnttnr
warehouse ever buili In this city. and that
| 100 v hen II was u trial business. fnr no enc
knew whether II won d he patrozsd so as Ia
ntcume n success, but II WIS sonn evident
That urder the gnlOinG haBd and faithful
management OF Capt. Lyon IT, would he ali
assured success. even 10 The doubling OF II.
ca aracity, aud now 10 The building OF No. q
which Will also have its full share OF Dus,
ness.
Mr.. w T, MaGill is In charge of the cotton
warehouse for the frrtnerS. a good man ha'
| neen under the new management turned out. |
and sn:thrr good man put III and We donI
know lh,t Ne cnu make Il better wish tor
Mr.. M. GIL han 10 wish for him the success |
bat Capt. Lyon had during his management
OF the premises, bis should be even grea er h
he cotton movement or the word hail
brought warehouses into greater demand |
Than ever before. Our peop Q welcome NJ.
MaGi' TO the city and are g'ad to hear his
family will move to the Ancrum place anu |
We hope soon from there into our midst. |
Our city is Il little quiet just now as oui |
| college girls and boys have returned and ~ |
several instances have left ian aching void.
which III world cannot fill. We miss them
ever SO much.
Rev. 2. b. Wells in his preliminary re. |
marks last Sunday morning paid high com |
Dliment TO our city churches and their cholrs |
He said the average attendance In Able. |
viile's churches was from % 10 30 per Q" |
greater than that of the churches in the large |
ofthem did be hear finer. nor sweeter music. |
Only one IhiEg he thought they excelled in |
and that was congregational singing, but he !
said he hoped we would soon catch up with |
them in this line as we had new books CON- |
ing, and he hoped every body would sing. |
This was indeed pimentary, and en-
couraging to our churches and their choirs.
Miss Sallie Roche returned last Saturday |
from q protracted visit up North. Her many
friends welcome her hume and hope her trip
has been both pleasant and beneficial. |
Mr. WI sy1sn Is inPTGvipg Ing 5apidy Is
large easy chair. His friends will be glad TO |
hear of his getting on SO nicely.
The salvation Army" has struck the city |
"a good time, just after the circus. Never
TOO late 10 do good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Hill and little Robert are
expected in the city this week on u short
| visit.
Messrs. L. c. Haske ell and P. A. Roche spent
| last Sunday with Mr. J. J. Lluk and family
| at their quiet country home.
Messrs. Caliord and George Howard of
Portsmouth,, Va, are In the city the guests OF
| relatives and friends all OF whom are delight
| ed To see them back In their oid home.
ALONG ROUTE NO. 3.
Mr. ]. w Knox of Sharon and Miss jamie
Smith OF Etoer,ou, Ga, will be married al
| O'Clock this p. m, at the home OF the bride
| Rev. l.. w. Brown pastor Of l. ban0p
church, accumpaD led by Mr.. :. T. Link are in
attendance upon Presbytery now convened al
Seneca.
| Every body on route took holiday last
Saturday and our journey was lonely, very
| few whites 10 be sten, aud no blacks except
| these enroute for the show. In all cur drive
of 26 miles we saw only one "old issue"
color ed woman f ora Pettigrue picking cot
Ion on the plantation Of MIR. J. j. Link.
Mrs. J. b. Harkness after a pIeassn mt etay
| with relatives and friends In the Sharon sec.
tion returned 10 her home in dale, Ala,
last Saturday, and was accompanied by her
sister Miss Cara Lee Gillian who Will prob
ably spend the winter with her sister in her
Alabama home.
MIR. Thompson Penney OF Sharon left last
week for SpartanbuIg College.
Mrs. n. j. Wilson is the guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. W. c. Mcneil.
Mrs. Matte Wilson alter tenderly nursing
The little son of MIR. W. &. McNeill who gol
his leg broken recently returned home last
week leaving the little fellow doing nicely.
Mr.. Willie B Knox of Sharon LETT last week
for the Presby terian College at Clinton.
Mrs. +. A. Gilbert was quite sick I. W days
OF last week but Is now about well.