The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-14
SPICE FROM
SALUDA.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS, BOUNTE0US
SHOWERS, SCHOOL MAT
TIERS &C.
(From our regular correspondent

(t'rom our reguiai correspondent }
1T is the pleasure OF the writer Of
this letter TO be in attendance at the
meeting of the sunday school Con
vention at Wards.
Quite Il large crowd is here: all seem
! to be enjoying the meeting. We GER
/ calmly have been having some fine
speeches. Mr.. :. j. Watson made a
speech on the topic, "Enicent teach
crS, the need of the Home" that de-
serves special mention, his speech has
received much comment ard praise.
Prof NJ. NJ. Steele of Furman Uni
verSity, gave us two very interesting
talks: he is certainly fluent speaker.
Well those people over at Wards
have a reputation for feeding people
when they go there; they are not de-
ceiving any one on this occasion:
they gave us a plenty of nice bar
becued hash, with basket dinner. The
table was literally loaded with good
eata bleS, and that hash. well, the
cook knew what he was doing, all are
agree on this point. We will want to
20 to Wards again.
We are pained to writo that the in
fant child OF our good friend, j. o.
Jones. is dead; this was the only sad
feature OF our visit to Wards. We
extend our sympathy to brother Jones.
The child was three weeks ole. The
int -
at Wards on Tuesday evening at $50
o'clock.
Well, refreshing showers have Wis
tied us again; we are sorry TO know
that some have not had any rain yet.
Several have said that or account of
lack or rain the crops from fingers to
Clouds Creek or, the Batesburg road
look distressing We need rain again
MiSS Cleo Attaway is at home again,
after 4 months visit ut BennettSville.
Smith White and Luther Wheeler,
two OF SaIuda'S young men, left Mon
day morning for Smiths Business
College, Lexington, ky., where they
30 to take 4 course? Eugene - lay
will leave Thursday morning ;l. .nss
them.
Miss ruth Echgrsues, 6 e th4lS 45 aai.qhGiaOAA ai.qh G!iaA
to write. is able to be out again.
Millcge Hylcr, responsible white
renter, living near Saluda, had the
misfortune TO lose fine young mule
last Saturday morning. The mule he
came lame. or examination, found a
mil in the hooi; the mule lived
week and died OF lockJaw.
Magistrate Ethcrcdgc set aside
case heard before him few days ago.
j. E. Smith against the Southern Rail
road lie also has an important case
to be heard soon. Some young men
attenuei services at Good Hope Bap-
tiSt Church sometime since: they
seem TO have been full of "fuSS y"
and behaved very badly and used
some ugly language. The church is
trying them for disturbing religious
work The Lowreys are represent
ed by Thumond and Ramaae, the
church will be represented Sy f. s.
BlcaSe.
l.. NJ. and j l.. GrigSby, NJ. ID.
Long and their wives, went TO New
Berry last week to be present at the
meeting Of the District Conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
superintendent of Education, b.
f. Sample, is dressed TO his best and
is in his glory these days. He has his
school mans, as lie called them" with
him these days. They are in attend
ance Of the Summer school here,
which opened on July 10. Prof Boyd,
of Ridge Spring, ard Miss Eva Coon
er Of BateSburg, are the teachers
There is about thirty two in attend
ance. We hope it will be profitable
and pleasant for them here. We hope
they Will feel that they are welcomed
to Saluda and will make themselves
at home.
j. A. Attaway and his grandson
llallette, went to BateSburg few
da 1un