The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-08-23
LOWNDESVILLE.
Interesting News Items Of the Neigh
bOrhOOd Gathered by Our Regular
COrresDOndent.

bOrhOOd Gathered by Our Regular
Correspondent.
Rev. r. w. Barber left for Phoenix
Monday morning by the dirt roa6
where he went to assist the pastor
Rev. J. r. Copeland in protracted
meeting.
Mr.. Mason Miller of Atlanta has
been in this section, his old home, fol
the past ten days with his relatives
and friends.
Mr.. D. L. Barnes of Anderson spent
several days last week in and around
this place arranging for the renting oil
his Abbeville lands for another year.
Mr.. Hal Harmon of Mccormick
came up Monday and spent several
hours with his friend Mr.. Curtis Fen.
mel.
Mr.. J. G. Thomas of Middleton, Ca,
was in this place shaking hands with
friends Monday evening.
Mr., Jas. Clinkscalees of Little River
was here on business Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Hart Baskin of Sha.
ron were in our community for several
days the first of last week.
Mr.. w. IT. Cunningham of Mon
terey was in this place on. Wednesday.
Mrs. Alice Traylor of Augusta came
up Wednesday and has since been at
the home of her brother-in-law, Mr..
A. V. Barnes
Mr.. r. w. Speer of Anderson, came
down Thursday and spent the day In
this place.
Senator A. G. Latimer came down
from Anderson Thursday and spent
the night with his brother Mr.. ]. IT
Latimer and family.
Mr.. It. G. Liddell vent to Anderson
Thursday on business.
Mrs. Joe Sherrard of Moffatsville,
was down on Friday with the family
OF her son-in- law DR.. j. D. Wilson.
Mrs. r. W. Collier and her chilCren
were with friends in and around Mt.
Carmel, for several days last week.
Miss Runette Turner of Abbeville,
came up Friday. and will stay for
awhile with her friend Miss Leila
Mosely at our home.
It seems as if the season for market
ing the 1904 cotton crop will notsand
until after the marketing of the crop
of 1905 begins. There were several
bales of the old crop sold here last
week and there is still more of it
scattered about over the country very
few if any of the planters, have begun
to pick cotton yet, in fact there is
but little open. Some fodder has been
pulled but it would be hard to tell
when the season for gathering that
important crop will eId it will certain.
ly not end until frost unless frost
should be much delayed, as much OF
the corn was planted very late and an
early frost would catch much Of it.
There was quite large gathering of
young people at the home of Hon,
Jno. G. Lomax Tuesday night. The
crowd was composed of the different
ages from the grown ups on down to
The we'll pretty small. The time was
when the debuts in society of the sexes
did not take place until at or near the
closing years of the "teens;" now the
first decade of life Is barely passed be-
fore young masters and misses claim
equal rights and privileges with those
OF more mature years.
DR.. J. D. Wilson was called to Able
Vile Friday on business.
A protracted meeting began in the
Baptist church yesterday with the II
a. m. service by DR.. ]. A. Brown, Pas
tor will continue perhaps all of the
week. DR.. Browns expected help is
not in.
Messrs Lowry Beacham and Roy
Jones of Abbeville, came up yesterday
and attended the II q. N. services at
the Methodist church and dined at
the home of the writer.
Mr.. Louis Bell, Telegraph Operator
at Calhouns Falls came up Saturday
evenining and spent Saturday night
with his home folks.
Another one of our old citizens is
gone to his long home. Mr.. Massalon
Bell ended his long earthly career
last Monday evening about 5 o'clock
and his remains were funeralized at
the home the next day lin the absence
of his pastor Rev. R. w. Barber) by
Rev W. L. Boulware of the MtCarmel
circuit and the remains were then car
ried to Smyrna cemetery and placed
among those of his kinsmen who had
gone before by the side of his wife who
passed away about ten days before.
Mr. Bell entered his 8lst year last
January was the last of eight brothers
left two SONS and four daughters and
many relatives and friends to mourn
his departure. During his long life
his home was with the people Of this
section and as Christian husband,
father, friend he was ever "at his post
console ntiously and faithfully as far
as he was able to the best of his
ability coming up to life's require
ments. He will be missed.