The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-11-25
EAST END.
What m" Sees and Hears on His
Rounds About the City and Along
Route Nc, 3.

Tomorrow will be Than ksgiving Day and
the rural carriers will be OF their daily
rouno os and have one more day OF rest from
| their ceaseless labors.
prosperous year with the great majority OF
our people. especially our farmers, many Of
whom have the "blues'' owing to the low
price Of cotton and perhaps do not feel IN "a a
much TO- be thankful for, even more than we
deserve, and We must remember that life does
not cop sist In the abundance OF this world 9
goods; but weEhould be thankful for life and
! It's opportunities. for the forward and pro-
lgressive spirit of our tlmess and should learn
to draw our happiness more and more from
the essential things Of lie. and not from
merely big crops and hieh prices,
Our hearts should 60 out TO Him who has
crowned the days OF our lives with goodness
and has beer lonR-suneripg.. slow to anger
and plepteous In mercy, yea his tender mercy
round about us. God be praised for his 70
teoting care over rs day by day, and year by
year.
Rev. IrisiI and the Circuit preachers will
| leave this week for Conference which will
convene At LsnIsns a., Sc; c. sn,,rs ,,,von the
| "move' last Thursday and Friday; from
early morn till twilfght, our people were On
| the rush cleaning up their premises 20 thai
TO rest .:sieep tired nstare's sWeet re1,orer,'
was unusually enjoyed, Our city present.
| Quite an I'm proved condition since the '"big
cieap-np'rand looks as II would. and ,hould
always, II every one would "sweep before
Messrs: Cha arlie Cobb and Col Foster Ham
mond left last Saturday for Savannah on
Tsers Viii be Thanksgiving Union service,
next Thursdsy morning IN Trinity churcn'
An the congregations worshippipg together.
The Southern Express ONCE has q nice
new .en black with pretty siii IetseTnleS y
be seen and read by persons looking for this
Teachers and pupils Of our Graded School
Mr.. Robert Hiil the popular telegraph oper-
ator for the Seaboard vas called TO monroe
last week on special business for the road.
There will be Thanksgiging services ices q; a.;
| 1880 o'clock q. N. Rev. j. B. HlllhouBe pas-
tor will conduct the services.
Misses Rosa Knox. Lille Link ana Lillian
McCanty were among the fRir visitors In tne
M Hr. % and Mr.. rs.,Audrew MoNeill after apleas.
ant stay With their brother Mr.. Thomas MO
Neill returned to their home at Piedmont last
Miss Eunice Cochran spent last Saturday
night and Sunday with her friend Mrs. John
Il The M Farmers Union Of sharon will meet q,
Sharon School house next Friday Ttn ~
Business OF Importance to be transacted and
All members earnestly requested TO be pre-
l'ent. ,I,
Mr.. David Gillian spent last Sunday with
his family and lon Monday morning for bis
| business at Calhoun Falls. Mrs. Gillian &C
companied him To Abbeville.
| Mfs William Mckenzie is-atayinR In the
| CITY this week with her sister MrB. j. Il.
Woodhurst who is still quite Ill with typhoid
Mrs. Ellen P. Norwood was The guest OF her
nephew Mr.. Edwin'Par for several days ol
| thia week.
Mra, ". G., Parker returned to her home In
| the F1atwoods last Monday after pleasan,
stay with friends in the city. !.
j The Kinueries on route 3 arestilf busy max
ing STOUT their last hand as the fields now
Tns warm weather Ia fine on small grain
crops. which look we'll and are growing nioe-
'Ths many friends Of Mis- lR6benia Gillian
will learn with regret Of her sickness ct col.
lege and hope Ehe will soon be quito we'll
Mrs. 8. G. Link with her daughter.ip-law,
Mrs, Sam Link, were welcome visitors'in the
oity last Monday.
Mr. Charlie Evans Of Lebanon still sticks to
his seat on that reversible disc plow" and is
doing the best ploughing We ever saw on any
10 The he child Of Mr.. w. O. MCNEIL who has
been i'll with diphtheria Is about we'll again.
| Mr.. Grier Sherard is clerk in the Eureka
hotel He is young man Of steady habifH
| and good business taok and will, we havo nc
doubt, keep things straight.