The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-31
L0WHDESVILLE.
Happenings Of Week In and About the
Seven-RiIIed city-Personals.

Misses Matte Lee Reese and Gladys
| Norryce Of Anderson spent some days al
the quiet, pleasant rural home Of MIR. w
| L. Bowman, two miles out.
Mrs. A. A. Traylor, Of Augusta, Ga, has
been the guest Of her brotherin-law, Mr.
A. V. Barnes, on Depot street for some
days.
MI j. Bruce Moseley Of Charleston came
| up yesterday week ago and is taking 9
holiday with relatives here.
Rev. R. w. HUMPHREYS began a several
days meeting at the Ridge church yester.
dayweek ago.
The annual picnic at the Campbell school
house, four miles out, came off Tuesday
As usual large crowd was present which
was served with big dinner. The most
OF the county candidates were present and
entertained and enlivened the crowd, and
taking it all in all, it was day pleasantly
spent.
four children have been for several weeks
at the home Of their uncle, Mr.. j. G. Lo-
max, came last Sunday, joined them, and
are still here.
Mr.. E. Walker Duvall, of Cheraw, who is
candidate for Lieut.. Governor Of this
State, spent the larger part OF Tuesday in
this place forming acquaintanceS, ETC.
Those who saw him (the writer among
theml can say that he was the first and
oniv candidate for Lieut.. Governor Of this
State that they ever saw. We, in this part
of the State in voting for State candidates,
have "to 60 it blind" as there are but few
of us that ever see one OF them. We might
have showing occasionally II not 0fte1er
Fifty-eight years before last Tuesday
the first notable August freshet to those OF
us then living, came upon this section.
Last Thursday two years before was the
last. The volume Of water OF the first 60
inp oceanward in the destruction OF
hridges and crops was small indeed when
COMPARED with the last. Before the first,
as to the then notable double bridges across
Rocky River at or near where the iron
bridge which spans the above river now
stands, it was not necessary to put them
more than ten or twelve feet above the Or
binary level Of the water, and to that time
and for sometime afterwards 1t was a rare
thing for them to wash off. An occasional
high water would damage them somewhat,
but they were repaired with but little de-
lay and work. At the time OF last big
river the iron bridge which was over twen-
or fifteen feet above it and the water more
than covered all, swept off the bridge and
it lies in bottom Of the river yet. The
river must have been fully forty feet above
low water.
The ladies Of the Baptist church gave an
ice cream upon the church grounds Friday
night for the benefit Of the parsonage and
were reasonably successful.
Mr.. R. R. Jones is off on a ten days
leave of absence, and is visiting his old
home in Laurens.
Mr.. Lowry Blake came up from Latimer
Friday in an auto. Misses Annie and Pet
Hawthorne were with him.
Mr.. w. a. Hardin, with his pastor, Rev.
R. w. Humphries, left here very early
Wednesday morning and went to the home
OF Mr.. Jack Loner, near Due West, where
at II a. m. the first was united in marriage
by the second to Miss Lois Loner, daugh-
ter Of the third. They came over that
evening and on to. the home Of Mr.. Hardin
where large crowd Of his relatives and
friends had gathered to welcome him and
his bride, and later splendid supper was
enjoyed by ALL. The father, mother and
brother Of the bride came over with the
bridal couple.
Rev. o. N. Abney of Springfield came in
Saturday and occupied the pulpit in the
Methodist church yesterday at II a. m.
Mrs. J. F. Harper and children Of Heard
mont, Ca, came over Friday and are still
with relatives in this place. Troupe.