The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-07-17
L0WRDEsvllLE.
Happenings Of a Week In and About the
Seven-HiiIed City-PersonaIs.
Lowndesville, July 14th 1912.

Mr.. I. D. Cooley planted a patch of cot
ton on June Goth and on July 4th he hoed
it. 1t was plowed a day or two before.
We will note the outcome.
Mr.. j.. B. Huckabee ended a weeks va
cation from his duties at the power plant,
at Gregg's shoals OH the Savannah Thurs
day. He had spent u part of it i'll Il pleas
ure trip to Barnesburg.
Miss BERTHE Power, Of Augusta, Ga
came up Monday to Il home, where she
will spend a part OF her usual summer up
country outing.
Mrs. r. B. bryan and her children OF
Columbia, are again occupying their sum
mer home, their neat well-finished and
we'll furnished bungalow near the Savan-
nah.
The stork visited the home OF Mr.. j. I,
Daniel Monday night and out OF the abun.
dance Of its big heart, left two OF its free
will offerings, a boy and girl.
Mr.. H. B. Oliver OF Alabama has been for
the past few days, and will be for some
time, at the home Of his uncle, Mr.. William
L. Kennedy,
Last Monday an auto load Of our people,
consisting Of Nessrs. Jas. and Wendell
Latimer, their mother, Mrs. TO. Kirk
patrick, their sister, Miss Virginia Lati-
mer, theirhalf-sister, Miss Lucille Kirk
patrick, happened to a very bad accident.
AS they were coming home from An
derson, c.. II. late lin the evening, they
ran into a rope, neal the four mile branch,
stretched across the road warning travel
lers OF danger ahead. The rope had been
placed there by the road force which was
repairing q washed out culvert at the
branch. The first was at the steering
wheel and it being nearly dark did not see
the rope. It struck the glass windshield,
SCATTERING it,thsa caught the driver BY
the throat, hurting him upon those on the
real seat. It cut a severe cash in his
throat, and it is supposed that when
thrown upon the others, one OF his sisters
teeth,was knocked. out and.her face cut and
bruised. Miss Beulah Armstrong OF Bel
ton was met at Anderson and was in the
car and also suffered some injury. DR..
Kirkpatrick and MrlBarnes, who had gone
to Anderson in another machine that day,
arrived on the scene a few minutes after
IL happened. He found several OF them
unconscious and apparently past relief.
The first, second, and fourth lad Il very
severe shock. All were taken back to An
derson to the Hospital, where DIR. Harris
soon restored them to consciousness ex-
capting the Mr.. Latimer who was so badly
hurt. He did not come to till later. They
were all brought to this place the next
evening and ARE at this writing rapidly
recovering from their shock, fright and
bruises excepting the first named, whoi
slowly improving.
Our good friend, Mr.. W. II. Cunningham,
on Msntery, brought to the writer's home
on Friday, a basket Of decidedly the finest
and best tasting peaches that he has seen
for several years.
Eighteen or twenty couples OF our young
people gathered at the pleasant home OF
Mr.. J. Henry Bell. The occasion called
for couples, as ut va a leap year gather
ing. A few Of the young men had to take
a lonely tramp to the house OF rejoicing as
their appointed fair escort who lived out
OF town on account Of the threatening
weather failed to call for them at lis. With
but few such disappointments everything
was joyous and happy. At a proper hour,
up to date dainties were served, which was
a fitting climax to what had gone before,
whether any Of the ladies present exercis-
ed their alleged prerogative, a gift of leap
year, deponent sayeth not, as he does not
know. The home and grounds were deco
rated and, lighted up with Chinese Ian
terms. Troupe.