The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10

What IN" Sees and Hears On nlhls
Rounds About The City and Along
Route No. 5.

M0Gt6 No. D..
Professor James A. Hill Is once
more to the front in the SHOW" line
with a moving picture show, and we
hear will also be in the circus bust
ness soon.
All we have to say, there Is no
man in the city that understands ma
nipulating a show better and more
successfully than Prof. Hill.
Miss Staurt, one Of GreenVille's
pretty young ladies spent Easter. In
the city as the guest OF her friend
Mrs. Leonard.
A Strange Phenomena
About a week ago on Tuesday al
Mr.. Craft and little boy were working
in his field near Crafts Ferry on Sa-
yannah river ~'rocks" began to fall
around them-at first they thought
some persons were rocking them, but
soon they found out it was a rock,
shower or a shower of rock falling.
from the size of an egg to that OF;
your double fist. They at once q tos
the house where they were still fall-f
ing and continued at different inter-
walls to the following Friday. About
500 was estimated to have fallen on
Tuesday, the first day. i
We cannot account for this unless
it was from some near by Volcanic;
eruption viii tell you more abou9
It next week. !
lutte a number Of college boys and
girls were here for Easter.
Four fires since Saturday. Don't
YOU think that most too many! IL
looks as il some body wants to see
the fire brigade on dress parade The
fire over Keller Bros.'s. store SUM-
day night came near being a very.
serious one, which would have caus-
ed great loss. In our opinion It taxes
some one to make a fire even In a
trash pile. You may place powder In
a trash pile and it will remain az
such together without harm unless
one touches 1t on. :;
Fortunately the fire was discoveries
before it did much damage to MI.
Clark's gun shop or Keller Bros
store. i
or course Mutt and Jen were IN
quick time and the fire was soon OK
tinguished.
Easter decorations were to be seen
in the Episcopal, Catholic and Meth
odist churches, also appropriate ser
vices. {.
The Methodist church was very
pretty in It's decorations about the
chancel and pulpit-which consisted
of Easter Lilies, pot plants, ferns
and palms. Just behind this mound OF
beautiful flowers was a large white
cross with a smaller one in .Iis center
studded with 80 small electric lights
which produced q very beautiful ef-
feet and behind this o was a pink
globe which cast q soft pink light oV-
er all, adding: much to the beuty q
the scene. u
Miss Ada Mcmillan presided at the
organ and her magic touch proved
her skill and efficiency as, a musician
of NO small renoWn.
The choir was at its best and rend-
cred most beautifully, the fine selecs-
tons Of music for this special occaa'
ion. The sermon was. upon the resur'
rection and was Of course appropriate
to the occasion being delivered in 2
forcefui and earnest manner, claim
ing the close attention Of the .eongre.
cation.
The day was rather cool fol las
ter rigging, although some made the
venture, while some who cared more
for comfort than show even wore
wraps and coat suits.
Thus ended another grand and
glorious Easter.
Happenings on, Rents ; - ,
Mr.. Edwin Parker. has learned. t.
be q fine road builder which fact IL
evidenced In the way he has recentl,
q. fixed up the road. He started to Alb
beville with a top load Of cotton bel
fore fixing the road and stalled. He
returned home dragged and filled In
with rock we'll covered with earth az
ter which he added several more
bales and with q spanking team came
to Abbeville without a single stop
So much for good. roads and Wide
awake farmers. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. McGaw have
Just returned from a visit to Mrs
McGaw's grandfather. who was In
the rock shower and will tell US al
about 1t.
The lumber for McGaw's bridge
has been sawed several weeks and II
still lying where it was sawed.
We think bridges and roads Oh R.
F. D. routes should Of all others, first
receive attention as these sections
are supposed to Fun through the
most densely populated sections OF
country.
Throw the mail carrier out OF gear