The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-06

Asheville. But in Waynesv1ile you
meet people from Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and
other states. Sunday morning at the
Methodist Church where we attended
services the preacher announced that
he wanted to get acquainted with the
people, and called on the people by
states to stand up. More people from
each of the states mentioned stood
up than the number of those from
this state. But there are more people
there now from this state than there
was Sunday because Coz. Fat McCas-
Ian has since landed and Daddy Long
shore is on the way. When they get
together it will be real representa-
tion from the real estate.
We met at the Gordon wnere we
stopped Mrs. CASTOR Mears and her
two pretty daughters. Many of our
people will remember Mrs. Mears,
who came to Abbeville beautiful
bride some few years ago, not so
many to- be sure, and they will be
surprised to know that she has a
grown daughter. The mother is pref
ty still and the young lady Is almost
as pretty as her mother, anG is equal:
ly as attractive. That is the reason,
we suppose, why CASTOR runs so reg
ularly and wins so often at setback.
Miss Johnnie May Lynch is now
one of the natives of Waynesville.
Miss Lynch's mother has purchased
a home in the mountain town, and
Miss Lynch is to teach in the High
School next session, of which her
brother Prof. Aaron Lyncn. is the
principal. Mrs. Lynch has a pretty
cottage on the side of high hill
which Miss Lynch will climb each
in a race to beat the bell
and save the dollar which the North
Carolina people charge a teacher
who is late to school.
At the hotels there is little for the
people to amuse themselves at ex-
cept dancing and playing cards, ex-
cept of course eating and sleeping
and sleeping and eating. never saw
so many we'll fed women in one lot
in my life, and judging by appear
ances they have no excuse for their
presence there except to get rested
and cool, and it is cool. at Waynes-
vile, because you need blankets at
night, though the sun shines hot on
a Greenville Street inhabitant in the
middle of the day.
Col. Joe Elgin, who used to be an
Abbeville man is real estate profit
eer in Waynesvflle now. He pulled
off sale of town lots on a mountain
side one afternoon while we were
there. The mountain was so steep
that you had to stand at tie bottom
and get Joe to point out the lots, but
he put the sale across anyway. The
lots sold at from $125 down to $50
Per lot. Joe said he did not get as
much as he wanted but he would let
the sale stand, as it brought in about
$4,000. per acre. He has beautiful
bungalow about three doors from the
Gordon Hotel, and he and Mrs. Ell
gin are looking as we'll anc prosper
Gus as most people in the millionaire
class.
Uncle Jim should go to Waynes-
vile. There is a good sized and beau
tiful brick church of the Baptist per-
suasion there, and we are satisfied
that if he could get to take up COL
lection there he would ge: as much
as he made off Alf Lyon when he
sold his cotton two weeks ago. The
mountains are little high up for the
Baptists but they go down 20 pigeon
River and keep things swimming.
Pigeon Street is the street in
Waynesville which runs parallel to
Greenville street in .Abbeville. We
walked down it SC as to feei at home,
and found the people looking con-
tented and happy just like they do
here. You could see people from 9TH
cr streets walking along Pigeon try.
ing to see how things are done.