The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-09
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lCeXCS IrOm ClleSe uoohS ChoI iS iN
Iprapared during the week that was
there. He doesn't talk like a man
who was weak in any particular and
certainly mentally he is as vigorous
as any one who has not half as many
wears behind him as DR.. Martin.
had not seen him in many years. he
was probably instrumental in my go
ing to Abbeville to teach, having
known of some of the name by the
marriage of his sister to Mr.. John
Peaster, formerly of this county,
whose sister married James H. Aull.
I have a Bible now which was the
gift of the two children of DR.. Mar
tin, a boy and girl, the girl being a
pupil of mine. The gift came on the
18th of February, 1881, and on the I
fly leaf written by DR.. Martin are
the words: "See Ruth l: 16 and IT,"
i Another family that made home
for me was the family of Mr.. j. d.
Chalmers. Mrs. Chalmers was one OF
rthe best women l ever knew. They |
would not board me, but let me have !;
a room at their house, and rarely a
day passed that good Mother Chal- !
mers failed to have some dainty dish
for me when I came in in the even
ing. 1 will never forget these good
people. They had two daughters and
; one son. The daughters died several
years ago and the son, James Chal-
mers, died only short time ago, be-
ling treasurer of Abbeville county at
the time of his death. The home in
which they lived has passed into
other hands and new and more
; elaborate mansion now stands on the
spot.
At the time of which I write Gen.
, Hemphill was the editor of the Able
, vile Medium and Mr.. Hugh Wilson
of the Press and Banner the same
, two papers which are now published
in the town. Mr.. William P. Greene
is the editor and proprietor of the
Press and Banner and his wife is the
daughter of Gen. Hemphill. Mr.. E. C.
Horton is the editor and proprietor
of the Medium. The first newspaper
work ever did was on the Medium
r when Gen. Hemphill went away on a
, trip Of couple of weeks, he asked
me to write the editorials and other
f matters for the paper. 1 remember
that during the time Judge Thomas
, Thompson a citizen of Abbeville and
an eminent jurist and a circuit judge
at the time died, and one of the first
thi1gs that I had to do was write
, sketch of his life for the Medium.
Judge James S. Cothran who was
| then the solicitor of the circuit sue
ceeded Judge Thompson on the
bench by appointment of the govern
or.
Both the Abbeville papers have
linotype machines of course, and the
Press and Banner has two, and the
reason for mentioning in this connec-
tion is to say that the Press and Ban
ner is using the electric pot and I
was told that it bought current at 2 |
1-2 cents the kilowat hour, and here
it costs us 8 cents, though Mr.. Wal
lace tells me that he pays only
cents, it may be on account of using
more of the current than The Herald |
and News, but the bill for the cur
rent month for The Herald and
News is 8 cents, but even at 6 cents
the question that we want to ask is
why the difference even between 6 |
and l-2 cents. Can not the commits
!sioners of public works in Newberry
sell the "iuice" at the same rate that |
it is sold in Abbeville. Some one saws
that Abbevil1a has q snooio1 oo,+r, NJ