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Cu com* The CAUGHT ON TH / mr. nugn wiisuu ncm Heard Durii As each one of the vast multitude of men, women, children and horses who was present at the Abbeville County Fair would testify to the excellence of everything present, it is needless for this scribe to tell anything of the Fair itself. The great crowd, especially on Thursday, re minded us of the good old days at Due West, wnen the roads were filled with ve hicles carrying great numbers of people to the Due West Commencement, but the numbers on Friday looked more like the numbers that now attend Commencement in the classic city. The pleasure of meeting old friends was one of tho charms of the occasion, while the hearing of what they and others had to say added interest. Two mighty good ladies were heard to remark on the comparative merit of this Fair and a similar Fair in County, which was far superior to the Abbeville Fair. Her associate then asked for a "pro grum" of this Fair, and asked her if she was ift the aforementioned superior Fair. She replied : No; I didn't Ret there. I started there and passed the town of when, because of the heavy rain, I turned back and did not see it. The conversation then turned on preacher?. One of the ladies expressed her preference for preachers?not pastors. The second lady did not favor pastors' visits, and gave one reason at least to sustain her position. She was busy one day cooking something, the name of which is now forgotten, when somebody knocked at the door. Leaving her hot stove and the cooking eatables stilljtheron, she answered .the call. The pastor was at the door. He was asked in, and he was as agreeable as a man could be and she forgot the hot stove. After a while he proposed a prayer, to which con sent was readily given. She had not got ten comfortably on her knees until the odor of burhlng eatables filled the air. She was then reminded of her cooking. As time went on, the air became stifling. She suffered tortures at the thought o'f the loss of wasted food. Notwithstanding the air was thick and stifling, it seemed that the preacher was innocent; it seemed that the prayer would last forever. That hot stove and the destroyed eatables caused her to prefer a preacher?not a pastor. Speaking of prayer Is a reminder that this is about the usual time of the year for missionaries to bocome interested in our prayers. When the ticket collector started 011 his rouud at the auxiliary to the grand stand, he started his business by ordering some boys who were sitting on the ground to move on or show their tickets. One lady on an elevated seat asked the collector of tickets what if the Hying ma chine does not fly. "You will be out of ten cents, madam; that is all." One story on the ground was to the ef V D E t Glas 0. We have Sil An The price goc e in an< T> : Kos E GRANDSTAND tes Some of the Things tig the Fair. feet that Mr. Calvert exhibited a fine "rooster" lor which he paid $25, and a home raised fowl. The $25 fowl had a feather between its toes, which feather knocked the owner out of the prize ring. The home raised rooster bore off the pre mium, and Mr. Calvert is looking for a surgeon or a corn doctor to pick out the surplus feather in the $25 rooster's toes We were told in the recent campaign some thing af>out feathers on legs. Extra copies of The Press and Banner were distributed containing Mr. Kerr's advertisement, the biggest and greatest | tnat was ever printed in Abbeville. Owing to the size of the advertisement?eight pag?s?it made a good sun-shade for some of the ladies who unfolded it over their hats. We formed a most pleasant acquaintance of two mighty good ladies from Mount Oarmel. They expressed themselves most pleasantly of Mr. Wilson's writing in The Press and Banner, and spoke of his recent letter to the Associate Keformed Presby terian. Kind words "are more than cor onets," and to hear words of approval are an old man's richest treasure. The ladies from Mt. Carmel, while sneaking most; pleasantly in reference to his writings, we think they did not quite agree with Mr. Wilson's cranky notions about missions. He thought it was a pity for preachers to fool as good and as confiding Christians i nto throwing away their money on what he regards as the greatest fraud that af-1 fiicts the American people today?foreign missions. Beautiful electric signs intimate that visitors were "welcome." While we have { heard no complaint at the coldness of the J "welcome," yet we think "welcome" does not properly express the heartfelt greet- j Inn on/1 fKn nf U!.L a u l- - 1 II.H KUC doiioc VII ^jauuesh milCII AUUt) ville people experienced in having so many of the best people on earth with us on this pieasant occasion. There were thousands here and all were given the glad hand from warm hearts. To mention the names of all would be more than we could do, but we might be pardoned if we mention that prince among good editors, Mr. G, P. Browne of the An derson Mail. Seeing him reminds us of the years of pleasant business relations with his uncle, the Rev. Sidi H. Browne, who was as good a man as could be found.! It is always a pleasure to meet Mr. (x. P. Browne anywhere, but to meet him in Ab beville is a joy. Come again, Mr. Browne. [ Mrs. Mary G. Smith and Miss Maggie Brock, of Mount Carmel, were among the honored guests at the Abbeville Fair last week. They are good A. R. P.'s, and spoke I very pleasantly of Mr. Wilson's articles in The Press and Banner. Mis. Smith said she read every word of his article in the i Associate Reformed Presbyterian on thel PART s and just received a lar? ver Filigree Good lerica. is are very low s jus <x\j suuii reasuna I let us enber subject of the Tlilrd Cornmandmont, and thoroughly approved of tne sentiment therein expressed. She was not quite so pronounced in her opinion on the subject of foreign missions. H. W. LOWNDESViLLE. ' . | Happenings of a Week In and About the Seven-Hilled City?Personals. Lowndesville, Oct. 2Gth, 1912. ! Last Friday night, at St. John's church, two miles out, in order to raise some funds for some church purpose, there Wiis held a ' fish fry." This attracted quite a crowd of darkies. Knowing of this gathering, j Mr. Jesse Cann and a friend went there. The first, who is acting rural policeman, perhaps suspected or had some grounds for supposing that he might do some work for the good of the county. Seeing a light in the old field near by they went to it, and j found a good old frame of cards in full sway. A pretty good crowd of interested onlookers standing around. When the above men were seen coming the lights were quickly kicked out, and everybody scattered. Enough was seen and informa tion picked up, to start a rounding up the next day, and eight or ten of the suspects brought before Magistrate J. G. Huckabee for trial. Six of the main ones pleaded guilty to the charge, and succeeded in get ting some white man to pay the dollars (fifteen), which was the fine imposed. It lioc Knan c?ln nn tuim/wA/l uvvii OIUUQ 1UU1VICU UllO-L Ci UUI1U tiger" was close by. This trial called out the largest crowd of whites and blacks that ever gathered in a Magistrate's court in this place. Ringling's show at Anderson Tuesday had about ono hundred to represent this place and section, mostly black. Some i could jiot wait till show day, but went the day before. Perhaps some of those who were caught gambling and those who it is alleged were selling whiskey, were trying to raise the wherewith to pay their way to the show. Mr. Henry Tennent, Jr. went to Augusta Monday on business. Mr. It. 11. Jones, who gave up his posi tion with Messrs. Cooley Speer some ume ago, aim iooK a trip out west, canio back Sunday evening; will remain here a while, and will go into business of his own at Fountain Inn, his old homo, the 1st of January next. Miss Annie Lou Power, of Augusta, who litis been up the country for some time, came down from Anderson with her little niece, Miss Mabel Power, Tuesday evening and were with us till Thursday. After a week or ten days with thick low ering, threatening clouds, through which the sun was rarely seen by day or the moon by night, Thursday was a bright, but cold day. Considerable frost was in evidence. But a short while ago loungers hunted the shade to while away their leis ure hours; now they seek the sunshine to increase their comfort. "The cosmopolitan four" of the Alkahest system, Atlanta, Ga., gave an entertain ment to a crowded house in the High school building Wednesday night. It was spoken of very highly by judges. The Abbeville Fair has claimed the pres ence of some of our people since it began. Yesterday about every auto in town car ried down as many as they possibly could. All who went were highly pleased. Among 1V1 JU IN 1 Silver je and beautiful .'is s, direct from out md you will be s ai ble prices. show ( / g 1Y1CJ 1 them was Mr. W. \V. Thompson, who is a first class chicken fancier. He raised this year quite a number or very line ones. He sent down to the Abbeville Fair a pair of white .wyandottes, a cockerel and a pullet, upon each of which he was awarded a llrst class prize. Troupe. Bellevue. Dr.Britt, of Princeton, spent Wednesday with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Wardlaw Morrah, of At lanta, are spending a few days with his parents. v The Misses Nowell, after two weeks pleasantly spoilt with friends in Bellevue, left Monday to visit relatives in Batesburg and Charleston. They will return to their home in Oakland, California, the first of April. Mr. and Mrs. John Wardlaw will attend the Fair in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Gil Cade, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Parker, attended the Lee-Rogors wedding in Abbeville Tuesday night. Mrs. Annie Lee Moore and children re turned Wednesday to their home in Fiber ton, Ga., having spent some time with Mrs. Cade. Bellevue was pretty well represented at the Abbeville Fair last week. Mrs. W. D. Morrah entertained a num ber of her friends at a dining on Wednes day.. Mr. Will Cowan has commenced work on his house. It is hoped that he will get it completed before the cold weather sets in. Mr. Will Morrah and family and Miss Jennie Widenian spent Saturday in Green wood. Mrs. Lillie Ward law entertained at a dining on Saturday. The Misses Nowell, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Morrah, and Mr. and Mrs. Wardlaw Morrah, were her guests. SAVED BY HIS WIFE She's a wise woman who knows just what to do when her husband's life is in danger, but Mrs. R. J. Flint, Braintree, Vt., is of that kind. "She insisted on my using Dr. King's New Discovery,'"writes Mr. F. "for a dread ful cough, when I was so weak my frienils all thought I had only a short time to live, and it completely cured me." A quick cure for coughs and colds, it is the most safe and reliable medicine for many throat and lung troubles?grip, bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, quinsy, tonsilitis, hemorrhages. A trial will convince you. 50 cts. and $1.00. Guaranteed by P. B. Speed. The McMurray Drug Co. 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