The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-08-27
Greenwood Notes and Comments.
RY QCID NUNC.

The Hampton Reading Club has suspended
relnchc three, leaving the town entirely dcSti-
tutc OF any kind OF intellectual entertain
mcntS.
Tie schools have opened with a very fair at
tendance.
Rev. Ii. G.. Smart. reports extraordinary re-
lisious r~evivals within the limits OF his
charge.
Mrs. Johnson, mother of Robert Johnson. Of
Bennett Reynolds & Cos, will move To town
and occupy the residence OF Prof. Boozer, who
goes to Walhalla.
The band boys say when they 90 %screnading
rs soon 81. the first note Is sounded, the blinds
are closed and the curtains drawn. When
they get through they go to the band room,
take up 4 collection and treat themselves.
Mr.. Whitlock, of New Market. will soon
cree: II large steam mill, with ample grinding
capacity and all the latest and best improved
Touring attachments. This gentleman
evinccs genuine enterprise in this undertake
ing, supplying to the country a most import
ant necessity.
The recent meeting Of the Board Of Dircc.
tors Of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad
was harmonious and satisfactory. The liabil-
tiles of the road were mainly cancelled and a
handsome surplus left on hand. \ little more
active interest manifested and 4 little less
apathy shown by those who should be fully
alive 10 the success of the project would great
ly facilitate matters.
Some fine melons were broughtin town Sat
urday, among the lot one wcighingA pounds.
Mr.. Seals oithc Sunny South made Il very sat
lSIlClDTN CstlS:SS III LllC llltleNI vi ilS PhpSt
here last week. The comparatively large
amount Of mail matter, chiefly comprising
newspapers and periodicals. distributed at
this office is certainly complimentary to the
community, showing 1t to be com posed large
ly of u reading and notwithstanding people.
Every farmcr from whom our opinion has
been ELECTED expresses dissatisfaction with
the results OF commercial fertilizers, and 4 de-
termination to abandon their use IN the lu-
ture.
our sprightly %ncighhor, Nincty-Six, boasts
Of shippinga bale of cotton last week. Green,
| wood shipped two bales and the fields around
, are white with the staple.
Mrs, S. Mcneil Is summering Mt some OF the
health resorts in the mountains.
The and very justly complains OF the In
difference shown by the citizens or the place
IN its success. The members have contrib
uted literally from their private funds and
made every sacrifice demanded to insure It's
contained existence. 1t is composed Of the
citizens of the town, its attachments have CIV
en- 1t more than a local reputation, and 1t de.
serves and should enjoy the support, moral
and material necessary to make 1t what IT
would easily become. the pride OF the vii
lage. .
A meeting full Of good results and profound
christian feeling has been In progress the past
week at Tranquil, a Methodist church near
this place.
ence to n supplementary school fund" meets
with the warm approval Of the intelligent
friends OF education here who have read his
recent admirable, timely and eminently sem
sibie address on "Our Public School System"
a subject of such vast aud commanding i'm
pOrtance TO the public at large. 1t should be
in the hands of every man and woman in
Abbcvillc County: who Is interested in the cd
ucation of their children and the general ad-
vancement and diffusion Of education. Each
subscriber should. at least, preserve that issue
OF the P1'cSs and Banner. n for once, allow
his neighbOr to perpetratc the meanness OF
borrowing it.
Whatever may be the trade prospects or the
probabilities Of fair collections. the merchants
are buying literally and Mt close figures.
None have so far visited distant markets, pur.
chaScs being generally made through drum.
fnerS.
Sl.0O. Oats are being held back until nearer
the sowing season, when IT. Is believed INA
owing to the large acreage put in there will
Some are already sowing in this vicinity.
One of the very best farmers in the County,
not on paper but practiealiy,t says the wise
line Of policy to be pursued by the farmer, is
to increase his horse power SubSoil thorough.
ly, thereby largely mitigating the evil OF the
droughts, abandon the purchase of fertilizers
which I'm conjunction with the d~ry-Spclls sc
r~uinously curtailS the crop results, plant q
smaller acreage. diversity the products and
cultivate well.
There Is a young man in this County, whose
father possesses Il handsome competency ant
has all the while lived in near proximity tt
good schools, who has never been to school a
day. and doesn't Know the alphabet. He will
go to school next term.
Mr.. L. d. Norman stepping into the house
a few minutes left his trtSty horse, attached
10 the buggy. standing in front OF his gate
When he returned he found the horse trying
to extricate himself from the wood.pile ant
fragments OF harness, the buggy presenting
reversed sides and showing several COMPOUND
fractures. There being no one In the buggy
the horse was only practicing and 1t might bt
well to have an eye on the mischievous fcl
low.
Master Pierce Bond, @ years old, will exhib
1t, at the approaching fair, one Of the fines
single goat leans in the State. The goat Il
fleet and well-trained and Is driven with nj
the dash and abandon Of a thoroughbred
Jockey.
Mr.. Jas. Schenks residing 10 miles South O
this place, had q lot Of fine chickens which
were being rapidly decimated BY cholera
He was advised 10 saturate the head with
diluted chloroform as an absolute specific
He tried the remedy on a trio OF handsome
buft-cochins. In a few hours they were appa
rently dead, and the e~conorninal wife Sc
about to, at least. save the feathers. PickinI
them clean she threw them on a heap of rub
see them walking about the yard the hex,
morning perfectly naked and looking as we
rs could be expected or recovering from
first class Trunk.
Miss Fannie Merriman, one of Greenwood'
handsomest young ladies, returned from
visit TO Seneca City last Saturday.
Prof. G.. C. Hodges Is at Nihety-Six II
charge of his brothers business, who ha'
been quite i'll for several days.
Mr.. Gilkerson and wife Of Cokesbury wer'
in town Sunday. ,
Abbeville County will send eleven students
to Adger College next term. The Professor
are doing well here.