The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-12-08
Greenwood Items.

i ~ S1eIllti stlI III az S'b'c Sh
hihi. n promising vitality, They really
themselves To all int, rested IN
literary culture and social amenities and lie
tinenent. Atthclt>t seSSion."t the residence
OF the Misses Bright. the literary and musical
repciOire was fl | and Interesting.
1T Is said by some Of the leading colorcd
Radicals at thiS place, that the Republican
party, las Il scheme on loot. 10 publish Il
Euriy CrShn III tins county. II has not trans
pircu fl ON hat party it will make is drbut
1t is just possible tEatthe report may DC taken
cum yrth0 salts.
Mr.. l.. Sheppard last week drove so head o
cattle 10 Augusta. This don't indicate that
the fence law has seriously cuitailcd the
Slock-product.
insurance schemes OF every kind. caste
and IlaH, religious, lra:cTEal and con. mercial
daily multiply, anu Green WOOD helps t:lclil
A Castle Of the Knights OF the Golden
Rule Wits recently Instituted 1T this place. II
has q membership Of about -, with the pros
pcct of q very l!attcling increase.
Capt. CahilI, engineer and contractor visited
Coke bury last week, and inspected the con-
temp ated short road connection vi n Hodges
Denot. He regards the cnlerpris, a. entirely
wonderful impetus to the business OF the
town and insure qaick mail transit and
freight transportation:
Mrs. j. C.. Maxwell was summoned to
Columbia Saturday afternoon. by IL telegram
announcing the sudden illness Of Hon. j. c,
Mr. b. w. Cobb has been elected principal
of the Pine Grove school for the easulns
year.
Mr.. Harp Vance was in town last week in
the interest Of his magic saponifier. lie was
the E"ei r. Of FL GSp,; { IN a ,b Z r",rt or the comfy
are better than for many years. All classes oi
farmers are prospcluus, and business
proceeds more SAFELY, and We are
truly in the midst OF q remarkable era o.
THRIFT and substantial progress,
Mytho,ogistS nav represent Curid'S bow rs
being strung with bcll>, but the young men OF
Greenwood are not to be hoaxed by any such
TO his deit archery by the time this shall see
light, and been securely bound with the
silken bunds-MeSsrs. 1l.oS. \. Parks und
Jas. W. Duckctt.
ration, and philosophicaily contcmplatrs The
the honored part be is destined 10 bear in tie
holiday collation.. so:lioluiHcS somewhat
after this kind. The lives OF Christmas tur-
kics ali remind us, that We can make our
dives sublime, and, being roasted, leave behind
us memories of the good Old Time.
Mr.. Cha. Crews has been appointed freight
agent at NiNcty-S!X, rice A!r. Frank Cnson re-
signed.
a vaorant umbrella member, turning a
numbe OF his RIBS into currency, organized
himself into u syndicate with the deterinina-
ton to gObblc up The bar rooms saturday
evening. After putting Il few glasses under his
shirt he felt great, like Alexander who thought
he had conquered the whole word, when
he really had not conquered the Slna,l:st nc
lion of the smallest part OF 1t. TIE bulls amt
bears were too tough for him. ana disguised
at the failure Of this original attempt at q
corner, he was last seen trying 10 lire Il
hall. and proposed to fast forty days, If any
one would give him q square lneul to start
on.
Mr.. zoe. father Of the young man who was
wounded the night prior to the election, ar
rai.ns my statement that the shooting was
as erroneous. 1t seems that tie
,,ilonnp ,f mDlirp in The pprlctrlllDn WAS
sufficient to warrant Tria. Justice Tarlant in
putting linn under Lona to appear Tor
a hearing ut the Court OF sessions, upon the
charge of malicious shooting. THIS mention
is made in Difference to the wish Of Mr.. VOC,
who apprchends that the miSStatenent might
conslructiveiy prejudice his cause.
Mr.: Jerome Bell, one OF the most d"snlng
compliance to a centrifugal force that on
stanily carries him Off at Il tangent coward
Ninety-Slx. He belongs emIncnily to the
peeraee of noble fellows, and richly merits 10
remain in the charmed circle OF iilunlna-
ton.
Tho residence Of DR.. A. p. Boo3er with
the changes and additions recently made, is
now one OF the handsomcst in town..
Rev. r.. c. Smart, will remain on Il e same
work next year. He Is an indolnitable
work or, exemplary pastor and a church iinaL-
cier OF the iiist order OF ability. -,
The steam gins of Mcssrs. Hardin and
Black. and Mr.. Davenport, are working
'Suitl Wy "t'f''N - tS'N1
There IS, perhaps. no village in the State
which Is at This time attracting more attcn-
ton than Greenwood. Local and distant capital
lists, mercantile men and tradesnlen, always on
the qui riuc to improve their condition, aid
real estate dealers. who never lail TO have
their telescopes I'd busted to the least Ilattcriny
probabilities, are directing their inqli:Srs in
this direction. This is by no meanS marvel
Gus for the Truth is. We are upon the taps
OF witnessing one Of those legitimate achieve
mentS OF hsch are as inevitable
as they are arbitrary in their solutions. Com
mcrcc, like the great bodies OF water that
traverse the continent, will pIow its W
channel. II is no cCc, Etr!clnrgtnt OF tlade
that has surveyed this new liIe IRON Au-
gusta 10 Greenwood, thence to Knoxville
The men who coucv:e ed, 10 and shaped this II
gan;ic stride OF en.eri rise. had all aStute con-
ccption OF tie wants Of The people and tho
urgent demands OF trade. Win judicious
EFFORT, on the part OF its citizens, the imme-
diate benefits %accrucing to Greenwood as the
Abe present Northern terminus of this i'm
tortant connection, are hardly colnputablc.
70 those in search Of desirable ciiIiata, In
com parison with any located on Il similar
belt of latitude, We have one unparalleled IN
health iulness and eQGHtl IL temperature. In
educational facilities II Is not surpassed by
any town OF same size In tie STAT, and It's
social advantages are not eNceilcd by the
most intelligent and refined communities
anywhere. TO those IN van OF cheap, llo-
ducti,e lands, where lator IS and
entirely amcnablo 10 discipline, 1t pres mis-
OPPORTUNITIES WHICH buI lew Otle COilIiluiIl-
ties do. those who recognize the i'm Or
liant conservatism Of the church as a prime
factor In The choice OF n home slightly church
cditces, large membership and u strong and
educated ministry, amply meet every con-
sideration OF this nttuie. To merchants who
desire 10 extend their business. no more eligi-
ble location could DO found. With sufficient
local capital 10 control the volume Of cotton
trade that leyitia ely convcrScs to this point,
which with the Augusta connection Will be
larely cnhant ed, Greenwood may. easily be
made the cotton and general mercantile
depot of one OF the finest sections of country
in the State. The business men here are the
scions of q wealthy, intelligent aud thrifty
ancestry. They entertain ard heartily, en-
courage one common purpose. the building
M and development Of their beautiful
vil!a.c. Merchats. mechanics, and artizans,
with means, skill and energy, who affiliate
with them in his object ARE cordially well
The town is surrounded by fertile agricnltu-
districts with an adnl tation to an inilnito
OF products. Lands though firm, win
an rWard tendency, Can he had At reasonable
The cotton t,a'ie shows q handsome
annual increase. and exhibits for this season
/ freely augmented receipts. The iSc;tl year
winds up not only, without Il single mcrehn-
tile failure, but with Il larger bulk OF trade;
confidence in business circles, greater
Urmncs> aud stability, marking the intrrr' Ia
lion NJ merchant and farmer, and the D:OfCS-