The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-14
Abbeville's Jewels.

is always shown off to greater ad ,an-
tagc. when it is set around with Jewels
Of smaller size. In like manner the
small II oncs absorb and reflect some of
the brightness Of the larger. Our Coun-
ty may be compared to the back ground
on which the jewels are set. Standing
out in prominence is the Court House,
which may be regarded as the enter
stone. while all around it thriving towns
reflect their brightness upon it, making
one magnificent whole. We were par
ticularly impressed with this thought
while visiting recently, in a capacity
other than editorial, some Of the towns
of our County and knowing the interest
II readers take in all affairs pertaining
to the County, at large, VIC give for their
benefit the impressions made upon us.
by the various towns we have visited.
Leaving Abbcville carly Tuesday
morning our objective point Cor that day
was the little town Of
vERnERY.
This is Il better business point than it
is generally accredited with being. In
the place are some merchants OF energy
and thrift, who carry good stocks and
are we'll patronized by the adjoining
country. The representative business
men, are McssrS. Cunningham & Tenn
plcton, whose store is managed by Mr..
+ L Morrow; q w LomaX IL Brother.
w r. Henderson and DR. II brennan.
Several hundred bales Of cotton are
shipped from this place annually and
altogether it has quite all air of i'm
provcmcnt about it.
The next town on the Augusta and
Knoxville road, was named in honor Of
tn" man who did more than any other
individual towards the construction Of
the road, Gen p II Bradley.
is about fifteen miles from Greenwood,
and is backed up by as good L country as
there is in the county. The town has
quite n fresh appearance about il, every
thing being newly painted or white
washed. There is no appreciablS dir-
ference between the price paid fol cot
ton at this place aud at Greenwood.
Consequently quite n number OF bales
Of cotton are shipped. Bradley now
has as good q set Of merchants as any
town on the road. and the place is bound
to build up. MrsSrS. w. Joel Smith u
Son &c Co. J. II. Youngblood. ID. w.
Jay. LiSon IL Calhoun are some of the
merchants Of this place. and the conf
dcncc of such men Us these, speaks well
of the place as a business point. They
have good educational advantages to Of
fer to ncw-comer and Many other con-
venienccs.
y few minutes ride from Bradlcy's
brought us to the town Of
TROY
and we don't remember ever to have
visited II nicer town Or Il more business
like place for the size Of it. Troy has u
larger number Of nice dwellings than
any other new town on the road. We
would mention particularly that Of
George e.. Bradley, where. We ha.! the
pleasure Of being entertained ma who
has as nice and as convenient Il home as
can be found anywhere in the county.
The town is alive to all Of its interests
and the Trojans are still enthusiastic ON
the subject nf the Carolina Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railroad. AS an i'll
stance OF the thrift Of the town we
were informed that cotton was bcin.
ginncd there at fifty cents per bale.
There are quite u number ol spirited
cotton buyers here, and the st"plc
brings its full market value in cunSe-
quence thereof. There are several
churches in the town and Il good school
is we'll supported.
The last town on the railroad in this
county is that Of
McCoRMICK.
and though this place had the miscor-
tune to suffer very considerably from
fire not long since, it is on rising ground
again aud most Of its waste place have
been built up. The town has a most
excellent school presided over by Capt.
4. D.. Robinson. the building for it hav-
ing been erected at considerable cx-
pcnse. by the widow of the late Cyrus
Il. Mccormick, after whom the place
was named. ,
From Mccormick we came back homs
spending the night at Greenwood, NIB ,ut
which SO much has becn said and written
thatwe arc afraid to venture on the sub
ject again.
There are. apparently, only " pro-
lessons remaining on duty Mt the Column