The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-23
EVENTS ABOUT GREENWOOD.
Items as Traced OH Paper by the Pen.
ell Point of Our Correspondent.
GREENWOOD, S. G., Dec. 9

=. o., DCc. Il, 1879.
The railroad authorities are doing some
much needed work around the depot.
Messrs. fIartzog 4 IIuy>e have II very fine lot
of mules II horses for sale. They are good
business men md will succeed.
The more fortunate arc having hogand HON
my now. 1t is still bacon anu cabbage at Oul
rancho.
4 young gentleman from New Market is
making frequent visits to our town. There Is
Mr.. 7. +. Riley can now accommodate from
ten TO two hundrrd guests. lie has had put
up the largest cooking stove in the county!
Our town council al Il late meeting passed a
resolution looking to the opening of new
streets and setting out shade trees. Let the
good work go on.
The people. of this community arc gratificd
to now that the Rev. W. y. Rodgers has been
returned to this charge, also the presiding FL
der. Il. ID. Smart; will reside here.
The law requiring Il license of S5m.CO TO bry
seed cotton, may be beneficial to q few, but
Will work against a large majority OF our pco,
pie. In that they can make no disposal OF
their remnants OF cotton, as no one would
think or could afford to pay the license re.
quircd.
appreciated ami instructive TO the few. who
heard them. Our people do not appreciate II
literary feast, us was shown by the slim al
tendance. but n lc~yerdcmain show can always
have Il good house.
The iukewarmness In some Of our churches
may come from trying 10 burn green pine
wood in the stoves. ..,
Tho merchants who advertise their entire
stock at cost will bear watching.
Blake Millwee says there are n great many
things he has never done; among them he LAS
never dug wells, topped trees, rode y bycicle,
Joined u skating rink. nor SllOu Il mule.
Trade has been pretty brisk iOr the past
week.
We are inclined to think the press too severe
ON the preachers because of the failure of that
life Insurance. company, They havn't g't
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even more unwary. Booksellers found this
out years ago.
We have had but little experience in tho
rearing Of the youth. but we think every YES
tige of superstition should he kept as near as
possible from the mine Of Il child from infancy
up, as we arc naturally a supcrstitiouS people,
We consider 1t Il mistake TO impress upon a
child the existence of a mythical being Just
to please or frighten, as "San1n Claus" or
"raw head and bloody bones" names that are
common in every household. If our children
need pacifying, let 1t be done IN II proper way.
II we want to please them with presents let us
know their rigitiul donors. They would Ger,
tainly not appreciate them less, and would be
relieved in after years of trying to oblltcratc
from their minds their first, most lasting, and
we may add most erroneous IMPRESSIONS
that of the existence ola Santa Claus, his SEQ
and his rcindrerS, md his means of entrance
and exit ont of tie room through the Chin
ncN: .
lCTe VIII Ue All cntCI likltlllltlll SiNcil W liS
college girls In their chapel this wednesday,
evening. Admission free. Public generally
invited. In behalf of the ladies We ask that
tobacco chewerS leave their guilds al the door,
as no receptacle las been provided for tipc
juice, and the floors are too nice 10 be spit
upon
Rolla Ryan will be here Thursday night. 4
torchlight procession n scrcnade by the
young men the same night.
Mr. w. $. Bell has leased his plantation for
d term of years, and will go West soon.
Rev. Mr.. Willard, the eminent lecturer,
preached an able sermon In the Presbyterian
church Sunday, from the text Rest in the
Lord.' The most instructive of all his iec-
lures was that delivered iii the same church
Sunday evening, on the life of John Bunyan.
No finer music can be listened to than that
furnished by the church Of the Presbyterian
church
1t is consoling to the married timers of the
present day, who have children, and we don
know of one who hasn't, to know that old
man Bunyan, Johns father, was a timer.
Little John worked at the trade awhile hin
self. He would. take IL glass CT beer OCCASION:
ally too; aus all timers do. The str:lmgcstof AL
is, that he should turn preacher. We venture
to assert, that there isn't another case on rec
ord, where Il timer was even called to preach.
The fear of being cast III a dungeon has no
doubt kept many Il good man out Uf the min.
istry. >.