The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-23
TIE TOWN OF MCCORMICK.
Trains to be Put on the Savannah
Valley Railroad The New Court
Houses ut Mccormick, LOwndcs-
willie, IIonea Path and Nincty-Six
1.-The 'Adyance''-- Personals and
Other Matters.

MCCORMICK, Dec. o, 1885
DR.. J. I. Robinson and wife returned Friday
! night from charleston, where they have been
spending some time. We welcome the happy
couple back. -.
Mi. William Harmon and family from Lit
tie River, will soon move INTO town, anu oc-
cupy the new residence that MIR. James Elar-
The side Walks arc, at last, being put in toll
cradle good condition: There is vast room for
I'm Improvement yet.
We hear that Il passenger coach, VIII De put
on the Savannah Valley Railroad for The uc-
c~omlnodation of the public. Passengers are
daily coming in on that road now. TINS VII!
be quite 4 convenience to the b0rdcauA II
surrounding communities. MIR. VALLEY says
that he will soon have q regular schedtlle ana
convey fl eigilt from and to Mccormick. The
roads are SO bad now, that farmers can scarce
~ get their cot1on to market by wagon. rms
ROAD will be of incalcIahie benefit 10 c1tlZ:ns
along its line: Already they are speaking of its
convenience. The town OF Bordeaux has
been layed off, and one store has been erected:
We hear that several others Will soon DE Put
up. DR.. Gilbert owns All the property Wltnli'
the limits of town; and offers lots very cheap.
This is the way to have Il town built up rapid
~. In our town lots are worth SlO 10 500 for
3DXlO0 feet. This IS too much to ask FOR lots IN
Il new town.
We noticed a piece you clipped from the
Adrdnce last week about the memorial: OF our
new county to the legislators. see You St!il
think that Met ormick will DO all the work
ana Troy reap lIlc DelclltS. We dSISS ~
~ with you, where, you say, that Lownucs.
Vile Nincty-SiN and several other PAGES
should IN like manner have Il new county TOO,
if Mccormick cam have ono. ms IS JUST
what we are trying to do; but not to kill out
Abbrvillc. Our intentions are to get the Leg
~islature TO do away with The present acreage
necessary for the formation or new col!IltlcS.
Six hundred and forty square miles Is 100
To-, say, about four hundred square miles,
then .Abbcville, LaurenS, Edsctield and New
berry can furnish several new counties, ana
our people can be more convenient u Inc
Court House. Troy, Mr.. Editor, Is not suited
at all for Il county site, it is too near TO Able
vile. Then Lnwndcsviile, Nincty.SiX, and
tIOnca Path can trOt in for one, hut Troy can
never get II county site. We like Troy aud
that it is better suited for the Court House,
why, we would do all We could To have IL
there. Troy Is Il 20 ahead place and no doubt
when the G Caro- Q na1: t linn iI WiII ut Gap c ahH and and
meet Mccormick and join fences. we say,
let the day soon come.
Messrs. II. p. North and John Morrah were
in town on Friday. Mr.. North IS on the COM
mittce of rioor managers.
MesSrs. J.. W. Peak Il Williams took d trip
up the savannah Rua!l on Friday,
a so-callcd Prof. Wilder exhibited n slight
OF hand show on Friday night. Persons who
attended say that it w;ls not very good.
The academy not being painted. or rather
not finished, dcbarred the participants IN the
coming drama from rcllcarsing. 1t is 10 be
regretted that the good ladies cannot get u
suitable place to practice.
Miss Mary Harmon, from Bordeaux, re-
turned last Friday night from WIlliamston,
where she has been Mt school. Miss Harmon
is quite an accomplished young lady, and is
much admired by all who know her.
Last November a year ago, when the fire
was in Mccormick, Mr.. Louis Chamberlain
had q little pig near to one of the stores that
was burned; Some one seeing it III the pen let
II out: and it ran through the fire and all the
hair WINS singcd off: Yesterday Mr.. Chamber
lain killed ii and it weighed 2U7 pounds net.
The pig was only fifteen months old.
The Calico Hop comes off tonight, (Tucs-
day. 4 good many yards of calico was
doubtless sold last week. \ pleasant time Is
anticipated.
Ice last Tuesday morning WAS one and a
quarter inches thick.
Mr.. J. W. Peak purchased the horse belong
ing to the Rev. Mr.. Murray, when he left for
conference.
One half of the Advnncc Is now owned by a
joint stock company. Mr.. Cooley, the present
editor, we hear, will not run it any longer
than the 1st January 1856.