The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-10-21
OUR RAILROAD CENTRE,
FLASHES FROM THE POINT OF A STEEL
PEN.
The ssGrccnwcod Light" will Shine
for AII--Thc Good Effects Of Pro.
. Iibi.ion In n Sister Town---A Cher.
rub Ascending the GoIdcn Stair
wnx..MunY Matters Of Encf.

yay.-Muny Matters Of Fncf.
GREESwoon, S. G., Oct 10, 1855.
Saturday was II lively day IN town, rs in
deed every day Is, now. One cotton buyc
alone, Mr.. J.. $. Marse shipped $50 bales lnl
the week ending last saturday.
rhc Genital Itd!road,e IL sinking. q mann
mptIi we'll and will erect two tanks, just or
the outskirts OF town.
The tas, mail, from s~partanburg, due hero
ut go last sunday evening, WAS Delayed sew
eral hours, having gotten out OF water, ant
nrerwnrd running over Il horse. II arrived
here Mt 1 o'clock Monday morning.
Quite q number OF our citizens are In atten
dance ut court, this week rs jurors, witnesses
1t has been but n few years since 1t was NJ
easy matter for q person to board any paSscn
ger train on the Columbia and Grccnvilll
Railroad and find only Olc or two others on
board, now evcrytruin is crowded. and ONE
can scarcely get y seat on any %train..,
Miss Mny Birnic of Greenville, Is the CUES
of Misses Mamie and Lula Williams.
We arc glad to report all the sick Of on
community convalesccnt.
From a turret on its battery the Nr,n
and Cbnric1 seems TO enjoy an lncossant cnnno
counties of .Abbcvilic, Edgctield and Lnu
rens. Until some of the recent ouiragcS il
Charleston are more satisfactorily explained
we think the press of me r anGSr e c unite;
reminder that u fort with glass windows In l
Is not much of 4 fort after all, no matter villa
the caliber of Its guns nor how well they arr
Mr.. ST. Benjamin is rebuilding his dwell
ing II few miles from town.
< gentlemen, from Hrnd!ey's informs u
Tint the reporter for the Medium, must hav'
been looking through n glass dnrily, from tn
report he gave of their entertainment Til
same gentleman informed liz that 1t was a dc
clded success, having added So TO the Golfer
Cad" Waller must be selling stacks o
goods. We hear of him every. where VIC 60
and he says he hears OF us. We take this &c
casion to say that the Joke, he Is I telling on IL
is strickiy true, but 1t did not occur at Pros
rcrity.
Il. For instance we heard q splendid sermon
the other day from n railroad man while seat
the gourd vine.'
LaurCns preached an able sermon In the Ircs
hyterinn church Sunday from the tcNt"Th'
righteous shall flourish like the palm tree
he shall grow like n cedar in 1iebannn." Thu
subject was ably, discussed, and his dc'luc
tons from the parallel. were loEical ana In
Those who attended the association at Du
West speak in the highest terms Of the hosp!
TALLY eXtcnded to them by their Presbyterian
We do not know whether Eve kept her bon
net on in church or not but:as far lnck,aS OH
memory goes, the men have wOrshiprd, dc
voutly with uncovered heads, while tho wo
IIlpIl pun ot All - "to loSNlbiS oh lIi1It
Whether this custom was instituted for tn
purpose OF hiding the head or showing tn
bonnet Is n mystery 10 us. IT evidently owe
it's origin. either TO Il millincr or II ball head
cd woman.
Cupid is the sexton who Is now ascend
Ing the golden stairway to the brltry. 500
The Jingle OF the marriage bells Will bcgin l.
chime their Joyous pralS, and ere annthc
moon shall WAnc, another one of our iHircs
young ladies will be sacrificed on Hymcns al
Ter. How sad
We regret the Statco of affairs existing In on
sister town Mccormick, caused by tho illici
traffic in wliiskry.
If there is one tune moro soul inspiring t
us than another II Is that familiar old hymn
IAN hail the power of Jesus ntmc."
The Greenwood Light has made It's appear
ance among us. With II. S. Cunningham n
editor and proprietor, Mr.. T.. S. +. Giles VIII
Is well known here, will have charge of IT.
editorial columns for The present. Judging
of tie county. at least, by It's radiant glow
From the Snlututory, we judge that 1t will
not be q jacomllantlon sort Of Light either
stcadfast on the side Of truth and right.
Capt. w. r. Davis was summoned to hi
home in Hendersonville last week OH nc
count Of the serious illness Of his mother.
Having business at I10nea Path, we pait
that own q short visit last week. We fOunt
her merchants and citizens full Of encrg.
and fully abreast with the times, they have
first class Newspaper, the Pain Dcaicr which
| Is ITO IOIlGSI Vl SS III HOW VI III
hands Of MIR. II. S. Gregory who has
broad experience both ns journalist and prin
ter. lie has recently enlarged his paper nnt
associated with him Mr.: Clatworlhy, who is {
native, OF Abbeville county. We found hntl
these men gentlemen to the manor borI
and they will please accept thanks for cour
tesies extended to US during our short stay IL
The town council nave for several year
elected the cotton weigler, they have for hi
season secured the services Of Mr.. D.. NJ. Hum
phreys who gives perfect satisfaction to boil
buyer and seller. The cotton buyers. MIR. I
with ~neighboring towns, In consequence q
which Honea Path gets her full share Of TIL
flcecy staple.
There has been no whiskcy sold in tic tow,
for q number of years In consequence Q
which her churches and school are .all In
t%iourishing condition. The Mcthodists hav
let out the contract for the building Off ney
house OF worship. We noticed new dwelling
Oh every hand, and there are many others II
Contemplation. We suppose Honea Patti
owes Its enterprise, to a great extent to Mr.. c
8. Harper who has done more building than
perhaps any other citizens, he now runs OH
OF the best equipped ginning eslaolishment
man We know for pluck and energy. 1t /
worthy of remark that the best hotels. in tn
State are along the line OF the Columbia an
Grcenville Railroad, second TO nfno Of thcS
is the Shirley House at Honea Path, wit
large rooms comfortable beds, and a table 1
suit the most fastidiOus taste. prepared IN tn
highest degree OF cpicureln art under til
personal supervision Of that most ~cxcellen
hostess Mrs. Shirley. White there it was gu
pleasure 10 meet our limo houored friend !
r. Sheffield. He twists his mustache Just q
innocently, smiles just rs swcetly. aud grasp
your hand lust rs cordially, as In the days G.
your, when we went counting together. O
our return honleward we stopped tor q shor
time at Donnalds. The place above oil other
In this State that feels like home to us, for
WAS here we were first Introduced to the en-
lightened society Of Abbevlllc, and received
our first Impressions OF their manners an
custom. 1t was too, that we took our frs
lesson In that branch OF mcrclInnical art thn
has branded us as 4 gentleman (?) for lf(
The town is Just where 1t used to be with bu
little to change It's pristine glory. 1t has re
Gently been Incorporated and had a well boz
cd. The council are now putting up horS
racks. There are u few Guano houses that 0r
eye sores to the otherwise very pretty plac
which we think the council could very wei
some Of his Aldermen are guano merchant:
The Baptists and Mctlodisls have each bull
new churches within the last years. TIL
Methodist have recently bought Il parSonag
for their pastor. Mr.. W. r. Jun IS Just fr
nishing n handsome residence in the suburb
of the village. Lon Shannon Is happy in tn
possession OF q bouncing boy, lately prescntc'
him by Mrs. Shannon, VIC suppose his nam
will be Samuel, rs Lon, Elkanah like, ha
"Lent him to the Lord as long MS he liveth
In answering, by. proxy 4 call for him I
preach. We had heard q great deal abou
Mr.. Cindwclls, black horses. We had til
pleasure of n ride behind them. They ar
daisies but he keeps them hauling cord WOO
"Allc aimee when not III pllacton harness.
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