The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-10
N1NETY.sIx BooMs.
Her Splendid Railroad Prospects,.
Her Poor Crops Of Small Grain:.-
Her Enterprising Merchants..sev-
eral Riddles and Many Personal
Matters.

N1SETY-s1x, s. c., Feb. 8, 1889.
Miss Johnnie Abney, who has been away.
irgn Ta nome b1an ior some PINE time has returned
the oats, and we underst tand the wheat crop is
The *Kesu1ators' who are looking after Ger
tain parties who have not lived as they should
Hyethave been making some inquiries ia our
Mr.: e. Addison has purchased pair Of
Norman horse colts. They are good ones and
a a fine Judge ana handler Of horses or stock Of
M Mr.. Joseph Wilson is great adn,irer Of the
human inha family, put especially loves the man
Mr.. A. B. !stil cont nues his VISITS TO the Sec
electioneering or what he is about, but lie is
nevertheless very much in earnest. This isj
Tgnt Wgh fair my SySnng friend Fairt heart never
Mr.. Marshall Smith has rented the brick
store Of McGowan & Moore, and will obefl A..
large stock Of general merchandise. He is q
young man of energy and business tsct, and
we hope he will succeed. - !.
Or. T: w. Chiles, one Of the directors OF the
Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway
Company, called in to see us. few days ago:
moving along all right on the lower section; 4
Ninety.Six Is blessed with two butchers.
"Competition is the life Of trade, :" and we hopsS
nov to be able to get some frstclass meat.
ing seventy-tive cents, and are hard to get a.
that price.
President Hammett has issued circular let
yer TO the people along the line Of the narrow
terprise.
sion. The young folks were delightee Z
Mail route inspector =. B. Treutlen has paid
his respects to Ninety-Six. He is certainly q:
very efficient officer, and bis friends here are
the Post Office Department.. - -
The election In Oaklawn aud Dunklin town.
ships on the question OF subscription or no
subscription to the Narrow Gnage Railway,
company, nave taken place with the follow
I'm ~ TO IN favor OF subscription. This Is =
road 1 VIII vi 3 be b. built and that speedily. :,
Mr. W. s. Richardson has recently received
per express a trio OF handsome light Brahmin
chickens from Virginia. They are Beauties.
re has also an eighteen month old steer calf
That Will net one hundred pounds to slre
Saafders Will be killed this week for the
Trial Justice Moore sent Alfred Berry, COLOR
ed, 70 jail recently for falling and refusing to
Mr.. Ben Chiles, o popular salesman repre-.
senting popular. house in Augusta, Georgia.
calls occasionally. - = :
II would respectfully request you to tako
my name on OF the petition that y0u have
against the Narrow Gnage Railroad" writes b
prominent citizen of Ninety-Six township TO
John r. Moore. 80
MIR. Dan CLANCY. who has been wintering It,
IN Florida, has returned. Dan says Florida IN
good place II man has money. On his re-
turn home Dan fell into the hands OF some
sharpers at Savannah and was heeced. They
did not get much wool, but suffice to say
forced Dan TO hough 1t home. We hope Dan
has learned a good lesson. -. -
''The hand writing upon the WALL" The
next eighteen months will determine what
wall is referred to. and then we shall ses
whose "knees will shake" 49,. =
The largest audience we have seen out for
some time were QUITO hear Mr.. Carter on last
Sunday. The town and country were out ZEN
masse."
MIR. James D. Fooshe was in town this week
with potatoes. turnips, &c. Mr.. Fooshe is one
OF the best farmers In the county.
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