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THE TOWN OF MCCORMICK
STRUCK BY A CYCLONE OF MEASLES.
The Monthly Municipal MUss - n
Dear Bought Ride on the Cars-'-
Personals.
NJcCopM1cE March 13. 1856

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All of the material for the new depot Is here
and the carpenter work will commence a.
! soon as the workmen arc through with inc
Plum Branch depot which was recently burn
Mrs ". II. Minis spent two days in Angus
Mr. Iohn Cox has sold his house and lot in
town to Mr.. Ottoway Henderson, and expects
| to enlarge small house he has near his for
| mcr residence We heard that Mr.. Cox eX-
changed with Mr.. Henderson for land not lar lar
from town, however, we nv, Will not 'oucn LOT
| Since our last letter 10 you the c1tlzens Oh
our town have held several ''inuignation
meetings. in regard 10 the election OF new
| Council which was held here two weeks ago.
which resulted in night, qnd ten days from
that time. last Monday, another election was
held. The object of the indignation meet
ingS' Is to lake some step toward having Il
new election on account OF the lliesaiit! oi
five votes cast, which the present Council
claimed should not he counted, while the
other tick ct claimed they should have been
counted. Things are pretty warm ana lively
in town over the election, IL Is strange, @ 'nnt t
consolidate and have one ticket ana stop nay
ing so much to say over the election. We
have only about Go voters In the Incorporated
limits. and they are BADLY divided.
Mr. Jas. Cothran, Jr has been quite sick Tor
some time, but is up again.
Our town is taken with measles. About
eighty-tve cases on hand now.
some time with her sister. Mrs. DR.. j. L. hob
inSOn.
Several of our young people expected to at-
tend the broom drill ut Troy by the young Ia
dies of that place, last Friday night, under
the nlanageme eut OF DIR. Luther Sheppard, out
the inclemcnt weather prevented.
Two gentlemen from Lincoln county, Co.,
were up at MI Carmel on last Saturday week,
this place, and SO came down with Capt Rich,
expecting to return to Mt. Carmel the same
evening and be at home in Lincoln, Ga, ny
dark, but Capt. Rich did not go back to MI
Carmel until Monday morning. Ihey had IN
from Mt Carmel Is miles from home ana no
money, to stay over till Monday or walk back
home. The two gentlemen tried 10 hlre tne
engine from Mr.. Radcli1f, the engineer, but
they did not succeed. at last; they got Mr..
BeaSley to send them to Mt. Carmel, where
they had left their horses. AS to The lttle
boys, we heard they walked home That same
night. 1t will be good lcsson to them IN lhe
future about jumping OH every train that
comes along. not knowing When II would re
turn. The trip was II pretty dear one TO all
the passengers. Several negroes were along
al so. who footed 1t back.
Mrs. Dr. Graham, OF Augusta, has hcen
spending Il week or so with her mother, Mrs.
W. Fl. Howard. DIR. Graham came up on sun
day a week ago and they returned Monday.
mine, was in town ON Monday ell route tor
Augusta. Mr.. Cade deals principally in thor
oughbred stock.
Mir. Henry North of Bordeaux, was in town
on last Monday. looking exceedingly well.
Mcssrs. J. p. Smith and ]. w. Peak went to
Abbeville on Monday u week ago, in the i'll
terrst OF the last election. The Council, we
understand, were also represented, by whom
fair and should have been settled without go
Ing to law. What will it come TO next?
The farmers around Mccormick have begun
work in good earnest. The weather hasbeen
E,,a f<, f,.,, .lyf Naf CT
Capt. Robinson'S school has been reduced
from S3 scholars to three or four on account Of
SO many cases OF measles.
Miss Carrie Barnct's mother is isiting her
at Mr.. VIM. Harmons. Miss Barnet has been
teaching school for several months past near
Little River. She is from Augusta, Ga.
Bird hunting will soon be over. Some OF
our young men will have Il dull time. unless,
'Simmon River" can lend enchantment with
q pole and hook.
Capt. Il. J. Robinson will lecture on the 3lst
of March for the benefit OF the Reading Clut
which several of our citizens arc trying to or
gnnize. Mrs W. II. Minis will also read some
good selections the same night. The perform
ances will take place in the Mccormick Acad.
elny Hall. Every one is invited To join us
1t seems as if The Manganese Mill is at &!
stand still. We don't know when 1t will run
again, work has entirely suspended.
A new restaurant has been started In town
next door to =. b. Calhoun d Co.'S drug store,
where first class meals can be had ut very
short notice.
Mr.. Kay, from Honea Path, was in town on
Saturday looking 0uta store to commence the
mercantile business III Mccormick. We have
not heard whether he succeeded or not III get
ting q store
On last Tuesday three young men came In
town ou the mail train from Augusta, and
profeSSed to e members OF all amateur show.
They dressed up in the garb Of II clown and
gave free exhibition at o'clock In front of
p B. Calhoun's. 1t was very good indeed.
The eldest did not look to be overlS years old.
They have just commenced to travel.
Every member of Mr.. Gus. TraylOr's family
* down with measles, except one small boy
The old and the young have Them in town.
Mr.. w. l.. Link will soon 60 to Mt. Carmel,
where he will 60 into the drug business with
his father, DR.. Link, OF Wilmington. Mr. Link
is an estimablc young man and we dislike to
lose him.
Messrs. Hadley T. Sons arc painting Mr.. Jas.
Co!hran, Jr'S house.
We have twelve trains passing by McCor-
mick daily, including passenger trains. The
freight is very heavy over the road this
spring.
Mrs. Geo. D. Wadley passed through town
on Monday, Ell route for her home Oh the Sa-
vannah Valley Railroad
Once q month, about six thousand dollars
are paid ont to hands Oh the Savannah road,
most of this money stays in Abbcville cOun-
ty. This money certainly benefits the county
and people
Mrs. w. Fl. Minis has just got a new organ.
Mccormick will be filled with musical inS ru-
mcnts after while. and the air filled with
music.