The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
GREENWOOD NEWS.
SPICuY DIsHEE UP AND DAINTILY
SERVED.
A Great Lot of Personals, and
Thousand Other Things.
GREESWOoD. s. c.. Aprj

GREENWOOD, s. c., April 2G, 1856.
There arc quite Il number of cases OF mea-
sles in town mostly among the children.
We heard the other day Of q canary bird
that died lately at the advanced age OF twen-
tv-Scven years.
Bailey, Bark sdalc e. Co., received n carload
Of flour last week and while stacking the
sacks away Mr.. u. y. Earksdale was com
pletc}y buried by an accidental slide among
The sacks. He escaped with Il slight bruise on
his leg
MesSrs Cobb Brothers received handsome
soda fountait on Friday, making the fourth
in town
Bailey Bro, arc having brick made with
which To build large twO.story store at an
early day.
Tie best of feeling exists between the de-
nominations in this place, the ministers fire.
Yesterday afternoon Rev. W. r. Matthews
occupied the Methodist pulpit and at night
Rev. Mr.. Rogers conducted the exercises in
the Presby tcrian church.
W. Fl. WhitlOck exhibited his two-ycar-old
colt, "Rowdy Boy" on our streets on Satur-
day. He has made a name for himself al
ready as a trotter. Will be on exhibition at
Abbeville next Monday.
The rag business at this place has grown to
be q much larger business than most people
suppose. Last week our timer, Mr.. j. w.
SprOlcs shipped 2,515 pounds to Marietta, Ga,
this making the third shipment since Christ
mas
Bill Arp lectures in bursts Hall tomorrow
night.
The stores will close on the 3rd OF May, and
Greenwood will be we'll represented at the
colt show, as some of our young men will get
an excursion train to run from Ninety-SiX to
Abbcvll]e on that day.
Greenwood endorses the views of the Press
ana Banner in regard TO considering the ques-
| ton Of primary election for congressman and
State officers.
! We heard it. rumorcd on Saturday that the
| friends OF our neighbor Col j. III. Rice, Of
Ninety Six. will propose his name for Con-
grcSS. No better man could he sent to Wash
ington than Col. Rice. Being at one time a
farmer he would look closely after agricul-
tural interests. While q member of the Leg
isiature he introduced the stock law bill, and
1t was by his efforts it was passed. That bill
itself should cntille him to /. seat in Congress.
| The Greenwood Democratic Club was reor-
ganiZed on Saturday by eleclng the old Of
ficers for another Term. The Following del
esates were elected to attend the County Con-
vention at Abbeville: DR.. NJ. G. Taggart, j.
Z HuEhfY II Mwce Il Dr 2ke * E sGyier G p ofsa Hr F.
Mckelar. After the business of the club was
finished, S. =. l'oozer was called upon to ad.
dress the meeting upon National issues and
State politics. He did so, and in all earnest
ness and power defended the state govern
ment in its purity, and wise administrations,
and threw back in contempt any insinua-
tion on the part of sore-heads:, and mai-con-
tents. He handled the 'outs'' with gloves
OIL, and commended them to u better course
of political warfare than resorting to casting
suspicious upon such great men as , compose
OuI Slatc OiuclttlS. tie DackcN up l'lc pOllCS
,of President Cleveland. and showed his
wonderful powers in governing the people,
and controlling both houses OF Congress. He
also reviewed the troubles between capital
and labor, and believed that labor ought to
be paid Its just wages, and elevated In every
possible way, but that capital should never
yield or degrade ilselfto The demands of labor.
M. Trenholm the comptro l"r Of the
Treasury seems to be having some trouble in
deciding who shall have the National Bank
at l. ,urens, c. H., NJ. S. Bailey of Clinton, or
some of the citizens at Laurcns, G.. n. We
suggest that they cut the Gordian knot by
could do a good business at this place.
| "Y, T."