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NEWS AND GOSSIP AT GREENWOOD.
Preachers and Teachers Doctors
md Patients...Wedding Bells andl
Loves Young Dreams $50 Sympathy
for Charleston -. Earthquake for
Greenwood.
GREENWOOD, S. c., Septemher

GREENWOOD, $. c., September 2s 1886.
We are glad To know thnt Rev. w. a. Nog-
ers is again we'll. He preached to his coI.gre-
CATION mere on last sabbath afternoon.
Our town authorities will soon open two
Prof. S. r. Boozcr Is quite sick. Rev. w. T..
Matthews has charge of his school this week.
Capt. G. S. Dwight IS now making
this place his headquarters. On account
did not reach here rs soon as he was expected.
Both dwelling and store rooms are in grent
demand here. Money spent in the building
of nice cottages and handsome, commodious
owners of suitable vacant lots wifi not retard
the growth Of our town by lack of energy,
or refusal to sell land to would-be citizens.
One Of our young men Is strangely affected ;
by what, we know not. He is salesman,
and when customer calls for Kerosene he
fills the can with water: IL sugar is called for,
he will fill bag with nails, etc. We do not
think that his condition is the result of tic
earthquake.
On last Saturday our streets were crowded
with persons from the surrounding country.
About fifty bales of cotton were sold here
which served to improve trade wonderfully.
Our merchants are very sangulne.
Miss Mamie LomaX is the guest Of Mrs
Walden.
Thirry-two negroes were baptized near their
Baptist church on last Sunday; About TWEEN.
have joined the different churches since the
earthquake aroused them.
One of our resident newspaper correspond
enis got his "dots" badly "mixed" not long
since. He says that any one who has To
STOOL" with colicky hoy baby all night is
liable to get anything and everything
The poet who wrote: "AIan wants but little
here below" didn't know anything about hu.
man nature.
a young man in town who up to yesterday
has been a rcritable Nimrod, has succeeded
in selling his favorile ..'possom' dog. Drive,
H. -, III
the finest turnout in town and go to see his
"fair lady" on next Sunday.
Capt. j. n. GodSey has accepted q position
as conductor on the Columbia and Greenville
sibc positions on this road, and tho Offering
to him of the place he has just accepted
shows the confidence TINT the Raj lroad au-
thorltics have in his ability and efficiency.
been appointed by the American Missionary
Association to take charge of the brewer 1n-
stitute school for children, In Greenwood.
DR.. S. l.. Swygert took eleven and half gal
operations not long since. Fonr gallons were
taken Mt one time. The patient Is still living.
Mr.. G Merriwether, Of Clark's Hill, spent a
day or two in town last week.
ton buyers, viz: Mr.: G. G. Cannon, of Spar
tanburg, Mr.. ]. S. Mars, Of Charlotte, Mr. G.
w. Trotter, of Augusta, and Mr. j. L. ligon
OF Troy. The highest price possible, will be
Miss Claudia Ellis and Miss Eula Haddon,
two of Due Vests treasures, are spending q
few days with their college cassmate Miss
Leona Blake.
daughter, Mrs. w. II. Mays. Cap BarmDre
Is In favor of abolishing unnecessary county
and State offices.
Persons who have to travel the road that
leads 10 Phoenix by way of MIR. John j. l,ar'
ret's continue to complain Of Its almcst i'm"
passable condition. The County Commits
sioners should see that the road Is properly
worked before the rainy season sets In.
One OF the Congressional candidates said
when here that forty years OF h is life had
been spent in raising cotton and children,
and that he had not made fortune out of ell.
lher. We are sorry TO say that In politics lie
Is likewise failure.
We are glad to know that the people OF
Charleston ure no longer alarmed by the
slight shocks of earthquake which are o,ca
siOnally felt, or the silly predictions OF Wig.
that they are hopeful and cheerful, realizing
that
"The gloomcst day hath CLEANS Of light,
The darkcrSt wave have hath bright foam
near II;
And twinkles through the cloudcst right
Some solitary star to cheer It,
Several persons will be baptized in the Bap.
tisL church on next Tuesday night.
On last Thursday morning at halfpast eight
Mr.. w. j. Parks, OF Laurens, and Miss Ida
Greene, of this place were married by Rev.
II. u. Smart. Mr. w. G. Strawhorn and Miss
Annie Greene. Mr.. w. r. Bailey and Miss Sal
lie Wardlaw. Mr.. Cooper and Miss Genevevc
Fuller, Mr.. Davis and Miss Ella Major were
the attendants. After the marriage sunIp.
tuous rcpast was served TO the invited guests.
At five minutes past twelve the happy couple
boarded the train for Iaurens, which will he
their future home. We wish for them lOEg
life of unalloyed happiness.
y slight shock of earthquake was felt by
many persons here at five o'clock yesterday
afternoon. MAC.