The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-03
Greenwood NcWSs
GREENWOOD, Feb: /, 18S

The marriage bells are tinliling.
Mr. ]. X. Lcavell has been elected superin-
tendent of the Baptist Sunday School.
We have three of the neatest parsonages TO
be found in any town In the Stale.
We are glad 10 learn that Mr.. Giles. who has
been quite sick with pneumonia, Is recover
Mrs. Cornclia McIees accidentally fell from
her piazza on Friday evening and was badly
hurt. but we hope not seriously.
DR.. Millwee has ginned over seven hundred
and fifty bales OF cotton this season ana Mr.
J. II. Oldham over four hundred.
The Union Meeting Of the Abbcvilie Bap-
tist Association convened at TINS place on
Saturday. There was 4 very small attend,
the Introductory sermon After q sermon
yesterday morning by the Rev. MIR. Bell, Mr.
Griffith delivered an address on education In
behalf of Fnrrnan University.
Vcrdcry, visited some Of Grecnwood's pretty
daughters yesterday afternoon. You will
have 10 come again young gentlemen, when
the way Is clear and no engagements ahead OF
Dr. and Mrs A. r. Boozer are on a visit to
the land Of oranges and bananas.
1t is necessary for some of the farmers to
resow their oat crop and as they caInot get
ihe red rust proof they are ordering the Tex
as red Oat.
The fowl house of Jim Kelly, an industri.
ouS and inoffensive foreigner who has llVeu
near here for several years, was entered hy
thieves one night last week. In attempting
to defend his property he was shot Mt twice.
Mr.. j. T. McLees is making arrangements
to open dairy arm he will STOCK o oE ms s,tItsa ama
the stock farms of Pickens and expects dur
ing the coming summer To prepare to give eh-
Sitnge II trial
farm and has several beautiful Jerseys al
ready on band.
GREENWOOD boasts of the best marble yard
In the State with the exception Of those In
tl,,,r ~ InIf.,, md
In the last issue Of the Press and Banner ap-
pearcd the following remarkable statement
over the monde plume of your Ninety'SiX
correspondent Fast End:
ticcd The proceedings OF big railroad meet.
ing at Greenwood on the 18th. We have IT
from an eyewitness that three greenwood
and two Phoenix men attended this meeting.
Not even the citizens Of the town turned out,
so weak was their faith in this mystical en-
lerprise. They couldn'tring the boys up with
a bell"
Now we do no, know who this eyewitness
was, but of one thing we are certain, that he
Is not lncaI descendant Of George WASH
ington, and it is probably fortunate for him
that his name WAS withheld, rs modern times
might nave produced a repetition of the trag-
edy that befell Annanias OF old. He certain.
~ IL not less deserving of the same fate. The
entire statement Of eyewitness Is erroneous,
and we would not notice it, were IL not cal.
culated to discourage the friends OF the enter
prise in other sections. II matters not wheth-
er this witness Is sufficiently endowed with
prophetic wisdom to justify him IN character:
izing the EdGetield. klrkseys, Phoenix and
Grecnw ood Railroud I'll mystical enterprise'
or not, J ct the TACT remains, that at meet
ing in its interest was held as stated, and In
stead of being attended hy only "two men
from Phoenix and three from Grcenwood'
the crowd was variousiy estimated at from
seventy.five to one hundred, among whom
were five delegates from Phoenix, while
three-fnurths Of the business houses nf Green
wood were represented. Not only did Green.
wood on this OCCASION, endorse the action Of
the meeting in ordering arrangements for q
preliminary survey, but true to her spirit OF
enterprise and her custom of proving her
faith by her works, weak though IT may ap-
pear to the fertile imagination Of said eye
witness, on subsequent night Of the same
week, she called u meeting Of her citizens II
be held at Riley's Hotel, at which seven
eighhS of the business men were present,
and then and there raised more than her pro-
portionate share of the money needed for the
survey and agreed TO survey the route from
this point to the Edgetield line. This surely
does not appear TO them "a mystical enter
prise"
.iEnst End" also says, 1--WE think it Is about
our time tn have candidate for the Le@iSla.
ture provided Greenw ood is willing" Green
wood has no objection, provided he Is not eye.
witness. Trot him out. Y.