The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-09
GREENVOOD'S COLLEGE.
SPEECH BY GOVERNOR THOMPSON.
Dots Here and There In the Progress
siye Railroad Centre.
GREENWOOD, S. c.. June Z, 1881
No nreac ching In town 1.eaterdaY

Mr. ". a. McLees, o slatterneld, paid
here and we would be pleased if he should
come and take up his abode with us again:
There was not case before eur Trial Jus.
tice court last week. Every one ~ too busy at
| disturbances.
Three candidates were here last week, smil-
Ing and shaking hands with everybody.
/ The public examinations in Prof. Boozer' s
school begin to-day. We will expect treat
Thursday night at the closing exercises.
There are some very fine Jersey cows about
town, but we have not found out their ,pedi-
gree as yet, We only know they give plenty
A farmer sold 5000 worth of butter and 500
worth of fruits and vegetable in Saturday
se e srppes at
| 1t seems that q scarcity OF money VIII
make some people do almost anything: The
adulteration Of honey with molasses Is the
slightly better than good article OF sorghum.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Bonham and wife stopped over In
town few hours last week on their way
home from the North. This gentleman Is
ways gladly welcomed in our midst.
Mr.. b. A.. p. Jordan has been sick with in.
termittenL fever, but is convalescent.
Ss and Is borRropRng RrsRh m
Iongfellow's and Moore's poems We sus.
| pect some more Of the boys are doing the
same lining but as are NOT as candid about II
as Joe.
Rev. Mr.. Peterson, of Alabama, stopped
here to visit his relatives and friends MIR.
Stanley Crews and others. He was delegate
to the General Assembly. Mr.. Robt. Ward.
law OF Abbevllle also stopped over q sh9rl
while on his way from the Assembly He
was OH OF the faithful few who sustained DIR.
| Woodrow.
MIR J. B. Arnold will deliver his promised
lecture or Evolution on Friday night
The Commencement Of the Greenwood Fe
male College comes off the 18th, 18th and 18th
will begin at s P. NJ. Those for Wednesday
at the same hour. On Thursday at 10 o'clock
A. Nj. Gov. Hugh s. Thompson will deliver
the Literary Address. The exercises will
time for candidates to visit our town and
meet their friends. Come one, come all moi
only candidates, but everybody.
ago. ostensibty for the purpose Of showing Of
bis beaut! ful trotter, and made quite q dis
play with her. Our bachelor friend soon
Penree trotted S H his sc animal Out as he iat
friend Cromer so far In the shade. Mr
Pearce's trotter has record OF less than 2.4(
per minute.
concluded to visit some places of Interest ant
find out little more about the different oc
cupations of our fellow townsnlen, and VIZ
found persons busy at The following places
nearest at hand we called in to see what b.
was about. On the first floor there were sew
teral persons busly engaged making coffini
and repairing vehicles, and up stairs Mr.
Blyth was at work painting and vanishing
some very neat specimens OF handiwork
! But we passed on and came to the wholesale
house Of Lee e. Bailey. They are nicely flxet
up and have room to preserve ut least three
car loads Of ice. The afternoon was warn
and we could have stayed longer here but W.
called OH our young friend DR.. Wilson: Ev
crything was in apple pie order, and the Docto
met us with o smile and O bow and no doub
thought we had come to have that old aching
tooth extracted. but It had ceased to ache
lists chair that we have SO often heard men
toned; the cost Is Sl3O, but that is not sur
prising when 1t is examined and one see
how complete II Is IN every respect. It wa
. only few steps further down street to th
marble yard OF Ieavell Gage, but we hav,
mentioned the beautiful work they do In
previous letter. They are just completing ar
elegant monument to be erected to the mem
ory Of Mrs. j. S. Klugh. AS IT. was getting
. lae we only had time 70 spend few mo
ments in the studio OF Idr. Sanders. He Is I
stranger in our midst. but has gotten up
fine class, and instructs them rapidly In hi
beautiful art. He has painted several por
traits since canning here, and VIII no doub
get more work to do
Capt. w. II. Pearce found great difficulty IL
= procuring hands sufficient to work at hi
quarry, and has contracted for twenty con
victs who are expected to arrive this after
noon. Ex.County Commissioner VIM. McKin
ney Will take charge OF them. Y. u.