The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22
GREENWOOD ITEMS.
The COllcSes-.-New Railroad Schee-
uIc---A CorrectiOn--.Dcath Of Mrs.
PinScn---Other News.
GnEESMonD. S. c., Sept

GREENWOOD, S. c., Sept. 20 1885,.
The contract for the building ol the maze
college will be let in a few days.
Mr. Il. i. Riley has bought the vacant lou III
rear OF the post office.
Maj. Harper Vance is town visiting Capt.
c. N.i. Waller and OF hers.
DR.. II. 6. Klugh says that the farmers of
this section ought TO pay MN ni.nusol,ie . o,
yearly salary TO teach them how 70 raise corh
Oh upland.
that is Il surprise to its most Sangune friends.
The negroes had a considerable row at lneir
Baptist church on last Thursday night bod bod
Higgins, who has been here only short Time,
was severely stabbed. The recent earthquake
is being forgotten and the darkies are return
ing to their evil ways. ~ ,,,,
The new brick store OF j. >. u w. IL. b'hles
will soon be completed.
New cotton Is coming in at lively rate.
Our buyers are here and ready 10 pay the
highest price possible for the staple. ,oa
to the Penitentiary the lot of convlcts Win
which he has worked his quarry near ncre'
He Will now employ free labor.
Mr. q. p. O'Nrall sold large lot OF very
fine apples in town on lost saturday. Mr;
O'Neali has one Of the finest orchards ana
vineyards in the upper part of the state. r.
1t is not too late: for sowing turnipS, ana II
any one has neglected that important no,i crop
they should now SOW them while tile SOIL Is
sufficiently moist TO cause rminatlon.
The new schedule Of the Augusta anu
Knoxville and Greenynle, ma1rens hmd iast Sp,i ,n-
day The regular mail and passenger trains
arrive here from August at l2Oo, from spur
t;lnburg at BIO in the afternoon. washington
Mr.. Lewis Youngblood Of BatesburS was
here last week inspecting real estate IN anu
near town with the Intention OF purchasing
and making our town his luture nome. ne
has several children TO whom he wlsnes 10
give collegiate education and he Is saLlsiieu
that more desirable schools than ours cannot
be found. Our citizens will be pleased TO well
come him among u.s. o,
icle we noticed an article claiming TO give q
brief account of the industries resources Sc.,
of many of the counties and towns OF upper
South Carolina. The writer, whoever ne IS,
is sadly ignorant OF the Importance OIL Inc
productions and resources of AbbeVllle coun-
ty. lie says that ten thousand OaleS ol COT
ton arc shipped from Greenwood anu NlhetS
Six annually while in truth one buyer alone
shipped more than six thousand Dales from
this place in less than five months oil last
season, and there was three other buyers mere
ut the same time. AN omission OF dcscrip-
lion of the granite uuarriCs near here, which
are not at all insignificant, was also hotlcea
MIR. Hugh Murchison of Coronaca spent last
Sunday and Monday with Rev. W. L. MAI
thcws.
Mis- Carrie Calhoun one Of Due Vests most
ACCOMPLISHED and beautiful young i;lulcs, AZ
ter spending. about two weeks with friends
and relatives kere returned to her nome on
last Saturday.
Mr.. Thomas Jones is again employed In the
store of Mr.. j. L. simmons where hc VIII DC
pleased TO meet former friends ana customers.
Since the change of schedule on the Angus
ia and Knoxville ltailI DAD the CndrAStoh
Ne,cS dni Courier is received here at live min
ulcS past twelve, nearly three hours earlier
than heretofore. ,,.,u /,
now employed as salesman in The store ol
Mr, J. w. Sproes. We hope that he may
find Greenwood to be all that lie could desire
MIR. G.. A. SwygcrL spent part of asst week
At Ridge Spring attending to business ana
visiting friends. ,
Zcr, Mr.. John Glymph has charge Of the Col
uniUi;l and GreenvilIc Telegraph Office during
Mr.. Greene absence.
We have eight cotton gins within three
miles OF this place. Three OF the eight GIN
ming establishments are in town.
Let no one think that his bnlot Will not be
needed To nominate Judge Cothran, and con-
Seouently stay at home on next thursday.
Every friend OF his should vote Tor hlih OH
that day. $50
Mrs. Martha Alice Pinson, wife OF J. Wade
PinsOn died Of consumption At ncr home on
last Friday morning at eleven O'Clock. she
was buried in the Methodist Cemetery, on
and devoted husband are left TO realize the
loss of u bright christian mother aud wiie,
Mrs. Pinson since childhood has been plouS,
active member of the Methodist church. Let
berrarCd ones mourn not; because 1ur the
christian
There is no death An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread.
lie bears our best loved things away
And then we call them dead.
There Is no death! The stars go down
TO rise upon some inircr share;
And bright in Heavens jewelled crown
They Shine forcvcrmore. o