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GREENWOOD ITEMS.
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GREENWOOD. S. c., May II. 1856.
Cotton is slow in coming up, and many far.
mers are rcplanting.
W.N. Graydon, Esq, of the Abbeville Bar
is spending y few days with his parents.
". J. ltook: Esq, has moved to town and
occupies Mr.. JOrdanS house. He makes the
fourth lawyer for us.
DR.. j. u. NccI. Of Troy, was in town Satur.
day. He has moro faith In SchOficldS prom
iscs than any one VIC have seen yet, and
thinks the road Il certainty.
The Troy boys came up Thursday ana play.
cd q game of base ball with our BOYS. The
game stood ~ to 6 in Grcrnwooi's favor, who
only played eight innings. letting Troy play
tive that we were Obliged to enquire, if their
mothers accompanied them.
Mrs: S. l.: Blake is off on visit to relatives
in Fairfield.
North Carolina, where she will be absent for
some time among friends and relatives
Rev. w. II. Matthew'S went to Anderson on
Friday to assist Dr. FricrSon at the spring
communion. Mrs. Matthew'S accompanied
him.
We announced last week that Mr.. Gage
would entertain our town on the 2Sth instant
with a theatrical play, hut from unavoidable
reasons he has postponed it for Il few weeks.
Two reporters attended the railroad meet.
ing Thursday, but were quietly invited to
take ~ back scat.
DR.. Bailey. State Secretary of the baptist
church, will preach at this place on Friday
night.
Rev. r. d. Smart returned from Iowndcs.
vile last week quite sick, but 1t cOnval cscpnt.
While on her way to the base ball game
Miss Eunicc Swygert killed Il large snake
measuring four feet. We Know Of some young
men who under similar circumstances would
doubtless have "lived to fight another day."
Hon. w. II. Parker was In town one day
last week. He isa member of the Legislature
and we hope will be returned. While we did
mi !, II an 1,o,
ly endorsed his viows OH the prohibition
measure.
The friends of Ny. II. J. Hood, Of Due West,
and who was pleasantly located with us for Il
he has successfully passed his examination
aud has received his recommendation us route
agent on the Air Line road.
If slight change could be made in some OF
the schedules OH the Columbia and Wnihall;,
and Augusta and Knoxville roads there would
be four connections at this place instead OF
two. The change would be Il great convc.
niencc to many travellers who are compelled
to lie over for hours in consequence of being
only ton minutes too late.
The following figures will show the amount
of groceries and guanos sold here from ist
Janrary to 10th May: 81 car loads corn, % car
loads bacon. $500 bushels meal. 1891 barrels
flour AIS barrels fnOlaSSeS and S35 tons HuanO,
We alone have not been the consumers for
many Of the purchasers have come from the
surrounding country for twenty miles.
sam McGrier, coloied, was brought before
charged with stealing a hog His case was
sent up to the higher Court. That night Con-
stable B. +. McKcllcr had him handcufirtl.
and went out to find q bOndsman for him, but
while he was absent the prisoner made his cs
from the top of J. r. Summons store, about
twenty feet from the ground.
Mr.. j. G. Hill sold twenty-five pounds of
beautiful Jersey butter IN town to-day.
hnn i'm, t,off f1,o
pews in our churches are open to strangers,
especially as there is no rent paid for them.
1t seems however such is not the case, as last
sabbath when the regular occupants of Il pew
arrived and found visitors in their pew tho
parties were asked to lind another scat.
Our merchants and business men met at
Waller Hall Monday evening at 4 o'clock to
organize 4; Board of Trade. Mr. G. y. Banks.
dale was elected President: Mr.. j. X. burst,
Nicc-President, and Mr.. j. w. Payne Secrcta-
ry and Treasurer. y committee consisting OF
the President, Eice-Prcsidcnt and Secretary
were appointed to prepare constitution and
bylaws to submit at The next meeting of the
Board, which will meet at Walters Hall next
Monday evening At o'clock.
Our tOwnsman Mr.. G. Marshall Jordan, died
at his winter home in Florida last Friday
night ut 10 O'Clock. His remains were brought
To this place this morning and placed in the
public cemetery. Through respect to- the
memory of the deceased all the principal bus
mess houses of our Town were closed on the
arrival of the train which bore the remains
OF the deceased. The death of Mr.. Jordan was
no surprise 10 our town, for it had been
known for sever al years that he was Il victim
OF that lingering disease consumption. Mr..
Jordan held 4 prominent place in the Mctho.
dist church at this plnce for Il number OF
years, and no citizen OF Greenwood ever took
II greater interest in the welfare OF our town
than &. NJ. Jordan. He leaves wife and Il
lovely daughter of thirteen summers to
mourn his loss y. Il.