The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
ANOTHER RAILROAD CENTRE.
MCCORMICK ON THE VERGE OF A GREAT
AND LASTING BOOM.
Preparing to Scoop the Cumberland
Gap...DescripttOn of the Splendid
Town.. Excessive Rainfall -. Life
Insurance--.An Editors Optical
IIlusion-.A Good Rule for Expla-
nations.
MCCORMICK, s. c., June 26, 1859.

nations.
MCCORMICK, s. c., June 26, 1889.
The Press and Banner may nave rgaHeIH H
that do not know the location OF !McSor-
the Port ROYAL and Western Carolina Rail
road at the junction Of the savannah ValIey
Railroad. and only few years PACK was
known as the famous Dofns ionaing 1Gra ~ mif The
estate Of Stylus Mccormick, whom the town
is named for. 1t is one Of the best business
places along the line Of road; II is JUST e Ioe
place every person should seek 10 nnu--a eoou
and healthy business place.
A meeting of the citizens OF McCormlck
was held last Monday to discuss the natLer OF
bringing the railroad, now graded from Eage, @
the i. r. and W. c. r. r., at Mccormick. Mr..
y. A. McCully was called upon to act as CHAIR
man, and MIR. J. A. Harmon as Secretary. q
committee Of three aPpointea-a0dd. fho,r' ~, o.
man of the meeting-to extend cordial inv.
tation to the President Of said road to Visit
Mccormick, or name some place, IN tne State,
Would Fix like Very much to see Mccormick tap.
ped by this road, and we leei satisneu ,a Inas a.
such will be the case. We take this view OF
the matter, while we are not oulldlng IaliIoaas
ourselves, we can rely upon the good 1udg-
ment OF those who are from Abbevllle 10
Edgefield along the old survey. there Is not
single place that will compare, with McCor-
road SO we'll as Mccormick, and besides, we
bear Thai the road can be built, even cheaper
by tapping here than the present survey,
while the road may loose small s9oscriP'
tion from three townships In Edgefeld conn-
ty. We feel satisfied that the town OF McCor,
mick and Mrs. Mccormick, will mako that all
good. and even II that deficiency was not
made good, as above stated. You now have
M Mr.. Chauncy Miller, of .Abbeville, has been
down with us this week, looking after the life
insurance business. He is the right man IN
about Mccormick. We met him at the Smith
House, and we agree with MIN, lnat every
man that has Il family should be insured IN
the New York Equitable Company, ana we
think old bachelors (excuse US Mr.. Edltor,l
should, by all means, be insured-yes, and old
maids would do we'll to take small policy.
1t would be SO nice TO have O paid.up Polcy,
but the company may not have the death rate
on old maids, that IS easy enough 10 get at,
they hardly ever die:
We must say that Mccormick Is no wheel
barrow town, for we yet have the sound OF
b. Smith, one Of our largest real estate
owners and money lenders. Is now building
beautiful little cottage. 1T is nov IN the
hands OF the contractors Messrs. Sizemore,
Price & Pope, and they are men that never do
things by halves.
Mcl;ormick has been wet town this week.
Gen. Green has come out In full force.
Judge Smith tells us that ne has had, IN Inc
last two days, half dozen applications for
object and high feed. Yes, so high that the
mule would need step ladder.
If you ever stop IN MeG4mlck. st ana ao W,sn
Jim's and get one Of them Ice milk shakes.
MIR. Burk Hood has been with US this week
making his usual commercial rounds: Burk
does q fine business along the T. R.& v: =. n.
that anywhere.
went up the Savannah Valley Oh business.
lys NJ
mers in droves. He must have looked over
Just at the time Of writing towards the Smith
House and saw the regular boarders going In
and coming out, as they are good-looking set
of men, This drove OF drummers reminds,
me of the deer story, where the man sow for.
w deers in one drove. When his friend ask-
ed him to fall little, and he finely swore
that he saw the bushes shake, but didn't see
any deer.
Misses Sudie and Hassie Cothran, daughters
of Jas. Cothran, Jr., have just returned home
from the Female College at Columbia, s. Z.
Jack was there.
has returned home from school In Greenvtlle,
s, c., with the highest honors in his class.
Jas N. Robinson, an older son OF r. j. Rob
inson. has left for Lexington, KY, to attend
Miss Rosa, daughter of Mr.. Outway Hender-
son, has returned from school at Greeny1lle.
we are very sorry to hear, that Mr.. Lucius
Ramey, Of Bordeaux, was seriously hurt on
lasI Saluroay Ny q ehi oohi-6 AH@SAAAo' "AAN
MIR. W. E. Penn, one of our commercial
brokers, left this week to spend sometime In
the country with relatives. Pleasant to you
Ed.
Our young and enterprising, and we would
say, what the most Of the young ladies think,
sood-looking,, Geo. P. Harmon has the com.
to corner on flour, bacon and meal.
Heavy rains this week. Cloudy to-day,
with cold northeast winds. The best recruit
ing officers that General Green could have.
Mr.. Mike Magraw, our noted Irish farmer
tells us that he has all the mule power offered
him that he need by his neighbors. They come
In good time, Mike. Your man may come
down off the Mpep stpp%p proit1n now no more snakes IN
Turn your Clemson college wheel Mr.. b.,
we have the President ready.
We had in the Methodist church o very In.
teresting meeting OF the Associate REFORMED ,es1 q
place. We understand the officers were
elected.
Services were held to-day in the Methodist
church by the Rev. Mr.. Patterson. A very
large attentive and appreciative congrega-
tion. They will hold a protracted meeting
here the fourth Sabbath In August.
We arc sorry to hear this morning, that Mr..
Mr.. Patterson ia one among our oldest and
best citizens.
Mrs. j. L. McLane remains very Ill, though
not so bad as when we last wrote.
We nave no way OIL UelEng tne amount VI
rainfall here, but Judging from the looks Of
Judge Smith the other day, when he had
been caught in one of the heaviest rains of
the season, we suppose the rainfall must
have been about five feet s inches, for he was
wet from head to foot.
we are sorry to hear of Mrs. Geo. Ed
nuuds being so very Ill.
Mr.. Editor, If any reader OF the Press and
Banner should wish an explanation Of my
dots tell them to call on me. either by note
or in person. will not explain anything to
q reader that borrows the paper, only regular
paid up subscribers. TOM.
THE WAY TO TREAT DRY CATTLE.