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MCCORMICK CORRESPONDENCE
'HERE BE COMES AND THERE he GOES.
Happy Editor ExcursiOns ... The
Rains and the Crops..-Water and
Stove Wood...The s'Tireti Man''
and the Grass.

MCCORMICK, June "a, 1889.
We had large excursion from Augusta
Ga, TO this place, coIored people. They be-
long to st. Phillips Society. The Society is
about 400 members strong, and about as many
invited, such as uncles, aurits cousins, ETC.. tC
swell the excursion. Il is benevolent Socie
when one is sick, they draw $3.50 per week, q
would be sick all the time) and when mem.
ber dies, the Society furnishes the money fol
and bey beyy
with them, to have nice time and enjoy
themselves, to their credit nothing intoxicat
ing. Eatables Of every kind, soda water. and
Ice cream The music Ia was very good furnish
peace prevailed throughout the day.
We hear this morning that Mrs. John Mar.
tin, living in the suburbs Of Mccormick
five miles out, accidently fell from the door
Mr.. Sam Allen has the the contract OF the
brick work OF the cottage, now being con
structed by 8. B: Smith, (made mention Of In
our last dots1 sam sam knows s what TO-, TO- do with
done by machinery than by hand. When
Sam puts that draw to the chimney funnel
hide out little ones.
MIR. A. g. Fretwell has returned from his
trip to Atlanta, Ga. We are glad TO see him
back, and see him look ing so well. (He al
ways does that.) When we met him, he as
usual, had his shoulder to one of the great
commercial wheels Of the extensive business
now done in Mccormick by Messrs. McCulley
G. Fretwell.
Cotton continues to come into our market
daily, just think OF 1t, the last Of June and
cotton in the hands Of the farmers. I had as
pants pocket, exclusive of bulk, as five ter
dollar gold pices. Four bales on wagon.)
Mr. Editor, when l 60 TO tell you about
person that has left Mccormick, they return
before can get 1t to press, and the same way
about persons visiting Mccormick, they are
here and gone before can tell you of 1t. II
seems to be such fast town, that it would
sight This coming and going Of people both.
ers me wonderfully, unless 1 could know 1t q
week before hand. This reminds me Of the
Irishman, writing from the old country to his
brother in America, that'he would have writ
ten last week about their grand mothers
death, but the old latiy didn't die.
Miss Emma Corley has gone to Anderson to
spend sometime with friends. Miss Emma is
very much pleased with Anderson. I could
bet my last dollar that there is more in this
than towns. (There Is millions In it.)
Dear reader, want to tell you what saw
the other day. A great big over grown man man
both hands rammed down in hispants pockets
and his aged mother hoing the grass out
from among the cabbage. l have been told
this man was born azy and when hen he was be-
This man should have wife like mine and a
mother-in-law to back her up in anything she
would say to him. Just let her say, one OF
spin round like a ten year old boys top.
Mr.. j. A. Harmon, our editor OF the McCbr.
r1tck NeDS, has purchased beautiful little
cottage on the hill side Of Mr.. Sam Allen.
start business right l would say to you, Jim
there is a heap OF fun In married life, such
fun as cutting stove wook, you have got the
stove, saw you when you made the pur.
chase,) and wood to iron with, milking the
COW, bringing two buckets of water at the
same time (for you never saw smart man 60
with one bucket) especially when you have
to 60 two or three hundred yards 10 get It,
and then while you are resting yourself write
q long and interesting editorial for your pa
per. millions Of fun in it,
I thiuk sometimes, and 1t Is all done in
thinking for I am man Of but few words
that my wife can use more water. burn more
wood to cook and iron with than any two
cooks in Mccormick. Yes, I will write II
down, as do not intend for her to hear It,
any two cooks In this round world, and then
have more little things done about the house
but when hear that little word "get" know
the meaning of 1t. l could at one time fool
her, by giving an old shirt to an idle negro
you can always find one idle TO cut me some
wood, but now my wardrobe has got so low ]
know she will miss the shirt. She can count
as many as q crow, (3).
Dr. NJ. B. Johnson has been in Mccormick
twice this week, and departed both times.
He has some lots in Troy, he wishes to sell,
and he may intend investing the money In
real estate in Mccormick. ...
We had last night lecture from the Rev.
Mr.. Elwell, on Temperance. The temper.
ance people all say 1t was good, yes splendid
and cannot see how any one could think,
see or say otherwise, as 1t Is the great moving
power OF morality. "Be ye temperate in all
things"
We haye had more rain this week than any
week this season-grass, grass, grass.
Mr.. Sam Allen finished the last chimney to
the s. B. Smith cottage. Saturday in the rain
he had man holding an umbrella over the
work. Sam Is a wonderful man, he can spell
horse and house without the H.
J. P. Smith left Thursday for New York.
T. j. Donahue left Friday for sometime in
Augusta. We must do without beef until he
returns, but hush dear. wont we make the
feathers fly while he is gone.
The Rev. Mr.. Elwell was called to McCor-
mick 70 preach the funeral OF Mrs. Mary
Smith 5th Sabbath in June, 1889. We all, In
and out of the church call him Bro. Elwell.
The house was full, seats and standing room
all occupied. The well selected hymn, we
thought almost covered all, though after fol-
lowing that eloquent Divine, through his
prayer, the well selected words which he US
ed, the tone OF his voice, we could not see
what more could be said. but when he taken
Of expressing himself, and laying plainly the
teachings Of the Bible before as. We soon
found that half had not been told, not dry
eye could be seen in church. Go with Bro.
Elwell to Republican church, where he had
served the good people for four long, years as
pastor, and see him meet and shake hands
with them good old Republican members
you would feel like you were ut one OF them
good old time revivals which awakens men TO
their spiritual concerns.
We are sorry TO hear that Mrs. j. >. McLane
Is so very much worse.
We are having rain up to the time OF writ
lug and mailing these dots. TOM.