The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-10
GREENWOOD ITEMS.
4 Careful Reporter Gives Notes and
Dots of aII That Is Going On.
GREENWOOD. S. c., April s. 1889.

/ GREENWOOD, >. ", April looo
A light frost fell here Sunday night.
Vegetation Is putting out and the trees are
assuming their summer garb.
! Col. G. w. Trotter, well known here is back
| to spend the summer. He says there Is no
place like Greenwood. He has been buying
cotton this season at Belton and adjacent
towns.
spare no pains In making Greenwood one or
the prettfest and most attractive places in the
up country. We learn that they propose
! tie n draw string around the town and draw
! it nearer together. This thought is merely
suggestive and might not be Of any value;
Mr.. and Mrs. John BarkesdaIe moved @ IN IN
one Of beauty and does credit to the task OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Barkesdale as well as an orna-
ment to the town. IT,.
building his new house near a. & K. depot to
n contractor here and soon another edit1ce
will be added to our already attractive town.
j. y. Jones was II his ideal modern Sodom
and Gomorrah few days since looking after
law breakers He should not tarry long In
this polluted city lest he meet the i'll fate. of
Mrs. Lot, but should flee into the mountains
flow flow for the righteous as did Mr. Lot. How
ever we think if Mr.. Jones knew more OF us
he would not regard us in such a light OF nor
The openings cf the fashionable millinery
emporiums Of Messrs. j. X. burst & Co., un-
der Mrs. Payne and that of Miss Laura John
son was largely attended and the ladies FEAST
ed their wondering eyes on the lovely bon
nets, hats, and general paraphenalia OF wo-
men ornaments. Your humble scribe was
invited to inspect one Of these edens and as
knobs perfectly bewildered in this whirl pool
or fashionable bonnets, hats, gauZes, laces,
ribbons yelling, oriental, relics and what not
and something else that we cannot just now
call 10 mind And as we stood, our eyes TAX
ing inlhe beauty and wondering at the gen,
crai make ups which lay scattered around
which adds to the beauty of our ladies'. We
could only exclaim as we were shown the diff
ftrcnt things. "Aint that purity" We have
made up perfect catalogue OF compimen.
tary eXclamations, but in our bewilderment
we only remembered the above and now we
are not certain we remembered that. But we
| would recommend both places to the iashion-
Mrs James Dcndy spent several days In
| this city last week visiting relatives and
| friends.
MIR. j. X. burst returned from Charleston
where he has been in the interests Of the nc
the outlook very good. We have not had an
opportunity Of interviewing him.
Mr.. G. \. c. Waller left on the Bird inst, 70
& n. II. r., in Athens, Ca, and returned ON
Thursday. He says the outlook Is very nope
full.
DR.. Eugene Bailey spent several days in
Augusta last week and returned on Wednes-
Miss Minnie Chiles, who has been visiting
the Misses Hill returned home on Thursday
last. Miss Sarah Hill returned with her, and
will spend several days with her.
DR.. Sandy Mcneil, Of Newberry. was In the
city Thursday last.
We hear nothing OF the May picnic. What
Mr. Alex. McBee, soliciting agent of Colum-
bia L. Greenville road was in the city Friday.
The cotton seed oil mill Is under big head
way now,.and about all the capital stock Is
Mrs. Ramsey Blake, who has been spending
sometime on visit 10 relative in Due West,
returned home last week.
Mr.. w. S. Montgomery returned to the city
Friday after spending several days with his
parents in Spartanburg.
Mr.. II. s. Sparkman left Saturday to accom-
oany the South Carolina Rifles, of which he
is n member to trip TO Jacksonville, Fla.
DR.. w. l.. Hood is domicited at Mr.. RAM
soy Bake's. His office Is over Jerycy & Go.
Rev. J. +. Marion will assist Rev. w. T.
Matthews during the communion services OF
lay.
Mrs. r. ]. Hood, of Greenville, is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Ramsey Blake.
Rev. W. 7. Matthews and w. X. Blake, will
attend the South Carolina Prcsbytery at
Edgefeld c. H., will leave Friday.
Mrs. w. G. Benet and Miss Lucia MCGOWAN
Mr.. A. NJ. Aiken, of Cokesbury, was In the
"ity Saturday.
Mr. ii. T. Poe, OF Greenvilc. was in the city
Thursday.
lion George D. Tlman, will deliver the an
adversary address before tho Female College
at this place 18th June.
We regret to announce the critical Illness of
Mrs. Rubt. Tarrant, who Is daughter Of Mr..
nd Mrs. Bcnct Reynolds of the city. Mr..
and Mrs. Reynolds ut the time Of the writing
Is still with her. We sympathiZe with the
family very much and exist for Mrs Tarrant
III early recovery.
Since writing the above paragraph in re-
gard to the oil mill. We learn that the entire
capital stock is subscribed and the Gil mill Is
\ sure thing. Hurrab for Greenwood
PEMBROKE.