The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
GREENWCoD'S LETTER.
Rcing - Hefc OF All Notable Things
i'm nuc! Around The Ciiy.

in and Around the City.
GnEExwoon, S. c., Now 1S lSS'.
| The solemn rite of matrimony was pcriorm-
| cd last Tuesday evening by lev. u. IL. alIcr,
ut the residence of Mr. and Mrs. =. ". lilIl,
| between their daughter Miss sarah anu MT.
| a. Mcn Singleton in the presence of a select
party of relatives and friends oil the BRIDE
The attending couples were ,
| Mr. F. T. Cobb with Miss Chilrs, Of l'radlcy.
| u g. Duprc with Miss El0Sr oldham.
| Il. 4. McI.crs with Miss Annie C"thran, oi
j. c. Hutchinson, OF Nincty-Six with Miss
Mary Mcticc. ,., ,,,.u
c. II. Sprights, OF Greenwood with Miss
Lucy Moore of hbhcvilie.
| !. r. Wcdock with Miss Sudin Self
Dir. w. w. Dodson, of Donnalds. with Miss
Dr. VI. 4. Bailey and Mr. c. Il. Jordan acted
ms ushcrs The decorations arc said to have
been tnstcfllly and beautifully arranged.
The table very fine and the presents nuner-
GUS and handsome. \ host or lrlrnuS Jolh III
good wishes for the happy couple;
| We suppose Thanksgiving will he generally
observed by our people They seem to rctllZc
that this has been Il year noted Tor lhc rlc,,- @
ness OF its blessings and propitiorS To AL Dus-
| mess.
| IL is strange that prominent people, and
| newspapers, The one the eNcmplar, the otncr
| the educator OF the masses, will exhaust inc
| whole vocabulary, in search Of the hardest
words and bittcrcSt rpthetS to apply 10 II
political opponent when there are Il hundred
other words that will express their dlsappro-
baton with quite as much emphasis;
| We caught II glimpse 0l MI. IL. >. GALLOWAY
| on our streets Friday.
Autumn fingered long with us, but it seems
| that Winter has III last set in.
COmparru TO General Hampton, We arc rs
but n grain of sand on the sea shore. Yet we
| would blush to have his letter 10 Mr.. Wanna
maker published over our signature.
| Mr.. NJ. NJ Mattison, one OF DonnaiusVlIic y
prosperous young merchants was In town
| last week. From his purchases, we Infer,
than the fragrance of tropical flowers VIII
soon sent the air Of that quite little village,
| We "Slipped up last week i'll noting Mr.
Walters trip To Athens. He didn't go. So
much for noting events ahead
| 1t Is singular that man who is raised up
directly in the junction of two railroads, aS
we suppose Mr.. ElEin, OF Aston was, should
at last be run over and killed by the cars
The cause of his death was no doubt rs great
carelessness on his part as is that OF the ipan
who looscs an arm in cotton gin after nav
| ing spent almost an entire life In feeding one
| This reminds us how careless and indiler
ent we become toward danger by constant
exposure TO IT..
TO hold their meetings over Mr.. Walters
store They will have in connection thereto
a gymnasium and Il free reading room. which
will prove incalculable good to our yonn.
men. None Of us have u proper appreciation
of our time. If from our youth, we had i'm
| proved all our leisure moments as Inc came
gliding by over the silver thread OF time, tn
loss OF an hour now would be Of some mo
mpnt TO us. As IT. Is, we allow days, weeks
months. and even years 10 pass by unlmpror'
ed, without causing IL serious thought.
| Among many other hard names generailS
applied to him because OF his polllicIl opln
ions VIC notice the Anderson correspondent q
the Grcenuilic Nc1rS, terms Mr.. w. w. Ru>
sell, the renegade" since he has been ap
pointed to that post office. 1t Is true TIT
meaning of the word Is not aS OpprobriOuS ~
its sound would Imply, but he has committed
no more crime in applying for The Office un
+ der Il Republican administration, IMAM III.
Democrats did under ;hc iicmocrallc. liart
names therefore might he dispensed win
Politically, we arc rs rnuch at variance VIII
4 him as amy MAN in Anderson can he, person
ally, we have naught against hlin ana mus
accord TO him the title of Mister, as We a'
other gen tIcmcn. We have known him TO
+ several years; have had business transaction
with him in which we always found him non
orablc and upright. Have h'rn at his nome
. and were ever Hospitality entertained. II
; fact. we considered him n gentlemen in every
respect, and never heard otherwise until III
saw lit TO change his politics. since thcn W.
! have heard nothing. but personal abuse.
style OF blackguardism In Which we take III
stock. We do not blame the citizens of An
dcrson for being for Mr.. Webb, 1irsL last, ant
all the time. We know him to be Il goot
Democrat, and believe he makes n faithful
and efficient Post Master. hut If q change II
inevitable, according to the administration a
/ Washington, theu, we know OF no Republl
can In Anderson county better qualified u
discharge the duties OF the office acccptabl!
than Mr.. Russell. OF his fcalty 10 the diifer
ent parties To which he has belonged W.
know very little, and make no defence. 1t Is
the abuse of his personal and private charac
ter that is diStaSteful TO us.
Mr.. ,iobn II. Vcrcli and Miss Bcthie Buch-
AMMAN were happily Joined In the bonds o.
matrimony last Wednesday morning b!
Rev. G. H. Garter at the residence OF tht
brides mother The following couples at
Mr.J. b. Ellis with Miss Cora Buchanan.
RI Mr. John Richter with Miss Eula Cobb.
Mr. W. II. Nercll with Miss Emma Turner.
Mr.. Cam Burnett with Miss Sudic Buchan
Mr.. Joe Milford with Miss Fannie Verell.
Mr.. Willie Buchanan with Miss Lizzie
Ellis.
Columbia. where they took IN the fair. W.
extend to them our best wishes for all thu
| Joys, unalOyed by the cares, OF married life
We regret to learn of the serious il.Eess
Mr.. JAS Bailey.
Dr. W. w. Dudson, of DonaldS, one of tht
rising young physicians OF the county, was II
town las: week.
The boilers at the oil mill were fired up las
Thursday. They generate steam nicely anC
soon it will be turned on and the ponderou
machinery will start
The compress is nearing completion, while
work at the cotton mill is progressing finely
The ISS0ciotc Reformed Presbyterian hi
been sold to Messrs. Galloway aud Grier. ant
will be moved back To Due West. Mcssrs
: Bonner and McMaStcr Will continue the pun
lcation of the Times.
There WAS some surprise at the closing o
NiX's store here last Saturday. 1t was gen
orally expected but not so soon.
Mrs. Carrie Cobb McGee and children, .
Belton are visiting her mother Mrs. Riley.
One or two more weddings to come of sOor
and Cupid will have finished his work here
for the present, 1T least.
Cotton receipts for the week ending Satur
. day, November 10Th, ,ll0 bales. Previously
reported, 1912 bales. Total S,l02 bales.