The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04
THE RAILROAD CENTER.
A NEWsY LETTER FROM CARoLINA's
COTTON MART.
Progress Of the g., &. .t n. Railroad
III moving how to Plough u Nee
eSsary qualification to Il Seat in
the Legislature.

| GREENWOOD Dec. md. 1889.
There Is very little of Importance 10 enron
| iclr this week.
| Mr.. llallyburiOn has commenced grading
on the G., g. IL n. railroad, between here anu
The river. Every day brings new contractors
| looking after work on various parts Of tho
line;
While Mr.. Silas Jones was returning home
last Wednesday evening, his team became
| frightened and ran away throwing him out.
the wheels of the wagon passing over his
head he was picked up after dark in n semi
conscious condition and carried to the house
of Mr.. w. H. WhtlOck. where his injuries
were treated by DIR. Hood. At last accounts
| lie was doing very well.
| Our friend w. &. Calhoun is fully three
inches taller since he married, he has donned
| q beaver.
| Our Thanksgiving rooster went tolerablt
well with pepper sauce, except that his period
of incubation took place too early in life.
a cemetery Is lonely y place to visit under
all circumstances, but tile handiWork ~
Messrs. Leavell & Gage has made ours as at.
| tractive as it is possible for such places to be
by putting therein some very fine headstoncs
and monuments, which for artistic design
excellence OF workmanship and symmetrical
proportions vie with those In large cities.
Mr.. w. L. burst is putting up a shed in
con nection with wagon yard.
| 1t Is very complimentary TO the intellect
ual ability of Abbevillc Z. H., that no cand
Date In the County Was so formidable as tC
prevent them getting four out of our six rep
resentativeS.
If the engineers on the night trains, which
| are passing at all bours would use their whis
ties less 1t would be Il great comfort to many
OF our citizens. especially the sick, the aged
and the nervous.
| We agree with the GreenuilLe Ncus, that
Munchausen is not dead. The Baron him
| self may have given up the ghost ut the time
and place men TONED. but he left the world 6
goodly Inheritance of Baronets, one OF whom
we came In contact with the other day, hi
sold US a half dozen absolutely fresh eggs
SO much the reverse were they that our fam
lily came very near leaving home. while oul
neighbors seemed to think that the Fertil
izer Company were storing their essences or
our premises.
| This Is the return we get for the mnny
pleasant things we have said for him in ihi.
correspondence. The next time we notice tht
old redheaded Annanias IL will be 10 repor
him drunk and disorderly. He can't work
his chicken onthehalfshel business on this
innocent child OF sorrow and acquainted
with grief
Owing to some misunderstanding the stores
with Two or three exceptions, did not close or
Thanksgiving Day, and there was no service.
at any of our churches, our ministers al
| being either sick or absent.
The removal OF of the ASsociate Reformed
Presbyterian back to Due West will be 8
serious loss to Greenwood, yet knowing that
those old fathers in Israel prize 1T as they dc
one OF their children, we submit. as we must
willingly to their desires. Whether IL be pub
lished in Due West or Greenwood, 1t Is one o
the best religious papers eXtant. We hope
| however that nucleus has already been
formed here. from which church of thai
denomination will soon be organized, a.
| from our earliest knowledge OF this branch
tof the church we have loved them.
| IT Is somewhat remarkable since the far
ners throughout the State have been some
what clamorous for that representati ion
| which justly belongs to them, that out OF the
six members of the Abbevillc delegation oul y
one Of them we suppose ever ploughed or
superntended the pIoughing Of a single fur:
row. We merely mention this as fact and
not as an argument to prove that knowing
how TO plough Is q necessary qualification to
seat In that honorable body.
MIR. j. +, Watson, of Newberry, was in the
| city last week. He expresses himself us de-
| lighted with his new home.
we are Informed that another Life Insur-
ance Agency Is soor to be established here.
The more the merIier. Life Insurance Is a
good thing and especially convenient for the
second husband.
The Simms family undertook to give q mus
| ical entertainment In College Hall last Thurs
our information the play was farce.
Mr.. Sam Sherrard, OF Ninety-Six, spent
Thanksgiving Day in the city.
The mail trail from Spartanburg to Angus
| ta was several hours late Sunday even ing.
The people OF Greenwood generally admire
Mr.. Williams style Of writing. consequently
his paper the Greenvilie Nc,0s is fast growing
in popularity.
Miss Molle Marsc treated her friends TO a
birthday supper and party last Wednesday
evening, In which most OF the young people
Of town participated.
The man with the patent fire eXtinguishcr
has been In town, and as Is usual did u drlv-
Ing business. We venture to assert that
there is more money locked up in patents in
this than any other town in the State.
Mr.. c. l.. Bourn, of Nrwberry, and Miss
Shllie Whitlock, were happily married last
Wednesday morning at ID o'clock at the res
idence OF the brides father. Rev. b. +. Mil
ler, officiating. The couples who attended
them were:
Miss Ellen Whitlocl, Mr.. Allison.
Miss TeXie NickS, Mr.. John Anderson.
Miss Idale Hunter, Mr.. Henry PaySingcr.
Miss Mamie Rampey, Mr.. Willie Moore.
Miss Lizzie Davenport, Mr.. Casey Harvey.
Miss MOllie Mar>e, Mr.. John simmons.
After the ceremony Il Sumptuous dinner
was served. after which the happy couple left
on the noon train for their future home In
Newberry. where Mr.. Bourn is engaged in Il
lucrative business
Cotton receipts for the week ending Satur-
day Nov. 30th, G20 bales. Previously reported
9023 bGleS. Total to date 1852 bales. s.