The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
IRREpREssIBLE GREENWOOD.

Spring Poets.-Factory BuiIders:.Pat-
ent Automatic Sewing Machine.
Christian Fellowship and Brother
ly LOve...Farmer's Alliance...Far.
mer's Folly...Roads Worn Out to
Greenwood.
GREENWOOD, S. c., March 1S, 1889.
The spring returns with sunshine and rain,
Bleak winter has skipped with the dead, dead
The beautiful flowers will blossom again;
And SHOWS and rains are gone at last.
All nature is joyous with the new born spring,
Song birds carol their spring time lays;
The fettered buds their flowers will bring,
AS the season grows to summer days.
The smiling spring has entered the lists
with lance in rest, furiously charging on its
adversary winter. The birds are nesting and
flowers are blooming, and the heart is made
glad with the warm spring sun. Winter
reminders OF cold winter. Buds are bursting
their fetters and opening to the gentle rays OF
spring times sun. Hull thee gentle spring !!
with thee smile Of summer which makes
glad the heart, and brightens the dropping
spirits OF all vegetation from the blighting ef-
fects Of winter. And the Tom Cat can now
There will be meeting Of the stockholders
of the factory to-day (Monday). This sounds
like business and means business. The facto-
ry is now sure thing. Greenwood's pros
ton factory in sight. Probabilities Of an Oil
mill good. Another Rail Road will soon
reach here, ESQ Mr.. Waller says) and all things
Visitors still like Greenwood. A visiting
young lady remarked not long since that she
was so well pleased with Green wood and the
people that she wishes she lived here. The
probabilities are encouraging.
We have GOrPOttan the number of DELAYS on
our Rail Roads, but they are fewer than usual.
Thanks to Il. s. g., Due Vests "Henry
Grady" for the compliment To- Atantas Alta
brother correspondent, ss we know him to be
a man of unexcelled taste. We knew him as
n "Young Lockinvar" from Due West, and
We know his selections Thanks again X. 3.
Mr.. Johnnie Simmons who has been with
his brother, NJ. ]. I. Simmons, left Tuesday
for Columbia where he will enter the services
Miss Tressa Lipscomb and Miss Daisy Or
and Mrs. L. NJ. Moore OF this place.
oa GsP Of seen d daSs
city last week. His many friends were glad
to welcome him again. He and his estimable
wife are much missed.
Mr.. Thos. Rankin and his sister, Miss Mag.
gle Rankin of Charlotte, n. c., are visiting
Miss Annie Rankin OF the Female College
Faculty. Mr.. Rankin left on Saturday last.
Miss Maggie Is still here and promises TO re-
Mr.. viii BULLOCK, of Abbevllle, was in town
one day last week. He says he left his um.
brella but does not know where. We left
ours once but she returned It
We learn that Miss Laura Johnson and
Mrs. w. H. Pearce have secured patent for
their new spring motor for light machinery.
more especially designed for sewing ma
chimes. This Is nice piece Of mechanism
and when perfected will no doubt prove al sue
cess as we'll us boon to ladies who use ma.
chimes. II is n simple piece OF machinery
and works on top OF the machine, and con-
meets with the main part Of the machine by
means of cogs, and the whole machinery is
moved by means Of springs which are wound
up something like clock and sews certain
number Of yards and then has TO be re-wound.
The motor can be attached to any machine.
This speaks we'll for the inventors, Miss John.
son aud Mrs. Pearce, and we wish them sue
cess in their neat and unique invention. The
ladies deserve credit for this, and we fell as.
sured that success Will be meted out 70 tnem,
as is to all pushing and enterprising people.
1t seems that Green woods ladies are catch
Ing the inspiration, so contagious In our city,
OF push and enterprise and are bringing their
of no pay & Hs VIE neat the
A sociable was given at the Female College
Friday night last, complimentary to Miss
Maggie Rankin. 1t was an occasion OF mlrth
expressed their pleasure and satisfaction
with It, Miss Sue Giles Is the lady to conduct
an affair of that kind.
Mr.. g. A. Swygert took business trip to
Aiken last week, and spent several days there
Miss Tressa Lipscomb and Miss Daisy Or.
chard left last Saturday for Ninety.Six:
DR.. Eugene Bailey returned from Baltimore
Ing Dental Surgery. We congratulate the
Doctor and welcome him back home again.
The churches in this place have decided to
hold union meetings on sabbath n nights, IN
The rotation plan Is adopted. Services was
conducted in the Presbyterian Church last
Sunday night by MIR. Steadman, who preach.
ed to an overao%ing house; M e. wear we are gao TO 70
tween the respective denominations, which
should characterize every denomination
when brought together. 1t shows feeling OF
cerely hope that this will avail much good to
each denomination. Services next Sabbath
night will be held In the Methodist CHURCH.
The "Press" made us say that ME- j. 8
Narse had purchased the lot OF DR.. Maxwell,
Instead of MIR. j. S. Marse, our cotton buyer.
The young people had sociable and dance
at Park Hotel Friday night last, but in conse-
quence of the absence OF Prof. Won Murphy
and his orchestra, the dance part was fall
We learn that DR.. VIII Warnack is expected
In the place soon.
DR.. S; L. swygert left last week for Annis, ,nc
his practice OF medicine.
Or. Charley Taggart will practice medicine
at this place.
Dunbar who was quite indsposed last week
has fully recovered. He is down the country
looking after his affairs.
We learn that MIR. Brabham is sick. We
"io Hon 1o5 n an G. s Wafisr sa w attend the
ing of the directors of the g; c. N: Rail
Road in Athens, Ga. We know that M, Mr.:
Waller will represent US we'll and sometnlng
on auin no wi ha
w. f. Brown, Of Spartanburg County, was
in this place last week representing the "Far'
mer's Alliance" and we also learn that an or.
ganization OF that kind has been organized
here. We further learn that about 20 Of our
farmers have Joined this club. Now we wish
to say few words upon the subject OF Alll-
ances. The only one that we know any thing
OF terminated In complete failure, the ALI
ance men having mnde such preposterous de-
mands Of the merchants that they refused to
sell goods only for cash. and the organization
finally wound up by putting out candidates
failure rs was their efforts 10 procure goods
from the merchants at 50 per cent. profit and
all bills to he examined by said CLUB. NOW
we do not say that this will be the case with
this one. We hope for better things. But let
us come down to n few unvarnished facts. a
previous issue of the Press and Banner adris.
ed the farmers to give more attention 70 inc
oil the necessary demands of life. Now let as
consider the economy OF this, II IL affirmed is
the leading features of the A Alliances. Now
mule that is usually bought for Sl50.OO can be
raised In years to do the same amount OF
work that the above price one can and be OF
equally as much value. Can farmer save as
much as that in the same length OF time by
buying his meat or something else at Inc per
cent they may demand OF the merchant,
when there is only about profit of or IA
cents per pound made on meat sold for cash.
Let us take bacon for instance. An ordinary
farmer can raise meat enough for his own
consumption with 5 good hogs, which we may
fairly estimate at l5O pounds per hog. which
would amount to 80 pounds OF meat, which
if he bought at present time prices 10 cents,