The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-20
A LIVELY LETTER FROM MCCORMICK.
The whole Town and the Business OF
if.e Place Photographed.
McC'prMIcE x.

MCCORMICK. S. G.
Mr. Editor. ! will try and give the news
from our little town rs IT, comes.
Monday, the ith, was Il very pleasant day-
town full of people. The trains came IN load
I'd with passengers. rannra ana Jlmmcl 50
full you could SIC their heads sticking ont on
both sides Of the r0ach"S
This j. gala week in Charleston. ami SOCK
holders day in Augusta. Gl., of the Port Roy
nj ami Western Carolina ltaiiHay. When lht'
savannah Valley train came III ana si"ppe'l
for passengers TO change cars jor Aug "uSGt,
they ail got out rs usual. Just nj This tmc
the engine and tender put ont for the ~ To
change the engine for Anderson again. TWO
young men, stock holders as ynu could see,
with small gripsacks OF light weishl, maue
for the engine and tender, chased 1t III wnat
you would call flst dou BILE quick time lor
about three hundred yards, when the engine
turned on the "I' the leading man stopped
and said: "Bill, the darn thing has taKeh u Inc
woods" and IN old fat gentlcmnh, Mr.. b,
Joined i'm the chase fora few yards, but soon
found out that his steam chest had either eN-
hauSted, or some Of the valves had cciiseu 10
work. ,,<
Cotton TO day has been bringing about ~
cents. The day closed with an upward ten
dency.
Tuesday, the 9Th. Every day must stand
for itself Mrs. j. w. Peak hnc daughter
No change in the cotton marlIet-tone
steady.
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short visit to Mrs. Irwin OF his place.
The trains arc not SO much crowded today.
Wednesday, the 9Th. All quiet today In
Mccormick.
Miss Carrie Brown died today-a daughter
of Mrs. 1,edman Brown, who lives short dis
tancc from town.
Cotton closed this evening in favor OF the
buy CT that bought i'll tho morning.
Thursday, the 7th. The weather continues
just lovely, and Catlet Corley says cotton Is
on IN upward tendency now, for all OF bis
top bols are opening.
One of our best cotton buyers has been
called away on business To Anderson, yet
there Is no change in price. Common cotton,
9E; fancy cotton, l2% to IL.
Mr.. ]. w. Perrin and Mr.. j. Y. Jones arrived
this evening for business Tomorrow.
Friday, the Sth. Cloudy this morning, anu
almost summer day. The II mill tax was
paid in lively. The place crowded all day:
Some little complaint on the y mill on last
year, but you cannot expect smart men 70
work for little pay, that Is why they pay trial
justices such large salaries.
Large sales OF cotton to-day-prces the
same, but buyers very anxious and with plen'
ty OF money.
Saturday, the 9th. Tax receivers closed out
here this morning in time to take the SaVan-
nah Valley train for Bordeaux. Receipts
about $1,000. Everybody seemed to pay in
chcerfuly, and /, for one, was only sorry that
my taxes did not amount 10 fifty times as
much as they did.
The gala Charleston people returned this
UlOTIlhg, Well pICttSCN ni'A WV
trip. The men all had something in the way
of live oak twigs and moss, as mementos
The ladies with bunch Of rice sheavcs to re-
member the gala week I'm Charleston, >. e;
Two Young men that did not get in Charles.
ton until Saturday just before day, returned
without seeing much, as they only had two
hours 10 spend in the city, and thai In dark
ness 'They got there all the same."
y large turnout to-day, a good trade IN
town, and cotton about the same as through
the week.
Another cotton buyer gone out Of nlcCor-
mick. / hear his place will be supplied with
another good bnyer.
Miss Georgia Gibbs has returned, after
pleasant visit TO relatives in Georgia.
Not much Of q building boom In McCor-
mick Just now. Mr.. S. j. Donahue, our enter
prising butcher, has recovered and added one
more room to the Palace Market
Sabbath. the 10th. Preaching by the Rev.
Mr.. Sloan in the Methodist church to-day,
and in the Baptist church by the pastor, Rev.
II. G. Smart. IOM.