The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-02
ABBEVILLE'S ATLANTA.
TRADE AND BUSINESS ON A BIG DRIVE.

TRADE AND BUSINESS ON A BIG DRIVE.
Greenwood's Holiday Attire-.-Christ-
| mas Parties---yisitOrs Coming and
COing.--s.Mnc'' Comes Back Home.
GREESwooE. S. c., Dec. 3lst, 1885,
| The frail old year with its burden OF tolls
realms of tile past, and like Tennyson's
Brook sis gone forever"
| Mr.. \. McD. Singleton who has been with
]. w. Payre, of Charleston, has bought out
the store formerly owned and controlled by
Mr.. w. j. Parks, deceased, and will continue
the same business. We with all Of Mr.. Sin
gleton's Greenwood friends welcome him
back to our little city, and wish him success.
| We also wish him success in another business
we hear he is to embark in, in which he VIII
be sole proprietor and general manager. Sue
cess to you, Mac.
| Mr.. ]. +. Wideman, q prominent merchant
Of Troy was in the city on Friday last.
| Miss Addie Latham who Is so well known
in social circas here is visiting DR.. Millwee.
"Wednesday night at Riey's hotel dance
Owing to the failure of the musicians, the In
defatigable Ned Murphy, appearance the
"Sma' wee hours" had about winked out be-
fore any music could be procured. Neverthe-
Hon. c. a. G. Waller is back from Columbia
Mr.. Wiley Smith, formerly with 6. A. Swy-
CERT, is visiting friends at this place
The many friends Of Miss Kate Watson will
| ne upllpUlCu 10 lCtTIl bIluL Sic
recovered to come home. She. in company
with her mother, arrived in the city on Fri
day last She is gradually convalescing.
Mrs RoclepPa Twiggs, M and her r. sister ,raIis MISS
and Mr.. T. j.. Lipscou,b attended the dance at
the hotel on Wednesday night last.
We learn that Miss Winton Parks, daugh-
ter of Capt. J. T. Parks, is ut home now.
| The genial Mr.. d. A. p. Jordan spent Christ
mas holidays Mt this place.
Miss Allie Prultt OF Bradeys came up for a
day on Monday, Christmas Eve.
Bank Building soon, and Mr.. a. G. Young
cupied by Mr.; Matthews.
MIR. James Medlock, after q pleasant visit
with relatives and friends, has returned to his
place behind the desk of j. X. burst & Co.
| Rev. G. IL. Carter has moved into his new
residence on Church Street
| Mr.. Will r. Bullock left Thursday last to
take his place in Clerk Moore's office.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Ricten baker, and Capt.
J. r. Youngblood spent Christmas day at Mr.
J. w. Wideman's near Bradleys.
Miss Mamie Purkerson. one of Greenwood's
popular and fashionable dress makers, return
ed a iew.days since from pleasant visit to
her father.
Greenwood's Berry Wall, Mr.. Jerome Bell is
now clerking for Lethco & Montgomery.
Any one having hanlSering to see our friend
Jerome, will find him there If he is not some
| where else.
The "Smal Fry" and some of the Large"
had a nice little sociable and dance at Parks
Hotel on Friday night Music furnished by
Sig. Murphy and his orchestra. Every one
enjoy ed themselves hugely.
There was lecture. in the Baptist Church
on Monday night by Mr.. Buzby from Egypt
| Admission Free
Greenwoods holiday trade was simply
goods sold during the holidays. All the mer.
chants are happy over their success, and
cheerfully looking forward to full spring
trade. This is the place to spend your money,
VOL like Snan1 thig Is
| the place to come and see others spend theirs
as we will guaran tee that you will see more
money spent to the square inch Of time here.
than any place you ever saw. Come along If
you doubt 1t and see for yourself.
Nearly all Of our cotton buyers have made
their exit towel we don't know exactly
where, but they amt here. We suppose they
Mr. and Mrs Julian s. .Sibley Of Augusta
were registered at Riley's hotel Wednesday.
A dance at the Hotel tonight (A1onday) is
az word ord Of discou ragement. Also socjabe
among the "Small Fry is looked for Tuesday
night. Christmas has n lasting influence. in
fact we think that the young people have
woke up to the fact that it will soon be gone,
and they are now trying to make up for the
"What might have been," and this reminds
US that leap year is out and not q single girl
has proposed to us. Now this is simply stun
! four more long years before our calendar Is
multiplied TO one more day, and woman's
rights comes to the front. We can not see
that the women have taken much advantage
Of the year which entities them to the privi-
| lcge OF mpromsing with the opposite sex.
| Now know all women by these presents that
we are exceedingly fond Of such q compro-
mise. and would throw out any inducements
for the cultivation of such. We hope that the
| ladies will take notice of this, SO they can
prepare themselves for the next "BesSeXtile,"
| if they know what that Is, we don't.
| Now Is the time OF the year to erect some
brass mounted resolutions for another year,
| or re. brass the ones Of 1883. BY close OBJ
servance of one of Hosteler's Almanacs you
| will observe that the 81st OF December Is in
close conjunction with the lst OF January, so
| close in fact that the gable end of 1SSS butts
| the front veranda OF 1889, so parties wishing
to step out from 1883 had better climb up to-
| night about IL o'clock OH the said gable end of
1855, and prepare for n four-in-hand, and
whoop.em-up Jump into the said 1889, but We
digress. It might be well for us to mention
some of the resolutions That might he "brass-
| ed for the coming year. Among the fore
most and most prominent Of these is wild,
uncomfortable desire on the part OF some to
forget to settle in full their debts, (thS applies
TO the country at large and no particular per-
SOM Now this Is q matter that seems to be
very easily forgotten, and one OF the main
points which we W ish to impress is to try and
re-mount your resolutions In such way tina,
your memory cannot leak out. Now we offer
the following suggestions which no doubt will
prove beneficial if absorbed. In the first
place the COW catcher Of your accounts should
nave an uOuD!c JOlDIeu pfOSpcCL I'd
start of, in case that the cows OF adversely
should be standing on the track of your in
tcntionS, and to the rear leave Off all appear
ances of rcctified double distilled, sour mash.
damnation, which comes to the front
about Christmas, and swoops up with the
force of an eagle all the profits, and in its
"swoop" generally knocks hole into the ga
BILE end OF ones intellect for the time being,
and thus ones memory leaks out and with 1t
the first thing that generally gets out is the
remembrance of an unpaid board bill, or ac-
count of some sort. and thus IL rolls into the
Surging sea of the Forgotten, until n nice lit
tie document OF rose tinted paper, milSado
style. bearing on 1t this motto, please remit"
which immediately calls back from obscurity
and oblivion the remembrance OF an unpaid
account, and then one generally fires up and
rants until their eyes stand out like an elcc-
trio door-knob, and flood of whalebone pro-
family generally results, and one exclalms
that "I'll be dad buttered if we will pay one
cent OF it," But We are too long. We will
close our 1SSS communication by saying that
weihopc every body will be careful about re-
mounting their resolutions, and make q clean
start for 1859, for you will never have the OPP
portunity again. And To the departing year
we will cXclaim "Nale." PEMBROKE.
COLLEGE BELLS AND CHRISTMAS TIMES.
Big Trade at Due West-.-IIappy Gath.