The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-25
THE RAILROAD CENTRE.
The Improvement and Growth of the
TOwn...The g., C. & n. RORd.-.
Many Items Of Interest.
GREENWOOD, September q, 1889.

.. GREENWOOD, September q, 1889.
The weather for the past week has been
Just such as our farmers like for picking cot
ton-dry and delightfully."- cool and pleasant. Z,
| For several onths our boarding houses
and hotels have been filled with health and
pleasure seekers from the low country, but
now that the heated term Is over, they are
one by one returning to their homes. Mrs
Hughes and Miss Harley from Columbia, who
| have been spending the summer here, re
| Mrs. j. X. burst left last week for a two
weeks visit to relatives in Edgefield County
Gen. Bamberg, who has been summerinf
| in the mountains, stopped over with friends
Mr.. J. T. McDiil, prosperous merchant O.
Due West, who has been TO New York TO lay
in his fall stock, passed through town We'd
nesday on his way home
Our merchants are jubilant over the bright
prospect for a fine trade this fall. All o.
them have returned from the Northern mar
| kets and have arranged their large purchases
of them when asked for the news of the week
replied: "I have been 30 busy selling goods
have not had time to hear or know or any
give about this same answer, Judging from
the large crowds that are seen In the stores.
Messrs. G. n. Sleights and w. T. Capers ar
rived last week to buy cotton for Carroll anc
in town and the "feecy staple" Is rolling ir
rapidly. More than one hundred bales were
sold here Saturday, and only one balt
brought less than ten cents-most OF It SELLING
ter per pound The total receipts up to date
are about four hundred bales.
Mr.. C. W. Furber, of Augusta, is now lI
town to put up the Cotton Compress, Whicf
buyers can then afford to pay higher price
than the neighboring markets.
Mr.. J. C. Hill and Mr.. Chiefly. are busily
engaged buying cotton seed for shipment f
last week was twenty-five cents per bushel;
| Wells and Mayes finished burning to-day
their second 100000 brick kiln. Excavation
| for the foundations of the factory are nov
about ten days. The contractors expect t
have the building completed by January
next The Edison Electric Light Company
have had their agent, Mr.. Mullany,. here x
arrange about putting In lights In both the
| factory and oil mill.
DR., Millwee has one OF the finest collection
OF chickens to be found In the county O
State: He has the brahmas and Wyandottel
would be hard to find more interesting
sight than they present--especially at feed
| ing time. 49,.
fbe Greenwood Times which has heretofore
issue on Wednesdays. This date will donbt
less suit both publishers and readers better
than the old one.
There will be meeting in the High schoo 100,
O'clock for the purpose 81 forming q Chau
tauqua Circle. All who are interested In such
| q movement will please ATTEND, as IL
desired to give the Circle good send of.
Mr.. F. H. NcMaster left Saturday on bus
I'M ess trip TO Augusta, Columbia and Wipns-
boro He will be absent several days.
Mr.. Hayne McDill-P. Rosenberg d Cos
popular cierk-was in town Tor o short while
yesterday.
The President, chief and Engineer OF the
| G., G. & N. Railroad have been here for sew
eral days trying to locate line through town
and adjust right OF any matters. They lefl
Saturday with nothing definitely determined
on. llkinds of opinions as to where and
how the road will run are expressed-one
being that it will run under the other roads
here, in order to save time by having as few
stops as possible.
Col. James II. Rice, our most efficient Su.
perintendent Of Education, was In town yes
terday. - ..,.. w.