The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06
GREENWOOD'S GREETING.
ABvERIATIoNs AND NOTES OF A LIVE
CORRESPONDENT.
Busy Days in u Busy TOwn---COtton
Bagging Made into EI0fiics-.-Sen.
sihIc Talk About Old Soldiers
Todd will TOddIe---COttOn Re-

ccipts.
GREENWOOD, S. G., Nov. 4, l>Sg
| Judge Cothr:tn was on our streets last week
! Greenwood Is aS proud of him us amy otncr
portion at Abhcvillc county.
The GrccnuCOod Times was wrong IN the
statement that "no mill In this section was
manufacturing cotton basginS. Inc New.
berry mill has been making at the rate OF
, 400 wards per day for several months. 1t is
ack nOwledge TO be the best solu III luis or
any other market.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Mel ire now tenderly
carinp tor Il little sunbeam, which entered
! lrrir domicie u few days ago. IL IS qultc
weak, but under parental guardianShip, pro.
misses to grow strong and bright each day Oh
| It's stay. Its name is Robert CALVIN
| Mr.. T. +. Riley left the cares incident TO
hotel life To his better half for II few days last
week while he was taking in the Exposition;
| Mr.. c. T.. Jordan has returned TO Grcenwood
and can now be found at the store OF j. l..
| IoungboOd.
| There is now little or no sickness in town:
| The surveying corps of the u. Z. " n; H. H.,
have pitched their tents in Georgia, having
located the line on this side OF the river.
There was some expression OF surprise at
| the resignation of MIR. Hill, but there are
competent men all over the county one oi
whom we suppose will be elected to fill the
Hon. i. q. Graydon and Mr.. Dick Hill were
| i'm town Friday.
| Friday was the largest cotton day Of the
season. 40j bales being the receipts, ~ was
W
". G. Calhoun has moved into his new
house, and seems as happy us q king.
| Chickens and eggs command good price
| in our mrket.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. Rosenberg arc now enjoy
ing the compantonship Of another boy, which
| com pletes trio that Mr.. Rosenberg Is exceed
ingly fond of.
| We sometimes think that the reading pub.
lie are not as charitable toward newspaper
correspondents us they should be. They are
too prone tc make the severest criticisms on
our style, forgetting, 1t seems, that In the get
up of q half column OF news we often nave 10
attempt the use of every style known IN com.
position, and liable to get them mixed IL
not uh1reguently occurs that we have To
chronicle, street fight, fine sermon, a
death, Il me rriage, an accident ana plrth III
successive paragraphs.
The day of long sermons has very properly
been consigned To the past yet occasionally IL
minister will force an enlightened conSrcga'
ton to listen to discourse of one hour anu
half duration, not seeming to realize that az
ter the expiration OF fourty minutes, the
thermometer OF spiritual cdiicatlon declines
very rapidly, reaching zero in few minutes.
At the end of an hour and half those IN the
congregation. who nre awake appear as
though they had been struck by blizzard,
while those asleep, seem as so many icebugs
in an immense refrigerator.
From the papers we are accustomed 10 read
ing, it is difficult for us to decide which is the
most prominent parsonage just now, BURKE
the Cronnin murderer, or Todd The recently
appointed post UlitSlCI iI SllnlOu. Ccitttih !
Is that Todd is very opprohrious 10 the good
people Of that thriving town and the pro6a-
biity is he will have 10 toddle away.
Mr.. d. II. McGil, of Hodges, was on our
streets Saturday.
A citizen from the country deposited $40
with. his Honor Joel S. Bailey, for bolstcrous
conduct on our streets last week.
A worm doctor and walking cane gambler
made things lively on the square Saturday.
Judging from the business they were doing
our people felt Il greater need for canes than
vcrnifugc.
There may be whlskey sold here. We do not
know. But while we are not in sympathy
with any one engaged in the Illicit traffic.
we know that the greater part OF II Is ship.
ped from other points. The express receipts
show this to be true. We write this IN simple
community.
We would like to make the Greenwood col
umn as interesting as any In the Press and
Bunner but we are unable to do it Of ourself,
therefore, II you have an item OF news from
the town or country, you Will confer an
especial favor by giving 1t to us. We can al
ways be found at Dunbar u Cos store.
Capt. j. T. Parks has been elected book
Mr.. Stan Marshall has bought the Aikeu
place from Mr.. Earl. He gets the residence,
This is sad to be the cheapest property
bought here in several years.
Mr.. j. S. Chipley has bought the place re-
Gently owned and occupied by Mr. Marshall.
lands near by, and is soon TO become citi-
zen OF our town. Wegladly welcome all such
men. He and his family will be an acquisi-
tion that Greenwood Society may we'll be
proud Of
MIR. w. ]. MCGEE, who seems to be the bus
lest man on Mulberry, was in town last week.
The young people enjoyed a nice party at
Mr.. B. Reynolds, Friday night,
The Baptist congregation here have called
Rev. G. II. Carter for oil Of his time next year,
which call has been accepted.
Mr.. G. q. Waller, our Verltable auctioneer.
sold the Methodist parsonage Saturday for
Sl,lS0. AS this has recently been made sta
tiOn, a sale was necessary To a division.
An Alliance man told us the other day, that
the only inconvenience he had suffered from
the use of cotton bagglnS was, that his cotton
was SO late in opening his wife used his sup.
ply in making clothes tor the children.
That trade Is dulier than IL usually is at this
season is true, but the outlook is brighter that
the whole country Is getting in a more pros
porous condition is evidence on every hand.
Nice Iarms with good Improvements, better
stock. full barns, improved implements with
cash enough to run them, are now the rule
instead Of the exception.
No man has more respect, love and rever-
ence for q confederate soldier than we have.
Our fa ther laid down his life In the cause and
II Is but natural that we have a tender feeling
for his comrades in arms, nevertheless, we
hope the day Is near at hand when mans
war record Will cease 10 DC used as Il proper
qualification for Office.