The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-09
GREENWOOD AND HER PEOPLE.

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.,sau Voter for Governor - The
.5udge-'fEse Same Ladder In Green.
wood shat cant be Found at Alb.
beviIie-The aInn who is aS Ignor.
ant aS = Negro.
GREENWOOD, April 7th, lS9).
We welcome the return Of Spring.
Every hUdy planting cotton this week.
here We're thirteen car loads Of lumber on
the side tracks sunday.
Easter was Il lovely day for showing new
dresses.
Mr.. B. Reynolds has been quite sick for sew
crul days.
the contractor, Mr.. Adams, is here to begin
work on nr. EpLing'S and Mr.. +. i. Dunbar's
dwellings.
We ran see nothing that remains for the
Hon. G. \. {. Waller to say, TO subStnniiatr
his opposition to the ALbcville WhiSkey
Bin.
Mir. j. w. Sproics Is selling the best force
pump made also Il full line Of galvanized oil
tanks.
Mrs Il. =. Blake has returned from visit
To Ncwbrrry.
Mir. and Mrs. j. II. McGee. of Due West
spent Sunday with Mrs. J; ": Sproles; CO,
We spent short time in Ninety Six Sat
urday. East End wanted To know our
choice for Governor. We haven't got any.
since Col II0yt declined we have been at sea,
and there we will remain before we will sup
port either Il demago.ur or an aristocrat the
one WHO by inctious agitation, The other by
ancestral prestige would seek the nnlnina-
zion
our Jurors, with, sSes, defendants, plaintiffs
ard attorneys, have all returned from Court.
They are we'll pleased with Judge Adrich.
We are requested To state that Col. Norris
has entirely recovered from his stroke OF par
;;lySiS and is still in the race for Congress.
The trcsLlrs across the e'decp cut' were put
in lat week.
Hoinicides ut the railroad camps are of such
frequent occurrence that bnt little attention
Is ruid To them.
ii Is now almost n certainty that railroad
running South from here will be built TO con-
meet with the three C's at Fruit Hill or With
the road from Charleston at Johnston. The
cost of construction to either place would be
Il mere trifc.
Thr new train for Anderson arrived on time
3:lj Monday.
our town council are putting the streets in
fine condition.
There is not n ladder III town 20 feet long.
If Il fire should break out we would bc wholly
ut the mercy Of the tinmcs; -
Mr.. and Mrs. n. Fl. Walker arrived from
Jacksonville last Tuesday.
About li0o tons Of fertilizers have been sold
here this season. Most OF IT. for cash.
II am 81 makes us SILK read at the close OF
small, supposed To be incindiary." Unfor-
tunatc;y II few do originate In this way, but
we dare say not one in ten. However we sup
pose force OF habit Is as strong Win reporters
rs other people.
We are on en- asked "why don't you boom
the town. The fact Is oar town Is booming
itself We do not hesitate to speak word for
il when we can do so rs q matter of news. but
II would become very stale we imagine, were
We from week to week fill our space with
Greenwood, its enterprises and prospects.
They arc all bright enough IT, Is true, but, too
often eaZrd upon, the brightest objects loose
their lu>tre.
"Ncrny" Bailey is now on q line of promo
iion, he is experimenting a squad OF hands on
tho railroad.
One of the most beautiful pictures we have
ever examined Is all oil painting 81 X 10 land
Scape executed by Miss Hunter. 1t was beau-
tifully framed by Lee S Bailey and may be
seen at their store.
The Cotton Seed Oil Co., have erected a
large Wafer tank OH top of their mill.
The colOred college building here will be re-
modelled and enlarged this summer, several
thousand dollars being expended In the
work.
The cotton mill is ready for the roof which
will bc on BY the meeting Of the stockholders
the lst OF May.
In consequence o! the many Issues likely to
confront us, the next primary is one In which
every man should do his own thinking, and
in order to vote iulelligenty should do rs
much Of it us the candidate otherwise he
will be aS much at Il loss aS the average negro
at n general election under the eight box law.
Chancry NJ. Depew seems not to have
formed Il very favorable opinion Of the South
York, not in Chattanooga, that "ninc tenlhS
of the Democratic voters here believed that
their property would be cnntlscated, and
homes destroyed If The negro votes were
counted We infer he didn't meet any rep
reScntatlvc Democrats. 5.