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MCCORMICK MATTERS.
All Sorts Of Paragraphs In and About
the Golden City.
NCCoRMICK, S. c., Oct. ), is.

MCCoRMICK, S. c., Oct. ), 1891
NV dear friends and readers of the Press
tiou and illness of my mother-in-law could
not contract my thoughts for the paper. III
takes a wonde Iul mind 10 th NIX OF many
things at one time. You can do some thing
and whistle az the same time, but you can
not whistle and for the paper at the
same time: and when you have near ana
dear mother-in-law that Is very SICK anu you
have got to ruStle-around To get up something
10 eat. the mind is just about MS much dis
tracts as q school girls would be, when tIy-
ing to get her lessons and talk 10 IVc OF SIN
young men at the same time. leei soIne
what relieved this week ! the old lady Is con-
yalescing, and cotton Is bringing So cents
money is m ore plentiful this week you meet
n farmer on the streets of Mccormick he mas
that broad cotton grin on his fnce, ana ABOUT
the first word he says to you, is, can you
change Il five. .
keen beec-chickenS are in the post, and
ham IS a poor thing to feed man on when
he doesn't like it,
Our skilled butcher, Mr.. Il. j. Donahoe
will soon have his Slaughtering house hnlsn-
ed !! then he will be prepared to give us our
daily beef. He has at his slaughterlng mouse
n very large boiler and eghty.horSe power
Engine the beet is dressed by puiieS ana
hogs are dressed by steam pipes belnG lhtpo- @
duced and Il force of steam Into the h0g,
which looScns the hair and drives all the
animal heat from Mr.. Hog, all simple enough
when you see IL done.
Onr school commences 10 day. 40 not
know what arrangements the school glrls
have made with the boys, mink some OF
them have compromised by going on Friday
evening. ,
New York he has bought al stock OF dry
goods, notions, &c, and in connection with
his already established business. he mas adu-
ed millinery and dress making; com petant
young ladies nave cnarge ol each peP"il =
Ali the merchants are getting In new goods,
and the young men only have time 10 eat
Mr.. p. Jennings is with NJ. l.. B. sturkey
MIR. Lee perryman can be found at Mr.. J. b
Harmon's.
Mr.. Jas. Eddie Britt is with Messrs. Cothrah
Mr.. Felmub, a sl1ilful jeweler has located
will be pleased to make your, acquaintance
Mr.. w. T. Koon has located here IN the
shoe and boot making business. =,
Married on last Wednesday, Mr. j. NJ.
Bussey of Lincoln County Ca, 10 MISS NJ. H..
Truwit of Abbeville Bounty, S. C.,-Carolinas
loss is Georgia's gain. The cermony was per-
formed by the Rev. w. A Gaines, ana was
witnessed by few OF Mr.. Bussey,s selected
friends from Lincoln County, and also by
Miss Truwit's many friends from the Bell
View neiyhborhood, Abbeviile county. Mr..
J. NJ. BuSSey is one of Lincoln countys sue
cessful farmers and OF one OF the irSt .families
Judge j. Fuller Lyon gave us q pop call the
otner day on some flying business come
again Judge, we would be glad TO nave you
stop with us for several days.
MIR. Z. l.. Sturkey has moved his family 10
our telegraph operator, Miss Georgia Gibbs,
has left us the place Is filled by young
man now.
Mr. George P. Harmon's cards of his mar
rage, has been sent out from Johnston, ;. Z.
". +. Penn and +. A. Smith came up from
Augusta Ga, TO spend the Sabbath III McCor-
mick.
Mrs. Margaret Patterson departed this last
week. she was the widow OF George Patterson.
Mrs. Patterson was In few days OF being
seventy -onc years of age.
Mr.. j. A. Harmon, editor of the McCor-
mick News and his wife, have both been
quite sick. They are much better to day.
Dr. r.. j . Tolbert has for several days been
suffering very much from having tooth en-
tracted.
Miss Addie Wardlaw and Miss Annie Tai
bert left last week to enter college at Due
West.
Messrs. Robinson, Talbert &. Co., have
moved into their store near the Depot, lor-
mally occupied by Mattison & Wardlaw.
MeSsrS. MattiSon Il WardIaw have moved
their goods for the present, In room Of the
Mccormick Hotel. Their brick tore will be
complete in few days.
The protracted meeting ended on last
Wednesday night at the Baptist Church.
The rooms in the Smith House are now
being completed. "Ion.'