The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-18
GREENWOOD'S GLEANINGS.
All Sorts Of Odds and Ends Placed In
Position by q WatchfuI Reporter
Greenwood, s. c., May II, lS

All Sort. Of Odds and Ends Placed Ii
Position by a Watcl,fuI Reporter
| Greenwood, s. c., May II, 1892.
Sunday trains on the r. & d. road seen
very much out Of place, because unusual
are living In progressive sgs yroG y01 snSw S
very fine, Mrs. r. G. Gillam's and Mrs. A. &
YoungblOod's exceedingly 20, both of whom
have our thanks tor nice baskets:
/ do not suppose the editor OF the Press and
Banner can be charged with being prejudicec
against Tillman, yet he gives nine good anc
valid reasons why he should not be elected
not one of which contains syllable OF abuse
! Walter Cameron, Jr., made an assignment
| TO w. c. Devore last Thursday.
| In reply to the Press and Banners interro
cation. why married people do not officiate a,
bsSs ssys tse as prime
one being their inability TO procure the neces
sary trouseau. and woeful lack Of the change
| necessary TO purchase present for the oI:de
And now comes Il semi-Register denial that
Governor TilInan used the profanity attrib
uted to him in in interview with Y. NJ. O.
| 4. delegate. 1t il now In order for the young
man TO substantiate his statements which
thus far have been unchallenged though ut.
tered fortnight ago. The people all want
| the truth in this matter and Governor TILL
| mans evidence would be worth great deal
| Heretofore he has had the manhood TO &C.
know ledge his mistakes. If in this instance
he has been slandered, reparation, as ia: as
| possible, should be made. II, on the other
| hand. his organs-recognizing his egreglons
and incidentally the professed religion Of his
| iollowers-are attempting 10 hide u from
them, they should know the truth, and to my
certain knowledge some Of them are seeking
Mr.. ]. s. Anderson captured a large fat
o'possum in the road as he came TO town last
Mr.. R. r. Calhoun is now a knight of the
In int n
Miss Harper and Miss latham of Texas
came on from the Baptist Convention, and
are visiting their uncle, DR.. Mi,iWee; M MISS -
Dallas, as editor of the Missionary depart
Rev. Mr.. Forester is full to overflowing
with the Baptist Convention. He Is very
much enthused with every department Of its
work. an account OF which he gave hts con-
gregation Sunday morning In lieu OF SER
Mr.. Joel S. Bailey has been indisposed for
several days but is now improving.
The Greenwood Minstrels will at an early
day play before an Abheville audience for the
benefit Of the Abbeville band.
II our papers continue to publish Tillman's
ciuded from the malls for obscnrity.
Our botanic friend. j. w. Hill, has nne
ret out as u choice variety of tomatoes. sent
along with other slips by friend.
Under the caption "were We all asleep" the
News and Courier has somewhat oeiatea
Of appointing men from the legislature TO the
judicial department II this metropolitan
Journal did not so completely Ignore 1ts less
pretentious conteD,Iorary Inc Statei IL woa1o puna
like, was for one, not asleep, for simultaneous
with the announcement OF the appointments
he published the law on the subject. showing
several days In advance OF the news ana
COurier dow Tillmau'S mistake.
The citizens Of our town are rejoiced to
know that Mrs. W. H. Bailey is improving.
Not hearing anything to the contrary, /
suppose our leading enterprises, the oil mil
and cotton mill, made satisfactory showlngs
before their respective stockholders last week.
The old officers were endorsed by unan'
w. L. burst. presidents respectively.
A Sunday train, and Capt. Billy Smith rum
ming 1t on the c. & G. mainline, are equally
novel.
Der OF men for the legislature who will try TO
convince the farmers that they are In favor OF
the Farmers Movement-Don't be deceived.
Their idea is to defeat all reform legislation.
Preposterous VIC. MCGOWAN, R. ]. Rob-
inson, G. P. Neel, j. II. Rice, F. A. ConnOr, g.
NJ. Mattison, J. H. Wideman, ]. NJ. Baker and
and stultify themselves for the sake OF office,
when for any Of them TO accept would be a
pecuniary sacrifice. Whatever may be the
opinion OF the Medium. J. I. Robertson, /: Il.
McCalla. P. H. Adams. j. A. Marshall, J. E.
Todd and many other leading Tillmanites
know better. They know also. only too we'll.
that these are the editors own tactics, hav-
ing served him 80 we'll in the past he Is ex
tremely jealous OF them now. but be assured
General, 80 far as the antis are concerned, you
can hold them in undlsputed possession with
We have heard q great deal Of Atlanta's
hospitality, hence were surprised to know
that they didn't even get reduced rates for the
trustees of Furman University during the re-
cent convention.
A striking example OF "poetic Justice was
that Of one of our little graded school boys.
who on being demonstrated on the evil OF
story telling by q leading, yet deyout Till
manite e fepeS Cote S9EE S"p asne5 'e
With an uninstructed or Hill delegation to
Chicago and Cleveland in the White House,
that faction could not hope for lions share
Of the spoils even with Tillman and lrby In
tue Senate.
One of the best evidences that George Bal
ley would make kind and anectionate huS-
band is that he Is so considerate for the lower
animals. He won't leave even his cats locked
in the store on Sunday without food or water,
he feeds them regularly. ! take pleasure in
nominating him for president Of our society
for the prevention OF cruelty 10 animals
when we organize.
General Gordon's recent letter in the Au-
gusta Chronicle Is the quintesence OF Democ-
racy, pure nnd simple, and should be read by
ell, especially IuOSe Vi LlNu party pEoCllNlt-
les.
Some crank has written the Chester Bull
etin advocating the working Of public high.
ways with the Inmates OF the asylum. This
sounds like Ttlimanite's attempt to bur-
lesque the working OF convicts. The Medium
however supposes him 10 be an anti OF some
promin ence, and proceeds seriously, in a half
column editorial, TO charge this absurd idea
10 the conservative ticket, and there may be
some OF his readers who will actually believe
1t.
Quite number Of our young people attend
ed the picnic at Mount Moriah Saturday.
They report q fine time.
MIR, ]. w. Payne, with headquarters In the
New York store, now has charge Of the
Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine business
for this territory.
For me to attempt q refutation Of the Me-
diums charge that the conservatives In this
county TO compose O ring, would be TO assume
that all those who differ with Us are igno-
ramuses. Such is not the case, hence I pass
1t by unchallenged, leaving the many ntell-
gent readers of the Medium and the many
more who support Tlllman to judge for them.
selves.
Mr.. James TillmaR Of the Constitution,
stopped In town Monday on his way to the
Convention. The newspapers seem to have
misrepresented him, he IL an exceedingly
lukeWarm B. r. Tillmanite, surprisingly so,
and withal a most affable gentleman. s.
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