The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-07-20
GREENWOOD'S LETTER.
.sS.'' Gives us Something TO Read
From the Progressive City.
Greenwood, $. c., July lG, 1892.

! YOU become weary, ana hlnl not ueloIe Sp'
reach the end of this column.
I Mr. K. 4. Hinton says he would rather vote
for Lewis Waller than for w. {. McGowan
Lewis Waller is Republican county chair
chairman and Mr.. Hinton Il member OF ouI
Democratic club. The New York World s;tlu
| 1t was high compliment TO ClerelandS $ ne
| mocracy to be denounced by South Carolina
| Democrats.
Mrs. :. and our little one left home over a
week ago. see by the Newberry papers that
they reached their destination safely, are
both well and having fine time.
VIII the Court House bosses deny that tneE
sent word to all the land lords to stay nj
hnme last Monday. and see to II that their
white laborerS and tenantS-who so mucii
need enlightenment on the three dollar poll
Mr. ii. O'Neill, of Greenwood, has been
on Il several days visit TO his old home ana
| friends here. ~
| As this wear is to he observed by all the
churches rs the centennial of foreign mis-
! Sious ii is very probable that all church-goerS
except the more Somnolent like our friend
Tom Riley-will hear great deal Of II
preached : If we get tired we Will just nave 10
get rested. that's all.
Thinking perhaps the news hadn't reached
| Georgia yet planned for one sundays rest
while i'll Athens recently, but my calcn Ia.
tionS were destined TO miScarry. for haI
no sooner got settled down comfortable In
my pew than the minister read as MS text
| go ye into all the world and preach the goS'
iem and took about the same route as that
taken by Paul in his lst and End misslonay
| tours. lie carried us through Asia Minor,
China NJ .jOr. touched the indian, Inc coast OF
Africa anu the isles OF the sea, met many dis
tinguished persons and saw many impliments
of torture on The journey. Alter one hour
and fifteen minutes had elapsed he started
| the basket. ] dropped in mite anu the gen.
| teman on my right woke up in time to east
! in a dime but not soon enough 10 hunt small
change, thus lie paid for his berth. This Is
my experience III resting. 1t is wrong TO rest
| in church.
Some miScreant broke into Jerome Bells
smoke house last week and took all the pro-
visions he could find.
4 report is going toe rounds that the antis
have raised a fund $1,000 TO bribe voters
in this county, the idea Is too absurd TO be
noticed, but if u thousand dollars coul be
| raised for any purpose that would De easiest
thor of it must have very low opinion OF
many OF his Iaction II he thinks they can De
bought.
One OF the most wonderful things in ply
Siology is the rapidity with which the cimeX
lectularius "a la bed bug) arrives at the period
OF earning his own living and staying out late
at night from his mother.
Rev. and Mrs. Stack house are visiting the
latler'S parents Mr.. aud Mrs. j. w. Greene.
Mr.. Stackhouse preached in the Methodist
church Sunday.
\ little son of Mr.. ?. l.. Sturkey fell from
the piazza last Monday and broke his arm.
sue, but lett them out because some OF the
daily editors anticipated me and wrote some
! thing just like them. / deteSt () even the
sembance 10 plagiarism, l contemplate
having my thoughts copy righted by Trial
Justice Kerr.
Hon. John w. Scott. Of Newbcrry. is a
staunch Democrat and Tlllmanite. but like
the prO2 ram has head OF his own.
He was left of the list Of nominations, by
the recent preliminary poll, but is now out on
his own merit Us an independent Tillmanite
for the house against the advice of his friends
(?) the ring who instituted The poll 1t was
This preliminary vote which caused split In
one OF their clubs, but for which the public
would never have known anything about
Me>Srs. Pope and Sllgh's third party talk in
an \ lliance caucus.
4 TilImanite friend and / were looking
over the announcements together few days
since, he enquired who a certain candidate
was, | replied that he was a clever man and
fully competent tor The office. My lnterroga-
tor went out from my presence and as have
since learned, said to group OF other friends
of his own persuasion boys don't you vote
for that man. Sproles says he is very clever
fellow, etc the fact Is, he Is one, and lead
ing Tillmanite in remote section OF the
county.
Somebody's cook, most likely aunt Matte,
has started the report that some white folks
go of IN the summer to save expenses. II Is
surprising what a fund of information cooks,
wash women and nurses have.
The Greenwood correspondent of the Regis
ter speaks of Mr.. Talbert as 1.-The native seal
awaS.' l feel sure this was stronger language
than he intended 10 use, especially rs he es-
says, In the same communication to criticse
gentleman for the use or hard names.
have learned by experience that words ap.
pear harsher In print than in manuscript or
even sound when spoken.
Col. J. II. Leavell, of Newberry, is visiting
his son J. II, Leuvell, Jr., and using the water
from Blake's mineral spring.
Heretofore have had but little to sny how
| would vote after the primary. AS now
have my certificate will state that if ma
jority of my tellowmen wills II so, will 60 TO
the polls in November and cast my ballot for
ITillman, all the Garys and Mr.. Bennett, Gra-
ham too If necessary, but Will not vote for
any electors not pledged Gpr Cleveland. If
can't vote for him l certainly wont vote
against him. l know the Tillman and ALI
ance Democrats will agree with me in this.
| we are sold out in the Electoral College IL
will be no iaul of our own.
Some queer things happen over in Georgia,
Il Peoples congressman. elected uy Democrats
is wonder; Lula Hurst is Il phenoIne ma ;
sam Jones Is a freak OF nature and blind Tom
prodigy. but the greatest monstrosity Of
them al the one before which all others pale
into insgnitiance, is the Clarke County far
mer who Is trying 10 raise drove of hogs by
planting pigs tail and herd OF colts by
planting deyil's horses
Men who vehemently denounce Cleveland,
the greatest stateman, soundeSL Democrat
and pureSt politician-if indeed he Is Que at
all-Since the days OF the immortal trio, one
and who stand squarely on the Ocala plat
form as Messrs. Pope, Sigh and keitt say
they do, are very poor Democrats and it is
not surprising that Mr.. Lester should make
affidavit that they are third partyites. In
the light OF this feel just like taking Off my
old hat, scaling TO the pinnacle of the cotton
| mill smoke stack and yelling in stentorinn
tones three cheers for the Democratic ALI
ancernen of the third district who SO recently
convened at Bolton, for know they will In
the same handsome style, repudiate any but
Cleveland electors in the September Conven-
ton. II they beat US TO it.
Mrs. w. q. Calhoun is at the WILLIAMSON
Chalybeate Spring
DIR. Atchison, OF Columbia. assisted Rev.
Mr.. Mathews in communion services Sun
day.
| BY invitation from the Ladies Miss ionary
Society OF the Presbyterian church DIR. G. z.
| Neel delivered an address on foreign missions
in that church last Thursday night taking
| Greece as his subject.
Mrs. 4. Gage is Off for visit to her parents
| ut ewiSdale.
Occasionally fellow comes alonghnd tells
| me some irony about my interesting letters,
etc. l always explain to him that IL Is be-
cause my manuscript usually has 10 pass be-
tore the Scrutinizing gaze and purifying
touch Of the eraSor of both Mrs. 5. and the
| editor before II reaches the printer; he then
borrOwS ten cents anu moves on, but the
home guard Is absent this week and if get Il
| flank movement on the editor ! will have Il
terrible one this issue, one that will make
Rosenberg's dummy hang his head and
blush.
MrSsrs. X. S. Sparkman and Eugene Good
win are still improving.
| The Greenwood reporters for the daily
press have each had their turn recently in
explaining or correcting their reports sent in.
In future, gen tlemcn, be sure you are right
| then 90 ahead.
The population of Athens, Ga, should have
been 1900 instead of ,jOO as the types made
me say
We have in Greenwood one Tillmanite at.
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