The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-23
IN GREENWOOD'S GATES.
Her Prosperous People and Her
HAPPY Homes.

Treasurer Blake was on our streets Satur
Prof Withers of Ridgeway has been elected
q teacher in our graded school.
Mr.. j. r. Mctiee had a successful week nero
with his distributor.
r Mr. b. Coleman Waller has returned to bis
+ studies at Woilurd, where be Will graduate IL
Miss Medlock and Miss MARTA have opened
q dressmaking emporium in Mr.. Rosenoers
store.
week, after the most successful run yet maze
l27l6 bales were ginned. $50 tons SEED crush
ed from which 1900 pounds lint was glnneo
Il, 900 gallons oil made, 67S tons mea! ground
and hulls enough obtained TO supply the de-
mand. ,
scri bers to the Press and Banner. will take
| pleasure in forwarding the names of any oth-
ers who may wish to subscribe, also the lot
| wardihg ofnny remitanceS for OLD Suoscrlo-
erS some OF whom notice are from one 10
| two years in arrears. | would especially call
the attention Of those who subscribed
| through Mr.. y. y. PyleS, that nothing mas YET
been paid on their paper and IL Is especialiy
desirable that they as well AS other delln'
quents pay up.
The people OF this county are. divided into
almost innumeruble "ismS' ana "ites on us
| many issues but am sure all Will unite IN
saying that the present dilapldated appear
ance of the interior of our Court House Is a
dishonor to the least of these '.ites' and
"ismS." The torn and worn condition OF the
mating is especially suggestive of a new one.
We hope TO see II recommendation Tor ren,
ovation, from the next meeting vi our srand
| jury Mr.. Branch.
| The Instruments for our newly organlZeu
band will arrive this week.
| When the time comes for the election OIL del
egates to the May convention, they Will 10 all
probability be Tllimanites, but do nope thn'
such representative non office seeking cit
izens as Dr. Adams, DR.. Marshall; Mr j.: Nj.
Major, DR.. Willie Jones, Messrs. w. j. Don
maid, b. j. Martin, and others VINO are IN IA
/ sc, ,rit COO n "hnSS-
es" do not dictate how the delegation shall
vote on this question.
| A few ladies have already furnished me
with items Of news. hope they will contin-
ne and others follow. 1t will greatly assist
me In making this conmn an interesting
one. A card through the mail with the facts
is all that is necessary. You may live In the
country, and am especially anxious ior
country news. will take pleasure in writ
Ing any item of news you suggest, personal
or otherwise. An Item in this paper may be
read by several thousand people.
Hon. Mrs. Yeldell, of Edgetield, Is visiting
her brothers, Messrs. Sheppard.
Editor Wilson is exceedingly proud OF his
list at Greenwood, and delights TO speak
II. Two hundred and twenty Subscribers
al an interior Office is sufficient cause for
MIR. w. II. Bailey has something interesting
10 say to those who want drugs, paints, med
icines, books or garden seed.
Mrs Kate Hester Dixon OF Hester's Is visit
ing her relatives. Mrs. Taggarts family.
Mrs. Gibbs milk COW suicided, by hanging
herself in her stall last week. Mr.. j. w =
Duckett's cut herself seriously on barbed
wire fence.
ain sure it was an oversight, that resolu.
ton OF thanks was not rendered the Able
vile band BY our recent convention.
BE IL said to the honor OF the opposition
that all they have done has been with open
doors. Can our friends OH the other side Say
us much. but don't all speak at once.
have no way OF Judging Senator Hiirs
MI CTR nut IA n r. ufFi certain
ly possesses the ability OF making votes from
The stump. If there has been single oojec-
tionab!e utterance In all his SOU thern speech
es. ! have failed TO see II.
Wr. II, H. Walker will return and enter in
business here III about one month. He Is one
OF the most deseryedly popular young men
who ever lived here, and married one OF our
nobleSt and most amiable young ladies, all
of which made his departure exceedingly re-
gretful. likewise his return douoly apprecla-
ted.
In showing up the economic (O measures OF
the administration, all the speakers In our
recent convention over ooked small one ex-
clusively General POpe's, though small II Is
none the less significant, as only one item in
vclving as IL did $50 additional expense tol
the State in 80 days. 1t will be remembered
,hat Gen. Pope promised retrenchment IN mis-
department by cutting the number of solici +
orS down to four during the session. After he
had done this he found that 1t was necessary
to increase his clerk force 10 II Instead OF 8.
and finully TO employ the fifth solicitor. So
that at the end OF the session 1t had cost the
above amount more than the proceeding ex.
Lrlvagaut session of which we heard SO much
on the stump.
There is no mistaking the fact that Tillman
and his host OF office seekers are uneasy and
well they may be, but the honest, working
citizen has nothing to fear-nothtng TO lose
but all TO gain.
town OH business last week.
Onr Presbyterian friends are making eXten-
sive preparations for their church reception
which will take place on the evening Of April
5th. Some fine music Is being prepared for
the occasion, and it will doubtless be an en-
jOyable affair.
Miss Sadie and Miss Cuddie Calhoun OF Abb
beville passed through Greenwood Thursday
on their return from Augusta where they
were called to officiate as bridesmaids at the
brilliant Simonds-Branch wedding. During
their stay here they were the guests OF Mrs. ].
g. Gibbs.
a mum DER Of the good people Of NInety-Six
are expected here tomorrow evening TO at
tend Episcopal services. which wi II be con-
Quoted by Rev. NJ. Aston. OF Union. at the
al mory OF the Maxwell guards.
II Is said that MIR. F. w. r. Nance was the
gentleman who hurrahed Tor Haskell in the
convention last Friday. Who ever II was, he
gentleman who then bad the floor. or for the
purpose OF causing the crowd 10 respond un-
der u misapprehenslon. In either case he
went wide OF his mark, neither the speaker
whatever.
There was large attendance at the alliance
meeting Saturday.
The ladies OF the Methodist Church will
give musicale IN the city hall on the even
Ing OF the 2Sth inst. Mr.. A. E. Gonzales of
the State will assist them, during the even
Ing he will recite one or more OF his inimita-
BILE speeches in the negro dialect. l hope
brother Sample will see 10 IT that the names
estate" and Gonzales does not keep any
TillmaE!te away MS IL Is solely and purely a
work for the Master who makes no mistakes,
at the same time will be most enjoyable oc-
casion.
No one knows better than the Medium that
| had no reference to Col. Robertson last
week. / do not know him but supposed he
was farmer talking to farmers.
Mrs. Carrie MCGEE will let the contract for
the building OF her residences in few
days.
Mrs. Gains has been elected organist at the
Baptist Church.
Several parties were prospecting here last
week, with u view to locating.
State Secretary Wynn held interesting ser.
Vices In the Y. NJ. e. A. rooms Sunday alter
noon and in the Baptist Church in the even.
ing.
l beg the indulgence OF our lady readers for
the large amount of politics this week, 1t is
but the scintillatlonS from the recent en-
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