The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-08
GREENWOOD'S BUDGET.
All Sorts Of Paragraphs-And MI
Sorts of "a Governors Serenade.

H..
Lee & Co.'s three for nickle' cigars are
quite the thing for dudes. .,.
Miss Hattie Black, OF Lowndes'llie' Is Fis''-
ing in town. o, o,,,i-
Tilman, ut least It, has not yet changed MT.
Joshua Turner. He still says he would Volc
for Tillmnn if he knew 1t wouIo SINK inc
State. can stand it IL he can. He has sev-
erul hundred acres OF land TO go down Win
Smith Green shot and killed Santee Kelly,
both c0lored, Friday night. There was a Wo-
man in 1t. and the evidence Is about 10 deNe-
lop Il conspiracy, in which y white man may
be implicated as accessory. Greene mas nea;
Mr.. Andrew Blake. OF Griffin, Ga. Is IN
town visiting his brothers, sisters anu ErI1aw
Governor and Mrs. Tillman spent Frlday
night in town, the guest OF Mr. d. >. carr: !:
Late in the afternoon the Governor Was ~
the hotel, and at the earnest request ol Ieuu
ing citizens the band consented 10 serenauc-
him purely ont of respect for his ofhce; IN
the meantime the Governor had lett tue iotel
and was standing on the pavement laih ~, ~
with some friends, In front of TINS group l .ne
during Lhe playing Tillman started to move
on. but was halted by some OF his lntlmale
friends who insisted on his saying lew
words, but he declined saying that ms sere-
nadeS usually came at night at ms StopPinS
place and not on the street, all oi whlcn leu leu
him To believe that ours was only meant ior
riuicule. The truth IS, our band was 10 give
| an entertainment at night, and gave him the
only time possible. However, the band does
not feel at all piqued nor the ants sllghted
that lie did not recognize us. Weare Always
happy in returning good for evil: .,,,.
The operatives at the cotton mill ana lew
of their friends enjoyed an ice cream feast
Saturday evening.
Miss Ida Lee Hunter and Miss Lee Hence
Huff are at DR.. MaXwells.
Miss Ida Calhoun has returned from an eS-
tended visit 10 Shreveport. Mrs. Il. a. Cai'
houn and children came with her.
The receipts from the band concert frluay
| l,n
have money enough TO defray the expense OF
their teacher for one month.
| Mr.. "Cat" Corley will he out again for Coun-
ty Commissioner on his merits. He says ne
vote Tor him before and didn't do 1t Will Ger
tainly comply this time. His case seems 10
pe analogous 10 that of It Western aSpirant
who spoke as follows:
~ ask you TO vote for me as an encourage,
ment to the poor boys Of the conniy. that |
may be an example to them that they may
point to me and say, There Is a man VINO
was once rs poor Us any OF us, VINO mas DGen
hunored with seat in the legislature ol his
native stale
II have taught school a good many winters,
and the boys that l have taught ike me.
They will give me their votes; h nave sshneI s1,,eI
over the county until 1 have taught boys
enough to elect me-"
The end OF the speech was as follows:
"My feIlow-citiZens whtn look pack over
the Twelve years since became candidate
for this Office, feel encouraged. When
look buck and think Of the very lew that lot
years gnve me amy encouragement, ana com
pare them with the numbers that now prom
ist me their votes. am proud OF my success.
~ begin 10 feel that my hopes are about 70
be realized; that majority OF my fellow cl-
tiZrnS will honor me with their sunrages,
and that shall proudly go up To the Capitol
and take my seat among the legislators OF
the State, should fail In this election, take
the present opportunity To announce myself
as q candidate in the next race
For that year, but some years aiterWard,
his long dream was realized.
DR.. j. j. Laflerfy will lecture tomorrow
CThursdayJ night in Bailey's hal for the pene-
should come. The following extracts SHOW
his lecture has been received elsewhere.
Atlanta Constitution Editorial
Everybody who heard him will make nfD-
davit, that there Is nothing funnier In Ger
vantes, Mark Twain, Bill Nye, or any humo-
rist living or dead. more amused ana IN
terested audience never heard more origi-
nal man. When they were not laughing,
they were listening as II their lives We're de-
pending on what was said.
southern Christian Advocate:
ever given ut Monteage. He was forced to
return to the platform. 1t was the speech oi
his lite.
Jefferson City Missouri Tribune:
The address fixed his popularity IN the
Capital OF Missouri. There is such univei-
sal desire to hear him again that it Will be
difficult TO secure q hall sufficiently urge
enough TO accommodate The crowd. He great
ly resembles our U. >. Senator Vest, not only
in personal appearance. but In Language,
thought, and In all his peculiaritles III speech.
He has that modulated muf1led tone which
breaks into shrillness just in time 10 make IL
funny story ten times Iunnier.
After swinging the circle via knoxville,
Louisville Cincinnati, Columbus, Rochester,
Syracuse, Albany, New York and Charleston.
W. L. Rowland has returned 10 Donalds as
| l. ,,l,.1 all -
10 know how little money IL man eau live on,
anu keep up appearance In the city oil New
York, when forced TO 1t by circumstances.
Our assistant postmaster Louis waller, COL
ored is attending the Minneapolis Con vention,
consequently we got no mail on Sunday un-
I'll six o'clock, MIR. Tolbert refusing 10 deliver
Mr.. DuPre Calhoun who is now in Texar-
kama, Ark. has sent us copy OF the daily
TeXarkausan containing an account or Il
frighliul assault on young woman OF that
city By negro. The penalty there Is the
same as here, and always paid at sight.
Bradley the brethren OF the a. NJ. h. church
were supplied by rising lheoiogne in their
church. 1t Is said that during his sermon
last Sunday from the text ''let us lay aside
every weight" ETC., he speculated largely on
Jonah and the whale, for Illustration, by say.
ing that ''even while Jonah was yet inside OF
The grcnt fish he pulled off his boots, that he
might the more easily wade or swim ashOi
II he was thrown UP In the water
1t has never been denied that Governor
TillDan Swears without provocation and III
the presence OF any one yet when a Christian
minister is thought TO be opposed To hui, his
country churches threaten TO drop him. at
least two churches that know OF nave ac-
tualiy dismissed their pastor because lie
dared TO openly oppose cursing Governor.
There Is almost Il water famine on our
square. There are four wells but not one OF
them is in good order
Prof. Wilson has been reelected principal
and Miss Nellie Screws as one Of The assist
ants in our graded school.
When asked by an old friend how his plan
tations were getting on. Governor Iillman
replied "oh. they are going TO the devil, had
to use 500 Of my salary last year to pay out" ="
Tilman and Sheppard have mutually de-
ciaed not 10 hnlu a. campaign meeting In
Edgefeld. 1t would doubtless be just aS well
To dispense with them in some other coun-
ties.
Messrs. Cobb & Gailbrath, druggists, have
dissolved. DR.. Cobb will con tinue the bnSi-
Hess. Mr.. Gailbrath will so on the road Tor q
drug house. >.
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