The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-07-13
LIGHT FROM GREENWOOD.
POLITICIANS IN COUNCIL.
Democratic Speeches from Distin-
guished Orators Republican
Speeches from Varied LOt-All
Sorr of Pnrnr rnnhS


Sort Of Paragraphs.
Greenwood, S. G., July II, 1882.
And "hit a rlnin.'
Mr.. Robert Gibbs is at home from the uni
ver>ity.
Miss Mamie DuPrc is visiting Mrs. j. j
Mosely.
Rev Mr. Kitgo is Off on a vacation.
Mr.. w. X. Bailey will have on exhibition
this wv cdneSduy) evening n block OF Ice " It'll
natural sun flowers frozen in it.
Miss Lizzie spikes and Miss Annie Rodgers
from Texas are visiting Mrs. K. &. Cheatham
/ II is said here that Messrs keitt, Pope and
Sigh, of the Newberry delegation-each ol
whom Is a personal enemy of Johnstone and
a would-bc aSpirant Tor his Seat-were Sorely
disappointed at the recent congressional Con-
vcntion hecallSe no others opposed Johh'
stones re- 81 lection. Bravo, Alliancen en-.
| For fear of 4 carnage OF our own rivallng IN
! horror that Of Carnegic'S at HomeSteau ana
more serious in It's results let our joint discus
SiOns be discontinued. What say you, genle'
men, of both committees.
Rev. Mr.. Forester is at Nincty-SiX this
week assisting Mr.. Carroll in series OF meet
ings.
ard because it's reporter charges Mr.. Prince
with saying the Tillmantes were q set ol
speech but can find no one who remembers
any such remark. How about the much @
more opprobriuuS epithcts applied by Till
man any hoy?
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. b. McGee, of Due West,
spent Saturday and sunday In town. Mrs.
MCGEE is a most pleasant and entertaining
lady. She Is an aunt of Senator lrby.
Athens. Ga. is beautiful, cultured, ele'
waited and hcalthful city of 800 population
with all the conveniences OF q modern city.
None of equal size any where has more or
| finer buildings, public and private, their va
rious institutions OF high learning, and pro-
fcent public school system justly entities 1t
| to the classical appellation OF the ancient city
whose name it bears. found among the pro
gressive Athen ians, Messrs. James and Wal.
| ter Crews OF our town who hold good posi-
tios In the railroad and telegraph service
| \ lSo Messrs. J l.. and 4. +. Arnold original
ly from Lowndesville. The first deals In
paints and oils. and contracts for ornamental
and decorative house sign painting e
keeps a large force of hands At work all the
time. and by dint OF his own industry has nc
cumulated some property. The latter Is en-
gagged in q livery. sale and feed Stab BILE, Keeps
nice stock and is doing a lucrative business.
Judge Parish, of Versailles. KY, is on visit
| TO his daughter Mrs. ID. &. DuPre.
The young ems" Of town enjoyed delight
fnl high tea and moonlight picnic at Mr..
Yoe'S spring Friday evening with Mrs Marse
| and Mrs. Simmons as chaperOns
| Mr.. Eugene Goodwin is convalescent from
slight attack Of fever. Mr.. II. $. Sparkman
| is still sick with it.
MIR. laws Kerr is at home for few days
| from Abbeville
Mr.. Coleman Waller has been elected one OF
professors in our graded school. No better
choice could have been made. he having rec
from Wollord. Notice OF which has previous
ly been made in this column.
The Jovial, handsome and all-round clever
| fellow "Billy" Anderson delighted his friends
by his presence among US for a lew days last
week.
Mrs. S., little Ella and l spent a few days
most pleasantly with relatives In Athens
last week, hence no "GreenwOod notes."
Chairman pibble, of the State Conservative
Committee, met here last Thursday with the
committees of this and Anderson county. 1t
was an enthusiastic meeting and business OF
great importance was transacted. Col DID,
ble brought us most cheering news from 9TH
er sections OF the State. This with our own
know ledge OF the changes being wrought In
this county leads us To predict with more GER
tainty that after the 30th OF August IT will be
Cleveland and Stevenson, Sheppard and Orr.
After the committee adjourned O large crowd
followed them To the hotel, where, after mus
ic by our now celebrated band, short speeches
were made by Messrs. Dibble. McCiowan and
Prince, of Anderson. Even a synopsis OF
them cannot he given here Suffice 1t to say
that they. were, In the main Conservative,
those of MeSSrS. Dibble and McGowan re-
markably so, that Of Mr.. Prince has ELECTED
some advers criticisms mainly from the antis
very few Tillmanites having heard 1t. dare
say the Medium will take for its text this
week some of Mr.. Princes utterances, and
con troll them into a great boogaboo of indie
pendcntism, and yet net line has ever APP
peared in II against the third party talk OF
Tillman or the Bowden-Siokc'Se editorial In
the Cotton Plant. The text most likely To be
taken is Mr.. Princes declaration, that "he
was glad he voted for 4. T.. Haskell In lSgD. y
do not seek to apolog ise for MIR; Prince for
do not suppose he has any to offer II so he Is
fully able 10 do it, but let every reader consid-
er first OF all the perverSlve tactics OF the
Medium, by appealing to the lowest passion
In the human breast, and then consider that
MIR. Prince, like hundreds, yea thousands, OF
other good DemOcrats-Wade Hampton in
lcluded,-considered Tillmans method of re-
ceiving the nomination un-Democratic.
natural howe
| inopp0rtune for him to make just the decla-
| ration he did in boasting Of the purity OF his
ballot.
| While he does not admit that he was wrong
two years ago, his Democracy cannot be i'm
pugned, and il put 10 the crucial test will
stand where that OF many Tillman leaders
would fail, for he is now battling uuder the
peace and unity banner, with all that the
term implies, and will vote Tor Tillman If
Nominated, how many Tillmanites will re-
| fuse TO vote for Sheppard, watch. Mr. Prince
| more than any other speaker of the evening,
If possible, escheived division OF the white
people OF this State. 1t would be well for us
| all 10 bury the issues Of the past and attend
| TO those that Onfront us. We all know that
the very name. Haskell Is to aTillmanite
| what red rag is to an infuriated bull, and
ril!man's past methods are quite as obnoX-
lous to many OF the ants, yet aS long as there
are extremists in each faction both vi he al.
| lnded TO, however, much II Way be deplorcd
| by the conservative men of pOth factions.
| Along side or Mr.. Princes declaration over
| which our Tillman friends Will make such
to do, / place the bold assertion of Mr.. ID. h.
| Rampey, a most prominent Tillman leader
IN this county. that he will vote for the third
| party rather than for Cleveland. how can you
nrcept the Democracy OF the one and reject
the other. Fortunately there are only lew
of these untimely utterances, and II Is dem
agoglcal bosh" to single out the opinions of
their authors and hold their respective fac,
lions responsible for them. The masses will
be united after the primary-Selah.
| Hon. Tillman X. Denny, mayor OF john
ston. came up Saturday with his daughter
Miss Ona TO visit his brother-in law Mr.. w.
+. Dean. He has been an interested observer
of the political status In Edgeileld, and he Is
delighted with the outlook.
| Rev. J. l.. Nass has connected his new resi-
dencc with the Orphanage by telephone, the
work OF Mr.. Bryce McCarley.
| Mr.. Giiky, Of the e., &. d y has been
with his friends in town for Il few days.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Simmons left Tuesday
for weeks visit to their former home Truro,
| Nova Scotia.
| All the Georgians with whom ! recently
couverSed firmly believe South Carolina will
80 for the Peoples party. So much for Till
man-Stokes-Bowden interviews and edito.
| ri:ilS,