The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05
GATHERED AT GREENWOOD
Everything from A to Concerning
the People OF the Lively Little
CITY,

Everything from A to 4 Concerning
the People OF the Lively Lifsie
City.
Greenwood 8. c., July 8. 1898.
A good many visitors have already Ieacned @ q
Greenwood to be ready TO enjoy the full oene'
fit Of to-morrows program.
A light shower of rain about sunset this
evening has laid the dust and cooled the az
conversation with Mr.. ]. NJ. Baker, formerly
| OF the Lowndesvilla Advertiser, now OF the
Savannah News. Mr.. Baker speaks In very
complimentary terms OF the editor OF the
| Every arrangement has been made to en-
tertan large crowd here Tomorrow.
Wheelnen have already reached here ano
| are ready for to-morrow's races. Gen. Gor.
don is expected 10 arrive In the city to;night
from Atlanta over the G., G. N. railroad.
Gen. Nj. C. Butler is already In the city. Col.
Miller Of qsnds nsIs
MIR. and Mrs. w. H. Whillock, Jr, 9I new
evening in honor Of Miss Mamie and MISS
Verde Anderson. Everybody was hospita-
| bly, entertained.
Mr.. j. II. Harmon. editor of the Mccormick
News, was in the city last week.
Mr.. j. T. Ligon, Of Bradley, is IN the city
where he has host of friends.
Some 200 Sunday School excurslonists came
up to Greenwood from Modoc one day last
week. They expressed themselves as being
| llgnlY plGHB6u Will oTccuWOOus
| Mrs. Lafayette Sheppard OF this city re-
ceived an enlarged photograph OF her atner
a few days ago. She had seen the adyertlse'
ment of "photograph given away" and In re-
Some weeks after this she received letter
from the photographer saying, If she would
send $l65 TO pay express charges and packing
would receive by return express large and
handsome photograph in return. Mrs. Shep.
pard sent the money wanted and IN return
received picture that would be dear at Is
cents. Usually we cannot reasonably expect
pictures for sale you needn't offer them TO
Mrs. Sheppard. She doesn't want to buy;
! Mr.. Thomas Jones, one Of Aobevilles
not TO take Sides With any faction, hut en-;
deayor to teach the people what 70 40 ana
whatever else they do they ought not to be
always quarrelling with one another.
of the Abbeville Press and Banner, Is In the
city where he will remain day or 80 before
returning to Enoree where he has large con-
tract. Mr.. Sproles has many iriends among
the readers of the Press and Banner who
have always appreciated his lengthy and In
The Misses Neel, of Newberry, passed
the city day or 80 ago
OF Mr.. ]. E. Partlow.
We had the pleasure last week Of meeting
who was returning from Atlanta where he
spent several days With bis uncle Rev. Oliver
MIR. W. b. Brooks and wife, of Mossley Hall,
Brooks.
Miss Annie Bonner. beautiful young lady
Of Gaffney City, is the guest Of Miss sallie
Rev. Geo. H. Burton, of Mccormick, was
| In the city last week.
| Mr. Nj. A. Fellers has the finest field OF corn
we have seen this season. ,.
i Mr.. Peixotto intends going TO AbbeVilIe
5000. His work IL rated az first class.
The trustees OF the Greenwood Graded
School have reelected Prof. Wilson, Miss
| MCGEE and Miss Screws.
Miss Mamie Chatham closed here school at
Mt Moriah last week after q successful ses-
sion of several months.
Blackberries were never finer and more
plentiful than they are In this part oi the
| country.
The Green wood OIL Mill has made profit
OF 85 per cent. Within the past year. The fol-
| lowing dividends have been declared:
81 per cent. on 4th OF May.
| Is per cent. on lst July.
| % per cent. has been reserved as CONNER.
cial capital. The capital stitch Of this mill Is
S3O,0OO. Mr.. u. 7. Cook, the efficient and ac-
commodntlpg oook.keeper, has kindly given
| US the above facts.
| Rev. ]. l.. Vass says there was never great
er mIsnomer than calling this q Christian
country. He says 1t is true there are some
being Christian land.
Messrs. Leavel and Gage, marble cutters.
recently been given a large contract to fence
| in q lot and erect q tall monument OF the I'm.
est Georgia marble. These gentlemen are
both first class men and are reliable In every
Mr.. j. NJ. DeVore while walking last week
on the R. & d. r. R., struck spike which
glanced and bit him on the ley causing a
painful wound.
Uncle Joe Haddon. who claims to be the
oldest engineer in the world was In the city
Mr.. G. P. o'Neal and DR.. ]. A. Murshall, OF
Coronaca, were In the city last week.
i Last Sunday afternoon while Rev. J. T. MIL
Ter was on his way to Calhoun Academy, 10
Il I'LL an appointment. be was thrown from his
cart and painfully, though not seriously hurt
secured position with the Columbia Expo
sltion Company. aud left here Friday for bis
home In Charlotte, where he will remain 9
few days with friends and will 60 from that
Mr. ). c. Peixotto.. Of Columtla. has been
down roof painting for Messrs. w. II. Baily,
j. T. Simmons, DR.. W. b. Millwee and others,
through the city from Anderson en- route to
| his home.
Mrs. j. s. Crews and children Of Athens, are
here visiting the family OF Mr.. Nahce.
Green " ood has many beautiful shade trees,
Most ofsthem are water oak.
| The Greenwood Alliance meets the Srd Sat
urday OF this month at o'clock, p. NJ, to
elect officers for the ens9ing year. ,
mence teaching class OF vocal music at Pine
grove on the 3lst OF July.
Mr.. w. r. Cothran. the popular salesman OF
Vannerson & Co. OF Augusta, Gu, was in the
city last week.
The Misses Hammond, OF Abbeville, are
visiting Miss Emma Sheppard.
| Mr. Eugene Miller and wife Of Charleston,
and Miss Mary Hood OF Mississippi passed
| through the city last Saturday, enroute to
Chick Springs, where they will spend several
weeks.
Prof Geo. c. Hodges made business trip to
Greenville last week.
! Mr.. NJ. ]. r. Kennedy. agent Central R. R.,
| who has been wishing his sick family ut Black
Vile has returned TO Green wood, leaving them
| much better.
Messrs. o. D. Duck ett, ]. Edward Elenberg,
| Ivory Stock man and Ira B. Taylor, will leave
here w ednesday TO attend Clemson College.
| Prof. j. P. Burnett has closed his school at
Pine Grove, after teaching term OF nine
months. The pa irons OF his school express
themselves much pleased with his work as
| teacher.
Mr.. r. B. Hollenshead. OF the Augusta
Chronicle, was In the city last week, In the in
terest of that enterprising paper. Mr.. Hol.
lensbead Is now working up the Exposition
Edition Of the Chronicle. The Chronicle ex.
poets to have 100000 copies OF this edition
printed by the first of August for distribu-
| lion AZ the Worlds Fair.
| The officers OF the G. G. & n. r. R., stopped
a short while In the city last Friday aud In
spected their property. while here.
| Rev. DIR. Latham Of Due West, spent several
| hours In the city last Saturday while on his
way TO Troy, where he was TO have preached
ought TO run longer and that our teachers
| ought to be paid better salaries,