The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-08
LIFE AND LIGHT.

LIFE AND LIGHT.
All Sorts OF Food, Dished mp In
Shape 10 Whet the Appetite.
Greenwood, s. c.. Aug. q, 1894.
One Of our leading Reiormers now reads
the State In preference 10 the Register.
40 BUSHELS OF CORN AND 40 ACRES OF
COTTON.
It is said that Mr.. VIII Hunter OF Bradleys
has the finest crop In the county, A good
bushels Of corn per acre and 4O bales OF cotton
on 40 acres
WHY THEY SHAVE.
"Mr. Wells says he sha we'd his mustache to
avoid being taken fol 'S of the Press and
anner."-Greenwood Journal suppose the
editor Of the Journal shaves his 10 avoid
being taken for the devil"
POLITICAL PoRRIDGE
It no fight OF ours, indeed we are preclu-
ded from entering the halo Of Reform
which surrounds the August personages OF
Ing tour OF this county, but at the risk OF
having 1t erroneously said that we favor class
distinction. we say here and now, that the
| farmers OF this county are comfortably well
and insist on bringing and keeping the best
men To the fore they will be Joined by the
best men, mechanics and lsborers. Strife
will cease, dissensions end and we will all
have II wholly In their power to overthrow
ring rule and oligarchy In this county, at
farmers. If they fail to do 1t, they should for
ever hold their peace against political bosses,
and lawyers getting all the plums.
DR.. Talmages sermon In last issue of the
a, whole year to those who will read 1t
thoughtfully.
| THE COLOSSAL CIRCUIT.
Shut your eyes, hold your breath, draw In
your lrocks, take up your feet, and lie low In
your fence corners, all ye antis. for the col.
lossal combination. mammoth aggregation
and hippodrome train with Its caloric freight
Ing forth fire. There Is heap OF friction, some
smoke lots OF hot boxes, raising sand and
singing dirt In all directions-look Quilts
| here.
On account OF continued rains our farm.
ers are growing apprehensive for their crops.
BUT MUST VOTE FOR FOUR.
General Hemphill says through the Me-
dunn that Green wood will not vote for any
representative, who opposes the new county
This IL another of his bald assertions, with
out proof He knows that as matters now
stand we will be forced to vote for four Of
them. And 1t has never been contemplated
foil ticket II what they have are defeated II
will not be death blow to the enterprise.
There will be an excursion from Anderson
10 this place on the 18th Instant and reduced
rates over all the rest Of the lines, and our
wheelmen are preparing for big meet and
ball game.
LED ALL THE REST.
Candidate I. A. Green led all the rest here
last Wednesday,in The way of electioneerIng.
have seen only one man whom he Jailed
TO see.
During an electric display a few evenings
ago, bright little tot said TO her mother.
"Oh, mama, just look now the cloud opens
and shuts Its eyes.
Mr.. T. =. Davis, Of Columbia. has rented
open stock OF shoes lst September. We
clip the following notice OF him from the
State: ..Mr: 7: r. Davis who has been with
Messrs. T, A. McCreery Co., for eighteen
years, went to Greenwood. where he Intends
opening q shoe store. AS soon as he decides
on a suitable stand In Greenwood he will go
to Boston and buy his stock OF goods. Co
lumbia will regret TO lose Mr.. Davis, but her
loss Will be Greenwood's gain.
TURNING T1DE-HowLERs.
We near no disrespect to them but two and
four years ago when the lawyers were doing
all In their power to array the country
against the towns, as means to their person
al aggrandizement,' was funny, very funny,
TO Tllmanites. We hall with delight the
formers and Alliancemen, Reformers are
bowling down Cal Caughman, the bowler
and farmers are waging war against the
corner lawyers. They sowed the wind and
prospered Tor q season, they are now reap
Ing the whirlwind which Is funny. awful fun
ny, TO the antis.
| COMING HOME.
|. Chickens will come home 10 roost,
| frO follow night morning must.
| A turn there Is In every lane,
| History also speaks again.
FUNNY FoRECAsTE.
For the benefit OF any of the gubernatorial
candidates who might per chance scan this
column to see what IL said OF bis chances at
| this the most important box In the county
will say we haven't had time to discuss poll
tics; ln fact the antis are not allowe ed to do 30
and Reformers don't but my opinion is that
ors would be about even between the three
leading candidates. l do not know that the
result would be different, II only 200 out of our
600 vo tes we're cast.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Rev. MIR. Brookholtz, OF Chester is conduct
ing protracted services In the Baptist church
Hon. John T. Duncan, OF Newberry, was in
DR. Dr.. B. +. Dnckett went to Newberry on
Hon. W. H. Yeldell was In town last week.
DIR. w. w. Dodson. OF Donalds, paid our
town flying visit last week. He left his lit
tie boy at home.
| Professor Rast was In town last week
In the Interest OF the South Caroline College.
There was not better soldier, nor ia there
q bigger hearted man In town than Tom Ar
mold.
! OF wagons last week.
Mr.. Frazier Sanders house Is nearing COM
Mr. Jeff Beacham, OF Riley, was in town
last week buying material to rebuild his GIN
merry.
| IL to Athens.
Mrs. Minnie Crews and children of Athens
have been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. D. Nance.
THEY ToED THE MARK.
Last Wednesday, was campaign day here
and large crowd of the "dear people" as
sembled TO hear what the candidates had to
say The crowd was good humored and very
| orderly, until late In the afternoon, when the
beast of the dark continent got In bis work
on some OF the more blbnlous, causing few
arrests for minor offenses. or course the on
ly issue was the "new county" On every
other all the candidates toed the mark and
tracked nicely.
THE NEW COUNTY QUESTION.
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