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GREENWOOD'S NOTES.
All Surts of Items from Every where.

| Al SurtS Ol
Greenwood, ) c, July 70.
/ A pretty and 1insOme young lady says the
Young ladies' of this country do mol want 10
| vote-they simply want voters.
! DR. W. l.. Anderson, OF Nlnety-Six, has
more curloSlies In The shape OF Indian relics.
! Revolutionary war relics, and other curiosi-
Lies such rs minerals, shark Teeth, sea shells,
&C. than any one we know OF III this county.
! He has one or Two small shark 8 teeth, and
says he wouid like 10 get one or two large
ones.
Mrs Morton and children and Miss Annie
! Hughes, OF Columbia, are visiting the family
OF Mr.. Geo. II. Hughes, OF New Market.
A valuable COW and pig belonging 10 Dr.
H. brennan, of NeIdery, were killed by Il
single flash Of lightning last Saturday.
Mr.. j. z. PyIes of Coronaca has recently
gone into Tie mercantile business al wafer
Mr. Gillespie Smith. son of Mr.. J. Allen
Smith, of AObevllle. Is still In this portion OF
the country getting the location OF roads and
residences OF real estute owners living within
| one hundred yards OF public roads for The pur.
pose of making map OF this county, whicn
is To be completed In the early fall. Mr.. r.
NJ. Chest is doing similar work in the upper
part OF the county.
MeSsrs. Reese aud DuPre, jewellers at Alb
be> ille >. G., have arranged all ingenious
"winder:' display OF jewelry in their shop
window.
Miss Lala Scott. OF New Marker, is spend
ing awhile with her uncle, Mr.. j. w. Scott
mir. Jaines Taylor, of New Market, and Mr..
Foster Slawson have recently visited friends
in Abbbevile.
MIR, Willie Jay and DR.. j. p. Dorm, OF Troy,
were IN The city last Wednesday.
Mr. Andrew Anderson OF the Mt Moriah
neighborhOod, has five acres planted III mel
ons, lie has sold several that weighed AZ
much aa forty pounds.
Mr. Howard, of White Hall township, has
the rinest pasture In that section OF country.
Mr.. y. s. Harder has just returned To Green
wood, alter AL extended visit 10 friends IN
Franklin County, Georgia
Mr.. Robert Tulbert of Smith Vile left on the
liLn inst, for Clemson College.
The groves OF walnut trees set out several
years ago near Green wood BY County Treas
urer, J. 4. Blake, ure In flourlsnlng condi-
ton. The walnut tree makes fine shade,
and Is the more desirable because IL sheds all
It's leaves at once, thereby letting In, at the
proper lime of The year, the welcome sun
shine besides It's fruit Is valuable.
The Farmers Association met at Green
wood last Saturday.
Beulah church, near SlnlthvlHe, VIII oe
dedicated the second Sunday In August. Rev.
u. w. Hiott, OF WillaDston, will preach The
dedicatory sermon In the morning, and the
pastor, Rev. n. g. Siepp. will preach IN lhe
afternoon. The meeting will be protracted
from that day.
y friend to orphanages thinks that greater
good would result from allowing tile children
of these charlLabie institutions more oppor-
tunitieS 10 miugle with The children OF The
different churches.
Mr.. w. A. Klugh of the Dead Fall section
has the finest fled of bottom land OF corn we
have seen this year. He thinks that twenty.
i've acr es OF his corn will make him at least
thirty bushels per acre. He has been farming
fifteen years and has never bought grain oil
corn or pound Of meat Tor his own use oe,
sides he raises his mules aud sheep. Railroad
strikes In Chicago, sacramento and elsewhere
have very little effect on farmers who raise
their own supplies.
city the LIST OF September, for the purpose of
opening up Il hotel. She has had considerable
eXperience along this line and Will certainly
provide we'll f,r ner guests.
Uncle Silas Jones OF White Hall township
was in the city Wednesday.
Mr.. NJ. ID. Warner, Il prosperous farmer OIL
the MI. M0r,ah n-ishbornood, has comtnenc-
I'd the erection OF u handsome residence IN
Saturday was ChiIdren's Day at Trinity.
near Greenw. cd.
A goodly number OF candidates for county
offices visited Greenwood last week.
/. II. Walker, boot, shoe and harness ma
ker. has moved into The Aiken building.
Mr.. }. r. Simmons has rather novel rep
and we'll filled carriage and buggy repository.
IL Is wOud-all In one piece-and was grown
somewhere in EdgeheId county.
We notice that lauds In many paris OF the
country are washing away because Of u lack
OF proper ditching and ierracing. In many
Instances rows are running up and down the
nillsides Iustead OF across them. AT other
places valuable lands are washing away be-
cause border Of grass Is not allowed TO grow
next TO roads near which rows terminate.
Men may have a legal right to allow their
lands to wash away, but we are iuily con-
vlnced that they have not moral right To
allow such wholesale injury to that which is
some day 70 become the property of another.
Prof. j. Thoruwell Boozer, graduate of
the Citadel Academy at Charleston, ana u
nephew OF Dr. W. l.. Anderson OF Ninety
Six. WAS drowned on the 18th inst, In Texas
while bathing. His remains were accompa-
MED by a friend and his young wife. a native
Of Newberry, TO bis former home In New
berry county where they were inferred, Prof.
BooZer left q large and Influential connection
In South Carolina. He had just been elected
to q remunerative profesorsnip In Texas.
N. o. Pyles.