The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-02-07
ISIS" SQUARE KNOCKS.
He Writes n Good Letter of Which
This Is Only a Part-TO be Con.
cluded Next Week.

Greenwood, s. c., Feb. 6, 1894.
Mr.. E. L. Oldham is visiting his friends and
Mr.. ]. L. Hinton is tenderly caring for a
miniature hog-one OF littre OF thirteenth
The Headlight is laboring, ostensibiy for
lines for Hon. j. l.. NJ. Irby.
The Governors detectives are In the land
and something Is going TO "drap' hereahout
Saturday was good dnS ,lI for taking notes; esver
blal and 1t goes without saying, they, gave
Gov. Flower and party a reception roy al.
The Democrats in Congress must have got
ten sSgeh1 Se Wson 1aS1 s Gm ns
The pupils In the 3rd grade are required oy
their teacher to write condensed sketch o.
Greenwood. 1t may be profitable to the chill
dren and there are precious few parents In
town who could write one.
Mrs. L. H. Perrin has been very SICK, out
her condition Is somewhat improved.
MIR. Louis Henderson has charge OF the
Park hotel.
Greenwood's population is about l,50n--not
counting the train crews which lie over mere
every night, nor those which pass through
and receives more bales of cotton per capita
than any town In the State.
II reaches us. by whnt seems to be good au-
thority that prominent citizen OF Abbeville,
who admires Greenwood's indomita6le pluck
was very much surprised that we did not put
In a bid for the Worlds Fair. 1t is no doubt
greater surprise to him that call To some
Of our churches WAS not extended TO DR.. Tai
mage after his resignation of the tabernacle.
AS a relief to his curiosity, will say there are
no vacant pastorates here, otherwise the mai
ter of a call might be considered.
To one entirely outside OF the "chnrined cir
Gle" March conveptiOn seems 10 De favored
by the Alliancemen and other true reformers
who recognize that the Reform movement,
has taken on q top load OF demagogues and
off1ce-seekers-from whom comes all our
strife. While 1t Is stIenuously opposed by
those In, or wanting office. If they are really
returning TO their first love Of true Democra-
cy and equal rights to all and special privi.
leges to none, 25 OO9 of the 80 600 Conservatives
will be with them heart and soul. The peo-
ple-three fourths OF whom are agricultural
Mrs. H. w. johnson died here.last Wednes-
day morning. She leaves an infant two
weeks old. The sympathies of our people go
The newspaper enterprise Is still statuquo,
but we have every confidence in our business
men doing the right thing at the proper Time.
Such a word as fail is unkn 10 the men
what another newspaper failure here means
A pretty fair audience greeted Dr. Bays
with his lecture, Friday night and were nigh
ly entertained.
Green willie Female Cvllege.
Miss May Anderson, Of Anderson, Is Vlslt'
ing the Misses McLees.
Col. Jesse Rook has moved into the Gray
uOu uOube AD TuuuluS IL as ptiNdtO oooi oihh'
Most truly is there evidence Of decay on
every baud, nothing terrestrial escapes lts
blighting touch. One by one the old land
marks, animate and inanimate are going
down. Just new the old store house at Chlles
Cross Roads (Mlllway) with its ponderous
bolts and bars, and tlmbers strong and mas
sive. which have withstood the fury OF the
storm for nearly century, Is being torn
down and moved away. 1t will only be lew
years more before every trace OF these ante
bellum centers of commerce will be gone.
The Piedmont Head Light has ladies de.
partment, edited by a lady. The following
paragraph is clipped from her department:
Editor A. B. Williams is certainly on q hot
trail for some office, from the way he Is siob-
bering our Grover Cleveland In bis Washing.
ton letters TO the News. The President Will
probably throw him potato skim"
We feel encouraged TO know that the ladies'
too, take lively interest In politics, and that
this feature Of my letters are not 80 prosy al
ter all.
George Buchanan Is out again after long
tusse with pneumonia. We aretruly glad he
Is able to come 10 town. He always carries
sunshine with him. His genial nature Is
equal 10 his averdupoise. 3.