The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-03
GREENWOOD NOTES.
Items of All Sorts Picked Up by
Pyles.

green WOOD, y. C., Oct. ].
The long talked Of fire alarm bell has been
put In at last.
A negro was killed by unknown parties last
Wednesday night in the upper part of Edge
Mr.. J. W. Duck EFT. one OF our most ener.
getic and successful merchants is az polite TO
his customers az French dancing master,
and never loses an opportunity to take in q
dollar theSe hard times.
We long to see the day when our public
roads will be placed in better condition than
they are at present.
Mr.; A:C Davenport of verdery. spent to-
Mr.. William Bailey, one of Greenwoods & re-
tired merchants, has everything arranged In
his handsomely furnished residence With q
view To comfort and convenience.
friend gives an antidote for hard times.
II Is this: Raise more corn, more hogs, and
more OF everything consumed on the farm,
and be sure 10 raise less cotton. TO illustrate,
he tells OF n farmer who seems TO have very
little energy, takes the world easy, works
when IT suits him, and quits work when he
Ieels like IL, grows only one or two bales Of
cotton year, but raises plenty Of everything
usually needed on farm. The result is he
has corn, fodder, meat and other things to sell
every year and Is out of debt, while his more
industrious neighbor who plants all cotton,
works bard early and late, Is getting deeper
In debt every year.
Upwards OF two hundred pupils are In at
tendance at the Greenwood Graded School.
A public road has been opened up from
wood and Abbeville road.
A new mail box has been put up opposite
the Bank of Greenwood. The more we see Of
the enterprise and efficiency Of our postmas-
ter the more we appreciate him. He uses
every effort In his power TO accommodate the
public.
Mr.. V. r. Hinton, an enterprising farmer OF
this section, has recently built a new barn.
Miss Allie Berry, OF Augusta, Ca, after an
Illness OF several months, died al the home OF
Mr.. John H. Ellenburg near Greenwood, on
the 18th inst. Her remains were carried next
day 10 Augusta for interment.
Mrs. Ann Tarrant is building dwelling on
Reynolds street, near the residence OF Mr..
j. Z. Nickles.
b. 81 GyWRh OF H9dge s In the city
lstically finished, which reads ny follows {:
"Durst & Co.. Gents Furnishing Goods"
MIR. h. F. Fuller an enterprising and sue
cessful merchant OF Ninety Six spent Satur-
Il Rev. Mr.. Henderson, Presbyterian, OF
Cox kesbury, preached in the Coronaca Method
list church yesterday.
spent day or 80 last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Dr. Millwee.
Mr.. Frazier Sanders is erecting q dwelling
near the residence OF DR.. Martin.
A public well is being dug In front of Mr.
Cummings store.
Mrs. J: N. Godsey and children are visiting
After SO much rain you ought to have your
wood, 8. c., will furnish everything and clean
1t out for small amount.
Mr.. ]. C. Nickles, one Of our selEmade mer-
Mrs. Of Fo is here spending
while with her mother, Mrs. ]. y. Jay.
Miss Mary Auld returned home Saturday
from the lower portion of the State where
she had been several weeks visiting friends
and relatives.
Sixty.seven bales Of cotton were ginned in
ono day last week at the Greenwood ginnery.
The ginnery is now In better shape to do good
work than 1t was before IT was burned. 1t
has capacity Of one hundred bales per day.
Mr.. Thos; Walker travelling salesman. was
80 Mr.; ,lS + F: IS; $; G Giles is is having his cottage on
in the southern portion OF the city.
Miss Helen B. Fellows leaves this week for
All Healing Springs, N. c., where she will
attend Rn6ess 59ass a teaobns
the CenLreville school in the Buck Level
section on the first of November.
MIR. G. P. ONeal, Of Coronaca, after an abb
sence OF several weeks at Glenn Springs, re-
Mr.. ID. A. T. Jordan, President OF the City
Bank, after an absence OF several weeks North,
returned to the city last Wednesday.
Mr.. Ivy Stock man left for Wotford College
to-day, and his sister, Miss Mary Stock man,
left last Thursday for Columbia Female Col
lege.
Two conVlcts escaped last thursday nlgnt
from the railroad camp on the A. q n. Rail
road near Coronaca. One Of them has been
captured.
Mr.. J. w. Coleman and j. H. Stuart, Of
Coronaca, went on the excursion TO Charles
ton last week.
Miss Kittie Vernon, Of Oxford, N. G., PASSED
through city Saturday on the way 10 Due
West where she will take charge OF the pri-
mary department OF the Due West Female
College. The following young men also pass
ed through the city on their Way 10 Erskine
College: J. A. Brice. :. Nj. Brice, L: NJ
Brice' Woodwards, s. G., $. Seatoa, Admission,
Ala, }. NJ. Cuddy, Troy, s. c.
Miss Lois Davis, OF Troy, s. c., is the guest
OF Miss Fannie and Miss Daisy Jay.
Mr.. E. g. Stuart, OF Coronaca, leaves today
for the Baltimore Medical College, and MIR.
w. w. Nickles Of the same place returns TO
Wofford College.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. p. league, Of High Point,
s. G., are at Coronaca on visit TO the family
Of Mr.. James f. Coleman. n. o. .Pyles.