The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
THE OLD FORT.
Metallic Extract from Nesros-BroOm
COrn-Births-Licks County.

Ninety.six. g. c.. Sept. %. 1895.
The continuous dry weather is having
bad effect on the cotton crop: DR.. w. A. San.
forms us that there will be no late crop. He
thinks 1t will be all picked out by the Goth
proximo. The. price here last Saturday was
sSSas So2sh & By the rst y 0e
Miss Mai Orchard, OF Atlanta, Is here on q
short visit 10 her aunt, Mrs. Col. T. G. Lips
comb. Miss Nal Is great favorite In Ninety.
Six.
At hot supper on Mr.. ]. A. Calhoun's
| place on Saturday night, three negroes were
shot two seriously and one slightly:
That pretty young lady Miss Maggie Little
pay. Hope she will come again soon:
We all sympathize with Miss Louise Boze-
man over the loss OF her beautiful Pug. Pug
was beautiful dog, but, alas ! he is no more.
The expenses Of the Constitutional Conven-
tion up TO date has been about 5000, and what
has that honorable body done? .-.
DR.. Holland was busy last Sunday extract
Mr.. ]. R. Wright has returned from Chtcka-
mauga, where he went 10 attend the dedica-
tion ceremonies. It is really interesting 70
Mr.. 7. G. Turner Will put out about 100 ap-
pie trees this fall.
Mr.. Jack Crauston, the handsome agent OF
the "New York Life" was in town last week.
the proofs in the case OF Mr. Madison Rich.
ardson, deceased. There will be no trouble,
and the policy OF $1,000 will be promptly paid.
Mr.. Albert Watson, OF Ridge Spring. Is. rus.
The farmers are refusing 70 sen their cotton
seed at 1O1 cents per .bushel. They say they
are worth more for manure. The price;
though does not amount TO anything II meal
and hulls are correspondipglyIo Iow.
Mr.. j. A. Holland has establishinga broom
factory In Cow Grove. Last spring he distrtb.
uted q quantity OF seed among the sm all
farmers In his secti Ion and considerable
crop OF broom corn has been raised. He>has
purchased all the machinery necessary TO car
ry on the business and will be busy the entire
winter. Raising broom corn Is profitable
business and more of our planters shenld en-
gage in 1t now that they have market for 1t
MI. L. P. Calhoun lost fine Berkshire SOW
last week from heat ... .
Col: ". K. Blake, Of Greenwood, was down
We hope Everybody will possess themselves
with patience. lf we ever get a county,
Greenwood will be In IL. The Constitutional
and we will divide the distance between
Ninety-SIx and AbbevilIe. That would leave
everybody happy, and give us nice little
Birth-To Mrs. DR.. W. H. Holland, 10Th
inst, a son-Robert Harris.
Miss Ruby Anderson left last Monday for
Shorter College, Rome, Ga. The President is
ser bS
sides II Is her mothers alma mater.
They are having some trouble In the OAK
Lawn section about their school. We trust,
though, these good people will settle their
matters without appealing to higher authori-
ties.
The Hon. j. 8. Brice and wife, OF York coun.
ty, are spending a short while with Mrs.
Brice's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. n. F. Fuller. :.
Mr.. Brice Is o member OF the constitutional
Convention.
Secretary OF Stale D. H. Tompkins came up
home last Friday. He is 1ull OF hope for
Nlnety-Six county. -
Ninety.Six has now five cotton buyers be.
sides the merchants, who always want q
showing at your cotton before you close IL
out.
MIR. George d. Tiilman sought to iDjnre
Ninety-Sixby slander and Misrepresentation
in his speech before the Com In Colum-
bia The other day. The fact is, Mr.. Tillman
has not been In Ninety Six for twenty years.
A great number of the Edgeheld people who
trade at Ninety-Six, and friends OF Ninety
Six, have been voting for him for nearly
twenty years-many or them voted for him
forty years ago-and we regard 1t as base In
gratitude 10 treat them In any such way.
Neither will his satire amount TO much, Our
people know the truth, and the truth Will
Mrs. Jones, of Knoxville, nee Miss Rebecca
Moore. Is visiting her fathers family.
The Rev. J. c. Stoll will continue the meet.
ing In the Methodist church all next week;
East End.