The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-11-04
IN GREENWOOD'S GATES.
The Circus-NPed of iauScS-FaciOry
Census Lawsuits And Other

Grern wood. $. c.. NOv.2. 1906.

Greenwood, s. G.. Nov. ., 1896.
! Last Thursday Hon. L. \. Z. Waller, as exc
curur Of the estate OF II. Fl. CreS>wel, deceaS
ed. sold his his nue plantation, known as
from Greenwood on the Edgefieid road
MesSrs. Fleming, Taylor & Stockman bought
| il at "A handsome price.
Another sad death is that Of Geo F. Ander.
son about five lies above Hodges. Mr.. An
dcrson came To his death by his own hand by
shooting himself in the head with pistol.
George was son OF Mr.. Foster Anderson. He
was between eighteen and nineteen years old.
| lie married Il Miss Nelson, of Laurens Cuun-
iy. about seven weeks before his sad death.
Hon. ID. II. Magill. OF Hodges, has rented a
here about Deaembe LIST or January lSt. We
welcome Mr.. Magll TO our live ind progress
Sivs town.
Can you tell me where can get n house to
rent or buy in Greenwood, is Il common and
! frequent question lately. Those having the
! money To spare would do well 10 invest some
OF IL in building some nice five and six room
cottages. AT least n dozen or more could be
rem ted before Christmas. The saw and ham
mer are busy, but do not supply The demand.
Abupvile has lost one of her most lnthlll-
gent citizens in the death OF W. a. Lee, -.
| ID. My personal acquaintance with him was
short, but | have known him Tor SeVeral
years from reputation. w
Miss Lou Ella Major opens her school this
morning ut Mt. Morlah, five miles from
Mr.. X. q. Chea,ham. of Phoenix, was in
town Saturday. He has had slight stroke
of paralysis lately. He was unconscious for
sometime. ..
The census OF the Greenwood Cotton Mill.
tnken by Mr.. Finn recently, number +e3,
Number OF church members lGS.
Your correspondent, M" last week say
Apueville missed the circus. Why? Let
those answer who know. Greenwood gels
the show. gets the crowd and gets the money.
aud Abberille Is disappointed at not getting
the show this season. We WISH Aboeville
could have gotten the circus, II she wanted 1t.
They benefit no community In which they 90.
IL they were made 10 pay heavy licenses they
would not come so often. No doubt many
men will 90 10 the circus and spend from one
To tive dollars, and leave their wife and chill
dreu ut home hungry and destitute OF shoes
and clothing. | hope something will happen
TO prevent the circus from coming To Green
wood.
The town OF Greenwood will vote next
Tuesday upon the question of changing her
charter. We certainly need some reform
along this line. We need u council OF young,
energetic men, that Is not afraid of offending
a lawbreaker by placing "fine upon him
when he violates an ordinance. Mr. Riley
makes a good marshal, but we need regular
street worker to take charge OF all law break
ers that do not pay their fine. What does an
offender care for q fine Of one or two dollars
or even hve dollars with fifteen TO thirty days
10 pay il in. Pistol firing 1T night Is getting
TO be SO common that II Is really dangerous
for a citizen To go out at night. Our present
with such offenders. j say, II they will per-
sist in shooting pistols, get some OF their cash
or some good work out of them on the street
with a shack lie on their legs. Our street could
soon be put i'll good order. We need guard
mouse badly. The one we have is a disgrace
ia any town. What say you, citizens?
MAGISTRATE AUSTIN's COURT TUESDAY.
cover a mule on which they had a mortgage,
but had given the negro who owned the mule |
perm isSi0n 10 sell.
This p-rpexing case has been in the court
sJr several mon hS and has taken several Gu |
rioua turns known only To the lawyers until |
Tuesday, when IT reached final conclusion, |
the magislrute rendering judgment In favor |
OF The defendant. The case was on trial near. |
~ all day. Two lawyers were employed, |
Capt. w. j. Rookie for the Calverts and +. S. F.
Giles, Esq for j. B. Sample. Several witness
es Were examined. some ofthem coming from
away over ut Bordeaux. Time, trouble and
costs besides attorney fees, all wasted I'm
vexatlouS lawsuit to recover one old broke |
down mule which Mr. Sample says he will
take very little money for. John Ii. Sample
rs not a nian TO give up thing. especially
Shen the thing Is In his possession and he
has paid out his money for II. He secured
the country for thirty miles around Green
would swear that the Calverts had waived
their rights and had given permission to sell.
lie found him. had In court and saved the
mule. and now Mr.. Sample laughs, and
Down In the Piney Grove section in this
county the highway leading from Edsefleld TO
Greenwood Is Infested with a gang Of lawleSs
negroes, who have made themselves quite an
noyiug 10 the people who travel that road by
waiting in ambush, hating people. asking In
Solent questions aud firing into their teams.
Something should be done with such law.
less crowd at once The people OF Green wood
as well as the people who live In the Piney
Grove ncghborhood should see that such
gang as this Is broken up and the law break
ers brought TO justice before some good man
murdered and robbed by them.-. Greenwood
journal.
Mr.. c. &. Waller. our humorous and lire.
preSsible Cad" and the gayest and most orig
lnal in thought and decd OF the gallant
knights of the road, was at home the other
day and told this story 10 u group OF friends.
Down at DysOn's. on The Southern railway
about twenty miles from Greenwood, Cad
says he pOkeJ his head out Of the Car window
and saw n number OF wagons loaded with cot
ton standing in the road and asked where
lney were going? The answer was, "Dout
you see We are not going anywhere but just
getting our wagons In line TO have our cotton
weighed in reenwuoG."-Greenwood Jour
nal.