The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-08-12
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Crop Outlook PrOmisin@ - Signs OF
New Life in bbevilie-Candidates
TO Speak - Visitors Coming and
Going.

Going.
Ninety.Six, S. c., Aug. 10, 1896.
The oPPressvely not weatnsr ant Sttt Ia,n con pn,
qTeS Me are was
er more promising. TO use the words OF one
OF our most enthusiastic farmers. they are
MS good as the ground could make ITEM
This is indeed gratifying ana Win mo inlslor
tune our people will reap rich harvest.
Very soon Greenwood Will give grand bar
becue All of our people have been invited
II is the initial move on the chess board for
the establishment OF new Judicial district
IN he known rs Greenwood County. We have
cherished the fond hope that that plum
would fall TO us, but alas our poverty and
want of enterprise or whatever else you may
ca n it has bllghted our hopes.
Our recent visit to your fiourishing town
con vinced us that your people have awaken
ed from their lelharsy and taken on new lie
Signs of prosperity and thrlft are on every
side aud believe Abbeville Is destined in the
near future to rank among the most prospe.
rouS towns Of the State. Some OF the best bus
inesS men OF the State are within her borders
They have the nerve, the energy and the cap
ital to do wonders, and our people expect IT OF
them, yea. demand II.
While we have been blessed with fine sea-
sons and bountiful crop prospects, there are
some parts OF our county that are suherlng
on account of drouth. The country from
Greenwood TO Abbeville is really suffering.
No rain for four weeks.
We had cause To visit Greenwood Tor sew.
eral days last week and were impressed with
the growt IN of that proud little city. Every
hammer and the saw, wagon loads OF lum 6ei
aud brick crowded the streets. The siewalks
were jammed with people eager bent upon
something. We did not see loafer, every
body was busy.
Tie Rev. DR.. Curtis will commence meet.
ing at Fellowship church on the third Sunday
at D. m. The meeting will continue for sew
era days. All are cordially invited TO at
tend.
The Rev. Mr.. Jacobs. of Clinton, is here,
He commenced a meeting q the Presbyterian
church here yesterday. and preached TO q
large and attentive audience in the morning
and at night.
Tomorrow will be county campaign day In
our town. The numerous candidates will be
on hand, each endeavoring tn show why ne
should be elected TO office. We trust we Will
brethren will leage Ninety-Six with good i'm
preSSiOnS.
Last Saturday, according to previous an.
nouncement, the white cotton producers and
dealers OF the age OF sixteen and upwards
who sell and buy cotton at Ninety Six, me,
and from to O'Clock were engaged IN hold
Ing an election for cotton weigher. There
were three candidates. Mr.. A. A. Werts, o
He is a good man and will give satisfaction
AS it will be necessary for Mr.. Werts to move
here, we welcome him to our town.
Mr.. w. l.. Collins, prominent merchant OF
IL
Mr.. NJ. l.. Rice, one OF our best business
young men, will move to Greenwood on the
first OF September and engage In the mercan.
tile business. This time 1t Is Green WOODS
gain and our loss. We sincerely hope Mr..
Rice will find the move profitable and pleas
Thomas Jefferson Dyson, of Edgefield, was
up Sunday and worshipped at the Presoyte'
rian church.
Col. Bob Nickels and wife have gone to the
mountains for the heated term.
More than two hundred men from Edgefield
were here last Saturday to the cotton weigh
ers election. We interviewed large major
ity of them and found them largely IN favor
Of Judge Earle for u. S. Senator. A few OF
them were for Duncan, but very few of them
were for Evans.
The many friends Of Mr.. Thos. ]. Plnson
were glad to see him out at church last Sun
day. He is nearly 80 years old.
Our pretty little favorite, Miss Lease Sloan.
ia back from visit 10 iriends IN Georgia, -
home from a short stay with friends In the
up.country.
Miss Mary Miller is ut home for the vaca-
tion. She has been teaching In Laurens for
several months.
Mr.. Thomas Callahan. of .Edgefield, is Wis.
iting his sister, Mrs. +. n. DeNore.
Mrs. J. n. Josey, OF Orangeburg, is here al
the bedside of her sister, Miss Dona Griffin.
for short stay with friends.
Miss FIemmng, of Spartanburg, was at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday.
Miss Maude Beacham, Of Atlanta, Is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. A. S. Osborne.
Mr.. Will Chaney and n MIR. Dukes, OF Un.
ion, are visiting friends In Cow Grove,
Alter a protracted spell we were glad to see
Mr.. George Dukes in town the other day.
Cot. Vans Randell, of Florida, is still in
Ninety-SiX. His friends are delighted TO have
him with them. He will not return home un-
I'll cooler weather.
Mrs. r. G. Johnson has returned from New
York, where she has been visiting her hus.
band who is In business in that Great Hub.
Miss Maggie Rice has returned from pro-
longed stay with friends in Marion and Fair
field.
We notice the Greenwood Journal has
changed hands. We welcome Messrs. Allen
& Carr into the gang. and hope and believe
they will make trst-class paper Of the Jour.
nal.
Mrs. DR.. Holland has returned from Green
willie, Spartanburg and Columbia, where she
has been visiting friends.
Major II. P. Galphin says we are beginning
to need rain for the first time this year.
Capt j. w. Lipscomb Is at home. He has
been spending sometime with his soon at
Ridgeway. East End.