The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-12
IN GREENWOOD'S GATES.
Fact and Comment by a Wide Awake
CorrespOndent.
Greenwood, s. O., Feb. 10th, 1896,

Greenwood, 8. c., Feb 10th, 1896.
II fail to give you as long a letter this
me week 6ad @
share OF rain and mud. sunday afternoon
and night filled the streams and roads full OF
water and mud. Then egain Wednesday, II
you were out you know whether IL rained or
not. Then Thursday. did you hear the wind
blow. What aboutSaturday? This writer
think would be a competent witness to settle
that question, being long distance from
home, and nxious TO see loved ones at home,
he ventured out in the rain and through the
mud. That is not all, we had swollen streams
TO cross without bridges, when we got in the
midst OF one, one Oh our Traces oroke. bnt for
mind OF the driver, would have had 70 get
out in the water, but we managed TO yet Char.
ley to pull us out on the bank by one trace.
have advocated a bridge at the above place
for a long time. think q bridge ought to be
built here. Thisplace is about one mile from
Smithville, on load leading to Green wood.
1t is dangerous place: A bridge is needed
or fifty dollars would be sufficient to build II.
n you will forceGreenwood TO come TO Abbe-
Vile, provide some way for Us TO get there
Equal rights to all and special privileges to
While am on the subject of bridges I will
say there ought TO be bridge three miles
er points In that direction. l don Z know the
name of the stream, but 1t Is close to Mr.
Leslles. see from the Medium, Dr. Neuffer
and George Griswould came very near get
do our road officers intend that Its citizens
shall run such risks. Do your duty gentle
men, or get down and out. will say, that 10
a conversation with Capt. Lyon, he thinks
near Mr.. Leslies, but he says he Is werless,
that majority of the township supervisors
rule. don't believe any fair minded man
can cross either OF the streams that I have
,anf md NOT tnl hnr n
bridges across both.
Miss Nannie Major, teacher in the Green.
wood Graded School, went TO Stony Point
Friday afternoon aud spent two nights with
MIR. w. n. Hicklii,, Of York County, Is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Marion Dargan.
see from Press and Banner last week, that
Abbeville have united on one thing, that Of
tie measles. Greenwood joins hands with
you In this
I think some OF the reformers (so called) are
falling out with the reform movement They
don't talk about 1t so much now as heretofore.
You don't hear 30 much about equal rights to
all and special privileges to none, especially
| In the country. It seems as II the present
| (Reform) Legislature is legislating against
the country, and in favor Of cities and towns
A friend Of mine gave me copy OF the Able
| vile Medium last week to read, among other
| things / noticed great number OF new bills
regulate births and deaths in the country. !
am opposed TO the reform movement, but !
am in favor of equal rights to all and special
privileges TO none.
Would you have thought that Gov. Evans
would have put the city OF Charleston under
Metropolitan police simply because the city
council declined to reflect the former chief Of
police.
! Our Baptist brethren have bought nice lot
from Mr.. w. II. Bailey to build their new
church. They paid big price, but they got
one Of the prettiest and most central locations
in town. Any one who ia acquainted with
our town will know where their lot Is, when
tell that 1t is q portion OF Mr.. Bailey's garden
l2s feet front by 800 feet deep, so hear, 81.
Did Senator Tillman not make his big
speech just tc continue TO advertise himself
The weather has prevented our farmers
from plowing much. Very few oats have been
sown yet.
From the quantity OF guano see the farm.
ers are hauling, Judge they are expecting to
plant large crop Of cotton this year. If they
do they may expect and cents for 1t. And
then not much corn In the crib. A small
crop of cotton and q large crop Of corn II you
wish to be independent Make your bread
End meat at home and have your cotton as q
surplus. We hear some farmers say well, II
everybody else is going to plant small crops
Of cotton, l will plant big cotton crop this
year and say nothing much about II and hit
g. high price with large crop. Watch out
corn and meat with light pocket.
Messrs. Leavell & Gage, OF Green wood,
erected a handsome monument last Thurs
day. TO the memory OF Mrs. Mary V. Miller,
In Long Cane cemetery. They are doing quite
q quantity OF nice WORK and are kept busy.
M.s.G.