The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-13
IN GREENWOOD'S GATES.
Many Good Paragraphs from the Pro-
sressIve Town.

!, siiet racK from u. {. Il n. TO the mill. Tn
grade has been com mpleted and the iron Wi
Be laid in n few days. The sidetrack inter
sects the railroad just where Main stree
crosses the railroad. The excavation for tn
mill site will be completed In few days.
is quite Interesting TO stand and look at tn
Improved brick machine mould brick. The
have first class clay, good set OF hands an
make brick in a hurry. stood by the me
chine. watch In hand. and timed them severa
minutes. One minute they made IS brick
the next minute they made IS. MIR. Tram
NELL, yard boss, said that was above the aver
age. They can average 6O per minute,
hours day would make $500 per day. !
will not take them long to make 100000
which II will take for the MILL ] don't know
when ever met friendlier set of gentleman
than the white men around the brick yard
neer. Jerry Trammell, yard boss, and Osca
Sullivan bookkeeper and pay master salt
they had good clay. After the brick is or!
| before they are burnt, seem TO be an haIu az
| some brick / have seen after they were purnl
II would pay any one interested in making
| brick TO visit this yard.
KINDLY WELCOME TO ALL, AND ESPECIALLY
TO EAST END.
Iextend thanks to East End for myself and
GreenW ood for the good things ne
said about us last week. East End is TOO in.
| telIiyent and broadminded TO visit Green
wood without seeing life af1cat all over our
town. will say that we have room enough
| in Greenwood for East End and all Others
| like him. We don't want any narrow minded
re! fish person To come, but our gates are open
| to all who will work 10 build up Greenwood
Brother East End If you will move to Green.
wood Will turn over my pencil and scrap
book TO you.
The frame work of Dr. Crymes new two
story dwelling Is up. He will have neat
and pretty house when completed.
The Methodist church IL very pretty and at
tractive since 1t was painted on the outside.
The church is completed now, except the
pews and heater.
Our Baptist brethren will commence their
church at an early day. Two bridges have
been built across the street ditch to haul heir
material on The ground
AS | am away from home all week, 1t is
hard for me TO keep up with the news In
Greenwood. IL Is almost impossible TO report
visitors going or coming. | suppose II inter.
esls very few of the readers OF the Press and
Banner to hear who is visiting to or from
Greenwood. 1t interests me more to help eat
a nice dish OF fried chicken than to read in
the papers that Mrs. a. or Mrs: b. had match
ed fifty or even an hundred little chickens.
What say you. Mr.. Editor?
was glad 10 see Mr.. James Andrews able to
go to church last Sunday. He has had hard
time, but think he will get we'll now.
Mr.. j. w. Duckett has been sick twelve
weeks and is still very sick. Iwent 10 call on
him Sunday afternoon, but he was too sick
for me 10 zee him.
Savage Logan. an honorable colored black
smith. died very suddenly In Greenwood one
day last week. He left his shop at II o'clock
sick, and died that night. He will be missed
az much as any colored man we have.
Abb McIutosh, the drayman, lost good
horse one day last week.
TON MILLER's SPEECH.
Tom Miller, a member of the late Constltu
tional Convention fiom Beaufort, spoke Ia
the negroes here last Saturday. ! did nCl
hear him, but other white men that did hear
him say that he made good speech, much
ToI TnI ypk,n nm
the same occasion. / hear that Tom Miller
gave The negroes some good advice. He told
them they ought to be more interested In get
ting more money and an education than poll.
tics. John Tolberts speech Il hear) was about
the same thing that he has always said.
y LOOKING GLASS.
Mr. Editor have never shown you my po,
itical looking glass. II don't forget II Will
show 1t TO You the next time see you: II
will show q candidate how he looks If defeat
ed or If elected. have my fun with the can
didateS with 1t.
CALLING FOR CANDIDATES.
dates are losing some OF their timidity quite
a list of them have let US know they want OF.
flee. l see no one has announced for the Leg
lslature Allow me 10 nominate five gentle.
men who think would represent Abbeville
county with as much honor as any one.
propose 10 scatter them all over the county.
name DR.. j. b. Moseley, Lowndesville; Capt.
Robinson. Mccormick; w. N. Graydon. Alb
beville; {. A. c. Waller, Greenwood; T.. A
Rev. E. j. FORESTER, w. l.. burst, and Miss
Nellie Screws aud Miss Sudie Self are gone To
Chattanooga to attend the Southern Baptist
Convention.
THE GREENWOOD COTTON MILL.
The stock holders of the Greenwood Cotton
Mill held their annual meeting one day lasi
week. The annual report was highly salts
factory to all The following board of direc
tors were elected to serve the next year
Messrs. d. A: Tompkins, Charlotte; j.: A
W. p: Mathews, kirkseys; Or. J. c. Maxwell
D w. and B 4yes r. Z ea5S Alter
the adjournment Of the stock holders. the d.
rectors met and reelected the old officers as
follows: President. w. L. burst; Secretary
and Treasurer, Joel $. Bailey; Bookkeeper, s.
P. Wright. The stockholders expressed
themselves as well pleased with the new ad
dition that was added 10 the mill last year.
Greenwood is no longer u one horse town,
but is now numbered among the manufactur
Ing cities of the world. Every week when
come home ] see some new growth OF the
town. Parties that are so envious OF Green
wood as not to come To see us, don't know
what we are doing.
Messrs. Bailey, Barksdale j. Co.. Hall d
Rice, w. q. Gamble aud J. w. Sproles know
how to appreciate their clerks, and don't hes
itate TO give them an hour at six O'Clock fol
recreation. believe they are the only ones
that close their stores at six O'Clock, The
others are afraid they Will lose little trade.
Upon making enquiry why Mr.. w. G. Gam,
bles store was closed last saturday, found
his mother had died at her home In Laurens
county, and he had gone to see her buried.
Messrs. Thomas Watson and Allie Williams
two OF Greenwood's energetic young men
have opened an Ice cream paror for the hol
summer afternoons. This Is pleasant resort
these hot and sultry afternoons. These young
gentlemen are two of our best and nicesl
young men, and bApeak for them good
patronage.
Another new dry goods store has opened IL
Greenwood, 4 Mr.. Mittle. / Will report II
more particular next week.
PROFITABLE ENTERPRISE.
At the animal meeting OF stock holders o
the Greenwood Oil Mill have found they had
earned profit of 40 per cent. They declared
G dividend of 25 per cent, keeping j. per cent
as working fund. All OF the old officers
| were reelected.
MEAN NEGRO DEAD.
Last Friday policeman ] B. Riley went tc
arrest one Tom Fuller. The negro shot al
Mr.. Riley and made his escape. Mr.. Riley
| fired several shots at Fuller, and thinks hs
| hit him. Three years ago arrested the same
negro for stealing eleven books out OF Mr.
Flemipg's buggy. l put cha In and loci
| came he had broke the lock and gone. He II
| bad chap. hear Mr.. Charles A lien went Y
arrest him last Saturday night. He Tried MI
old trick, but did not come out SO we'll thl
! time. hear Mr. Allen killed him. II this II
true, We are rid Of mean troublesome negro
NJ. S. &.