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VOL. 2. ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1885. NO. 61.
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A Trip to A ikon. P; <
Our friends learning of :i barbecue and {J
speaking at Aiken, last Wednesday, in 1
the interest of the Carolina, Cumberland <
l>ap and Chicago Railroad, an effort was
made to send a delegation down from 1
this place, along with other delegations (
on the line. Prof. Hood and the writer
wore requested to go. i
W?s confidently expected to meet with ?
recruits from Abbeville at Ilodges. jl
Gentlemen from there had been invited '
to go, hut it turned out that court coin- 1
plctely locked up every one there. Mr. 4
T. C. Soal got a jury sutnnionf just 1
preparatory to starting. 1
The swift horse "with sinews of iron 1
and bn;ath of (ire," soon brought us to <
bustling Greenwood. Here we wore to <
lio nrur llirnu lwmrc r{Mn?r/? IV?1S 11 mini'. t
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ing rain falling, and after having our
baggage transferred, a lady accompany- f
ing the part\\ we examined the hand- *
some and splendid depot on the Augusta 1
and Knoxville Railroad. This is the *
finest depot in t.h<? up-country and con- t
veniently arranged and filled with c
freight. Gutting an umbrella, we took 1
n stroll over town. Mr. T. F. Riley's t
hotel is one of the prominent buildings I
of the place, and has been recently en- r'
larged and reinodel'ed. The workmen
are giving it the finishing touches. Riley c
gives about the best meal we get in <1 I
hotel. It is thoroughly Southern. We t
took a peep at the post-office and drug '
store of Dr. Parks. It afforded us pleas- >
ure to enter and look at the handsome "
stock of furniture of our friend Mr. 1
lieavell, with all his elegant styles. Iiy -1
the way, he is the graceful "L." of the 1
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iuasskn(iKi< irmii urcenwooa. messrs. 1
J. K. Durst & Co. wore exceedingly c
kind and showed us through their mam- <
moth stock. Their two handsome stores <are
quite elegant ami city like, and most c
neatly kept. They each have a depth t
of 1(X) feet. Messrs. J. YV. Payne, "the t
A iiIfni^RP-" and J. T. Simmons' r
establishments range next, and are hand- s
some buildings. Walking further up
town we came to Mr. G. A. C. Waller's v
store, filled to its utmost capacity with 1
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a unc assortment 01 gooas. Acxt aoor '
' is the establishment of that staunch *
merchant and genial gentleman, Mr. 1
Reynolds. In this house Mr. R. ?T. i
Hood, of this place, has a position, and r
neeins to he succeeding well. v
The conductor halloos "All aboard", t
down at the Augusta and Knoxville \
Railroad, and we go whistling down the t
road, and are joined at Troy by (hat i
delegation, consisting of Major Young- t
blood and Mr. George Bradley. It si
rained steadily all day and the train was v
delayed, getting into Augusta about 7:30 <
o'clock. Tarrying here only one hour,
we rolled out for Aiken, 20 miles dis- I
tant. On this road we nasscd th^ f.nixr. s
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ley and Granituville factories. Both of \
these are making excellent goods and I
are strong financially, especially the
former. Mr. Sibley, of Augusta, is its
president, as well as of the Sibley Mills.
Five hundred to six hundred hands are
employed in the Lungley Factory, and
they clear about 40 per cent, dividend.
We landed at the Aiken depot about 11
o'clock that night, in the rain and dark.
A son of ebony guided us to the Bush
Hotel, and we "took in" for the night.
Next morning A'e arose and began to
talk railroad. To our astonishment the
proprietor took square issue against it.
SJaIH O A f Allt* mmwn 1 Ir ~ /I * - 4
u. uui p?i n iimcu uj> LU HH! I
harbor shop before breakfast, and while i
there inquired, "How is this town on t
the railroad ?" The barber, who was o 1
negro, replied: "Well, Boss. Ml just t
tell you how it is ; the Dutch and the <
niggers are all against the road, jijid the t
white people for it." Now, here you 1
have the situation about as H'oll as it f
can bo told. i
After breakfast we walked up town 1
and struck the Recorder office. Asking <
friend Drayton how he stood on the I
road, he replied : "Well, iny paper is I
neutral." In the conversation, however, 1
thr> fflrf rlnvnlnn/irl ^a nmu ? -
...v vnub iiu a ?/l HUI <
opponent. Wo loan.ed afterwards that 1
the Germans had stock in this news- !
paper, and threatened to withdraw and
set up a new paper if it did not go i
against the road. At the previous elec- i
tion the Recorder was a red-hot railroad <
paper. 80 you may score the "Dutch" 1
one here. 1
We began to think about this time
that we had gotten into the wrong pew.
Going further up. town, however, we fell ;
into the hands of our friends, who had
just learned of our arrival and were on ,
the way for us. We were shown to Mr.
Alduck'8 office, and hero met Gov. Ila
jjood, Senator Cullison, of Kdgefiohl,
Major Lewis Jones ami other gentlemen
kvlio were deeply interested in the enterprise.
We now for the first time learned the
Irno situation of things in Aiken. The
opposition may be footed up thus : The
Dutch element, which has the controllng
influence, financially, in town and
re always opposed to progress, is solid
iguitis*. the road. 2*1. All the objections
irged against the enterprise in town
were merely local, such as : ''The road
loesn't run where it should ; it ought
.o have gone through Mr. Jones' 1 uul,
tnd not b}' Mr. Smith's." "Another
out? would have been cheaper," &c.
5rd. The citizens back in the township
ipposed it because they thought the
own ought to build it.
We pity Aiken. As one of the visitirs
said, who is well acquainted with
he place : "She is a dead cock in the
)it." Heretofore we have not been able
o appreciate the condition of our friends
here who have been laboring so zealmsly.
Now we arc. This dirty, low,
~)uteh element has complete control of
he town of Aiken. They have all the
nisiness houses except one or two.
['hey allow no American to come in.
L'hoy arise as one man and crush him
mt. If a cotton buyer comes in they
?op cotton up and crush him. As the
hing now stands, Aiken, with 2.500 in
iahi(ants, has one cotton buyer, a Dutchnan
named ilaun. Haun is as complete
,11 nuloctat of Aiken as the Czar is of
iussia. After the war he was worth
:lcj ; now he is worth $150,000, and is
tnscrupulous. When Haun takes snufT
he Germans of Aiken sneeze, and they
:oritiol the business. The whole town
if Aiken is in the clutches of this Dutch
dement, and as f?r as prosperity is con
:erned, slu; is in the coils of a goleonda,
liat is gradually squeezing and sapping
he life-blood. If ever a town needed a
ailroad it is Aiken. We did not see a
ingle house being built.
However, we found our railroad friends
vorking as in a death throe, and nuni>ors
of them said that if the)' lost they
vould emigrate. They had posters
tujk up <?f the barhecuo and speaking
Wednesday and Wednesday night. An
rxtru, setting forth the advantages of the
oad to the place, was sent out and was
veil gotten up. The trouble was that
he opposition would not meet the ad'oeates
of the road in debate or attend
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:ontroll<>d to go. A few nights previous
o the barbecue a meeting was appointed,
ind they got uj> a negro dance and general
drunk in the adjoining building to
lrowu them out.
From 850 to 4()0 persons attended the
?arbecue and the speaking, and near thrf
lame number that night, in the town
lall. Gen. llagood, Senator Callison.
Vof. Hood, George Bradley, Esq., Mr.
Fordan, It. S. Galloway, and Sinikins, a
olored man from Edgefield, nddVossed*
hese meetings. The ontlincinem ...oc
inhounded and the cheering reminded
>ne of '7(>. The railroad cause gradually
strengthened up until the polls closed
Wednesday night. The friends of the
oad in Aiken were confident they had
von late that evening. They did carry
\ikeu, but not by so strong a majority
is to counterbalance the country prnnncts.
Neither side left a stone un.urn?'d
to carry the election. We have
lever snen so strong feeling existing
unong citizens over civil elections. The}'
ill say this is the hottest election that
ins ever occurred in Aiken. It was
stubbornly contested inch by inch that
lay, to our knowledge, But 1 the long?st
pole will knock down the persimnons,"
and the Dutch had the monej7
md used it. A colored man told us that
i German merchant offered him $40 for
:?is influence and $25 for his registration
:ertiftcate. There was plenty of liquor
:here that day. AH these things were
factors in the election and^used. Then
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muiiv luureiiui uupuu 11 mis election whs
Jefeated she might got the roiul. and so
lier voting placo ol about 40 votes went
solidly ngainst the road.
These are the circumstances surrounding
our friends in Aiken?a co.nbinntion
of circumstances resulting in the defeat
of the road. To show something of the
Rpirit that exists chore, the Dutch took
liwuy iiuui nu niHurnnco nj'/nt mat Mvorod
the road, on the clay oi' the barbecue,
$23,000 worth of insurance, and
on all their tennnts they proposed to
raise the rent $5.00 per month and close
out all their mortgages forthwith if they
voted for the road;
The position taken by Senator Hen
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?nun iiiwmiwiiiiwi? iiiiiiw iii in i >> 11
derson against the road was the greatest!
surprise to us, .is he is a gentleman ofj
culture and intellect. But it was said j
that the Dutch had him employed as ;
their counsel, and that he was the power
behind tho throne and the brains, the
Dutch furnishing the money. Senator
Henderson isjin accomplished gentleman
and has twice been invited to Due West
to speak. We wilted him with trying
to cut off closer relations, when he said
that he would subscribe .$500 to the
road, but opposed the present tax. We
do hope the Senator, now that tho tax 1
has failed, will make his word good.
We have gone into particulars in the j
railroad election at Aiken because it has '
been so little understood and so im- j
nortant. We onlv ln.v this to sav : If;
all German emigrants arc the clogs to
progress th:?t this Dutch element in
Aiken is, when they have the ascendancy,
wp pray to be delivered from
them. Beer and money seems to be
their goal. Think of a man that can
scarcely write his name having the control
over a town like Aiken, with its
:,i^ ..it ?r it
/ivsun onucm aw j ill ua u iui:, an v# i liiuui,
its noted hotels, that accommodate 300
hoarders each, and its Northern travel.
Monstrous !
The railroad was defeated by 123 vot"s
in the township. II. S. G.
Due West. S. C.
Dr. Woodrow Scores a Victory.
[Sjsccirtl Dispatch to the Register.]
Cuestkk, October 21.?A full and
comprehensive report of the S)'nod's
proceedinss last night was prepared for
the Register* to he wired at as Into an
hour as possible, but what was my surprise
and disappointment upon reaching
the Western Union Telegraph ofllee to
learn that the operator hud retired to
his house. The manipulator of the
electric instrument was followed to his
domicile by two very mad and impatient
newspaper men who importuned him to
rise from his slumbers and dispatch
their messages, but all threats and
promises proved unavailing, for he declined
to return to the office. Then the
pair of chagrined synodical chroniclers
were forced to abandon their enterprise,
and the puhiic were the sufferers, for it
was impossible to enlighten the numerous
readers of two great newspapers,
re?tardin<j the outcome of an ecclesias
tical contest, which hud engaged their
most earnest attention for the past
twelve months. This explains why the
report in yesterday's Register and
Neics aiul (Jourier was lopped olF so
unceremoniously.
The Synod reassembled yesterday afternoon,
and l)r. Mack concluded his
argument. He *vas vehement, and at
times vindictive, in his arraignment of
Dr. Woodrow and his adherents. His
speech was a powerful if not pleasant
one. L cannot truthfully ailirtn that it
produced a very favorable impression
upon the audience.
Next came Klder Holmes, who delivered
a very able argument in favor of
the adoption of the report. He held
the attention of the audience, and
his effort must have exerted no small
degree of influence in shaping the final
result.
When Mr. Holmes concluded his address
the Synod took n rccess until 7?:30
in the evening.
At this hour the body reconvened and
the discussion was temporarily suspended,
so thnt the Synod could hoar an address
from Mr. Davis, a distinguished
missionary from China. The lecture
was both entertaining and instructive.
A collection of $100 was lifted in support
of foreign- mission.
At 9 o'clock'Dr. Pratt of Lancaster, a
pronounced proponent of the Board of
Directors, took the floor and spoke
earnestly in their behalf for fifteen minutes,
when time was called, and he reluctantly
took his seat. Ilis speech was
an exceedingly lively one, abounding
in unique illustrations and telling
thrusts.
President Sheppard of the Charleston
College was the next speaker against
tho committee's report. His argument
was brief, but most powerful, directed
mainly againt the^ evolution hypothesis.
uoionei iMCiMaster loiioweu in one oi
the most sensible speeches yet delivered,
which made a most favorable impression
upon the members and the vast congregation.
He was really eloquent in describing
the wrongs which have been
d*ne Dr. Woodrow.
When Dr. Girardeau took the stand
there was a sensation among the audience.
A member quickly arose and
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moved that tho fifteen minute rule do
not apply to this speaker. This motion
was adopted unanimously. Dr. (firnrdeau
is conceded to he hy long odds the
most formidahle of all Dr. Woodrow's
opponents, and the expectation was naturally
raised that ho would make the
great speech of the session. This proved
true. His effort was really a grand
one?perhaps as superb a specimen of
argumentation and finished declamation
as was ever heard by any South Carolina
Synod. So eloquent was he at times
that the audience could not contain itself
and indulged in cordial applause,
which, however, was quickly checked
hy the alert Moderator. Dr. Girardeau
strenuously defended the Hoard of Directors
again si the serious charges
which hud been lodged against it. lie
maintained that it was its duty and prerogative
to scrutinize closely the teach- :
ings of every Professor in the Seminary.
If any Professor was ascertained to be
teaching the students doctrines not in
harmony with the revelations of Scripture
as interpreted in the standards of '
the Presbyterian Church, then it was
clearly the duty of the Uoard to make '
enquiries, and, if necessary, to expel <
such Professor. No trial was necessary;
no trial was possible. This brinu; i
true, how. he asked, could an impossi
bility be construed as an act of injustice
to the complainant? l)r. Girardeau
made a clear and succinct resume of all
the proceedings in the case, from its inception
to the present time. Me stated
that when Dr. Woodrow was approached
and quostioned about his teachings
regarding the probable truth of the evolution
hypothesis he declared his in- i
tcnlion to continue to so teach as long
as lie remained a Professor in the Seminary.
This brought Dr. Woodrow to his
feet, who emphatically said: "Mr. Mod- .
erator, the statement just made by l)r.
Girardeau is ineoircct. I assert most.
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pusiuvmy uiMtuu inih oynou mac l never,
at any time or to any person, made
the affirmation ascribed to me. I never
declared that if I remained a Professor in
the Seminary I would continue to teach
evolution, except in n purely expository
way. 1 did say I held to the beleif
that the evolution hypothesis is probably
true?and I now say so.?'
Dr. Girardeau proceeded by asserting
that out of his mouth Dr. Woodrow had
condemned himself. He had, the
speaker continued, placed himself in
antagonism to the Directors, to the
Synod, to tho church and to the greitf
mass of Presbytevians. lie not only
defied thorn and insulted them, refusing
to bow to their authority, hut ho actually
charged them with crimes, and coinpared
them to the inquisitorial courts of
the Roman church. He defied and spit
upon them, and then complained of injustice
at their hands. "This is a
splendid exhibition of pride, but I
doubt its piety," exclaimed the orator.
It is impossible in the brief limits of
this report to reproduce any considerable
part of this masterful etlort. It
seemed to settle the cuse against the
appellant.
Several other of the light-weight theologians
repeated their prepared orations,
and everybody got tired. The question
was called for and the call overwhelmingly
sustained. A vote was then taken
on the question of the adoption of the
two first sections of the innjority report,
which resulted as follows : Yeas
69. naj-s 52. Thus Dr. Woodrow's side
carried the day by a majority of 17
votes. The vote was announced and
the Synod adjourned near midnight
to meet this morning at the usual
hours.
At 9:30 o'clock this morning the
body came together again and the customary
routine work was quickly
disposed of. Numerous committee reports
were submitted and adopted.
Ponding tho consideration of these
papers the hour for the special order
arrived, and a five minutes recess was
taken preparatory to beginnig the centennial
celebration of Pnrity Church
At 11 o'clock the exercises were begun
with devotions, and the programme, as
previously agreed upon, was carried
out.
A beautiful commemorative ode, composed
for the occasion by the Rev.
Charles S. Vedder of Charleston, was
sung effectively by a choir of picked
voices. The ode contains thirteen stanzas.
Historical discourses were made by
the Rev. W. T. Thompson of Charleston,
the Buv. J, H. Saye of Lancaster, and
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the Rev. George Summey, pastor of
Purity Church. All those addresses were
in excellent taste. "Glorious things of
Thee are Spoken" was then sung by the
choir, the entire congregation joining
in lustily.
The reception of delegates from Orange
Presbytery took placc and several
appropriate addresses were delivered.
The oration of the day was made by l)r.
J. L. Girardeau, who held his hearers
spell-bound for nearly an hour. It was
late in the day before the exercises were
concluded.
In the afternoon the Synod met again
and disposed of all unfinished business.
On motion of Gen. Prince it was resolved
that the Synod adjourn to meet
in Cheraw on the Wednesday before the
last Sunday in October of next year.
P?y the trains which left Chester this
afternoon and to-night many of the
members returned home. Some of the
most distinguished minister* oT ilw.
Synod remain over to occupy the pulpits
of the various churches to-morrow.
Tho members are outspoken in their
praise of the people of this thrifty town.
The families of every denomination
opened their houses for the entertainment
of the visitors and dispensed a
cheerful and bounteous hospitality,
which is heartily appreciated by nil.
A Decided Novelty.
Solon.on said thorn was nothing new
under the sun, but that hold statement
was made long ago, and must bo taken
with some discreet qualifications.
Every day, in glancing over our exirhanges,
we tind starling novelties or, at
uny rate, novel combinations uP ancient
forms. One of the oddest transactions
in the matrimonial line was that of a
Tarrytown clergyman, young and dashing,
"who carried lire-arms and had shot
a fellow-student while at collegu in
Virginia.'' It was natural enough that
this brother should meet with a heroine
ns peculiar as himself. The charmer,
in this case, was a girl of humble
station, but pretty and intelligent, know
ing little of society except that which
palpitates in books of fiction, which, indiscriminately
read, are presumed to be
a curse to only too many women.
The minister visited the girl, quoted
poetry to her, read hu sermons for criticism,
etc., etc. Of course, a proposal
of marriage came in due season. The
girl, in jest, promised to have him.
With remarkable ingenuity ho repeated
t-i her a portion of the marriage service
of the Episcopal Church, getting her
to make the responses, telling ner that
it was merely a form of engagement.
Then he told her that th.:y were mar
ried hard and fast. The girl declined to
regard the ceremony as binding and
shunned the man, refusing even to go
to picnics or absorb ice cream with
hirn. In vurcity of forms ho kept repenting
to her that they were married,
but the jroung woman, who had not
been made a complete fool by romance,
would not believe in the legality of
such nuptials. The record proceeds to
state that then the clergyman ? tilled
out one of his marriage certificate
blanks, signed it himself and got a
firm of New York lawyers to certify to
the correctness of the document and
the legality of the marriage. By alternately
threatening to kill him and her,
he tried to make the girl sign it also.
She would not, however. One day in a
fit of anger he destroyed it boforo hor
eyes. Then he filled out another and
got a brother clergyman to sign it, or
else forged the name, nnd had still
another law firm put the imprint of
their approval upon its legality.. He
was again unsuccessful in making her
sign this one, and it, too, was finally destroyed.
After failing in three repeated
attempts to make the girl acknowledge
the inarraiage. the clergyman gave up
the contest and left tho town.
When tho minister absquatulated,
tho girl sought legal au ice and has
been almost crazed by the contradictory
testimony of legal luminaries. Too
wise to become the dupe of a clerical
scatnp, she is too modest to appeal
to the courts to settle her status.
Really, tho caca appears plain enough.
She was never married at all. But
fathers with attractive daughters mav
well be on the watch for a minister
who thinks he can marry himsely to an
affinity of the female persuasion. Luckily,
the specimen is rare and possibly
isolated. But church authorities piny
as well discipline their eccentric brother
and curb his mad carocr,?Avgusta
Chronicle.
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Two Stories of Toombs.
[From the Philadelphia Times.]
Speaking of the differences in the
Confederate Cabinet Gen. Toombs said
to me : "There was one very serious
one. I was Secretary of State, and as
such was endeavoring to secure recogfroin
foreign powers. I sent Yancy to
Europe for that purpose. Both Franco
and England were ready to recognize
us, but they objected to slavery. I replied
that slavery should not stand in
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iiiu in uni rucogmuon. j men aemanded
tho right to issue a proclamation
of emancipation freeing every
slave by a stroke of tho pen, as it was
finally done. Davis and the Cabinet
had neither sense nor tho nerve to take
such a course. It would have secured
the success of our cause as certain ns
the sun will rise on another day. But
Davis did not have the courage. The
i-i i t
jm ucuniiuiiiiii tmuu uavu uuen ior gradual
emancipation, and then repudiated,
as Washington repudiated the neutrality
treat}'. We had plenty of precedents
for such action. 1 would have
taken the responsibility, and ought, as
Secretary of State, to have been allowed
to do so, but Davis was not a diplomat.
Neither was he a statesman nor a
soldier. There are many queer things
about the Confederacy which have never
been told. These so-called histories
do not touch the bone.
"In 1885 1 had talked over the question
of the abolition of slavery with
Napoleon III, and with Gladstone and
Palmcrston. I foresaw the war then,
and was prepared for it. Both Nnpo
asm me lMigiisii uovornment would
have recognized us immediately but for
slavery, and I knew it. But Davis
stood in the way of meeting the objection
of the foreign powers as expressed
to me, and therefore I resigned. When
I went to Europe after the war I was
more than ever continued in the wisdom
of the policy which I had advocated."
Dr. Davis, shortly after General
Toombs made this statement to me,
laughingly said that this was the first
tune he had ever heard of Toomb's
emancipation proclamation.
"Wo had a queer government. I remember
that one day a secret agent of
the Euglish authorities stepped up to
me on the street and said :
''Mr. Secretary, where will I find the
State Department V
' In my hat sir,' I replied, 'and the
archives are in my coat pocket."
He was in the Senate during the bitter
slavery debates, when Seward was
wont to deliver his conciliatory speeches.
These generally called out a vehement
and insulting reply from the Southern
members, which was peculiarly exasperating
to the Se iators from the North?
One day, after an incident of this kind,
in which Toombs had made a vituperative
answer to Seward, Senator Zach
Chandler said to Senator Simon Came
ron :
"This is goinjj too far. Let us put a
stop to it. Some of us should insult
him."
"All right," replied Cameron; "I sit
nearest to Toombs. I'll do it."
As soon as the Georgian had finished,
Cameron walked over to hiin, ran his
arm through his an<l said :
"Toombs looked, why don't you talk
to me as you do to Seward ?"
Toombs looked at him for a moment,
and then, with a laugh, replied :
"Well, Cameron, to tell the truth
about it, I believe you'd fight."
A Correction.
Messrs. A. J. Sproles aud T. F. Riley,
of Greenwood, writes us :
' In your last issue, in your notice of
the Greenwood Light., we noticed our
name as local editors. Allow us to say,
by way of correction, that, while we
wish the Light unbounded success,
and will do all in our power for the
advancement of its interest in this community.
we have no connection whatever
with its editorial or local columns.
We know it was so published in a few
copies of the first issue, but by n [mistinders
tan ding on the part of the proprietor,
Mr. H. S. Cunningham."
Messrs. Sproles and Riley are both
engaged active.y in business, and are
among Greenwood's most progressive
an<1 influential citizens. In promoting
tho success of the Light they,are contributing
to the prosperity and ifluenco
of their thriving town.?Anderson Intelligencer.
Col. M. P.'.Tribble baa sold bis pair
of Red Chief colts to Mr. W. Joel
Smith, of Abbeville, S. for $460*00.
?Anderson Intelligencer,
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