The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-05-11
THE INTELLIGENCER.
LOCAL MATTERS.
BRIEF MENTION.

LOCAL MATTERS.
BRIEF MENTION.
We call the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of Mrs. @. C. Pegg, which
appears in another column.
Anderson Division Sons of Temperance
has recently added greatly to the appearance
of their Division room by the purchase of
handsome carpet. 1t is now one of the most
elegant halls in the town of Anderson.
The Honea Path Democratic Club will
hold its regular meeting on Saturday next
and we are requested to announce that
Messrs. James A. Hoyt James L. Tribble
and others have been invited as speakers for
the occasion.
Mr.. VIM. L. Massey, of Winston Co.,
Miss, who has been regular subscriber to
the I,telligencer for number of years, paid
US visit on Monday last. He is a son OF
Mr.. silas Massey, of this County, and re-
moved 10 Mississippi over thirty years ago.
On Friday last, through the kind indul-
gence of their teacher, the pupils of the
Carolina Collegiate Institute, together with
many invited friends, enjoyed pleasant
picnic on "Silver Brook" small yet beau
tiful stream about one and half miles east
of this place.
m, o1 -, or,,,,,,s;orar ;,forr,os nc that
an act has been received by him relieving
the County Commissioners from proving
school claims. Hereafter they will only be
signed by school trustees, and approved by
him. The Treasurer will be in town on each
Saturday to settle them.
Each Lodge of Good Templars in Ander-
SON County is requested to send one delegate
for each ten members composing their Lodge
to Orien Lodge, near Mt. Bethel Church in
Martin township, on the third Saturday in
May, 1875. for the purpose of forming
County Union of Good Templars.
James L. Orr. Esq, will address the citi-
zens of varennes and vicinity at Flat Rock
on the fourth Saturday in this month at
O'Clock Q. M, upon the issues involved in
the present canvass. The Democratic Club
at that place respectfully invite the ladies
and gentlemen of that section to be present.
We are requested by A. J. Watt, the
President, to announce that there will be an
extra meeting of the Anderson Court House
Democratic Club on next Friday night in
Masonic Hall. A full attendance Of the
citizens of the town is desired, as business Of
interest and importance is expected to be
presented.
Rev. e. R. Carswel will deliver an address
upon the subject of Temperance at Labanon
on Saturday next, at o'clock p. m. The
members of Lebanon Division, together
with the general public, are invited to be
present. Mr. Carswel is an earnest speaker,
and the cause of temperance is noble
theme. He should have large audience.
The Charleston Neps and Courier, the
Newberry Progressive Age, and the Kingstree
Star give expressions of approval to the
course of the senior editor of this paper, in
declining to become a candidate for any
office while engaged in the active pursuit of
Journalism. These friends will accept
thanks for their kind endorsement Of our
position.
The Due West 4. r. Presbyterian says
The Literary Societies of Erskine College
have secured as their speaker for Commence
ment Col. W. s. Mullins, of Marion, s. c.,
prominent lawyer, formerly an active
member of the Legislature, an accomplished
oeator and literary gentleman of no mean
reputation. 1t is q good choice"
The recent favorable seasons have greatly
improved the prospect of an abundant small
grain crop in this section, and those farmers
who were wise enough to plant portion of
their lands in wheat, oats, barley and rye,
instead of reserving all for cotton, are de-
lighted with the prospect of a harvest which
will yield them something at this scarce
season of the year.
We regret to announce the death of Mrs.
Polly Banister which occurred at the resi-
dence of her husband, Mr.. James Banister,
of this County, on the 3oth of April last,
from an attack of bilious fever. She was
sixty-three years Of age, and had been a
member of the Baptist Church for years.
A husband and several children, together
with many friends, are left to mourn her
death.
The Young Mems Christian Association
met in Temperance Hall on last Wednesday
evening. The attendance was large and the
meeting pleasant. Mr.. G. F. Tolly was
elected President, Mr.. W. C. Andrew Vice
President, and Mr.. A. p Hubbard Secretary
and Treasurer. The Association will meet
again on next Wednesday evening at
O'Clock p. m, in the same Hall.
We have received an invitation to attend
the annual celebration of the Calhoun Lite.
rary Society of Woford College, at Spar
tanburg, on the 26th of June next. The
subject for debate, Should there be COM
pulsory system of education" will be dis
cussed in the affirmative by Messrs. Joseph |
Sessions and ]. W. Tarbourx, and in the |
negative by Messrs. W. R. Richardson and
James II. Kirkland. Valedictorian, Mr.. |
w. E. Bennett, of North Carolina.
The Charleston Journal of Commerce made
its appearance on the 1st of May, bright and
piquant in appearance, and filled with an
excellent variety of original and selected
matter. The names of the editors and man
ayers do not appear in its columns, but VIZ
hear that the editorial department is under
control of Gen. James R. Truehart, a Virginia
journalist of much experience, and that the
business department is managed bY Mr.. |