The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-03-30
NHE INTELLIGENCER.
LOCAL MATTERS.
BRIEF MENTION.


The wind was exceedingly high on Tues
clay night.
The Republican County Convention meets
ON Saturday. 9Th of April.
The Pomona Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, holds its quarterly meeting on Sat
urday next, lst of April. A full attendance
cf: members is earnestly requested.
The Smith family are doubtless of modern
origin. We read in the Bible, in the thir-
teenth chapter of LIST, Samuel, 18th verse,
tnat athere was no Smith found throughout
ell the land of Israel"
We are requested to announce that the
Democratic Club of Hall township will meet
81: the Carswell Institute on next Saturday
at o'clock p. m. Every citizen of the
township is earnestly urged to attend this
meeting promptly, as it will have important
business before it.
In arguing case the other day, one OF
cur promising young lawyers declared that
it was the duty of every citizen to take the
Anderson Lntelkemcer, and cited the testi-
naony adduced upon the trial to prove that
money was made and saved by subscribing
foc this paper He is not connected with
journalism, either, and We thank him for
this sensible expression.
ID 5;.s ,,h<, hove beo,, e,r,nt;no
gray horses are warned not to allow gray
rnules.to enter into their computation of the
hundred, for if they do they may expect
their future husbands, to be mulish. This
would be a great misfortune, so they had
better exercise little patience and wait
until they secure the hundred horses before
they count the hand-shaking.
mfan; article several weeks ago, entitled
"Greditto whom credit is due, it wasssated
that the County Commissioners have had to
pay largenumber Of school claims which
the law did not require former Commis-
sioners to pay. We are informed that this
is . mistake, and that the County Commis-
sieners do not pay any school claims out of
tie County funds. AS we do not wish to
give more credit than is due, the correction
Is made most cheerfully, as an act of justice
to all concerned, u $50
a,he Democratic Club of varennes Town
ship met at Flat Rock on last Saturday
morning, and was addressed by Messrs.s E.
B. Murray and John B. Moore, upon the
ths issues before the clubs of this County.
Alter the addresses the Club decided the
question as to themode of conducting the
nomination ofcandidates in this County in
favor of the plan of a primary election. The
citizens of thia township are aroused in the
interest Of the Democracy, and it lis expected
that the membership Of the Club will be
greatly increased in very short time. -
This is the ,twenty-sixth anniversary of
the death of South Carolina's greatest states
mha, John C. Calhoun, who resided near
Pendleton in this County. Mr. Calhoun
died on the 30th of March, 1850, and up to
this time no monument has been erected to
fifty commemorate his services to his State
and country. The ladies of South Carolina
are making efforts to raise 8 fund to rear
handsome monument to the memory of
this pure. and !unselfsh patriot, whose life
sheds bright lustre over the history Of
Carolina, and it is hoped that the under
talking will soon be consummated.
Capt. Benson requests US to announce
that there is no money from which to pay
the school claims in this County, and that
therefore he cannot sign the claims of the
teachers at present. The statement pub
lished by him last week is the amount which
is due, but the Superintendent Of Educa-
ton has to draw his warrant upon the
Treasurer for this sum, and when it is paid
over to the County Treasurer the claims Of
the teachers will be paid. This should be
done very soon, but money has a way of
sticking when it reaches Columbia, and it is
difficult tolssy when it will be forthcoming.
The ladies claim that patriotism induces
them to. indulge in e1trayagant costumes,
for they say that the importation tax on the
foreign dressing which they wear aids very
materially in supporting the national gov
errrment and in assisting to pay off the
national debt. Of course it would not be
patriotic for them to consult individual in
terests which conflict with those of the gov
errment, for if they did the financial crisis
woald be felt by the government as well as
the people. After this ingenious plea we
think ladies should be allowed to dress as
they please without so much comment from
the men.
The Democratic Club of Rock Mills Town
ship met on last Saturday afternoon at
Providence Camp Ground, and were ad-
dressed by Mr.. E. B. Murray. The Club
then proceeded to elect delegates to the
County Convention, to be held on the 18th
of April, with the following result: Messrs.
T. H..Anderson and J. T. Cook, delegates;
TapIey Anderson and B. F. Shirley, altern-
ates. This Club also decided in favor of the
primary election plan for nominating candi-
dates for the Democratic party OF this County
in the coming election. Much interest is
manifested in this movement by the best
citizens in this section, and it is belived that
in very short time every white man in the
township with two or three exceptions will
be members of the Club, which already
numbers over fifty.
The Bolton Democratic Club met at Bolton
pursuant to adjournment on the 11th inst.
The meeting was well attended and inter-
esting. On motion, it was agreed that, in
order to make the meeting more interesting
and attractive, invitations be extended to
Messrs. James A. Hoyt, E. B. Murray and
John B. Moore, of Anderson, and DR.. H. I.
Eptilg, of Williamson, to be present and
address the Club. 1t was also agreed that
the hour of meeting be changed to two
,,,lor1- ~ ~, instead of kour O'clock and