The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-02-17
BRIEF MENTION.

The peach trees were blooming Oh tus
14th of February.
E.. Earle, Esq, was elected superinten'
dent of the Baptist Sunday School on last
Sabbath.
Valentines Day was duly observed in this
locality, and all kinds of missives were dis
tributed through the post Office.
Messrs. W. w. Humphreys, g. F. Tolly
and M. Lesser are in Charleston this week,
in attendance upon the annual convocation
of the Grand Chapter of South Carolina.
The streets are In alovely condition again,
and those fond of scientific inquiry can
have rare opportunity of investigating the
imperviousness of shoe leather against the
wear and tear of mud.
We regret to announce the death OF MIS-.
Sarah Smith, which occurred recently at her
residence near Pendleton. She was the
widow of Mr. John G. Smith, who died In
the late war, and leaves an only surviving
daughter.
It has been suggested that If young men
will marry on the 18th Of February they
will be able to save many presents expected
on wedding anniversaries. It Is almost too
late, however, to take advantage Of the sug-
gestion this year.
Rev. w. W. Mood requests us to an
nounce that the first Quarterly Conference
of Anderson Station will be held in the
Methodist Church on Saturday morning
next at III O'Clock. Services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. o. A. Darby.
|" There has been change Of schedule on
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad by
which the down train arrives at all the sta
tions, half hour earlier and the up train ten
minutes later. The down train reaches An
derson at five minutes before eight and. tho
up train at ten minutes before five.
, The Carolina Collegiate Institute now has
one hundred students, and applications for
a number to be entered in the next month
or.two have been received. The institution
is in very prosperous and flourishing con-
dition, and is giving great satisfaction to its
patrons and friends. Professor Ligon and
his assistants deserve the cordial support
and patronage Of the public.
& The play of ''Caste" was well rendered by
the Melo-Dramatic Corps In the Masonic
Hall ON Tuesday evening. 1t was well at
tended, and the audience enjoyed the acting
IS well as the excellent music in very high
degree. The performance wasa decided sue
cess, and well sustains the reputation which
our amateur company has previously made
for itself The play was repeated on We'd We'd
nesday night.
We are under obligations to Mr.. G. g
.Chappell, proprietor of the dinner-house at
Prosperity, on the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad, for an invitation to take free
lunch with him whenever we, are passing
down the railroad. The train arrives at 2.3s
and leaves at 2.6s, allowing twenty minutes
for dinner. Passengers going to Columbia
will find this convenient time and place to
satisfy the inner man.
The present is said to ethe warmest win
ter we have had since 1928. Nearly all tho
meat spoiled during the winter Of that year,
but It only cost three cents per ID. Corn
was only thirty cents per bushel that year,
and no wheat made and no fruit raised.
The "oldest inhabitants" say this winter, in
every particular, is very much like that OF
1928, and they predict late frosts, as was the
case at that time, that viii destroy the
wheat and fruit crops.
We are informed that the statement was
erroneous which appeared in our issue of
the 9th ult. in regard to Toney Jennings
being tried some years ago for placing OBJ
structions upon the Blue Ridge Railroad.
He was not the individual charged with the
offence, and until the robbery Of Mrs.
Browns residence was neve- convicted for
theft of any kind. We make the correction
most cheerfully, as We have no desire to
prejudice the community against him or to
do injustice to the humblest in the land.
Burglars have recently been operating
about Pendleton. One night last week the
smoke-house of Mr.. J. F. Green was robbed,
and on Thursday night last there was an st
tempt to rob the store Of Messrs. Smith,
Sloan & Poe. Mr.. Poe was sleeping in the
store and heard the robbers knock at the
front door, and when he did not answer,
they commenced trying bunch Of keys,
upon which MT. Poe dressed and went out
at the back door to drive them of. Assoon
as he came to the front they ran, and sue
ceeded in making their escape.
In, 3 book called "Courtship, Love, and
Matrimony," published in 1860, there is this
clause concerning the privileges Of women
in leap year: albeit it is nowe become
part of the common lave, in regard to social
relations of life, that as often as every bis
sextile year doth return, the ladyes have the
sole privilege during the timeit continueth
Of making love unto the men, which they
doe, either by words or lookes, as TO them 1t
seemeth prefer; and, moreover, no man
will be entitled to the benefit Of clergy who
dothe in any wise treat her proposal with
slight or contumely." -r