The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-07
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rapidly five can have rain within the
nest week, very little damage viii have
been done by tho drought, excapt tae almos,
compiote destruction OF gardens Ths dry
weather has been very favorable to wheat
and small grain generally, and where there
Is stand Of these crops the yield viii be
excellent. a altI an,
i Col. Thomas ). fickens has received the
appointment of County Auditor from Gov.
Hampton for Anderson County. Col.
Picxens Is gentleman of education and
culture, whose experience In past years rs
Comptroller General OF South Carolina
eminentiy befit him for the work of the
Auditors Office. He Is O brother of Ex-
dov. Pickens. and has been intimately con.
nected with. public affairs in South Csrolina
for many years 8. The Colonel viii now, as
ne has always done heretofore, make an
efficient, faithful and acceptable officer
There, is a great deal OF sickness abont
Anderson ut this time, caused, it Is general
iy believed, by the unwholesome and extra
Iordinary weather we have been having
these cases are rot casisasi,, by anything OF
local eharaeter,In as they have manifested va.
rious forms of nttacls, showing that 1t is
only the development of some physical
weakness attaching to the constitution of
Individuals and brought out by the remark
abie atid unreasonable weather.
Rev. w. II. strickland, of this place, has
been elected to deliver the annual literary
address before the Philosophian and Adel-
phian Societies Of Furman University du-
ring tile commencement exercises of that
institution of learning. The address will
DO delivered i'll the Court House at Green
| vile on the evening Of Tuesday, the 10th
inst, and those present will no doubt eniov
literary treat. These societies have made
q good selection for their orator, and are
fortunate in having secured the acceptance
of Mr.. Strickland.
| Mr.. A. b. Towers returned OH Thursday
last trom his visit to New Orleans to attend
| the Southern General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church. mfr. Towers enjoyed
his visit greatly inot only from the pleasure
of the sessions of the Church Council, but
from many pleasant incidents connected
with his trip. While gone he visited with
an excursion party the mouth of the Mis-.
| sissippi river, and was much pleased with
tho work of deepening the bed of the river
| by means of the celebrated jetties, and lie
has the strongest faith in the feasibility and
ultimate success of the plan adopted.
| We are indebted to Mr.. G. w. FAINT for o
box of beautiful Souvenir Papcterie, sent us
as sample of one of the many elegant
| styles of letter, note and business paper
kept by him at the Post Office Book Store.
! Mr. FAINT makes q specially in business of
school, literary and blank books, stationery,
&c. Persons wishing anything in his line
can be gratified at the most reasonable
! rates. Any book desired can be ordered
through Mr.. FAINT and speedily obtained at
| publishers price. where IL i, moi uiready on
hand. All correspondents should obtain
box of his new letter and note paper.
Governor Hampton has appointed Mr..
Samuel E. Moore Treasurer for Anderson
| County. There were several other appli-
cants for this office, any one of whom
! is competent and suitable for the position,
| and who would have been acceptable to the
people of Anderson County if appointed
| Treasurer. Mr.. Moore was Tax Collector
| rrder Gov. Orr's administration, and prob
| ably before that time. He is therefore fn-
n,iliar with the duties of the office, and
will.dischage them faithfully and satisfac-
torily. He WASH brave soldier in the late
war, and lost leg in his country's service.
lie is a gentleman of character and integ-
| rity, whose appointment meets with the
peoples appreciation.
Mr.. John C. Squier, general travelling
\ agent Of the Columbia Register, is in Ander-
son for the purpose of receiving new SUBJ
scriptions and renewing those which ..nve
exnircd. The Register has always been q
popular paper in Anderson, and this pop,i-
iarity has been very much increased by the
recent change in that Office, whereby Col.
| James A. Hoyt, formerly OF the INreIrI-
aENcER, has assumed editoria! charge of the
paper. Under the new management the
Register has been very much improved. It
.contnins great deal more reading matter,
and the editorial department is conducted
with, marked ability. The paper commonds
itself to, and will doubtless receive a liberal
patronage from our people.
/ The bondholders Of the Pendlcton Manu-
featuring Company met at tho Factory
building on last Friday to consider what
course they will pursue with regard to the
| valuable property they have purchased, ,and
after deiibTAting upen the subject, decided
to repair the buildings and machinery so as
toput it in first class running order Work
will be begun on It Immediately, and it is
hoped to have it in full operation before a
1 great while. The repairing will be done
under the supervision of Messrs. t.
L. Reid, A. J. Sitton and Thos. Dickson,
/ which is a sufficient guarantee that the
work will be thorough and complete. The
further arrangements for operating the
factory will be made in due time.
4 The Presbyterian Church at this place has
| granted its beloved pastor, Rev. d. E. Fri
erzon, leave of absence for two weeks,
which he will spendin Alabama. whore he
has gone on visit to relatives and fr:snds.
Mr.. Frierson is very popular here for his
lapy7 estimable virtues and his splendid
| mental requirements, which render him q
most agreeable, speaker and, pleasant COM
panion. He is n diligent laborer in the dis
charge of his pastoral duties. and though
hisservices win be missed fcrthe next two
Sahhnfl,s in onr midst AR Erin-snn .,ill ~.
doubt fii.J the rest and recreation of his
visit not only pleasant but of benefit to his