The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-21

! US when they sold their COTTON are very
forgetful, it seems.
Saturday is the only day on which the
County Commissioners will attend to bus'-
ness in their office.
Ex-senator Cochran is engaged atpresent
working gold mine in oconee County near
the Anderson line.
Mr.. ]. L. Tribble will occupy, alter the
1st of December, the residence recently va
Gated by Mr.. w. w. Keys.
The citizens of Pend!eton are naturally
displeased with being deprived OF their daily
mails. Who would not be?
Those who desire to keep posted on the
work of the Legislature should subscribe
for the INTELLIGENCE at once
Our Townville correspondence reached us
last week after the paper was ready for press
and consequently did rot appear.
Rev. Frank Thompson, of Horse Cove,
NC, will preach in the Episcopal Church
ON next Sunday morning and evening.
One who was present at the State Fair
says that it is much easier to take premium
there thar at the Anderson County Fair.
In many sections of this County the cot
ton crop is entirely gathered, and the ground
on which it grew has in many cases been
sowed in wheat.
The act of The Legislature repealing the
lien law goes into effect on the first day OF
next January, unless further legislation IS
had on the subject.
Mr. John n. Clarke has just received
another large lot of the improved Singer
sewing machine, which he is anxious to dis
pose of for the cash.
Hon. VIM. N. FAINT, formerly of Anderson,
has been reelected Judge of Goliad County,
Texas, which position he has held with dis
tinction for several years.
The subscription price to the Southern
Ct.uira.or has been reduced to s1.6o. 1t is
an excellent agricultural journal, and is
well worth the money to any farmer.
Lancaster has citizen 53 years cid who
never took a dose of medicine. Anderson
has one 10 years old who has never been
so unwell as TO require the attention OF
physician.
We are requested to announced that the
regular church services in the Belton Baptist
Church will be held on the next second
Saturday and Sunday instead of the first in
December.
The best big weekly that comes to this
Office from Georgia, in which State many
excellent papers are published, is the savan-
nah Ne,rs, while the best little weekly is the
Hartwell Sun.
Don't sorget the meeting of the stock
holders of the Anderson Farmers and
Mechanics Association to-day in the Court
House. Business of importance will come
up for transaction.
The thief who comes to Anderson with
the idea that he can carry on his heilish
business without being detected and over
taken by our efficient police will find that
he has reckoned badly.
If the boys who go to church on Sunday
nights to have amusement were properly
dealt with by their parents, we do not doubt
that the worship of christian people would
hereafter be undisturbed.
The train on the Blue Ridge Railroad now
makes connection at Seneca City with the
passepeer trains on the Air Line Road 60
ing both east and west, on the days on
which it passes that point.
Anderson made the best display at the
State Fair of any County in the State,
unless it was Richland, and we dare say if
it had been held in any other county she
would have surpassed her, too.
If the people of this County were allowed
to pick their men, we have no doubt that
a shipload OF the "colored brethren" who
are so anxious to emigrate to Liberia could
soon be found, with passage fee already
paid.
Rev. Baxter Hays will preach at New
Prospect on the first Sunday in December
and at Mrs. Harriet Prichard's on the Sat
urday before after which conference OF
the Church will be had. The building COM
mittee is especially requested to be present.
Hon. B. F. Crayton was reelected Presi-
dent of the State Agricultural and Mechan-
ical Society at the stockholders meeting in
Columbia last week, which is sufficient
guarantee of its future success. No better
man could have been chosen for the place.
Owing to the fact that the Court House
steeple has not been in good condition, some
of the principal timbers being unsound, the
Town Council has wisely concluded not to
purcLase clock and place in it until it Is
repaired and oil danger from accident re-
moved. If the steeple had been in proper
condition the clock would have been there
by this time.
Messrs. 6. F. Tolly and L. P. Smith, of
Anderson Division, have been elected to
the highest and most responsible offices in
the Grand Division, Sons OF Temperance,
in this State. This is very high compli-
ment to these gentlemen and to their Diyis-
ion, and we hare no doubt they will give
entire satisfaction to the temperance work
ers of the State. Anderson takes the lead
in the teInperance cause in South Carolina.
Rev. A. Cole Smith, of Greenville,
preached in the Methodist Church at this
place, according 20 appointment, on Sunday
night to large congregation, composed OF
tbe various den nominations Of the town.
His sermon was very interesting, and made
n deep impression on his hearers, who