The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02

The Palmetto Riflemen will have dress
parads Oh the public square Friday after.
noon.
Vegetables are beginning to come in now.
and gardeners are reaping the reward of
their labor.
The pupils of the Carolina Collegiate In
stitute will enjoy picnic on Silver Brook
next Saturday.
Messrs. G. +. Tolly, H. B. Fcnt II. r.
Chrietzberg and John n. Hubbard repre-
sented Anderson at the State Convention
of tho Y. M. C. A. recently held In Sumter.
Messrs. Barr &. Fant have on hand
large stock Of dry goods, groceries and gen.
eral merchandise, which they will sell upon
the most reasonable terms. Give them
call.
We would call attention to the advertise.
ment of the Virginia House. When YOU
visit Columbia, If you wish to be Hospitality
entertained, stop at this hotel and you will
be gratiied with your treatment.
The seasen for frost has past. and without
some unusual calamity VIC will be blessed
with most abundant fruit crop. This will
be unusual, as we do not generally have
two fine fruit years in succession.
meeting of Captain Beaty's Comraur
will be held at Carswell Institute on next
Saturday, 4th inst. at o'clock p. m. Ali
themembers are requested to attend prompt
ly, as several vacant offices are to be filled,
our farmers arc Ye-y bus;iy engaged In
finishing planting corr and working out
their young crops, which are just up This
gives things dull appearance just now,
but it gives promise of more prosperous
times next fall.
Mr.. e. w. Byrum brought samples of his
brag wheat patch to our office on Wednes.
day morning, which measure over six feet
in height, and are we'll headed. All who
have seen 1t pronounce it the finest patch
they have seen this season.
Mr.. G.. w. MCGEE, of Bolton, has the
finest clover patch in this section of coun.
try, and we expect, from what we have
seen in other counties, that it is the best in
the State. The clover is very high, and
stands close sron tho ground.
There will be 3 meeting of Hall Demo-
cratic Club ut the Carswell Institute on
next Saturday at o'clock p. m. Severnl
speakers have been invited for the occasion,
and full attendance of the members of
the Club, and OF the citizens generally. is
requested.
The Anderson Court House Democratic
Club will meet in Masonic Hall on next
Friday night at o'clock. This is the regular
monthly meeting, and an address will be
delivered by Maj. B. F. Whitner All of
the mombess of the Club are urged to be
present at this meeting.
Mrs. e. e. Gibson, Of Rockport, Texas,
arrived in Anderson on yesterday morning,
and will spend several months in visiting
relatives and friends in this County. AIRS.
Gibson is o native Of this County, ar.i re-
moved with her husband to the Loan Star
State several years before the war.
One Of the favorite English sports is
archery, and clubs composed of ladies and
gentlemen exist in most of the towns,
whose object is to practice this harmless
and healthy sport. Cannot our ladies and
gentlemen get up something of the kind to
while away ON occasional summers after
noon2
We were tslirinformed last week as to the
name of the lady who committed suicide
near Lowndespille, in Abbeville County,
notice Of which was made in our last issue.
It was Mr5. Prince instead of Mrs.
Mnuldin, and when the seet was committed
the unfortunate lady was in state of de-
mency.
Col. Dodamead hes given excursion rates
se persons Wishing to accompany The Pal
motto Rihernen on their visit to Greenviile
on the 7th inst. Tke fare from Anderson
TO that placs and return will be one dollar
end eighty cents. This Is very cheap ex.
curaion, end no doubt many Of our citizens
will Gyail themselves of 1t.
We yegfet to announce the death of Mr.
L. A. Howard, which occurred in this
County on tho Goth of April. Tho funeral
services were conducted at Gross Roads
Church on the following day by Rev. w.
A. Hodges, and were attended by O large
concoarse of relatives and friends, who
mourn the death of the departed one.
The Palmetto Rilemen have received and
accepted an invitation to be present at the
anniversary of the Greenville Guards in
.Greenvilln on next Tuesday, the 9Th inst.
The occasion will doubtless &c .sa1ssss.. c:..
ioyable one, and the Anderson boys will
embrace 1t to further cultivate the acquaiu-
tance Of their Greenville friends, of whose
recent visit to Anderson they cherish the
most pleasant recollections.
The freight trains on the G.. & @. r. r.,
which have heretofore been running to
Greenville daily, only go now three times
aweelLs 40 that PERSONS wishing to go from
this point TO Greenville can only go through
on the morning, of Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. On these days they can go to
Greenville and return the same day, re-
xnaining ct GEeenviIle two hours. On any
: ether hsus .l,ev esilI have n raE..ain At Rel-
ton. AZ