The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-04-10
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Abbcyillc P,e,S und thinner: Destruc.
tive forest fires all through the county.
:.....A bbevil'e jail Is almost empty, hav-
ing only Two inmates. One Of them is a
thirty days boardcr, whose time is nearly
out The other is Lizzie Arnold, the
wife Of Joe Arnold. Her husband il in
Anderson jail, charged with the Frank
lin murder, and she is here charged As
accessory ....Thc South Carolina Pres
bytcry will hold its sciniannual session
in Abbcviile, beginning Oh Wednesday,
9th April. About sixty delegates, cleri.
cal and lay, are expected to attend.
They will be entertained at The houses Of
our citizens Of all denominations. The
rcstry of Trinity Church are taking steps
To appoint successor to Rev. John Ker-
shaw, who Will leave Abbcvillc for Beau
fort IN May. 1t is understood that the
vcstry will extend call TO their former
rector, the Rev T.. r. Miles. The
stock Law is bringing every square inch
of ground under cultivation. Every
nook and corner is now ploughcd and
planted. Patches tha. have lain un-
fenced and useless for years are now gar
den spots. 1.-The grain crops average
well throughout the county,. Ten or
twelve car loads o; cattle have been
hipped from Greenwood within n short
time.
Abbevillc .Mdium: Lorcnzo Wright,
one Of the Oldest men in the county, died
at his home near Due West on March
l7th. lie WAS seventy years Of age, and
Tor MANY years WAS 4 member of the
Methodist Church at GilyaI ..A mum
ber Of negroes have died in town during
the past week. The mortality among the
cOlorcd children is distressing Instead
of the Grange meeting at Mabry's OF the
fourth Saturday Of this month, as pre-
viously announced, there will be a social
gathering at the same place on the same
day. The Grange in Abbevillc is about
the dcadcst thing we know Of There is
not full healthy organization in the
county. No organization ever had bet
ter chance to succeed, and 10 society
ever made u more conspicuous failure.
1t was combination against monopoly
against the high prices and ruinous per-
centagc of merchants and manufacturers,
anu ior time it promised to succeed,
but 1t has .;illcn through, and the county
has gained but little by its loud words
and empty deeds. The failure of the
Grange is Il public calamity, and it is not
likely that it will ever come back to Wig
orous life again. Hon. ArInistcad Burt,
OF this place, contcmpatcs retiring from
the active practice Of the law
Greenville -Nccc: The loss by fire Of
the splendid painting of Gen. II. l.. Lee
which belonged to the city, will be mat
ter of universal regret
Newbcrry NeraM: Mr. j. A. Crotwell
sold one hundred and three bales of cot
ton Saturday for 9i all around. Mr..
Mathews, of Charleston, was the pur-
chaser. Several weeks ago there came
to Newberry n white man, calling him.
self DIR. j. a. Willard, with some kind Of
medicine for sale. He fell in Immediate
" with the colored people, and addressed
them on the question of cmigratng to
Colorado, and has been talking up the
matter with them, advising them to go.
Sunday he gave practical proof of his
sympathy for the colorcd race bv marry
ing woman of that persuasion, with
whom he is now living in town. She is
said to have come from Boston, and
arrived here about the time the CDR"
made his appearance. Eight hundred
tons of guano have been shipped to New
berry this season, and about fifty more to
arrive.
Spartanburg Spartan: Prof j. r.
Blake, of Davidson College, N. c., will
deliver the commencement address ut the
Reldville Female College in June next.
......Dr. j. +. Norman, living near Put
nam's Church, in Union County lost his
residence by lire last Thursday night,
about midnight. He saved only two
beds and n small quantity Of bacon. The
cause of the fire is unknown.