The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-11
BRIEF MENTION.

BRIEF MENTION.
See change in the land advertisement G
Mr.. J. D. Allen.
Mr.. c. G. Langston has gone to Atlant
to have his eyes treated.
The first load of mountain apples arrived
on Monday from Rabun County, Ga.
ouite a number of our citizens went t,
Atlanta on Monday. 1t was free ride.
Rev. J. s. Murray will preach in tn
Baptist Church on next Sunday morning
Mr.. J.. F. Anderson, of Greenwood, wa
on a visit to relatives in this County las
week.
The exceedingly warm days and COO
nights are calculated to create sickness. b
prudent.
The vote on the subscription to the Rail
road in Hall township stood 50 to "a in TO
vor of subscription.
Cotton picking has commenced in earnest
Fifty cents hundred, without meals, IS the
price generally paid about here.
The music on the public square on Friday
evening by the Palmetto Band was very
| fine, and was much enjoyed by our citizens
A new invoice Hats just received by G. A
Reed, Agent. His Hat trade still increases,
and be is determined to keep the prices
down.
Col. G. F. Tolly, our popular Mayor, has
returned from Greenville, where he has been
in attendance upon the United States Court
as juror.
The Abbeville papers speak in the highest
shall all see him for ourselves, and will then
be able to form our own opinions.
Mr.. VIM. Rogers, a good citizen residing
about two miles from Williamson, died
the latter part of last week, after an illness
of several weeks with typhoid fever.
A 11-year-old daughter of Mr.. Joseph
Martin fell last Monday afternoon while
playing with little brother and dislocated
and fractured her left arm at the elbow.
Our merchants are determined that An.
derson shall maintain her reputation as. the
best cotton market in the. up-country dur.
ing the coming season. Don't take your
cotton elsewhere until you give Anderson
trial.
Capt. W. s. Sharpe and family returned
home on Thursday last after visit Of sew
eral weeks to the Warm Springs in Arkan-
sas and to relatives in Mississippi. We are
pleased to state that he is much improved
in health.
Rev. J. L. Brownlee, promising young
Presbyterian minister of Due West, and
who has been supplying Midway and Will
l;o ,,,otor praohyter;an Churches for the nast
twelve months, has gone to Princeton Col
lege, New jersey, to finish his education.
A nightblooming cereus attracted quite q
number Of our citizens to the residence Of
Col. ]. r. Cochran on Monday night. The
flower, one of the most beautiful of its spe-
cies, was in bloom for the second time this
fall, and still has five buds on it yet to
bloom.
Lieut.. John O'Donnell, while riding out
on Sunday morning with two little daugh-
ters of Mr.. E. E. Reese, was acciden-
tally thrown from his buggy and badly
bruised about the face and arms. The little
girls were not thrown out, and consequently
were not hurt.
From all accounts the colored camp meet
ing in the upper edge of this County on last
Sunday was huge affair. Several thou"
sand persons were present, many OF them
white, and the singing was distinctly heard
five miles away. Be it said to their credit,
everything passed off orderly.
Nearly all of our merchants have returned
home, and are now busy opening and az
ranging their goods for the fall trade. In
anticipation of large trade this fall they
have bought large and complete stocks of
goods, embracing everything usually kept
BY our merchants, which will be sold at the
lowest possible living price.
On last Monday John Baskins, a colored
Democrat on Mr.. J. s. Beaty's plantation,
picked S03 pounds of cotton, and had to
walk in addition three-quarters of mile
for his dinner. This was good days. work,
and it will be hard for any one to beat it,
even after the feecy staple opens more gen.
orally than it has done up to this time.
If the discovery of rich mines of valuable
metals. and ores continues in Abbeville
County for the next twelve months at the
rate at which it has been going on for the
past few weeks, it is not at all improbable
that the whole County will be converted
into a grand mining district, and precious
stones will become as common as flint
rocks.
Judge Reed went to Charleston last week
for the purpose of consulting physicians as
to his health, and we are pleased to record
the following from the Netcs and Courier as
the result Of his visit and consultation =
Judge Reed, who had been suffering for
some time from cancer in the face, under
went a surgical operation yesterday at the
hands of Dr.. Kinloch, assisted by Drs. An
crum and Forrest. The cancer was success
fully removed, and Judge Reeds friends will
be glad to hear that he has hopes of speedy
recovery"
We call attention to the advertisement Of
Messrs. FAINT & Bro, which appears else
where. These gentlemen in beginning busi-
ness have purchased an excellent selection
of goods, and bring to their assistance valu-
able experience in merchandising. Capt. j.
Reese FAINT, the senior partner, was menu
ber of the firm of Barr d FAINT, in which he
made many friends throughout this County,
and will in his new business be pleased to
have them call upon him. These gentlemen
are progressive merchants, and will be found
fully up to the times both in their prices
and in their goods.
Mr.. John Martin, from the neighborhood
of Calhoun, in this County, met with quite
painful accident on Saturday evening last,
on Whitner's hill, in this town, while en-
route for Oconee County. He was driving
two mules to wagon, and in going down
the hill referred to the mules took fright
and ran away, throwing Mr.. Martin and
brother by whom he was accompanied out,
and breaking the formers left arm between
the wrist and elbow, besides bruising him
badly about the head and shoulders. His
brother escaped without injury, and they
were brought back to town and cared for by
kind friends until Sunday morning, when
they were fixed up and sent back home.
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