The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28
THE INTELLIGENCER
LOCAL MATTERS.
Circulation nearly 1900.
BRrEF MENTION.
Good butter is in demanS at Is cents.

One hundred bushels fine seed barley for
sale by Sloan Bros Greenville, s.. G.
Tho Good Samaritans now hold their
meetings in the colcred Baptist Church.
The proceedings of the Council are un.
usually interesting this week. Be sure TO
reed them.
The weather has been unusually cool for
the past few days Fire felt comfortable on
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
Mr.. Alonzo Welch is painting his resi-
dence on Main street. It's appearance will
be greatly improved by the brush.
A new invoice Hats just received by G. A.
Reed, Agent. His Hat trade still increases,
and he Is determined to keep the prices
down.
We venture tho assertion that there IS not
country newspapers, taken altogether, than
South Carolina.
Messrs. ]. p. Broyles and r. A. Reid re-
turned home on Saturday after months
visit to Greenville, Tennessee, and the coun-
try roundabout.
Mr.. P: A, Masters brought to our office
on last Friday some very pretty specimens
OF his sweet potato crop, which is very fine
for this season of tie year.
Farmers in some sections of this County
report that the cotton crop has the rust very
badly, and will not make anything like O
iull crop IN consequence thereof.
Tickets will hereafter be sold over the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad on Sat-
urdaye, good to return on Mondays, between
any stations, at three cents per mile each
way.
The sale of tickets over the Blue Ridge
railroad has been 80 arranged as to give
points on that road at cents per mile each
ways
A gentleman in Anderson has made 800
from the milk and butter of one cow in
four months. besides supplying the wants
In that line of his own family. Who can
beat it?
The average value of the real estate in
this County, as assessed for taxation by the
Township Boards of Assessors and approved
by the County Board of Equalization, is
about $4.e0 per acre.
j: a. Brock, Esq, has returned from his
visit to the White Sulphur Springs. and
alter pleasant Soiourn of fortnight Is
again Mt his post as cashier of the National
Bank Of Anderson.
The city airs of the Anderson people at
tract the attention of former citizens who
nre sojourning in our midst for time.
That's because we are going to have another
railroad, we presume.
But three of the bar-rooms have rs vet
decided to accept licenses at $500, and con-
tinue business, They were all closed on
I onday. and Tuesday, thing that has not
occurred in Anderson for several years past.
The repainting Of the doors, window
shutters, etc., of the Court House offices,
haze greatly improved their appearance.
Now the exterior of the whole building
should be repainted and regranitized It
would then look decent.
1t is reported here. by what authority we
do not know, that the passenger trains of
the Greenville & Columbia Railroad are to
be fitted up with air brakes, and improved
IN many other respects, and that the speed
OF transit over the line increased.
The reduction of the wages of the street
hands caused those who were employed at
the time to cease work, but others have
gone to work in their stead. Fifty cents a
day is very good pay for day laborers at the
present prices of the necessaries of life.
Mr.: John Peter Brown, of the Fork, we
regret to learn, has been quite i'll the past
week week with something like brain fever.
condition, however on Tuesday, and we
hope soon to hear of his entire recovery.
Since writing the above. and Just as we
20 to press, the sad intelligence reaches us
that Mr.. Brown is dead.
Rev. e. L. Sisk, the Pastor of the Town.
Vile Baptist Church. will begin series of
meetings in that Church on next Sunday.
which will be continued as the occasion NAV
suggest. BE will be assisted by Rev. q. II.
Gresham, of Walhalla, and perhaps other
ministers. -
An interesting meeting was closed at
Mountain Creek Baptist Church on last
Sunday, which: resulted in fourteen addi-
storat1on and one by letter. The meeting
Is peiieved 20 have Done much goud, both 10
the Church and community.
Do not forget the Railroad meeting which
Is to be held at Hunters Spring at ii o'clock
Tuesday morning. Every citizen of Cen
tervillo township who can represent should
do 30, as the subject to be considered is the
ton TO the Savannah Valley Railroad.
The Hartwell Sun was in mourning last
week for Mrs. Myra P. Webb. wife of DIR.
Charles Webb, OF Hart County, and daueh-
ter of Mr.. John Benson, of HartwelI. She
was an accomplished lady, and had many
relatives ana friends in this County, who
will learn with sadness of her departure.
Judge Reed and family returned last week
from their visit to the mountains, and we
are pleased to learn that tho change of
climate proved very beneficial to the Judges
health. Since his return he has been upon
our streets several times, and is looking
much better than he did before going to the
mountains.
A big, stout, ablebodied colored carpenter
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now trying to have his children, two or
or three in number. sent to the Poor House
to be supported at the expense of the Coun-
ty. Fortunately, he has not succeeded in
his efforts to thus get rio of supporting his
own offspring. 1t is sad reflection on the
colored race.
While Mr.. William Brown and family
were at Hopeweli Church on last Tuesday
night, their residence, situated near CI,;:
cofi, and all OF its contents, including even
the supplies and provisions, wera consumed
by fire. The cause is unknown. On
"Wednesday the citizens and neighbora
raised 6 considerable sum to replace DOR
ton Of the loss.
The decree Of Judge Maokey on the great
drainage case, which viii be found on. our
first page is to be appealed from to the Su-
preme Court. Col. J. N. Brown is the at
torney for the County and Messrs. Orr e.
Tribbie and w. d. Evins for the defendants.
Both sides of the case will be ably present.
cd, and its merits will be decided by the
Court of last resort in the State.
Mr.. james @. Keys has our thanks for
basket of the finest sweet potatoes we have
seen this season. Mr.. Keys alwsys raises
very fine crops of this excellent vegetable,
but Is this year further ahead than usual.
The largest tubers sent us vere of the Flori-
dn yarns, and measured nineteen inches
nrnnnd: and evan The amallaRt yvnnld nasa
for large ones in most personB' patches.
The Air Line Railroad hns sent invitations
to the various merchantile houses of this
section Offering them free passage to At
lanta and return from points along this
road, for the purpose of affording them in
ducements to do their trading in Atlanta.
This is probably an arrangement with the
merchants of Atlanta, aud shows the enter
prise both of the merchants and of the rail-
road authoritess
We are requested to announce that the