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

i pee Grunge III tDe ihnu eoSertlseIncnt ol
Mr.. J. ID. Allen.
Mr.. c. @. Langston has gone to Atlanta
to have his eyes treated.
The first load of mountain apples arrived
on Monday from Rabun County, Ga.
Quite number OF our citizens went 70
Atlanta on Monday. 1t was free ride.
Rev. J. 8. Murray will preach in the
Baptist Church on next Sunday morning.
Mr.. J. F. Anderson. OF Green wood, was
on o Visit to relatives in this County last
week.
The exceedingly warm days and cool
nights are calculated TO create sickness. Be
prudent.
The vote on the subscription to the Rail-
road In Hal. township stood 90 to "a in fa.
vor Of subscription.
Cotton picking has commenced in earnest.
Fifty cents hundred without meals, Is the
price generally paid about here.
The mrsic ON the public square on Friday
evening by the Palmetto Band was very
fine, and was much enjoyed by our citizens.
4 new invoice Hats Just received by G. A.
| Reed, Agent. His Hat trade still increases,
and he Is determined to keep the prices
down.
Col. g. F. To:iy, our popular Mayor, has
returned from 3reenviiie, where he has been
| In attendance upon the United States Court
as Juror.
The Abbeville papers speak in the highest
| terms OF Judge Presley. Next week we
shall all zee him for ourselves, and will then
be eble 70 form our own opinions.
Mr. VIM. Rogers, 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 ll-yesr,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
o trial.
Capt. W. 8. 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
pieased 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
liamston Presbyterian Churches for the past
Twelve months, has gone to Princeton Col
iege, New jersey, to finish his education.
A lnightblooming cereus attracted quite
number OF our citizens to the residence of
Col. y. X. Cochran on Monday night The
noWer, one Of the most beautiful Of its spe-
cies, was in bloom for the second time this
fall, and still has fiye buds on it vet to to
bloom.
Lieut.. John O'Donnell, while riding out
on Sun -ay 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 oil accounts the colored camp meet
ing in the upper edge of this County on last
Sunday was huge affair. Several thou
sano persons were present, many of them
white, and the singing was distinctly heard
nve 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 ar
anticipation of a 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, colored
democrat on Mr.. ]. s. Beaty's plantation,
picked ees f::2as os cotton, and had to
for his dinner. This was good days work,
and 1t will be hard for any one to beat it,
even after the f1eecy 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 Abbeyille
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 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 Nelus and Courier a.
the result Of his visit and copsultation:-
Judge Reed, who had been suffering for
some time from q cancer in the face, under
went o surgical operation yesterday ct the
!;ss:ass &C D. E;fiiooi, ;:ssssS. ;ssst. BY BY DTs 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 bust
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 q men,
ben OK the firm Of Barr & Fant, in which he
made many friends throughout this County,
and will in his new business be pleased to
have them cali upon him. These gentlemen
are progressive merchants, and will be found
fully up to the times both in their pricea
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 on
route for Oconee County. He was driving
two mules to wagon, and in going down
the hill rc9erred 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, whom
they were fixed Up and cent back home.
Special Premium list.
r. 4 Al = -