The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-27

three weeks.
Nj. James Wilson'S interest in the firm Of
Wilson & Reed has been purchased BY Mr.
h o. Herrick.
The farmers Of Edgefeld are agitating the
Question of having the stock law extended
to that County also.
The weather, continues unsettled. and
the farmers are retarded in their work OF
preparing for another crop
Col. A. Burt, of the ilbbeville Bar, was
in attendance upon the sitting of our Court
during the Iaster part OF last week. =
An persons indebted to the old firm OF Of
Barr & Fant are notified elsewhere to call
ssonce .nd settle of their indebtedness,
I'VE have now on hand q large lot of neat
IL printed Land Deeds al this office, which
viii be sold at Charleston prices for cash.
Many of the Anderson farmers are bor-
rowing money with which to buy fertilizers
in preference to purchasing on the cotton
option plan.
lfessrs. McCully & Taylor, one Of our
mist enterprising business firms, have pur-
chased over three thousand bales of cotton
dusng the past season.
Mr.. j. ]. Gilmer was elected Trial Justice
OF Rock Mills township in the election
&: ala Nv the Democratic Club of that town.
ship on last Saturday:
Tomorrow viii be the last day for pay
ing town taxes without the penalty, and
those who have not paid up would do well
to intend to this business at once.
M. a. Lesser, one Of our enterprising
4 vo,lpg merchants, left for Northern markets
on last Monday morning, whore he will lay
Is : alarge stock Of dry goods, notions, etc
aschool Of Reform is sbe name Of 8
highly entertaining drama to be presented
!? to the public of Anderson by the amateur
theatrical company about the 7th pro1imo.
Messrs. e. c. Er:erson and ]. w. sherard,
both Of whom have been attending Medical
colleges, the former at Baltimore and the
latter at Charleston, returned, home last
weak.
aIany of the Georgia farmers are buying
then groceries, dry goods, &c, Of the An
derloE merchants. They have learned to
pat,onize those who. give them the best
bargains.
The public temperance meeting at Provi-
derice was not held on last Saturday, but
wiz. be held on next Saturday, whenthe
programme announced last week will be
carried out
Mr.. John :. Mattison lost I'VE hundred
dollars on Monday between his house and
Bolton. Suspicion rests on little colored
) boy, who is suspected of finding it. We
hope tho guilty parties viii be detected.
MIR. q. Mcsmith, of tie Mcsmith Music
House, is at the Waverly House, and will
be pleased to receive orders Tor, or give in-
formation in reference to, any Of the many
ercaIlent instruments he has for sale. !
The following are the appointments made
for the Y. NJ. G. A. for next Sunday, viz. !:
To conduct the afternoon meeting, John M.
Hubbard; Poor House Committee, a. B.
5 FAINT and w. NJ. Wilcox Jail Committee,
Dr.. r. f. Diver and R. R. Todd.
Asfreight chr on the Greenville and Co
lumbia Railroad was broken into at Green,
wood on Monday night last and robbed OF
a large amount Of merchandise, a consider
Z abletportion of which belonged to Messrs.
B. Il. Crayton q Sons, Of this place.
We would call attention to the reduction
in the priceof the fertilizers of which Messrs-
Bleckley, Brown & Co. are agents. They
are standard fertilizers, and this second re-
drction in the cotton option price will Sc
euro them more extensive use by our
farmers.
Judge Fraser, Solicitor Cothran and Gen.
McGowan were each serenaded by the Pal
metso Band, which was accompanied by
quite number Of our citizens, on Friday
evening last. In response to calls from the
crowd, they made short speeches, acknowl-
edging and thanking those present for the
compliment.
Ifyou want any kind OF Job printing
done, give the INTElI1GEscER Job Office a
trial. We print bill heads, letter heads,
envelops, blanks, blank notes-in fact, all
kinds of job work-at Charleston prices.
IF Te furnish frst-class work as cheap as
: it can be had elsewhere, why not keep the
money st Homer
An otter, small aquatic quadruped, wa.
caught near Byrum's brick yard by two
colored boys who were out hunting on last
Monday. 1t was considerably larger than
a cat, with long, heavy body and very
short legs, and held quite battle with five
or six dogs before it was conquered. 1t has
a beautiful black skin, and is very rarely
found in this section. The boys received
$l.25 for their animal.
The colored men of this place are talking
about holding meeting and declaring wall
against all tramps and colored refugees from
Georgia. They claim that three-fourths Of
the trouble persons of their race get into is
caused by yasabond negroes from across the
river, and say that unless something is done
to put stop to their coming into our midn1
they propose to take overy such fellow up
and deal with him themselves.
A colored girl about eleyen years of age
was burned to death on the plantation p
Mr. S. McCully one day last week. She
with several smaller children, had been lef
alone by their parents, and while playing
around the hearth her clothes caught on
fire, and becoming heightened she rar