The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15
BEIEF MENTION.

BEIEF MENTION.
See the gin advertisement of Messrs.
McCulley e. Taylor. The Pratt Gin is one
of the best made.
There is $500 in the Town treasury with
little or no outstanding Indebtedness. why
can't we have town clock?
Work has been commenced ON Gen.
Ayers college building. 1t will be situated
between his residence and the Baptist
Church.
Mr.: James Bruce prominent and influ-
ential citizen of I.owndesville died very
suddenly of heart disease on "Wednesday
night of last week.
The announcements of Captains John
McFall, of Williamson, and John w.
Daniels. of Anderson, for Clerk of Court
appear in this issue.
The people are beginning to want to know
who the candidates are. The lNTELLIGEN-
GER is the best medium through which to
give this information.
Mr.. ]. A. Gaines. of Townville, brought
us on Wednesday very fine Spanish yam'
a sample of his crop. which is decidedly the
finest we have seen this season.
Messrs. w. w. Keys and B. Frank Maui
din were elected Superintendent and Vice
Superintendent respectively of the Baptist
Sunday School on last Sunday.
See the professional card Of DIR. O. r.
Broyles which appears elsewhere DIR.
Rroyles is graduate of the University OF
Virginia, and gentleman of fine abilities,
for whom we bespeak share of the prac-
tice of this community.
The Third Quarterly Meeting of the An:
derson Methodist Church will be held next
Saturday and Sunday. Preaching at 10 a.
m. Saturday. Rev. S. B. Jones will preach
ON Sunday at 1Oi q. m. and 81 p. m. The
Lords Supper Sunday morning.
Rev. s. Lander, D. D., of Williamson,
will deliver an address in the Methodist
Church at this place tomorrow friday
evening at 81 o'clock, on the subject, 1.-THE
Education of Girls" The entire communi-
~ is cordially invited to be present.
TheCorps of Engineers engaged in sur.
veyingthe Savannah Valley Railroad lett
Anderson on Monday to make survey OF
the line from Lafayette Halls to Charles
Aliens, in pursuance to instructions
from the Board of Directors. This line is
known as the Double Bridges route, and is
about II miles shorter than the route by
Lowndesville.
Mr.. c. w. Smith, of Brushy Creek,
Trial Justice, was taken quite ill in town
on Monday with cholera morbus while in
attendance upon the Probate Court, and
though taken to the residence of Capt. j.
w. Daniels, where everything was done to
alleviate his suferings, he died on Tuesday
night. His remains were carried home on
Wednesday.
The exercises of Mrs. G. r. Murray's
school for young ladies closed on last Fri
day with vacation of six weeks. The
scholars have made excellent progress du-
ring the past term. On Friday last we had
the pleasure of witnessing them in the
Calistl,enic drill. which was rendered with
great precision and system.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clinkscales, wife of Mr.
L. N. Clinkscales, of Storeville, died on
Wednesday, 7th instant, after an illness
of two or three months. She leaves
husband, eleven children and many other
relatives to mourn her death. Her remains
were inferred in the family graveyard near
Bolton on the day after her demise.
The members of Orion Lodge, Good
Templars, and Broadway Sunday School
will unite in basket picnic at the school
house near Erskine's Crossing on next
I'hnrsday, 22nd instant. Several speeches
in the interest of both orders will be made.
The friends of both causes are invited to be
present and participate in the pleasures of
the occasion.
At q meeting of Flat Rock Democratic
Club held July 10, 1880, the Club by reso
luton endorsed the action of the State and
National Democratic Conventions. The
President was instructed to invite Mr.. II.
NJ. Prince, of Williamson, to address the
Club on the political topics of the day atits
next meeting. Saturday before the second
Sunday, the 7th day of August next, at 2
o'clock p. m.
The census enumerators for this County
have all filed their reports in the office OF
the Clerk OF Court, as required by law, from
which we are enabled to ascertain the ex-
act population of the various townships,
which are as follows Pendleton 1850, Will
liamston 2,547, Brushy Creek 2,45S, Garvin
2,23s, Varennes 2,2l6, Honea Path 2,2l6,
Bolton 2,1sS, Fork 2,04S, Centreville 1918,
Broadaway 1854, Martin 1910, Anderson
1,s4s, Savannah 1,7O9, Hopewell 1850, Hall
1877, Dark Corner 1,457, Rock Mills 1883.
Population of the County, 33,777. Pendle-
ton township has the largest population
and Rock Mills the smallest.
Rev. VIM. Henry Strickland, Correspond
ing Secretary State Mission Board, has just
returned from two-week's tour among the
country churches Of Anderson and Able
Vile Counties. He finds great encourage
mept in his work Us Collecting Agent Of
the Mission Board. He breaches every day
in the week, and although people are very
busy just now finishing up their farm work
yet lie has had large congregations every
where he has gone-warm welcomes and
generous contributions in money. He re-
ports the crops looking unusually fine, and
is sorry that so small an acreage is in corn.
All have been we'll worked, and general
rains row will give the largest cotton crop
ever rsthered in this section.
The Pickens Sentinel learns from Captain