The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-25

Friday, I'd of April, and will spare no e1for
to make the entertainment success, the
proceeds of which will go to the parsonage
fund. The usual variety Of substantials a
| well as delicacies will be furnished, and the
public generally are invited.
Mr.. D. H. Hammond, an enterprising
farmer of Williamson township, brought
| us q sample of two-acre patch OF wheat
last week that is about two feet high. He
saws that the sample is an average oi
the whole patch, and that from an acre and
quarter Of the same ground he gathered
forty bushels. of the same cereal last year.
The drama, "Naval Engagements" which
was to have been rendered in Masonic Hall
on last Friday evening and been part OF
the entertainment that was given by the
Methodist ladies, and which was postponed
for the reason that the inclement weather
prevented the necessary rehearsing, will be
presented i'll Masonic Hall this Thursday
evening. The public generally are cordiayll
invited to attend.
The State Board of Health are taking
steps to have all persons in the State vacci-
mated who have not been heretofore. There
has been little or no vaccinating done in the
State since the war, and in case smallpox
should be introduced into our midst there
would be nothing to prevent it spreading.
It is wise move, and boards of physicians
in ever locality of the State will be charged
with the duty of performing the operations.
A correspondent of the Barnwell People
makes the following pertinent remarks con-
cerning an evil habit that many people
have acquired, and who make no effort to
restrain its force or check its growth 1.-THE
habit of talking in church, during the ser
vices, is certainly great evil, and very
popular one, and habit, if INDUCED in
only by children, could be borne with some
little forbearance; but when persons who
have age as well as respectabiity on their
side are guilty of this deplorable evil, I
think they ought to be told of it, and, if
propriety would admit, they should be re-
buked in public"
The New York Cash Store was never be-
fore as pretty and attractive as on yesterday,
the occasion of its grand spring opening.
The thousands of goods Of every descrip-
ton, character and color that lined the
counters, adorned the shelves and windows,
and that were suspended on cords stretched
from side to side and from end to end, pre-
sented most beautiful sight, and attracted
scores of our citizens who love the beautiful
and admire the picturesque. This store was
the center of attraction throughout the
entire day, and from about II o'clock in the
morning until late in the afternoon was
crowded with ladies, who kept the polite
and accommodating proprietors and clerks
busy in supplying their many wants. The
elaborate decorations were most artistically
arranged, and reflected much credit on the
taste of all concerned. Messrs. Arnstein &
Rose, the proprietors, are highly pleased at
the success with which their enterprise and
energy was rewarded on this occasion, and
will doubtless make similar displays in the
future.
DR.. Lawreuce c. Neal and Mr.. Charley
White, ofSHopewell township, in this
County, have invented an attachment to
gin for opening cotton bolls that do not
fully mature before the stalk is killed by
cold weather, and for separating the cotton
from the burr. The attachment is work
entirely of their own, is quite simple and
has been most successfully operated by them
the past season, the results of which will
leave no doubt in the minds of any as to its
great value to the cotton-producers. We
are informed that they gathered enough
cotton bolls that would not open from the
fields of o single farm this fall to make
twelve or thirteen FIVE hundred pound
bales, and that the cotton was sold in this
market side by side with that which was
picked by hand at the same price. If the
invention proves to be ali that is claimed
for it, it will certainly take rank among the
most important inventions of the age, and
will add millions of dollars yearly to the
value of this important crop, as there is
always large per centage of the bolls that
never open, especially when the crop is late
or the fall early, To the Mississippi bot
toms, or wherever the stalk grows very
rank, it will be particularly valuable, and
from the sample of lint shown US, as we'll
as the quality of bolls from which it was
made, we are inclined to think that it will
contribute more to enhance the profit of
cotton raising than any improvement that
has been made either in its cultivation or
preparation for market in the past quarter
of century. The gentlemen have made
application for q patent on their invention,
and we hope as reward for their enterprise
and diligence they will make fortunes out
of it.