The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-22
THE INTELLIGENCER.
LOCAL MATTERS.
BRIIzF MENTION.


Our merchants have had prosperous
season this winter.
The Williamson Female College will
2openon nsxt Monday week, tho I'd prox.
A few of our citizens have already COM
menced gardening. The beautiful weather
is too tempting.
Sfr. j. G. Bailey, of the Greenville Enter
prise aud Mountai,,eer, spent few hours in
Anderson on Friday.
Mr.. L. r. Smith will deliver ON address
before The Sons of Temperance at their
meeting tpis evening. at
Mr.. r. B. Dean, of yarennes township,
with two other gentlemen OF his neighbor-
hood, caught 172 partridges in three days
OF last week.
Mountain Creek Grange will meet next
Saturday at 10 q m. A full attendance is
desired, as business of Importance will be
attended to.
Messrs. B. z. Crayton & Sons ara con-
verting the Centennial House into two
store rooms. They will be "a feet long by
about % wide. i
We were favored with call on Thursday
last from Mr.. E. Keese, bus'.ess manager
Of the Edgelield Adrertiser, one Of the most
reliable papers of the State.
Mai. B. D. Dean, of Bolton, and Capt.
John McFall, of Williamson, were in
town on Monday, looking very happy over
the prospects Of their railroad.
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Messrs, Bleckley, Brown g. Co. are hay
ing commodious warehouse built in the
rear Of their store in the place of their old
guano house, which has been torn down.
Rev. Mr.. Vernon, of Hart County, Ga,
has been called to the pastorate of Meals
Creek Church, and will hold services every
fourth Sunday and tho Saturday previous.
Tho lecturS of Rev. t. F. Gadsden in
Temperance Hall on Tuesday night was
ing discourse was highly enjoyed by all
present.
= Mr.. Joab a. Hall, of Tallavega County,
Alabama is at present visiting his many
relatives and friends in, this County. He
has been gone from this State about twenty
five years.
Wood FAINT says that kitchens ought to
be built on wheels, so that in case of fire they
could be uncoupled from the ''big house"
and rolled away. The thought is worthy
of consideration.
Appointments of the Y. NJ. G. A. for next
Sunday: To conduct the afternoon meeting,
T. G. Ligon; Poor House Committee, ]. II.
Clarke, j. A. Daniels; Jail Committee, G.
f. Tolly, w. w. Keys.
Abe Benson and Dave Doolcy announce
in this issue that they will run the black
smith shop near the Presbyterian Church
this year. They are good worllmen and
industrious coloYed men.
Bill Green, the negro fiddler and we'll
digger, was blown up in well while blic..-
ing out rock, on the farm of Mr.. Reuben
Byrum on Tuesday, and received painful
though not dangerous wounds.
The meeting of the farmers called for last
Friday by Maj. Russell did not convene.
The farmers seem Eatisfied with the terms
upon which the manufacturers propose to
dispose of their fertilizers this year.
The young people Of Pepdleton had o leap
year party on Friday night last and the
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well that it made the young men ashamed
of themselves for their many short COM
ings.
Mr.. Andrew O. HTcFall, of Port Royal,
and Miss Lillio d. Mccullough, of Will
liamston, were joined in wedlock on Mon
day morning last. They took the train
Il Immediately after the ceremony fo: the
grooE;'s home.
Gen. Humphreys says the Savannah VAL
B Icy Railroad can De built as cheaply with
out as with convict labor, and the fnct that
4 such lahorf mot been secured is not suf-
ficient carse for delay in commencing work
as soon as the necessary preliminnries ara
! perfected.
There is but one tract of land to be sold
in this County by the Auditor this year as
delinquent for taxes, and that tract would
not have to besold if the titles were IN proper
shape. The tract is advertised in this issue
Is there another County in the State with
as good a record
We learn from q gentleman who came
over from Hartwell on Tuesday that Mr..
E B. Benso., of that place, had two little
children to die of diphtheria during the
past week Mr. Benson has many friends
in Anderson who sympathizc with him in
this sad bereavement.
The Abbeville Press ard Banner conn
mends US for keeping advertisements ont of
our local reading matter, but does not sig
Nifty it's Intention of following our example.
If it is commendeble in the IarELyIeExoER
would " not be equally as commondable in
the Pr. land Bannerf
At % meeting of the stockholders of the
National Bank of Anderson, held q iew
days go, thH.f following Board of Directors
was unanimously reelected fGr the present
year: Joseph N. Brown, President; o. 81.
P. Fait, 3. =. Crayton, ). w. Norris, Geo.
w. FAINT, s. Bleckley, j. A. Brock.
q The firm of Mr.. Joseph B. Moore, lying
about mile or mile and half from the
main portion of town, and which is one OF
the finest plantations in the County, has
been purchased by Mr.. VIM. B. Wetson.
s Mr.. Moore has sold out with q view of
moving to Jacksboro County, Texas, in the
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