The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-04


Commissioners on Tuesday resolution was
passed instructing Mr.. Bailey, the Chairman
of the Board, to purchase and have erected
as early as possible wire fence around the
Court House. The fence will run from the
columns at each end of the building in a
semi-circle and will enclose the public
pumps. The Town Council propose, as
soon as the fence is erected, sodding the en-
closure with an evergreen turf, and furnish
ing it with seats. This will be quite an i'm
proyement to the square, and We hope the
details will be carried out as at present in
tended.
The election for subscription to tho At
lantic and French Broad Valley Railroad in
Williamson and Belton townships in this
County are over, and resulted in favor Of
subscription in each township. We have
not received the full poll but understand
over two hundred votes were cast in each
township, and that the subscription was
carried in Williamson township by thirty
seven majority and in Belton township by
twenty-seven. The election in Brushy
Creek township will take place on next
Saturday.
We publish this week the proceedings of
the Associate Grange which met in Ander-
son near two months ago. Hereafter, how
ever we must insist that such proceedings
shall be sent US promptly or we must de-
cline them. If they are not of sufficient
importance to be published at once they are
not of enough interest to the public to JUS
tify publishing after so long time. We
must have them while they are news, or
we not want them; and while we are on
this subject we would soy that the same
rule will be rigidly applied in the future to
all communications from any source.
The tournament at Farmers Store in the
Fork. on Saturday, the 21st ultimo, was
pleasant occasion, and was attended by o
large crowd. Twelve knights participated
in the tournament, which resulted in favor
of the following: 1st, John G. Cox; End,
Charles Stewart; 3rd, W. P. snelgrove; 4th,
r. G. Todd. Mr.. Cox received purse of
s., while the others crowned respectively
the following ladies that night at the ball:
Queen of Love and Beauty, Miss Ada
Brownlee; 1st Maid Of Honor, Miss Annie
Kilgore; I'd Maid of Honor, Miss Emma
Snelgrove. The ball was largely attended
and much enjoyed by ell present.
The difficulty in deciding the question as
to what is the dark of the moon, propoun-
ded by our Honea Path correspondent,
arises probably from using the expression
with reference to two different ideas. If the
term is used in its primary meaning to sig
nifty the time when the moon is dark to the
earth, then it is that period of the lunar
month when the moon cannot be seen at
any hour of the night but if used in the
sense in which it is frequently employed,
in an inaccurate way, to signify the de-
crease of the moon, then it is that period
which follows the full moon, and lasts to
the new moon which succeeds it.
The regular meeting of the Executive
Committee of Pomona Grange was held in
Watson's store on last Monday at the usual
time. No special business matter came be-
fore it. Several questions of general in
terest were considered and discussed, with
out arriving at any particular conclusion.
The guano question came in for its part of
attention, but which, owing to the late day
on which the propositions were submitted,
was necessarily postponed for the present.
The Executive Committee are strongly in
clined to the opinion that if farmers would
direct their thoughts more earnestly to the
consideration of the indispensable constitu-
ents of profitable fertilizers, by selecting the
most desirable chemicals and purchasing
them in bulk at wholesale rates, and ma
nipulating or composing them on the
farm, at least one-third OF the expense
would be saved to the farmer, and much
better and more reliable fertilizer secured
for application to crops. This much sue
cessfuily effected would enable the farmer
to use one-third more of guano without ad-
ditional cost.