The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-10
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Tile blackberry crop is unusually full this
year, and is just beginning to ripen in this
section. G ~
Messrs. A. s.. Duncan and G. L. Wells,
prominent citizens OF Greenville, spent a
day or two in Anderson this week.
Mr.. e. r. Cashier made 20 bushels of oats
on seven-eights Of an acre, the best yieh
we lave yet heard Of in this section.
MFR. L. Williams, the enumerator for
Wiliiamston township. found colored wo-
man the other day who & 10l years Old
Thirteen persons died in the town of
Spartanburg during the month of Maya
larger number than have died in Anderson
in six months.
The County Auditor makes an impo rtant
announcement to landowners in another
column. The information desired should
be carefully and accurately given.
Nothing much less than IN earthquake or
a cyclone could create greater panic on
the public square just now than the cry of
fryiug-sized chicken, no matter how fee
5 BILE.
Appointments of the Y. NJ. IA for next
Sunday To conduct the afternoon meeting,
l.. p. smitl,-Scripture, John 10; Poor
House Committee, John W. Todd. ]. "A.
Daniels.
In match game of four innings between
the "Nameless' and "Horse Shoe base
ball clubs on Friday evening-both local
clubs-the score stood 1S to Z, in favor cs
the "Nameless."
Rev. Wm. Henry Strickland will preach
in his pulpit on next Lords Day, morning
and evening. Subject of morning sermon,
1.-THE Temptation of Christ" evening SER
mon, 1.-THE Devil"
Mr.. II. Douglass Sloan, of Atlanta, Ga,
spent last week in Pendleton and Anderson
visiting relatives at those places. Mr. Sloan
has many friends here who are always
pleased to see him among us.
The town was full Of country people on
Monday, and we were reminded of some of
the winter saledays of last winter. 1t was
too wet to plow in many places, and there
was nothing to do at home.
The Town Council has authorized the
police OF the town to kill all dogs within
the incorporate limits on which taxes have
not been paid, and several worthless ours
have already been attended to.
The low-conntry people are turning their
faces towards the up-country in quest of q
cooler cline. They can find no more pleas-
ant place at which to spend few months
during the summer than Anderson.
Court for this County convenes on next
Monday, and according to law will hold but
one week. There are only three or four
cases on the criminal docket and none of
them are of any considerable importance.
The spring session of the Williamson
Female College will close on Friday of next
week. There will be two graduates at the
end OF this Section, which win make total
of seven during the past scholastic year.
Mr.. John NJ. Geer. from the Vanderbilt
University, and Mr.. Columbus Wardlaw.
from the University of Virginia, both An
derson County boys who give promise of
future usefulness, nre now at home on va
cation.
The Presbyterian ladies will have ice
cream for sale in the Presbyterian Church
lot on Friday at p NJ. The public gen.
orally, ana the young men especially, are
invited to patronize. You will get your
moneys worth. l.s
DR.. r. A. Reid. who has been employed
in the U. s. Army Service at Augusta, Ga,
since March last returned home on Satur-
day. His many friends were glad to see
him, but expected he ,vould coma home all
glistenint. in brass buttons.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Wilcox. of Eiberton, Ca,
spent Sunday and Monday in Anderson.
He continues to enjoy liberal patronage,
and is building up fine furniture trade Mt
Elberton, town that has wonderfully
improved in the last year or two.
The young men in the Town Greek neigh
borhood have organized o base ball club
with the following offlcoI5 President, J. o.
Jones; ! Vice President, Austin Brown ;
Captain First First N::uo. Allie Hammond; Cap
tain Second Eine NJ. Z. Gambrell
The County Treasurer collected during
the month of May taxes 10 the amount of
iO,2sS.O3, apportioned as follows: State,
$4,569.26; county, $2,Sso.34; school, ST.
G4GS. G poii5 S @ci5 sa7iIif.i silly r 2
$lsl.s9; french Broad Valley r. R., $l57. 10.
The schedule on sha Greenyille & Colum-
bia Railroad has again bean changed, this
time very slightly. The morning train
now leaves Anderson at 7.o5, tlirty-five
minute As.i.>: .i.s: G..:::S..;- ss s siis
evening train leaves at COS, slteen minutes
later.
The Anderson Theatrical Company r-e
rehearsing the comic drama. "drs. Wal
throp's Bachelors" and viii play It In the
Masonic Hall tomorrow evening. There
are ten characters in the play, ali of which
will be well personated. Admission so and
% cents.
A colored youth was drowned in the mill
pond OF Mrs! Jackson in Hall township,
on last Sunday afternoon. He had gorc In
bathing Will. lsgc other colosed hnys, both
younger. than himself none of whom could
swim, and accidentally got into deep water,
and being unable to get out perished.
Mr.. r. ID. sloan, who has been the eff
client Depot Agent of the @. $ Q. Rail-
road Company end telegraphic orerator a
Belton. has. retired from the service of the
Company, and Is now in business with Il
w. Poe "a. On Mt Granville s.. o.. wher,