The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-12


Mr.. N. L. Rose, of the popular house of
-Arns.ein & Rose, is at present in New York
buying their spring stock of goods.
Married, by Rev. G. NJ. Rogers, January
81, 1880, Mr.. Franklin Duckworth and Miss
Margaret Barksdale. All of this County.
The ladies of the Baptist Church at Easley
are preparing for festival on the evening
of the 10Th instant, for the benefit of the
Church.
It'll not probable that the Court for this
County, which convenes on Monday, will
be occupied more than three days with
criminal business.
Our Representatives all went down to
Columbia on Monday, and were at their
posts of duty promptly at the meeting of
the Legislature on Tuesday.
Our friends over the Savannah have not
yet forgotten where they can buy their sup
plies on the best terms. They still patron
ize the Anderson merchants.
Appointments of the Y. NJ. G. A. for next
Sunday: To conduct the afternoon meeting,
c. F. Jones; Poor House Committee, W. W.
Keys, T. @. Lyon; Jail Committee, ]. Baylis
Lewis, John NJ. Hubbard.
Robert Broyles, one of our colored SUBJ
scribers in Broadway township, wants it
understood that he is opposed to hot sup
pers among the colored people, and wishes
that they could be stopped by some means
or other.
An enterprizing farmer from the neigh
borhood of Hodges, Abbeville County, sold
eighteen bales Of cotton in Anderson on
Wednesday. Our Abbeville contempora-
zies are strictly forbidden the privilege of
copying this item.
A new postoffice has been established at
the residence of Mr. T. J. Mcclure, on the
Shallow Ford road, to be known as Seven
Miles. The old postoffice at the residence
of Mr. McLeskey, known as Melville, has
been discontinued.
Thomas Sadler, colored, was committed
TO Jail on Tuesday evening charged with
burning cabin on the plantation Of Mrs.
Glenn, four miles south Of this place, last
fall, in which two colored children were
burned to death.
The lecture of Rev. I. w. Wingo, Of Pen
dleton, on Tuesday night, was both very
entertaining and instructive, and doubtless
every one felt more than repaid for attend
ing. His subject, Human Life, A Strug-
gle" was ably handled.
Rev. L. NJ. Aver will preach in the Bap-
tist Church OH next Sunday morning. Rev.
w. II. Strickland, the pastor, goes to Spar
tanburg to preach the anniversary sermon
of the Woman's Mission Society of the
Baptist Church at that place.
The County Commissioners held their
regular meeting on Tuesday. The only
matter of importance acted upon was q
resolution to have the public roads worked
by the 1st of April, which are now in many
places in bad condition.
There will be tournament at farmers
Store on Saturday, 21st instant, to which
the public generally and ladies especially
are invited. The tournament will be fol-
lowed at night by ball, at which the usual
coronation ceremonies will take place. A
pleasant occasion is in store for the young
people of that vicinity.
A young man in Anderson has just had
churn dasher patented that is extremely
simple, and which, it is said, will bring
butter in three minutes. There have been
more patents granted for churn dashers than
for any other one article in America, but
that doesn't hinder our young friend from
making fortune out of his.
The enthusiasm aroused in Charleston in
the interest of the Blue Ridge Railroad by
the Anderson committee seems daily to in
crease. There is certainly nothing ofgreater
interes. to Charleston and all the rest of the
State just now than the completion of this
grand old enterprise, and we hope the ques-
ton will not be allowed to rest until this
end is attained.
The Williamson Female College opened
on Monday, I'd instant, under very favora-
BILE auspices, there being nearly one hun
dred pupils in attendance. 1t is gratifying
to see this excellent institution of learning
so literally patronized. DR.. Lander, the
worthy President of the College, is one of
the best female educators in the South, and
his institution is meeting with meritorious
success.
The Greenville Convocation of the Epis-
copal Church will convene in Grace Church
at this place on Wednesday, February 18th.
Revs. Messrs. Mccullough, Capers, Hanckel
and others are expected. The proceedings
OF the Convocation will consist of devo-
tional exercises, addresses and discussions,
and will no doubt be very interesting. The
hours for service are II o'clock in the morn
ing, A in the afternoon and u in the even
ing. The public are cordially invited to
attend.
We publish on our fourth page an article
from the Greenville Chronicle, from which
it will be seen that the Piedmont Manufac-
turing Company is in most prosperous
condition, and that their factory is to be
enlarged to double its present size and ca
pacity. It is really refreshing to see such
substantial prosperity on the part of this
worthy enterprise, and our only regret is
that there are not several such enterprises
in our own County.
Mr.. Henry Eubank, the travelling agent
and correspondent of the Ne,rs and Courier,
writing from Greenville, has this to say in
regard to the feeling in that city concerning
the Blue Ridge Railroad: 1.-THE marked
avnnathv manifested in Charleston with