The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-18
anderson and hodges as Cotton Markets.

Anderson ana aouSes I'D OosSo'A
A few weeks ago the ANDERSON INTELLI-
GENcER, with flourish of trumpets, an
nounced that thrifty farmer OF Hodges
had gone all the way to Anderson to sell
load of cotton, and in bantering way en-
ioined its Abbeville contemporaries from
copying the notice of the fact. Our readers
will remember that we copied the :, 4o.lce,
and then predicted that the citizen OF Hodges
would never 20 back to that market with
his cotton. The prominent citizens who
took the cotton from Hodges to Anderson
were Messrs. NJ. B. Magee, w. p. Magee,
Jesse Magee and A. II. Magee. They now
report their dissatisfaction with Anderson
Us a cotton Market and express the opinion
that they could have done better at Hodges
or Donalds, and say they will never go to
Anderson again with cotton.
The above paragraph is clipped from the
Abbeville Press and Banner; and no doubt
when it had been penned our esteemed
brother of the quill congratulated himself
on having done most valuable service for
Hodges and Donalds, and one for which he
could certainly rever receive due considera-
ton at the hands of their citizens. But
unfortunately for him there are some other
people in this world who know little more
about the facts in this case than he does,
and which conform more strictly to correct
ness than those given in the above para
graph. We do not know from what source
the Press and Banner obtained its informa-
ton about the dissatisfaction" of the gen.
tlemen mentioned, but we do know that it
was not reliable, for the publication does
not present the facts, and We hope ample
reparation will be made through the same
medium from which came the injury.
For the especial ediication Of our friend,
who seems 50 very anxious about and solic-
itous for the good reputation Of his county
towns, we will give few facts about this
little matter that evidently are not in his
possession. Several weeks prior to the visit
of our Hodges friends to Anderson, the
first named gentleman in the above extract
came to this place with small lot of cotton,
and was so well pleased with the price he
obtained for it, as well as the low figures at
which he bought goods, that he expressedIhis
determination to come again. True to his
word, as he always is, he did come, and
through his representation of our market
was accompanied by several other gentle
men of his neighborhood, all of them to-
gether bringing eighteen bales of cotton.
We happened to meet two of the party on
the streets the morning of their visit after
they had sold their cotton, and were in
formed by them that they received much
higher price for their cotton here than they
were offered at home, and that hereafter
they intended doing considerable amount
of their trading in Anderson. They bought
large bills of goods of various kinds, and
were as well pleased with their purchases Us
they were with their sales, and left for their
homes that afternoon firmly convinced that
Anderson was the best market any where
within their reach; and to our certain knosrl-
edge they hare not get changed their opinion,
the assertion of the Press and Banner to the
contrary notwithstanding. The statement
that ''they now report their dissatisfaction
with Anderson as cotton market, and ex-
press the opinion that they could have done
better at Hodges or Donalds, and say they
will never go to Anderson again with cot
ton," is not in accordance with the facts, and
was made without authority. We have
been informed by two Of the gentlemen
above mentioned that upon their return to
Hodges they could have bought cotton there
and hauled it to this place at an advance in
price sufficient to have paid them well for
their trouble. This certainly does notsound
much like they were dissatisfied with our
market, and is positive evidence to contra
dict the assertion shat they could have
done better at Hodges or Donalds." We
fear our contemporary was little over
anxious to see his prediction verified, and
would admonish him that hereafter when
he makes such statements as the above to
first know whereof he speaks.
We would not have the Press and Banner
or its readers to think that these gentlemen
from Hodges are the only farmers in Abbe-
vile County who come to Anderson to trade,
for such is not the case. In addition to the
large trade our merchants have established
with the farmers about Lowndesville, which
increases with each season, they have many
customers in the neighborhoods of Level
Land, Antreville, Due West, Monterey,
Hodges, Donalds, and other sections. One
gentleman who had his cotton ginned in
the town of Donalds last fall brought it to
Anderson and received cent more to the
pound in cash than he was offered at the
former place.
The foregoing is plain, unvarnished
statement of facts, and while we are well
aware there is nothing in it that will afford
the Press and Bonner any special pleasure,
yet as a matter of justice to Anderson, as
we'll as to the gentlemen whom it has mis-
represented, We ask that it be republished
in its columns.
Rev. Thomas III. CUNNINGHAM.