The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-10-21
BHEEF MENTION.

W. w. KEYS, LOCAL EDITOR.
BRIEF MENTION.
Mr.. E. w. Browns residence is being re-
painted.
Work on the Catholic Church has com
Z menced.
Court adjourned on Saturday night at
about II o'clock.
Too much politics in Abbeville this year
for a County Fair.
Seven or eight apple,wagons have been in
town since Monday morning.
Tha public roads in the County are gen.
erally in fine condition at present.
There was light frost on Monday morn
ing. hut not enough to do damage
There are now ITO students in attendance
upon the Williamson Female College.
60 to the Fair to-day and hear Hon. D.
Wyatt Aiken's speech. 1t will repay you.
s. All business will be suspended tomorrow,
which should ensure large attendance az
the Fair.
The State Fair begins in Columbia on
Tuesday, 9th November, and closes on FIJI
day, 12th.
There was large amount of cotton in
{ town on Wednesday. The top of the mar
sket was lob.
Don't forget the mass meetings at Honea
Path on the 30th instant and Anderson on
Z the 1st proximo.
Elsewhere will be, found a list of the
managers of the general election. The ap-
pointments are oil good ones.
The Hart County, Ca, Singing Conven-
fion will meet at Hendry's Church on Fri
day before the first Sunday in November.
.s Our townsman, Mr.. Newton Scott, went
to Charleston on Monday for the purpose
OF having painful surgical operation per-
4 formed.
Reuben Young was detected on Monday
with q concealed weapon on his person, and
was fined IS by the Town Council for the
offence.
Mr.. Nv. Todd has planning machine
in operation in Osborne's gin and mill house
that will do the work of forty or fifty car
I penters.
Judge Aldrich and wife returned to their
! home in Barnwell on Tuesday after visit
sof several weeks to their daughter, Mrs.
4 John e. Allen.
The New York Cash Store offer in this
iissne n premium Of $40 in gold to the lady
4 receiving the largest numbero premiums
I at the County Feir.
The Greenville Fair, which Was held last
week, is said by some of those who were
/. there to have been almost a failure. We
hope iswon't be SO with ours.
\ The sweet potato crop in this County is
extraordinarily fine this year. Mr.. J. C
I Keys says he will make five or six hundred
bushels off of three acres.
Y Johnnie, 2-year-old son of Mr.. r. F.
Handy, died of wbooping cough on Mon
day night, and was buried in the Baptist
cemetery on Tuesday afternoon.
The Gesrgin State Fair is being held in
I Atlanta this week. and quite a number ofour
8 citizens, are in attendance. The Georgia
4 State Fairs are always successful.
The Town Council passed two important
4 Ordinances ON Tuesday afternoon, which
viii be found in this issue. They should
s be read and remembered by all of our citi-
.zens.
The selEpropelling agricultural engine on
exhibition Mt the Fair this week IS one OF
Z the wonders of the age. It was run from
iSthe G.. & O. depot to the Fair Grounds on
Saturday afternoon.
There remains only twelve days more in
4 which to work for the State and National
: tickets. and of these twelve days not en-
hour should be lost. Let everybody work,
and work with vim.
Rev. w. n. Strickland will visit First
Creek Church next Saturday and Sunday
3 and present the claims of his State Mission
work. This Church IS one OF the largest
in the Saluda Association.
The hot supper given by the ladies of the
Baptist Church at Pendleton on Friday last
was, as we predicted it would be. most
ENJOYABLE affair. The gross proceeds pr OF the
The public meetings in this County ap-
pointed by the Executive Committee, and
which were published last week, should be
largely attended. Go to them, and induce
as many colored men to go with you as pos
sible.
The public meeting appointed by the
County Democratic Executive Committee
at Bowling Green will be held at Harris
Spring, near by. We are requested to ex-
tend an invitation to Hopewell and Pierce
town Clubs to attend and participate in the
meeting.
The County Treasurer informs US that
only about one fourth of the people of our
County have as yet paid their taxes. There
!, is only ten days more in which to pay, and
It will be wise for all to attend to this mat
ter at once, and thereby save the heavy
Z. penalty that attaches after November l.
In addition to the assignments announc-
cd MI. J. G. Clinkscales, Of Williamson, is
assigned to address the meetings at Harris
Spring. Shutdown, Piercetown and Hol-
lands Store. Mr. J. 8. Murray will be re-
l;eyed of speaking ut Hall, in consequence
of an engagement to speak at Walhalla.
We are requested to announce that there
will be meeting of the Anderson Demo,
cratic club in the Court House on next
Monday night for the purpose OF transact
ind important business. The campaign is
near its close and the meeting should be
large one. Several addresses may be ex-
pected.
Rev. Mr.. Strickland, who has travelled
over all the counties of the State north of
Columbia this fall, says that nowhere has
) be found crops so good and the people so
cnterprising and thrifty as IN Anderson; he
has lust returned from York Baptist Asso-
c;ation. where he raised $249.5O cash for his
work.
There will be very large amount of real
estate in this County exposed to sale on
next Monday week, Saleday in November,
and persons wishing to purchase will have
q good opportunity of doing so. The prop
erty advertised by Mr.. 3. s. Rogers will also
be sold on the same day if not disposed OF
before at private sale.
Stolbrand, the Radical aspirant for Con-
gress in this District, spoke to small audi
ence at Walhalla on Friday last, but failed
to arouse any enthusiasm whatever among
his dusky auditors. He will speak at this
place on next Thursday, the 2Sth instant,
and we hope the red shirt Democracy of our
: County will be on hand.