The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-04
THE INTELLIGENCER
LOCAL MATTERS.
BRIEF MENTION.

BRIEF MENTION.
Mr.. J. G. Cunningham has English peas
In bloom.
The Council has remitted the street tax
OF the members of the Palmetto Band.
DR.. J. P. Duckett is remodelling and en-
larging his residence on Greenville street.
The cost of Jurors, constables and wit
nesses of the last term of Court aggregated
Ss54.95.
The subscription for the Irish sufferers
taken by authority of the Town Council
amounted to about eighty dollars.
The passage fare on the Air Line Railroad
will be permanently reduced from s to 8
cents per mile on the first of April.
Mr.. W. A. Chapman has gone North for
goods, and will purchase fine stock. He
knows how to buy as well as how to sell.
The new store rooms in the Centennial
House will be occupied when completed by
Sullivan & Mattison and ]. B. Clark &
Sons.
Our farmers are preparing to plant a big
crop of cotton this year. Many say that it
will be the largest ever planted in the
County.
The Town Council has decided to dispose
of the Free Ferry on the Savannah River,
and will offer it for sale to the highest bid
der on Saleday in April.
The Court of Common Pleas adjourned
on Friday morning last at about II o'clock,
and Judge Thomson returned to Abbeyille
by that mornings train.
Rev. VIM. Henry Strickland will preach
a. Mountain Creek Church next Sunday at
Sp. m, and take collection for the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Grange No. II will hold its regular
monthly meeting in its Hall on Friday
next at II o'clock g. m. Members are re-
quested to be punctual in attendance.
Married, at the residence Of Mr.. VIM.
Tate. by Rev. John Attaway, on Sunday
morning, 9th of February, Mr.. Henry Tate
and Miss Ann v. McPhail, all of Anderson
County.
We are requested to state that in the alb
sence of the Pastor, Rev. ". 81. Strickland
will preach at Bolton on next Saturday at
the usual hour, and the Rev. H. B. FAINT on
Lords Day.
Messrs. Blcckley, Brown & Co. have
bought four thousand bales of cotton this
season. Their business is increasing every
week, and they are now receiving man.
moth stock of goods.
The fact that there is now on deposit in
the Anderson National Bank nearly one
hundred and forty thousand dollars is sufii-
cient evidence that there is an abundance of
money in this County.
Miss Lizzie Williams, of the Ladies' Store,
has gone to New York for spring goods. She
will lay in large stock, and in its selection
will make the object of pleasing her many
customers special one.
The stockholders Of the Anderson Farm
ers' and Mechanics Association should re-
member the meeting in the Court House on
next Saturday. Officers will be elected and
other important business transacted.
Some of the residenters of the south side
of town wero favored with serenade by the
Palmetto Band on Friday night. The
music was excellent, and was much enjoyed
by all who reside in that part of town.
Miss Mary Naramore, an accomplished
young lady of Rochester, New York, who
has been spending the past eighteen months
with her sister, Mrs. ]. Reese FAINT, of this
place, left for her home on Monday after
noon.
Appointments of the Y. NJ. G. A. for next
Sunday: To conduct the afternoon meeting,
A. B. Towers-Scripture, Matt. z, LA;
Poor House Committee, G. F. Tolly, L. P.
Smith Jail Committee, John n. Clark, T.
c. Ligon.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
will give another hot supper in the Masonic
Hall on Friday night, the proceeds of which
will go to the new Church fund. In order
to accommodate those who cannot go at
night, the doors will be opened at o'clock
in the afternoon.
Messrs. J. B. Clark & Sons will receive in
q few days large and complete stock of
gents furnishing goods, and large number
of the latest improved Singer Sewing Ma
chimes. Mr.. E. L. Clark is now member
of the firm. Their advertisement stating
particulars will appear next week.
We would call attention to the advertise
ment Of Mr.. D. s. Mccullough, which ap-
pears in another column. Persons wishing
TO purchase fertilizers will do well to call on
him for terms, &c. The brands which he
is selling have been thoroughly tested, and
have given universal satisfaction in this
County.
Upon enquiry we learn that there is n OF
vacant dwelling house in Anderson, and
that several residences are now in process
of erection. Every store room in the town
is occupied, and two new ones are being
finished on the public square, and are rent
ed in advance Of completion. The growth
of Anderson is steady and substantial.
Mrs. Mary Copeland departed this life on
the 21st of February last, after an illness OF
near eighteen months from asthma. She
had reached an advanced age. being at the
time of her death in her seventy ninth year.
In 1872 she united with the Baptist Church
at Dorchester in this County, and remained
faithful and consistent member up to her
death.