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

ABOUT IL O'CLOCK
Too much pc,'tics in Abbcvile this year
for County Fair.
Seven or eight apple. wagons have been in
town since Monday morning.
The public roads in the County are gen.
orally in fine condition at present.
Theia was q light frost on Monday morn
ing. but not enough TO do damage
There are now 10 students in attendance
upon the Williamson Female College.
Go to the Fair to-day and hear Hon. ID.
Wyatt Aken's speech 1t will reray you.
All business will be suspended to- morrow
which should ensure large attendance at
the Fair.
The State Fair begins in Columbia on
Tuesday, 9th November. and closes on Fri
day, 18th.
There was a large amount of cotton III
town on Wednesday. The top Of the mar
ket vas 10s.
DON'T forget the mass meetings at Honca
Path on the 30th instant and Anderson OIL
the 1st pro1imO.
Elsewhere will be found list of the
managers of the general election The ap-
pointments arc ail gocA ones.
The Hart County, Ga, Singing Conven-
ton will meet mt Hendrys Church on Fri
day before the fiSst Sunday in November.
Our townsman, Mr.. Newton Scott, went
to Charleston on Monday for the purpose
of having painful surgical operation per-
formed.
Reuben Young was detected on Monday
was fined SIS by the Town Council for the
offence.
Mr.. a. w. Todd has n planning machine
n N OShOrpa'l fyif n1 mill ,nu co
that will do the work of forty or fifty car
penters.
Judge Aldrich and wife returned to their
home in Barnwell OH Tuesday after visit
of several weeks to their daughter, Mrs.
John e. Allen.
The New York Cash Store offer in this
issue premium Of $40 i'll gold t. the lady
receiving the largest number Of premiums
ut the County Fair.
The Greenvilc Fair, which was held last
week, is said by some of those who were
there to have been almost failure. We
hope it wont be so with ours.
The sweet potato crop in this County is
extraordinarily fine this year. Mr.. j. c.
Keys says he will make five or six hundred
bushels off of three acres. ;,
Johnnie. 2:,year-old son of Mr.. 7: f.
Handy, died of whooping cough on Mon
day night and was buried in the Baptist
cemetery OH Tuesday afternoon.
The Georgia State Fair is being held in
Atlanta this week, and quite n number of our
citizens are in attendance. The Georgia
State Fairs are always successful
The Town Council passed two important
Ordinances on Tuesday afternoon, which
will be found in this issue. They should
be read and remembered by all of our citi-
ZcnS.
The self-prorelling agricultural engine on
exhibition at the Fair this week is one of
the G. e. c. depot to the Fair Grounds on
Saturday afternoon.
There remains only twelve days more in
which to work for the State and National
tickets, and of these twelve days not an
hour should be lost. Let everybody work,
diid work with vim.
Rev. w H. Strickland will visit First
Creek Church next Saturday and Sunday
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
enjoyable affair. The gross proceeds of the
occasion aggregated about $120.
The public meetings in this County an
pointed by the Executive Committee, and
which were published last week, should be
largely attended. Go to them, and induce
as many colorcd 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 nrc 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 rs yet paid their taxes. There
is only ten days more in which to pay, and
ter Mt once, and thereby save the heavy
penalty that attaches after November 1.
In addition 70 the assignments announc-
ed, Mr.. 7. C. Clinkscales, of Williamson, is
assigned to address the meetings at Harris
Spring, Shutdown, Piercetown ard Hol-
lands Store. Mr.. ]. s. Murray Till be re-
lieved Of speaking at Hall, IL consequence
of an engagement to speak ut Nyalhalla.
We nre requested to announce that there
will be meeting of the Anderson Demo-
cratic club in tho Court House on next
Monday night for the purpose of transact
ing important business. The campaign is
near its close and the meeting should be q
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
he found crops SO good and the people so
enterprising and thrifty rs in Anderson. Hu
has Just returned from York Baptist Asso.
citation, where he raised $240.50 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
good opportunity of doing so. The prop
erty advertised by Mr.. +. s.. Rogers will also
be sold OH the same day if not disposed of
before az private sale.
Stolbrand, the Radical aspirant for Con.
gress in this District, spoke to small audi
erce at Walhalla ID Friday last. hut failed
TO arouse any enthusiasm whatever among
his dusky auditors. He will speak Mt this
place on next Thursday, the 2Sth instant,
anu W ii.oii;c .e rcd shirt nen, onracy &C cur
County will bo on hand.
Miss Maggie AIcNinch, an accomplished
young lady of Williamson, has compiled n
volume of from 100 to $50 pages of her poems
and sketches, which will soon be published
by subscription. Subscriptions will be re-
ceived by Thos +. Grencker. editor New
berry Herald, and Whittet & Shepperson,
publishers, Richmond, Va. Price, 81.
SIT is stated that w. r. Parker leader OF
the Anderson County Radicals, has re-
nounced that faith, and announced his in
tention to have no more to do with politics.