The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-24

Presbyterian ladies at the Blue Ridge Yara
Friday evening at o'clock, the occasion OF
base bail game -
Governor Simpson on last Thursday re-
spited the four Greenville incendiaries, sem
fenced to be hanged ON Friday last, until
the first Friday in August.
Mr. Thomas Blodgett has been placed>in
charge of the mail service on the Anderson
Branch and Blue Ridge Division Of the
G. & c. R. r. until the 1st July.
The telegraphic news from, the CiEcin-
natl Convention will be sents free to all Off
ces in theSUnion except those ON the line Of
the Greenville & Columbia Railroad.
The first ripe candidate of the season for
this County ventures before the public in
this issue of the INTELLIGENcEe. Hereafter
keep an eye on the candidate column.
Revs. w. H. Strickland and J. s. Murray
and Col. jim. Brown were elected as dele
gates to the Saluda Association from the
Anderson Baptist Church on Sunday last.
!. The handsome. new passenger coach that
was injured by the fun-of at.sthe depot
two weeks ago Monday, has been repaired
andreplaced on. this division of the road. :,
Appointments ofthe Z. NJ. c. A, for next
Sunday: TO conduct the afternoon meeting,
John N. Hubbard Scripture, Job 10; Poor
Housa- Committee, III. G. Scudday. E. L.
Clark.
Rev. Mr.. Strickland will preach his final
sermon and close his pastorate with the
Baptist Church on next Sunday morning,
June 27th.i His pastorate began January
1st, 1877.
Mr.. M. p. Jackson had setting hen to
desert her nest the other week four days
before the time for the eggs to hatch, but
the chickens came all the same. It is
stock of chickens worth having
Mr.. M. E.. Griffin, Of: broadway town.
ship, died very suddenly of heart disease on
Tuesday morning. He was a good citizen,
and his untimely death will be mQurned by
large circle of relatives and friends.
Rev. w. H. Strickland will preach at
Salem on next Saturday morning at II
o'clock and present the claims of State
Missions. Rev. L. NJ. Aver will preach at
the same Church on Sunday at II q. M.
The base ball clubs of both Greenville and
Abbeville have declined to play the Horse
shoes, of Anderson. The conditional ac-
ceptance by the Horseshoes of the challenge
from the Union club has not yet been heard
from.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church invite
their friends and the public generally to at
tend .tete ehampetre in the grove at DR..
Nardin's, where ice cream, ETC., will be
served, commencing at Z o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
A large number of our young people, with
goodly proportion OF old folks, enjoyed
moonlight picnic at the fair grounds on
Tuesday night. Refreshments, music and
love rendered the occasion especially enjoy
able for the young people.
A Sunday School centenary celebration
will be held at Mt. Pisgah Church on Sun
day, July 11th, to which the public are in
yited. Rev. D. W. Hiott will preach in the
morning, and in the afternoon Rev. H. M.
Allen will deliver Sunday School address.
The Pendleton Reading Club gave dime
reading at the residence of Mr.. J. B. Sitton,
on Monday night. at which large number
were present, and from which quite hand.
some sum was realized DR.. A. p John
stone, of Anderson, was one of the readers.
Mr.. n. Z. Ligon, of Spartanburg, is at
present on visit to his parents in Ander-
son. He is engaged in the drug business at
spartanburg and has established splendid
custom. He represents things as being in
a hourishing condition in his adopted
home.
Married, at Umbria. Hale County, Ala.
June 10th, by Rev. R. H. Cobbs, Mr.. T. D.
Pickens, of Columbia, S. c., and Miss Lou
Pickens, of the above named place. Mr..
Pickens is native of this County, and is
paymaster of the Greenville & Columbia
Railroad.
Mr.. John A. Stevenson, of Rock Mills
township, brought the first peaches of the
season to town for sale on Saturday last
he had three varieties, Beatrice Early For
rest and Early Rivers. We are indebted to
him for dozen or two, which were very
much enjoyed.
Several of the census enumerators have
completed their work, while two or three
Others have applied for additional help or
an extension of time. When the whole
enumeration is completed for the County
we will give our readers such information
contained in the reports as will be of general
interest to our readers.
Our young friend, c. H. Strickland, met
with painful accident on Wednesday after
noon of last week. While attempting to get
into wagon, loaded with lumber, one of
the pieces turned and threw him between
the wheels, which passed over one of his
shoulders and arms, bruising them very
much. Fortunately, no bones were broken.
The examination of applicants for the
West Point cadetship in this Congressional
district will be held at Cokesbury in the
early part Of next month. The Abbeyille
Press and Banner say that twenty persons