The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-15

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THE County on,lnlsslore;v OF a. sSsbaTii hi
i have ordeEsa thr Auditor OF thu G,oaists
70 levy lie tax for grading the Sayasn
Valley Railroad IS folloHs = Is AIaenoIif
t6gnship. Si,40k; in Ioyiidpsvflle toHa.
ship, q, ,lTE; In Calhoun township, $3.50
making . Total of $500, on onsstiaira 81
tho whole tax levied by the voters, i5s this
eatctpriss. zlie Gommissionets 81 shis
Comfy have not IS yak talsia any ateps
towards ieYyipg the tax on the townships
In This County voting for the road, and It
Is probable thsy viii not do 10 this yesr.
Tho Town Council has also decided 10 Let
tho matter stand for therreSens
Mr.a J. O. Winter killed and brought TO
Town on lat Monday the largest and most
yenomous looking snake that we haye oyer
seea emong the natives OF this section. II
wus little over FIVE feet sdx inches long,
and about five inches in circumference,
with dark, scaly. red back and bright cop.
per color beneath. Its head was large and
nat with neck somewhat smaller than
the head OF body. It wes certainly q very
Unusual snake, and made its appearance at
q very unusual season OF the ycas. Mr.
Winter found It In eand bar on his place
some fifty yards from the river. A great
many persons viewed the dead snalte but
none Of them were able to name It.
Rey. w. II. Strickland has entoted upon
the fourth year of his pastorate Of tho An
derson Baptist Church. and during the
three years past he has preached 25s ter
mons, delivered 175 lectures and addresses,
and paid ! $50 ps5torai vislts. During his
paatorate the CD orch has received SO mem.
bers by baptism and 25 by letter. The con-
tributions OF tbs Church and Sunday
School for missions during this period have
been 81, 1882, and for all purposes COM
bined $5.6s9.90. During this time he has
also been the Superintendent OF the Sunday
School, and has done great deal OF work
in 1t. His record for this period is certainly
deserving OF congratulstion.
There will 90 an adjourned meeting o Z
sae farmers of Anderson County in the
Court House on tomorrow, Friday, ths
10th instant, at II o'clock, as signifled In
the call of Col. II. n, Russell, the president,
which was published last week. The Sem
ator end representatives of this County arc
requested TO be present, and ail persons ins
teres.ed In agriculture. This Is the meeting
: which was primarily called for the purpose
of considering the phosphate question Iaat
winter. nnd hna from tirae to time held
meetings since. The meeting on Friday
win probably leck after the same subject,
foF me coming year. s
The Supreme Court has Just decided the
case Of the State Savings end Insurance
Bank of Anderson, s. c., appellants, VS..
Sfarshall B. Gaines, respondent, which in
yolsed the right of q son OF a deceased
father to clai. !. Z; q: Il:
the share OF such son in. the estate against
his creditors. The Court dismissed the
appeal, End hsld that tho son can claim
homestead exemption against his creditors
in, lands which ne. inherits IN common
with others. We have not sesn the deois-
ion, and therefore cannot tell whether the
exemption only applies where the SON is
living upon tho lands O. not. In the pres
ent case tho son WIS living upon the lands
AiAYSNsitSh AO Sitlititti 4lOilts5tc-eus
f We learn that the Atlanta and Charlotte
Air Limo Railroad Company haze offered o
premium OF aailyer pitcher for the best field
of grass, either clover, timothy, blue grass
or herds grass, along the line OF their rail-
road, grown in any county in South Caro-
lima. Tho field must be in fill view of the
cars and contain not less than eight acres.
Other railroads in the State might foll5w
the good example of the Air Line Railroad
with profit, inasmuch as their business
would bc increased in proportion to the In.
crease Of the productions OF the country
through which it passes. a premium OF
800 in cash would insure general and
lively competition, and besides remunera-
ting both the giver of aud the oompet;.o
for the prize, it would add to tho beauty OF
the country and the pleasure OF the y. ssen-
gers.