The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-15
THE INTELLIGENCER.
LOCAL MATTERS.
BRIEF MENTION.

Our merchants have had prosperous
season this winter.
The WILLIAMSON Female College will
;open,on next Monday week, the I'd pro1.
Afew Of our citizens have already COM
menced gardening. The beautiful weather
is too tempting.
MI. J. c. Bailey, of the Greenville Enter
prise aud Aountaiper, spent few hours in
Anderson on Friday.
Mr.. l.. p. Smith will deliver an address
sbefore the Sons of Temperance at their
meeting this evening
{ MIR. B. Dean, of Varennes township,
with two other gentlemen Of his neighbor-
hood, caught 172. .partridges in three days
OF 1astweek.
Mountain Creek Grange will meet next
Saturday at 10 q. m. A full attendance is
desired, as business Of Importance will be
attended to.
Messrs. B. F. Crayton & Sons are con-
yerting the Centennial House into two
store rooms. They will be "a feet long by
about 26 wide
We were favored with call on Thursday
last from Mr.. E. Reese, business manager
Of the Edge6eld Adrertisr, one of the most
reliable papers of the State.
Maj B. D. Dean, of Bolton, and Capt.
John McFall, of Williamson, were in
town on Monday, looking very happy over
the prospects Of their railroad.
Messrs, Bleckley, Brown & Co. are hav-
ing commodious warehouse built in the
rear of their store in the place Of their old
guano house, which has been torn down.
Rev. Mr. Vernon, of Hart County, Ga,
has been called to the pastorate of Meals
Greek Church, and win hold services every
fourth Sunday and the Saturday previous.
The lecture os Rev. T. F. Gadsden in
Temperance Hall on Tuesday night was
well attended, and his chaste and entertain
ing discourse was highly enjoyed by all
present. ..,s;..s -
,xMr. Joab A. Hall, of Tallayega County,
Alabama, is at present visiting his many
relatives and friends in this County. he
has been gone from this State about twenty
five years.
Wood FAINT says that kitchens ought to
.1I i.l,,oJ, % thot ~, roaa of fro tbev
could be uncoupled from the abig house"
and rolled away. The thought is worthy
of consideration.
Appointments of the Y. NJ. G. A. for next
Sunday : To conduct the afternoon meeting,
T. @. Lyon; Poor House Committee, ]. II. /.
Clarke, J. A. Daniels; Jail Committee, g.
F. Tolly, w. w. Keys.
Abe Benson and Dave Dooley announce
in this issue that they will run the black
smith shop near the Presbyterian Church
this year. They are good workmen and
industrious colored men.
Bill Green, the negro fiddler and well
digger, was blown up in well while blast
ing out rock, on the farm of Mr.. Reuben
Byrnm on Tuesday, and received painful
though not dangerous wounds.
The meeting of the farmers called for last
Friday by Mai. Russell did not convene.
The farmers seem satisfied with the terms
upon which the manufacturers propose to
dispose of their fertilizers this year.
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The young people of Pendleton had leap
year party on Friday night last, and the
young ladies acted the part of escorts so
well that it made the young men ashamed
of themselves for their many short COM
'ings.
Mr.. Andrew U. McFall, Of Port Royal,
and Miss Lille D. Mccullough, of VIII
liamston, were Joined in wedlock on Mon
day morning last. They took. the train
Immediately after the ceremony for the
groom's home.
Gen. Humphreys says the Savannah Val
ley Railroad can be built as cheaply with
out as with convict labor, and the fact that
such labor has not been secured is not suf-
fcient cause for delay in commencing work
as soon as the necessary preliminaries are
perfected.
There is but one tract of land to be sold
in this County by the Auditor this year as
delinquent for taxes, and that tract would
not thsve to besold if the titles were in proper
shape. The tract is advertised in this issue.
Is there another County in the State with
as good record?
We learn from gentleman who came
over from Hartwel on Tuesday that Mr..
E. B. Benson, of that place, had two little
children to die of diphtheria during the
past week. Mr.. Benson has many friends
in Anderson who sympathize with him in
this sad bereavement
The Abbeville Press and Banner COM
mends US for keeping advertisements out of
our local reading matter, but does not sig
nifty its intention of following our example.
If it is commendable in the IHrE1LIeENcER
would 1t not be equally as commendable in
the Press and Banaerf
At meeting of the stockholders of the
National Bank of Anderson, held few
days ago, the following Board of Directors
was unanimously reelected for the present
year: Joseph N. Brown, President; o. II.
P. FAINT, B. F. Crayton, J. W. Norris, Geo.
w. FAINT, s. Bleckley, J. A. Brock.
The farm of MI. Joseph B. Moore, lying
about mile or mile and half from the
main portion of town, and which is one of
the finest plantations in the County, has
been purchased by Mr.. WIN. B. Watson.
Mr.. Moore has sold out with view of
moving to Jacksboro County, Texas in the
fall.
Tho Conntv Commissioners have orderod