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

| have ordered the Auditor of that Count
| to levy the tax for grading the Savanna
VALLEY Railroad as follows: In Magnoli
township, 1,404; in Lowndesville town
ship, $2,175; in Calhoun township, $1,S5t
making total of s5,429, or one-third Q
the whole tax levied by the voters, for thi
enterprise. The Commissioners of thi
County have not as yet taken any step
towards levying the tax on the township
in this County voting for the road. and j
is probable they will not do so this year
The Town Council has also decided to lie
the matter stand for the epresent.
Mr.. J. G. Winter killed and brought II
town on Last Monday the largest and mos
venomous looking snake that we have eve
seen among the natives of this section. i
was little over FIVE feet six inches long
and about FIVE inches in circumference
with dark, scaly, red back and bright cop
per color beneath. Its head was large ant
fat, with neck somewhat smaller thar
the head or body. It was certainly a very
unusual snake, and made its appearance al
a very unusual season of the year. Mr.
Winter found it in sand bar on his place
some fifty yards from the river. A great
many persons viewed the dead snake but
none of them were able to name it.
Rev. W. a. Strickland has entered upon
the fourth year of his pastorate of the An
derson Baptist Church, and during the
three years past he has preached 253 ser
mons, delivered LIS lectures and addresses,
and paid 1890 pastoral visits. During his
pastorate the Church has received 3S mem-
bers by baptism and 25 by letter. The con-
tributions of. the Church and Sunday
School for missions during this period have
been s1,379s2, and for all purposes COM
bined $5.6Ss.9O. During this time he has
also been the Superintendent Of the Sunday
School, and has done great deal of work
in it. His record for this period is certainly
deserving of congratulation.
: There will be an adjourned meeting Of
the farmers of Anderson County in the
Court House on tomorrow, Friday, the
10th instant, at II o'clock, as signifed in
the call of Col. T. n. Russell, the president,
which was published last week. The Sem
ator and Representatives of this County are
requested To. be present, and all persons in
terested in agriculture. This is the meeting
which was primarily called for the purpose
of considering the phosphate question Last
winter, and has from time to time held
meetings since. The meeting on Friday
will probably look after the same subject
for the coming year.
The Supreme Court has just decided the
case of the State Savings and Insurance
Bank Of Anderson, s. G., appellants, VS..
Marshall 3. Gaines, respondent, which in
volyed the right of son Of deceased
father to claim q homestead exemption in
the share of such son in the estate against
his creditors. The Court dismissed the
appeal, and held that the son can claim
homestead exemption against his creditors
in. lands which he inherits in common
with others. We have not seen the decis-
ion, aud therefore cannot tell whether the
exemption only applies where the son is
living upon the lands or not, In the pres
ent case. the son was living upon the lands
niwhich he claimed homestead.
( We learn that the Atlanta and Charlotte
Air Line Railroad Company have offered
premium Of q silver 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. The field must be in full view of the
cars and contain not less than eight acres.
Other railroads in the State might follow
the good example of the Air Line Railroad
with profit, inasmuch as their business
would be increased in proportion to the in
crease of the productions OF the country
through which it passes. A premium of
500 in cash would insure general and
lively competition, and besides remunera-
ting both the giver of and the competitors
for the prize, it would add to the beauty of
the country and the pleasure of the passen-