The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-04
.iofi'uttsvIllc and Vicinity.

spent last week at Mofiattsvillc. the me
| tropolis OF the Dark Corner. To our graft
| fcaticn we found the citizens greatly en-
couraged and in the very best of humor,
! playing croquct, hunting, fishing and dis
cussing the probable wet or dry ticket in
! Anderson on the 8th of August-leaning,
=. we thought, to the wet side of the ticket.
| This immediate section has never really
suffered for rain, two or three nice seasons
fell during our sojourn, and more since.
The citizens of this rural village, as you
| we'll know, are branded as anti Savannah
! Railroad men. but. he this as it may, the
good Lord has seen fit to overlook this error
| of judgment, and proved to them beyond n
doubt that it rains upon the unjust rs well.
The following planters claim that they
never had better crops, corn especially
being very line indeed Dr. J. II. Reid, G.
C. Simpson, Il. a. Sh, rd, II. s. Shernrd,
| +. J. Stacks and others of the same neigh
| borhoOd. Am free to say that unless some
| future disaster OvcrtakeS them they will he
quite able to pay their railroad taxes, and,
perhaps have enough left TO visit the great
Atlanta Exposition next Fall.
| In Il word, the Corner seems TO be in
prosperous condition. Besides excellent
crops, new schools are being formed
amongst the colored population, indepcn
tiuns from the whites. Also general dis.
position 10 improve private residences, farm
yard convenicnccs and other improvements.
| The Corner has three or four churches of
different denominations, all having regular
| preaching every Lords Day, besides two Of
those indispensables, viz, Doctors. DIR.
| Sherard, man young in the profession,
located at Motiattsyille about one year ago,
and is now getting an extensive practice
and is much beloved by the peore. DR.. a.
| q. Cook, long in the practice nis profcs-
sion, is now getting e more extensive prac-
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territory or more than any one physician in
the county. The Corner always did pay
! the laborers the worth of their hire
One other matter before closing. In the
| same township. about half mile east of
Good Hope Church, and about mile west
from onr new, railroad, upon the land Of
Mr.. j. NJ. Reid, is what is known as Reid 8
Mineral Spring, and mineral il is. 1t was
discovered many years ago. and, with this
people, has almost rs much reputation as
that Of WILLIAMSON, Glenn or perhaps
Saratoga itself. Indeed the medicinal
property of this spring is no theory simply,
but Il fact as we'll. Hundreds they are who
are ready to testify from personal expert
ence to the merits of this water. In cases
of chronic dyspepsia, liver ap' kidney COM
plant the influence is ren..-. sable. More
also this is the experience of Juany who
have tried other waters of considerable
note. They tell us that during these hot,
sultry days through which we have just
passed il was no rare occurrence for from
thirty to fifty persons to frequent the springs
daily, even carrying the waters for miles III
jugs and kegs. The present owner of the
spring was for II number Of years bad
dyspeptic, when milk toast was n heavy
diet and coffee burden, vomiting for sew
eral hours every day. Utterly failing to
find relief in drugs at the hands of our ost
skilled physicians, finally he resorted to
this spring, where he has been for two or
three months, AMI today iesiiies that lie
feels like new man. and is able to perform
manual labor from morn till night. He
has had application after Application Tor
accommodation, which as yet he is not able
TO furnish. In response to q letter recently
sent to Col. a. Z. Butler for an analysis, he
| writes that in short time he will have the
analysis made. This is q matter of public
interest, and should be encouraged. Shall
we have Long Branch or Saratoga upon
the Savannah Valley?
Some other items we perhaps could NEIL
ton, but desist lest VIC weary you and yonr
readers. X. a. IL.