The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-26

LOCAL NEWS.
w. w. KEYS, LOCAL EDITOR.
RRIEF MENTION.
Col. James /. Orr. of Greenville, was in
town Monday and Tuesday on professions
business.
Mr.. A.. B. Williams has bought the
Greenville Daily Ne,rs, and is now sole pro-
prietor ard editor.
Rev. DR.. Frierson's condition has very
!. slightly improved since last week. He Is
still confined ut home.
The Seneca Journal is the. name Of new
paper published at Seneca City, by Mr.. W.
M.Wariick. Success to it.
The Presbyterian pulpit was supplied
Sunday morning.and night by Rev. David
e. Frierson, son Of the pastor.
Mr. @. P. Hill and Miss Fannie Acker,
both of this, county, were married on the
18th instant Rev. E.. Mullini1 off1claung.
Deep Creek Grange will hold its regular
i notify meeting on Friday afternoon next
instead of Saturday, the regular meeting
day.
Mr. Jesse M. Smith has moved into his
new dwelling on Greenville street. 1t IS
one of the neatest in town, and very con-
yenient.
The Bite of the seventeen-year locusts
that Is said to have made their appearance
IN this county is very poisonous, and often
proves fatal. s..
Miss Hattie Swilling, of storeville, re-
turned home from Micanopy, Florida, on
Saturday morning, where she had been
{ visiting relatives.
There are seven prisoners now in the
county Jail, five of whom are awaiting trial
at the coming court. The other two are
serving out sentences.
Tom Speers, alias Tom Wakefield, was
committed to Jail on Sunday evening on
the charges of highway robbery and carry
ing concealed weapon.
Appointments of the Y. M. CA. for next
Sunday: To conduct the afternoon meeting,
III. G.. Scudday; Poor Rouse committee, w.
b. Todd, I'M. Hubbard.
John Shields, of Brenham, Texas, is on
a visit to relatives in Anderson. He has
been living in Texas the past two years and
half, and will return in the fall.
It is now In order for the Abbeyille Ne
dun, to give the Charleston Democracy
paragraph or two on Taft and the postmas-
fership. It Ia to them he owes his c0nhr-
nation.
Messrs. 8. A. Jones and Dean Stephenson
are replacing their old saw mill machinery
at Hardscrabble Mills, in Savannah town
ship, with o circular saw and other new
machinery.
Sanford Y. Simpson, boy about IL years
old. and son of Mr.. John Simpson, of PEN
dleton Factory, was taken to the Asylum
yesterday, being adjIdged lunatic BY the
Probate Judge.
Johnny Dodd, second son of Mr.. J. j.
Dodd; was thrown by mule on Saturday
evening last and had his right leg broken
about three inches above the ankle. he is
doing very we'll
The commencement exercises OF Gen.
Ayers school will come off on the evening
Of Friday, Jnne Sd. Col. D. Wyatt Aiken
has accepted an invitation to deliver the
address Of the occasion.
We had the pleasure of a call on Tuesday
morning from Mr.. John NJ. Moseley, the
travelling agent of the Charleston Ne,rs and
Courier, who is canvassing the up-country
in the interests of that journal.
Go. to the picnic at Keys Spring to-day
and have pleasant time. tits neither hot,
dusty nor dry out there, and the Knights OF
Honor have made the necessary arrange
ments for the comfort, &C., OF all who at
tend.
Forty-eight shares of Piedmont Manu-
featuring Company stock were sold IN
1851 to 1851. Fifty-two shares Of stock in
the Langley Manufacturing Company sold
at the same time for 1444 to 1445.
Rev. s. Lander. D. D., of Wil!iamsesh
paid us call while in town on Monday.
BE SAYS his college is still fourishing. and
thathe contemplates enlarging his boarding
house next fall in order to be able to better
accommodate his increasing patronage.
The meeting of Associate Grange No. 1,
IN be held at the Fair Grounds next Satur-
tlay promises to be of more than usual in
terest, and will likely be attended by o large
number of the members OF the Order.
basket picnic will enhance the pleasures of
the day.
Read the advertisement of Mr.. r. NJ.
Mcdonald, proprietor of the Greenville
Machine Works and Iron Foundry, and
when you need anything in his line give
him an opportunity of supplying your
wants. He employs eight men, and does
good work.
The dry weather is getting to be a serious
matter with the farmers, as nearly every
thing is suffering for rain. Spring oats are
a complete failure, heading out four or five
inches high, cotton that was planted late is
mot coming up, and the yield of wheat and
fall oats have been considerably injured.
We direct attention to the advertisement t
in this issue of Messrs. McCully & Taylor,
who are agents at this place for the Daniel
Pratt gin, feeder and condenser. The Pratt
Gin is one of the best made, and the agents
here will take pleasure in explaining its
merits to all who desire to make purchases.
"Macon, Co., is warning vigorously on
those who sell liquor to minors. A num-
ber of saloon keepers convicted Of that Of
Tense were fined from SIPS to 1925 each last
week, the Judge threatening imprisonment
for a repetition" That is one good way OF
correcting one of the most grievous abuses
Of the whiskey business. Other places
might follow the example of Macon with
good effect.
The question of forming new county Of
portions of Spartanburg, Union and York,
with Gafney City as the county site, is be-
ing discussed by citizens of these counties
interested in the matter. New countles,
however, are not 80 easily formed as some
people seem to think, and unless this par
ticular move for new county has more
merit in it that does the one to form one OF
portions of Anderson and Greenville, 1t
does not deserve success.
Mr.. VIM. n. Stone died at his residence
ooer Cfontonv;1,e in this county on the