The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-08
Comment and Compliment,

we make the following extract from III,
iGller OF Rev. DR.. Dickinson to the Re;;a;a' 49,, =
UefWo about Anderson and tha Ran,;a,
Convention: '"c paPtis'
stepping out of the car here. tba t,rs,
man saw was the Baptis. bishon nf Az
a, Genson, heV: L. =. Bell. There seemed =
oniuow oai. ON ms face as answered in the
only one?' His heart is set on Sov;, SIou .ne
large and enthusiastic meeting, and he H Laa
worked most faithfully for it. Az IN he ss
Ps'ailty, thought had seen the nerrcc,;n,,
OF II, but | am constrained to admit -, ~
Dro. Bell and his Anderst church have
gone little ahead of anything | have scn,,
yet-ln city church at least. They hovn
to,iueo lot men, women, children and
,I,nro; :, But come who may.
he expects to "hold his own" He He 10 sat ~
Col; J.. n. Brown's-the same one that cana 80
10 Virginia iii 1862 as captain. and S,or'
wards was promoted to the communal af
!he l1th South Carolina regiment and fol.
lowed Stonewall Jackson and A. p. Hill for
three years, and then, when the war wos
over, came back with more scars than he
t;a iau ~heh he went and resumed the prac-
tice OF law. 1t is pleasant to see how tL;s
brave Confederate colonel has retuiIt '';s lie
snatlered fortune, and with what a conse.
Grated spirit he is using it for the great
Leader III whose service no battle can eyer
be lost: With me at Col. BIS are Rev +
U. Williams and w. b. Carson, ID. d. The
,in ,a.ter was Col. Browns chaplain all the
years he WAS in the war. Will
! write, Dr. Carson and Col. Brown are re
oii laiiiHiMng Mg OF Their three years solder-ifc in
OLD Virginia, end they both agree that n
nobier and more generous people they have
never known. -'"'
One OF the attractions of Anderson is
zen. Ayers Female Institute, which, | re-
Joice 70 hear, is very prosperous 1t has SO
students this session, and but for the
aarousht would have had a third more.
Three OF his five teachers are Virginians
and by their gifts and efficiency are reflect
ing great credit upon their old Common- ev,
wealth: The General himself, in addition
TO his duties rs President, is pastor of two
strong country churches. They tell me
that he IS an able preacher and greatly he
loved by his Pensioners. Not in the halls
OF Congress, or in the field leading his brave
men to battle, was the General ever more
honorably or more usefully employed than
he is now"
SCRANTON, S. c., Dec. 9, 1851.
MEssRs. EDITORS: Having enioyed the
hospitality of your Local during tho re-
cont session of the Baptist State Conyen
ton i'll your town, l cannot resist tho
temptation to use the columns of the IN
TELLIGENCER to express, in behalf of
myself and the delegates generally, the
high appreciation in which the good peo-
pie Of your community are held for their
generosity and kindness. The session
was one Of the best ever held, and a large
part OF the success of the meeting is due
to the efforts of those who entertained to
mako their guests comfortable and
happy.
The visitors could not fail to be inn
pressed with the sobriety and good order
which prevailed even in the most public
thoroughfares of your town. 1t was rs
Il Heaven WIS smiling upon ile example
you had set to your sister towns and
cities throughout the State. AS live in
another Of those God. favored communi-
ties, where public sentiment condemns
drunkenness and where for three years
we have been free from the curse of in
toxicating drink, 1 am in situation to
testify to the blessings of temperance and
to say that the longer you perseyere tho
more you will like the experiment.
| was iavorably impressed with the
colOred population in your town and vi
cinity. l preached for the colored Baptist
Church three times on Sunday, and found
them orderly, intelligent and apprccia--
tive. / am satisfied there is much good
to be done among our colorcd popula-
tioH.
The Baptist Church of Anderson has
won for itself u warm place i'll the aifec-
tions Of the brethren, and many prayers
go up for her prosperity; but in the heart
of the missionary, who spent few sunny
hours beneath his roof, the warnest
place of all is for the Sunday School Su-
perintendent and his little family.
s. NJ. RICHARDSON.