The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-31

LOCAL NEWS.
w. w. KEYS, LOCAL EDITOR.
BRIEF MENTION.
The town clock keeps railroad time.
Good middhng cotton was worth 1o4 yes
terday.
DR.. Lander, of Williamson, was in town
on Saturday.
The farmers are planting corn and scat
tering guano.
The colored Method:sts are having big
revival meeting.
ST. II. b" makes an earnest plea in this
issue for the old field pine.
The fruit survived the heavy ffosts OF
Sunday and Monday mornings.
There was a rain and thunder storm on
Tuesday afternoon, and freeze the night
following,
Messrs. Jones & Wiles now have about
twenty hands at work en- the Savannah
Valley Railroad:
Anderson Grange will meet on Friday
at 10 q. m. and Pomona Grange on Satur-
day at the same hour.
The ordinance of the Lord Supper will
be administered at the Baptist Church on
next Sunday morning.
Very little cotton is being brought in
now, though there is yet a great deal in the
county being held back for higher price.
The enlargement Of Mr.. Tolly's furniture
wareroonls IS about completed, and he now
has the largest stock Of furniture in the
State.
We direct attention to the advertisement
of c. A. Reed, Agent, which appears else
where. he guarantees satisfaction to all OF
his customers.
The Spirit of The Times is the name OF
new paper started at Sumter, the irst num-
bero which reached us last week Sumter
now has three papers.
Messss. Orr & Sloan, the new druggists,
are enterprising and energetic, and are
building up a good business. See their
new advertisement, and give them call.
Mis- sallie Bowie has word for our lady
readers in this issue to which their attention
is directed She has nice stock Of milli-
merry goods, and only asks trial by the
public.
Appointments OF the =. n. G. A. for next
Sunday Toconduct the afternoon meeting,
at4.aoo'clock, Al: p. Hubbard; Poor House
committee, Joseph N. Brown, B. Frank
Mauldin.
Jim Miles, colored trainman on the
freight train on the Blue Ridge division,
had bis right ann badly mashed while
coupling cars Il; Bolton on Tuesday morn
ingby The breaking Of 9 bumper.
On to the 18Th, sll1,soo had been sub
scribed to the capital stock Of the Columbia
and Lexington Water Power Company,
whose purpose is to utilize the Columbia
Canal BY erecting cotton factory on it.
- Bolton Lodge, A.. F. NJ, will hereafter
hold its regular monthly communication
on the afternoon Of the first Thursday Of
each month, beginning with next Thurs
day, 7th April. The hour for meeting will
be 2 o'clock.
Tie young people Of Belton enjoyed
dancing party Friday evening last at the
residence Of DIR. F. 4. Breazeale. Some of
the Anderson. boys went down to the party,
and kept things moving until 2 o'clock in
the morning.
The South Carolina Presbytery will meet
az Newbery on next Wednesday, 9th OF
April. The delegates elect from the Pres
byterian church at this place are Rev. D. =.
Frierson, D. D., and Capt. ". s, Sharpe;
alternate, q. E.Tolly.
Mrs. Anna Leak has opened millinery
store in the south end of Brick Range, and
viii be pleased to serve the ladies of the
town and county in mantua- making or to
furnish them with millinery goods of any
kinds. See advertisement.
Col. T. stobo Farrow has purchased the
interest of his late partner, Mr.. Daniel, in
that excellent weekly, the spartanburg
Herald, and will hereafter be the sole pro-
prietor. The Herald deserves continued
success, and win doubtless have it.
Henry Hill, the colored man who killed
Mr.. T. v. Shelton in Hartwell, Ga, last
month, was tried and convicted of murder
last week, and sentenced to be hanged on
the 22d of April. We understand that it
will be the first sentence of capital punish
ment ever executed in Hart county.
Miss Willard, of Chicago, has been lee
turing the people of Columbia on temper
ance, and it is said has accomplished con-
siderable good there. We do not know OF
a place in South Carolina that was in
greater need Of her services, and it is to be
regretted she did not stay there longer.
We are requested to return thanks to the
citizens of the town for their contributions
to the erection Of the Catholic church, and
to request those who have not paid their
subscriptions TO do 80 as soon as possible, as
it is desired to complete the building in
time for dedication on the sth of May.
The attention of those interested in Sum
day School work is directed to the call for
County Sunday School Convention pub
lished in another column. The meeting is
called for the purpose of electing five rep
resentatives to the State Convention, which
convenes in Columbia on the 18th of April.