The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-12
IsRIEF MENTION.


ness.
Good butter, eggs and chickens bring
high prices.
Mrs. w. II. Lawson has been appointed
postmistress ut Abbevillc.
The editorin-chief is attending the Cow
pens centennial celebration.
The Auditors annual assessment notice
appears elsewhere in this issue
Miss Tcw's school had u pleasant picnic
on Silver Brook last Saturday.
A good ran would help out everything
very much, especially spring oats
Col. james a. IIoyt, of Grcenvilc, spent
n few hours in town on Friday last.
Spartanburg Jail is empty, and the Sheriff
hasn't made q sale In three months.
The Old Folks Concert, that was to have
come off tomorrow night, has been post
pOncd.
The Lords Supper will be administered
in the Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning
DR.. Diver made sale of twenty-five
Gciscr thrcshers to one man in Georgia the
other day.
Sheriff Mcconnell brought to oar Office
yesterday mammoth winter collaid grown
in his garden.
The picnic of the Baptist Sunday School,
appointed for next Saturday. has been in
definitely postponed.
Gold Mine in Edgelicld county. He is
hopeful Of big results.
Rev. J. Q. Adams, of Grocnvillc, will sup
ply the pulpit of the Baptist church on next
Sunday morning and night.
The coaches Of the passcngcr rain on the
Anderson Branch were taken to the shops
at Helena last week and repaired
Rev. w: II. Strickland has been confined
TO his residence the past week with inam-
matory rheumatism. He is better.
Who is to be Judge Thomson's successor
il n question now that the lawyers Of the
Stl Circuit are deeply interested in.
Read the new advertisement o. A. b.
Towers & Co, and when you wait any
hing in .hcr line give them Il call.
Dr. +. A. Wilhitc went to Columbia on
Monday to attend Il special meeting Of the
State Board of Health. of which he is Il
member.
Mr.. J. B. Barnes who has been IN the
employ of Mr.. w. +. Barr, has gone to
Pougiikccpsie, New York. tn attend the
Eastman Business College.
The deposition Of the Darnwell Ptople
that the citizens Of the State unite in erect,
ing monument to Gen. NJ. w. Gary seems
To meet with general favor.
Appointments of the y. NJ. c. A. for next
Sunday To conduct the afternoon meeting,
Columbus Wardaw; Poor House commit
tee, John w. Todd, +. l.. Clark.
The attention of our readers is directed
to the advertisement of the Paris Store, in
which .hc proprietor holds out additional
inducements for public patronage.
Anderson was well represented ut the
Cowpens centennial Yesterday, IS passen-
gers leaving here on Tuesday for Spartan
burg, where the celebration takes place.
Farm work is progressing finely, and al
though the farmers got 4 late start their
crops are about rs far advanced as usual at
this time. a few have begun working their
cotton over the first time.
Mr.. Oliver Bolt is preparing to build II
fine residence on his farm three and half
miles west of town. He is one of the hard
est workers in the county rs well rs one o I
the most prosperous farmers.
Mr.. r. L. Moorhcad has let n contract to
Mr.. Jesse NJ. Smith for the erection of n
residence on his lot between the lots Of Mr..
n. A. McCully and Mrs. Osborne. Work
on the building has commenced.
Mcssrs. T. NJ. White ami w. ID. Simpson
have presented lis with fishing pole that is
n marvel Of convenience. Just now, how
ever. there is no body about this establish
mcnt that can find time to test it.
The merchants and other business men of
The town will begin next Monday to close
up ut 6 o'clock in the afternoon, except on
Saturday, which will be kept up until 3lst
August. Go"crn your shopping accord
ingly.
Rev. ]. l.. Brownlcc will preach at Rob
erts' church next Sunday morning. The
congregation are requested to assemble at
the church at half past nine o'clock in he
morning for the purpose of organizing a
Sunday school.
A special meeting of the stockholders of
the Savannah Valley Railroad Company is
called To convene at I1OwndeSvlle on tn G
o2nd June next. The attention of the cit-
zens of the townships interested is directed
to the advertisement in this issue.
Some kind of wildvarmint-tlo negroes
say cetamOunt or 4 pluthcr-On Thursday
night last killed four or five chickens and n
dog and three pups in Pink Williams yard,
oil Of which were partially devoured. What
it was, or where it came from, is q mystery.
We return our sincere thanks to Mrs.
w. w. Humphreys for dish delicious
strawberries Of most excellent variety,
the beauty of which was enhanced by
tastily arranged waiter of flowers in which
it was placed. Such kind remembrances
are always highly appreciated.
The Sunday School Union of the 2nd
District, Saluda Association, will meet in
connection with the Union Meeting of said
District on Tie fifth Sunday in this month
at half past nine o'clock n. IN. with the
Belton church. All Sunday Schools in the
District are expected to send delegates and
to make full reports Of the condition of
their work.
The longest cotton row in the State, per-
haps, is in Spartanburg county, laid Off by
Mr.. T.. b. Huff, who works land of John
III. Montgomery, Esq. two miles north Of
Snartanblrg village. 1t is Q: 7G0 yards long:
and the rows being three and half feet
wide, covers fraction over two and one
third acres It's length is little moro than
five and n half miles. 1t would require
about six hours to run round tais one row
of cotton.
Hon. Hugh S. Thompson. State Superin-
tendent of Education is Shocking after the in
terests of the colored schools rs well rs those
of the whites, and has secured the services
of Prof. II. p. Montgomery, colored, of
Washington, d. c., to hold an Institute for
colorcd teachers in this State this summer.