The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-17
gntelligeaeer.
LOCAL, NEWS.
w. w. KEYS, Local EDITOR.
BRIEF MENTION.


The Town Clock was shipped from BostoI
on the 9Th instant.
Cotton is still declining. Good middinI
was worth 10t yesterday.
Mr.. w. D. Brown has moved into hi
new residence on River street.
Court for Oconee county convened in
Walhalla on Monday morning.
Wild turkeys range within less than d
mile of the public square of our town.
Mr.. w. w. Holland, of the Fork, solo
fifteen bales of cotton in town ON Tuesday
Mono but Sabbath breakers 90 out TO see
the new street and railroad Sunday after.
moons.
Miss Lula Neville, charming and most
excellent young lady from Walhalla, liz
visiting relatives and friends in our town
and county.
Messrs. ]. Z. Sullivan G. Co. advertise two
hundred barrels of Hourin this issue. Their
stock Of groceries is always complete and is
sold at short profits.
Appointments Of the Y. NJ. C. A. for next
Sunday: To conduct the afternoon meeting,
Col. ]. N. Brown; Poor House committee,
G. F. Tolly, w. B. Todd.
Mis- Sue Mauldin, an cstimable lady,
died at the residence of Mr.. James B. Car
penter in Broadway township, OIL last
Monday, after n lingering illness of con.
sumption.
The dedication Of the Catholic church
has been postponed from the goth instant
till the Sth Of April, by which time it will
be completed. Bishop Lynch, of Charles
ton, will conduct the dedicatory services.
Married, on the 9TH instant, by w. +. NJ.
Fant, Esq, Mr.. Mack Cromer and Miss
Ellen Hatcher; also, by the same officer
on the 10th instant, Mr.. Cicero Graham and
Miss Carrie Simmons-ali of Fork town
ship.
The cry ofscarcity of farm lnborers comes
from every quarter of the county, and how
the demand is to be supplied this year is an
unsolved problem. An influx of immi-
grants next fall would remedy the defect
another year.
The peach trees are blooming at least
month later this year than last, and every
body thinks, therefore, that we will havo
plenty of fruit. We hope SO, but the fruit
was not killed last year uni the Sd day Of
Apri! nor the year befoT~ until the 4th day
of April.
Mr.. A. NJ. Duffle, promising young
lawyer ffoni Chester, nus located at this
place for the practice Of his profession, and
Las formed copartnership with Maj. s. P.
Dendy, of Walhalla. He is also associated
with j. 8. Duffie 6 Co., of Washington,
D. c. See advertisements.
DR.. Joseph o. Wilhite, youngest son Of
DIR. P. A. Wilhite, graduated in medicine
last week at the Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, and returned home on Mon
day prepared to enter upon the practice of
his profession. Joe is full of energy and
gives promise of future usefulness.
An order went into effect on the Colum-
bia & Greenville Railroad and its branches
on the 15th>instant prohibiting all freight
trains from transporting passengers. We
understand this is caused by the liability to
accidents on freight trains. It will be par
ticularly hard on the commercial pilgrims,
who do great deal of their travelling on
freight trains.
Among the visiting lawyers in Anderson
during our recent Court were Col. J. s.
Cothran, Capt. w. II. Parker, Mr.. II. P.
Cothran, Mr.. d. n. McGill and Mr.. E. A.
Graydon, of Abbeville; Col. ]. L. Orr, Col.
w. H. Perry, Capt. G. G. Wells, Maj. ]. II.
Whitner and Judge 4. Fl. Cooke, of Green
vile; Maj. . P. Dendy and Col. j. J. Nor
ton, Of Walhalla.
We print on our first page this week an
abstract Of the laws of this S,ate relating to
the public roads and bridges, which was
carefully prepared for the County Commits
soners of Oconee county and reproduced In
our columns at the request of the Clerk of
our own Board. 1t should be carefully read
by all our citizens, and the paper carefully
laid away for future reference.
A correspondent of the Walhalla Courier,
writing from Townville, in this county,
says: "Messrs. Farmer & Bro. and Mr..
McCarley, mercantile firms at this place,
have decided to transfer their business
shortly, the former to Anderson c. H. and
the latter TO Seneca City," Such men as
the Messrs. Farmer will always be cordially
welcomed by all classes of our citizens.
After 6 two weeks session the Circuit
Court for this county adjourned on last
Friday evening. The work of the term
was very heavy, and Judge Kershaw dis
played great energy, ability and courtesy in
dsposing of it. His impartiality, coupled
with his clear conception of the law, has
won for him the admiration of our entire
bar. The Judge left on Saturday morning
for Walhalla.
There will be meeting OF Associate
Grange No. /, z. of H., at Town Creek on
next Saturday at 10 o'clock. Hon. B. T.
Crayton will read an essay on Ensilagc and
Col. 7. w. Norris, D. y. Russell, W. 2.
Watson, A. B. Bowden, Dr. T. G. Duckett
and Wm. McWhcrter will each read an
essay on Cotton Cultur, An interesting
meeting is expected, and the public general
ly is invited to attend.
Miss Mary A. Robinson, daughter of Mrs.
Eliza Robinson, of this place, died ct the
residence of her mother on last Saturday
morning after an illness of two or three
weeks. She was 81 years of age, and is
mourned by largo circle of relatives in