The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-16


try.
The Palmetto Band us at present organ
ized played for the public the frat time on
good and much enjoyed by the citizens of
the town.
The citizens of the town should heed the
the Council in to-day's paper. It Is an i'm
Portant matter, and should be attended to
by all at once.
o,a; The ,sI lxTEI.1oENeER I. speaks Of the min
could not get up something better than
gold. mica and other stuff. we would cay
nothb:g."-Sencca Journal
Capt. w. D. Evins, who spent the winter
near Micanopy, Florida, raising vegetables
and planting out an orange grove on his
plantation down there, has returned home.
He will go back to Florida next fall
Mr.. =. J. Baker has let q contract for the
erection of handsome residence on his lot
on Main street adjoining Col. Browns lot.
1t will be completed by the 1st September,
and will be one of the prettiest residences
in town.
THE boys who got off the Anderson ex-
cuTsioI1 train last Saturday to pick up rocks.
surely could not have belonged to the party
on board, as we learn the train was char
tered for temperance lodge."-iSeaeca City
f, Journal.
We trust our correspondents this week
Will not find fault with us because we have
curtailed and condensed their articles. It
owing to the crowded condition of our
columns
Mr.. w. w. Russell, OF this county. has q,
ontE EN, f.r.s. IL
Greenville Railroad with from 10000 to
10000 cross-ties per year. He Is now at
work with strong force Of hands In Lex
ipgton county.
The authorities of the Atlantic & French
Broad Valley Railroad are vigilant and en-
ergetic. They are working with small
means, but their management is judicious,
and they are confident of an early compile.
ton of their road.
The 8. 2. Hall Southern Cotton Gin Co.
at Little Rock, Ark, is represented in An
derson by Mr.. J. Baylis Lewis. Those who
expect to buy gins this summer or fall
&C., before purchasing. See advertisement.
Mr.. John II. Townsend has begun exten-
siye improvements on his lot in front cf
Dr.: Nardin's residence Workmen are now
building residence. and as soon as that is
completed they will erect building for q
cotton gin. grist and Touring mills and
cotton compres1.
Rev. DR.. Ffierson has gone Go William.
ston with the hope of being benefited in
health by the use of the mineral water over
there. He expects In the course Of few
days, If he finds his health sufficiently i'm
proved to admit Of the journey, 10 go on to
Glenn Springs, in Spartanburg county.
The citizens of the townships interested
in the Savannah Valley Railroad are re-
minded that next Sas urday, 3 o'clock y M, /,
Is the time set for public meetings in ~ OF
the townships for the purpose of electing
delegates to the special Meeting of the stock.
holders of said Railroad Company, to con-
vene in Lowndesville on tho 30th inst.
Co. James A. Hoyt, editor of the Baptist
C6,vier, has accepted an invitation from
the Master of the State Grange to prepare
an essay upon "The Benefits and Necessity
of an Agricultural Newspaper in Socth
Carolina" to be read at the joint sump,er
ricultural Society in Greenvillo on the Goth
July.
We are indebted to Miss Lula P. Hix,
daughter of Mr.: WI. Hi1, Of Fair Play,
member OF the graduating class of the
(.senviile Female College. Tor an invita-
ton to attend the annual commencement
exercises of said College. in progross this
week. The graduating class this year con-
sists of thirteen, which Is q full class, the
total number of pupils enrolled being I63,-
the largest recorded in the history Of the
College.
MIR. John A. Stevenson. OF Rock Mills
township, brought as on Thursday last O
few specimen stalks OF his cotton crop,
which are ahead of anything we have seeni
this year, He has few acres over twelve
inches high, and covered with forms. He
also brought along few extra early peach
Is, for which we return thanks. We Ike
to see evidences of good farming, aud Mr..
Stevenson viii rank among the best farm
eTs In the county. but a5 1, gvnrrai thing
we prefer peaches to cotton stalks or forms
Would it not be good idea for US all to
learn to eat cotton7 q
"We gladly inform the Anderson IsrE-
LIdENCER that the exoursionists passed
through Screen all right last Saturday bet
from the manner in which they wefs crowd
ed upon the steps, we were led to believe
doors of eac3, car before they arrived In
= Seneca, for fear, no donht. they would
lose them and Seneca might possibly lose
some ofher diamonds. Some Of the sports
and 'squirts, nevertheless, picked ur o few
diamonds, as they Thought. and carried
them away, but ne do not think HYy were
experts In finding them. ~ ses'sea o,trndl.
aOn. -. =, NfnytOn 1eturDeo E'Nmo on
last Monday afternoon from a yis,v to Au-
gustn, where he made speech In favor OF
che stock law, and from d cruise around the
phosphate beds of tho State as member os
the State Board of Agriculture. Senator
Crnyton Ii one of the origfnators of the
Agricultural Department, and from is
creation has been one OF Its most influen-
tial and useful nietnbefs. In this, Us in
every thing ko undertakes he has spared
neither time Eor personal effort, and now.
after o little more than ono year from IS
establishment. ha has tha satisfaction OF
seeing the department. tirsniy established,
and 6ispensing fnany and increasing bGIle-
Cts to syeTy sccsion OF our State.
The EdgcGeid Ad=qtiser urgcs The cis ;sens
OF that county To- mako full and honeas re-
turns of their personkl property for taxa
ton this year, and thereby relieve the
county OF the odicus Large OF tax-dodging
that has yecentIy been made against it.
Edgefeid, however, 10 not the only county
In the State where tax-dbdging IS practieed
by Tho citizens falling to mako honest re-
turns OF their personal property. 1t IS prac-
liced to grenter or less extent In every
community, and che enactment OF alaw "a
correct this abuse would 10 step In tha
right direction. The personal property OF
the State as returned for tS SXation 10 about
one-hnlf the yaluc OF the real estate, while
II the proper returns were mado isSWoul6
be equally as much.
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