The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-23

careful consideration of our friends about
! Williamson who take to the new county
| idea: "This evil we hope will not he en-
couraged. We have enough officers already
to live on the taxes of the people. The
farmers of the country may be very friendly
| TO the respective little towns. but we hardly
think it to their interest to build Court
House at every cross roads,"
Alta meeting of the citizens of the towr
! in the Court House on Saturday afternoon
the following delegates were elected to rep
resent the interests of the town in the
| special meeting of the stockholders OF the
Savannah Valley Railroad Company a. at
Lowndesville on the 3Oth inst: Gen. W.
W. Humphreys, Mai. B. F. Whitner, DR..
P. A. Wilhite, Maj. E. B. Murray and
Capt. A. T. Broyles. Alternates-Capt. z,
K. McCully, Dr.. r. +. Diver, J. G. c
Featherston, John e. Breazeale and G. r
Tolly.
The Council has authorized the payment
| of twenty-five cents for every dog delivered
| to the Chief of Police without collar on.
This is done in order to rid the town of the
dogs on which no tax is paid, but we would
respectfully suggest the propr'ety OF reGulr.
| ing the said officer to keep description OF
every dog delivered to him and the name
of the person making the delivery, 30 az to
prevent persons from divesting dogs of their
collars simply to make the reward offered.
Without some such record, there is door
open to mischief and fraud.
A Normal School for colored teachers will
be held at Columbia, beginning July B and
ending July %, the object of which is to
train teachers for their work. The course
of instruction will include all the branches
taught in the public schools of this State,
together with music and drawing. The
Institute will be under the charge Of II. P.
Montgomery, of Washington. whc will be
aided by; skilful assistants. Tuition will be
free, and reduced rates of fare will be given
on all the railroads. The schools in this
county under the charge Of teachers who
I desire to attend the Institute will be closed
during the month of July without any loss
of public money.
The Lodge of Knights of Honor at this
place now has seyenty-Seyen Sd degree
members and several others in process of
advancement. The following are the off,
GERS elected to serve the ensuing term of six
months: G. F. Tolly, Dictator; p. K. Nc
Gully, Vice Dictator; D. 8. Taylor, Asst.
Dictator; Rev. ]. E. Carlisle, Chaplain; /; j.
Baylis Lewis, Reporter j. E. Breazeale,
Financial Reporter; ]. w. Daniels, Treas. |;
an; r. l.. Keys, Sentinel; DR.. W. H. Mar
din, Past Dictator; J. D. Maxwell, D. G. D..
The installation will take place the first
Wednesday night in July.
The Hartwell Sun praises citizen of that
county for inaugurating new industry in
Hartwell. to wit: that of selling sweet ana
butter milk to the town people, many of
whom cannot keep cow because of the
expense and trouble. Our contemporary
suggests that there are some people who are
afflicted with foolish PRIDE" and are
ashamed to sell anything made on farm,
and says: "When you see a man who is
ashamed to sell fruit, watermelons, or any
thing else, if you were to trace his ancestry
hack ten to one you will fnd his mother
was washerwoman and his daddy dead
beat"
The Grand Jury has again recommended
that the County Commissioners provide the
inmates of the county Poor House with
more comfortable houses. This is the fifth
Or sixth time that this recommendatiaoh has
been made by our Grand Juries during the
past three or four years, and as yet little or
nothing has been done toward carrying out
the recommendations made. The present
Board is no more at fault in this matter
than the other Boards that have preceded
them. but why should this matter be longer
postponed? If it is for the want of means,
it would be better to borrow the money
with which to make the needed improve
ments than to allow the unfortunate in.
mates of this institution to suffer for the
want of comfortable houses. Be it said to
the credit of the county they are we'll
cared for in every other respect, and We
sincerely trust before the winter season
arrives their dwellings will be made amply
comfortable. A county that is as prosper
Gus as ours should not be satisfied with
giving those who are entirely dependent
upon its charity for sustenance anything
less than a respectable support. A well
conducted and literally supported Poor
House is credit to any community; but
one that is stingily and meanly supported
is disgrace.