The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-06

l,he savannah Valley and tha, Of tho lTa. C;.
oouhc'i IN subscribing 325, 900 to the er,a: '
n.,e' VIC nave concluded to Withdraw on,
contest and pay our taxes, and recom",ss ~,
'his course to our clients Tb,s '."u
en's 'he payment Of taxes, and not nena,.
Ties OF costs, as per agreement" "'
Some of the owners of tho ho,,
~ oene'ostee creek are preparing 70 M,
.nem IN cultivation this wear Tber ra'
.he same condition of the Rocky riy.r ~. .
'o'ns' ana when drained and put in nron ~,
cr state OF cultivation will m,ko ,,,o,,s, p
oi corn Let all the farmers in Anderson
county and the other counties too ,sDl n.pn
own bottom lands now lying idle becamso
zoo wet Tor cultivation, drain tber on',
p,ah' 'hem IN corn and then the old crr =,
% mafa Ia 'lmes will no longer CRATE upon on,
a., iio'n year to year. The frogs and
Sna1es haze had possession of the 6nas,
'a'as Oh the country about long en- ,uyj,
The meeting of Pomona Gro,,s ., ,,,
county on Saturday was well o,,or,a,, '
Inc following standing committees woro
"ppolh'ed On Credentials-A. b. Bowdo,
II. II. Ackcr, w. T. McGin. On srbord;
&C uranges-J. w. Norris. p. r. Brown
=. - W. fickens. On Lducation-R w
SIMPSON w. W. Humphreys, j. NJ. Glenn
Oh Labor-W. W. Russell, b. F.. Crav,o.
=. II. Burriss. The Worthy sfas,er ,o
sires that each member of tho ,bovo .,...
mi'tees will discharge his duty. and Tint n
.ie next meeting of Pomona Grange soma
interesting reports may be made. and tl,t
new impetus may be given the order in
this county. ~
"r' "llsop K. Reeves died at his res;.
dence in the upper part of the county on
saturday, 25th March. and was buried ~,
the DAY following. He was rs years old
ana had been .llicted for several wears with
hcart disease. Mr.. Reeves was ooe Of IN.
o'u, substantial men of the county. and
had always been useful citizen in his
community. Possessing intelligence nteo.
my high sense of honor and a spotless
character he leaves behind him n rocor1
70 winch his posterity can ever point with
PRIDE, and an example that all men can
aiiord 70 follow. He leaves several chill.
oreil and many other relatives. with has,
of friends, to mourn his death
On last Monday night about O'Clock
during thunder storm in the lower mart
OF this county, the stables of Mr.. +. NJ
DO we're struck by lightning and set on
IRE. A hne mule was killed by the shock
and when the fire was discovered il had
maze such hcadway that a good horse con-
fined in the building could not be- rcscue,,
and consequently perished in the flames
about eight hundred bundles of fodder
were also burnt. The mule and horse he
ing the only work animals owned by Mr..
bond he is left in an unfortunate cocdi.
ton. A subscription for his relief was in
circulation in this city on Tuesday.
The County Treasurer will be prepared in
May to receive the third installment of tho
taxes subscribed for building the Savannah
valley Railroad, and every taxpayer in
the townships that have made subscriptions
should pay his taxes during that month If
possible The work on this roads has
been delayed long enough, and now that
opposition to it has beer withdrawn
there should be grand rally in its inter
ests. Let everybody pay up their taxes and
enable the Board of Directors to at once
put sufficient forces to work on it ia
complete it by next fall. 1t can be done
ana should be done, and if our people
VIII but furnish the officers with the means
by promptly paying their taxes, we believe
it will BIO done.
Mr.. John O'Nei, an enterprising Young
farmer of Abbevile county, and who lives
in six or eight miles of Abbeville village
on Little river. has two hundred and fiftv
acres in small grain, and has bought three
reapers OF Messrs. Sullivan & Mattison, of
this place, with which to harvest his crop
He is large landowner, and next year con-
templates experimenting with sheep rais-
ing. He is going to turn seven hundred
acres Of his farm into sheep ranch. and
test the question as to whether or not sheep
husbandry can be made profitable in this
section. We advise him to first buy up all
the dogs in his township, and-but lie will
know what to do with them. South Caro-
lima needs $4,000 just such men as. Mr..
O'Neil.
The lecture of DIR. Carlisle, of Spartan
burg, in the Methodist church on Friday
evening last on the subject of Character"
was listened to by large audience, the
church being filled to its utmost capacity.
He spoke for one hour, and had the closest
attention of his hearers throughout the dis
course. We have heard few lectures better
to inspire high ambition and
noble purpose in the minds of young men
Just beginning life, and upon whom new
duties and responsibilities are almost daily
devolying. The earnestncss of his style,
the aptness of his illustrations and the
power Of his argument combined to make
q deep impression upon his audience Let
the young men who heard him treasure up
in their minds the immortal truths he ut
tered, and in all future life their course of
conduct will be above suspicion. Truly,
character is the biggest thing we have to
deal with in this life or In the life to come
Father give your son patch of an acre
or two this year for his own, and let him
exercise his judgment in preparing the
land, and in planting and cultivating the
crop. If he wishes TO try different plan
Of working his crop TO what you have al
ways pursued, let him do it. Encourage
him to think for himself. He will take
deeper interest in farming and see new
beauty in farm life. a boy. who works
always by orders, and is never given an
for the exercise of his own