The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-11

'o"co itSL Friday. Miss
oyrd mas just made a tour of tho State
anu despite the hard times has been ou;te
successihi In swelling the subscription
iis' oi her paper. Tho Sunny !S9uth is an
eAcei'eht literary paper, and is very cheap
"SL yenr Although the paper liz, a
eood list of subscribers nj anderson M;s.
Byrd, hy her winning and pleasing man
ners, secured n number OF uew nona,
onr young friend, Irvine Twitty. q, q
o, "essrs. Crnyton & Sons handsome
clerks, has received from Western
irlehd quite curiosity. 1t is species q,
oa', caiiea by naturalists tho Drenubati.
Gus. ibis specimen was found clineinpin In
semi'torpid condition to an old wall of n
ruined huilding, and vas removed bv
sheef lorce, 30 tenaciously do they cling.
iheir bite is pronounced by physicians to
oe dangerous, and frequently cause death
Is indeed rare bird. and must be seem
10 be appreciated Mr.. Twitty will take
pleasure in showing it to any one who
may desire to see it.
We had the pleasure Of meeting Hon.
VIM. Henry Trescott, OF Washington. In
our city on Tuesday. %, Prescott wpa
formerly citizen OF Pendeton. and is
now spending some weeks there a. a rn.
creation. He 10 very able man, and has
proven himself 10 bo one OF the most skill
ful and accomplished diplomatists i'm the
United States, having negotiated several
oeiicate and important treaties. We
hope that he may have occasion 10 visit
Anderson often during his atay at Pen.
dleton.
Mr.. G. c. Habenicht, one OF Columbia's
substantial and popular citizens, has been
In the city for a day or two. On Fri
day evening he made a donation Of $40 to
the Pioneer Fire Company, which is the
largest single donation the Company has
yet received Such gins are highly ap.
preciated by tho Pioneers, who will no
doubt place Mr.. Habenicht's name on
their honorary roll. Since tho above was
put In typo we learn that Mr.. "Whack"
Bailey, the popular representative of
Reab, O'Connor & Bailey. wholesale
liquor merchants, has also contributed IS
to the Ploneers.
The Pioneer Fire Company has received
and accepted an invitation TO attend the
Firomens' Tournament at Greenyille on
the oath and 25ih inst. The running team
has been selected, and the boys have gone
to work in earnest practiclng for the oc-
casion. Greonvllle is making extensive
preparations for the Tournament, which
promises to be big affair. a low rate Of
faro has been secured from all the stations
| along tho c. & G. II. r. Tho round trip
fare from Anderson is $l.00, tickets good
| for three days. This low rate should in
duce large attendance Of our people.
There Is not much business on the rail
| road at present, and tho authorities, We
| think, could we'll afford to run an extra
train from Anderson to Groenvillo and
return on each day OF the Tournament.
A large crowd, ne venture, would attend
the Tournament from here if thuy could
go and return the sans day. II the rail-
road authorities will carry out this sug
gestion, we guarantee 1t will pay them.
The Mccormick .Airnmee, uf tho 4tl,
inst, says: General IIuinphrles. Presi
dent Of the Savannah Valley Railroad
was in town yesterday and day before
looking after tho interest Of that Roal,
and we are glad that VIC can inform our
readers that all dissatisfaction In regard
to the tight Of way OF tho Road nov has
been amicably adjusted from one ond ofthe
line to the other. The work "flaying the
super. structure will comm In a few
days. we arc also informed that the
Road will be completed as far up as Mt.
Carmel in time for the next crop Of cotton.
The planters on the line Of the Road have
much to be proud OF for the reason that,
although many obstacles have been thrown
in the way of building the Road, yet by
the indomitable energy ana perseverance
Of the officers and Stockholders thoy have
made success, aud that they will soon
hear the sound Of the whistle OF tho en-
gine rs it passes the forests and fertile
fields OF the Savannah Valley" Tho i'd
rance also says: "The first shipment to
the Savannah Valley Railroad arrived in
Mccormick last Tuesday, consisting of
spikes, bolts, ETC., furnished by tho Cen
trail Road. It looks now as il work will
begin ut once. Capt. Estes is building
tho sido- track Of 8. v. r. p. at present"
Peter Waddleton, colored, who was
perhaps the oldest pereon In this section
Of tho State, died last Saturday at his
home near tho eastern suburbs OF the city.
"Unole Peter" as he was familiarity call.
ed, was for many years prior to the war
the property Of Mr.. Valentine FAINT, de.
ceased, father Of our present Chief OF
Police. He was born and reared in Vir-
einia, having been brought to South Car
olina when young man by the Nevitt
family. In the year 1912, owing to the
death Of his owner, Peter was sold at auc-
tion the bill Of aale putting. him down at
2s years of age. According to this he was
about lN years old at tho time Of his
death. He claimed to be five years older,
however, than he was accredited In the
bill OF sale, which would mako him at
the time OF his dee.h 100 years old. "Un-
clio Peter was atrictly honest. and was
never known to have been engaged In an
offence OF any kind. He bnd the conf
dence OF every one who knew him. Be-
fore the war he often visited Augusta
alone with load Of cotton, which he
vould soil and return home with the pro-
ceetls to his master. He was always re-
markably stout and healthy, and up to a
few weeks ago was able to so about and
do light jobs Of work. He owned little
piece OF land, which he always planted
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