The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-24

/ We are indebted to our venerable friend
Mrs. s. A. Broyles for copy of the Chico
q paper published at Alamosa, Colorado.
we notice in itscolumns that her son, Coll
GO. E. Broyles, is editing the paper during,
the editor,s absence. It is q neat, inter.
esting5 paper.
"A meeting. of the stockholders of the
Carolina. Cumberland Gap and Chicago
Railroad Company was held at Abbeyille
last week, but. as usual, nothing was done
except the adoption ofsa few reso lutions.
ISchofeld, the financial agent, was not
present.
The Storeville Farmers Club will hold
its regular meeting at storeville on the
first Saturday in July, at 2 o'clock p. m.
4 Every farmer il, that section is respect
fully invited to attend, and those who
may desire to join the club will have an
opportunity of doing so.
The gauge of the Columbia and Green
vile Railroad has not yet been changed,
and as consequence our merchants are
Inconvenience considerably by not re-
ceiying through freights. All of our
freights have to be transferred from one
car to another at Seneca.
Our young friend Chas sherard, of the
Corner, was in the city Tuesday and in
formed US that the track-laying force on
the Savannah Valley Railroad reached
DIR. Cookies, sixteen miles below the city,
Hast Monday evening, and that they
would reach Cross Roads by Friday or
Saturday.
Thewife of Clark Cooley, colored, who
resides near Toney Creek, in the Eastern
section of the County, has been in feeble
health for some time past. On Sunday,
18th inst, he concluded to take her to
Williamson to consult physician about
4 her condition, While en- route the woman
took worse and died suddenly sitting by
his side in the buggy.
Mr.. r. b. Gaines, of Centerville Town
ship, has left at our Office sample of his
crop of Spring oats. They were sown on
4 the 18th of February, and measure about
4 FIVE feet in height, which is an average Of
his crop. The heads are large and well
formed. The bunch that he left with US
contains sixty stalks. which grew from
4 one grain. They are the finest oats we
have seen this season.
Col. B. w. Edwards, of Darlington, is
in the city visiting relatives. Col. I'd
wards is one of the most prominent law
yers. and a leading citizen in his section
slof the State. His name has been fre-
quently mentioned by his friends and the
press as suitable candidate for Governor.
he has the dignity and ability, were the
4 honors of that Office to fall upon him, to
/ make most excellent chief magistrate.
The attention of persons desiring to
purchase cotton gins and presses is direct
ed to the advertisement in to.day's paper
of. John E. Peoples. AS is well known,
Mr.. Peoples has been selling gins and
presses for years, and they have given
satisfaction to every purchaser. We adj
wise those who contemplate buying gin
or press not to buy until they consult Mr..
Peoples.
]. The ever popular New York Cash Store
has new advertisement elsewhere and
I'VE invite "a careful ,perusal of it. Mr..
Arnstein, the clever proprietor, has COM
menced his clearance sale, and our read
5ers may rest assured that he means what
he says. His prices of goods are wonder
fully low, but in hard times it takes low
prices to sell goods. He is offering rare
bargains, and those of our readers who
want anything in his line should pay
him an early visit.
Persons desiring to study music should
not fail to attend the Normal Music School
i to be held at Lebanon Church, commen-
cling July 10th and closing July 3oth.
Prof. Showalter will have charge Of the
school, whose reputation as teacher of
music extends over the whole South.
Tuition will be as follows: Over IA years
of age, $500; between 10 and IA, $l.0O; {;
under 10. soc. Board can be obtained at
reasonable rates. For further particulars
apply to Mr.. H. Hutchinson.
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office for the week ending June % !:
Lula Bozeman, Thos. Black, Henry c..
Dutch, Catharine Davis, Lamb Dawson,
| w. H. Davis, Hattie Davis, VIII. Gassa-
way, John Ivy, 8. s. Jefferson, J.. g.
| Doyeless, Alfred Moore, James u. Meal
ister, B. II. Miller (col., Catie Magust,
w. w. Pruitt, James Powell, A. NJ. Rob-
ertson. Zilpha Simpson, 81. Schwein,
Williarn:T Turner, Louis Wilborn, Robert
Young.
There are /, 400, 100000 people living on
the planet which we inhabit. And yet
! there is now and then man who wonders
what the rest of us will do when he dies.
There are people in society" who honest
[ly think that all the world closes its eyes
| when their set lies down to sleep. There
are men who fear to act according to their
own convictions, because perhaps ten
persons in crowd of ], 100000, ,OO0,will
laugh at them. Why ifa man could
only realize every moment what bust
ling, busy, fussy, important little atom
he is in all this great ant hill Of important,
fussy little atoms, every day he would re-
gard himself less.
While going through his orchard few
days ago, Mr.. Columbus Wardlaw came
across peach tree limb on which an old
bat with two young ones were suspended.
He cut the limb off, and, with the bats
hanging to it, brought it down town,
1 where it was viewed as curiosity by a
number of persons. Many persons sup,
posed that bats Matched their young from
eggs, but such is not the case. They be-
long to the class of mammals, and are
nourished just like animals. They have
skin like mouse, which they much re-
sem BILE but for their wings. The bats are
still hanging to the limb'upon which Mr..
Wardlaw brought them to town. As soon
as night approaches, the old bat leaves the
little ones suspended from the limb and
flies around the room, but soon returns to
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