The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-09-16
Result Of the Primary Election Anderson County, Sept 1886

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
Charleston once More Moving Straight
Ahead,
! Charleston Sunday News 18th.
The,old city has almost recovered its
equanimity, and that, too, after an ex.
perience that would have prostrated
many. another city beyond the hope of
restoration or redemption. Only twelve
days velelapsed since the rude shock.
ofithe earthquake stopped the wheels of
social and commercial life, and oday a
review of the situation shows that as far
as the business Of the city is concerned
tits again running along as smoothly as
could be expected. g.l
/ Itswill be sometime, of course, before
it can be said that the amenities of home
life are back again on their former basis,
butt is very evident that there is a uni.
iversaf disposition to accept the new and
constrained, order Of things without q
,murmur.. The cloud of doubt and even
of despair which hung over the city like
3 pail during the first day succeeding the
recent unaccountable visitation has been
dissipated, and the people, firm in the
conviction that all has been for the best,
are moving along surely and rapidly in
the work OF. rebuilding their fallen for
tunes The sympathy of the outside
world and, the spirit of endurance and
progress have been the magicians that
have worked the wonders and that will
continue to work until new city rises
from the ruins Of the old.
Generally speaking, the people have
returned 10. their homes and ayocations,
and in much greater degree than might
have been anticipated, at so early an
hour after so severe visitation, have
risen superior to adverse fate and all but
crushing disaster, Nothing could per-
ihsps better indicate the fact of q return
to the normal condition of affairs than
the cheerful appearance of the citizens
ON the street yesterday The earthquake
and its sad accidents and incidents have
passed into the history of the city, most
pree,o5pple having "liyed an age," as the
phrase goes, since the S1st Of August.
sThere was; as a consequence of return
ing confidence and hope, lively throDg
of citizens on the streets all day. King
street, which has been practically aban.
doned of late in the afternoon, assumed
its old appearance yesterday, and was
filledIwit its d-time; crowd of prone.
naders. At night the market was filled
With q very large crowd, And all along
the line the evidences were equally nu.
merous and gratifying that all fear of
future danger and. further distress had
vanished, and that, az each succeeding
day rolls round, this feeling will grow
less aslhope and confidence grow strong
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For,.the first time since "thatt awful
Tuesday night the streets Of Charleston
looked natural BY gas light last night.
The market was open as usual and
brightlylighted. lCrowds.of people, with
their market baskets; thronged the place
making provision for, their Sunday din.
ners.. and all the old maumas were at
their stands in J the vegetable market
crying "Sibby bean, byas. boss" just as
if:an, earthquake had never been, known
in Charleston. King street, too, was
we'll lighted, most Of the stores being
open, and the sidewalks being thronged
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who, If they did not
purchase heavily, at least gave, the street
the appearance Of a lively thoroughfare.
The street cars on the City Railway
were running until 10 O'clock for the first
time since1the earthquake, and even the
side streets wereilighted up and, made; o
good. show, of pedestrians. The night
Was bright and the scenes the most cheer.
ing that have been seen in Charleston for
many days, for the reason that they
looked most natural. So
Itis something Of q puzzle TO be told
that there are so many houses in Charles.
ton unte1able, and that yet the real
estate agents are ableeto supply the de.
mand for all the houses that may be
needed. 1t is also rather curious fact
that the colored people, who for the most
part live in small wooden buildings, have
been among the last to return to homes
which were only slightly injured. There
is only one way to account for the equal.
ization Of supply and demand, and that
is that while large per centage OF the
residences in the city have been more or
less injured, the people have found that,
with a few immediate necessary repairs,
the houses may be made comparatively
comfortable until better times. The de-
mand, such as tits, has been almost in.
variably for wooden houses, and of these
and !, of other houses, at this season Of
vacated residences, there is always good
supply. .es,. 80
houses has been very easy task, and
they we're, consequently, the first to be
ready to be occupied. The repairs to the
brick buildings have been and will be
slower, although, judging from the haste
with which they are being renovated, it
is not unlikely that many more houses
will be tenable at an early day than was
at first anticipated. -.
The rebuilding boom is now very ma
turally the chief feature in business
circles, and, from the present indications,
there will be few dwellers in the streets
and parks within a very short time.
There were hundreds of houses In the
city which were damaged solely by the
falling of plaster in very large sections.
The overhauling and refurnishing of
such houses are almost complete, and
such homes are now putting on their
wonted appearance.
4 There is q marked decrease in the mum.
ber of people living in the open air.
The rain yesterday had good deal to do
with it, and the action of the shelter com.
mittee in breaking up several encamp-
ments has had good effect. During the
day, carts and laborers we're put to work
on Washington Square, aud the debris was
removed and the place cleared up.
On Marion square all the tents and
Temporary shelters on the south lawn
we're removed. The wooden sheds erect.
ed on the lot west of the Citadel were
intended for white persons, but nobody
seemed to be desirous of occupying them,