The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-09-09

frequently drawn from overy well.
Col. J.. N. Brown and wife, with their
daughter, Miss Varina, have gone on a
visit to New York, Saratoga and other
resorts. Miss Varina will again enter
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. T..
The many friends of DR.. w. G. Brown,
Of Atlanta, Ga, were, glad to SEQ him in
the city last week. he had been spend
ing a week in the County with relatives.
Atlanta is treating tho Doctor well, both
sphysicall5, and financially.
The family Of Rev. D. II. Frierson, D. d.,
sofithis place, are in receipt Of intelligence
af the sudden death Of his son.in-law,
a.air: john N. Gordon, cf Decatur. Ala. Mr.
N.H. Frierson takes his departure to-day
tovisit the befeaysd family
iS We are requested to announce that the
meeting Of Bethel Association las been
/ changed from Mt. Tabor to Beaverdarn
Church, Fair Play, s.. c., as the congrega-
1stion at Mt. Tabor could not get their
(houseof worship done in time.
are you doing?" asked a young
man Of his chum the other night as he
caught him tip.toeing up the stairs "Im
going to get married shortly was the
solemn reply, Aand Pm practicing how to
get in late at night without raising rack
et.n'; IS
The city sor town that prospers these
days has to; make earnest efforts to
achieve success. Nothing but energy and
enterprise viii avail. The days of trade
and wealth begging business men to take
them in out Of the weather a,e gone for
ever. -,
Postmaster Webb moved into his new
Office Tuesday night. Anderson now has
one Of the neatest and best arranged POST
offices in the State. There are 112 lock.
boxes, 40 cali boxes and FIVE drawers,
The fixtures are new, modern and hand
some.
: Correspondence Easley Messenger "W.
/ A.. Neal, of Hopewen Township, made
nearly 600 bushels of wheat from rs sown.
A good yield for this year. He harvested
the crop with q Mccormick reaper and
binder, and was delighted with the per-
formance.n
II List of letters remaining in the Post
cfice for the week ending September s.:
Mrs. Hattie arnold, Arthur Belitzer, j..
tR. Green, w. J.. Dalrymple, Miss Elmina
Newton, Wade Patterson, Mrs. Lizzie
Ross, Peter Spencer, Miss Lou Reunels,
Miss Laura Wakefield, Mrs. Fills Ed
ward.
Augusta Chronicle .'rhough the people
of Greenyille have properly diverted the
money for their proposed railway celebra-
tion to charitable purposes at Charleston,
Augusta should not fail to invite her
friends at that point and Anderson to an
ld-fashioned commercial and gastromic
love.feast.n
"A matter of f.interest to the farmers Of
the South is the fact that thirty.eight Of
the cotton mills at Fall River, Mass, and,
at New Bedford, Conn.,, have instructed
their agents throughout the country to.
receive no cotton unless same is dry when
weighed. The wise farmer, therefore,
viii keep his cotton out Of the weather,
for il it be wet competition among the
buyers is thereby lessened.
Two new bales of cotton were sold in
the city last Monday, being the. first for
this season. The first bale was sold by
Mr.. w. IT.. McCown. II was slightly
tinged. weighed 426 pounds and was sold
at 81 cents per pound. The second bale
was sold by Mr.. o. M. .seigler, was classed
good niddling, and brought 81 cents per
pound. Both bales were purchased by
/ Messrs. Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell.
The contractors have commenced tear
ing down the old Methodist Church, and
.he work of erecting the new brick edi-
flee on. the same site will begin immedi-
ately. The old building has been pur-
chased by Prof. Ligon, Who will remove
it to the lot next to Mr.. III. Gilmer's res
idence, and will use it for his school. For
the present the Methodists will hold SER
7ices and Sunday School in the Masonic
Hall.
+ WeinYite the attention Of our readers
to the advertisement of Foster FAINT &
Co., which appears elsewhere. This is a
new firm, but it is live one They will
open on or about 18th inst, and will oc-
cupy the storeroom formerly occupied by
Smith & Co., on Whitner street, just below
the book store They will carry COM
plete line Of clothing, gents furnishing
goods, hats, &c, all of which will be Of
the latest styles and sold at the very low
est prices. Be sure to give them call
when you get ready to buy. Mr.. Will.
Bell will be found there, ready to serve
his old friends.
The earthquake has been the talk. Of
tbs town. Our people have about gotten
over their fright, Notwithstanding the
fact that numerous slight quakes have
been felt since the night of the 31st ult.
The shocks did no damage in the County,
beyond demolishing number of CHM
neys. It is amusing to hear the expert
ences of individuals on the first night of
the quake. Many persons contend that
. the earthquake is a visitation of the AL