The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-16

About o'clock last Saturday afternoon
the fire alarm was sounded, caused by some
cotton having caught fire at the Savannah
Valley depot. The Fire Department
turned out promptly, but before any water
could be thrown the fire had gained con.
siderable headway. About ninety bales of
cotton were burned. The cotton belonged
to several merchants, but had been receipt.
ed for by the Railroad. The cotton, how
ever, was insured. The platform scales and
scale house were also burn ed. 1t is sup
posed the cotton caught fire from spark
from the engine. On Sunday afternoon
the fremen were again called to the depot,
as it was discovered that several of the
bales were still burning.
Last Friday was Decoration Day." and
il was observed by Miss Lenora G. Hub
bard's school. Rev. G. B. Smith was to
have delivered an address to the school
on the OCCASION, but he was called away
and did not get back in time. Miss Hub.
bard, with her tn assistant teachers and
eighty pupils, took part in the exercises,
which consisted simply in decorating the
graves of the soldiers. The day was one
of peculiar sadness to the school, as they
were called upon 10 decorate the newly
made grave Of one Of its best friends and
patrons, Mr.. s. M. CrayGon. There are
forty nine soldiers buried in our ceme-
teries, as follows; Catholic, 1; Silver
Brook, /; Baptist, II; Presbyterian, %
Confederates and Federals. All the
above cemeteries were visited, and the
graves of all the soldiers, including the
Federals, were beautifully decorated with
flowers.
Mr.. M. ]. Webb, formerly editor of the
Elberton (Ga.) Leader, spent day in An
derson recently, and this is what he writes
to the Elberton Gazette about our growing
city: "On yesterday L accompanied a
gay party on trip to Anderson, S. G.,
and saw such spirit of progress as haze
observed nowhere else. A large cotton
factory is to be the pride of the city, and
mammoth four story hotel building is to
be lasting monument to the enterprise
of men who belong to our rejuvinated
South, while private residences, new
National Bank and other public and pri-
vate buildings are thrown IN for good
measure. Land estates are being divid-
ed up and sold at about one.half they
were held at ten years ago, and new
corners with abundant means are filing
up the country. A we'll. equipped female
college is contemplated, and Rey. A. A.
Marshall is to be Its president
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