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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-24
Tho Anderson Library Association.

An agreeable surprise greeted every one
who attended the formal opening of the
public reading rooms Of the Anderson
Library Association last Friday evening.
The members of the Association had COM
pleted their. organization and done their
work so quietly that but few of our citi-
zens knew that such an organization
existed in our city, and when the audi
ence was assembling at the rooms on Fri
day evening EXPLANATIONS of surprise
and JOY could be heard from many per-
sons, who could scarcely realize that
what their eyes beheld had been accom-
plished by the efforts of few Of our de-
termined and progressive citizens.
AS has been stated, the rooms of the
Association are located in the Broyles
building, over the Express Office, on
South Main Street, and occupy the whole
of the second floor. The two rooms on
the south side have been thrown into one,
which has been handsomely papered and
furnished with tables and comfortable
chairs. The walls are ornamented with a
number of pretty pictures, several of
which have been donated 10 the Associa-
tion by lady friends, and beautiful car
pet covers the floor. Across the passage
Is very cosy, comfortable room, which
has been set apart for those who may de.
sire to indulge in a Havanna while en-.
joying the privileges or hospitality of the
Association. The room adjoining the
smoking-room has not yet been furnish
ed. Later on, if the way is clear, it is
proposed to fit up gymnasium in there.
At the hour appointed for the opening
of the exercises, the main room was filled
to its utmost seating capacity by a very
intelligent audience. The evenings pro.
gramme opened with quartette by DR..
E. G. Frierson, Messrs. W. F. Cox, R. c.
Cunningham and r. M. Baker, accompa-
MED on the organ by Mrs. L. NJ. Aver.
Hon. J. L. Tribble, the energetic Presi-
dent of the Association, then arose and
delivered the following speech, which
gives brief history of the organization,
its object, purposes, etc.:
Ladies and Gentlemen A few days ago
the Executive Committee of our Associa-
ton appointed special committee to ar.
range programme for the formal open
ing Of the public reading rooms Of the
Anderson Library Association. The duty
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-24
Five Forks,

The old year has gone and another has
come. Had 1t not been for our calendars
wewould scarcely have known We ever
had Christmas, it was so quiet. Scarcely
did we see man under the pernicious in
nuence of liquor. Great improvement in
this neighborhood. We can remember
four or FIVE years ago that the public roads
in every direction were blockaded with
men wild under its influence. we hope
that it may SO continue.
Our school has opened up with nearly
one hundred pupils. Prof. Holland has
his hands full. However, he with Miss
Rosa Milford, who has accepted a position
as assistant teacher, will be able to man.
age them. The Professor has complete
control of his school, The children say
he means business when he calls them to
"books." Miss Rosa will have class in
art, which will add to the interest of the
school.
Rev. A. A. Marshall has commenced
his labors with US as pastor. Owing to bad
weather be was prevented from being with
US last Sunday. Our people are delighted
with him.
The entertainments of the Reading Club
at this place during the holidays were well
patronized. The amounts realized aggre-
gated about forty dollars-enough to finish
the school.room nicely Suffice it to say
the plays were we'll rendered, and gave
credit to Prof. Holland, who had charge of
the training of the different characters.
Our people are generally very indignant
over the manner in which the Governor
acted toward the Clemson College Bill. It
would have been better to have vetoed it.
However, we can grin and endure it, as we
suppose we have no way of helping our
selves at present. We think he acted very
unwisely
On last Saturday evening Miss Neila
Breazeale celebrated her twelfth anniyei.
ssry at the home of her father near LIE,
banon Church. 1t was merry occasion
with the little ones of the neighborhood.
Each one invited brought with them 3
present, some of which were very hand
some and costly. There were forty or more
children present. Mrs. Brcazeale did cred
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-24
Williamson Female College,
WlLLIAMST0N, S. C.


THIS Institution, founded in 1872. has
j. had a progressive history of useful
ness and influence, and is one Of the inn
portant factors in the solution of the edu-
cational problems Of the day..
Thorough instruction in Literary, Clas.
steal, Scientific, and Art Departments.
Confessedty high scholarship. Best Circ1-
lating and Reference Libraries. Ample
Apparatus, Cabinets, and Museum.
Christian home influences. Excellent
moral and religious atmosphere. Parental
oversight and care.
Healthful surroundings. Summer re-
sort. Celebrated Cbalyberate Spring.
Rates unusually lou. Latin, Greek, Ger
man, French, Volapuk, Glass Singing,
Free. hand Drawing. Calisthenics--all
FREE. No incidental tax, library fee,
pew. rent, nor contingent fund.
Spring Session opens Feb. 4, 1889.
For information, address
REV. S. LANDER, AM, DID,,
President.
J,,, 1890 o6
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-24
PiIesl Pilos! Itching PIIes

symptons-Moisture; intense itching
and stinging; most all night; worse by
scratching. Ifallowed to continue tumors
form, which often bleed and ulcerate, be-
coming very sore. Swayne's Ointment
stops the itching and bleeding, heals ul-
ceration, and in most cases removes the
tumors. At druggists, or by mail for so
cents. Dr. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia.
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i
"The song that reached my heart" from
Mrs. Aver.
The programme was concluded with a
recitation of the "Dukite Snake" by Mr..
J. T. Cox, of Bolton, who happened to be
in the city and who had been invited to
be present and entertain the audience
with this recitation. He fairly captivated
his hearers by the excellent manner in
which he recited the poem.
Thus closed most enjoyable evening,
and the Association deserves the congrat-
ulations of every one present for the well
arranged programme which had been pre-
sented,
It is with peculiar pleasure and pride
that we chronicle the fact that Anderson
at last has such an organization as the Lii
brary Association. It is long step in the
right direction, and should have the en-.
couragement and support of every person
who feels any interest whatever in the
youth of our city.
The following are the officers of the
Association President, J. l.. Tribble ;
Vice. President, r. T. Diver; Secretary
and Treasurer, R. NJ. Baker and the active
members are R. G. Cunningham, ]. w.
Quattlebaum, W. II. Nardin, ]. NJ. Pat.
rick. W. F. Cox, J. NJ. Hubbard, R. E.
Ligon, It's. Crayton, Jr., and J. n. Van
diver.
| The Association starts of we'll equipped
with a number of valuable books, and
nearly all Of the leading periodicals of the
day may be found in the rooms. The
rooms will be opened in the afternoons
and evenings, and the young ladies and
gentlemen of the city are invited to visit
them.
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Mortgagee's Sale.

PY virtue of authority contained in az,
d Chattel Mortgage executed to sthe5
Goodwin on the fourth day of April, a.. D. e
1888, I will sell to the highest bidder atss
Pelzer, in said State, on Monday, .the5S
twenty-eighth day of January, 1889, the
following personal property:
One pair bay horse-Mules, 10 hands highs
g years old. s.
One bay horse-MuIe, Is hands high, 4 B 8
years old. s.
One black horse-Mule, IS hands high, 81
years old.
One bay mare-Mu!c, l4a hands high, 4 3: 3:
years old.
One pair brown nlare-Mules, l4l hands
high, I and years old.
One black ho.sc-Nluie. Is hands high, 81
years old.
One brown mare Mule, Ii hands high, s:
years old.
One black marc NJ ule. with white nose, 4
Is hands high, about 12 years old.
One bay mare. Mule, l6 6hands high, about !;
- years old.
One bay horac.Mulo, II hands high. "a ~
years old.
Two Brick Machines. 4
One Pug Mill. -
One 12.horse power Steam Engine andsa=
Boiler. ..55s;sis.. ~
Lot of hrick.r yard Tools, consisting of
Picks. Shovels, Wieei-barrows Black g
smiths Tools, etc. Sss.:s IS;
Four two:horse Wagons and Harness.
Six Dump Carts and Harness.
One six horse power Portable Steam En-
CINE and Boiler.
One Planer..
One Dry Kiln Apparatus. -; 81
And on the following day, In the City i
of GreeAvillc. S. c., a small lot of Groce.2s
! ries
Terms.-cash. Purchaser to pay for any
papers required. .,,..ss5535s:Ssa5gs
PELzER MFG. CO.. 80 S5ssss1
j, = ,ss, Mortgage q
NOTICE TO
Administrators, Sz
Executors, Guardians,
And Trustees.
A Ill Administrators, Executors, Guar
| IN dians and Trustees are hereby notis
! fled to make their Annual Returns to this
| office during the months Of January and -
February as required by law: 80
Judge of Probate.
Jan 10, 1889 n 90
| NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
IN All persons having demands against IS
| the Estate of John Brown, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop-ss;
erly proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law, and those indebted q
| to make payment. -
MRS. E. AMANDA BROWN, s.:ss.s1S 90
ANDY E. BROWN, 81
Administrators.
Ton 1880 16 3 5;s;tt7-
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-25
Do Men Fear Death?

Who said that men fear death
Who concocted that fable for old
wives9 He should have stood that
night with Philip in the midst of a
host of 125, 900 men in the full flush
and vigor of life, calmly and deliber-
ately making ready at dawn to receive
death in its most horrid forms at one
another's hands. 1t is in vain that re-
ligion invests the tombs with terror,
and philosophy, shuddering, averts
her face; the nations turn from these
gloomy teachers to storm its portals
in exultant hosts, battering them wide
enough for thousands to charge
through abreast. The heroic instance
of humanity with its high contempt
of death is wiser and truer, never let
US doubt, than superstitious terrors or
philosophic doubts. 1t testifies to a
conviction. deeper than reason, that
man is greater than his seeming self
to an underlying consciousness that
his mortal life is but an accident OF
his real existence, the fashion Of q
day, to be lightly worn and gayly
doffed ut dutys call.
What pity it truly is that the ton.
ic air Of battlefields-the air that Phil.
ip breathed that night at Antietam-
cannot be gathered up and preserved
as precious elixir to reinvigorate the
atmosphere in times of peace when
men grow faint of heart and cowardly
and quake at thought Of death. Ed
ward Bellamy in Century.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-25
Sir Walter soots.s Dssry.

wonder when the compleee diary
of Sir Walter Scott will b published.
When Lockhart was writing his ad-
mirable life of Sir Walter, he had
three copies Of the diary printed, and
they were shown by him 70 xr. Nor
rift, Of Rokeby, and to Dean Nilman,
in order that they might advise as to
what should be published and what
kept back. The time has surely ar
rived when the complete diary might
be given to the world, as al those per
sons who may be mentioned In Il are
now dead. suspect that when it Is
published il will create Z sensation.
Lockhart wrote to Croker that the d.
artist .'absolved himself from any very
strict watch over hin ~, snd Get
down much which the whim, q very
often the lazines, Of ths hoar could
alone account for" Thee nugt have
been much sharp criticinm h the d.
ary, q Lockhart added "Pus1erity
will know when the wko1s , pub.
lished) that |, at least enAmvused "a
avoid offending Scots Surviving con.
temporariea and had . Qoso Tories
about q often = Whies d cnstiga.
ton 81 The diaraing Aalsgsowther.
LONDON Truth
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-25

One season, when NJ. Abbott was
tenting in the woods in pursuit Of
knowledge among his ffiendA tho
birds and insects, the spiders made .
great inroad upon his quarters, spin
ing their webs in every conceivable
place. He believed that they were
susceptible to teaching, and to test the
matter he made series Of interesting
experimental This il what he says
about it:
Choosing one great gray fellow that
had an elaborate web Just back Of my
table, ! endeayored to determine If Il
would recognize me - Q purveyor II I
assumed that Office. At the outset no
sooner was my candle lighted and I
had taken my seat than the spider
would retreat to its innermost sanc-
tum, and not reappear while I was at
work. It was afraid Of me, and Of me
only, not Of the candle or its flicker
ing flame.
! commenced then by offering a fly
impaled on a splint Of broom straw.
No notice was taken Of it 10 long as
my hand was in sight. / kept the fly
in position all the evening, resting it
between two books but still in line
with my hand, which was in constant
motion, for / was busy writing. Di.
rectly after l retired tho fly was seized
and dragged away. Night after night
! struck match to determine this,
and always with the same result
It was quick work with the spider,
for relighted my candle several
times almost the same moment / ex.
tinguished it, but never caught the
spider, and yet the fly had disappear.
ed. It evidently followed my move
ment closely-a proof itself Of Gun.
ming.
During the second week the neces.
sary confidence was gained, and flies
were seized if the splint was several
inches long, and / did not move my
hand. The rest was easy, and every
night the splint was shortened until
but two inches in length, but / could
never induce the spider to take fly
directly from my fingers, or allow me
to touch it.
Then came the concluding evidences
Of the spiders teachableness. Long
before ! left camp it would come from
its web and take its place before me
when the candle was lighted and
had sat down to write, expecting it
nightly rations Of two or three flies
These l nearly always provided. Dur
ing the day the spider did not pay any
attention to me, nor would it show it
self at night if ! moved about restless
ly, had company, or made any unusu
al noise, such as whistling. It had
learned to associate my position at tn,
table, directly facing Its web, with al
available supply Of food; and prob
ably Of my personality otherwise j
had no conception. Philadelphia
Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-25

Some curious incidents Of the floods
in Pennsylvania are reported A man
called at the relief headquarters in
Pittsburg and asked for a suit OF
clothes. After he had been fitted he
remarked that he had plenty Of
money. but clothes were what he
needed. A resident of Williamsport
put two pigs in his parlor for safety,
but soon missed them and supposed
they were drowned, At bed time, on
going upstairs to his room, he found
the youthful porcines in his bed fest
asleep. A clergyman, who aid be
had lot Q wife and three children q,
Johnstowu, refused . suit Of clothes u
the Pittsburg relief depot because they
were second hand. He then asked fol
a summer hat He was offered q new
black one, but he would not take any
but one Of q summer color, and wen,
away diatis6ed.-Chieago TneA
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-25
The Chivalrous Knights.

The chivalrous knights who came
over with the Conqueror, the MOBILES
who fought at Neville's Cross and
Crecy and Agincourt, were, for the
most part, the merciless tyrants Of
their serfs and dependents Sordid
rapacity kept pace with reckless pro.
fusion, and in the arbitrary exercise
of their feudal rights they shrank
from no form Of oppressive cruelty.
Their brutalities would have disgraced
q Jonathan Wild, and their crimes
would seem scandalous in the New
gate calendar. To do them justice,
they were as hard on their equals as
on their interiors, though, from q
point Of perhaps egotistical punctilio,
they spared their equals the dishonor
of actual torture. The captive had
neither comfort nor mercy to expect
till he paid his ransom or was rescued
by his friends.
What stories of slow misery in the
very shadow Of death might be told
by the dungeons that may be seen be-
meath the foundations Of such castles
as Warkworth or Kenilworthl There
the well nurtured knight, like Damian
de Lacy in The Betrothed," shackled
and ironed, although there was no pos
sibility Of escape, was doomed TO soil.
tary seclusion on the coarsest and
scantiest food. Fettered in the damp
and darkness among loathsome creep.
ing things, he drew breath with diff
Guilty in the foulest air; and it was for.
tunate for him that, like the cold
blooded toads that were his fellow
prisoners, undeveloped sensibility
saved him from insanity.
The only access to those lonesome
oubliettes was, as at Warkworth,
through the trap door opening in the
roof. What must have been the tone
Of mind of the chivalrous lord of the
castle who could feast and carouse in
the banquet hall above stairs with
such horrors and such suffering BE-
meath his feeti But what between
hard fighting, free feasting and deer
drinking the mobiles Of the Middle Age
seem to have kept conscience at arms
length, - they had become absolutely
Indifferent 70 the su6erings Of theil
fellow creatureA There were rare ex
ceptions to prove the rule. Som,
princes and wealthy MOBILES wer
piousiy inclined and munificent
fhey gave literally in their life times
and made magnificent ecclesiastica
foundationA -BlAckwoods Magazine
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-25

'Every bullet has its billet" says
the old soldier, when counseling tho
recruit to take comfort in the mercifil
chances or war. The ways Of bullets,
when they seem actually TO have re-
ceived commission to strike, are often
very eccentric and whimsical An
army surgeon who was in the habit Of
carrying in his breast pocket little
sketch book, says that he has cause to
owe it special debt Of gratitude.
The book itself is ready to tell US
why, for it is pierced through three
parts Of its thickness with two dis
tinct bullet holes. About fifteen or
twenty sketches were thus sacrificed,
but the doctors life had, at the same
time been saved.
The life Of q war correspondent Of
The London Telegraph was also saved
by such q shield. A curious fact con-
nected with this experience was that
the bullet had revolved in its course,
after reaching the notebook, 20 that
its track was circular one.
Several cases OF the eccentricities OF
bullets have been given by Irving
Montagu in "Wanderings Of q WaI
Artist" He declares that he has known
bullets to aatten round a bone, a. il
the bone, having been broken, wa
now joined together by the plant lead.
In another case, the bullet went siz
times in and outof skirmisher's body
without doing him any serious harm
Kneeling as he fred, the ball had first
passed in and out Of one arm, had ira
versed the ribs, entering one side ant
making its exit at the other, and fin.
ished its cratic course by entering ant
finally taking its departure from tn
other arm of that curiously perforated
soldier.
A bullet has been fired through
thick plate glass, and, hitting agains
wall flew into particles which be
spattered mans face without serious
ly injuring him.
A counter instance, however,
that of a spent cannon ball, whicl
went dancing like plaything towar
little child. In impulsive playful
ness, she ran to catch it, and wa
crushed to death by its fall. Youth
Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-25
Divorce. in Various Countries.

OlvOICob ia vbIAOo8 NOootIAODs
In Australia divorces have never
been sanctioned.
Divorces are scarcely ever known to
occur in modern Greece.
In Hindostan either party for Q
slight cause may leave the other and
marry.
In the olden times the Jews had a
discretionary power of divorcing their
wives.
Divorces are scarcely allowed in
Thibet, unless with the consent of
both parties. RemarFiage is forbid
den.
In Cochin China the parties desir-
ing divorce break a pair OF chopsticka
in the presence Of witnesses and the
thing IS done.
Two kinds Of divorces are granted in
Circassia. By the first the parties can
Immediately marry again by the sec
ond not for year.
Among some tribes of American In
dams the pieces of sticks given the
witnesses OF the marriage are broken
as a sign Of divorce.
II the wife of q Turkoman asks his
permission to go out and he says "go,
without adding, 'come back again,
they are divorced.
In Siberia, if man is dissatisfied
with the most trifling acts Of his wife,
he tears cap or veil from her face
and that constitutes divorce.
InSiam the first wife may be divorced
but not sold as the others may be-
She may claim the first child. Thu
others belong to the husband.
Among the Moors, if the wife does
not become the mother Of a boy, sh,
may be divorced with the consent o.
the tribe and can marry again.
In the Arctic region man wht
wants a divorce leaves home in angel
and does not return for several days
The wife takes the hint and departs. =
Washington Critic.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-09-25

A certain man, who was lately wed,
dwelt In the country far hon the
noise Of any town. It CHANGED one
night that his wife fell sick, and, b.
Ing ignorant of the ways OF women
folks. he mounted his cart horse and
galloped exceedingly fasto toward the
town in search of a skillful leech.
On the road he met q gaunt and
withexed bag, who asked him:
whittier so fast, good manf
"To get a leech for my wife. who h
sick unto DEATH"
Know ye how to tell good doc
tort"
NAY, mother, I take the first which
God leadeth me to-"
Whereupon the ancient dame gave
him sprig Of Euphrasy, and said:
Hold this to thy eyes when thou
lookest at a doctors house, and thou
wilt straightway see the ghosts Of
those who have died from his bung-
ling. Take thou the doctor with the
fewest ghosts"
Thereafter whenever that man came
to doctors house he held the mystic
herb to his eyes, and Oddzookl fear.
full sight met his clairvoyant gaze.
Around every doctors door shivered
a CHASTITY crowd Of uneasy ghosts, and
what seemed strange to that man, the
larger and more comfortable the
house, the greater were the awesome
troop at the door.
Through the deserted streets he gal
Hoped from doctors house to doctors
house, seeking in vain for one whose
gates were not besieged by uneasy
spirits. At length, up quiet lane, ht
espied modest house bearing a doc
tors single, and lol but solitary
ghost sat upon the doorstep.
"Here, by Gods grace" quoth the
man, lis the doctor for me-"
But little time had passed, l ween
before that stout horse was bearing
the man and his physician along thu
road to the sick woman.
When they were well on toward tn,
end Of their journey the doctor smiled
a pleasant smile to see, and said:
II wonder right we'll by what goot
chance you called on me, for know
! have only been practicing medicine
two days, and your good wife will b
the second patient l have treated"
i THE profane ejaculation that fol
lowed is, perhaps, better omitted. i
Medical Visitor.