The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-10-22


( that they will re-afhrm their position in
!. .refa:once to these matters, and add such
otEer Recommendation as in their wis.,
dom may seem proper.
.s We repeat that the Grand Jury have
earned the thanks of the people for their
q fdesisy in the discharge of their duties.
yHH sToUK SHOW AT PENDLEToN.
I The Stock Shows of Pendleton have
long been famous, and it was with
pleasure that many heard that they had
been revived and were to be continued
annually in the future, after suspension
s of; two or three years. In 1883 the Stock
Show and Fair were excellent, and at
! tiacted a great deal of attention. Since
Z then the shows have not been repeated
until last week, and we b 2e that they
will rot be allowed 70 lapse again even
for single year.
On last Thursday morning, in company
with il friend and behind good trotter,
sweset out for Pendleton to see the sights
sat the Stock Show. There was goodly
number of Andersonians on the road
bound for the same destination, and the
colorad band from this place, which went
to- furnish music during the day, favored
some of the residents along the road with
: some Of their best pieces.
No one can travel the road from here to
aPendleton without feeling that he is pass
s ing through prosperous country. In
every direction we saw splendid fields Of
= cotton and magnificent stretches of corn
on the bottoms. Along the road may be
seen pastures thickly swarded with Ber-
mnda grass Zone of the best pasture
grasses grown and we'll adapted to our
3 soil and climate) on which fat cattle are
{ grazing. The. proportion of land devoted
& to cotton will hardly fail to attract the
attention of the traveller, for the area
planted in corn and other crops is insig-
snifcant, as compared to the cotton area.
Many Of the fields were white with the
Z fleecy locks and pickers were busy gath
,ering in the precious staple. We judge
= that from two-thirds to three-fourths Of
the crop has been harvested, and the
5 three or four gins we saw along the route
seemed to be doing good business.
There are number of handsome and
comfortable homes through this section,
/ and with scarcely an exception beautiful
4 hot house flowers we're tastily arranged
around the door-steps and in the piazzas,
s while the yards contained beautiful
& flowers of different varieties. Gardens,
;aorchards and grape arbors surrounded
{ the dwellings, and with the great cotton
{ and corn fields as background, the
s conclusion seemed natural that these good
I people dwelt in a land that "fowed with
railk and honey"
We stopped at Pendleton Factory for s.
few minutes and found everybody at
work. The factory is situated on bold
little stream, miles from Pendleton.
Quite a striking picture is presented to
! sthaeye at this place--ths factory with its
busy spindles, the mill and gin with their
rumbling rocks and humming saws, the
quiet country store and the neat, white
cottages Of the operatives, while the
murmuring stream that turns the wheels
: furnishes striking contrast to the roar
: of blazing furnaces and clouds of dirty
smoke from burning coal that is found at
many OF our factories. The scene is pic
Z turesque and one that the mind and eye
delight to dwell upon.
The home of Mr.. Sitton, manager of
the factory, is in beautiful grove a little
further up the read. We were told that
the factory is prospering under his man
>agement. About thirty bales of cotton is
consumed per day.
We have little digressed from our
subject-the Stock Show-but there are
so many beautiful and interesting scenes
and objects along this road that we
thought some mention of them might be
not tuninteresting to our readers, especial
sly to those who, like the writer, love the
broad fields and beautiful forests of the
country and the gentle brooks that
peacefully ''go on forever
On reaching the historical town of Pen
{ dleton we found the streets thronged with
people, who were quietly making their
way to the place Of exhibit. This was on
E Maj. a. T. Smythe's farm, and was about
mile west of Pendleton. We joined the
procession and soon reached the place. A
large crowd had assembled to see the
6au
7, over we suppose that about 1900 people
{ men, women and children, white and
! black-Yisited the grounds. The situation
was favorable for such ga exhibition. The
race course, which was about three
.eighths Of mile long, was in nice
meadow, enclosed on three sides by hills,
I. where were trees enough to furnish am
ple shade for man and beast. From these
elevations thousands of people might cas-
ily have witnessed the exhibition of tho
stock on the track.
ss The number Of exhibits was not as
large as formerly, but the various
departments contained some choice spec
simens, all of which attracted full share
Sof attention and praise, though OF course
: tho display of stock on the track was the
leading feature of the day.
- There were some splendid specimens
of cotton and corn, and two immense
wagon loads of choice hay on exhibition.
Some of the ears OF corn measured 10
inches. No wonder such sleek stock and
fat cottle and hogs may be found in
q csu6try where such corn and hay is
grown. We have some specimens of the
corn in our office, and not many people
ever saw larger ears.
Admirable order was observed, and the
sight-seers spent the day in examining
the exhibits and watching the contests on
rthe tfack:and in pleasant conversation in
groups scattered about at good points Of
observation, though here and there were
pairs who sought quiet places to tell and
hear that old, old story.
Col d. K. Norris and BieSSrs. o, a,