The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-05-26
carswell Institute Items.

Answer to query in Honea Path items:
By serving the Lord. Of course one
cannot help looking at the Sunday trains,
but isn't it bad that, after Sn many years
of observance of the SaLbnth day, the c.
& G. R. r. should depart from the train.
ing of its youth and deliberately "train"
on the Sabbath.
We have already mentioned tho pros.
poets of our farms in this community,
stating in effect that they were up to the
average, but we don't believe we have
said anything about our prospects for
fruits. As far as we can see, the prospect
is fine. The blackberries have been white
no, not the berries, but the briers-with
blossoms for some three weeks, and they
are not through blooming yet. We over
heard one little "nigger" say TO another
few days ago, "Dese here blackberries
done most ready turned red. 'Twon't be
long fore we's gwine ter git dem good OIL
pies, and den, Jake, won't we git fat!'
Hearing them made US think of the time
when we were young, and regularly vis-
tied the dewberry patch. How we'll we
remember being so particular about
blowing the little bugs off one side of the
berry, but it never did occur to US that
there might be bugs on the other side.
Bnt in spite Of bugs, we know all will
join us in saying such days were happy
ones. We used to 60 strawberry hunting
about this time Of year, too, but the wild
strawberry has about played out in our
country now. And wo arc sorry to say
there are not near enough raised in our
gardens, either. Farmers why not, after
allowing enough land to raise an abun-
dance Of wheat, oats and corn, still take
off from that cotton patch about two acres
for grapes, and about two more for straw
berries and musk-melons Grapes are
good any time. Cantaloupes are excel
lent for break fast, and strawberries and
cream for dinner would satisfy the desire
of q gourmand.
The plums seem to DO doing we'll, We
hope they will continue to do so, as we
have not lost our taste for them yet. 'Tis
pleasant to think how we would go, in
our youth, to the plum bushes and fill
our pockets. Often they would get
mashed, but what did we care, till moth
er began to have her say? Times are
surely changing, for then we would get
almost-no, more-;echiggers than plums.
Now our boys hardly know what CHG
ger is, and were you to ask them about
the seedtick, they could not tell you.
Peaches are growing fast, and our trees
are as heavily laden with them as they
should be. It will not be long while
before the boys will be filling their
pockets and hats. In our bnyhood, we
did not have SO many pockets as boys do
now, and we would put them In odr
bosom. Oh, how we would scratch when
the fuzz would get next to our skin.
We had almost forgotten watermelonss,
but Mr.. Editor, you, or "any other good
looking man as for that" just come down
in the summer, and We'll have them for
you. Nearly all of our citizens planted
large patches. The other fruits We Will
have are apples, pears, few cherries and
fried chickens.
We wish to say thing or two relative
to our school. We've had good school
for several years past, but let US not be
content. This is time of progress, and
we can't afford to stand still. Let us look
after it closely and see wherein 1t can be
bettered. We need high school and we
all want Carswell Institute to rank as one
of Anderson County's best High Schools.
Then let us work for it. We suggest an
outfit OF desks. If we think we cannot
afford the patent ones, our present teacher
has said he could give US model by
which we could make some cheaply.
Think of 1t, patrons, talk OF it when
together and let's see what we can DO.
We wish to inform John" that be is
lnboring under mistake. we think he
is blessed with usual amount allotted to
man. He got his idea from sentence in
our last. "But some folks will show
their ignorance" We will not apply
here his elegant ph1useologg: ut is the
hit dog that hollers." 'Tis useless. We
will state that sense is ability to compre-
hend, feel and know a thing. Ignorance
is a lack of ability to apply what we gain
through senses to advantage. We can
know thing clearly, and yet, through
Ignorance, misapply it. Here are somo
Of "John's" sayings: "How can union
Sunday School use Baptist literature..".
without consulting the whole schoolY''
4 pertinent question. Did "John" ask
it in his Sunday schoolP Oh. no,
through the columns OF newspaper, Let
all Judge as to fitness. IA few indlvid,
usls should not rule the whole school,,
Did he ever see an organization that did
not rest its power in few leaders. ".....
Communities are like school teachers-lt
takes two or three to make one." He
should blush with shame to thus insult
those who taught him what he knows.
We commend bis college aspirations. BY
all means go. "That Union School mas
no right to use Baptist literature without
the Voice of the School," We say, 60 to
Sunday School with 1t, you cannot find
its voice anywhere else. 1t seems that
"John" wishes to get up controversy,
but we extend right hand of friendship
and decline. A. controversy without
principle or information is decidedly
below QUID NUNc.
A Gard.