The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-08-09
plercetown and Guyton News.

Ihave been requested when I write,
Mr.. Editor, to make my place OF ohserVa-
tions palmer. There may be q few who DO
not understand ourpresent place Of abode.
We will state the size of territory We are
giving the news in. Our boundary line
runs by Six.and.Twenty Creek, on the
North and West, and to Tuckerville on
the South. It then stretches around to
Beayerdam on the East. Our little domain
therefore embraces about five square
miles. So We hope we will not be miscon.
strued as to our "habitation end operative
diggins.'
At this writing there is black cloud
gathering in the north and 1t looks like
that We were going to receive rain at last.
We haven't had good rain in i've weeks
The latest attraction for the boys is
Uncle Georges sorghum factory. We have
been down and sampled them and found
them perfect. There isn't anything we
like better than "lssses' and pretty girls.
So we hope he will give Us candy pulling.
But where shall we 60 to find the girls
We can't get any around here for they
are as scarce as hens teeth. Maybe we
can induce the Shiloh girls to come down
and participate in 1t, for they are up there
as thick as gullies on hillsidei 40 says
Stanton, and he ought to know.
There is little lawsuit in process OF
construction. Some time ago the hymn
books were stolen from Beaverdam Church,
and it was soon discovered that three
white boys were the guilty parties. Their
names are Edgar, John and Stewart Shir-
ley who, by the way, are very bad boys;
implicated the other boys In it. After
taxing the books they gambled them off
to negroes. All this happened on Sun.
day afternoon, while the church was left
open to air for prayer meeting that night.
They had Wednesday set for the trial, but
on account of the absence of witness it
had to be postponed. The case will be
tried before his Honor J, Jamison, T, j.,
unless they can get change OF venue. 1t
will 20 pretty hard with them, as they
have confessed it and we wish to see q
public example made out oft, 1t will be
warning to other boys. We regret to SEQ
any boys stoop 80 low and are sorry that
there are such bad boys In community
which processes to walk In the way Of
truth. Yet we want to see the law take
its course, for the public good and safety
Is endangered when such crimes go un-
punished.
Among the visitors in our vicinity we
are glad to see the faces of Miss Pallie
Dean, of Deans, aud Mrs. Rebeca Tinsley,
of Brevard, N. @.
One of our smart boys has been credited
with parsing the following question on
the Alliance teacher; What Is the differ.
ence between the Alliance and the Third
Party Boys answer; 1.-THE difference is
something like the old man said about his
grub. Says he; When 7 get tired of
eating meat aud bread change my diet to
bread and meat. The difference between
the two is 80 slight that no one on the out
side-snd very few inside Alliance has
been able to discover it." That is just the
size of it. That boy will make great man
some day.
Last Thursday an unfortunate occurrence
happened. Kate Aedbetter was asked for
something to eat by tramp, She invited
him to the house and while on the way he
pulled out revolver and removed the
cartridges. When they arrived at the
house be began swapping it at her when 1t
went off and sent q bullet into her shoul-
der. But the wound ia not considered
dangerous. The tramp claims the shooting
was accidental. We are unable to learn
his name and the full particulars, but We
are informed that both parties are negroes,
We think something ought to hs done to
stop so much of this loaing and carrying
weapons. Every negro knee high has got
q razor, knucks or pistol in his pocket
And great many white people are guilty
OF the same act. While we are writing
this several Of a crowd of darkies are firing
their peppers down the road. Something
has to be done, or the County is gone. AS
for ourselves we can say that we have
never had any use for gun and We never
carry weapon of any sort.
SAM DEwRERRY.