The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-06-06
Mofatt3yille Items.

The exercises OF the Moffuttsvillo Acad.
emy will take place on the night of the
18th, instead of the 8th, as was stated In
our article last week. Hope the public
will hear this in mind and turn out on the
night uf the 18th.
Mr.. J. w. Sherard has been confined to
his bed for the past week, suffering rom
the effects OF an old wound received in
the lats war. He is improving slf rly,
and as he is a man of great spiri. and
wonderful activity, he will. no doubt,
soon be restored to his usual health.
Rev. r. e. Lyon has returned from
Nashville, after an absence of two weeks.
We notice in your last Issue that we
have a new postofice, schoolhousee,
church or settlement Of some kind IN TINS
section by the name of Liberty, and That
your valuable paper already has cores
pondent in the field. We should like to
know the origin of this recent invention.
This Is the "Dark Corner" and Liberty Is
tout of sight," and we venture to say your
correspondent has taken the liberty to es'
tablish colony of some kind, perhaps Tor
bolitical out casts, or disappointed once
seekers, or maybe he has an eye on the es.
tablishment of a postoff1ce, with himself
as prospective postmaster. However,
con Z % eO DOIu III yum aehSIa PbS w AS
nopolize the territory of your near neigh
bors. Cooks. Barnes and Moffattsville.
A most excellent sermon was delivered
to the people of this community the past
Sunday by Rev. Calvin Presley on the
evils of lying. The sermon put us to
thinking, and many incidents were re-
called where the liar and tattler were the
sole cause of the trouble. How quickly
some statements infame and chill the
minds of every community. Sometimes
the excitement is caused from malicious
lies and again from mere suspicion. The
latter was most strkingly illustrated In
this entire Township not long since. a
report got abroad somehow that there was
a loose bear in this section. Many heard
his yells at night, others saw his track,
and some really saw the bear, while almost
every body believed 1t. A bear is very
affec!ionste, and should one be 80 fortu-
nate as to come in contact with him
hearty embrace will be the result OF the
meeting. When this bear fever was rag
ing from bare facts and proving mighty
barrier to many of our people who could
not bear the idea of loose bear bearing
himself among us, and only wanting q
bare chance to convince the most skeptl'
cal that there really was bear, there was
naturally excitement In our midst. A
young man and young Lady of this sec
ton were bold enough to venture out one
night afoot to a near neighbor's house
when the bear was supposed to be al
large. Nothing molested them until they
had reached about half way back home
They heard noise. and OF course saw
bear. The young lady almost tainted, but
soon forgot herself on being told by bel
escort that it was customary to embrace
when meeting bear. This was the near;
est solution to the bear question we heard
of. The bear proved to be an OK Of an
old negro's, and as to the embracing par
of the ceremony We are not prepared to
say what was the result of the scare.
Squire Fewells letters are always ap'
preciated by your humble scribe. They
are full IF good practical advice, and the
Squire is equally as witty as he is practi
cal. We heartily endorse everything he
says in regard to Mr.. Cleveland. The
abuses heaped upon our President by
some of the men and papers of his OWE
party are simply outrageous. We firmly
believe Mr.. Cleveland will outlive al
these things aud hope he will be reelected
He is the greatest statesman of our coun.
try, and is excelled by none of the ole
world, not even Gladstone himself.
ERGO.