The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-01-10
Needles Newell News.

We are having some bad, rainy weather
now, and our roads are getting pretty
sloppy. BY the time the farmers get
ready to haul their fertilizers, they will
be In bad, bad FIX.
Several OF our citizens who have been
down with la grippe are convalescing.
Rev. D. I. Spearrnan filled his regular
appointments at the Mountain Springs
Baptist Church Saturday and Sunday.
We see the old stereotyped "pitch your
crop and work up to II" is on the road
again. Have heard her rung off several
times recently.
Messrs. H. A. Foster and G.. B. Sheriff,
two OF our best check players, met last
Friday,in contest for the championship.
They played until 3 o'clock next morning
and Mr.. Foster came out victorious. The
boys are talking Of organizing checker
club.
Thst was an observing fellow, If he
hadn't eeen but ~seven summers, who
said: "Oh, papa, Why don't the editors
| quarantine against those correspondents
| taking up so much of their valuable space
every week discussing the situation It
has got to be an epidemic"
Owing to the illness of the teacher, Mr..
D. Edward King, the Mountain Springs
school did not open on the End inst, as
was announced when they shut down for
| the holidays. II able, land we trust that
be will be) the Professor will resume his
duties in the school room on Monday, the
18th. Patrons, please remember this.
Our neighbor, Mr.. Isaac Sheriff, had the
misfortune to get his dwelling house very
badly smashed up last Wednesday. He
| very tall shade tree that stands in bis
yard and 1t fell upon the house, breaking
! in the roof and demolishing several pieces
| of furniture. Luckily every member Of
the family was out at the time and no one
was hurt
Brother "Grit," the Cedar Grove cor
respondent of the INTELL1eENoER. IN his
| last weeks communication said "Whis-
key wagons have been moving ground in
this section, and as consequence sou can
get all the wbiskey you want. The dis
peusary law is doing no good, for whiskey
is being sold all through the country"
From what We can gather the same state
Of affairs exist in many other sections.
But, hush II Tillman gets wind Of 1t be
will send in some Of his spies, and he
couldn't please our boys better. They
are just itching to get hold OF one OF
them; they want to experiment on him a
while and then place him in their mu.
| scum.
AS soon as it clears up now and the
ground gets dry enough to plow our far
mer boys will make the welkin ring with
their merry voices. The boys will do
some good work preparing for another
crop. We can almost hear the trace
chains rattling as they go to the field, see
them hitch up, grasp the plow handles
and in an appropriate tone yell: "Git up.
Kit! Woo, gee Ha there, I say! !" He
or the mule one has forgotten which is
which, but they catch on directly! and the
work proceeds nicely. After he has gone
a round or two he pulls off bis coat and
hangs 1t on bush just a5 he has seen his
father dc many time, and everything is
easy. Ahappier lad you couldn't find were
you to travel the world over. Oh, how
we'll do I remember the first day that
| plowed How hard 7 worked to try to
raise sweat sud what man thought l
was, going round for round with the men
| and riding home with them at noon and at
night. now realize that my "plow-boy
days" were my happiest. and it gives me
pleasure to recall them. People may say
what they please about the farm, call the
farmer hayseed and fool, but 1t don't
make him 80. Only three per cent of the
men engaged in other lines of business es.
cape failure, and only three per cent OF
farmers fail. The man who owns farm
and sticks to it is certain of an eventual
profit. The man who owns farm Is rich
We know that it Is time-worn phrase
but we will repeat It, young man, stick
to the farm!" 1t is safer than banking,
manufacturing or railwaying.
| aNED NEEDLE.