The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-03-21
LOCAL NEW 9.
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

LOYAL NE w Ss
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Squire FcweI Visits the County Site.
think trip out from home-to the
County site-or anywhere fifteen or
twenty miles from home-will do per-
son good occasionally. So with little
business for All excuse I went to the city
of Anderson last Thursday and received
quite cordial welcome from all of my
old friends whom met, Notwithstanding
"town folks are awfully down on US
country people," All Of the business
men who I met seem to be full OF energy
aud are hopeful. They don't seem to be
worrying over something that they can't
help, but arc diving in with heart, hand
and soul to help remedy the disaster of
the last years financial crash. And that
is right, for what is the use of grieving
over anything we can't help, for five can
help 1t, why 60 to work and do 30. If
we can't help anything that has happen
ed, why just dropit and 90 on and say no
more about 1t.
Well, I started out to say something
about crops on the road, but had almost
got off the track. The small grain crop
that is wheat and oats-are looking fine
I believe as fine as remember to have
seen in several years. Almost every one
on the roads travelled (for went one
road and came back another) has been
blowing and preparing cotton land, and
sorry to say that I didn'tsee but one field
with corn rows laid off in it. All or
nearly all of the fields on the road, that
was not in small grain, had cotton rows
laid off, and some were putting In fertili-
zer. Ifit Is all over the State that way,
or suppose 1t is all over the entire South
that way-all cotton and no corn-you
can easily figure what corn and cotton
will be worth next fall, no matter what
Congress may do. If the farmers on
these roads are going to plant any corn
at all 1t will not be near the road, or else
their rows are too close together to make
good corn. am In favor of making corn
enough for our own use and little to
spare, and then make as much cotton as
you can.
We had the pleasure Of meeting some
of our old friends from the country In
Anderson as we'll as our town" friends.
Among them were Mr.. George McDavid,
VI Ordytoufluo. M1. NSOaY'u 40 oAo ".
us, as you might say, and one of our most
staunch Democrats. I reckon it would
sound little strange to some Of those
Performers" to hear two old "moss
backed antis" talking about progress and
reform, or the upbuildlng Of our State
and country, but they do talk that way,
and can't see how it Is when they are
ttagin us' all the time. Mr.. McDavid,
like our self, follows the magnetic needle
q great deal of his time, which to me is a
very pleasant occupation. We also met
Mr.. Marion Shirley, OF the Honea Path
section, who was one of our old neigh
bors. Mr.. Shirley is little farther over
the hill In this life's journey than ourself,
but he looks hale and heartv-more so
than he did when we last saw him, some
fifteen or twenty years ago. 1t always
makes US feel better and more hopeful to
meet with our old friends and find them
cheerful and lively, as we did these old
neighbors. was but q small boy when
Mr.. Shirley married, and now he, per-
haps, has grand. children old enough to
marry, if not married, and yet it don't
look like it has been long-in fact 1t has
only been about forty years, or nearly
so. How swiftly time does fly, and, too,
we are sll the time wishing for the future.
I don't think that am very old, and it
may seem that way to US when we get to
be ,old-an octogenarian for all know.
This would bs happy world for us If we
never grew old and worn out, and tired
and discontented, and the most of that
comes from imaginations, 1t Is not real.
Meeting with neighbor Shirley reminds
| me of an incident which happened not
his house. An old lady, Mrs. Frost,
mother of Hiram Frost, was found dead
In the road. That has been about seventy
one years ago, and, Of course, was before
was born, but T get 1t traditionally from
my mother, who lived near there at the
time. It was never known what killed
her. The last person known to have seen
her was old Mrs. Sallie Flowers, who
| lived Just across the branch, south of Mr..
Shirleys house. She had been dead
several days before she was discovered,
| and perhaps would not have been found
as soon as she was, but for her faithful
dog, which had remained by her, until
| pefished out for something to eat he went
home. The family, knowing it to be
unusual for the dog to come home with
out his mistress, set out to look for her,
and found her dead in the road OF by the
side of it near Mr.. Shirley's. That old
road has not been used for several years,
or had not been when was along there:
It run from Brock and Massey's old mill
by Hugh Gantts and on by John Bar
| RobinsOps to don't know where else.
Mrs. Frost was rolled in sheet and put
| in plain coffin and buried right where
she died.
We have had several refreshing show
ers for the last week and the trees are
getting green and the whippoorwills are
beginning to sing their sweet song of
whip.poor-will. So that It looks as If
| Spring was right here. Ifit will only
stay fair this week we will try and have
about sixteen acres of corn planted by
Saturday night.
Rev. N. G. Ballenger preached one of
his usual good sermons Sunday evening
at Shiloh. His sermons are instructive
mentally as we'll as spiritually edifying.
His congregation is growing little every
time he breaches, 30 that he will In few
more Sundays have full house.. He
| announces that he will hold two days
meeting on his fifth Sunday appointment,
| Saturday before. All who have not been
to hear Mr.. Ballenger preach yet can Ill
afford to miss them any longer.
am listening every day to hear OF
somebody getting married 80 that can
announce it publicly. So hurry up,
Monroe, for from all reports you are to
| be the next one.
Piedmont is running along smoothe
enough now. Messrs. Eskew and Dalton
Brothers have bought the grist mill, for
merly run at Piedmont, and have put it
up at Grove Station, where they are pre-
pared to give their customers first class
meal twice week-Tuesd and Satur-
days. Take your corn up to them and be
made happy. SQUIRE FEWEL.
P. S.-We are taking up our potatoes
to-day and they have kept we'll. We can
supply few persons with seed or to eat
as you may wish. s. T.
From Roberts.
The warm. weather continues and it
looks really as it Spring was here; but
| uol had hafkar n0t lay aside Y0lr Wintar