The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-01
Happenings in and Around Piedmont.

AS the smoke has cleared away from
the registration farce that was gone
through with in March, I reckon We
might rise to express our opinions on the
situation 80 to speak. I thought when
the Legislature passed the act to allow all
who were not registered to register, they
meant it, but it soon became apparent
that it was only intended for the "elect''
or faithful coat-tail swingers and howlers.
It may all come 10 naught yet If Uncle
Sam gets fair shake at it. I think 1t
mistake in the first place to have called
Constitutional Convention, and wrong to
have counted it in after clear majority
had voted against it. I think now that
the best thing to do is to blow off the
hounds, as an old fox hunter would say,
and hunt for new trail.
Our roads are rapidly improving under
the new management-thati is the gullies
are getting deeper in the roads than they
were year ago. In another year If there
is not change some way, our roads will
be in as bad condition as they were before
the Murray road law came in. I mean
the roads in this immediate community,
for don't know what other Townships
are doing.
The farmers are all nearly month be-
hind with their work around here, but if
they Gun get good weather from now until
the first Of July, interspersed with an oc-
casional rain, they will hardly realize
that they were so far behind in the
Spring. The small grain crops are COM
ing out some, but as a general thing they
do not look very promising. think
there will be an average crop OF cotton
planted in this section.
Married, by Rev. Robert Mayfeld, in
Piedmont. on Sunday evening, April
2lst, 1895, Mr.. Jeptha Bryant and Miss
Josie Sherman, all Of Anderson County.
We extend our congratulations to the
young couple and wish for them long
and happy life.
Mr.. Sion T.. Richardson, one of tho
the Shiloh section, died on Friday morn
ing, April 18th, 1895, at the residence Of
his son, DIR. j. M. Richardson, in Pied
mont, after long and protracted illness,
which he bore with patience and chris
tlan resignation. Mr.. Richardson was
in the seventy-6rst year of his age, and
had lived all of his long and useful life In
the neighborhood of Shiloh Methodist
Church, near Piedmont. He had been
member Of the Church at Shiloh for about
ffty-five years, and was kind, gener-
ous-hearted neighbor, good and useful
citizen, true Christian and devoted
worker in his Church. In the death of
Mr.. Richardson our County loses one Of
her best citizens, our neighborhood
kind, generous-hearted neighbor, and
Shiloh Church one of their most useful
members. In word, his place will be
hard to fill with his equal in every
respect. His remains were laid to rest in
Shiloh cemetery by the side of his life
companion who preceded him to the
grave little over four years, after appro-
pirate funeral services conducted by Rev.
Samuel Lander, in the presence Of large
concourse of sorrowing relatives and
friends. Mr.. Richardson leaves sister,
Mrs. Hannah King, four sons, Drs J. M.
and N. T. Richardson. of Piedmont, Rev.
w. r. Richardson, of the S. G. Confer
ence, and Mr.. John G. Richardson, OF
Edgefeld, s. c., and host Of other rela-
tives and friends to mourn his loss. One
by one the old land marks Of this COM
munity are passing away, and soon their
places will be occupied-not filled-by
new and unknown to us generation.
Strange how little we ourselves think of
dying when there are few more older
than we, who we think will have to 90
before it comes our time. So it will be
well for us all if we will try to emulate
the good example left US by our departed
friend and brother. SQUIRE FEwEL.
April 10Th, 1895.