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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-09-30

s,la. Of the best signs that HoDea
Path has been on a steady growth OF
late gears is shown from the fact that
the business men of that place do not
pull their stakes and leave at the first
opportunity, but that they move to
the town to live. Those who 20 to
Honea Path to earn their living have
al beeu successful, but none more so
than Mr.. j. j. Mattison, who carries
a qery fine line of general mcrchan-
disc.
Mr.. Mattison was born in anderson
county, March II. 1868. He snentall
.! bis life in Anderson, and at an
Early age embarked intoa business ca
recr. lie conducted Il business IN
Anderson for about eight years, and
ne, With much success, but moved to
}loD2a Path about eighteen months
ago, where he has been in the mercan-
tile business ever siEce. flr. Matt-
son met with success as soon rs ne
went to that town, and tha.Eolumc OF
his business has Increased steadily
ever since. He understands no" t.
conduct his affairs 50 ihat l. will DC
profitable to himself and ut the same
time to his customers, who have found
that they can &C! their Goods from
him rs cheap a> 1T any place III the
State. He carries :, full line 81 GEN
eral merchandise. and Il alway5 keeps
the best goods that are ~ be haI,
which are sold at prices rs low as can
be obtained anywhere. il" perfect
ly reliable and the people in that sec
ton have long ago discovered that
when Ar. Nattisnn recommends an
article it is found just as he says 1t IS.
He handles dry goods, notions,
shoes, hats, caps, groceries, crockery,
glassware, stationery: and has the on
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.IuHN J. SHIRLEY.

Nnc Of the landmarks Of llonea
Path is Mr. John J. Shirley. who has
long been Il prominent citizen, and
who has grown mp with the town. He
was born on July IS 1928, on Little
RIVER, FIVE miles south Of tInnca Path,
hat when he was an infant his parents
maTod to town, where he has contln
nal II reside ever since. lie spent
bis early life 1T that place. and attcnd-
cd thc schools nf his day and timr.
when the war hrokc out he imncdi-
atoiy volunteered his services and en-
tered Company +, goth Regiment,
which was commanded By Col. kcitt.
Mr. Shirley was made first lieutenant
Of the company, and w23 in command
most of the time. lie made gallant
soldier and q popular officer with the
men under him. Hn was taken sick
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N-. Shirley paid some attention to
|a-minc. audcwhcn the railroad was
established he was appointed the FIRST
agent. and held that office for twenty
eight years. giving entire satisfaction
20 all concerned. He was also the
first postmaster, having worked before
to .e. an office opened at that town:
At that time he was also connected
with mercantile firm at Honea Path.
Mr.. Shirley built the Honea Path
hetel forty years ago, and has con-
tinued to keep that ever since. Dur
ing al that time there has never been
a death in his hotel, which is Il good
sign of the good health Of that section
OF the State
The hotel is very nice structure.
with plenty of room and air. and there
is always crowd with Mr.. Shirley.
He gives especial attention to travel
ling men, with whom he is quite pop
ular.
Mr.. Shirley was married, in 1888,
to Miss Fannie Mattison, and they
have three sons. During his life Mr..
Shi-ly has amasscd considerable prop
erty, and now owns two fine planta-
tions at tire edge of town. He under
stands the farming business thor
oughly, and always makes i large
croD. lie has been hard worker all
his life, and what he owns Is the
tru;As of his own labor.
He has long been a member Of the
Baptist church, and has been 4 dea-
con for about twenty-five years. lie
knows all of the old history about
Honea Path and her people, and has
always taken deep interest in the
welfare Of the town. When any help
is needed the people always 90 to him
and are never disappointed. lie is
one Of the most prominent citizens
that Anderson county has ever pro-
l.ce2.
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One of the most successful business
men in Honca Path, and one who
stands very high in the esteem and
confidence of the people, is Mr.. John
w. Brock, dealer in general merchan-
disc. His first venture IN the busy
world was a successful one, and from
that time on he was beginning to lead
in the procession Of tic young men OF
the day who have done so well in later
life. He has demonstrated the fact
that pluck and energy can accomplish
a world of wonders, and by his close
attention to his own affairs has in
creased the amount OF his business
from year to year, so that now they
bring him in good returns.
Mr.. Brock is the second son Of
the late James L. Brock, and was
born and raised at Honca Path. He
has lived there all his life, with the
exception of five years spent in Bel
ton. where he was salesman. lie re-
ceivcd his education at the Honea
Path High School, and in early life
conducted farm for some time.
Mr.. Brock began business in 1856
with the firm of Mc(;ce & Brock, and
three years later he bought the inter
est of Mr.. McGcc, and since then has
conducted the business on .lis own ac-
count, meeting with very good sue
cess.
His store at Honea Path is one Of
the best in the town, and he carries a
full line Of general merchandise. Hc
handles groceries, dry goods, notions,
shoes. hats, heavy goods, and. in fact,
everything that is kept in stock in Il
store of this kind.
One of the means Of Mr.. Brock $
success has been from the fact that he
understands how to purchase goods
and get the best bargains that arc to
be found at any place. He gets his
stuff in large quantities, aud IS thus
enabled to get the lowest prices. Tie
then sells to his customers at 4 lower
price than most merchants, and by
this means has worked up consider
able trade in that section of the coun-
ty, which brings him in good returns.
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The people Of Honca Path clalnh
that more business is done there IN
year than in any other town OF the
same size in the State, which is prob
ably correct, Judging from the amount
of business each man docs. One OF
the foremost merchants in that town
is lIr. 7. j. Clatworthy, dealer In
general merchandise, who has very
large stock and enjoys large and ln-
crativc trade. ..
Mr.. Clatworthy was born. in Able
Vile county in 1868, and was an in
mate of the Thornwell Orphanage at
Clinton from 1877 to 1882, after which
time he went to farming and continues
at that occupation until 1889: az
that time he left the farm and secured
position in the store of Shirley, Fln-
lev s Shirley, where he remained der
two wears, and then went into business
for himself.
Mr.. Cla.worthy's frst business ven
rture was m small scale, but Be
gradually increased it until now hs
has one Of the best establishments ia
the upper part Of the State: he Be.
can without dollar IN 1892, and whaG
he l,"> saved and made has been by
! his own hard work and close attention
to his nwn affairs. lie he's fine judg-
mcnt, 81 this, coip1ed with marked
executive ability, hiss been the means
by which he has 5eou so successful;
Mr. Clatworthy expects to Spens
the remainder OF his days at Henea
Path, and for that reason is ready at
! all times to help build up the town,
| lie has been On all Of the rev cosnfy
committees. and has worked hard 10
have the new county established. lie
| is Il publi1-s spirited citizen in every
sense of th" wor,:, .nd is dcscrYcdly
| popul.r anon large circle Of
! friends.
lEr. ria:werthy establishment a.
Hone, Path is pi,c oi the best n thh
town. His >tn.v-"3cm is 80 by 80
feet. #,!,: cvcry III, >yac" in thas
room. is completely Sled with every
;hiu- that one cr;;lI call for. lie
csrr!eS : tine stn:< of genera! Inar-
c!:aptiSe AID sells ali rT his goods ut
the ],,wc&: l:nssiH!e p:i@e~. lie !a:i
takei, . go: high stand =: ilou":.
pati III C casting his let there, and
to-da. does net regret his choice. He
nr hn
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erson, Abbeville,

the corners of Anderson, Abbeville,
Greenyillc and Laurens counties, and
the people of that town have been
making Il gallant fight to get new
county with the town as the county
scat. 4 portion Of each OF the coun-
eies can be taken off without much
loss, aud a new county in that section
will be the prettiest arranged IN the
State. Honea Path has made dcs-
perate effort to get this county, and 1t
looks now as if their dreams OF long
years will be realized. They have to
90 long distance to the county seats,
which is great Inconvenience to those
who are kept busy with their work.
Near Honea Path, on the Saluda
River, are some of the best water pow
crs in the South. These can be casi-
" managed and made tofurnish power
to run dozens of large cotton mills.
Lutzey' Shoals, Phillips, Erwins and
Wares are all on the Saluda, and
range from four to eight miles from
the town. Motive power can be gen
Grated at any Of these shoals to run
mills in Honea l'a,h. They have
been examined by mill experts from
the North and pronounced the bestln
any State.
Honea Path Is 4 gpol cotton centre.
The town enjoys = trade from the
four counties named above, and in the
cotton season cotton i brought TO
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RESIDENCE OF Il. n. SHIRLEY

Harper, is in Aon.ishins condition,
aud the rolls show that great many
children are receiving . good primary
education. The people take deep
interest and pride in the schools, and
are always ready to keep them up.
There are three handsome and com
lsodious Churches at Honea Path, and
they ali have u large denomination.
The Methodist, Presbyterian and
Baptist are the denominations that
have Churches. Rev. il. c. McRoy
is the pastor Of the Methodist, Rev.
John II. Mcbride ohe Presbyterian
and Rev. t. J. Williams the Baptist:
These ministers are all good men, and
have done great work in uplifting
the people and tho town. From L
moral standpoint there is no better
town than Honea Path. Grimes are
scarcely ever chronicled, and: on the
whole, it is Il model town, with the
very best class Of people.
There are more than a dozen large
stores in the town, including drug,
furniture and genera! merchandise es-
adjustments. The merchants report
that the trade is never dull at
any time during tn. year, and they d.
good business from one year s end to
vhe other. Blacksmith shops, wooden
shops, grist mills, saw mills. cotton
gins and other businesses are con-
iucted on a paying basis. This fur
nishes ample supply for building pur-
poses, and persons can buy a few
acres of wooded land and find enough
lumber on it to build :. nice. comforca-
Bile home.
Honea Path has yo0G railroad con-
nectious with the outside world
Telegraph lines put the town in close
touch with all the quarters of the
globe. \ telephone line ronre;ts
Bclton, Anderson, PalAer aud Green
Vile, and many Of the neighboring
Towns. The Southern Railway has a
ueau and comfortable depot for freight,
passengers and express. Mr.. f. y.
Wilcs is the courteous &nI efficient
agent, and is one OF .bo NEST accom-
modatns officials 2n v;re whole >ys-
!em.
There is also a =gol ii:cly >tablc il
.he town, with line sso;a. vi Of the
stock around Hnne2 }'atn is OF fine
blood, and there is any amount OF th!s.
Ilonca Path is one u the most Or
lerly towns in the State. Mayor Fin
7,,. ;n,l-. rr,,r ,h. ~. i..r,. uT he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-07

a little more troublesome than the for
mer and not quite so hot as the latter.
1t is. however, troublesome enough to
meet all ordinary demands on the pa
thence of Job, and hot enough to Gre
ate a lively. impression that the back
has been exposed to a specially heated
draught from blast furnace. 1t is a
labor full of disappointments. After
toilsomely working your way through
q wilderness Of hazel brush stumps you
insert your grubbing hoe into a patch
of sod in the confident expectation that
for a few yards at least your burden
will be light. AT the first stroke, how
ever. YOU hit a root, and in the cOnvlc-
tion that it ought to be short, you take
hold and begin to pull. when, to your
amazement, the root keeps coming I'M
til YOU have dragged six or eight feet
of it up through the sod, then it breaks,
and Won wonder whether anybody ever
did get to the end of hazel root. 1t
is a singular fact about patch OF
ground that needs grabbing that it al
WAYS has more roots in it than any 9TH
or patch of ground you ever saw. why
this should be so is a mystery, but then,
farming is full of mysteries. and thls Is
perhaps no greater than hundred 9TH
ers. it being more observable because
more troublesome than some OF the
others.
The mention of mysteries invites at
tention to the fact that by some curious
freak of nature the spring time is the
most favorable season for all sorts,
kinds and conditions of breakages In
FORM implements. harness and appli-
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govern the affections of individuals in
the army as if hearts were machines
and Cupid's FRANKS could be controlled
with word.
It is only to the officers of the army,
however, that these rules apply; the
rank and file may make love and marry
as they see fit, provided they limit the
number of their marriages to one. If
the susceptible heart of a male officer
becomes stirred with the tender passion
of love, and he ardently desires to be-
come one with the fair lady of his af
lection, he does not drop al once on the
left knee and ask her to allow her soul
to join with his. nor does he then slip
on the engagement ring while she pref
tily bushes Neither does he timidly
approach him whom he fain would
call father. declaring that life without
"her'' is of no account at ALL
No: he goes to the division officer and
briskly asks for a printed engagement
application blank. He fills this out,
stating all he knows about the fair
one. and hands it back to the division
officer, who in turns forwards it to the
national headquarters.
Officers may not marry without
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the higher officer either refuses them
permission to become engaged or re-
must rise from the ranks before the
marriage will be sanctioned. This pro-
vision is made that there may be eX-
traordinary efforts made by the pri-
vate in doing good work-and love will
find a way-for thus the marriage will
reflect honor upon the army.
ANY breaking of an engagement,
the field book ordains, must at once
quires one of the young people to go to
another city.
In a case where an officer, male or fe-
male, wishes to become engaged to an
ordinary soldier the same rule of sep
aration is observed but the private
be reported to the division officer, ana
any officer found guilty of shameless
and heart breaking jilting will be re-
duced to the ranks. Counting means,
more or less, division of feeling, nee
essarily interfering in some measure
with the discharge Of duty, and is
therefore deprecated. Officers must
not be allowed to carry on any court
ship in the town in which they are
stationed"
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shoe Cabinets.

The furniture-makers are showing a
beautiful article of mahogany and
glass which reminds one of the cabinets
for -brac, but it is more substan-
tial and it's legs are shorter. It is
made to hold a woman's shoes and to
stand across the corner of her dress
ing-room One Easter bride has such
a cabinet well filled, and it is an inn
portant feature of the trousseau. Her
cabinet has three plate-glass shelves
and q drawer which holds the polish
and small articles for repairs On the
top shelf is a row of slippers for even
ing wear. The next shelf holds the pat
ent leather ties, the cloth top boots
with big buttons and the stout little
calf ones for street wear. On the bot
tom shelf is rather a motley group
cycle shoes, riding boots, tennis shoes,
tan shoes, hunting boots and soft In
dian moccasins of tiger skin, beaver
trimmed.
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Tor or all the Jobs that the farmer and
the farmers wife and the hired man
10 not enjoy doing, cleaning the fence
corners is the least highly appreciated.
It Is, 50 70 speak, purely labor of love.
OF, raIner, OF cleanliness, and for the
LOOKS OF the farm, for nothing can he
planted in a fence corner. no matter
now clean it is kept, and if it could.
nothing will grow there but weeds. AS
MAJ Twain said about screening fail
lnss at an ore MILL it is a constant job
always waiting to be done, and when a
farmer has nothing else on hand he can
go and weed the fence corners.
Ihere is another odd job that is rea-
sonably certain to turn up sometime in
the course OF every spring, and that is
brush burning. Only the hottest DAYS
of spring or early summer will do for
brush burning, for if it were done on
the cool days those engaged at it would
not sweat enough, and so could not
persuade themselves that they were
really working But when the Their
mometer gets up toward so in the shade
and everybody still has his winter
clothes on so that he feels three times
as hot as he ought to feel, the farmer
announces that piece of land must be
cleared, and everybody falls to with all
his might. The trees are cut down,
the trunks and larger limbs rolled to
one side and the underground and
smaller branches piled into heaps for
burning. A brush fire enjoys the repu-
tation, deserved or not, of being the
hottest fire this side of that other fire,
which, according to the statement Of
Holy Writ, is not quenched, and any
body who has burned brush under
blazing sun in May, with the thermom-
eter ia degrees Fahrenheit in the open
field will readily believe that at pitch
forks length from the flames the heat
will attain 1O14 and not exert itself in
the least.
Tree-falling and brush burning are
the preliminaries to the more serious
operation Of grubbing. In point of gen
eral unpleasantness grubbing ranks
about midway between cleaning the
fence corners and brush burning, being
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@uVn seems eXtravagant, but that
uue to the circumstance that it
VI ruth. for the farmers work,
'Ollans S, is never done, as by the
reaches a certain stage, it begins
ailu goes the same dreary round.
''Elner regards springtime there
ut from a poetical. but from a
practical. point of view, for it
season when he begins all over
1t is common saying that you
AaoW how much you have until
SIN 10 move, and in the same
VIE farmer never realizes how
uaSh can accumulate about a
uutLl he starts to clean up in the
f. Ihen dead weeds and brush
s"Nehes and all the odds and ends
ut lile seem to breed before his
"Nu the places which during the
n"SSummerand autumn appeared
\ +"oiy free from natures debris
" nave served as trash factories
:, oe winter. The corners of the
|, En " stake and rider fences are the
fo ! mere is superstition that this
h, 3'ar brand of fence was invented
slemy of all mankind, who. find
i. ''4s and thistles and other weeds
a, STOW with sufficient luxuriance
Vpen field to suit his diabolical
\ V, Went to work and persuaded
oulld worm fences, whose tri-
H.. corners, which could not be
s,eo at all, and were with diff
f. cached by the hoe, afforded har-
p'dceS where all sorts Of weeds
spread themselves like a green
Esn, and flourish to their hearts
~ Inc superstition may have as
b,uundation as superstitions gener-
MAJ se' out considering the facilities
s,in w oy the rail fence for weed
i - 1t Is not remarkable that some
-ea Should have come into being.
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.Nips of the season when all ma
vakes to new life and vigor, but
the poets who have celebrated
Jason of the opening leaves and
alg flowers. it is likely that not
i han per cent. lived in the coun-
had to take any active part in
ral duties inseparable from the
slOf the year.
4 city resident may poetiZe and
Hp over the coming Of the beauti-
lging. but the man who makes his
gin the country has no time for
poetry or philosophy, for to him
/ Eent of spring means nothing but
Pat deal of hard work. No matter
|forid the poets may become about
lew birth of the flowers and trees,
b farmer this event is Of signifi-
/ merely as indicating that the
Flsand sowing must begin. He has
|ae for sentiment, for the spring is
Either too short for the amount of
he is obliged to squeeze into it,
summer treads so closely on it's
Fhat before he is ready the heated
begins. 1t is not likely that more
Eonce in ten years the farmer sees
per come on when he is fully pre-
for it. Not that he is dila tory,
at the season is short, but that
eSs so much to be done. Someone
Sa farmer as "a man who works
AlaS he can all the year round for
yard and clothes, and not very
board nor very fine clothes" The
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er of the French authorities at Tahiti.
Mamea has often been spoken of as !he
handsomest woman in the South Seas.
but whether her claims to this disti1tc-
ton are based upon substantial grounds
residents of Raieatea are inclined to
doubt 1--WE will annex the island. and
you must submit" was the edict sent
out by the Governor of Tahiti to the
Queen. Her reply was raid on the
French missionaries near UturOa and
the slaughter of several traders. The
French shelled Huaheme and landed
troops at the Queens palace, but the
willy lady led her forces by a rapid
march into the mountain Businesses of
the interior, and at the head of 500 IA
tiyes held the foreign soldiers back,
losing but a few followers in admins
tering to the French soldiers a sound
thrashing.
MON noyor frofc q g m11oh as .ho az
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A man never gets as much as he ex-
poets, in anything.
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ances generally. PHILOSOPHERS per
sons. who are always prying into the
,.ea sons of things and finding expiana
tions that no one else can discover. pre-
tomb ia saw that the spring epidemic
Of breakage in harness, wagons ploWs'
hoas and other tools is due to the Iact
tl,at these articles are not properly
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Joe Cose-What has become of that
stale messenger boy joke? 1t seems
to have disappeared. Scribbins-Some
one must have given it to messenger
boy to deliver to the papers. -Phila-
delphia North American.
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SHE DEFlES THE FRENCH.

P1ucky South Sea Queen Who Led Her
Forces to Victory.
Queen Mamea of the Island of Hra-
heme of the Society group is buxom
ruler who for years has detied the pow
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HOW THEY MAKE LOVE.

officers of the Salvation Army Must
Do Nothing Sentimental.
Marriages of officers in the Salvation
army are not numerous, and perhaps
stringent laws which govern the love-
making i'll that body. The new field
book of the army, which has just been
issued, lays down the rules which must
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uork. Not Sentiment.
-, ,bo wear. Celestial spring!
ascend thy silent showers;
new pleasures, thou dost
' ',..b again locks gay with flowers.
s92i.
, o1together probable that hum
4 Doems have been written on
antics of spring, and barrels Of
! rpams of paper have been shed
,,,tpd in the effort to show forth
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(r1FUL SPRING.
r,uI OF POETRY TO
OFT THE FARMER.

~ Romance in Grubbing,
;ro. Flowing or Cleaning
ers-A Dreary Round of
utRequited Toll.