The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-07-07
LOHndesYille News.

The most brilliant iCasion hat has 90
Cured in Lnw'",sville fer @ plumber o.
yehfs wGS i'.u entertainment given last
Wednesday evening by Miss Meta Allon
to her many friends. Miss Allen, who is
the perfection of hospitality, is al ways an
idonl hostess, and looked more charming
on this occasion than usual, making each
and all her guests cordially welcome, and
all agreed that this last was the best OF all
the happy evenings she had spent in max
ing glad her appreciated friends. The en-
tire parlor was brilliantly illuminated and
placed ct the disposal Of tho guests. Then,
too, the night was charming and famed by
Zepbyr-like breezes, fresh End sweet. The
hest was to q certain extent forgotten
The elegant house with its exquisite fur
nishipgs is perfectly adapted to entertain.
irg. A sooiab!e is tho most delightful o.
ali entertainments, as there can be no time
for formaiity, and everyone enjoys them.
selyes in the way most conEenial to them
In the dJskJ hours the charming mai.
dens fitted majestically through the
rooms, the happy laughter, the tones OF
friendly greeting, the murmured words oil
love and the strains of lovely music were
all in harmony blended. Well could We
say with Lord Byron, "Beauty hadi gath
cred there" A good place this was for the
study of feminine beauty at its very best
the beauty Of youth. The gathering was
one of illustrious and handsome people,
and the costumes made the room d palace
for wonderful color aud b%rillisnce. At 10
o'clock the dining hall was thrnwD open.
and appe,iZing dainties were served CO
beautiful tables. Here, under the SOFT
lights Of shaded lamps, congenial couples
drank to their health and praised unstint-
eddy the charming hostess whose fairy
touch had created the suspicious OCCASION.
Everything tended TO while a~ay the time
so pleasantly that it seemed that they had
been there only too short q time, when the
clock told the hour for retiring. It was
certainly one Of the most enjoyable gath
erings eyer witnessed in LoHndesvilie.
The following were present: Misses Ethel
Speer, Annie Liddell, Nellie Moseley,
Mamie Bowman. e len Moorehead, Allie
Fennel, Emma Clinkscales, Ada Fennol
and Annie Clinkscales: Messrs. j. Earl
Allen, a. Henry Moseley, R. Josiah
Hutchisop, Chas. M. Horton, w. Marcus
Speer, J Lindsay Fennel. Henry B Allen.
Ellis J. Huckabee, J.. G. Harper, William
G. Tennent, Ernest F. Latimer, Lloyd j.
Moorhead and W. 81. Soanklin.
Mr.. j. NJ. Baker and family, of Wash
ington, D. C, are in the city with rela
tives.
Messrs. john and George Black, Of Due
West, were in the city last Wednesday on
business.
Our young friend, Chas. NJ Horton, left
Thursday morning for Mccormick. He
will operate the keys of the telegraph in.
strument in that sylvan town fer a couple
of weeks.
There no doubt will be a lively contest
in the next election. Politics are getting
deborious these days. to say the least. A
little more patriotism and principle, less
boodleiem, cliqueism, political bummers
and hypoctitical religion Of sll kinds, is
what South Carolina needs If she would
prosper. If old Balsam could hear one ol
South Carolina's Senators braying in The
Senate at Washington he would long once
more for a trip through Jerusalem.
1t is claimed by some that the negro is
the happiest mortal in TIE world, being
sole object in life-to get enough to est, q
chance to 20 to sleep, aud seldom ever
breai; his favorite command, Thou shalt
not work On Saddsy." His favorite
amusement is to 60 to q ''church festible"
or ''hot supper" where, under the infu.
ence Of the crowd and copious draughts
from a small bottle, he proceeds TO draw
his "razzer' or 8 one. bladed pocket knife
and make himself known as q ''bad mig
ger" The next most enjoyable thing be
finds to do is to 60 Oh an excursion. With
his ticket and o few cents extra in his
pocket, a red bandanna grossly tied around
his comely neck, put him aboard q train
and you have an object Of ideal happiness.
Many such specimens as this passed
here Monday bound for Augusta. There
were many white people on the train who
had different cars. The eIcursionist:
were from Anderson and intermediate
points, and seemed to be enjoying life
hugely. Quite a number o f,negroes got
on here, too, leaving their secluded retreats
long before sod Sol" had peepsd over the
eastern horizon, and gathered at The depot
to- ges sight Of the through limited 81
press as her whistle Numbered through
the dim distance. There IA very little
If any, drinking in the crowd, and every
thing seemed to be passing of nicely, buI
whether il Augusta a combination o.
80 proof and mountain dew" will cause
q riot remains to be- seen.
G. w. S