The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-12

Mr.. Walter Pruitt, which will take place
III Wednesday evening, January 265h, At
o clock. at the residence OF the brides
father. Mr.. 7 II. Simpson.
The Pension Board of Fork Township
will NEE, at Farmers Store next Monday.
18th inst at II o'clock a. III. TO consider
now applications for pensions and attend
to other business. New applicants must
present themselves in person.
Rev. D Western Hiott, of Westminster.
filled his first appointment at Barker.s
Creek Church last Sunday. and was greet
the city Monday and was welcome Vlsl-
for to the INTELLIGENCER sanctum.
The knights of Pythias of Williamson
will publicly install their officers N the
College Chapel next Friday evening, l4th
inst. at s 80 o'clack. Gen. M. l.. Bon
ham, of this city, will deliver an address.
! The public is cordially invited to attend.
The election to decide the question of
the issue of bonds to the amount of $5O, ,O00
by the city for the-building OF the Black
Diamond Railroad was held last Thursday.
The vote was practically unanimous IN
favor of the issue, only one vote being cast
against it, and that by negro who pays
nothing but poll tax.
Mayor NanWyck, of Greater New York,
has appointed Mr.. John Stevenson
Secretary of the borough of Brooklyn
Council at snug salary. Mr.. Stevenson
is an old Anderson County boy, but for
several years past has been reporter on
the New York Journal, an influential
Democratic paper We extend our con-
gratulations to Mr.. Stevenson.
The partial eclipse of the moon was
plainly visible in Anderson last Friday
evening. There will be other eclipses this
wear, five of them. hut none OF them. save
one, will be visible in this section OF the
world. The next one to be seen here will
be an eclipse of the moon. which will be
total and will occur on the 9th of Deem
ber. At that time the moon will rise
eclipsed.
Mr. T. c.. Whitmire, of Factory Hill,
has shown us two of the oldest letters we
have ever seen. One was written from
Virginia in 17sS and the other from North
Carolina in 1871. They have been care
fully preserved and can be read with ease,
though they show their age The authors
of the letters were relatives of Mr. Whit
rnire who prizes them very highly.
Two of our original package stores are in
trouble l.. l. Vaughn and clerk and Il.
| G. Fant and clerk were placed under
arrest yesterday afternoon late. Vaughn
is charged with selling at hours other than
those prescribed by the Constitution. and
employing clerk contrary to the provls-
ions of the dispenssry law. The same
charges are preferred against Fant, with
the additional charge that he is allowing
drinking on the premises.
There are three kinds of farm hands.
The worker. the shirker and the jerker.
The worker is the best kind to have. The
shirker should not have room on the
farm any great length of time. If there is
any shirking to do on the farm 1t ought to
be done by the farmer and his good wife.
The ierker goes by fits and starts like the
Irshman's toad, that is, mo sooner be
starts but he stops again" but II is the
long time between jerks that makes it so
painful to his employer.-Erchangc
If the warm weather continues for few
more days the fruit trees will begin to
bloom. A week of bot weather at this
time of the year always. forces the trees
into blossom. There has already been
enough warm weather to cause suspici-
Gus swelling of the buds, and it is matter
of but a day or two longer when the
peach buds will begin to burst. The past
few days have been remarkably warm for
this month. Only one or two other years
can compare with this January. The last
five days the weather has been nearly 80
degrees above the normal.
Mrs. Ssllie Long, the beloved wife of
Mr.. E. w. Long, died at her home in
Brusby Creek Township last Thursday
night, after brief but painful illness.
Mrs. Long was about 80 years of age and
was daughter of Mr.. James Simpson, of
Piedmont. She was a most excellent,
Christian woman, having been for num-
her of years member of the Shutdown
Presbyterian Church. Her death is
deeply regretted by wide circle of friends,
who deeply sympathize with the bereaved
husband and little son who are left to
cherish her memory.
Piedmont has the veritable wonder in
the person of James Walter Mauldin,
brother of our towpsman, Lawrence Maui
din. James Walter is perhaps the smallest
man of his age in South Carolina. He is
well formed IN every way, no part OF his
body haing out of proportion with the
rest. He Will be twenty years old next
February. is thirty seven inches high in
his stockings, and weighs about Iorty-
eight pounds. He is n bright looking
little fellow, but sraid and dgnitied as any
man. There are midgets travelling about
the couutry making thousands Of dollars
by exhibiting themselves that are not near
as small or one half as interesting as Jim
-IieumOm Sun.
1t has been decided that the next annual
gathering of The State Teachers Associa-
ton will be held in July, commencing on
the first day of that month and the Harris
Lithia Springs have been decided as the
place OF nesting This makes the third
Slate association TO decide to hold its ses
sions at Harris L;tha Springs The Stale
Medical Society has decided t. hold its
annual sessions there in April! and The
State Dental Association will hold its
annual gathering there in the latter part
of Jnlv. Tne hotel accommodations at
Hsrli1 aud lhu splendid health giving
water have proven great ATTRACTIONS for
bo.es that meet IL summer.
Tha Cotton l;rowers' Association met
lasl AIonday III the O'Donnel hall, witt
Vice President. Dr.. G. V Barnes, presid-
ing Interesting speeches were inada hy
DE- Barnes. j. Es!tou Watson. X.
Cinksca'es, a. II. Hall, Col l. E Camp
bell and II. t. Wakefield. Tne prevailing
idea was to raise more nog and hominy
and less cotton. Two committees were
appointed, one to investigate the impor-
taDce of securing Il warehouse in which to
store cotton to be held for better prices,
and the other committee was instructed to
enquire into the prices and relative value
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