The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-22
Septus items.

We notice, Mr.. Editor. I'm article in
me lNTELLhENrEK of Il few weeks ago
written ny some one we know not who,
neither do We care who over The sig
nature of Eric" who. ii seems. is 50
bl"atc'l with malice. prejudice and
hatred that from his pen Iia> zone out
10 me utmost parts of tho. earth the
ihprrS>I"n that this is one of the most
immoral communities on he top side,
at Gods green earth 1t is indeed
S'rInSt, how Il person viii let hatred 50
bccloui their minds and hrdin their
eyes that they will get 81 iil away from
me PA lis of truth that when they see
anything with their nwm eyes or hear
with tlclr own ears. they Will without
irnr OF death, hell or The grave. or
VII llnut The slightest regard fUl the
feelings nf another. take ,Ip their pen
ana send I'm article to The newspapers.
rom whence II goes Whirling 10 the
ioItr corners of the c:iItlI. and which is
ladrncd Will, willinl ni>rsplts,nta-
ti"n>. lie that would steal Your good
name. steals hat which i>oi no benefit
Whatever to him." WrwH to tell the
good people OF the outside world that
around Scptus. better known lis Five
Forks us can be found on tlir globe,
and they are us free from the vices so
characteristic OF he low and degraded
GLASSES of the human race. We would
ash. OF the intelligent class of people to
believe nothing that is injurious to the
good name of our community, that
comes from the pen of this backbitcr,
'ElIc by llaIne, but we kindly invite
YOU to come and spend IL few days in
our community and be convinced
Again, Eric" says: I'VE are pretty
sure hat it is contrary to law for any
one except the proper authorities to
handle the u. ). mail. Has such as
that been done. Have you seen sucll !!
lave YOU the witnesses to prove such?
ilrasc answer these questions for the
benefit of those Interested. We know
that such is contrary to the postal laws,
but is it true that such is the caseY In
order to remove any doubt that might
have arisen i'll the public mind, we will
ask Erie to kindly answer the above
question.
March ~. 1889, and no farm work
done yet. Never in the recollection of
this writer have the farmers been known
to be as far behind with their work as
they are now
1t has rained 33 days since Jan lst,
and showed 4, making Il total of 81 days
of bad weather.
This section has the oldest nhabi-
tant, probably, that there is in the
State. i'll the person of Aunt Charlotte
Mr. JAS. McAlistcr. She is now in the
ntlglbOrilOo,l Of -, wears old.
MIR. X. {. I'ressly. who travels the
larger part OF his time, is visiting the
family of his brother. MIA II. Press
ly.
The streams OF this section were the
highest last Tuesday and Wednesday
that they have been i'll Il number of
years.
1t is hoped by he larger part of our
population that the Anderson County
Drainage Association will secure the
service of Russell x Fretwell, for we
have some Of the finest bottom land in
this section that can be found in the
State, and very little of it is now in
cultivation. The health of our people
would also he better ii the swampy
land could be drained
The Churches have had "a very poor
attendance all winter, but now that
Spring is opening up we look far a great
revival i'll Church work and attend
ancc.
The old folks tell us that we will
have no peaches this year. and we are
beginning to believe them.
Wheat is looking very well consider
ing tile rough weather that it has had
on IL. l.. ESSTE.