The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-01
Local News.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 1899.
Septus Items.

We have just returned from trip TO
Pickens, and have travelled over some
Of the worst roads we have ever seen.
We think the roads in Anderson Coun-
ty bad, but claw me" the roads III
Pickens are just simply awful. In some
places one has to quit the road and go
through the fields, or run the risk OF
being turned over OF have his vehicle
broken.
How many of us at the beginning OF
the present year made solemn VOW to
the Allwise and most powerful Ruler
of the Universe that we would lead a
better and purer life; live more conse-
Grated to .sHim who dOeth all things
well" during the next 365 days than we
have ever lived in the paste And how
many of us, if it were possible, would
not call back the moments that are
passed and forever gone, thatwe might
have one more chance at catching the
golden opportunity that we so cruelty
pushed to one side9 Never thinking
shatwe would ever have any use for SO
small thing as an opportunity, but all
the time rushing wildly, madly on IN
our rush for fame and fortune. But,
alas, after it is eternally and everlast-
ingly too late we can see the result OF
our early practiced folly.
The health Of our people is pretty
bad at present, owing to prevalence OF
the grip" Most of the cases though
arc of a mild character.
More hog and hominy and less cot
ton will be the battle cry Of the farm
ers this wear. So, Mr.. Editor, you may
expect to hear of Il wave OF prosperity
striking the Southern farmer, such as
has never before been realized. They
can now see and realize what a great
mistake they have made in planting
their land all IN cotton and depending
upon Western farmers to supply them
with -four, corn and meat from their
bountiful store.
Sad and lonely was the Christmas Tor
some of our neighbors. The cruel hand
of death visited the home OF Mr.. Jas.
Swaney, just before Christmas. and laid
its icy grasp upon the form OF his little
eleven -year-old daughter, and waited
her spirit into the great "beyond." She
had heen sick about five weeks with
several diseases. Her remains were
inferred in Corinth cemetery.
Also, oil Christmas night, about 12
o'clock, the grim visitor came into the
home of Mr.. Thomas Black, and bore
away the spirit of his beloved wife.
Mrs. Black leaves a husband and four
little children, who will sorely miss the
guiding hand of a kind and atfectionate
mother. But they have comfort IN
knowing that she passed over the
river and rests under the shade OF the
trees Her remains were laid to rest
in Lebanon cemetery. The sympathy
of the entire community goes out to
the bereaved families.
Rain, mud and bad roads are what
the farmers generally have for guano
hauling time, and this yearis not going
to be an exception.
MI. Editor, we think it is shame
and disgrace to the State Of South Car
olina for her Governor to be talking
of economlzing by cutting down the
appropriation for the old grizzly Con-
federate soldiers from 100000 to $780,
600. We think the Legislature would
do better to appropriate s5OO,0oo, in
stead of cutting it down to a mere pit
tance indeed. Cut off their already
small pension one-half, and it will give
them upon an average between seven
and ten dollars, not enough to support
one of them one month. Shame upon
any man, or set of men, who will try to
bring into starvation the already needy
veterans of 1916. They fought and
shed their precious blood for us, and
we think that now, after the SHOWS OF
three-score years have fallen upon their
heads, that we should support them III
their old and enfeebled days. Give
them large appropriation.
We have no marriages to chronicle
but think we will have some inthc near
future.
Mr.. Lester Barnes is now working IN
the shop ut this place.
Nj. \. L. Pressly is now domiclled III
his new storeroom, and invites the
careful buyer to inspect his nice line OF
goods and his prices.
There is still some cotton III the
fields.
Mrs. Rebecca Pickle and Miss Leola
Thompson visited Mrs. VIM. Watkins
last Sunday. l.. Ess!E.
COrinne Dots.