The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-22
Townville Items.

good place on credit and paid tor 1t,
is very sick at this writing.
DR.. w. II. Hunt, of this place, fell
from his buggy while in the act OF
getting out one Of those cold days and
got seriously hurt, spraining his right
wrist and bruising his face frightfully,
almost knocking some of his teeth out
He says he must have been frozen so
badly that he lost the use of his limbs.
He is getting along very we'll at pres
ent.
Miss Jessie Campbell, one of our
country bellies, is spending awhile with
her uncle, DR.. S. G.. Bruce, Of this
place.
Several Of Mr.. J. c. Speares' children
are down with the chicken pox. 1t
don't appear to be dangerous disease
but it makes person powerful sick,
especially after they eat something.
The cold wave that struck us last
week was the coldest we have had here
since 1845. The thermometer went q
degrees below zero. We heard of no
fatalities, except one of our cats froze
to death. The SNOW was about SIX
inches deep and stopped our mails for
few days, but the snow is all gone
now md the mails are coming and
going as usual, and everybody seems
to be happy.
Rev. .. w. EIiott, who was called to
supply the Baptist Church of this
place, and who moved from Westmin-
ster to this place since Christmas, has
resigned as pastor of the Townville
Church. His reasons for so doing was
that he said the Church was divided
and that he had no pets and no bosses.
Comments would be out of place and
unnecessary.
Mr.. F. M. Bruce, of this place, has
been selected by tie Commissioners OF
Oconee County to run the road ma
chine. Mr.. Bruce run the machine IN
Anderson County one year, and is we'll
equipped fox tie work.
Mr.. John Whitfield, Of near this
place, was the happy recipient OF a
lovely baby girl few days ago.
The Legislature should pension the
old soldier literally, for he deserves it
if anybody does. 1T he was crippled in
the war let the State help him, and if
he was killed let the State support his
widow and children. If railroad
kills your son you promptly sue the
railroad for one hundred thousand
dollars. Then if the State puts her
sons in war and gets them crippled and
killed, surely State will be as human
as railroad corporation. If she will
not she had better quit posing as the
guardian of the peoples rights and
liberties. Yes, we say again, pension
the old soldier that deserves it. Mr..
Ellerbe says the pension system is
abused, therefore cut down the appro-
priations. Is human being perfect?
Was there ever corporation perfect9 ?
Was there ever system perfect? Was
there ever Church perfect, taking it
individually? Was there ever per-
feet preacher except Christ? So you
can consider that until you answer all
these questions in the affirmative, that
such an excuse in Mr.. Ellerbe is with
out the least foundation. We hope
that the Legislature will increase the
pension appropriation. We have an
old soldier in mind now-Mr. j. w.
Ford, shoemaker of this place, who
is very feeble, and he fought through
the Confederate war, ruined his health
and now can barely live, but still they
refuse him pension. He has applied
to the Oconee board for Il pension, but
he has never got it and he needs it and
he deserves it.
The widow Hicks, who lives near
here, is in very feeble health.
w. +. NJ. FAINT, Esq, who has served
as Magistrate for % years in the Fork,
has resigned and the Governor has ap-
pointed Mr.. John Cromer. Squire
FAINT served his County faithfully and
honestly in the capacity of Magistrate,
and the people generally regret to give
him up.
A severe wind storm visited our
place last Thursday morning between
4 and 5 o'clock, unrooting and blowing
down some tenant houses and blowing
some large shade trees down.
a good many Of our citizens are at
tending Cour5 this week in Anderson.
Sir. D. l.. FAINT, our bicycle dealer, is
sorely afflicted with boils. We don't
know whether he is second Job or
not, but he bears his affliction very
patiently and quietly.
Mrs. Lizzie Campbell, living near
here, is seriously i'll with neuralgia OF
the eyes.
Mr.. Willie McLeskey, living at Cross
Roads, in Oconee County, came for DR..
w. II. Hunt rtO-day to attend little
boy Of Mrs. Ables. A tree had fallen
ON him and they feared he was killed.
OLD RoSIN DE Bow.
Provisions Will be Acceptable.