The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-05-30

think. Several have some fine fields of
wheat and oats are very good Mr.. l..
a. Shirley one OF our progressive far
mcrs, has the finest wheat we have
seen this year. 1t will no doubt yield
fifteen or twenty bushels per acre. Mr..
Shirley, is I'm nlrOund, good farmer any
way, and the one that beats him is SURE.
got to hustle.
Mcssrs. }. j. Williams and NJ. y.
Scott, representing Fort payne's Nur-
sercy, OF Alabama, were in our midst
last week
Fruit is good, and plenty Of it too.
1t was our fond pleasure to attend
the picnic at Iarinc Island last Satur-
day. We arrived carly on the ground
to find Il few present. The day was
not altogether IL very pleasant one, SO
But by Il o'clock there was n gOOdly
number gathered together on the Is
land and rugged hills OF Zarlnc to en-
Joy and partakc Of the fun that was
going on, and the speaking which was
to come. About ll.3O o'clock. Hon.
Joshua w. Ashley gave afcw "IoOps,r
to warn the people that the invited
speakers were present, and for the
crowd TO assemble together ut once,
winch they did. The first speaker in
trOdnccd was Prof. j. j. McSwain. who
has very successfully taught the II0nca
Path High School the past session. Mr..
McSwain only gave short talk, but
was interesting, and was given Dttcn-
tive hearing by the crowd. Next was
Col. j. IL. Wharton. Il candidate for
liallrOad Commissioner, who made
quite. Il lengthy speech, in which lc
urged the dear voters to elect him to
the office and if he didn't make as good
an officer rs the ones that have filled it
II al I.,t,
To abolish the Office. Dinner WELL
yes. This was the ncNt announcement
made. and was responded to by all.
y tier Il good dinner WAS eaten, there
were several more speakers to br
heard. They were Hon. Cole l.. Blcasc,
OF Ncwbcrly, Il candidate for Lieut.
nanl Goycrn"r. lion. +. B. Gary. OF
Ahbcvillc, for Governor, and Hon. f..
-. Smith, OF Sumter. who is not Il can
kindly accepted the invitation. Mr.
smith is certainly well posted on the
topic OF cdllcatiOn, and his speech held
the crowd spcllbounI This ended tlIc
speech making. and let me tell You the
young folks sure did have IL jolly time
from then till our departure, strOIling
from place to place, climbing the rug
gcd hills and listening to the ripping
OF the merry, laughing waters ns they
NNil NOW IL llS IuSStu DlIlkS.
Surely everyone enjoyed themselves to
their fullest. Yes, even those who SO
freely indulged in that SO called "list
skull fight" which seems to have been
caused by too much "chemical pure
or $50. horse power" At any rate, they
sure did scutllc around for fow mo-
mcnts, but peace again rcigncd and no
doubt all went home rejoicing over tho
happy moments so PLEASANTLY spent at
Iarlinc.
The eclipse of the sun to- day was
eagerly watched by your humble
scribe. With smoked glass in hand we
watched closely for the "tOtal," but,
alas, it failed to appear. Just fraction
was left to be seen, and it was almost
dark for Il few seconds. 1t was some
thing we never saw before in our life
and will probably not live to sec again.
One of our old negr0s says lie didn't
understand it, and we guess lie didn't
sure enough. TYRO.