The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-10

County, on the main line Of the Snnth
Columbia, was named after j. Bclton
O'Ncal, who was both q Lawyer ana
Judge. \ charter of incorrorat ion
was granted from the State lcgi slat urc
December - lSJJ. the corporate limit
being fixed by its term at onc-half
mile from the Southern depot in all
directions. Supervisor chamberlain,
Of the Grccnvilc n Columbia Hallway,
was chosen as the first lntcndant un
der the provisions Of the charter
4 second charter Of incorporation
was granted fourteen years after the
first, under which instrument Major
B. -. Dean was first elected lntcn-
dan.. and the first meeting Of the
Cornell was hcll April n. 1919.
Twenty years after tli- charter wa>
established Il thir! one was Granted
from the STATE :.r..- -laturc. The nIi,n
l.o.n;> Of differ zee from ,I.- 'o,,i ,inc-
amen, being :; J., uction in tc nam
Lcr Of Warden, from sis 10 ipi:r. ;.ii
the corporate limits fr,'. o..";.lt to
one MIL Two year. ia'cr. linwcvrr,
the limi;~ ae.r r,,la.i,. ..oi to n,.e
half milr
The ls.t cEmeh "a /: !'on wA-c>-
tabli-hc.i ly members nf The 'rr.hy
tcrial determination. wiz ~ vcry
early period il the rrwn history re-.
novcI from i;roadAw.ig 'ipwn,Iil' to
Iel,on. the building IN wAirh '.cy
first wor,hiircd. l'v~ .! the carly
members were tcn:c", iarsry an,.
Willia,n Tr!ford, Ihona- t'"y 'T:pr..~
Anderson and 'irccu Taylor
iA, r;'lrimrnl. conpArc,. with Elk.
cr;p,,.. ,..ancrd but slowly in pop
nla,:nn and commercial Importance.
The inhabitants Of l,cltun now mum
bcr about seven hundred, but it 5 fast
increasing and in few years will be
large town The pr, sent govern
mcnt Of tic town is under the control
of Intcndant j. r.. Rice, Wardcns
j. r. Cox, ID. A. Gccr, W. *. Stringcr
and a. Il. Campbell The latter is
Clerk of the town, which position he
has held for Il number of years. Frank
Robertson is the Chief Of Police and
Street Ovcrsccr.
The mercantile establishments Of
the town arc reliable and firmly cstab
l.. Il
energetic men, and conducted on sound
and progressive principles. which have
drawn people from other counties to
come here to trade. Some Of the
most important merchants are Il. ~.
Lewis, W. X. Stringcr, j r. Rice,
j. T.. Horton & Co., 4. Il. Campbell,
d. a. Gecr }. Il. Cox and Il. T..
Stokes. Some idea Of the amount Of
business done here may be gathered
f.om the following: The books Of
4. W. Cox, public cotton wcigiicr,
show that for the season lS?3 9G
6,3323 bales were marx ctcd here, lS3I $
10000, Il total increase Of 1868 bales;
about 1000 tons of fertilizer were
sold. y wcllstockcd livery stable is
run by ID. \. Gccr, who has just re-
turned from the Atlanta market buy
ing horses.
Bclton, in educational advantages,
is very fortunate in having such u
large and commodious school ol-building.
1t is two-story building, "ith three
rooms down stairs and the hall for en-
tcrtainments on the second floor. 1t
is we'll equipped for its purpose, such
as desks, blackboards and stoves The
session which is nov in progress is
under the control Of Prof. W. B.
West, who has been the principal for
several years, and by sucl, work as he
did last year has caused several stu
dents from other towns to come here.
In the school the boys have cstab
lishcd Usaman Literary Society,
which meets every Friday evening and
is regularly attended. OF this society
L. \. IIcldcn is President, l. Il. Rice
Vice President, l. +. Copeland Secrc-
tary, and Clarence Clinkscalcs Treas
urer. The school has an enrolment
or about one hundred and fifty schol-
ars. The trustees Of the school arc
j.. I. Cox, j. Il. Green, +. Clinkscales
and j. r. Rice.
In the town are two church build
ng, They belong respectively to the
Baptist and Methodist denominations,
and are Il credit to the community.
Rev Mr.. Tate, of Williamson, is
now the pastor of the Baptist, and
Rev. Mr. Kilgo of the Methodist.
The colored people also have two