The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-01-23
Piedmont Happenings.


We are often asked why. there are
net some of our i,C a i,edi5 to be fuuuu
in the INTi.I'U LNttc. SO wo venture
to send in few items of gossip, tina
your readers, who itave relatives and
friends s4icurning With us, may III tiiis
wGy learn of their ingoings and out
c0mings.
We lose from our cotorie of best
young men j. Oscar Callahan, who has
been engaged in mercantile pursuits in
our town for the past four years, and
in the emyloy of the Peoples Store
Co." since its origin, during which time
he has made firm friends of all with
whom he has been associated in bust
ness or social relation. He will become
resident of your city Feb. lat, aud
act in the calEci,y OF salesman for
Hall BtOthe's. !"nr up-;O-d!ie mes
chauts. lie viii hc followed by the
best wishes OF al, his Piedmont friends.
Our new pastor at the Methodist
Church,, Rev. Peter Stokes, is mining
golden opinions from every one who
has been privileged to hear him. He
10 fluent. forceful speaker, confining
Ills limo OF thought expressed to his
text. in consequence his sermons are
concise and to the point and his man.
ner Of nresentss..::sosi is such as to in
tensely interest his hearers as we'll as
convince them of this truth embodied
IA hie arguments anu exh0rtatiOns.
Col. j. L. Orr goes to Columbia to-
day to zcest in company with other
mill managers tho committee on edu-
cational matters representing lat
august Dody, the Legislature of South
Carolina assembled. We think the
proper thing to be done in the matter
of q child labor bill is for the honora-
b;e body to let it entirely alone until
tbs conditions of child labor and edu-
cation are 80 promoted as to insure the
children in the rural districts one-half
the educational advantages offered by
our mill management in their ten
months of school per year and libraries
filed with instructive books, to which
old and young have free access. We
have no doubt that there are some Of
our Legislative solons who are looking
forward to the presentation of the
Child Labor bill with intense longing,
arc already prepared to inject into the
Assembly torrents Of lurid bosh about
the "pale faced infant toiling in the
mill' "fr0m daylight until dark" ETC.,
etc., and dilate with words of burned
out eloquence upon a condition of
affairs that only exists in their own
warped and distorted imsgina.iohs.
The cotton mill industry in our State
has proven one of paramount import
ance, and has been O goose that has
laid many q golden egg for wise inves-
tors, and brought comfort and good to
thousands employed. If any of our
legislators do not want to keep goose,
don't try to kill ours by acts detrimen-
tai to the interests of employer and
employed.
Married, by Justice j. G. Mitchell,
Miss Dina Powell 10 Ira Page, of Sandy
Flat, formerly on expert weaver in No.
mill. The groom has recently rented
q farm and essayed bachel or house
keeping, one week of which sufficed for
him and he returned to us with singed
eyebrows and dough in his hair, and
on the north side of his pants enough
to nourish a small family month.
All is now changed and he has return
ed to his farm singing. ooh. Solitude,
where are the charms that sages elect"
Our genial townsman, H. Mid. Prince,
and his estimable wife gave q little
supper party Saturday evening last, to
which were hidden as guests Miss
Mamie Donnald, Miss May Lou Ma
jors, Prof. Martin, j. Ollie Haynes and
your scribe. A most enjoyable eventwas
participated in. Bro. Prince and wife
are Ghosts beyond compare"
The Misses Lou and Carrie Black
stone, Of Park Row. entertained 20 of
their friends to tea Saturday evening.
Parkers Orchestra discoursed enter
tanning music for the enjoyment Of the
fortunate guests, adding greatly to the
enjoyment of the OCCASION.
RANKIN.
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