The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-09
Broyles Briefs.

j, ii. DObbins an cnterprising young
farmer and business man of tho lower
Fork, is enlarging and rcmodeling his
residence.
Work on the concrete piers for tho
steel bridge ut the new ferry is beng
pushed vigorously while tho river is ut
low stage.
John w. Garrison, after seven
years sojourn here in the Fork, during
six OF which he was in charge of
Georges Mills, Broylcs, will move
back to his farm OH tho Three and
Twenty, in Pendleton Township, be-
foro tho holidays.
family in few days to IiCkens Court
House, where ho is largely engaged in
brick manufacture. He has sold his
farm here, which is tho most highly
improved and enc Uf tbs largest ia tho
Fork, and there are many who will re-
gret to see him and his family leayc.
Rev. II. II. Merritt, who. by appoint
ment of Presiding Elder Child, has
been in charge of tho Townville Cir
cult since the going away of Rev. n.
l.. Prince to Vanderbilt, has finished
his work and gone to the annual con-
ference: tie made good impression
meny who would to SEQ him returned
to tho work. He is Anderson County
reared being native Of the Brushy
Creek section, and belongs to O family
Of preachers, his elder brothers, Revs.
E. III. and A. A. Merritt being mem
bers Of the s. e. Conference.
Stanley Earle, colored man OF sla-
very days, died on the farm OF John T..
CAN'T few weeks ago of dropsy, aged
about 70. He was good darkey, liv-
ing up to the training of his old mas
flr "a. nj N fyn ri
none to take their places. He was
freed as the property of Robert Hol-
land In tho Fork and took the name OF
Earle.
Lawrence Martin, pushing young
farmer on l.. N. Geer's place, made ten
heavy bales of cotton and other stuff
accordin' with ono mule this year.
Rev. w. b. Hawkins has accepted
the unanimous Gull to the pastorate OF
the TOwnville Baptist Church for next
year.
DIR. w. X. Sharpe has been very
poorly for n week or ten days, and does
not mend fast, much to the regret of
many friends here and elsewhere.
A very handsome monument has
been placed over tho graves of Lewis
Cromer and wife at Smith Chapel by
their children. Mr.. CrOmer came to
| the Fork from the Dutch Fork in New
following in 1897. Mr.. Cromer was @
good citizen and successful farmer
leaving nice landed estate for his
children.
1t 30 haT pens that there is not male
teacher in oil the Fork. There /, q
| contention in certain profession ,i:-
cles that women are better tea 81 fe
than men, and if this Ia true, ar. we
do not gainssy it, the Fork is in luck
The six schools are presided over aa
follows Townville, by Miss Daisy
| Brock (the principal. young man
from Tennessee, will be on hand Jan
y; Tugaloo. Miss Pallie Barton; Crack
| er's Neck, Miss Berthe Smith; Double
Springs, Miss Rosa Pratt; Riverside,
| Miss Pauline Barton, and Broyles Miss
Med Major and Miss Eula Donald.
The machinery for the Townyille
Cotton Seed Oil Mill is being put in
place as rapidly as possible and 1t il
the purpose to begin the manufacture
of oil about Jan. 1st.
Romus d.. Henderson. in charge ol
ono of the departments of the Alder.
son Cotton Mills Store, was amonl
friends here Sunday.
Dec. z. D.