10 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
1
Reports on trustees and school meetings, plans for the Midway and No. 9 schools, and reflections from the County Teachers Association. General J. M. Leach discusses Washington duties. notes on teachers’ methods, book choices, teacher conduct, and calls for improved oversight and engagement in local education.
The Penitentiary Board held its regular monthly meeting to prepare the annual report for the Legislature and to review the superintendent's report. Proposals to purchase land for convict labor were discussed, but no action taken pending the next meeting. The board considered funding and self sufficiency ideas, including laboring convicts on state land and boosting funds to support the institution.
A visitor chronicles the Enterprise Pottery in WAuttatts, detailing Capt Neville’s discovery of high quality clay, Rivers' testing in Newburgh New York, and Rivers joining the firm. The process includes mining, milling, plaster moulds, jiggering, drying, firing to 1200 degrees, glazing by hand, and the goal of producing terracotta and other wares for state fair showcases.
The article extols Jay Gould noting his lack of athletic build yet highlighting his extraordinary stamina and disciplined routine. It credits his methodical mental organization and time management, saying even a railroad crash would find him noting the time, as he faces advancing age with resilience and caution.
A clerk named Jim Allizon from Cuthbert was sent to collect a debt. He dined with the debtor after learning payment was unlikely. The debtor, seeing the cost of dinner, chose to pay the bill, settling the amount before leaving.
A Greenville Citizen recounts Mrs Sallie Cox entering a burning cabin in Pickens County to rescue a sick child while the parents were away. A portion of the structure collapsed injuring her, but she saved the child and suffered burns herself.
The piece extols nut bearing trees, especially pecans, as a highly profitable, long term industry for farmers. It argues pecan groves could transform land with little cost, noting their adaptability to varied soils and climates, and envisions pecan cultivation as a proud, enduring enterprise.
Leila Burgess, a Georgia girl in Dade County, was convicted of first degree murder for killing her father James Burgess during a family dispute over church attendance. The crime occurred after he beat the two daughters to force religious participation, with Leila grabbing an axe and fatally striking him. She remained stoic after the act, saying she would repeat the crime rather than attend church early.
A Philadelphia magazine item contrasts 1817 transport costs and times with 1886 railroad rates. It notes 12,000 wagons crossing the Alleghenies carrying heavy loads, costing up to $10 per hundredweight, totaling over $1.5 million, and five weeks travel. By 1885 railroad freight to Pittsburgh dropped to about 0.75 cents per mile, 880 miles, making a ton cost $287 and shortening delivery to two days for 100 pounds of dry goods.
A long ago tale about the famed elephant Old Columbus visiting Virginia towns. A mischievous boy named Dave slipped tobacco to the elephant, only to be lifted by the animal and set safely on the hay. The crowd cheered, and Dave refused to repeat the stunt.
A four year old boy always answers How do you do with I am well thanks and begins requests with Please. Observers praise his politeness showing how habit forms from early instruction. An enterprising NY reporter finds several colored millionaires who fear being named for wealth. A sworn declaration notes a fond of a girl.
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