The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-30

The rates for the transportation of ex-
hibits over the several railroads in the
State for the coming State Fair will be
| the same as last year. The Columbia d
Greenville Railroad and its branches will
| transport visitors for four cents a milo
for the round trip.
Don't bring your cotton to Anderson or
Bolton on the day of election. The busi-
ness houses in both places will be closed
all day. Tho merchants and clerks will
devote themselves to the work Of the
election. Every Democrat in the County
should follow their worthy axample.
The gin house, together with about
thirty. five bales of cotton, cotton seed,
&C., of Mr.. John Finley, in Hall town.
ship, was destroyed by fire one night last
week. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by spark from the engine.
The loss is considerable, as there was no
| insurance
We are requested to give notice that the
Anderson NJ. e. Church, colored, will
dedicate their new house of worship on
the fifth Sunday in November. The Pre-
siding Elder and several visiting minis
ters will be present. The citizens of tho
community are cordially invited to be
present.
List letters remaining in the Post st
Office for the week ending October %:
Miss Adella Brown, Mrs. Henrietta
Brownlee, Henry T. Fletcher, c. MGR.
Holmes, Mrs. S. w. Holland, w. P. Hol-
land (3), J. Quincy Leverett, Jackson o.
Philipp, John J. Trussell, Miss Fannie
! Wardlaw.
We arc requested to state that the hour
of meeting of Belton Lodge, No. 130, A.
F. M, has been changed from p: m. to
10 q. M. The next meeting will be held
on November 9th, at which time the D.
D. G.. Master will be present. The mem-
bers are urged to attend promptly. as im-
portant business will be transacted.
Mr.. C. D. Madden, of this County, has
been awarded two-horse Milburn wag-
on by the proprietors of the Homo and
Farm for having raised the greatest mum.
| ber of bushels of oats on one acre OF
ground. ALI the subscribers to that jour
nal were allowed to compete for the prize.
Mr.. Madden's yield was ninety bushels.
Attention Is directed to Mr.. j. NJ. Hub
bard's advertisement in this issue. Visit
his establishment and you will see beau.
tiful stock of jewelry, watches, clocks,
silyerware, spectacles, &C., which are be-
ing offered at drouth prices. Mr.. HUI
bard has thorough knowledge of his
business, and will give satisfaction in
every instance.
The Annual Trade Review of the Au-
gusta Chronicle and Constit,ttionalist, just
issued, is in pamphlet form, with forty
six pages of splendid illustrations of the
business and manufacturing enterprises
of that city. It is the most elegant work
of the kind ever issued from any city in
the South. It is credit both to Augusta
and that sterling newspaper.
Our readers should read carefully the
| advertisement of Messrs. II. S. Hill q 20.
which appears elsewhere. The present
firm will be dissolved on the 1st of next
January, and persons indebted to them
would do well to settle up By that time.
While looking around for your Fall and
Winter goods, be sure to call and see
their stock and learn their prices.
Blind Tom, the negro musical prodigy,
gave one of his entertainments in the
Masonic Hall last Friday night to the
largest audience we have ever seen gath.
cred together in hall in Anderson. The
programme was about the same as the
one rendered by him when he was here
before. Everybody present, however,
highly enjoyed the entertainment.
Mr.. J. L, Jolly, of Centerville township,
has young COW that seems to be differ.
emily constructed from others of her kind.
When her horns were about six inches
long, the left one, by some means, was
pulled of, leaving short pith exposed;
Sometime afterwards Mr.. jolly noticed
that another horn was growing. 1t grew
about six inches in length and dropped
off. Now it is succeeded by another one.
Who can explain the cause of this.
DR.. r. A. Reid, of the Corner town.
ship, has recently purchased several fine
hogs of the Poland China, Red Jersey
and Berkshire species, from which he
proposes to raise pigs for sale. This is
step in the right direction, and we wish
the Doctor much success in his undertak-
ing. If every farmer in the County
would buy pair Of these pigs, 1t would
not be long before we could boast OF hav-
ing our smoke-houses on our own soil.
Messrs. S. F. Clary aud L. Padgett have
D6en substituted lOF MeSSlS. W. ~.
Shockley and B. T. Irby as Managers of
the Federal Election at Pelzer precinct.
and DR.. J. T. Cook has been substituted
for Mr.. L. o. Williford as Manager of the
State Election at Williford's Store. These
changes have been made by the Commis-
sioners of Election, but were handed in
too late for insertion in the official adver-
tisements, as they had been worked off
on our fourth page.
The following amendment to Article 8
of the Constitution of the State will be
submitted to the people at the general
election next Tuesday: "SEC. II. Any
bonded debt hereafter incurred by any
county, municipal corporation or polit-
ical division of this State shall never ex-
ceed per centum of the assessed value Of
all the taxable property therein" Those
in favor of the amendment shall deposit
ballot with the following words plainly
printed or written thereon "Constitu-
tional amendment lin ting the power Of
counties. municipal corporations and po-
litical divisions to incur bonded debt
Yes" Those opposed to said amendment
shall cast ballot with the following
words printed or written thereon: Soon
stitutional amendment limiting the pow
er cf counties, municipal corporations
and political divisions to incur bonded
debt.-No."
A Card from the Merchants OF Bolton.
Mr.. EDITOR: Please give notice that
| the merchants of our town will close