The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-07

and +. II. watkins nave lOrmeo u pareueI'
ship, under the firm name Of McCully,
Cathcart Il Co.. for the purpose OF conduct
ing general merchandise business in this
city. The firm is composed of good mate.
rial. We bespeak fer them a liberal pat
ronage.
Beecher says four.fifths of the people in
Heaven will be women. That is all right
enough. Nobody ought to kick about
that. Four-hfths of the women are better
than men, anyway, and they ought to 90
to Heaven. But according to that story,
what stag party there is going to be stand
ing around the fire in the other place.
+ Hartwell, Ca, Sun. End inst: 1.-THE fer
ryman at Hollands Ferry has in his pos
session a set of lower teeth. which some
man or woman lost near the ferry some
time ago. The owner will come forward,
prove property and take the teeth away, or
the ierryman will nail the mule.shoe-look-
ing plate above his door for a good luck
charm"
An exchange gays among the new appli-
cations of cotton is its use, i'll part, in the
construction Of houses, the material ON
ployed for this purpose being the refuse,
which, when ground up with about an
equal amount of straw and asbestos, is
formed into large slabs or bricks, which
acquire, it is said, the hardness Of stone and
furnish really valuable building stock.
The Singer Sewing Machine Company
have opened an elegant office in the rooms
formerly occupied by Messrs. Moore &
Wardlaw in Anderson, from which they
will keep seven travelling agents busy in
this and surrounding counties. They will
make Anderson one of their principal bus.
iness offices in the State. Their advertise
ment will appear next week.
Mrs. Hannah Smith, relict of the late
Robert Smith of this County, died at her
residence in Broadway Township on
Wednesday morning at about two o'clock.
Mrs. Smith was most excellent and high.
ly esteemed lady. She had reached the
ripe old age of eishty-two years, and leaves
many relatives and friends who will cherish
the memory of her virtues.
The Comptroller General in his report to
the General Assembly stated that Samuel
E. Moore, late Treasurer Of Anderson
County, was $e42.35 short in his accounts.
An investigation shows that this sum was
the amount turned over to him by B. D.
Dean, County Treasurer, in Bills Of the
Bank of the State and settled in Court.
Mr. Moore accounted to the State, and paid
in full every dollar collected by him.
It must be highly encouraging to a
preacher and aid him immensely in the e1'
position of his subject, to see, while he is
announcing his text dozen persons, more
or less, jerk out their watches for the pur-
pose Of ''timing" the sermon, just as they
would the running of race horse, or a
steam engine, or the boiling of an egg.
The disease is confined, the preacher will
notice, to owners of gold watches.
The Temperance Worker, enlarged and inn
proved, adopted as the Official Organ ofthe
Good Tenplars, Sons of Temperance and
Women's Christian Temperance Union Of
South Carolina, managed by an able corps
of editors representing each Of the above |
organizations, is Enthusiastically at
only go cents year. Agents wanted in
every town. Sample copies free. Addres,
The Temperance Worker, Columbia, 8. G.
While walking along Main street on
Tuesday afternoon lady received pain
full wound on the forehead from sling
shot with which little boy was playing |
on the opposite side of the street. The
missile struck about an inch and half
from the eye. II it had struck in the eye
no doubt the sight would have been lost.
There is city ordinance prohibiting per-
sons from using sling shots under fine Of
from five to fifty dollars. Parents had bet
ter see to it that their boys do not use these
dangerous things about the streets. Other
wise they will get into trouble.
BY reference to another column it will be |
seen that Mr.. NJ. L. Rose has sold his stock
of goods to Mr.. M. B. Arnstein, who will |
In future conduct business at the old stand
of the New York Cash Store. Mr.. Arm
stein is young man Of superior judgment
and excellent business qualifications, and
his thorough knowledge of the dry goods
business is safe guarantee that the repu-
tation already established by the New York |
Cash Store for good goods at low prices will
be maintained He will have new ad
vertisement in the INTELL1aENcER next
week, but in the meantime should you |
need anything in his line give him call
and secure bargain.
A son Of Mr.. 8. A. Whitaker, Of Va |
rennes township, while standing near a
colored man, who was splitting rails on last
Friday, received severe blow directly in
the forehead from q glut, which few out
from the force of blow from the maui.
The young man was knocked down, and
the glut rebounded about eighteen feet. At
first it was thought that the blow had in
ficted no serious injury, but before many
hours his face became very much swollen,
and since then he has been suffering with
some brain trouble, which may yet prove
fatal. DR.. J. o. Wilhite has been attend
ing the young man very closely, and on
Tuesday. his symptoms were more fayors
able.
Punctuallty.
Mr.. EDITOR: May I ask space in your
columns for the following article, taken