The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-23


Mr. VIM. Ransom, Of this County, who
has been spending the past three weeks
with relatives in Yell County, Ark. re-.
turned home last Saturday. His sister,
Mrs. j. a. Walkup, came with him and
viii spend several weeks in our County.
when your friends meet you on the
street and remark that sit is hot" don't
get angry, but take the remark coolly as
circumstances will allow, remem oering
that patience is cardinal virtue, and that
there is no excellence without great labor.
Mr.. r. L. Cheshire and family, OF
Broadway Township, returned home last
week from trip to Asheville, Henderson
Vile, Cmsar'a Head and other resorts. MIR.
Cheshire reports a pleasant trip, and says
the crops are fne everywhere he trav
eled.
Mess7s. Simpson, Reid & Co. have
moved into the Reed building, near the
railroad bridge. They will remain there
until the new hotel is finished, when they
will move back to their old stand on the
corner. Their friends and customers
should make note of this.
Sam. Green, negro boy, was up before
Mayor Tribble Monday morning charged
with throwing rocks at q companion on
the streets. he was found guilty, and his
father was given the choice of paying two
dollars or giving his boy twenty lashes'
He chose the latter, and made good JOB
of it.
When the business of the Anderson
Postoface increases so that the services
of another clerk will be needed, Mr.. Webb,
our accommodating and efficient Post
master, will be ready to supply the de-
5mand. The arrival of q ten-pound boy
vas registered at his house last Saturday
night.
Mr.Thad. E. Horton, the Greenvllle
Nsys genial city editor, arrived in the city
last Thursday afternoon. He brought his
bicycle with him, and Immediately alter
his arrival, straddled 1t and started off
into the country, BE has secured leave
Of absence for two weeks, and is spending
q portion of the time with relatives in this
County.
Our good friend, Mr.. A. B. Sullivan, of
Savannah Township, has a tender place
in his heart for the printers. On Monday
he sent us a very large and luscious va.
termelon, which was highly enjoyed by
the entire INTE1L1aENcER force. Many
thanks, Mr.. Sullivan. Our Devil says
when he reaches his manhood he will
vote for you for any Office you may want.
List Of letters remaining in the Post
Office for the week ending August 70:
Miss sallie Cunningham, Walter Clink--.
scales, Miss. Malinda Clark, James D..
.Driskell, John Douglass, Miss Minnie
Edwards, Easter Fulman, b. B. Field hans,
Nv. II. Gillespie, Miss Aidar Hegwood,
DIR. d. NJ. McCanless, T. Z. Mcmahon,
William Perry, Amos Woodward Mrs. M..
5zss .
Our readers will remember that several
weeks ago We mentioned the fact that a
Mr. Kennedy with his wife and eight
children, passed through Anderson in an
OK wagon on his way from Virginia to bis
old home in Georgia He left his home to
go into the war and had never been back
since that time. In another column we
publish an account Of his reception at his
old home, Americus =
Our young friend, Chas. D. Brown, for. :.
merly of this city, was married at Tren-
ton, s. G, last Thursday morning to Miss
Lillian Roper. The happy couple came
to Anderson Friday afternoon, and have.
been spending a few days with Mr.:
Brown g relatives. Mrs. Brown is one of:
Trenton's most charming and popular
young ladies'. and Charlie is fortunate in
having won such a lovely bride. -
We have heard good joke on one Of.
our ex.candidates. During the. County
canvass he was riding along the road one:
day, and looking over into field some
distance of, saw, what appeared to him,
man. He stopped his horse, hitched it
carefully, and went across the field to see
If: he couldn't make vote. You can i'm
agine his chagrin when he reached his
mau to find that it was scare; crow.
Married, on Thursday evening, August
18th, 1888, by Rev. NJ. McGee, Mr.. Robert
Z. Dugan and Miss Lola Cheshire, daugh-
ter of DR.. R. S. Cheshire, all of this Coun-
ty. The groom is one of Belton's most
excellent young men. while the bride is
one af Anderson County's most popular
and estimable young ladies'. The INTEL:
I1aEKcrR extends its congratulations to
the young couple, and wishes them long
and happy life.
The Columbia Register, of Sunday, says:
"a certificate Of charter has. been issued
on the return of the Anderson Hotel Com
pany. which proposes to erect and run
new hotel at Anderson C. H., with a cap
ital stock of $25,00O. The company hos
been duly organized by the choice of
Board Of Directors. comprising the follow
ing gentlemen B. F. Whitner, John w.
Daniels, s.. Bolton Watson, ]. A. Brock
and 3. NJ. .Rucker."
Nearly all the excursionists from this
County who went West about 1st Of July
have returned home. Mr.. B. F. Gassaway,
who was among the number, came in 10
see US last Saturday. he reports having
had q pleasant trip, and says the crops are
good in every State through which he
travelled. He says Texas has its disadvan-
tages as we'll as its advantages. Several
of the, excursionists invested in land in
Texas and Arkansas.
On Tuesday night, 14th inst, about !
o'clock, burglars broke into the depot at
Pendleton and stole about $40 in money,
s17.14 of company. money and about $25 Of
the depot agents. They took the safe out
of the depot, put iton a lever car belong
ing to the section master and hauled it
down the railroad about one mile, where
it was broken open with sledge hammer