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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14
For Judge Of Probate.

respectfully announce myself as candidate
for reelection to Office of Judge Of Probate for
Anderson County, subject to the action Of the
Democratic party. W. F. COX.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14
For School Commissioner.

COLUMBUS WARDLAW is hereby announced
as candidate for the Office Of School Commis-
sioner for Anderson County in the coming cleo
tion, subject to the rules Of the Democratic eec.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14
gentlemen,
4 WORD WITH YOU.

Do you need a Straw Hat? Then
see our line; We are closing out our
stock of Straw Goods, and you may
have your own selection at your own
price, provided your price is not too
low.
"Our" 75c Plated Bosom Shirt is a
Leader in every sense of the word.
No cheap Shirt, but a regular dollar
quality.
Our line of Mems Five Dollar Hand
Made Shoes are without an equal.
Why pay six or seven dollars for a
Shoe when you can buy as good a
wearer and perfect fit for $500.
A complete stock Of Gents Under
shirts, either Gauze or Nainsook.
Gents Linen Collars, a complete
line, at 1Oc, either standing or turn
down. Our stock of Gents Neckwear,
Hosiery, Pumps, Handkerchiefs is
complete in every detail. We have at
last secured Half Hose that we
guarantee fast black.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14
For Clerk of Court.

respectfully announce myself candidate for
reelection to the Office of Clerk of Court for An.
derson County, subject to the Democratic Primary
Election. N. P. TRIBBLE.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14
For Coroner.

R.Y.H. NANCE is respectfully announced as
candidate for reelection to the Office Of Coroner
subject to the action of tl,e Democratic primary.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14
Don't Spend a Dollar

give you large lot
goods that are both beautiful and cheap
Seersuckers, Cassimeres and Cottonades
Cheaper than S5esS
Come look at our Summer Goods and Prices.
We show doing through Summer
so business unusually
Spring. and thank for liberal patronage When Anderson
Store headquarters We glad whether
trade with Respectfully,
c. F. JONES & CO.
C. T. JONES.
R. c. WEBB.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14

~ THE PROCESSION.
Chiefso Police Mckinney, with Police
men McGee, Murphy and Stephens, all Of
whom were mounted on fine horses.
Young America Cornet Band, of this
city, nineteen pieces, led by Master Sam.
Trowbridge.
Cadets of Patrick's Military Institute,
sixty strong, commanded by Lieut.. John
b. Patrick.
Then came nine carriages, containing
Mayor TolIy, the City Council, officers Of
visiting companies, members of the Press,
and number of distinguished citizens.
Surgeons Of the Anderson Fire Depart
ment, mounted on horses.
Delegation from the Pioneer Hook and
Ladder Company, OF Greenville, twenty.
4 FIVE men, under command Of Capt. w. B.
Regain. Dressed in red shirts, black pants
and blue caps. The company carried q
very pretty banner, which was recently
presented to them by Mrs. Kennedy, Of
their city.
Excelsior Steam Fire Engine Company,
OF Newberry, 8. G., twenty-five men, with
reel, under command Of Capt. J. W.
White. Dressed in blue shirts and black
pats.
Athens Cornet Band, lcolored) eleven
pieces, led by Geo. A. Davis.
: Pioneer Reel Team, No. 5, of Athens,
aa, twenty-five men, with reel, under
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14
OUR
SHOE DEPARTMENT.
OUR

Contains just the Shoe you want. The
sales in this Department have more
than doubled in the last two months
This shows the superiority Of our
stock. Our Own Brand Of Ladies'
Shoes are perfect in fit, style and
fit, and are sure to please you skS
to see them. 4; #
In Misses and children's Shoes We
have most desirable line. Sc
We call especial attention to our
New Opera Slipper,
t'The Gossamer"-as soft as q kid
glove, and just the correct shape.
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ssno time" was marked against them.
They did not enter the grab contest.
The Mountaineers, of Walhalla. were
the last on the programme. They were a
handsome team, and wore white close
fitting tights. In the reel contest they,
too, missed connection with the engine,
but made one of the best runs Of the day.
They did not enter the grab contest.
The Judges then made there report, as
follows: Reel contest-1st prize, (slOO,)
Bloomfield Team, of Athens; End prize,
($5O) Pioneer Team, of Anderson. Grab
contest-1st prize, (s50 Pioneer Team, Of
Anderson. The announcements were
received amid vociferous cheering, and the
friends of the successful companies were
wild with excitement.
We regret that our limited time and
space prevents us from giving more ex-
tended notice of the day g demonstration.
Everything passed off very pleasantly,
and without an accident. Anderson has
certainly covered herself with glory, and
we feel safe In saying that our visitors
will go away feeling that she is small
city but that she has big heart.
AS we go to press preparations are being
made for the Ball, which was fixed for
Wednesday night, and a game of base
ball is in progress at the Blue Ridge yard.
To.day's programme is one of great in
terest, as the Steamer contest, bucket
contest, distance contest, individual con-
test, and Hook and Ladder contest, all
take place to-day, with the Tournament
Banquet tonight.
There will be no Band contest, Us no
other Bands have entered.
Also, the foot races will take place to-
day, all these making most interesting
programme. Those who miss to-day will
fail to get anything like full idea Of q
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14

The last issue of the Newberry Herald
and Ne,rs contained the following: "Rev.
E. G. Rice, who has been boarding with
Mr.. ]. L. Aull, in Edgefield County, for
some time past, went to the well near the
house to draw bucket of water on last
Sunday morning and by some means his
hold gave way and he fell in the well to
the water below, distance OF about forty
feet. The we'll is used to furnish water
for the mill and is about eight feet square.
Some one happened TO pass about the
time Mr.. Rice reached bottom and gave
the alarm and he was rescued, not dead,
but considerably bruised up" Mr..
Rice's friends in this County will regret
to hear Of his accident.
A special dispatch to the Ne,us and
Courier from Columbia, dated June Sth,
saws: "Pension frauds continue to be
reported. The board has received infor-
nation that q widow of Anderson, who
has been pensioned and has received two
monthly payments, upon the strength Of
the war record of her husband who died
in the war, has re married since the war,
but applied for pension in the name of
her deceased husband The board has de-
termined to make a full investigation of
this and other cases brought to its notice,
and proposes to deal severely with the
same. 1t is possible that some amusing
aud interesting correspondence upon the
pension matters will be given to the pub
lie in few days." -
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14

- Grand succeas-Thousands of visitors-
The Parade-The Reel Contest, and Who
Won tho Prizes.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14

Unit! you see what we can give you for il
goods that are both beautiful and cheap.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14

1t is said there will be held at
Laurens in August ten days meeting
in which Sam Jones, Joe Jones and Sam
Small will take part.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-14

splendid four-py Corset with
have reduced the price 5oc Beautiful Hemsnehed
Handcheh only &c. Silk M 20 We know getting
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
She Sat Down On Air.

Hepburn Johns, the delightful
"Topical Talker" of the Pitts
burgh Dispatch, is abroad just now.
In his latest breezy letter, dated
from Winchester England, was the
following: "At a little parsonage
the other day, whittier | had gone to
play tennis and drink tea-and am
sorry that there was to much water
for tennis, and it rained all day, and
too little water in the tea-by chance
| met a very agreeable and | hope
representative woman of noble birth.
She also came to the parsonage for
tennis and tea, lured by an hour or
two of sunshine in the afternoon.
There was nothing about her to tell
you she was an earls daughter, and
there is not the least need to say
more of her.
But her hostess and mine, the
rectOr's wife, is a w%Orshiper of the
haute noblesse. The Bible and
"Burke's Peerage" are about on a par
on her tits said, know, that she
tried to induce her husband, the
rector, to pray by name for the earl
and when he refused made a great to
do about it. She will go without
food for a week to get a title at her
table.
So you see it was but to be expect
ed that she would lavisha good deal
of her attention upon her ~ladyship,
the earl's laughter. As a matter of
fact, she laid on the adulation so
thick that Lady-grew rather tire0
of it, and rather mischievOusly turn
ed the conversation to America,
and remarked that she thought a
nation which got along with so few
titles and tomfoolery must and de-
served to be happy.
Well, tea, an ambitious abnormal
meal, served at the usual hour
for dinner, was served at last. Her
ladyship and the other guests, some
twenty in number, were seated, and
the hostess was about to take her
seat when she stopped and stood
still for a moment to be sure that
all was Properlylocated. That slight
pause was disastrous. While she
was reviewing the scene a servant,
nervous, no doubt, approached and
for some ineXplicable reason pulled
back her mistress chair.
The next moment the hostess sat
down on airi
1t was the most painful thing I've
seer in q long while. A stout and
very august person cannot seat
herself on the floor without losing in
some sort her dignity, and spectators
who can keep their composure when
such an accident occurs would be
hard to find. And unfortunately
Lady-was ofall ofus the mostover-
come. She laughed all through tea.
and was laughing still when | saw
her get into her dog cart and drive
away down the gravel path.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
She Wanted to Fail.

"Please, sir, l would like to fail"
The speaker vas a woman who had
entered a Sussex county lawyers
Office. A few moments conversation
showed thatshe and her husband had
several thousand dollars over their
liabilities, and that the Failure" was
simply the woman's scheme to cheat
a few creditors. She went to another
lawyer, and in a few weeks the fail
ure" "a announced and, and it ap-
peared that the husbands father
was the principal creditor. AS a
matter of fact, the money had come
from the father, but it had been a
free gift, though in orderto make the
failure appear all right the man and
wife had confessed Judgment to the
father for the amount given. The
failure was, a complete success; but
Just as it was being closed out the
father died, without a will. His
property was equally divided among
his heirs, but the judgments confessed
in the fraudulent failure stood against
the parties, and, though they pro-
tested and scolded, nothing could be
done. They had to pay the ,judg-
ment, and the failure was q genuine
one after all.-Newark Sunday Call.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
HAPPILY Rennited.

Acentleman in Gloucester Mass,
picked up one-half of a So bill. 1t
had been torn exactly in the middle.
lie was told is was good for One-half
its eriginal value-S2.J0. Going to
a bank, he received like information.
Afterward he took it to Boston, but
was told at the sub-treasury that the
half bill was worth 50 if he could
positively prove that the other half
had been destroyed; otherwiseit was
worth nothing. The next time he
went to his bank he was told that a
person unknown had brought in the
other half on the very day he went
to Boston. There the matter rested
until the unknown entered the gen.
tleman's store, when one paid the
other $3.50, pasted his bill together,
and thus added So to the volume Of
currency aioat.-Boston Globe.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
Not Such Fun as He Thought,

From the Buffalo Express.
She was young and pretty, and as
she sat beside the window of the Cen
trail depot where the cool breezefanned
her brow, no wonder she attracted
the attention of one of those travel
ers who deem it the chief end of
travelling to make q mash. He
worshiped her from a distance, and
smiled upon her from afar, but,
growing holder as his advances We're
seemingly not resented, he finally
drew near and ventured q remark as
a feeler. The liberty was not resent
ed and he ventured another, which
elected a courteous reply. He
was getting along famously, so he
thought, and was blissfully ignorant
o fthe amused glances cast in his
direction by a man who was enter
tanning Il baby by showing the little
one the sights ofthestation. Finally,
when matters had proceeded far
enough, and the gallant tourist was
beginning to say tender things to his
new-found acquaintance, the baby's
father walked over and placing
the infant in his lap said: MY dear
young man, while you are entertain
ing the baby's mamma, suppose you
tend the baby also, whileI 90 out and
get a drink"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
Frog Lore.
Eugene Field in Chicago News.

Eugene Field in Chicago News.
1t is surprising that so little has
been written in late years Of thefrog.
We must remember that ever since
the world began the frog has figured
conspicously in the economy of hui
man affairs. At different times he
has been w~orshiped rs n divinity by
nations of the East, at other times
has been employed by divinity as the
scOurge of idolatrous mankind; the
island of Cyrene was regarded as a
cursed and blighted spot, because for
many centuries frogs would not
abide there, but when imported
thither would plungein into the sea and
swim to other shOres-theycould no
more be reconciled than could the
hares who, as Aristotle says, when
brought into Ithaca, died upon the
coast with their faces turned inyaIi-
ably to their native land.
Aristophanes wrote a play about
frogs, and so did the older poet, Ho-
mer. Pliny treats at length of the
frog, and in his "Banqueter's Athe-
naus' is pleased torecount wondrous
tales thereof. When st. Patrick (of
blessed memoryD expelled reptiles
from Erin he wisely excepted the
frog, who, wen mt that early time,
was highly respected, both for the
pleasing excellence of his
vocal powers and Tor the exceed
ing succulence of his flesh, and we
all know that from the beauty of it's
song the frog is not unfrequently
called nowadays, the Irish nightin-
gale. The old English poets held the
frog in high esteem. Chaucer has to
say in the merchants Tale" faye
frogge vt did laye In We mersche
syngyng tull swOte allies night ct
days." and subsequently hespeaks of
Eye frogge vt ben condampned by We
fayrte queane for vt he did synge
moche mo swotely than We nyghten-
gale, We which she loved" The
learned DR.. Thorpe tells us in his
Northern Mythology" that the frog
is still reverenced by certain sects in
the high ATTITUDES as a creature of
supernatural power, and Professor
Skeat, who is perhaps the most &C
currate of etymologists, surmises
that the word frog" was originally
derived from the name of the Morse
goddess Frigga, beingpast, perfect or
preterit of that name, regularly con-
jugated. In 1862 Dick Yates was visit
ing Colonel Phocion Howard of Ba-
rataria frog farm, and Howard asked
him if he had ever tasted frogs legs.
eyes. twice." said Dick. II ate a
pair at Belleville last summer"
''And where else?!"
''Nowhere else"
"But you said you hadtastedt them
twice"
"And so | have; once as they went
down and the second time as they
came up"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
Resembled the Departed.

They had been engaged about five
minutes, and he had just mustered
up enough courage to perform the
customary osculatory ratification,
whereat she burst into tears.
"Why do you weep" asked he.
care these tears of joy??'
"No! mol" she exclaimed, passion
ately. 81 love you better than my
life, and l am oyerjoyed, but-your
nose is so cold, and poor little Fido
died (sob) only a month ago." and
she chung to him convulsively, while
the scalding tears fell even as the
summer rain.-Terre Haute Express.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
A Pleasant Story of a Bishop.

The following story, under the
heading of a GA pleasant way of do
ing things" is told of the late bishop
of Winchester: Bishop Wilberforce
was finishing up a hard days work
of preaching and confirming by tax
ing refreshment at Il country house
surrounded by nero guests,
when he happened to catch sight of q
young married lady, cheaply but
very gracefully dressed, seated at
the tarthest end of the room. He
asked who she was, and on being
told that she was the wife of q poor
citrate in the neighbOrhoOd, he made
his way to her as soon as he entered
the drawing room. and drew her into
conversation. "What do you do to
help your husband?" II teach in the
schools my lord" "Anything else??"
Eyes; | help him to look after the
sick and the poor "Anythinge lse?"
eyes; | get up his linen and iron his
neckties." Wilberforce said nothing
at the time, but he made special in
quiries as to both the parson and his
wife, and u week or two after q letter
arrived from him ADDRESSED to the
lady-"My dear Mrs. y: The living
Off. is vacant, and from what | hear
of you and your good husband, l
think it is just the place for you.
VIII you ask him to do me the favor
to accept it and tell him from me, he
is indebted to you for it? Yours
faithfully, S. o."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
He Wished He Hadn't,
the S~ummerville Journal.

From the Summerville Journal.
Why am l like a pin?" asked Mr.,
Wihyman triumphantly of his wife.
He expected she was going to say:
Because you are so sharp" and he
was simply paralyzed when she re-
sponded:
Because if you should get lost it
wouldn't be worth while to spend
time looking for you, and because
200 of you put up in a bundle
wouldn't be worth 10 cents"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
A London Mystery.

Whitechapel has a murder mys-
terry which transcends anything
known in the annals of the horrible.
1t is Poe's Murder of the Rue
/ Morgue" and Mystery of Marie
Roget" rolled into one real story.
1t is nothing less less than a mid
night murderer, whose step is noise
less, whose strike is deadly, and
whose cunning is so great that he
leaves no trace whatever of bis
work and no clew to his identity.
He has just slaughtered his third
victim and all the women in White
chapel r terrified, while the stupid
est detectives in the civilized world
stand aghast and say they have no
clew.
When the murder of Mary Ann
Nichols, who was cut into ribbons
was Investigated, it became evident
that the murder was the work of
the same hand that committed
the two preceding ones. All
three were moneyless women
of the lowest class. All were killedin
the street between one and three
o'clock in the morning, and all were
mutilated in the same fiendish and
peculiar way. The coincidence was
great asto strike eventhe detectives,
and they are now looking for the
one man whom they believed to be
guilty of all three crimes.
The man iscalled Leather Apron"
and nobody knows him by any other
name. He is q character half way
between Dickens's "Quilp" and Poe's
"Baboon." He is short and stunted
and thick set. He has small, wicked
black eyes and is half crazy. He is
always hanging about the deepshad-
Ows that fill the intricate network of
the courts, passages and alleyways
in Whitechapel. He does not walk,
but always moves on a sharp, queer
run and lever makes any noise with
his feet. In addition to the three
women he is believed to have muir
dered he has scared a hundred more
of them nearly to death. Every
street-walker in Whitechapel has her
own story to tell of him. Helives by
robbing them late at night, and has
kicked, cuffed or knocked down a
cor of them in the last two years.
His usual lodging place is
a fourpenny lodging-house in
pOverty-strickep thieves
alley off Brick Lane. He has left
there now, however, and nobody
knows where he is. He is suspected
to have committed the three murders
the fact that he hasfrequently drawn
a knife on women, accompanied by
the same threats which have been
carried out on the dead women.
The story of Mrs. Colwall, who
heard the screams of the woman as
she vas being murdered, is to the eff
feet that she was clearly running
away from somebody who was muir
her, and yet she could hear no
other footsteps. The blood stains on
the sidewalk indicated the same
.thing-that the murderer, whoever
he was, was noiseless in his pursuit,
and this quality points directly to
Leather Apron" He is a slipper
maker bytrade and gets his nickname
rom the fact that he always wears q
Gather apron and is eve seen with
out it. One peculiar feature of the
case is that none of the police or de-
5%ectives appear to know him, he hav-
ne always kept out of their sight, I
md they arenow cleaning intorma-
ion concerning him from women he
las assailed. ,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-09-29
AN UNSATISFACTORY ECHO.

Talking about echoes, Colonel Ogeechee
claimed that he had one on his place, a
few miles from Savannah, which beat any
thing he had ever heard or read about ;one,
in fact, which would clearly repeat whole
sentences. The party of gentlemen were
interested, but incredulous, and arranged
to accompany Col. Ogeechee home the nexl
afternoon to test the wonderful echo.
The colonel found, on getting home, that
in the heat of the discussion he had claimed
more Than the facts justified. Determined
not to be beaten, he called his Irish la
borer.
"Pat," says he, ''some gentlemen are
coming home with me tomorrow after
noon to hear the echo. Now, 1 want YOU
to go acsoss the river before ii is time for
me to arrive, so you can answer back
whatever we may call out"
'You name fur me to play ikker, sorr2"
asked Pat, griRning.
"That's it, exactly" said the colonel,
''Now, do you thoroughly understand that
you are to answer back exactly what we
say"
"oh, yis, sorr; you can depind on me en-.
toirely."
Next afternoon the colonel took his
friends to the river bank, and all were
ready fol the experiment.
Making speaking trumpet of his hands.
the colonel roared.
"AIe you therep'
Back came the echo with startling dis
tinctness.
"Yis, sorr; olive been here since foul
O'clock"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-09-29

-"Myip young end" said old Mr.. Sur
plus to young Mr.. Giddiboy, "do you not
think that you were rash TO ask my daugh-
ter to marry you when you are not able to
support herP"
"Well," said the young man, craftily,
'perhaps was. / admit my fault and
throw myself on your generosity, sir"
THAT'S right" declared the old gentle
man. ''You shall not lose by it, | assure
you. There, sir, is niekle to pay youl
car fare home, No thanks, if you please,
Good day, Mr. Giddiboy."
-Judge-so you stole sandwich from
the lunch counter in the railroad station,
did you?
Tramp-Yes, your honor.
Judge-lVhere you hungry?
Tramp-No, your honor.
Judge-Then what service could tn,
sapdwich do you?
Tramp wanted to half sole my boots
with it, your honor.
Two heads are better than one, eXcep
on a nail head.
Edwin - Dearest, your cruel fathel
kicked me down the steps last night.
Angelina - Do not complain, darling
submit TO 'a.e. Just think how lucky yoI
are Supposlng lived on the third floor.
"A raise in coffee is reported. Evident
lY boarding house coffee is not meant, a.
that is evidently too weak 10 raise.
in China they raise dogs for thei
skins. In this country they raise them TO
their bark.