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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-03-06

DR.. Lander and his baby boy, Ernest,
went to Greenville last week to see the
wonderful horse show.
The Ladies Missionary Society of the
Baptist Church will soon celebrate its
tenth anniversary. On the occasion of
this event Miss Enla Crymes will read an
essay, written by herself, on the progress
Of the organization. Miss Rose Greer will
furnish the music for The occasion. There
are other features Of the programme, but
not being familiar I'll desist from further
mention.
Rev. D. w. Hiotts name for the Senate
a is good one-such men Ill our legislative
halls will soon give a new growth to
issues that certainly must some day de-
velop into living laws.
! .Tra-la. Ia, "spring time has come again,
gentle Anna" E. Fl. P.
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Distributing Fertilizers.

1t is very Important to get your fertilizer
we'll distributed in the drill. There is no
machine for this work that can compare
with the "West Distributor" sold at the
very low price of S2.75. The Sullivan
Hardware Co. are now prepared to furnish
these Distributors in any quantity. They
are being put up with special care by the
Sullivan Manufacturing Co.
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A FApER FULL OF PIcTURgs.-About a
dozen pictures illustrating the remarkable
crusade by the women against the saloon-
keepers OF Missouri form leading feature
of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper this
week, Other illustrations show the disas-
trous wreck of saengerfest train in Ala.
bama, the Old Colonial Fair at Hartford,
Logging Among the California Big Trees,
Opening the Sioux Reservation, The Blue
Grass Region of Iowa, the Siberian Wolf.
hound, foreign scenes of interest, Children
in the streets and on the stage, Distress in
the Mining Regions, and picture of Mrs
General Butterfiold
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Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks an
epoch in the life of the Individual. Such
q remarkable event is treasured in the
memory and the agency whereby the good
health has been attained is gratefully
blessed. Hence it is that so much Is heard
in praise of Electric Bitters. So many feel
they owe their restoration to health, to the
use of the great Alternative and Tonic. If
you are troubled with any disease of Kid
neys, Liver or Stomach, of long or short
standing you will surely find relief by use
of Electric Bitters. Sold at Soc. and $l.00
per bottle at Hill Bros Drugstore.
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Sunday night was decidedly the coldest
of the season.
Rev. J. Walter Dickson is expected to
deliver an address before the Townville
Literary Club on next Friday night, the
7th
The first Quarterly Conference for
Townville Circuit for this year will be
held at Jones' School. near Fair Play, next
Saturday and Sunday.
School Commissioner Russell has been
on tour of inspection among the
schools of the Fork, and we trust he
found them in satisfactory condition.
Mr.. Russell is certainly jealous official.
We are panied to chronicle the protract-
ed illness of Mrs. Harvey c. Routh. She
is an estimable lady, the daughter of the
lale Rev. Z. F. Hyde, and her many
friends here and elsewhere hope for her
speedy restoration to health.
Mrs. Noah W. Grant, who has been so
seriously sick for some time, is somewhat
improved, we are glad to say.
DR.. Sam. Bruce went into the hill coun-
try of Oconee last week, and brought off
in proud triumph his bonny bride. Ooo-
nees impoverishment is Townvilles en-
richment, to say nothing of the Doctors
immense gain.
Mrs. Jarrard, wife of L. L. Jarrard,
Esq, of Fair Play, died suddenly last
Friday. Until few hours of her death
she was in her wonted health. The blow
falls crushingly upon the fond husband
and bright little children. She was
devout Christian, and was member of
Jones' Chapel. She was native of White
County, Georgia, and was Miss England.
Mr.. Tom Kelley, of Tomassee, Oconee
County, greeted hin many friends here for
day or so last week. Tom is one Of the
best young men in Oconee
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FINAL SETTLEMENT,

NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
IN The undersigned, Administrator Of
the Estate of Milley Elrod. deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will apply to
the Judge of Probate for Anderson County
on the 18th day of March, 1890, for
Final Settlement of said Estate and dis
charge from her Office as Administrator.
D. EDWARD KING, Admir-.
Feb 6, 1890 81 S
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. IS
IN Notice is hereby given that the un.s
dersigned will apply to the Judge of Pros
bate at Anderson G. H., S. c., on the 10TH;
day of March, 1890 for Final Settlements
Of the Estate Of Saloma Brock, deceased
and a discharge from his Office as Ex.y
ecutor of said Estate SO
J. X. CLEMENT; Executor. {: IS
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a Card.

MR.. EDITOR: In behalf of my mother
and family, I desire to return my sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors who
80 kindly administered to the comforts of
my father, Peter r. Brown, during his
long illness. I assure them that their
many acts of kindness and attention will
never be forgotten. P. n. BROWN.
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Honea Path Items.


The Prerian Literary Society held pub
lie meeting Monday night, February oath.
The programme was as follows:
Reading-J. n. Shirley, Honea Path.
Dec1amation-W. A. Sharp, Anderson,
G. Il.
Extempore speaker-Henry Newton,
Pendleton.
Subject, "George Washington;"
@. E. Burts, Honea Path.
Debate" Resolved, That the United Will
Decline as the Nations of Antiquity"
Affirmative: T. o. kirkpatrick, Honea
Path; L. O. Branyon, Due West; J. E.
Harper, Woodville. Negative: w. Il.
Pepper, Sterling Grove; J. T. West,
Princeton; B. M. Cheatham, AbbeYille
C.H. After very interesting discussion,
the question was decided In favor of the
Negative.
Rev. Pegues preached here last Sunday.
The Quarterly Conference will meet here
on Saturday before the Bird Sunday.
Mr.. NJ. I. Brock has sold about one
hundred buggies and carts the last few
months. He has just received large adj
dition 10 his stock, and is determined to
sell at the very lowest figures.
Prof. e. II. Self has just closed writing
school at this place. He has had large
class, and they express themselves as
much pleased with the faithful and eff
cient work he has done.
Mr.. G. E. Harper has brought in an
other lot of mules and horses. We won
der what has become of the stock that was
in the country before, that SO many are
being sold now.
Don't forget the Concert Friday night,
7th inst. P.
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Pekin Duck Eggs for sale at 81 dozen.
Il. P: Sitton, Autun, s. G. 1916
Two car loads of Stoves to arrive this
week. Parties wanting good stove on
easy terms should call on us before buy
ing.
34-4 PEOPLES s BuRR1ss.
Mules and Horses for sale at John z.
Peoples at cost for spot cash. l do not
mean on time et cost. 81
Great bargains at John E. Peoples for
spot cash Buggies, Wagons Harness and
Mules until my present stock il e1-
hausted.
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Col. ]. w. Norris has laid upon our
table some okra fibre 1t is strong and
some of the flbres are almost as long as the
original stalk. It seems to us that the
fibre would make good, strong bagging,
and we hope that the experiments now
being made to manufacture it into bag
ging will be successful. It would prove q
great blessing to the South, and inaugu-
rate new enterprise that would add
thousands of dollars to our resources.
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Now Is the time TO clean up your prem :
ises, and put everything in order for the
coming summer. Whitewash should be
applied freely, and all places where filth
has accumulated should be thoroughly
cleansed and lime or other disinfectants
used. The city authorities have the
power no: only to have the public streets
and alleys policed, but the premises of
private individuals as well. The earlier
in the Spring this matter is attended to
the better it will be for the health of the
city.
Our good old friend, Mr.. J. 8. Gassaway,
of Martin Township, came to see US the
other day and renewed his subscription to
the INTELL1aENcER for another year, and,
as he did SO, remarked that he didn't owe
dollar in the world. Mr.. Gassaway is
one Of our oldest and best citizens, and
has made success Of farming. He has
never been involved in law suit, and
has always been noted for his uprightness
and integrity. He has about reached his
three score years and ten, and when he
passes away his place will be hard to fill.
A new schedule went Into effect on the
Port Royal & Western Carolina Railroad
last Sunday, and now through train is
run from Greenville to Charleston without
change, making the trip IL twelve hours.
From Anderson the trip is made in eleven
hours. The morning train on the 8. V. r.
R. leaves Anderson now at 8 o'clock, max.
Ing connection at Mccormick with the
through train from Greenville to Charles
ton. This same train returns to Anderson
at !. 10 p. m. In the afternoon 1t leaves
the city at $40, and at Mccormick makes
connection with the through train from
Charleston to Greenville, arriving in An
derson at s.15 p. m. Persons along the
line may go to Augusta, spend three or
four hours and return home the same day.
This is, we believe, the best schedule that
has yet been operated on the Road, and
will be appreciated by the travelling public
by largely increased patronage.
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We are Indebted to Mr.. 8. r. Craig for
samples Of his "Ancient Order of United
sssWorknen'' and ia Rabia" brands Of
cigara. Try them, aud you will enjoy
. good smoke,
We were glad to meet our esteemed old
friend, MAJ Jas Thompson. in tho city
! Monday. His eye is still giving him
!, trouble, and 1t is feared he will never re.
gain; his sight.
Married, at the residence of the brides
father, on Wednesday, February 9th,
1890, by Rev. q. M. Rogers, Mr. C. p.
Childers and Miss r.. L. Childers, all of
Anderson County.
a. g. Means, the live clothier, wants to
make room for his immense Spring stock
ofgooda, and is now offering his remnant
8of fall and winter goods at wonderfully
low prices. Read his new advertisement.
8 II there il any ono thing that il calou.
lated to make tho blood boil with right
eous inaignation,it is the all too frequent
sight Of seeing o man cruelty beating OF
otherwise maltreating some poor ghost Of
! an animal.
The Concert to take place at Midway
Church this Thursday evening will be
q pleasant occasion, and should be largely
3 attended. Rev. O. B. Smith will deliver
saalectnre.luring the evening, and he will
( give bis hearers something interesting,
q too. 81 y s s@.
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Wm. +. MOTIFS, cOloTeo, oIeu W uis
home near Mountain Creek Church last
Monday, after short illness, aged 5years,
VIM. was one Of Anderson County's best
colored citizens, and was highly esteemed
by his white neighbors, as we'll as by
those Of his own race. He lived sober,
upright life, and, by his good management
as a farmer, had bought and paid for q
good tract of land. He had long been
subscriber to the INTELLIaENCER.
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Notes from TownvilIe.

.Tra-la la, "spring time has come again,
emile Anna.'' E. II. P.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-25
carload Of nitro glycerine, he would
be real pleased to know aboutit HIM

carload OF nitro-glycerine, he would
be real pleased to know aboutit HIM
self.
Mr.. Kimball then said that at any
rate he wanted to know that it was
exploded, and without any fuss, if
possible. Every likely" he said, it
might be possible to keep it from the
neighbors, but let it be done with no
advertising especially" That was
what he meant,
Therefore he made out list OF
specially obnoxious friends he had
at that time, and asked them to
come and see the sport. Business
might prevent him from coming but
would the gentleman addressed favor
the occasion with his presence and
give himself up to it's delirious
JOY.
He asked several Omaha job print
ers who used to publish q measly
paper for IL few weeks, get an an
nual pass on the strength of it, and
go out soliciting job work for over
a thousand miles. They would, oil
course, suspend the publication OF
the Daily Disappointment as soon
as they got we'll started with their
job work, and then they Travelled
over $S75.OO worth on that annual
pass every year.
Mr.. Kimball invited several OF
these journalists to be present.
Then there was a man who used
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to have a drawing every month at
which the employees, who addressed
circulars, drew their salary, and the
President drew the rest; but James
Lee always swore he drew something.
Sometimes it was the capital prize,
and then again it was only collar
button; but his atfidavits showed that
you could hardly fail to come out
ahead. Finally, one night Mr.. Kim
ball, as he lay on his couch, got to
thinking of that nitro-glycerine, and
the more he thought about it, the
more it worried him. 'For," said he
to himself ''some day some slight
ccncussion in that neighborhood will
set off that whole thing, and we will
have the territory OF Wyoming to
pay for" a
So he wrote up to Garrett O'Neil,
and said to him that it might be Il.
good idea to quietly blow the collec-
tion, and thus be done with it, NJ.
O'Neil said that if Mr.. Kimball knew
ofany way Of quietly letting off a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-25

given them somethin' and kept ar
gum that they could do without it
then for this once, and so it was set
tied, but much against maw's will,
that we wouldn't Civ no boxes that
Christmas.
"But we didn't know"
"Next mornin' the baby wasn't no
better. 1t laid very still and white
in it's rough cradle smilin' the Lords
tenderness Oh me and mother. 1t
was always a wise, curious, distant
like baby. Nav can't mind
that she ever knowed it to cry
more'n jest quiet sobbin'. Itseemed
Jest to be thinkin' and pityin' and
lovin'. It's face was small and white
and soft, and it was born with God g
smile of beauty on it. Its eyes was
soft blue and large and tender and
solemn, and they seemed to be look
in away into some other country
where the children of this earth was
the rulers, and all the law was love,
and the fields was radiant with abid-
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Comments on Christmas.

Christmas entertainment in 1888,
gotten up by Lincoln's Inn, and
Gray's Inn, cost these two societies
100000.
The date of Christmas Day was
probably fixed upon more by tradi-
tion than by Papal DEGREES, and some
time between A. D. 139 and $50.
There is an old Saxon ordinance.
in the days of King Alfred, by virtue
of which the IL days after the nativ-
lty OF our Savior are made festivals.
During the existence of the Com
mon-wealth many laws were passed
forbidding all observance OF Christ
mas Day. In 1647 some parish off,
GERS were committed for permitting
ministers to preach upon Christmas
Day and for adjoining the church.
The English Government, in it's
endeavor by act and by example, to
abolish the observance of Christmas
sat regularly every Christmas Dav
from 1915 to 1856, but in spite,
it's ordinances the people would not
abolish the feast, and Christmas
still survives to tell the old, old
story.
The Newcastle Chronicle of January
6, ITO, describes giant of the race
OF English Christmas pies, which was
. feet in circumference at the bottom
and weighed l68 pounds, 1t requir-
ed two men to present it at the
table, and it was neatly fitted with q
case and four small wheels to facili-
ate it's use to every guest. 1t con-
tanned 2 bushels of flour, 20 pounds
OF butter, 4 geese, 2 turkeys, 2 rab-
bits, woodcocks. snipes, 4 part
ridges, ? meats tongues, 2 curlews,
Z black birds and & pigeons.
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Always Accompanied Him.

A Washington lady, in writing
from New Hampshire, where she
spent a portion of the summer, spoke
of the lack of progress which prevails
in many of the farming districts of:
the State, says the Washington Post.
She stopped at a farm house in a.
very quiet and lonely neigh borhood
where a few summer boarder occas
i0nally go. The owners of the farm,
MIR. and Mrs. -, are in moderate
circumstances, but in many respects
they are sadly behind the times.
II asked these people," wrote the
Washington lady, eff it did not be-
come exceedingly monotonons living
where they saw so few people, for.
their nearest neighbors were more
than annie away. Mrs. - replied, >.
that sometimes they were little
lonesome. I suggested that as they
were SO near to Boston they of course
went to that city occasionally, where
they could see more of what was
going on in the world.
"'Oh,' said Mrs. -, Il always &C
company my husband whenever he
goes to Boston,
I" In that case, suppose you have,
gone there three or four times this
year, at least
i" Land, no. she replied, it is ex-
actly thirty years this summer since
Silas and were last there
And yet she always went to Bos--
ton whenever her husband did,"
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All BY Himself,

An old army officer, according to
Mrs. Custer, had q four-year old boy
who had never tired of war stories.
Again and again they were related to
him till ne knew them SO well that he
would not permit the slightest vari-
alton.
The story is a little rough on me,
said the officer, but if you know a
child, you know that he wants J.
plentiful sprinkling otPs, and nothing
told in the third person. So 1 kept
on as ne demanded, till one days he
looked up in my face and said:
Father, could't you get any one
to help You put down the rebeilion?'
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feet planted on a key of nails and his
cap showed back on his head with
the ear-laps tied across the top, and
looked along the counters, manned
from end to end with bolster Gus
youths, alert Of tongue and limb,
and keen, jovial, royal, gossipiug
veterans battling for supremacy in
native wit, and plundering memory's
very inner temple for some yarn or
incident that was not the common
property of all the neighborhood.
Job Barter was busy tending the
postottice and putting up packages
Of nuts and sugar sticks, and candy
dogs, and selling handkerchiefs for
five cents, and spool tops for ten
and dolls Tor a quarter, all for the
children on the blessed Christmas
morning; and shawls for the weary
old mothers and tobacco for the
fathers, jack-knives for the grown-up
boys and brooches for the girls; and
as Job ratified up parcel after parcel,
and dropped coin after coin into the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-25
JERKED HENCE.

l know true story which I would
like to tell by way of celebrating the
holidays. Some people celebrate by
doing one startling thing, whilst
Others celebrate and distinguish the
day by doing something else that
may be unique. I make it a rule on
Christmas to tell a true story.
1t occurred many years ago on
the vastly plain in the wild and all
wood west.
An able and talented scallawag,
whom we will call Sugarbaum of
South Pasco Township, bought and
billed over the Union Pacific Railway
carload of nitro-glycerine. I've
forgotten whether he sent it as
water-melons or rock salt, but, any
way, it was sent under an assumed
name. When it got up about Raw
Inns, think, a brakeman noticed
that every little while drop OF
something oozed through that car
and dropped on the track with an
explosion like a torpedo when the
wheel passed over it. He told the
conductor, vino instantly investi-
gated it, and found as have stated,
that the car was loaded entirely with
,nitro-glycerine. ,.s~.- -. .s.
1t was side-tracked at a little flag
station, and the general officers noti-
fed by wire. Mr.. Kimball found out
all about it, and told his men to
continue the side-track some dis
tance out in the country, run the car
out there gently by hand, and then
bury it quite deep. This was safely
done by Cinnamon. When a railroad
has a job like that to do, it wisely Sc
cures gang of Cinnamon, and thus
the vote in the fall will not be per-
ceptibly reduced in case of accident.
Cinnamon are not orthodox, anyway,
and so their death does not beg to
cast the gloom over a community
that the demise of other people does.
They do not know the nature of an
oath, you can get a Chinaman any
time to swear to your circular ton
for two bits. fused to do it myself.
had a Chinamanwhose soul had warts
all over it, and scars where he had
barked it in his efforts as an affidavit
man. His right name was Jim Lee,
but he got SO he could sign it James
Lee, and so his affidavit became very
popular where he was not known.
We had, in those days, an institution
known as Pattee Lottery, which used
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A CHRISTMAS BOX TO GOD,


called it no baby names nor used any
baby talk. When it smiled fainter
and fainter we felt that it was goin'
from us and pityin' us that we
wasn't goin' along, and when we
kissed it we felt almost that we
was kissin' Christ Himself and we
nearly dropped on our knees in wor-
ship. An the night wore on and on,
and moon throwed wide streams Of
glory across the SHOW away over
fields and hills and glintin' bright on
the frozen river, and the wind rode soft
on the winter air, and then only the
stars was left, and after a while the
darkness dulled and deepened, and a
bit later the light freshened along
the woods to the west, and the pale
mornin' started across the hills, and
the candle was put out and jest as
the red flush of the sunlight stole
above the tree tops the Lord folded
the baby to His bosom and took it
away and put it to sleep among the
angels. An we had give Christmas
box, Sol, a Christmas box to God"
And old Fa ther Grubb wiped his
eyes with his sleeve and got quietly
down off the counter and buttoned
up his smock and tied the laps of his
cap down over his ears and drew on
his mitts and went out into the cold,
clear, brilliant night, and Sol Grab
bitt and the rest of the crowd follow
cd him without a word, and Job
crept out after them and put up the
shutters and put a big stick into
the box stove so that the fire would
keep on till morning, and put out
the lights just as the old wooden
clock up stairs struck twelve; and
once more it was Christ's birthday
and the glorious message Of peace
and goodwill was ringing out anew
to all the nations of the earth that
know the Lord and look out across
the hills of time for the coming of
His Kingdom.
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Christmas Customs,

The person you care nothing about.
will continue to embarrass you by
giving you costly present.
Many q butcher and grocer will be.
unwiliingly forced to impersonate-
Santa Claus in the house of the bad
pay.
This is the time when the small
boy would rather go and take some
thing than talks nothing and go.
The old maid wouldn't be surprised
if she found Santa Claus under the.
bed.
Thepious church woman will con-
tinue to pay quarter for a ticket
to the church entertainment, so that
her little boy can draw ten-cent
toy from the Christmas-tree."