The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-29

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$500 in premiums is offered by the State
| Agricultural Society to the Counties max.
| ing the best display Of field crops at the
| State Fair this fall. Thoro will be three
premiums, the first being $3.50, the second
| SI5U, the third $10O. Anderson County,
we hope, will make an effort to capture the
| first premium.
Mr.. j. j.. Barton tolls the readers Of the
INrELLIGENcER that be is still in the lum-
Dor business, and ready to supply the trade
| with lumber shingles, sash, blinds, doors,
etc. cheaper than any body. He will also
| give you an estimate on any work you may
want done. Read his advertisement, and
then call at his mill ut the Blue Ridge
yard
Tie damage suit ofhliss Loze Whitner,
nrilie city against the Richmond u Dan
vill Railroad Company for $4,000 for
i:.inri,s received in an accident on the
t.r Line Road, near the Tugalo River,
in Nnvrmll,rr 1883. WAS tried i'll Atlanta
,,, l'ri'ly he jury awarding Si,538.3S
damages Miss Whitnoi's couns' will ap-
..a.
The first ,.,itoi. squares for this season
haze hGeI left at the IErELL1GENCER
tlliru hy ii Levi Thomas, of Centerville
Township. The stalks containing the
+, squares are about ten inches high, and
are the largest wo Lave seen this year.
Mr. Thomas says he has about sixty acres,
of which the samples shown us aro q fair
sample.
Mrs. Cornelia Whitman, wife of Col. J.
\ ioI of 1,or hnD ip Ia
Ga, on the 18th inst. Mrs. Whitman was
born and reared at Bolton, and vas a
daughter Of the late Dr. George r. Brown.
She graduated from the old Johnson Uni
versity, and has many old friends in this
section who will hear of her death with
| SORROW.
A SON of Mr.. Henry Crawford got his
thigh broken last Friday. This is the
recently. Ono thigh was broken, and just
as that one was getting we'll the other got
broken, this one had barely got well whom
this calamity took place. DR.. E. G. Frier-
son was called and gave the wound the
proper attention.
Prof. L. T. Kemp of Bolton, Major Of
tho Third Battalion of South Carolina In
fantry, composed Of the Greenville
Guards, the Butler Guards, the Dacns.
ville Guards and the Mauldin Guards,
has resigned his position. Prof kenlp's
duties as principal Of the Beton Military
School prevented him from filing the
position to his satisfaction.
Messrs. Jones, Seybt e. Co. have new
advertisement on this page, and, if you
want to learn something about low prices
ne advise you to read it carefully. Not
withstanding the fact that these gentlemen
have done big business this Spring, they
still have on hand big stock of dry goods,
millinery, boots, shoes, clothing, etc., and
they are determined to sell them. Give
them cal! at once.
The Board of Trustees of the Clemson
College met at Pendleton last week, and
contracted with Reele & Co., OF Newberry,
for 100000 bricks to be made on the
College grounds; and Guffin q Co., of
Easley, to saw ali the lumber needed. a
station will be established on the Air
Line Railroad mile and half from The
site of the College for passengers to the
grounds to get on and oft
Hon. L. B. Murrrv has tondered his re-
signation as County Chairman of the An
derson Democracy. and in another column
DR.. S. NJ. Orr Vice Chairman, calls
meeting of the County Executive Commit
| tee to act upon the resignation, and to ar
range for the campaign meeting to be held
here on the 18th June. The meeting will
be held next Tuesday, and it Is important
that every member of the Committee be
present.
Mrs. J. B. Wood died at the home other
daughter, Mrs. G. S Mattison, in Varen-
mes Township, last Sunday night, in the
18th year OF her age. She had been in
feeble health for several months. Mrs.
Wood had long been faithful member OF
the Methodist Church, and was fully pre-
pared for the summons of death. On
Tuesday her remains were inferred in the
family burying ground, Rev. G. B. Smith
conducting the funeral services.
The wheat crop in this community is
almost an entire failure. It is doubtful if
there will be harvested as much as was
sown. In other respects Anderson County
never had better crop spects-actually
it looks now as if we would yet have g,
good crop Of candidates, Notwithstanding
the late cold snaps retarded the crops very
much and at one time it seemed that IN
the candidate crop we would not get
good stand; but since the warm weather
the outlook is better.
The following is list of the picked
squad composed of eight men from each
of the two Companies of the Patrick Mill.
drill during the Commencement exer-
cises: LIST. Serg't P. ]. Coleman; End.
Serg't. A. Fl. Byrd; Cadets from Co. A.
D. s. Vandiver, 2. P. Vandiver, R. S.
McKie Chappell, Richardson, McCants,
Patrick, Brunson from Co. BIG. A.
McKie, Smith, Hoffman, Hoyt, Lee, RI
ley, Moral and Moose.
Mr.. j. Epps Brown, Of Nswberry, rep.
resenting the Gaskell Literary Club, of
Chicago, is stopping at the Hotel Chiquola.
This Club furnishes all classes of books to
members at net wholesale prices. 1t is
good thing, and should be patronized, as
! It enables people to buy good books at
very low rate. The reading of good lite
rature should be encouraged. Mr.. Brown
will make canvass of the city, and will
| be pleased at any time to explain the work
of the Gaskell Literary Club.
The Anderson Foundry and Machine
| Works has been awarded the contract for
furnishing the iron front for Messrs. G. +.
Tolly & Sons new store room on Depot
street. This will be the first iron front
ever made in Anderson, and it gives US
pleasure to note it. Dr.. Diver, the genial
| proprietor of the Anderson Foundry, is
pushing his enterprise with all the energy
possible, and success is bound to crown
bis efforts. 1t is a home enterprise, and
deserves home patronage.
A delightful pic mic was given last Sat-
| urday at McAdams' Grove near Due
West, by Miss Annie Agnew and her
school. Messrs. e. T.. Henderson and
Oscar Moore represented Anderson, and
are loud in their praises, not only of the
pic uic and the many pretty girls and
courteous young men they. met there, but
also OF the efficiency and popularity Of
Miss Agnew, who ranks among Abbeville
County's best teachers. Quite number
of young people from Due West attended
| the pic lic.
The Pickens Sentinel, OF last week, says:
"Messrs. w. l.. Dalrymple and W. II.
Bryant, citizens of Anderson County,
went to the mountains last Monday to
procure supply of mountain dew'' for
themselves and several Of their neighbors.
AS they returned they were overhauled