The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-11

A telegram received in the city yester-
day afternoon announced that, owing to
an accident, the docking of the battleship,
"Iudiana." which was to have taken place
at Port Royal to morrow, had been post.
poned until Friday. The special train to
Port Royal will leave here Thursday
night at 8 o'clock. Fare for the round
trip, So 90.
Mr.. W. Eugene Milford has formed
partnership with Mr.. r. Frank Hall as
successors of the Means Co.. in the Clothing
business. and the firm will be known as
Hall g. Milford. They announce in their
advertisement this week that they are sell
ling the big stock at and below New York
cost to make room for new goods. Read
their ad. and give them a call.
Mr.. John Kaufman, a popular and pro.
eressive citizen of Walhalla, died at his
home in that place On Saturday, ooh ult.,
in the 69th year of his age. He was a na.
tive of Germany and came to the United
States in 1852. Shortly afterwards be locat-
ed at Walhalla, where be has since resided.
He was q successful contractor and builder.
and was we'll known throughout upper
Carolina.
Under the new Constitution and The new
registration laws just prepared in accord.
ance with that organic law. the Governor
is required to appoint Boards of Supervis
ors of Registration in the several counties
giving the minority faction one representa-
tive on each Board. The appointments
were made last Saturday. The Anderson
County Board consists Of J. L. Glenn,
John A. Hays and J. N. Vandiver.
The firm of Butler & Fowler has been
dissolved. as will be seen by referring to
advertisement ia another column. Mr..
Butler will continue the business, and in
bis advertisement he tells you what pleas
ure it will give him to serve you with
beef, mutton, pork, vegetables, fancy gro
ceries, etc. His market is connected with
the telephone exchange; You will find
bis establishment first class in every re-
spect. Give him a call.
The dwelling house, with all Of lis con-
tents of Mr.. Oliver Chamblee, who lives
In the Mountain Creek section, was destroy
ed by fire last Monday afternoon. Mr..
and Mrs Chamblee were at the spring at
the time butchering q hog, and when the
fire was discovered it was too late to cave
anything from the house. 1t Ia not known
how the fire originated. The loss falls
right heavy on Mr.. Chamblee, who is an
industrious young farmer.
Mr. Will Osborne, of the firm of Brown.
Osborne & Co. who has been in the North
ern markets for several weeks, will return
BY the middle of this month, accompanied
by Miss Lucie E. Spaulding, who will
have charge of their millinery department..
80 NEa5o-, Elon1or uhn ui11 hl of tho
head of the dress masking department..
Both of these ladies are from New York
CITY. With the assistance of these ladies,
who come highly recommended, Mr.. Os-
borne has bought the most complete stock
of millinery. fine dress goods, novelties.
&C., ever shown in the city. And to get
the latest, In stylish b%onnets, and gowns,
we recommend that you defer placing your
orders, until after they open their i'm
mense stock.
A meeting of. the stockholders of the
Anderson Cotton Mills was held in the
Court House yesterday at IL o'clock, and
nearly MI Of the stock was represented
either in person or by proxy. President
J A. Brock presided and stated the object
of the meeting to be to decide whether 1t
was agreeable to double the capacity of the
DIGS6uI Dl6uUs AIUcI SpuO 1ClnoA NO "
several of the stockholders, q resolution
was almost unanimously adopted favoring
the proposition, and the Directors we're
authorized to proceed at once to receive
subscriptions and perfect the plans for the
work. Preference will be given to the
present stockholders to take the additional
stocF, and, should they not subscribe to all
of it., subscriptions will then be received
from outside parties. The project is now
an assured fact, and the work on the new
mill will begin at once.
Mrs Elizabeth Gable, wife of Mr. ]. l..
Gable, died at her home in the Storeville
section on Saturday, 7th inst In the 49th
year of her ege. She was sick only a short
time, and her death was caused by malarial
fever associated with measles. at the
time o. her death Mr. Gable and several
other members of the family were quite
sick with the measles. Mrs. Gable wase
daughter of the late Edward Shaw, of this
County. and was a most excellent woman.
whose death has brought sorrow to a wide
circle of friends and relatives. In her
eirlhood she Joined the Methodist Church,
and throughout her life was a devoted,
consistent Christian. She will be greatly
missed in her church and in the community
where che lived, for those who knew her
best loved her most. In their sore bereave.
ment. the husband and nine children, who
are left to cherish her memory, rave the
sympathies of all their friends and &C.
quaintances.
The Southern Christian ADVOCATE Gays /:
1.-THE arrangement by which q young
preacher was to be secured as pastor for
M%ethodists in the suburbs of Gre'snville.
has been fully made, aud the Rev. Sidi B.
Harper, of Williamson, has been appoint
ed and is on the ground at work he preach
ed an excellent sermon at Buncombe
Street last Sunday night. His thought,
language and delivery were unusually
good and there was that further essential
Of good preaching-unctiop. His hearers
were delighted and surprised, but we were
not, for we knew the stuff that was in our
young brother. Grand nephew to Rev.
Sidi Fl Browne. editor of the Christian
Neigh6or, cousin to Rev. 81. B Browne,
son of that man Of uncommon good sense,
Geo. NJ. Harper, and Of a gifted mother,
be had to do we'll what he undertook The
appointment Is q good one. and the people
to be served by Bro. Harper are FORUM
ate"
Agriculture has not yet reached its biph-
est state of Development. Tillers of the
soil have been slow to take hold Of new
ideas, preferring the old ways their fathers
trnd to any new ways suggested by those
seeking better methods. This is fifty illus-
trated in the history Of the labor of The
Southern C%ultivator and Dirie Farmer
for fifty three years graphically presented
in the March issue-the Anniversary Mum.
her-ot that pioneer 10 agricultural reform.
Much progress has been made along may
lines since it began its noble efforts to In
troduoe q more enlightened system of
agriculture. When it commenced the
farming classes were averse I'd the inter-
change of ideas or to beautify By the assist
ance of the experience of others in aglicul-
tural papers. Slowly and surely they
have learned to regard the agricultural
press as their best friend, and to consider
the Southern CuItivator as their textbook.
The March number Of the Southern Cult
GATOR is the best issue of that or any other
periodical ever presented to the farmers,
and is we'll worth the subscription price
Der year, the small aum of 81 90. We will
send The INTELLIGENCER and the C~ulttUatoT,
one year, for $500.
The Greenville Mountaineer Of the 7th
inst. says: "Our city was not surprised,
but was sorely grieved to hear of the death
Of Mrs. Sallie Earle, the wife of DR.. I. Il.
Earle, which took place yesterday morn
ing. It has been known for over a week
that she was very i'll, and there was no
reasonable hope that she would recover.
But che was so highly esteemed by all who
had ever slightest acquaintance with her,
and 30 cherished by those who were close
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