The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-08-25
#aasfsa: yatslE5gssEtszs,
LOCAL NEWS
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25, 1887.
Cotton pickeis will soon he in demand.

aOhS
Eggs and chickens have been scarce in
the market the past week.
If you want to locate In a progressive
town, come to Anderson.
Mrs. John Catlett has gone 10 Ashe7ille
N. c., on a visit to relatives,
Mr.. John Norris has gone to Highlands
to spend q week or ten days.
There is but one more week Of closing
tbs stores at 6 30 o'clock, p. m.
Iu a few more weeks Andergon's new
cotton mill will be making cloth.
Mr.. L P. Smith ran an excursion from
Anderson to Greenwood this morning.
DR.. A. S. Todd has decided to locate al
Calhoun Falls to practice his profession.
Mrs. John Shields and children. of At
lanta, Ga, are in Anderson visiting rela'
tivas.
Labor Day, which Is q national holiday,
comes on Monday, September Oh. this
year.
Clerk of Court Watkins has been busy
for several days past sending out pension
checks.
There arc many visitors in Anderson,
and sociebles, dances, tea parties, ETC., are
frequent.
Mr.. Thos. A Murrab, Of Union, S, c.,
is in the city visiting his mother and othtl
relatives.
Capt. T. F. Hill has been quite sick the
past week, but we are glad to report thai
he is o better.
Anderson County is we'll represented al
the reunion oil Confederate Veterans in
Greenville to-day.
Miss Jennie Ruff has COLE on q pleasure
trip 10 New York for q few weeks to visit
her uncle, DR.. Ruff.
A local weather prophet predicts an ear.
ly fall, and says the cotton crop will be cut
off considerably by it.
Mrs. c. T. Jones vent over to Green.
Vile last week to spend a few days with
her sister, Mrs, !. A. Hoyt.
Ifyou need envelopes, letter heads, bill
heads, etc, send your orders to the INTEL.
| L1GENCE Office. Prices low.
Two prisoners escaped from the city
chain gang last week. One OF them car
ried his ball chain with him.
Last Friday Messrs. J. S. Fowler and
Baylis Cooley received another squad OF
convicss to work On their farm.
The Postofice will be moved to the Cox
Townsend building, on North Main
street, as soon as it is completed.
The Anderson fremen have received an
| invitation to visit Newberry and partic.-
pate in a tournament on 9th September.
The State Board of Control has estab.
! lished q beer dispensary in Anderson and
appointed Mr.. John Hays to take charge
OF it.
The price of cotton hes already begun to
| decline SIS q result, IL is supposed, OF the
favorable prospect for an unusually large
crop.
Misses Jefie and Agnes Edwards will
open q kindergarten school on September
Oh. Zee advertisement.
Anderson has been well represented
! this season at the summer rssorts-in the
mountains, at tie springs aud at the SEE
side.
Miss Estelle Earle, Of Greenville, q
daughter of DR.. Il. T, Earle, is in the city
visiting the family Of hsr uncle, MI. j.. s
Fowler.
1fyou want to vote in the primary cleo.
| ton next Tuesday, to day is the last day
in which you can enroll your name on the
club list.
Mr.. w. j. Fleming, accompanied by his
4 l}C tuuHulCl G-u &b % 4It2OJ VI 4
ton, is in the city visiting The family Of
Mr.. G J. Bee.
Married, on Wednesday, August Is,
1897. in Oakdale Baptist Church, by Rev
J.. F. Singleton, MIR. Sloan Barton and
Miss Lula Alexander.
B. o. Evans & Co. announce in theil
new advertisement that they will move
into their new quarters 1st September
Read what they say.
Two mountain ~schooners," loaded
with apples, were in the city last week
The crop of apples in the mountains is re.
ported to be very large.
Married, on Factory Hill, on Sunday
morning, August 18th, 1897, at II O'Clock,
BY W. NJ. Webb, Notary Public, Mr.. Jack
Hughes and Miss Matte Gentry.
Frank E. Major, Of Pelzer, is visiting
friends and relatives in the city. Frank
is an old Anderson boy and his many
friends are glad 10 welcome him.
There will be lively competition In the
cotton market in Anderson this fall. II
| you want to &c! the top of the market
bring your cotton to Anderson.
Beginning Monday: September 18th, the
colored teachers will hold an Institute al
| the Greeley Institute in this city. Prof.
| Wallace, of Columbia, will conduct it.
Rev. s. B. Harper Is in Spartanbure
this week assisting in a protracted meeting
He will return rext Saturday and fill his
regular appointment as usual next Sun
day.
Married, on Sunday. August 8, 1897, al
the residence of Mr.. Willis Pace, by Rev
D. I. S%pearman, Mr.. NJ. E. Elrod and
Miss Georgia Black, both Of Anderson
County.
Miss Sue Chisolm, OF Charleston, is in
the city visiting her friends, the Misses
Murray. Miss Ghisolm's many friends In
Anderson are always delighted to see hel
in our midst.
The Chapter of the Daughters Of the
| Confederacy will meet at the home Of Mrs
J.. R. Vandiver next Monday afternoon al
6 o'clock. All who would like to do 80 are
invited to join.
Miss Lizzie Williams, of this city, &C.
companied by Mrs. B. j.. Heard, of Mt
| Carmel, left last Monday for an extended
pleasure trip to the Eastern cities aud
through Canada.
Mr.. L. Geisberg left to-day for the East
ern markets, whore he will select his fall
stock. His sister, Miss Dora Geisbers, is
now in New York serding home rare bar
gains in millinery.
On the FIRST page Of the INTELLIGENCEn
| this week we publish an interesting letter
from Mrs. Mary Sullivan Royal, who was
sent by the Baptist Church of this city as q
missionary to China.
+ The following officers have been elected
to serve the Anderson Fire Department
the ensuing yea: Chief, G. s. Sullivan
Assistant Chief, ". i. Brissey; Secretary
and Treasurer, F, B. Austin.
1t will do your appetite good 10 read
that new advertisement of John A.. Aus.
tin q Co., the grocers. They are always
ready to serve you With anything in the
| grocery line at the lowest prices.
Messrz. D. S. and E. P. yandiver re-.
turned home a !ew days ago from the
Eastern markets. Thsy report a pleasant
trip and say they bought a big lot Of
goods for the fall and winter trade.
The stay-at. homes are having 1t about as
cool and pleasant as they could wish. The
month Of August has been OH her best be-
havior, and there are no grounds for COM
| plant on account of extreme weather.
Married, on Sunday, August 5, 1897, at
the residence of mir. hanson Foster, the
brides father, by Rev. D. I. Spearman
| Mr.. T. 7. Smith. of Spartanhurg County,
and Miss Nettio Foster, of Anderson
County.
The tickets for the Senatorial primary
next Tuesday will have the names Of all
four of the candidates printed upon them,
and the voter will strike out all the names