The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-04-28

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45-inch all.Wool German made henrietta
at so cts. per yard. The ladies would do
we'll to see this cloth at once, it is doubt
less a rare bargain. They also offer some
other things just as good in value. Call
and see them.
Oconee NcwS: "Mr. r. G. Webb. n
member Of the firm of c.. F. Jones & Co.,
of Anderson, and Mr.. A. P. Cater, a sales
this week with a full line Of ready made
clothing and gents furnishing goods, co.,
sisting Of all the latest styles and f as.
This is a reliable firm and they sell goods
at very low figures"
The Charleston correspondent of the
Columbia State says ut has finally been
decided that the Citadel cadets will encamp
at Anderson this year. Every one is de.
lighted with the decision and anticipate a
pleasant stay there. The usual marches of
40 or 50 miles will be made to adjacent
places of interest,"" Anderson will GER
tainly give the cadets a royal welcome.
The Spring of the year has come, flow
ers blooming and the birds beginning to
build, and this is a good opportunity of
reminding the robbers of bird nests that
there is a law prohibiting the robbing OF
nests, or caging or offering for sale mock"
ing birds, and a reward of SIS will be given
to any one reporting anne Ifthis law il
not enforced, in a few years the singing;
birds of the South will be extinct.
Walhalla Courier: rOn Tuesday night
about ten o'clock q fire broke out in tho
store of Mr.. Charles Grant, of Fair Play.
His store house and stock of goods and
the store house of Mr.. Stephen Mare! were
consumed. The store house OF Mrs. j. W.
Shelor, occupied by Messrs. Compton &
Pullen, caught fire several times, but was
saved by hard work, after q considerable
portion Of the roof had been burned.
Origin of fire unknown"
At q meeting Of the congregation of
Grace (Episcopal) Church last Monday
afternoon the following officers were elect.
ed to serve the ensuing year: Wardens,
Z A. Bell and C. W. Webb; Vestrymen,
M. L. Bonham, r. G. Webb, T.. W. Tay-
lor, +. G. Brown, R. E. Belcher and S. M.
Orr. The following delegates were elected
to the Diocesan Council, which meets in
this city on Tuesday, May 11th NJ. L..
Bonham, r. G: Webb, e. w. Taylor and
F. G. Brown; alternates, c. ". Webb and
r. e. Belcher.
The services at st. Joseph's Catholic
Church next Sunday will be solemn and
impressive. In the morning at IL o'clock
the children will receive their fret holy
communion, which is always a very beau
tiful ceremony. In the evening at 8 o'clock
there will be special services at which the
children will make a public renewal of
their baptismal promises. Father Budds
will o~ficiate and preach at both services.
His subject for the evening will be THE
Holy Communion" The public IS cordi-
ally invited.
Thirty-two years ago next Saturday was
the first appearance of the yankee raiders
| and robbers in this section. On that day
the young people Of Anderson were en-
Toying a pic mic at Browns old tan yard,
near Silver Brook Cemetery. The merry
crowd had just finished dinner when a
messenger from town announced the
coming of the robbers, and. oh, what q
and the children cried, and in a few min
| utes the whole crowd was rushing home.
ward. The writer, though not quite six
years of age, remembers the scene as
wildly as if it happened yesterday.
The Hartwell (Ga.) Sun of last week
| says: odd amt Rachel Webb Is the
oldest person in Hsrtwell. She is In her
Goth year. She was born in North { ~
lima in 1907. She say she is the Ter
| of Anderson and Hartwell." VIII. 'ie
| city of Anderson, S c., was laid out she
| cooked for carpenters who put up the first
buildings, and came to Hartwell when 1t
was located. She was a slave of the late
! good, reliable woman. Aunt Rachel says
| she has done all she can do, and thinks the
| good people ought to support her in her
old age. Any help extended Aunt Rachel
| will be charity well bestowed"
The Diocesan Council of the l. 5iscopal
| Church of South Carolina will meet In its
annual session in this city on Tuesday,
| May 18th, Bishop Capers presiding. This
| Council will be composed of more than
one hundred delegates, and it will be in
session several days. Grace Church has
appointed the following committee of ar.
engagements: r. L Balcher. M. Bon.
ham. R. G. Webb, E. w. Taylor aud S
NJ. Orr. Among other things this com.
mittee will provide homes for tho dele.
gates, and any of our citizens who will K
| tend the hospitalities of their homes are
requested to notify the members of the
committee, who will greatly appreciate any
assistance rendered them.
Mr.. Charles II Holcombe died at his
home in Brushy Creek Township last
Friday, after a long illness with cancer,
aged about SIS years. On Sunday his re-
mains were inferred in the Whiteplains
'Churchyard, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. E. A. Durham, in ting
presence of large concourse of Borrowing
friends and relatives. a wife, three sons
- - lo,,rlforo oyo loft RI oharioh hio
memory. MI. Holcombe was a native of
Laurens County, but had been living in
Anderson County for q number of years
He was a faithful and jealous member of
the Baptist Church, and bad the couf-
dence and esteem of a wide circle of friends,
who deeply sympathiZe with his loved ones
in their sore bereavement.
The Columbia Register of the 24th inst.
says: "Honea Path is the latest aspirant
for county seat honors. A legal applica-
ton calling for an election for Honea Path
County has been made to the Governor,
but he has not yet ordered an election.
The territory includes, from Greenville
County, Is IA square miles; from Ander-
son County, 125 Sd square miles; from
Abbeville County, $50 square miles, and
from Laurens, so square miles. The popu-
lation of the proposed county is as follows:
Anderson, 6 Ala; Greenville, 2,SS2; Abbe-
Vile, 6,4SS; Laurens, 1896; total, 17,4S0.
The taxable property in the new county is
put down at one million nine hundred and
eighty-three thousand two hundred and
forty-one dollars"
The Southern Railway has authorized
the following round trip rates to the Ten
nessee Centennial Exposition at Nashville
from Anderson Tickets on sale from
April 2Sth to Oct. 18th, final limit Nov.
9TH. $40 90. Tickets to be sold April Goth
to Oct. 18th, final limit twenty days from
date of sale, $l4.10. Tickets to be sold
Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week be.
ginning April 20th, final limit ten days
from date of sale, rate $l0.25 For military
of twenty-five or more travelling together
on one solid ticket and for bona fide stu
dents and their teachers in parties of
twenty-five or more on one ticket, upon
written application from principals of COL
leges or schools, a rate Of $50 for the
round trip has been authorized. Tickets
on sale any day, beginning with April
Goth. For military and for students, tick
els will be on sale daily, May 18th to June
30th. and September 18th to October 25th.
Final limit ten days.
The Opera House last night was comfor-
tably filled by an appreciative audience to
witness that beautiful pantomine, "The
Mistletoe Bough," in five acts, in aid of
the Ladies' Aid Society of Grace Church,
under the direction of Prof. S. G. Stearns.
The pantomine was in%terspersed between
tho onopoc with cpaciolfics Miea Earn