The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-15

one of the lay delegates to the South Caro-
lima Conference which met in Florence
last week, and was elected delegate to
The General Conference.
The infant son of F. NJ. Morris died last
Wednesday night. Its brain had been
affected for some tins. The remains we're
inferred at Roberts Church in Anderson
County.-Liberty Beacon.
Ifyon arc looking for useful and appro
priate Christmas presents for your rela-
tives, friends or your sweetheart, you
should read the advertisement of Brown,
Osborne IL Co. in this issue.
The annual meeting of Chiquola Lodge,
knights of Pythias, will be held Friday
evening, at !. 80 o'clock. AL the members
are urged to attend, as bust iness Of impor-
tance will come before the Lodge.
Married. on Sunday. December 6, 1897,
by Rev. N. G. Wright, at the residence OF
the brides father, Mr.. Clayton Chastlne
Mr.. Charlie Taylor and Miss Florence
Chastine, both Of Anderson County.
While you are out shopping and look
ing for Christmas presents, give Q r.
jones & Co. call. In their new adver
tisement this week they call attention to
their stock of useful Christmas presents.
Read it.
That man Minor, of the Ten Cent Store.
announces in his new advertisement this
week that Santa Claus has made his head
quarters with him, and that bis shelves
are crowded with Christmas goods for
young and old.
The Christmas shoppers will have little
difficulty in finding articles to their lik-
ings. if the assortment OF toys and Christ.
mas novelties in the stores Of Anderson
are to be judged by the displays in the
show windows.
We have clubbing arrangements with
the Charleston Weekly News and Courier,
the Atlanta Weekly Constitution, the At
lanta Weekly Journal. the ST. Louis Re
public the Southern Cultivator and the
Home and Farm.
Osborne q Clinkscales have line of
pretty and useful goods for the Christmas
trade, az you will see by reading their ne"
advertisement this week. Give them q
call and see their stock. Their goods and
prices will please you.
There is plenty Of wbiskey in the dis
pensary and original package stores here,
but it is seldom that we see drunken man
on our streets. The people are realizing
tho ignomy Of drunkenness and are gradu-
ally giving the drunkard the 60 by.
A commission for charter has been
issued by the Secretary of State to the Far
mers' Loan and Trust Company Of An
derson, the capital stock Of which Is $780,
600. The c0rporators are: E. A Smythe,
81. P. MCGEE, G. w. Evans. 3 2. Sloan,
S. j. Watson, John G. Watkins, VIM.
Laughlin, r. S. Hill.
The alarm of resounded about o'clock
Yesterday evening, and was caused by a
lamp being accidentally overturned in the
room of Mr.. Samuel Brown, in the Bors-
tel block. on Brick Range The fremen
responded promptly but their services
were not peeded, as the blaze was soon ex-
tinguished. No damage resulted.
Mr.. o. H P. Fant bought the residence
of the late Judge J. j. Norton in Walhalla
at the sale of the lands belonging to his
estate on last Monday. It is understood
Mr.. FAINT and his wife intend to move to
Walhalla In January next, and make their
home here in the future. A hearty vel
come awaits them -Keot0ee Courier.
The Seneca correspondent of the Wal
halla Courier, under date OF the 7th inst,
says: And still the stealing goes on A
bale of cotton was stolen from Mr.. j. n.
Brock, whose home is near Pendleton
early this morning, by negro who work-
ed on the place. A telegram was sent Mr..
]. A. Brock at this place to watch out fol
the negro he was captured without much
difficnity and the cotton taken back to
Pendleton."
At a meeting OF the City Council yester-
day afternoon the following resolution
was adopted: Resolved, by tho Mayor
and Aldermen of the city Of Anderson In
Council assembled and by authority OF
same. that We recommend that all per.
eons within the corporate limits OF the
citv Of Anderson, s. G, be vaccinated at
| the earliest time possible" This is an
| important matter and our people should
carry out the Recommendation of the city
authorities.
On Monday last Joe Brown. colored
about thirty-6ve years old, an operative in
the Excelsior Oil Mill ginnery, was caught
on piece OF shafting, whirled over and
over and thrown againsta q post. One o!
the small bones OF the leg was broken and
he was considerably bruised. DR.. Harris
repaired bis injuries and be is now doing
ali right. This accident was caused by q
pair OF ragged over -alls, shreds OF which
were caught and quickly twisted arounc
| the shafting.
The Abbeville Press and Banner says
"The railroads have reduced freight or
manufactured goods from this section from
sixty cents To forty nine cents per hundred
pounds to Philadelphia, New York and
Boston. This act no doubt, buries tht
Abbeyiile, Due West, Bolton and Pelzel
| Railroad. The reduction in freight viii
in the aggregate amount to an enormous
sum-forty or fifty dollars week for Alb
beville's little mill. The saving for the
| large establishments OF Piedmont an0
Pelzer would make good fortune every
week."
The Cotton Growers Association, which
was organized in this city on Salesday
adjourned to meet again next Monday, al
will DO seen by referring to the call o
President d X Norris in another column n
The meeting should be well attended, as
report will be made from the Convention
nov in session in Atlanta. All OF our peo
Die are interested in this subject, and An
derson County must be in line ready 70
action when the time comes. Come to tb'
meeting and lend it your encouragement
and assistance
Ia addition to the regular holiday ex
cursion rates, the Charleston IL Westerl
Carolina Railway will sell excursion tick
ets. first cIass, to Augusta, Ga, at rate 0
four cents per nile for the round trip, ant
a. >oko voto Of M