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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22
PendIctOn Items.
JACK

Il lodge Of Woodmen Of the World has
boon formed horc. under name OF Elm
Camp, with twelve charter Nom ters,
having tho following officers Consul
Commander, J. r. Hunter; Adviser Lieu
tenant, +. II. f. Sloan, jr. Clerk, j. IL.
Mounco; Banker. }. J. Sitton Escort,
H. a. Sloan Watchman, T.. B. Martin
Sentry, J. w. Hunter; Camp MUSICIAN,
w. w. Watkins; Managers, J. r. Hun
tor, -. l.. Reid and j. j. Sitt0p
The officers of Catnp Talio Simpson,
L. G. ", OF this place, want their mem
bers to be present at u meeting Monday,
Dee. 18th, at 3 O'clock, y. IN. They would
be glad if all Of the members would he
present.
Mrs. G. Davnnt. Miss Orpha Harris,
and Mr.. Henry Harri. returned home
tlonday after srondipga "A week in Charles.
ton.
Mr.. u. IL. Reid and Mr.. J. T.. Hunter
spent Monday in Anderson.
There will be Il Christmas Tree at tho
Baptist Church at o'clock p. M, Christ
:nas day. All persons are cordially in
vitcd to attend, especially all the children
OF that denomination.
OLD SPORT.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22
CorIne Items

The farmers arc done sowing wheat and
picking cotton. and are now employing
their time grumbiing about hard times.
There has probably been more wheat
sown in this section than for several gears.
Nearly all OF our farmers have several
fine hogs to butcher.
Mis-, Maggie and Vorna Jackson, two OF
storeville's most popular and charming
young ladies'. spent last Saturday and
Sunday visiting Mr.. w. q. Webbs family.
Tho Christmas holidays will be quietly
observed in his section
1t is always pleasure to 90 to Corine
for your mail. The accommodating post
mistress always meets yen with happy
smile.
1t IL rumored that there will be one il
not two weddings in this section in the
near future.
Some OF our citZens arc kicking about
high taxes They should not utter a word
Of complaint. Ben. Tllman promises US
"reform" away back in 1890, and he has
been giving it to US by degrees in higher
taxes every year since.
MAY all the readers ami editors OF the
INTKLLIGgECER have merry Christmas.
JACK
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22
May Go to 81 Vote.

AS the time draws ncarcrfor the as
scmbling Of the State Legislature in
annual session the various members
Of the General Assembly who happen
in the capitol city arc discussing more
generally the liquor situation. One
cannot but be surprised at the drift Of
all their remarks. 1t may be summed
up in the statement that they do not
know exactly what is best to be done
So far none Of them have been heard
to suggest any material changes in the
dispcnsary law. IN fact. taking the
liquor question as whole, they all
seem to be entirely at sea.
In 1hc last few days there has been
considerable talk about turning the
whole business over to the people to
settle at the ballot box. I'm other
words to leave the liquor problem to
general election an! let the people go
to the ballot box expressing their
preference (D for d;,pensary. (2) for
prohibition, and Gu for high license
under tho constitutional restrictions,
the General Assembly abiding the re
suit. \ prominent State Senator Il
few days ago said that this was the
only way he saw Of settling the mat
ter to The satisfaction Of the people as
a whole. The dispcnsary advocates
claim that the mass Of The people
want the dispcnsary az it is, o. y. or
no o. i. thrown in; the same thing is
true Of the prohibitionists as to their
system Of control, and the high H.
ccnsc people believe that the people
of the State will vote down both he
dispcnsary and prohibition.
1t does not appear that it is going
to be an easy undertaking, either, to
devise IL way of getting Mt the o. y.
business within tho United States
law. If u high license is imposed up
on the 0. p agencies the United
States law will require that it be also
imposed upon the dispcnsarics, and
then will come in an act Of the South
Carolina Supreme Court which pre-
vents the State from licensing it's own
agents. Some have suggested the
plan OF putting the 0. p. agencies on
the same basis as dispensarics-un
the control OF the County boards Of
control in all respects, requiring them
to make reports as dispensers have to
do, and also requiring them to sell at
the same prices as dispensers. The
trouble about this is that the State
dispensa.y has to make about 30 per
cent. on the liquor before it goes to
the local dispensers; then the addi-
tional profit must be made there in
the retail sale. This, it is easily
seen, would mean handsome profit
to the o. p. manufacturer, who would
not have TO provide for profit No. l.
1t is q serious question that con-
fronts the General Assembly: at pres
ent it is absolutely impossible to fore
tell what course will be pursued
THE !Mn.r.
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COLUMBIA. Dee. l9.--It looks very
much RS if 'l!nele" George D. 'riii
man is going to be in the race for
Governor next summer was told
positively few days ago that he had
decided to run. : The rumor to this
effect has been going the rounds con
stantly for several days, and great
many have been innniring as TO what
truth there was in it. Taking every
thing that can be heard into consider
alton it looks very much at this time
as if he is going to be candidate,
and that he will run upon an anti
dispensary platform, if the dispcnsary
withstands the coming scssion of the
General Assembly. Col. James II.
Tillman, OF the Edge6cld Bar, who is
here in attendance upon the State
Supreme Court, was approached to-
day. His attention was called to the
rumor about the candidacy of his
father, and he was asked if it were
true that he had determined to oppose
Governor E'ierbe in the approaching
election !? In reply to my question he
said j: "i am unwilling to make any
announcement as to my fathers intent
in politics, as he always does his own
talking in his own way and in his own
time. but to be candid ! tali you
frankly ! am unable to map out lust
what he will do. do know that he
is very much opposed ever to permit
his name to be again used in conncc-
ton with political office. know
also that he is daily receiving letters
from all over the State bcsccching him
to make the race for Governor.
cannot tell you what his decision will
be, but there is this much certain.
Governor Ellcrbc will meet a deter
mined opposition.
1t was called to Col. Tillman's at
tcntion that there was considerable
talk to the effect that his father was
too old to make n vigorous campaign.
He replied with a laugh "My father
has constitution of iron, and, though
20 years old, his mind is as clear as it
ever was, and he enjoys better health
than l do myself"
This is all the light that can be
thrown on the Ex-Congressman's s
prospective candidacy just e. this
time, but as said above it looks very
much as if he has determined to enter
the race.-Ne,cs and Courier.
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A Double Hanging in Georgia.

ATLANTA, GA. December 17.--Bud
Brooks and Grady Reynolds, who TO-
ge:fer murdered merchant e. =. Hunt.
of Bolton, Ca, were taken from the
County jail at Jefferson to-day and
privately hanged on hill few yards
distant. Both made statements from
the gallows. The drop fell at 1917.
Both men died on the same gallows.
The executions were remarkable II
many respects. After the ride to the
gallows, distance of half mile, they
were rohcd in white and permitted to
speak to the throng OF one Thousand
people who packed around the gallows
cnclousre. On the gallows the two
men held brief conversation, each
inquiring after the others spiritual
condition. Among the twenty men
who saw the execution were the three
brothers Of the murdered man. The
crime for which Grady Reynolds and
Bud Brooks we're executed at ,Jcffer-
son to-day was the murder Of M. G..
Hunt, prominent merchant of Bel.
ton, Ga. Robbery was the motive.
Brooks and Reynolds were white
moonshiners, and had made great
NOoA Va AnouCy. uC CASE Will WulCQ
they made it led them to hatch the
conspiracy by which they could ee-
cure twelve hundred dollars, known 70
have been in the possession Of Hunt.
It was just before the Corbett-Fitx
simmons fight in Nevada when the
murder was planned. Reynolds ne
gotiated with Hunt for the purchase
of his stock Of goods When the trade
was consummated Reynolds told Hunt
that the money was in the Bank at
Harmony Grove, and invited him to
ride to that place with him, distance
of twelve miles. Midway between the
towns. Mt creek, Brooks met the
pair: and the two committed the muir
der, robbed their victim of the money
in his possession and buried the body
in the water. Reynolds returned to
Belton, displayed forged bill Of sale,
took possession of the store and sold
the stock below cost. This reckless
procedure aroused suspicion. Rey-
nolds explained in the meantime,
however, that Hunt had gone to Car
son to see the fight. Hunts brothers,
from South Carolina, were not salts
ned with this statement and had Rey-
nolds arrested. He confessed to the
murder and implicated Brooks, who
had escaped to South Carolina, bat
was arrested few days afterwards.
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last Christmas tide around some fire
sides there are vacant chairs that were
filled by happy loved ones one year
ago, but who have gone to Join the
great majority OH the other shore. A
year hence there will be more vacant
chairs, but even amid these sad con
temptations there should be JOY, for
by the event which this day cclc
bratcs we have the hope of a reunion
beyond the river which will never
end. Again we say to one and all Of
our readers happy Christmas with
peace and good will to all men
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22

In communication iii another col
umn Capt. Smyth, OF i'clzcr, urges
our farmers to cultivate the sugar
beet. We sec no reason why it should
not pay in this country, and we hope
our farmers will try it. The Secrc-
,ary Of Agriculture will supply seed
10 all applicants by addressing him At
Washington
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22

The question Of national quarantine
regulations is receiving the hearty en-
lorscmcnt Of the best minds in the
country regardless OF sections and
politics. They recognize the justice
Of and need for such laws
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Colorcd Stock Show.

W!LLlAhsToN, $ c., Dec 10. 1897.
NJ. Editor: Give us space in your pa
per to say that the Anderson County Col
ored Stock SHOW will take place in the
pasture of l.. II. Welborn. two miles west
ofPelzer, S c., 90 Wednesday and Thurs
day, Dec 20.h anti 3O.h.
Jsc T. CuREroN. Pres.
GEO j. FOSTER, SEC.
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An important step has been taken
looking toward the eventual reduction
of passenger fares everywhere. The
western railroads have just placed on
sale an interchangeable mileage ticket,
which in effect makes two-ccnt rate
for anyone who travels 1000 miles in
the course Of year. Now let such
tickets be made good for bearer.
Then give the people corresponding
reduction in local rates for short dis
tanccs.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22

You can hardly scan an exchange
but some one is either killed or scri-
ously wounded by the careless use of
firearms
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22

Although it is only a few days be-
fore the fir. of the year, there is very
little general interest in the impor-
tant innovation that is then to go into
effect in the tax department Of the
State. From and after the lst Of
day Of January, 1898, there shall be
annually assessed, levied and collect
cd, the Act reads, "a tax on incomes.
Further down in the Act it is stated
that the tax is to be levied upon in
comes Of $1,000 above. The Attorney
deneral expects the constitutionality
Of the law 70 be tested in the Courts.
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The l'opulists Of Alabama have dis
solved partnership with the Rcpubli
cans and will make their State cam
paign on Il platform declaring for the
issue Of an unlimited amount Of paper
money BY the government. They
couldn' win with the aid Of the Re
publicans, and without that aid they
will make y still poorer showing.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22

The South Carolina Legislature
meets on the second Tuesday in Jan
lary. and the session will no doubt be
an interesting one.
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TOTICE TO CREDITORS. J..

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
IN All persons having claims against
the Estate Of J. f. Grimm, deceased,
are hereby notified to present the same.
properly proven. TO the undersigned with
indebted to maze payment.
w. G. LEE, Admir-.
Dec 22. 1897 &c
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In North Dakota the killing Of quail
and English and Chinese rheasants IL
prohibited until 1905. and beaver and
otter cannot be trapped and killed until
1908.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22

A comparatively new industry, that
of making valuable products from dry
eornstalks, promises to do great deal
in enhancing the value Of the corn
crop hereafter. Two factories at
which corn stalk cellulosc and corn
ris!. cellu!cse are manufactured are
nov in operation. and it is said that
plans for eight moro have been com
plcted. The Kansas City Star says
that "thc men who have given most
attention to the subject declare that
Inc discovery OF the uses that can be
made Of corn pith is one Of the great
est scientific achievements Of the age,
and such large things arc expected of
it that the company controlling the
processes for making corn pith ce!lu
lose is capitalized for $50. 100000.
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The South has so many advantages
over New England that this country
will soon be the manufacturing centre
Of the United States, and the New Eng
land mills will be driven to the South
When it costs cents in New England
to produce an article which can be
made here in the South for one-third
less, New England mills have nothing
else left to them except either to go
cu. oe business or move TO the South.
The crisis has already been reached up
there, and OH the lst January the
New England manufacturers will try
cutting the wages of labor 10 per cent.
But i'll order to meet Southern conpc
tition it is estimated that cut Of 23
per cent. must be made. Even this
would not help matters much, because
the laborcrs have to live, and it costs
more to live in New England than in
the South. The operatives with a
continual reduction Of wages would
kick, and this would lead to strike.
Another Christmas tide is upon us.
TUX INTELLrGENCER sends to it's
readers the compliments of the Scason,
and wishes one and all happy Christ
mas, and many returns of the joyous
occasion. This day commentaries
one of the most important events in
all history. The birth of personal
Savior and the announcement of peace
On earth, good will to men, was an
event which means everything to the
human race. Without His coming we
were condcmncd people under tho
yoke and bondage of sin, but his com>
ing looscd the fctters and broke the
bonds which bound us. That being
true there should be rejoicing and
thanksgiving on this day. But they
should be engaged in in spirit of hum
Nble gratitude to God for his greatest
gifYto man. This is no occasion for
drunken ribaldry nor for frivolous en-
joymen. or sport. No doubt since the
a =. ". ~
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-20
FOREIGN PlckINas,

Copenhagen Is TO have an eleVocu
railroad running along the shore from
The city 20 the woods at Charlottenlnnd'
rho motive power will be electricity or
compressed air.
At Dolhain, on the Belgian frontier
townrd Germany, the whole population
went to the railroad station recently
10 boot tho count OF Flanders, with his
son, Prince Albert and his son-in-lnw'
Tho duke OF Vendome, because the
count had employed Germans on his es'
late near by.
Sweden will send an expedition to
KONG Karl's Land, cast of Spitzbergen,
next summer, which will also explore
the other islands and the undiscovered
region between spitzbcrgen and Franz
Josef Land. Last years rush to Spitz-
bergen shows that the difficulties OF
Tuch an expedition are little more than
those OF a summer cruise.
An extraordinary STORY Of the cred
ulity OF Russian peasants comes from
Slavyansl, in southern Russia, where
woman whose little ten-year-old girl
had sore eyes consulted with witch
doctor andwas told TO apply gunPowder
to the child's eyes and touch it off with a
match. She obeyed, binding the child
and injuring herself.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-20

And for three or four days now old
man Seth Marvin he has been sick abcd
with one foot in the grave and the other
one dangling around the edges, on &C
count Of the Wilder Jennings and his
barrel Of fine mC!asses, and it is now
the general wonderment amongst the
people why be didn't give up tho fight
and pass out in the same sad and sud
dent way in which poor Tim had went, "
Aunt Nancy went on.
You must keep in mind, Rufus, that
old man Seth never had got married,
and he was way yonder the most stingi-
est man in all that strip OF country. He
was famous amongst the people from
the fact that whensomeyer dollar left
his hand you could see the print of the
eagle there-which at the same time be
had money on top of money and money
till you couldn't rest. Well, here of late
n gay and gorgeous young wilder by
the name of Misses Jennings had moved
her washin down into the settlement
from some town way over in Georgv.
Bless your soul, | don't know nothin
I
could see and hear and pick up on the
run, as it were.
But at any rates, it would seem
like the wilder had set her trap and
fixed the triggers to take old man Seth
in out Of the wet, and by some hook
or mercrool1 she had played her hand
so as to make p!uperfect and varie-
gated fool out of the stingy old thing.
One day last week the wilder she come
sailin along with all her higgins and
tinery and iNments on and hailed at
the Marvin place and called for old
man Seth. In the mainline he had
went out TO the smoke house to draw
a jug Of molasses which one of the
had sent over to buy, and
be had Jest get the jug down and pulled
The peg ont when tho wilder driv up
aitb . gseaf swasAi
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-20
SOUTHERN oLEANINGs.


Fourteen yeJrs ago, at LoclShart,
Caldwell county, Tex, AL. Brooks, u
negro desperate, who had killed sew
eral men, murdered his father.in-law
In heinous manner and shot his wife
badly, but she recovered, Brooks es-
capped, and soon after this tragedy, a
colored man committed criminal AS
eault in Burleson county. lie was
captured and burned at the stake,
claiming he was Al Brooks. Pictures
taken OF the fellow were identified as
being Brooks. Gov. Ireland had Of
fered reward OF $500 for Brooks
capture, which was supplemented 10y
$1,000 additional by citizens OF Lock-
hart. The burned negro in Burleson
county having been identified as
Brooks, the rewards were withdrawn.
The other day constable arrested
Brooks near Regain, lie was taken
before his former wife and fully iden-
tilted
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-20

Nov, You mOught, maybe, write me
up for several different kinds Of fool,
| Rufus, but l know tremendous well that
l amt all sorts of fool at the same
| time" that dear old female lady went
on to say. And that is the way Iwould
want you to write me up if was fool
enough to sail in and kill myself.
80 fur | have forgot to tell you all
| about Tim Reeves, and the student and
terrible way in which he brung on a
funeral procession in the old settle
ment along in durin of the Christmas.
You will recoIlect, Rufus, that Tim
Reeves was a right young man-not
more than twenty-five or three, or may
be a little the rise of that. Anyhow, he
had jest come out upon the carpet good
nnd for the last year he had been payin
his most fervent and double-breasted
regards to Miss Amy Ledbetter- which
from all the reports and general appear
ments in the case, if they had lived, by
this time they would be mixin clothes
hccordin to the Scripture and the law.
But in the mainline Tim had turned
him out the longest and most loveliest
set of red whiskers | have ever saw on
the face of mortal man Bless gracious.
If they didn't flow way down below the
brow band of his pantaloons. and then
he could take ana plat 'em up and they
would wrap around his neck three
times-whicb he most in generally al
ways wore EN- that way only when he
was goin to town or out amongst the
female generation. But the people aad
the places which have knew Tim Reeves
and his whiskers in the past will know
them now no more forever.
zone day Tim turned his whislers
loose and dressed up and driv off to
town in his buggy. There was big
party comm off that night down in the
Flat Woods, and it would seem like
Tim had made his engagements to go
and take Miss Amy. But on his return
back home that evenin-drivin fast and
furious-tanked up to about three
sheets in the wind and the other one
spIit-and smokin his pipe as big as life
bless the heavens if he didn't drop
some fire which broke out in his whisk- |
ers and burnt 'em off as clean as my
hand all but one little patch on the left F..
side. And that was nothiu TO the gen |
eral circumference of the calamity. In .
tghtin the fire Tim didn't know for Ger |
tain what he was doin till he had |
cropped the lines and the mule pitched .
out and run away. They tell me that |
Tim did raise a tremendous big confu-
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THUR ~DAY, Feb. Ia
EFAIn mud prnyI1I,,,.

ST LoUIs--Flour Fancy to extra fancy,
e345G4l5: patents, s4.4Ol4GO Wheat-Ko. 2
red, Sjgs6i4"; No. 3 red, Sic Corn-No 2
mixed, l91igl93ic; No. 2, white. PIC. Oats
No, . l0Hc Hay-PralrIe, S6OJ1Z5J: mixed
timothy, S60J1s IS: clear Timothy, t7O1A
l0.Ul Butter-Creamery, l7622o: dairy, 120
l6c. Eggs-Fresh, lie, Larl-Prlme steam
372l2c. POri-New standard mess $50 Ba-
con-Extra shorts, Abe; clear ribs, 4s71,c,
clear S-l93 all boxed. Wool-Cholce washed
lSd22c
Wheat Futures closed; May, sic b; July,
703sc b,
COrn-Futures closed February, zoe IN;
May, 2lIc b. July, 23c b.
NEW YORK-Flour-Stat western. quIct ana
easy. Whoat-March, S2asgAc, May, sva59
81 Lie; June, s0Ac; July, 7sa7sXc Corn
No. 2, 2sH029Hc; May, 295l'. Oats Western,
2lG3Oc; May, 2lAc, Pork-Sleady, Lard
quiet and firm ButtCr-Western creamery,
l3G2cc; western creamery, factory, 7glSAc;
Elgns, zoe Eggs-Western. ls{c
CHrCAGo-0pening quotations: Wheat-May,
741GHdc July, 70K&7lc; September. CgA0
6Vhc. Corn May, 2oAc July, 241sc; Septem-
Der, 26Ac Oats-May, l7c; July, l7ac. Pork
May, s7.90G7, 95; July, ts.O5 Lard-May $3.50;
July 402lac Short RiDs-May, 4O5c; July,
l2hc.
CHICAGo-ClosinFq quotations.. Wheat-Feb-
ruary, 73Ac; May, 75AG7bac; July, 7IHc; Sep
TENDER, to7sc. Corn February, 22AQ2 2loc;
May .46J2415c; July, :5hG25Ac; September,
26a&26hc. Oats February l52c; July l7Sc
bid. Pork February, $780, May, $500 asked:
July, IS l2la asked Lurd February, 3s7J,c:
May, S@hQ4J0c; July, 4O7Mc Short Ribs
February, 4lOc; May, 412Ic asked July.
4l?1ac bid
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