The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08

signing school claims.
Ii is reported that there are over one
hundred cases of small pox In Atlanta ana
the Board of Health has resorted TO com,
pulsory vaccination. There is danger OF
the disease spreading, and our people
should be On the lookout.
Last Monday Rev. G.. NJ Rogers exhibi-.
ted in the city some very fine specimens OF
SUGAR beets of his own production. he
saws they can be very successfully grown
in this County, and says they cannot be
excelled as food for stock.
We used to know young girl whose
name was Mary. When she grew up and
went to college she dropped the from her
name and it was May. About year ago
she got married and now she has dropped
the y and they call her Ma.
Agent Keys. of the Southern Express
Company, is now occupying his new quar-
ters In the building just erected by Miss
Lizzie Williams, on West Benson street
The Office is q commodious one and is
handsomely finished and fitted up.
Mr.. Joab Mauldin died at his home near
Pickens G H., on Tuesday, November
3Oth. aged So years He WAS one of PICK
enu County's best and most popular citi-
zens. and had served four terms as Sheriff
of The County A widow and nine chill
dren survive him.
DIR. John L. Woodside died at the home
of his son-in law, Mr.. E. A Williams, in
Pelzer, last Wednesday, after an illness OF
about Two months He was about sixty
- ho1 no FOR
tion of his life in the Woodville section of
Greenville County.
Salesday in December always attracts a
largo crowd to the city, and last Monday
was no exception to the custom Good
order prevailed and everybody eeemed
cheerful and in good humor. The tracts
of land sold by the Probate Judge brought
fancy prices, as usual.
Gov. Ellerbe has appointed Hon. j..
Bolton Watson, Of this County, one of the
delegates from the Third Congressional
District to the cotton growers con vention,
which meets in Atlanta next Tuesday, and
also to the Lane convention, which meets
in Memphis on the Goth inst.
D. G. Ellis, who has been in this County
for several years, leaves for Anderson
County this week, much to the regret Of
his many friends here. He and his excel
lent family made many friends here who
wish for them continuance Of the same
and prosperity in their new home.-Pick-
e11S Sentinel.
G. F Jones e. Cos. change OF advertise
ment came in too late for this paper. They
want to call your attention to their stock
ofholiday novelties in handkerchiefs, art
linens, table covers, cravats, collars cuffs
and numerous other articles that will
make useful Christmas presents Look
meantime go to gee them.
a correspondent of the Anderson In
TELLIGENcER signs himselfor herself mo
body's Darling" 1T" must be girl. IF
she would but come to Newberry she'd
pretty soon be somebody's darling, for We
have some boys here who make darings
of girls as soon So they set foot on New
berry's soil No town of its size can beat
this for derlings.-New6ervy Observer.
Mr.. F A. Webster, the new collector Of
internal revenue for South Carolina. has
rearrapged the revenue districts. The
third district consists of eleven Counties,
as follows: Abbeville. Anderson, Green
vile, Greenwood, Laurens, New berry,
Union. Mr.. Webster has appointed Mr..
A. C Merrick, OF Walhslla, deputy COL
lector for the third district.
Rev. S. B. Harper. the popular young
pastor of the Second M. E. Church in this
city, completed his first years work in
this city last Sunday, and has gone to the
annual Conference, which is now in ses
sion at Florence. Mr. Harper is en ener-
getic worker in his Church, and his efforts
in this city have been very successful,
forty names having been added to the roll
of his Church during the past year. We
hope he will be returned to Anderson.
The JVillian,stoniaa says: "Dr. R. P.
Ransom arrived in town Tuesday with his
tor had taken TO Atlanta for surgical
treatment. Tue Atlanta specialists de-
clined TO operate as yet, preierring to wait
until nature bad in part attended to the
wound. DR.. Ransoms treatment in the
case was not changed in any way, bat it is
feared that it will be some weeks before
the operation cau be successfully perform
ed"
The Tuccoa (Ga.) Record says: REV
Hiolt and family left Wednesday morn for
Westminster, =. c., to make their future
home. We are sorry to lose this estima-
BILE family and hope they will be highly
satisfied with their new home. Mr.. Hiott
has satisfactorily filled the Baptist pulpit
here for the past two years" Mr.. Hiott's
many friends in this County will be de-
lighted to hear of his return to the old
Palmetto State
The postoffics department has issped an
order forbidding the renting of postoftice
lock boxes and call boxes to minors The
order was issued because the postal all
bo7s carried on correspondence without
the M consent of their parents, receiving the
mail in The boxes they had rented. The
authorities learned of several cases in
which harm had been done to young peo-
pie by acquaintances formed as the result
of such correspondence
Mr.. Z. B. Keys, an energetic young
farmer Of this County, exhibited to us
Monday three stalks OF what he calls I'M
proved lock cluster cotton. Two or three
wears ago he discovered stalk Of the cot
ton in his crop, and lie watched its growth
and saved the seed. This year he had
t.i.rtv-hve acres in this cotton, from which
he gathered about nineteen bales. The
stalks, which are not very large. average
about sixty bols each McCully Bros, of
THIS city, will sell the seed for Mr. Keys.
The Rev. s a Steel. D. d of Nash
Vile. Tenn. will deliver his popular lee
ture on Getting Married or Paradise Re-
gained" at the Opera House i'll this city Oh
Wednesday evening, 18th inst. Dr. Steel
pays Anderson this his second visit at the
Invitation of the Ladies' Aid Society of the
-CtI L.. .lcck