The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-07-28
A series of meetings are being held in the

II Il AuLIpC q JoiASo bHo
Services ere held every evening at s 80
o'clock.
Mr.. J.. w. Ballard. formerly Of this
County, but now of Youngsport, Texas,
was in the city Monday and gave us q
pleasant call. Mr.. Ballard will spend
several weeks in the County visiting rela-
tives. He is well pleased with his adopt.
ed home.
The Lockesburg (ATk.) Democrat of the
22nd inst. saws: "Mr. II. Reese Watt, of
Iva, S. c., left for his home last week, after
q visit to friends and relatives here. He
drank from the Cossstot 80 he will come
again. He formed many new and pleasant
acquaintance here"
MI. Bradford Brake, of Gainesville, Ga,
and Miss Kate Martin will be married to-
day at 2 O'Clock, at the home of the BRIDES
father, Mr.. Joseph Martin, in this city.
Rev. w. r. Richardson will oHciate.
The bride and groom will leave on the 8 35
train for Gainesville.
Last Monday the Secretary Of State issued
q commission to Messrs. Z. A. Smythe,
T. J.. Martin, P. D. Wade and w. A.
Blake rs corporators Of the Moneynick
Oil Mill, which will be located in Pelzer.
It's capital stock will be $4,000, in 200
shares of the par valne of $500 each.
Married, on Wednesday, July 81, 1897,
at Lake City, Fla, by Rev. D. W. Hum
phreys. father ofthe groom, DR.. D. Gran
Vile Humphreys and Miss Eva Henry,
both of Lake City. The groom has many
friends and relatives in Anderson County
who will join us in extending congratulate
tons.
Last Saturday, on the plantation of Mr..
James Pruitt, three miles west of Due
West, Munroe Jenkins was killed by Jim
Hubbard. Both colored. The men were
in a dispute when Hubbard grabbed an
axe and struck Jenkins in the breast and
also on the head. A watermelon caused
the row.
Our young friend, Wade 81. Thompson,
of Varennes Township, who came home
from Davidson. College or the 10th of June
sick with typhoid fever, has had q long
and serious sickness, but we are glad to
note that he is now conYalescing. We
hope he will soon be restored to his nor.
NAL health.
From Westminster, England, we have
Just received q copy of "Essays on Social
Topics" by Lady Cook. It is a neatly
bound and readable book, interesting from
cover to cover. This book ia the first and
second series Of Lady Cooks works. All
| of her works can be had from the Ameri.
can agent, Mr.. Hebern, N19 Euclid Ave-,
Chicago, III.
An exchange says: "Get q nickel's
worth OF nitrate Of silver at the drug store
and put 1t in a tumbler Of water from your.
well. 1.-THE water is pure 1t will remain
clear. Ifimpure it will turn blue; If very
impure 1t will turn milky. In this simple
msnnor you can know if your we'll needs
o1oonso- orI roocsh1r hooH off a III nf
typhoid fever"
Oscar Thompson, alias Ed. Smith, a
young white man, and one of five prison
.ers who recently escaped from prison. at
Vienna, Ga, was captured at Portnian
Shoals Yesterday morning by Deputy
Sheriff Rose. Sheriff Green has notified
the Georgia authorities ofthe arrest Of The
prisoner, and an officer is expected TO call
for him this week.
Messrs. Clarence Osborne and Prue
Clinkscales have formed q partnership, I'M.
der the firm name Of Osborne d Clink- |
scales, and on the 1st September, as sue
cessors of Archer d Osborne, will occupy |
& Co. The new firm will carry q large
line of stoves, tinware, crockery, etc., and
we bespeak for them q liberal patronage,
Miss Mittie Tribble, who recently eradu-
ated in music at the Greenville Female
College under Chevalier Ferrats. has been
granted permission by the trustees of the
Anderson Graded Sche2Gto use n Of the
rooms of the Graded School building. |
Those desiring to take lessons are request
ed to see her at once. or IS soon as con-
v%enient, in order. to arrange for hours, &c.
Within the past sixty days the Sullivan
Hardware Company, of this city, have
sold ten car loads of the Atlas and Prick
engines, for which they are agents. Four |
car loads were sold in this CITY, two in
Elberton, Ga, two in Greenville, one in
Pelzer and one in Switzer, s. G. This is
only another proof of the fact thahyou can
buy anything you need in Anderson
cheaper than in any other town or city in
the South.
A meeting of the County Alliance was
held in the city last Friday and elected Hon.
J.. Perry Glenn delegate to the State AL
lance, and Mr.. w. T. W. Harrison cotton
weigher. The following officers were
elected to serve the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, J. B. Douthit; ce-President, A.
M. Guyton Secretary, j. @. Watkins;
Lecturer, T. T. Wakefield; Doorkeeper,
J.. 8. Lollis Executive Committee, j.. M.
Glenn, A. N. Richardson and G.. j. Vandi-
yer.
The Passenger Department of the Sea.
board Air Line at Portsmouth, Va, has
issued q unique, attractive and useful SOU
venir in the shape of q paper. weight. being
a bale of cotton reduced to about two by
three inches, laying on q truck while an
idle negro seated on the bale enjoys his
watermelon. This attractive as we'll as
useful article can be obtained by sending
Is cents in stamps to T. j. Anderson, |
Gen'l. Pass'r. Agent, Portsmouth, Va, to
coysr cost of mailing,
Pickeus Sentinel: slew Spearman,
who lives on the VIM. Hunter place below
Liberty, was run over and killed by q
freight train last Tuesday evening. he
was very hard Of hearing, and was walk
ing across q crossing, near the mouth Of
cut, when the train come up on him ct full
speed. They bowed the signal, but he
did not hear it p; they tried to stop, but on
account of the high speed, could not. His
leg was broken just above the ankle, arm
torn of, and skull crushed. The train
stopped and crew Went 20 search for MIN,
and found him up on the COW catcher.
He lived three or four hours"
Beginning August 9TH the Mallory
Steamship Line will inaugurate service
between Port Royal, s, G., and New York
| City. Steamers will leave New York
every Saturday at 8 o'clock p. N, arriving
at Port Royal the Monday following.
| Returning, leave Port Royal Saturday
morning and arrive in New York Mon
day following. A special train will leave
Port Royal on the arrival of each steamer
to dispatch the business into the interior.
This line offers unexceptionable facilities
| for the handling of both freight and pas.
| senger traffic, the passenger accommods-
tons being first class in every respect,
| For information as TO rates, etc address
| W. ). Craig, G. r. 4 Augusta, Ga.
The Columbia correspondent OF the
Charleston Post says: 1.-THE State Board
| of Pensions is rapidly getting ready to
pay the pension fund out to the pension
! ers. Miss Maher, the Clerk of the State
| Board OF Pensions, is hard at work getting
| up the lists of pensioners for the several
counties in the State az sent in by the
| county boards of pensions and approved by
the State Board. The list promises to be
considerably larger this year than eyer be-
fore. IT will be several weeks, however,
before the State Board can prepare the
| checks and begin to send them to the sew
| eral Clerks Of Court. From the lists made
up 30 far the number of pensioners in the
counties named below is taken: Aiken,
1O3; Charleston, 101 O%rangeburg, 1906
Anderson, 454; Marion, 103 Barnwell,
1874; Georgetown, %; Hampton, 1f9; Ches-
ter So; Sumter, 1872. AS will be seen
from the above, there has been quite an
increase this year. Anderson gives prom