The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-19

iiis ucw post OIL uuty.
Attorney General Townsend has de-
cided that tho State had no right to
sell land that was u burial ground and
that such property is not taxable. This
decision relates tO the Maverick burial
ground near Pcndlcton.
Brown, Osborne g. Co. do some plain
talking on dress goods, trimmings,
millipery, silks and satins in their new
advertisement in this issue. They are
fully abreast of the times along these
lines.
Friend G. w. Smith, on the Antlcl-
son side, struck it rich on last Wed
nesday. Two permanent bonrtlcrs
came to his house in the shape of twin
boys. He has named them Dewey and
Schley. Dewey weighed six pound and
Schlcy five pounds Piedmont San.
Mr.. .JOhn 4. Morris sicccdcs Mir. w.
B. Roberts as Superintendent of the
Anderson Cotton Mill. MIR. Morris has
been engaged in the mill business for
thirty five or forty, years. and for the
past eighteen months has been Nverscpr
OF the spinning department of this mill.
IL you owe Dean a. Ratlifc for
guanO, don't fail To read their impul-
tant notice i'll their new ad. this week.
They call your attention to the fact
that your note is past due. They've
got the goods and you the money, all
they want is Il swap. They are giving
impure flour some trough riding now.
CharlestOns Gala Week begins next
Monday 24th inst. and will continue
throughout this week. The railroad
fare from Anderson, vil the Southern
Railway, il $50 for the round trip.
Tickets will be on sale Monday, Tues
day. and Wednesday, good to return
until Saturday. This is Il cheap trip.
Clemson College Foot Ball Team,
will play mntch game on the campus
Tomorrow (Thursday,) at 4 o'clock u.
m., with the Bingham College Team,
of Ashevillc, N. G. The game will no
doubt be most interesting one and
will attract Il large crowd. The adj
mission fee is 80 cents children, ~
cents.
The Columbia State of the 1Gth inst.
suys: "Tlc Salutla Oil Mill was com
missiOiletl by the Secretary of State
yesterday. This enterprise will be
located at Piedmont and it's capital
stock will be $4,000, in shares of .s25
each. This industry will be- an oil
mill, AZ flour mill and IL saw mill The
corpOrat0rs are {. j. Crymes, w. n.
TrOwbridgr, Il. II. Sloan and II. ID.
SlOun.'
The fire alarm sounded last Sunday
evening about 2 o'clock and wae re-
sponded to promptly by the iir.men,
who, after long run, learned that it
wns outside of the city limits Some
cotton had caught fire in the house OF
Mark Chancellor, Il cOlOred tenant on
Mr. u. +. Seybt's land in the southern
suburbs of the city. The fire was soon
extinguisEed and verr little damage
resulted
Mr. +. 4. Major died ut his home in
WilliamstOn Township on Tuesday,
11th inst, after an illness of several
weeks with fever. His remains were
inferred i'll the Pisgah churchyard the
day following his death. Mr.. Major
was about as years of age, and was 1.
most excellent, Industrious citizen. He
leaves n wife and two children to
cherish his memory, and i'll their sore
of Il wide circle Of friends.
Mr.. George A. Swygert died at his
home i'll Columbia last Wednesday,
after AN illness of about six weeks,
aged 15 years. Mr.. Swygert was for
more. than forty years in the employ of
tho c. e. G: Il. r., and for several
lived III Anderson, being conductor ON
the RaiilWnti between this CITY and
BcltOn He was highly esteemed by a
wide circle of old friends, who vii!
regret to ii;ar Of his death.
Anderson is about the livcst cotton
market Ill the State and the best town
in which to buy gomls. Several of hen
mrI chants are advertising with us and
we hope our readers will give them |:
portion of their trade. On bill 0i
goods you can. save money and pay OK
pcnses of the trip. Think over thi.
matter, for this fall IL dollar will have
to iM stretched further than ever before
and anderson is the place to do tho
Stretching.-I'icL Sentinel.
One Of the train hands, IL Mr.. Under.
wood, was knocked from one of tic
freight cnrs Wednesday afternoon as
tie freight ifisin wis gDin.. down Il
the mill yard. 1t seems that there. WA.
Il slack phone wire across the track
which struck the gentleman across tlis
breast and i'll an attempt to save him.
self fr0m IL fall he. grabbed tln. wire
WIFI totI HftIltiS; III tnIS WAY nc re-
ceivcd IL considerable electric shock
| After the train was gone from undc,
him the wire broke, allowing linn t.
fail l"t....:.:: :!: i;;;ii, pu his back. Iii.
wounds are not thought to be serious
-Pel-er Israi3.
The Southern Hallway has made tn,
first announcement of the special trains
t0 the State Fair. The tickets on til.
regular trains will bc sold at one far.
for the round trip, with % cents nd
ditjonal for ticket to the grounds, from
Nor. 18th To 18th, with IL final limit o.
Nov. 3lst. From the 10th tickets vii
bc sold at less than one fare, good IL
| return not later than the 18th On til,
10th and 18th n special train will b,
run from Anderson to Columbia iMt
| return, leaving Anderson each ,lny a;
| 5.30,i. IN. and, returning, leave C0ii,m
bia at 6.M u. III. On tliis train tn,
luiind trip fare will br $500.
+ Mr.. j. w. IIunnitut, one of AmtIcr
Ssn's most clever and expert black
smiths, can certainly be- put down ~
the champion pumpkin producer o.
this section if not Of tho whole State
Last spring he planted few iins
pumpkin seed in his garden, and gave
special attention to ono of tlle vines