The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-15

applications for membership were re-
/ celvcd, among whom were some of the
! best business men ot the city, including
two OF our leading physicians. This is
Il live. active Camp. which now has 10
members, and is increasing its numcri-
is now well established throughout the
Union, Is quite popular and is growing
rapidly every day.
Mrs. Ida Bonner. widow of the late
VIM. Bonner. died suddenly at her
home Ill Due West last Wednesday af-
tcrnoon. She spent the preceding day
III Anderson ami was. apparently, in
her usunl good health. Wednesday
morning she complained of feeling un-
well, but her condition was not consid-
cred serious until Il few minutes before
she expired. Heart failure WAS the
cause. Mrs. l'nnncr was Il daughters of
the late James /. darkness. of this
County. where She has many friends
and relptivcS, WHO deeply regret her
death.
Officer Dillingham;. of Spar,anburg.
came over last week after Henry Ar
noid, the negro who Was arrested in
this city OH Salcs,lay. ON his way
back and while waiting in Grrcnvlllr
Tor tho train TO SpartanburE. he negro,
who was hanlcuilcu. was chained to Il
seat in the waiting runm III .lr depot.
and Mr.. Dillingham; stepped ont for Il
! few moments. When he returned, the
| negro and the iron brace of the seat
were gone. and the officer was able to
| get 10 trace OF either. Several other
it is believed they aided the prisoner in
| making his escape.
AT Il meeting of Il number OF young
gentlemen at the City Hall last We'd
| ncsday evening the Electric Citv Club
GERS. were elected: President. T.. NJ.
Rnckcr, Jr'; Nicc-p President, j. NJ. Sui
Ivan; Secretary and Treasurer, y. NJ.
! Sharpe. The executive committee con
| sists of the officers and ~. s. " Drr.
j., i. sandivcr. II. IL. Watkins and
Blair Crayton. The admittancc fee is
ten dollars, and dues one dollar Il
secured mt once an.! furnished III mod
| crn style. Those who ,icsirc to join
should call on Secretary Sharpe.
The Mccormick correspondent of the
| Augusta Chr0nicic, under date of the
that we are to lose our clever young
pharmacist, DR.. John bradley, who
is considering the acceptance OF
an offer to take charge OF the
prescription department OF !; drug
company that is being organized at
Bclton, >. e., and the regrets ut losing
him. ii all reports are true. will not be
confined exclusively to the male sex.
We wish him success wherever he may
go and commend him chccrfully to
those with whom he may east his lot as
ne IS Il very clever gcntlcmananda IL good
citizen
The Concord (N. c. Standard OF he
9th inst, says: "FOr some time young
5. e., has been ut Forest Hill working
IN the mill. The young man several
times run away from home and OH
Wednesday his father had Policeman
Johnston to 90 to Forest Hill and get
him. Mr.. Johnston found him at the
| company store AMI both were ready to
get into the buggy and come down to
the mayors Office when the fellow put
to his heels. He was chased through
back yards and gardens and at last
captured. His father took him back to
AN lcrsOn Wednesday night. The boy
vowed that he would not stay ut home,
! though
The Lconid Sisters, Il band Of rowing
celestial theatricals, began Il three
nights engagement ut the Theatre Cas-
| mas last night to q packed house. There
| was either some Intel. in tic scenery or
| the high hat of Dame Nature, VINO sat
high UP i'll front, shut of all view from
the talented stars; ut any rate, those
who-cngngcd seats for the performance
declare they did not receive their mon
| cy's worth. but are disposed to give
them another trial tonight and to-
| morrow night, under the assurance OF
Professor Hicks that the scenes will
work all right, and that Dame Nature
will remove her offending headgear
before the curtain rises. Those wish
ing to see q really tirst-class attraction
should avail themselves of this oppOr-
tunity, as they cannot be induced to
give usn return engagement until the
year 1892.
The friends of Mr.. w. II. McAlurtry,
Of Garvin Township, will deeply SYM
pnthize with him in the sore bcrenvc-
his devoted wife on Sunday morning
last. Mrs. McMurtry, who was sixty
years OF age, has bcen IL sufferer for
many months past from an inc,lrablc
1nalady, but bore her sutlcrings with
that Christian fOrtitudc which has al
ways characterized her life as being
the watchful architect Of Il sweet, pa
was n consistent member of the Pres
bytcrian Church, and always delighted
in all its ordinances. She was greatly
beloved by all who knew her for her
many graccs of heart and mind. She
was daughter Of the late Felix Wat
klns, and an aunt of our tOwnSmen,
Mcssrs. John G. and Felix Watkins.
Capt. b. c. Hard. one OF Anderson
County's most popular and highly cs-
teemed citizens, died at his home at
Brookside, one mile from Williamston,
last Sunday at G:30 p. m.. after in ILL
ness OF several months. Although he
had reached his Slth year, until several
| months ago he was active and strong,
then he WAS attacked by a complication
of diseases that ended his existence
Sunday evening. Capt. Hard leaves
large family, all Of whom have been
informed by telegraph of his death.
The funeral was held Mt his late resi-
dence this "wednesday morning ut 10
o'clock, after which the remains were
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