The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-31

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a-year-old son OF Mr.. G. B. Owens
died at Bowman, Ga, q few days ago.,
after brief illness. The remains were
carried to Williamson and inferred.
Mr.. a. w. Todd, Charleston's popu-.
lar and energetic architect, has offered
to draw the plans for the proposed
home for Gen. Hampton free Of charge.
The Robert E. Lee Chapter of The
Daughters Of The Confederacy will
meet next Monday afternoon at .
o'clock at the home Of Mrs. C. S. Minor.
Next Sunday afternoon at ) o'clock
Children's Day will be observed in the
Presbyterian Church. An interesting
program has been arranged for the oc-
casiOn.
The Piedmont and Anderson base
ball teams played game in this city
last Thursday afternoon. and resulted
in victory for the former by a score
OF to5.
School commencclnents are now the
order OF the day and in a short time
the many young girls and boys who are
away attending various schools and
colleges will return home.
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Mrs. Samantha Garrett, mother OF
Rev. T. H. Garrett, formerly of this
County, died at her home in Greenville
County IA few days ago, after a long
illness, aged about G5 years.
The proposed new schedule on the
Southern Railway between Charleston
and the up-country did not go into
effect last Monday, and tits now feared
that it has been indefinitely postponed.
Thos. Pickens Shanklin, the infant
son Of Mr.. J. A. and Mrs. Conyers Pick
ems Shankiin, died at the home of DR..
T. J. Pickens, in Pendleton, on the
Both day of May, 1899, aged four
months.
We acknowlege the receipt OF an in
vitation to attend the commencement
OF Winthrop College at Rock Hill, S.
c., from June 4th to the 7th. The
graduating class is composed Of thirty.
three young ladies.
Rev. A. A. Marshall, formerly pastor
of the First Baptist Church in this city
but recently pastor Of the Jackson Hill
Baptist Church in Atlanta, was last
Monday night elected President of the
Monroe Female College Of Forsyth,
Ga.
The Mount Carmel correspondent OF
the Abbeville Press and Banner says:
'sAIr. r. E. Howard, of Anderson, is a
constant visitor in Mt. Carmel. Ru-
mors have it that he is contemplating
the taking away OF one Of Mt. Carmel's
lovellest daughters"
Mrs. J. A. Brock has been appointed
by the ladies' committee in Columbia
to receive donations in this city for re-
building the home Of Gen. Hampton.
II you desire to contribute to this fund
leave it at the Bank of Anderson and
it will be forwarded.
The meetings in the Presbyterian
Church are still going on. and great
interest is manifested in them, large
congregations attending every service.
DR.. Wilson has few equals in the pull
pit, and his work in Anderson will bear
fruit for years to come.
Mr.. Will Tolly, accompanied by his
bride, visited his sister, Mrs. w. M.
Wilcox, several days the past week.
Mr.. Tollyis one OF Anderson's most
popular and prominent young business
men, and numbers his friends in Elber-
ton by the score.-Elbcrton (Ga.) 7'ib-
,tNc.
Onr clever old friend, Mr.. ]. A.
Lafoy, of Volcano, w. Va, was in the
city last week and gave us an apprecia
ted call. He came down to attend the
reunion in Charleston, and on his way
home spent q few days in the Bolton
section visiting relatives and old
friends
There seems TO be little doubt that
the dreaded potato bug, known as the
Colorado beetle, has appeared in this
section Of the country and that it has
come TO stay. Last year q few were
noticed on the Irish potato vines and
this year they have already devastated
the crop in several localities.
We would bevery glad if our citizens
would advise us by note or postal of
any news or personals they may know.
Of. If you so out of town or others
come to see you, let us know of it that
we may keep up a good "personal'
column and let the people know when
you have friends visiting you.
j. A. Latimer, a colored tenant on
Mr.. H. H. Edwards plantation, in
Varennes Township, has shown US a
sample stalk OF cotton from his crop,
which is certainly very fine. He has Is
acres and the stalk he gave us will