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CHICKEN "RAISERS.o
A Valuable Rattlesnake - Old Men
Gnats and Other Things - Engi.
neers and Missing Fingers-COOns.

Lowndesville, Sept. II, 1899.
Mr.. J. B. Leroy returned about week ago
from months stay In the mountains. He
brought back with bim the stuffed skin Of q
rattle snake about five feet long and eight
inches in circumference and with seven rattles.
This Is considerable curiosity to many OF
our people who never saw S1 even dead speci
Capt. JAS NJ. White, of Means. was In town
Monday. We are always glad TO see him.
His visits reminds those OF US who have got.
the days OF yore. ante bellum days, and IN
looking over the intervening time, 1t Is easily
seen that marked changes have taken place,
some for the better, While bile others have been
Mr.. ]. J. johnson went TO Anderson Mon
day evening, where he will stay for while
with his brother, Capt. W. g. johnson, and
Mr.. Mac McCalla and his sister, Miss Leila
Belle McCalla ended several days visit to
some OF our citizens.
Monday and then on to the home OF his
brother.in-law, Mr.. B. Berry Allen.
Mr.. s. +. Epps owns horn, one OF the call
to-dinner sort, which according to the record
cut upon 1t, was made In l772.
What with the heat and the gnats in the
day time, and the heat and the bugs flying in
the night time, there Is a constant fight going
on between them and US, but we are eDcour-
aged by the thought, that soon these pests
will cease to trouble.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Horton opened their
doors to the young people OF our town and
their visitors. Miss Horton and Miss Simpson
OF Clinton. The Invited guests were present
In full force, and exerted themselves 10 make
OF II pleasant occasion, and 1t was done.
Miss Sallie and Master George Giles of Ander
SON. came down Monday and spent a day or
two with the family OF her brother-in-law
Mr.. VIM. Moore and then on to Monterey
where they stayed for day or Two with
friends.
Miss Mabel and Miss Maggie Johnson, ,daugh-
ters OF Capt w. &. Johnson OF Anderson,
family of their grand father, the venerable
Or. j. T. Baskin OF Monterey, returned TO
their Anderson home last week.
Miss Sue Whitfield, OF Anderson, and Miss
Maggie Hudgens, of Honea Path, came over
Friday by the dirt road and have since been
the guests of Mr.. j. T. Latimer.
Miss Bessie Jones, of Ridgespring, lately
elected assistant In our High School, reached
morning
MIR. Tom Verdell, OF Ebert County, Ga,
came in Thursday and is stiI ~, With IBIS, his uncle
ago, belonged to the United States engineer
ing force. He spent aoout six months In
Cuba, and gives quite an interesting account
of his stay there. He resigned his position,
came home and is again in private lite.
Saturday morning while one OF the hands.
a darkey, was at WoIk al Inc saw mill OF
Messrs. ]. W., and w. H. Harden, had the
hand cut OF between the second joint and
the hand. He was brought here aud placed
in DR.. A. B. Mathews hands for treatment.
The Doctor found 1t necessary TO again cut
the fingers off al or near the hand, which was
well done and the man lett for his home.
Our town on Tuesday presented the very
unusual condition of the absence OF all Of her
merchants, excepting two. Somehow they
all happened to have business at AobeVille
on that day.
Quite a crowd of people, white and black
gathered In Magistrate J. q. Huckabee's court
room, out In the yard Thursday 10 witness the
trial Of three suspected chicken stealers.
suit some people. For quite while, almost
all of the chicken raisers IN this town and
surrounding country 30 far as heard from,
have suffered a loss along this line.
Thursday three able bodied coons were ar
rested, brought before the Magistrate, tried,
found guilty and sentenced, one twenty days
or fifteen dollars. The other Two thirty days
or thirty dollars.
| Dr. A. Henry, of Anderson. came down
yesterday and went with Dr. j. ID. Wilson TO
visit one OF DIR. Wilson's patients and hold
consultation.
Rev. Henry Stokes. OF the Mt. Carmel cir
cult, was In town Saturday ana saturday
night, the guest of Rev. Peter Stokes.
| A protracted meeting in Smyrna chulch
next Sunday, 18th at II a. M. by the pastor,
Rev. Peter Stokes, assisted by Rev. L. u.
Herbert Of Donads. matt
| MIR, and Mrs. j. G.. LomaX lost their little
fourteen months old babe last Tuesday, and
| It's remains were laid to rest In ProVluence
Cemetery the next day at ii q. IN. Kew. ieter
Stokes performing the purlal serVlce' assisteu
by Rev. II. Z. Fennel.
| DEATH OF DR.. W. 81. GR1ER.
In common with the whole County and