The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-29

approaching reunion.
In answer to Il letter of appeal for he
suffering widows and orphans in Guam
aiay. Cuba. Il box of clothing and suit
able food for the sick. valued ut so.
WAS sent there on the l.th inst. by Il
few friends in and around Anderson
Mr.. G. W. Taylor. of Bclton. spent
several days this week ut his mineral
springs at the foot of 'rulniptop Noun
tain, near Walhalla. He expects to
make some Improvement ON this prop
crty in the near future ll'nIhni!n
NcWS
Mrs. Cummings. of c. l.. Jones \
Co. went to .\tlanta last Saturday to
spend few days attending the grand
openings of the dry goods rStablisi-
mcntS of that city and posting herself
in all the latest styles and novelties nf
the season.
The Young Ladies' Nid Society of
the Presbyterian Church will have an
Easter egg hunt next Saturday after
noon ut 4 o'clock 1T the residence of
Mrs. Mary Brown, ON South MrDunic
street. Admission. ten cents. 1t will
be an interesting occasion 10 he young
folks.
y postotiicc will shortly be establish
ed at Mr.. G. w. Wcbb'S plantation.
near P0rtman Shoals. All the papers
have been signed and forwarded to
the department ut Washington. Mr..
Webb will be the postmaster, and the
office will be Il great convenience to the
people Of that section.
Mcssrs. Frank Hall, Charlie Hall and
Gus. Anderson have formed partner
ship and will engage in the clothing
business ut Abbevillc &. II. The two
latter named gentlemen have gone
down there and will conduct the bust
ness. We commend them to the con-
fidence and good will of the people of
Abbcville.
Mrs. BOnlam requests all persons
who have not contributed to the fund
for the Victor Blue medal, and who de-
sire to do 80, to hand their contribu-
tions at once to Mr.. Will. Brown, Mt the
book store. This will be the last week
in which to make the contributions.
Anderson should send up liberal con-
tribution TO the fund.
Our venerable friend, Mr.. NJ. Melton,
of the Five Forks section, was in the
city Friday and renewed his subscrip-
tIOn to the lNTELLIGENCER for another
year. Mr.. Melton is now one of An
dersOn's Oldest citizens, being in his
9lst year, and is enjoying remarkably
good health. We hope he will live To
celebrate his centennial.
On Sunday morning, the 18th inst.
the body of dead man was found
lodged against raft in ChattoOga riv-
er, on the Oc0nee side, near the mouth
of Tallulah river. Magistrate Lee held
the inquest, but nothing was brought
out to show who the man was or how
he came to his death. The body was
in q badly decompOsed state.
The Georgetown Times of the BEND
inst. says: "Mr. j. l.. Shcrald has re-
signed his position as principal Of IT,
graded school. We are sorry to learn
this, for the y0ung man, by his gentle
manly and unassuming manner has
WON numerous friends during his stay
in our midst" Mr. Shelarl has return
cd to his home in Anderson County.
In speaking of the Black Diamond
Railroad. the & lrcnwOOd .J0mrnui saws:
"Thc road is said to bean assured fact.
and its promoters are now much clatrd
over their final success. No man in
South Carolina has had more faith in
the enterprise than J. l.. Tribblc, of
Anderson. nor has anyone worked mere.
assiduOusly for it. We congratulate
him and hope that he may enjoy the
reward of his lab0rs."
Dispcnsary Constable JAS. Atom has
been operating at l'elzer and he reports
several recent captures, one of which
had some new features. He found one
man selling mixture under the name
of ginger ale which smelled like Jamai-
ca ginger, and the vendor finally ad-
mitted that the stuff was a mixture of
ginger ale and Jamaica ginger. 1t is
said to have served the same purposes
as whisley= Fifteen gallons Of the
drink were seizcd.--GrecmriN Noun
!diaccr.
The Kings Daughters. of Charles
ton. S. c., will open IL ,lol1nitory for
women ut the High School building.
northwest corner of Meeting and
George streets. during the Confclcr-
ate Reunion, May Sth to May 18th in
elusive. Price of cots, 30 cents each
per night, in advance. Cots may be
engaged before the Reunion by send
ing money in advance to Mrs. Robert
Wilson. Secretary of Committee OH
Dorn,itory, .'l Meeting ST., Charles
ton. 5. {.
II was with ,-rrnt satisfaction tJ,,t