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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
Too Hasty.

Society is laughing itself sick over
an amusing incident which occurred
at certain fashionable residence not
many days ago. A well-known young
lawyer was the victim.
1t seems that during the course Of
the evening he took advantage Of an
opportunity and imprinted kiss on
the fair cheek of his hostess, much to
her surprise and indignation.
"Sir, how dare you! she exclaim-
ed, or words to that effect. IF you
ever presume to do thing like that
again I'll tell my father y
But the young lawyer either thought
that was bluff or else liked it SO
we'll that he was willing to take the
consequences. Anyhow, he repeated
the offence. He was not very much
surprised to sec her jumpup and leave
the room with fine air of offended
dignity.
9That's all a bluff. thought he.
"She will go up stairs and geta hand
kerchief and then come down and
scold me. He was stillin his frame
of mind when he heard the parlor door
behind him open. ''Thcre she is, :
thought he. Aud then he said aloud:
sWcll, did you tell him .
A moment later his blood froze in
horror as deep voice replied: Yes.
MIR, my daughter told nc
But there was no need to say more.
At the sound of the unfamiliar voice
the young lawyer had looked around.
When he saw the father with long
modern rifle in his hands he waited no
longer.
With one bound he had reached the
window. and he went through it. sash
and all, leaving his hat behind him.
What he did not know was that the
young lady anger had melted by the
time she had reached her fathers
room, but she decided to play a Joke
on him.
'.Father, said she, chr. is
down stairs. lie is great hunter and
is perfect crank on the subject Of
rifles. I have been trying to explain
your new Winchester repeater to him,
but | can't make him understand.
Won't you take it down and show it TO
him ?"-LnniSrWe Times.
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A Long Prayer.

1T happened" said Colonel Jack
CHM, at Chambarlain's S, "that there
we're two colored preachers inhabiting
cells in the penitentiary at Frankfort
at the same time. If remember
Alright both were sentenced for polyg-
amy, but Old Sam was Methodist
parson, while Old Jake was Of the
Baptist faith. Itseems that Sam had
done something to greatly offend the
warden, and the punishment decided
on was an old-fashioned lashing Some
weeks after the affair came off, the
Rev. Sam, whom [ had known from
boyhood, was telling me about it.
"sI didn't mind de whirpin' SO
much, Mars Jack, ef it hadn't been
fer de way Old Jake acted. You see,
de warden he said to me, Sam, Use
gwine to whip you, and I low de whip
pin will do you whole heap w good.
I'm gwine to let Old Jake pray fer
you, and de blows will continue to fall
on your black hide while Jake's pra'r
is goin on. When he comes to final
stop den de punishment will likewise
end.
Land sakes, Mars Jack, | knowed
it was all up with me den, fer that ig-
norant old nigger never did know
when it was time to get up of'n his
knees. De fac dat po human bein'
was in distress wasn't gwine to make
a bit Of difference with him. Well,
sir, it was jes like spected it'd be.
Dey brought me out, and Old Jake, de
old villun, started in, and as fast as
he prayed de warden came down on
me- wid whip dat cut like knife. [
never did want to hear prar come
to an end so bad in my life, but it
weren' t any use. Every time I thought
he was mos through, Old Jake took
fresh hold, and down come de licks
harder'n ever. Shortly it seemed to
me like he prayed month, and, Mars
Jack, I wants to tell you right now
dat I am sot against long pra'r rs fer de
rest Of my life. Washington Post.
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NOTICE.

WILL let to the lowest responsible
wv bidder on Friday, April 2lst, at
II a. m the building Of new Bridge
over Wilson'e Creek, on new road lead
ing from Cook Station to Rocky River
Church, near Oliver Mckee house.
on day of letting.
w. P. sNELGRovE, Co. sup,r.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12

model Of a full.rigged ship, with every
mast, sail, spar, rope, chain and an
chor duplicated in miniature. A Miss
Buford had been very kind to the
prisoners in Rock Island, and those OF
the boys who had money Clipped in
and bought Moneys boat and sent 1t
as present to this kind lady.
Money left the prison before | did,
and [ have not seen or heard OF him
for "a years. Imagine my surprise
and pleasure when few days ago |
received the following letter:
TAMPA, FLA, Jan. 10, 1899.
MIR. W. C. Dodson-Dear Sir and
Comrade: read your sketch in the
Atlanta Journal Of the raid made by
General Wheeler's cavalry in the rear
Of Rosecran's army in the winter Of
1862 and SO, at Murfreeaboro, Tenn,
and have been inclined 60 think that
you must be Sergeant Dodson, of Com
pany K, Fifty-6rst Alabama cavalry,
John T. Morgan's old regiment, OF
which I was a member at that time.
I went by the name Of John Money,
my name being properly John Money
Henderson. Company K was recruit
ed in Lynchburg, Va, where I Joined,
having left the infantry service. If l
am right in my guess I should like
very much to have you correspond
with me.
Hoping to hear from you soon, I am
Your comrade,
JOHN M. HENDERSON.
Q was not Sergeant Dodson of Com
pany X, but Private Dodson, of Com
pany D.
Hearing from Money brings to mind
the events narrated above, some OF
which I had almost forgotten. Ihave,
though, often thought of Money and
his beautiful ship; Of Colonel Webb
and the strange circumstance that one
Of Company K should show such de-
votion to him in his extremity; Of
Miss Buford and her great kindness
to us. I wish I knew something Of
her subsequent history, but cannot
now even recall where she lived. If
in life she probably yet preserves
Money ship, and will no doubt be
glad to learn that the maker is still on
this size Of the ssgreat divide. I" If
her soul has passed to its reward,
'inasmuch as when we were sick and
in prison she ministered unto us, |
trust it was remembered to her in
righteousness.
(privatc) W. c. DopsoS.
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A.pl:RsoS, S. C.. April 1, ls94

A.pERsoS, S. c.. April 1, 1894.
AT 4 meeting ui the Board ot. County
commissioners held this day, it was re-
solved by sain @Unnrd tn appoint Sub
commissioners in the various Townships
i'm Anderson County, 10 whom the people
can apply to-, and make report ofany
bridges or any job 0i work that requires
Immediate attention.
ANY person dining job Of work in
Anderson County before be- presents his
claim. must have hiSclain verified by
The Sub Com III is-ioners OF the Township
in whch said work s dnnr.
.Alsn, the Board decided tn receive
communication road tax until 10Th April.
after which time they positively will not
receive any money, and parties Will have
to work the roads when warned or pay
the penalty; and for convenience OF the
people parties can pay money u the Sub;
commissioners in tho Township. or TO
The County Treasurer until 18th April.
Broadway u. n. Nandiver.
Helton--J. j. Vaughn.
Brushy CreeS-H. +. Cely.
Centrevlle-l..zJ Bnrriss.
Fork r.. A.SullivAn.
ZGarvin-.] T.. t3arvin.
Hopewell-p Fl. Brown.
Honea Patti. NJ. Hanks.
Hall-.W. p BELL.
Martn-R. f.. Parker
Pend tllptnn- Samuel MrCrary.
Rock Mills r. f. Shirley.
Savanna!,--l. J. Smith.
~ ZNarenrles--J. IL. Jones.
William4tnn +. NIcAlistar.
w. p. SNELGRONE..
County Supervisor.
i. F. CLARDN.
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(privatc) w. c. DoDsoS.
Fifty Years Ago.

Many of those who attended the
first meeting Of the Science association
fifty years ago, says W. j. NIcGee in
the September Atlantic made their
journey, or part Of it, by stage coach
or in the saddle; they met many boy
riding to the neighborhood mill with
a bag Of corn as grist and saddle, and
the itenerant doctor or minister on
horseback, with his wife on a pillion
behind: they passed by farmers swing
ing the ck-breaking cradle or WELD
ing the tedious hoe, while lustry hor-
scs grew fat in idlencss: they caught
glimpses of housewives spinning and
dycing and weaving with infinite pains
the fabrics required to clothe their
families. they followed trails SO rough
that the transportation Of produce to
market multiplied its cost, and carry
ing back family supplies was bur
den; everywhere they saw hard human
toll enliycned only by the cheer Of
political freedom, and they did not
even dream of devices whereby nature
should made to furnish the means for
her own conjugation.. The mails were
carried slowly by coaches and post
boys; the telegraph was little more
than toy; and the telephone, the
trolley car and the typewriter had not
begun to shorten time and lengthen
life; and steel was regularly imported
from Sheffield, and iron from Norway.
The slow and uncertain commerce OF
interior navigation was the pride OF
publicists, and Chicago boasted a
population Of $4,000: shallow wave
Of settlement was flowing over the
broad interior to break against the
bluffs of the Missouri, though the
pioneers still feared to pitch tents on
the broad prairie lands, and chose
rather the rugged and rocky wood
lands skirtiDg the waterways as sites
for homcsteads:: the fertile subhumid
plains, with ten million buffalo on
their nutritious grasses, were still
designated as ''thc great American
desert" the Rocky Mountain region
beyond was mysterious lan', yield
ing the widest and wicrdcst of travel
ers tales; California was an ultima
thule more remote in thought andl in
tcrest than is Hawaii or even the
Philippines Of to-day-Phi'n7rlrhtn
VtutpS
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Township Commissioners.

Feb %, % 1899
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route.
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I was reading an advertisement of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhra Remedy in the Worcester
Enterprise recently, which leads nc
to write this. [ can truthfully say L
never used any remedy equal to it for
collie and diarrhwa. [ lavc.ncvcr ha,l
to use more than one or two doses tn
cure the worst case with myself or
childrcn-W. \. STROUD, I'opomokc
City, Nd For sale by llill-Orr Drug
Go.
= 1t pity that SO many men de-
vote their time to laying up something
for=th rainy lays Of their grand
children.
- In Georgia If one person calls
another a liar he must prove t or take
the chances Of Il one thousand dollar
fine and year in the pcnltcntlary or
both. This has a tendency to restrain
the public expression of the opinion
that one Georgian may have of another
Georgian.
Nr. H.. \. Pass. Bowman, Ca,
writes: "Onc OF my children was very
delicate and VIC dcspaircd Of raising
it.l'or months my wife and | could
hardly get nights rest until VIC be.
gan tho use of Pitts Carminativc.
We found great relief from the first
bottle. Pitts Carminativc acts
promptly and cures permanently. 1t
is pleasant to the taste, and#chldren
take it without coaxing. 1t is tree
from injurious drugs and chemicals.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
A Fortunate Escape.

It was a dainty fair-haired maid Of
5 or 6 summers, who sat beside little
friend relating the advent of new
baby in the family.
''She was borned while your mamma
was way down south, wasn't she p
asked the friend.
Yes, replied the proud older sister.
"Well, I tell you this, you were
very fortunate to have her born white
down there because most of the babies
that are born in the south are born
black was the congratulatcry re-
SPONGE of the wide-eycd friend.--Ne'e
Yorh; Life.
Wben money talks the cream of
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12

For frost bites, burns. indolcnt
sores. eczema, skin diseases, and cs
.pccially Piles, DcWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve stands rstand best. Look out
for dishonest people who try to ml-
tate and counterfeit it. It's their en-
=lorscmcnt OF good article. Worth
less goods arc not initiated. Get De-
Witt S Witch Hazel Salvc. Evans
Ipharulacy.
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y The moraist 10 more thinks OF
putting all his maxims into practice
than the shoemaker does of wearing
all the shoes hc makes
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12

Happy is the man or woman who
can cat good hearty meal without
suffering afterwards. II you cannot
do it, take lolDyspcpsia Cure. II
digests what you cat, and cures all
forms OF Dyspepsia and Indigestion
Evans Pharmacy
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Valuable Lands Cheap.

DARTIES. desiring 10 purchase good
L Land near Ahhevile at prices rang.
ing from $500 tn $1,000 per acre will do
we'll to consult the undersigned.
Localities healthy and water fine.
WYATT AIKEN IL co.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-06
RAPID MOBILIZATION OF eoERs
British Government will Charter Fort
Steamers For Transports.

British Government Will Charter Forty
Steamers For Transports.
London, Oct. "A special dispatch
from Pretoria says:
"a rigorous censorship is maintained
over all press kilograms. President
Kruger addressed the troops which
started for the Natal border Saturday,
appealing to their patriotism and wish
ing them Godspeed.
The general drift of news indicates
that the position of the British troops
in South Africa is critical, owing to
the delay in sending reinforcements,
and in the event of hostilities, early
reverses are regarded as probable. The
latest advices show that the Transvaal
mobilization has been rapid and COM
prehensiye. Many Beers, 1t is said,
did not wait to be commanded, but
proceeded to the border spontaneously.
1t is calculated that the Orange Free
State already has Z 900 men on the
border.
The British government is chartering
large number of steamers, evidently
for the purpose of transporting an
army corps. About 40 vessels are to
be chartered.
No confirmation is obtainable from
any source of the report contained in
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company that the Beers have captured
Dundee
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-06
FIFTEEN HUNDRED KILLED.
Appalling Effects of Earthquakes Il
Asia Minor.

Appalling Effects of Earthquakes In
Asia Minor.
Constantinople, Oct. At is now
estimated that 1900 persons perished
in the earthquakes in Asia Minor
around Alden. The first shock oc-
CURED at O'Clock in the morning of
September 30, and lasted 40 seconds.
The effects were appalling. Whole VIII
lagos were completely destroyed. The
earthquake was felt as far as Scio,
Mitylene and Smyrna.
The latest advices from the stricken
area show that men, women and chill
dren were buried in the ruins of their
dwellings before they realized their
danger Numbers of bodies still lie
beneath the debris, About 500 persons
were killed at Sakareni, and some 500
at Denizl, where three-fourths of the
buildings fell. There was proportion
ate loss of life In many of the smaller
villages.
The disturbance has not yet subsidized,
although its strength appears to be
spent. The shocks continue almost
daily, but with no great violence. The
population is encamped in the open.
One consequence of the earthquake
is the subsidence of the level of the
Alden district by two yards. Sulphur
GUS springs burst out in the valley of
Noander, and the country between
Alden and Denizh became full of cre-
vases, out of which rushed black,
muddy water with sufficient volume to
wash away q flock of 200 sheep,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-06
SAMOAN CLAIMS.
Those of the British Subjects Aggregate
$4,000.

Those of the British Subjects Aggregate
$4,000.
Washington, Sept. 30.-The British
commissioner to Samoa, Mr.. Eliot, has
received from Apia a full report on the
claims made by the British subjects
for damage resulting from the bonn.
bardment and the native uprising.
The claims aggregate something over
$4,000. OF this amount about $780,.
900 grows out of the depredations of
the Mataafa rebels in January and
March last, while some $1,000 Is for
losses resulting from the bombardment
of the British-American naval forces
and the succeeding operations on land.
The original amount of the claims was
doubled the amount now submitted to
the British commissioner as they were
first subjected to rigid scrutiny by q
British official at Apia. Mr. Eliot
called at the White House today and
had talk with the president, in the
course of which Mr.. Mckinley ex-
pressed his satisfaction with the work
of the Samoan commission.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-06
TREMENDOUS EXPANSION.
The Volume of Business Is Still Crow
ing In All Lines.

r. G. Dun g. Co.'s weekly review
says: September is the 18th consecu-
tive month in which the volume of
business, both at New York and out
side of New York, has been greater
than the same month of any previous
year. In the IL months, payments
through clearing houses have been
$50, 800, 900, 900, against $61, ,200,0 ,0O0,-
600, in 12 months, ending with Sep
tember, 1892, an increase of $28, 400,-
900, 900, over 46 per cent.
When the tremendous expansion be-
gan, men called it replenishment of
long-depleted stocks, then for time it
was called crazy outburst of specula-
tion, and when demands still expand
ed, some permanent increase of bust
ness was recognized as result of in
creased population, earning better
wages. But the demand still grows,
now ranging about go per cent greater
than in 1892, while population, ac-
cording to treasury estimates, is 16 per
cent greater, and wages equal, if not
over 10 per cent greater. A recon-
struction of business and industries, of
producing and transporting forces, is
in progress throughout the land, with
results which none can now measure.
The wool market is active, with a
general advance, aggregating about Il
cent on washed fleece combing, the en-
tire list quoted by Coates Bros. proba-
bly, averages about u cent higher.
Cotton opened the crop year at Gas
cents and has risen to 6.87, although
about quarter more has come into
sight than last year from the greatest
crop on record, and stocks here and
abroad commercial and bill, are $685.
600 bales greater than year ago.
Corn is unchanged in price, and still
in large foreign demand, exports hav-
ing been in four weeks IL, 155, 904
bushels, against 8,133,64 last year.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-06
HE WAS REJECTED.
But Stuck to His Job and Won tb
Coveted Prize.

Coveted Prize.
at was such good joke on me, y
said the girl in the gray velvet >toque
to the girl in the blue velvet shoulder
cape. as they stirred their hot choco.
late. "that I must tell you.''
You know how John has been pro-
posing to me at regular intervals ever
since he was out of knickerbockers.
Well, he did it again the other night.
and. with his usual facility, chose an
occasion when was very cross.
He did it little more awkwardIy
than usual. too. deliberately choosing
the old fashioned method @sf Offering
me his hand and heart.
Here she paused to drink some choco-
late, and the girl in blue asked breath
lessly what she said.
"OhP remarked the other. in the
tone Of one relating an event of no i'm
pol tance, 81 told him that I believed
/ was already provided with the full
quota of bodily organs, and that ]
wouldn't deprive him.
And what did he say?"
Well, Belle, that's the funny thing.
He seemed to brace up, and said, DO
litely. that at any rate there was no
doubt about my having my full shan q
of cheekl And l was so delighted to
find man capable of even that much
repartee on being rejected-that &C.
cepted him. m."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-06
Fight Between Man and Pig.

An interesting fight between man
and pig entranced crowd of Norris
town people the other morning on the
main. street. The man. young farm
or. was driving a big, uncovered wagon.
He sat on some boards that were
snatohed from the wagons two sides.
and under the boards was the hog,
which his weight held down. Sudden
ly. in front Of the Montgomery house.
the man few high in the air, the
boards elattered down on top of him,
and the porker began to climb out Of
the wagon. "You'll buck me, will
yonT' said the man. getting up, and he
grabbed the animal by the throat and
began to pinch it in the nose. The
pig. erect and shIeking like mad,
struck at him with its forepaws and
tried to trip him with it's hind ones.
The intelligent horses stopped SO as to
let the crowd view the fight in comfort. t..
The man and the hog fought all over
the wagon until they both painted for
breath. The animals nose was bleed
ing. and the mans clothes and skin
were torn here and there. The duelists
were revolving in tight emil brace in
the middle of the wagon. like couple
waltzing. when spectator reached up
and knocked the hog down with club.
Then the boards were arranged again
and the man drove off.-Philadelphi
Record.