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


approaching reunion.
In answer to Il letter OF appeal tnrtllc
suffering widows and dorphans inGnan-
aiay. Cuba, u box of clothing and suit
!. able food for The sick, valued at $50,
was sent there on the 11tll inst. by a
few friends in and around Anderson.
MI. G. w. Taylor, of Belton, spent
several days this week at his mineral
springs at the foot of Tnlniptop Noun
tain, near Walhalla. He expects to
make some Improvement on this prop
erty in the near futurc.-Il'alhdlia
Ncms.
Mrs. Cummings, of G. I. Jones &
Co., went. to Atianta last Saturday to
spend few days attending the grand
openings of the dry goods establish
mcnts of thatcity and posting herself
in all the latest styles and novelties OF
the season.
The Young Ladies' Aid Society of
the Presbyterian Church will have IN
Easter egg hunt next Saturday after
noon at 4 o'clock at the residence OF
Mrs. Mary Brown, OH South McDutfic
street. Admission, ten cents. 1t will
be an interesting occasion to the young
folks.
a postotficc will shortly be establish
ed at MI. c. w. Webb's plantation,
near Portman Shoals. All the papers
have been signed and forwarded to
the department at Washington. Mr..
Webb will be the postmaster, and the
office will be Il great convenience to the
people of thatsection.
Messrs. Frank Hall, Charlie Hall and
Gus. Anderson have formed partner
ship and will engage in the clothing
business at Abbcville C. H. The two
latter named gentlemen have gone
down there and will conduct the bust
ness. We commend them to the con-
fdence and good will Of the people of
Abbeville.
Mrs. Bonham requests all persons
who have not contributed to the fund
for the Victor Blue medal, and who de-
sire to do so, to hand their cohtribu-
tions at once to Mr.. viii. Brown, Mt the
book store. This will be the last week
in which to make the contributions.
Anderson should send up a 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-
ton to the clNTELLIGENcEI for another
year. Mr.. Melton is now one of An
derson's Oldest citizens, being i'll his
91st year, andis enjoying remarkably
good health. We hope he will live to
celebrate his centennial.
On Sunday morning, the 18th inst,
the body Of a dead man was found
lodged against raft in Chattooga riy-
er, on the Oconee side, near the mouth
of Tallulah river. Magistrate Lee held
the inquest, but nothing was brought
out to show who the man was OF how
he came to his death. The body was
in a badly decomposed state.
The Georgetown Times OF the Ssnd
inst. says: "MrJ. l.. Sherard has re-
signed his position rs principal of the
graded school. We are sorry to learn
this, for the young man, by his gentle
manly and unassuming manner has
won numerous friends during his stay
in our midst" Nh Shcrlrl has return
cd to his home in Anderson County.
speaking OF the Black Diamond
Railroad. the greenwood ,jcHrndl SAYS:
"Tllc road is said to bean assured fact,
and its promoters ar. now much clatcd
over their final success. No man in
South Carolina has lad more faith in
thccntcrprisc than j. l.. Tribblc, of
Anderson. nor has anyone worked1norc
;lssiduously for it. We congratulate
him and hope that he MAY enjoy the
reward of his labors.
Dispcnsary Constable jas. Alton has
been operating at Pelzcran1 he reports
several recent captures. one OF which
had some new features. He found one
man sellinga mixture under the name
of ginger ale which smellcd like Jamai-
ca ginger, and the vendor finally adj
mittctl that the stuff wasa mixture OF
ginger ale and jamaica ginger 1t is
said to have served the same purposes
as wlislley. Fifteen gallons OF the
drink were scizcd.-firrrnrllc Noun
tdinccr.
Tie Kings Daughters, of Charles
ton. S. c., will open Il tormitoly for
woncl.a ut the High School building.
northwest corner Of Meeting and
George streets. during the Confcdcr-
ate Reunion. May stll to May 18th in
elusive. Price of cots. 80 cents each.
per night. i'll advance. Cots may be
engaged bcinlu.thc Reunion by send
ing lloncyiil ulvancc to Mrs. Robert
Wilson. Secretary OF Committee on
ponilolv. III Meeting ST, Charles
ton. $. C
Ii w:s with great satisfaction that