The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-15

May 5th. 1901, Rev. j. w. Bailey Off
ciating~
| HartwelI 81. Aver. editor of the
Florence Times, spent lass Saturday
and Sunday in the city visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. j. Il. Vandiver. We were
more than pleased to greet him in our
sanctum.
Miss Emma Bryant, of the Level
Land section. left q few days ago for
Spokane, Washington, to meet T. J.
Dendurant, of Port Hill, Idaho, to
whom che is to be married as soon as
| she arrives.
If you are contemplating buying
monument or headstone for the graves
of your loved ones, we would AJAX you
to read the card of Mr.. Oscar Ham
mond in another column and then
give him call.
The third grade of the Central grad
ed school will have its closing exercises
to-day, beginning at O'Clock p. m.
Il rs. NOVEL;, the teacher Of the grade,
| has arranged an interesting program
for the occasion.
Memorial exercises of Saluda Lodge,
No. 81, knights of Pythias, Honea
Path, 8. c., will be held on Sunday,
juno I'd. Addresses will be delivered
Oh that occasion by Joseph A. McCul-
Tough and j. j. McSwain, of Green
| vile.
The Piedmont base ball team came
over last week and played two games
In this city with the Anderson team,
losing both games. The Anderson
team went to Piedmont and played the
third game on Saturday and were de-
feated.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Orr Cotton Mill last
Friday the affairs of the enterprise
were shown to be in excellent cOndi-
tiOn according to the reports. All of
the old officers were reelected to serve
another year.
A small trestle on the Savannah
Valley Railroad, between Lowndes-
vile and Latimer, was partially de-
stroyed by fire last Thursday, and the
train from Augusta, due here at s p.
M, did not arrive until o'clock Fri
day morning.
The Grand Lodge Of knights of
Pythias will meet in Spartanhurg next
week. Dr.. w. H. Nardin, Jr., and U.
E. Seybt will represent Chiquola Lodge
Of this city. Gen. n. L. Bonham will
also attend the session as an officer of
the Grand Lodge.
A screen accidentally caught fire
Monday evening, about $50 o'clock, at
the home Of Gen. Al. l.. Bonham. The
firemen promptly responded to the
alarm. but their services were not
needed, as tho fire was extinguished
before any damage resulted.
We are indebted to Misses Onie and
Jessie McGee, daughters of j. B. Nc
Gee. Jr., formerly of this County, now
Of Bowman, Ga, for an invitation to
attend the commencement exercises Of
the John Gibson Institute, in that
town, on the Goth, 9th and 2Sth inst.
Mr. w. l.. Harris, progressive far
mer of Savannah Township. has sent
us o few sample heads of his wheat
crop. The heads are five and One-half
inches in length, aud are full and we'll
developed. They are ahead of any
thing wo have seen of this seasons
crop.
The State Reunion of Veterans in
Cclumbia last week is pronounced to
nave been the largestand most success
ful yet held. The Veterans who at
tended from Anderson are loud in their
praise of the splendid hospitality re-
ceived by them from the people of Co.
llmbia.
A German farmer living near this
city. came into town one day last week
and in response to the inquiry of q
friend as to how he was getting along,
said: "Mine vrend, brosberidy vas
here for sure, now, for mine old zovY
she make seventeen leetle bige, and
the whole beeEiness is alive"
w. C. Latimer, Of Belton, spent a
few days in the city Last wesk finishing
up hts report Of the work done in this
! County the past few weeks as specirl
agent Of tho United States postal SER
! vice. He has established about fifty
rural delivery routes in this County,
and all of them will soon bo in opera
ton.
Mrs. Ray, an aged inmate of the
County Homo, died there last Sunday
night of paralysis, with which she was
stricken down two days preceding.
She had long been an inmate of the
Home, her husband having died there
several years ago. We are unable to
learn any facts in reference to her biog-
rapby.
The railroads have accorded one
fare rgta to the State Summer School
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