The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-28
Local News.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 80, 1901.
The days of the STRAW hat are uum-

"HDS1NsPlIAA, %aJN.- 80, 1891.
The dsys of the STRAW hat are uum.
bered.
The Anderson base ball team has
disbanded for this season.
The farmers are discussing the price
OF cotton with much interest.
Next Monday is Salesday. There
will be no public sales of real estate.
Rust has appeared in cotton in sever.
al sections, particularly in sandy land.
George w. Evans went over to Glenn
Springs last week to spend few days.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ratliffe left last
week to spend few days in the noun
Gains.
Tue anderson merchants are laying
in large stocks of goods for the fall and
winter trade.
Mrs. John McFall, of Greenville, is
IN the city visiting her daughter, Mrs.
DR.. j. C. Harris.
Next Monday is Labor Day, and by
an Act OF the Legislature is legal mol
iday in this State.
Miss Birtie Ortman, Of Charleston. is
in the city visiting the family of her
uncle, CHI. Ortman.
j. A. Ruddock, of Charleston, form
erly of Anderson, is here visiting his
neice, Mrs. Baylis Maxwell.
Guy E.. Mauldin, accompanied by his
wife and children. of Washington, d.
g., is visiting relatives in the city.
The County Singing Convention will
meet IN annual session at Meals Creek
Church next Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. J. D. Chapman and family. who
have been spending o few weeks in the
mountains, returned home yesterday.
The fine cotton ON some of the farms
around town has surprised the natives
by its rapid growth and development.
Lawrence n. Carlisle, of Union, spent
last Saturday and Sunday in Anderson
visiting his father and other relatives.
The County Supervisor has an i'm
portant notice in another column to
bridge contractors, who should read it.
Mr. Joe w. Provost and wife, of
Charlotte, N. c., are in Anderson Wis
iting the formers mother and other
! relatives.
G. g. Hindman, Of Pelzer. has accept
ed position with the Sullivan Hard
ware Co., in this city, and will move
his family here.
Cotton ties have gone up ten to twen-
ty cents on the bundle and heavy or
ders are being sent in to the factories.
The strike has caused this.
L. P. Smiths proposed excursion to
Atlanta next Tuesday has been post-
poned to a later date. The railroad
could not furnish him train for that
date.
q Mr.. r. w. Dodgen, of Gainesville,
Ca, representing the McNeel marble
Company, spent a few days in Ander-
son last week and give us an apprecia-
ted call.
George N. Broyles has purchased an
:: ss-ss "a tho G. a. Reed Music House,
He has long been in the employ of Mr..
Reed, and thoroughly understands the
business. )
The hunting season viii begin on the
first of November. The attention of
the sports is called to the game laws of
this State and before the season begins
it would be we'll TO review them
w. B. Diver, who was recently
elected Assistant Chief of the Ander-
son Fire Department, has resigned.
Last evening the firemen held a meet
ing and elected Walter H. Murphy as
his successor.
MIR. and Mrs. w. n. Smith, Of Broad
way Township, have the sympathies of
their friends in the death Of their in.
FAINT son, which occurred last Sunday.
The interment took place at Eureka
Church on Monday. .
Alice. the 2-year-old daughter of j.
j. Smith, died at her home in Hone
well Township last Monday afternoon,
after g brief illness with scarlet fever.
The remains were buried at Hopewell
Church yesterday afternoon.
A colored farmers' institute will be
held at Anderson on Thursday, Sep
tember 9Th. beginning at II o'clock q.
m. An address will be made by Thom-
as e. Miller, President of the State
Colored College at Orangeburg.
The Sheriff and his Deputy are now
on the trail of the delinquent poll tax
payers and are arresting few of them
every day. There are several hundred.
and many of them will be forced to do
service in the County chain gang.
Next Friday is the day for the Sena-
torial candidates to let off their gas in
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