The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-09-30

Some very. fine apples are being
tains. 1t is said that there is an abun-
dant crop of this fruit up there.
The weather has been fine for saw
ing forage crops. The farmers in this
| section nave taken advantage of it and
stored away lot of fine hay.
We hope that our subscribers will
! remember The lntelligencer now thar
they are beginning to sell cotton.
When III town cell and See us.
Communications. news letters and
| news OF interest will always be wei.
coined for publication and should reach
us not later than Monday of each week
| ChiiQuola Lodge, No. 32, knights Of
l''ythias. will meet in regular conven
tlon tomorrow evening ut ) o'clocl,
All the members are urged To attend
Rev. j. +. Beard will preach ut San
dy Springs next Sunday, October lth,
at II a. m, instead of in the afternoon.
Sunday School will also meet ut 10 n.
m.
w. c. Bailey has gone to Virginia.
where lie has accepted IL position OF
oversecr 0f u section OF hands engaged
III Misunderstanding the main line OF the
Southern Railway.
Rev. S. j. Cartledgc, of this CITY, will
| preach ut Midway Church next Sunday
afternoon ut > O'clock. Tho friends of
the congregation are cordially invited
to attend the services
). y: Nays barn, containing guam
| tlty or rouRhncss, grain, Il bale OF cot
| ton and his threshcr was burned to-
| night Mt ten o'clock. No theory as to
| tho origin of The fire can be given.
| Ihe loss amounts to fully $500 nuon
| which there is no insurance. .-Honea
! Path Chronicle.
| Tho postoilicc department. has is
| sued advertisements for bids for the
| carrying OF mail on all star routes
! from July /. 1901 to June 80, 1903. The
contract is for the section south OF Vir-
g!ni: and east of tic Ohio river. Tho
| bidding this time is limited to persons
living within the delivery district of
offices supplied from routes upon which
blds are made, which shuts out profess
slonal contractors who have hereto
tore BID upon largo number OF routes
and sublct them to the detriment OF
the service. Free delivery aud collec-
tion of mails will also be made upon
star. routes. This is the first time pro-
| fessional contractors have been Shut
out from filing bids. which must be in
| by December l, 1908.
A telegram was received in this city
yesterday from Marietta, Ga, an
| nouncing the death of Col. John Il.
| Towers, which occurred at his home
In that city yesterday morning from
an attack OF pneumonia. Col. Towers
is q brother of the late A. b. Towers
/
city, and married n Miss McGee, n Sis
ter OF Rev. NJ. McGee, OF this County.
| He was about so years of age, and was
| born and reared in this County, but
has been living IN Georgia many years.
He bad been in feeble health for some
time, having been stricken with paral-
ysis about a year ago. He was most
| worthy, upright citizen, ard has many
old friends in this County who will re-
| gret to hear of his death. A widow,
l four daughters aud three sons survive
! him.
At a meeting of the Chamber of
| Commerce last Monday afternoon q
resolution was adopted endorsing the
action of the delegates who attended
the conference held in Columbia last
week to discuss the question of freight
rates, and pledging Anderson to pay
her pro rata share Of the expense of the
hearing soon to be held before the
railroad commission in Columbia. The
matter WAS discussed ut length. An
derson is heartily in sympathy with
men Of Charleston and which has since
been taken up by the business men of
other cities. A resolution was also
adopted pledging the Chamber of
Commerce t. membership in the State
organization to- be formed for the pur-
pose of protecting its members against
excessive freight rates and other rail-
road abuses.
s5th inst. says: II. II. Watkins, sAs =
lawyer from Anderson, was in Elber-
ton this week and almost If not quite
traded for water power on Savannah
River at Drag Shoals, near Crafts fer
TY;;, Messrs. Tom Crawford and Joe
ty. Mr.. Crawford owns $50 acres. He
gave An option IN hIa entire place At
$40 an acre, or on 60 acres next to the
power at $40 per acre. Mr. Hill owns
235 acres and he gave an option on OF
acres at $40 per acre Or the entire place
at SO per acre. A peculiar feature OF
these options is the fact that it will be
the entire tracts Of land, than just {
part OF it. 1t is understood that tht
Orr Cotton Mills are the prospective
purchasers, and that the trade viii
probably be consummated."
Foster M. Butler died rather sud
denly at his homo in this city last Wed
nesday morning from an attack OF
apoplexy. In the early morning h,
was out. on his premises assisting il
harvesting some forage, and, feeling
the attack coming On, he returned
home. Physicians we're at once sum
moned and did every thing possible fol
him, but he gradually grew wors
until death came to his relief, though
} he remained conscious until almost tn,
last breath. He had been afflicted witt
Bright's disease for sOme time, but hi
condition was not considered oerioue
and the announcement of his dealt
was great shock to his friends. o.
. Thursday afternoon the funeral ser
vices were conducted at home by Rev
Father Hughes, of the Catholic church
and the remains were inferred in Sil
yer Brook cemetery. Mr.. Butler wa