The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-06-24
TIE AN DERsON ,ER E

Mrs. VBryan, aecomnen;ad ~,
SSaugnters Aiiss Chisholm, OF Savannah.
VA, ia Ia Anderson visiting her damnh,
] 9eer' Ael hra, john 4. Cochran. Jr.
Capt. 3. Thornley, Smith. the ef,iciant
anu popuias conductor OF the freiShs
sra,n on the Savannah ValIev Raiirnsdv
1nd Mlea Annie Nav DeasSr 80 ~, ~,
Cormick, will be married ats ihs VI hnnsa r"s
ot tne bride tomorrow. --S -.s'A'0
Nrs. Minnie Boggs. wife ~ so,,.,4..
Hoggs. died at her h home me- +. +. IpS..Sis0r pinsnnsr
ysssSsgay morning. She had bean an
ilnvaid Tor several months ana % har @
Ssn SGseatn Sns expected at any time. Ennr
llttle cnlldren survive her. Ehe wss a
snose esslmable Christian woman. and
naM Many H1ends In this aeotiOn who
s'sses 10 near Ss hor death. ~ - (
Miss Alma Spearman, o popnlar
young lady Of this city, was married id
leat "Wednesday NIGHT To WIN. s. Pen
~. formerly of Ab6evifle. s.. e.. INIT
nSn prominent young business man
OF Baihnridge, Ga. The wedding WAS
2aies nome affair. only q few intimate
n .onus OF Sne bride and groom being
pscssMns; ,as M1. = me home Of the brides sis-
ceremony was performed. was feata.
I0tsy decorated, and the ceremony was
1HmpLosslvely performed by ev.J.D.
chapman. d. D. On Thnrsiisv morn.
ink tne happy couple went TO Abbe.
We - spent g few days with reiatives
Det5fe going to their home IN Georgia.
Preston B. Mitchell committed AMI.
eide near his home, two miles vest tu nf
Heilop, on Monday afternoon. i5fh
1nst;. oy shooting himself with q dou-
cse7oarroiied shot gun, For a number
OF years the deceased Lad been affiicted
WITH spells OF insanity. and had three
umes spent several months in the In
sane Asylum in Columbia, but would
aecoveS sufficiently to be adjudged
sra9 sras anu SENT nome. For the past sew
esaa Weeks nc had been gradually
growing worse again, but it was not
deemed necessary to confins him and
&c hss Been enjoying the liberty OF
Waiking around over his farm. On
monday afternoon he walked ont and
| remarked to hia wife that he was coins
70 the bottom lands to see hia cron o]
corn; Later in the afternoon Mrs.
Mitchell noticed that his gun mad beer
I removed from Its accustomed place
& hnu she 9egan to suspect that her hus
cand had taken 1t with him. The af.
ternoon passed away and ehe hogan Z,
grow alarmed at his absence. She no,
tined the hands on the farm who beRar
search for him, and, failing to fint
Mm. the neighbors were notified and
more thorough search was iDstitutei
and kept up until early Wednesda,
morning when his body was found in
piece Of woods about three hundred
yards from his home. He was lying OF
his back with his gun tied to a sg9al
freei Ss1 baal, a string saa.g about ten feet Ions
this manner he had managed to shoo
himself. On examination It was fonn,
tnat the entire load from the gun na
entered the unfortunate mans lef
breast near the heart, and, no doubI
| caused instant death. The body wa
In badly decomposed state, butit wa
neatly dressed by k.ud neighbors an
inferred in the Eelron Cemetery tht
| afternoon. The deceased 10 the youne
esG rva of the late Marion Mitchell an
about 40 years Of age. He was an uI
| right, worthy citizen, and highly ess
teemed by wide circle of friends, wh
deeply sympathize with the sorely. bl
reaved widow who is left to mourn hi
sad fate.