The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-11-04

Mrs. j.. F. Moss and Mrs. r. L.
Bryant, of TOccoa, Ga, are in the city
the guests of Mrs. Annie Moss.
Arthur N: Erwin, who is principal of
ty. spent Saturday in Anderson.
Mrs. w. w. Robinson and son have
returned to the city from visit to rel
atives at Ridgeway, in Fairfield Coun-
ty.
Mrs. Alexander McGiil came to the
eity last week to join her husband, who
is principal of the Central Graded
School
This section was yieited by the beet
season of rain last Monday it has had
since August, and the dust is now
turned into mud.
The Secretary Of State has issued o
commission tn the Calumet Cotton
Mill Company, OF Liberty, in Pickans
County, Capitalized at $4,000.
1t is said that women's sleeves this
winter will again be OF the style which
will cause them to drag in the butter
and soup when passing things at the
table.
Miss Margaret Lumpkin, who ie @
student at tho Williamson Female
College, spent Saturday and Sunday
in the city with her father, T. B. Lump
kin.
Col. Knox Livingston, Of Bennetts-
politician of the Pee Dee section of the
State, spent part Of last week with
his son at Portman.
On the 9th page of The Intelligencer
this week we publish the roll OF Co. F,
2nd South Carolina Rifles, G. s. A.
The survivors and the children of those
Fine progress is being made in the
work of paving the streets. The
weather hes been unusually favorable,
and IL 10 serious delays occur the con-
tractors will complete their work in q
few weeks.
Rev. ii. II. Marett, or Piedmont, has
beer. appointed by Presiding Elder
Child to ill out the unexpired term Of
Rev. Norman l.. Prince, on the Town
villo circuit, and has already entered
upon his work. q
Several of our young ladies have
taken charge of schools in tho County,
Beck, who will teach at Carswell In
stitute, Miss Ada Clardy, who is in
charge of the Friendship school, and
Miss Kate Crayton, who is at Bolton.
Julia Belle, the little daughter of nj.
G. Pitts, uperintendent of the Cox
Mill, die6 st Saturday, after an ILL
and pneumonia, aged IL years. She
was o bright little girl, and her death
is deeply regretted by her friends, who
deeply sympathize with her bereaved
parents.
Invitations have been issued to the
of Miss Eliza Dunn to MIR.
evening, November II, 1903, at Donalds,
s. G. Mr.. Carlisle il son of Mr.. d. T..
Carlisle, Of this city, and has many
friends here. He holds good position
with one of the cotton mills in Union,
where the young couple will make their
home.
A gentleman in Missouri is in cores
p0ndence with Postmaster Cochran
and Secretary Carpenter, of the Cham
bor OF Commerce, in reference to es-
an industrial college in An
dersOn. Such an institution would be
q valuable acquisition to this section,
and every encouragement should be
given to the gentleman to locate it
here.
An Interesting: game of football was
played here On Saturday morning be-
tween the Clemson scrub team and the
team Of the Palmetto Rifiemen. The
home boys were outclassed by the Wis
itors, who had the advantage Of supe-
rior training. The Clemson team won
by a. score OF AZ too. Another game
vii! De played on Thanksgiving Day,
which will attract a good crowd and
will be well worth seeing.
Mrs. Mary Hodge died suddenly at
her2hOme at the Anderson cotton mills
last Sunday afternoon. She was ap.
paTently in her usual health Tint morn
ing and attended Church,! When she
returned home from the services she
complained OF severe pain in her
side, and, laying down on her bed, che
died in few moments. Mrs. Hodge
was about 81 yenra Of agh, aHA is sur
vived by four children. Her remsins
were carried to Piedmont, her old home,
for interment.
Last Saturday was one of the big
gest days IN o business sense Ander-
son haf ever had. Cotton poured into
the city and the receipts Tor the day
from wagons were 1,675 bales. The
may6et was Yteady at 10 cents for mid
ding. Tho total receipts on all mar
xets 90 date are more than q half mil
lion bales less than for the same period
last year, and the reports from the
crops in all parts of the South are go
unfavorable that there 10 no power, we
believe, strong enough to keep the
price down below 10 cents throughont
the winter.
A party OF Southern Railway officiala.
including j. 8. Thompson, GENERAL
agent, w. II. Tayloe, assistant general
passenger agent, Superintendent
Weiles, Of Columbia, and ii. G. Boat
tie, president OF the Blue Ridge Rail.
road, spent 8 short time in the city on
Friday. The visit of these prominent
officials gave rise to some speculation
as to the object OF their coming to An
derson- 1t was announced, however,
that their presehc8 here had no sDeciai
Significance. They had been in Green
vile the day before on railroad bnsi-
ness, and came over here to see the
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