The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16

Rev. G. G.. Parkinson. q member os
the faculty Of the Duo west :i'neoioei-
Gai Seminary, preached in the Central
fresDyterlan Church Suu'oy after
noon, The Associate Ref a. ed Pres
DyGerlans are holding ser' i IS in this
the establishment Of Church if .,,a
field is promising. o
The Board of Directors of the Chi
quola Manufacturing Company at
Honea Path has decided to submit the
$1,000 to 10000 epindfes, and authoriz-
ing the increase of capitol stock from
$500, 900 to $500, 900, to q meeting of the
stockholders to be held in Honea Path
on 18th of April next.
sedgwick NJ. Johnston, of Garvin
township. WAS in the city few days
family relic which he Justly prizes very
highly. 1t is q transfer card issued to
his grandfather, Richard Johnston, by
the Grand Lodge, A. +. NJ, of Ireland.
when he came to this country. 1t is
dated June7, 1914, and is printed on
Chester, s: c., was visited by most
disastrous fire last Saturday night,
| more than 100000 worth of popertv
being destroyed. The fire broke out
IN the basement of the Bewley Hard
ware Compauy's storeroom. The head
OF this company is VIM. D. Bewley,
formerly of this city, whose loss ls
placed at something over $4,000, with
$4,000 insurance.
At q meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of Clemson College last week it
was decided to accept the invitation of
thls city to have an encampment of the
cadets here in May. Col. Sirmyer was
grove where the Third regiment was
encamped last summer. This site will
be used for the Clemson cadets. There
are more than 500 students in the col
iege, and the encampment will be no
little thing.
George E. Prince. Esq, ie presiding
court at Barnwell this week in the
place of Judge James Aldrich, who is
III and unable to fill his appointment.
Mr. Prince has aleo been commissioned
TO hold special term at Bnrnwell in
May, continuing for period Of four
weeks: The latter part of this month
ne will preside over q special term at
q very just recognition of his worth
and ability as o lawyer.
It is announced by those who are in
terested in the development of the
water power at Hatton's Shoals that
satisfactorily. No plans have been
made public, but it is said that in q
short time the details will be given
out. The estimated amount of power
that can be developed ut this property
| ls between 5000 and 1000 horse power.
This. 1t will be seeG, means great
deal in the further progress and indus
trial development of Anderson.
W.. T. Hickman, formerly of this
County, who now lives ut Oakland,
Fla, where he owns a truck farm and
small orange grove, sends us pack
age of orange blossoms, which are
very pretty and odorous. In letter
he says the trees have not had such
line blossoms in ton years. aud that
the producers expect big crop this
year. He says the truck farmers are
now shipping potatoes. beans and other
vegetables and getting q good price
for them. Mr.. Hickman's friends in
this County will be more than pleased
TO near that ne is doing well in mis-
| adopted home.
Anderson has long been considered
as enterprising little city as one could
find in the State, and the thrift and en-
| ergy of her citizens have placed her in
very front rank of growing towns, but
| the school board of trustees out
stripped all other ventures last week.
The handsome new school building
flames had fully consumed the timbers
| of the edifice the trustees had made
! arrangements for the school to be con-
Quoted in other buildings and not a
recitation was lost by any of the
classes. Great is Anderson, and she
| sets good pace.-MarionS Star.
A special dispatch to the Atlanta
Journal from Gainesville, Ga, under
date Of the 10th inst, says: "A COM
pany of Ohio capitalist who are inter
ested in o number of Southern electric
railway lines are aG present having a
line surveyed from Anderson, S. c., to
Atlanta. Civil engineers are Mt work
between Anderson and the Georgia
expected at Commerce OF Winder this
week. The proposed line will run via
Hartwell, Danielsville, Royston, Com
merce, Winder and Logansville. An
enthusiastic meeting was held at the
last named place looking to securing
the road, and the citizens of Commerce
and Winder are talking up the project
A meeting of those interested in the
proposed Anderson Greenville Elec-
trio Railway was held in the city last
week, and after the conference was
over it was announced that the road
would certainly be constructed. No
definite plans have been made public,
been effected. It is said that the
actual work Of construction will begin
at no distant day. Besides the home
people interested in the enterprise,
there were present at the meeting sew
eral prominent men from other places,
including Maj. A. T. Smythe and A.
~. Adger, Of Charleston, Capt. Ellison
A. Smyth, Of Pelzer, Col. j. L. Orr, Of
Greenville, Z. A. Lewis, of Bolton, and
from the West Dr. Geo. E. Coughlin,
8: 8. Rhodes and s. II. Knight, Of In
dianapolis, and D. M. Stewart, of
Xenia, Ohio.
Tom Smith. q ueuro who I;uaa IN