The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-09-06

Percy Waters retires from the part
ncrship, but will continue to act as
manager OF tho iiTm. The business
Will be conducted az heretofore under
the old name, with Messrs. r. B.
Earle and j. I. FAINT as partners.
y. +. Mauldin. cashier of the Bank
OF Anderson. has been elected presi-
dent of the bank at Trenton. He has
been very successful in the manage
mrnt OF several small banks in this
section, being at present president of
the banks at IiOd ges, Due West, Nc
COrmlck and LOwndesville. The
Trenton bank has done well in secur-
ing his valuable services.
Confederate veterans from the town
ships of the county met in the Court
House Monday morning and reOrganiz-
ed the county board of pension com
posed of j. II. Green. w. Y. McGilI, J.
II. Mcconnell and John W. Thompson.
The board men met and elected Offi
GERS as follows: j. r. Green, chairman;
w. Il. McGiIl, secretary; DR.. w. II.
Nardin, Jr., physician.
Saturday night as the fire wagons
were going to q fire on Earle street the
drivers had some very narrow escapes
wagons standing on the side of the
street. The tiremen are not only
liable to get killed, but the horses and
fire wagons stand no better show.
Cases should be made by tho Chief of
Police against these people who OBJ
struct the public streets.
The boarding house. of Mrs. Sarah
A. Browne on w est Earle street was
destroyed by fire Saturday night. The
fire had gained considerable heudwny
before the alalm WAS turned in, and a
good part of the furniture was con-
sumed with the building. The loss is
estimated at at bout $500, which is
fully covered ty insurance. The
building was the property of Messrs.
The boarding house of Mrs. 81. Z.
keese, for more than q quarter of
century one of the most popular hostel
rics in this SECTION of the State, has
been discontinued. In this connec-
ton, the boarding facilities of the city
have long been Inadequate, and it is
sometimes very hard matter for
6oarders to get q place to stay. There
Ia room for a few more boarding
houses in the city. and they are GER
tainly badly needed.
l.: II. Smith is arranging with the G..
g. W.. C.. Ry., to run an excursion
train to Atlanta, Ga, on Wednesday
September 18th. Train will leave An
derson at ~ o'clock noon and arrive
IN Atlanta ut 7:D p. m. Returning,
leave Atlanta the next night at mid
night. Fare So for round trip. This
Will be the last chance this season for
great many people will avail them
selves OF this ODOurtnnify
The marriage of Miss Emily Diver
and Mr.: f. ;. Moorer will be solemni-
zed on the 14th inst, at the residence
OF the bI ide- elects parents, DIR. and
Mrs. X. r. Diver, in this city. Miss
Diver has been teaching in the city
graded schools and is young woman
OF many plishments and rare
personal nttracti veness. MIR. Moorer
has been living here for several years
and Is the efficient manager of che
Piedmont Electrical company.
Rev. NJ. B. Kelly. of st. John Metho-
DIST Church Of this city, preached in
his church Sunday morning and even
ing for the first time in several mon ths.
tie was stricken in the spring, aud
since that time has been forced to give
up ais pastoral work to rest and regain
ms strength. His friends will be graf
flied to know that he is now restored
to health. During the summer the
church work has been carried ON under
the direction Of Rev. Gilbert L. Smith
OF this city.
John Partridge, boy living near
LowndesVille, met with an unusual
accident last week while out in the
field assisting Arthur McNair in cut
ting g 20 forage He was standing
close by the moving machine when it
suddenly started aud set the sharp
blades In motion. The little fellows
leg was struck By a blade and COM
pleteiy cut OFT. A physician was cali
cd in and the wound dressed before
serious results could follow. The acci-
ueht was as peculiar as it was dis
tressing.
Prof. s, NJ Wolfe, of this city, has
gone to Plckens to take I'D his work as
superintendent of the graded school,
to which position he wae recently
elected. After the dispensary was
voted out of Pickens the absurd report
was spread abroad that the teachers
were leaving the, county because the
school fund would be reduced. The
position which Mr. Wolfe takes carries
with it an increased salary over that
Of last year, and the echool will main
tain and strengthen it's former record
OF good work.
David E. Burriss, a young farmer
who lives above the city, was painfully
hurt Thursday afternoon as a result OF
being thrown from his buggy. The
mule he was driving became frighten-
I'd at a street Car and began to run.
It dashed againsta telephone post and
Mr. Burriss was thrown violently from
the buggy. His head struck the
ground with such force that he remain
ed unconscious for some time after.
wards. Medical attention wasprompt-
ly given the injured man and he is
now about we'll from his injuries.
We publish in another column of
this Issue an article from q we'll known
citizen bearing on the dispeneary
problem. which We commend to the
thoughtful reader. 1t ia first plea
for d1spassionate consideration of
the question:; and second, it develops
the anti -dispensary argument from
points of view not usually touched
upon. In his own chosen way the
writer goes to the core of the system,
and emphasizes the pretensive charac-
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