The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-02-07

The citizens of Due West bava q
phi on its passage through the Leeis-
iature giving them power to vote bonus
not exceeding 1000. in aid Of - rail.
road from Due West to Donalda or :
point near there, or in aid of a rail:oad
from Abbeville by Due Weet to Eonea
Path and Anderson. Thia means chat
THESE bonds cap be applied to one of
several roads. Tic bonds are in ad
dition to private subscription of a
iike amount. Livery voter in Due
West signed a petition asking the
Legislature to grant the town the
privilege TO vote these bonds.-Assu-
clate Reformed Presbyterian.
The Cotton Association of the coun.
ty met in the Court House AIonday
morning for the discussion of the cot
ton situation; Several interesting talks
were made by farmers and business
men. Is. +. Mauldin, who attended the
recent convention in New Orleane. ad-
dressed the meeting on the subject of
the relations between the planter and
the banker; Capt. p. X. McCully, Sr.,
followed in his remarks by yT. II. Waises
Sold. B. Harris. w. w. Russell and
others along the same lines. The
meeting was we'll attended by repre-
sentative farmers and business men.
The annual meeting OF the Library
Association was held Thursday after
noon, and the following officers were
elected to serve during the present
+. Prince, first vice president; Mrs. NJ
l.; L. bonham, second vice president;
Miss Margaret Evans, eecretary, treaa.
nrer and librarian. The library is
nfeadily building up and has now
ABOUT l,30O books including all depart
ments OF literature. Before the end
OF fhe year the new Carnegie library
Waii DO built, al the necessary pre-
made; Work. on the building will
probably begin In the spring. The
entire cost will be $4,000, for which
Mr. Carnegie made q donation lant
year. .
Two men from Anderson County,
oe pne az aotss the aspy Hoe SSnsa aa
Thursday, night. They were given o
room on the second floor. During the
night one of them, a Mr. Dickson
walked out on the porch and fell over
tho banisters O distance Of about
twenty feet, to the ground below.
tie lay there in the snOw for about an
hour before he could attract any one;
finally he was discovered by his room
mate and carried back to hiR room.
and almost frozen from exposure,
(havipg nothing on except his night
clothes.) his shoulder was dislocated.
Dr.. Gilliland was called IL and sue
ceeded in re.setting the dislocated
arm.-E Easley Progress.
Mrs. Cynthia NJ Barnes died at her
hRn0a Iii ok~ IN, %
city. Saturday night. She was stricken
with paralysis the day previous and
never rallied from the attack. Mrs.
Barnes was 90 wears Of age. She was
a daughter Of the late Col. John Mar
tio, of Martin Township. In her yonng
| Womanhood she was married to DIR. G.
| V. Barnes, who was O physician and
later a minister of the Methodist
Church. She was q good and pioue
friends, She is survived by one son.
Y. Motto Barnes, Of this city. Hel
husband died several years ago. The
remains were taken to her old home
and laid to rest in Ebenezer grave
yard beside the remains OF her hus
band. the fnnsral ez zsscises having
ben hsld Monday.
The Greenville News of yesterday
morning aays: 81. Lawrence Hicke,
prosperous young farmer Of upper An.
derecn County, and o nephew or Coun'
~ Auditor. w. p. ,Hicka. Lost By ar<
4 S9Syio Gnybrenk yesterday. morning
his big barn, containing 100 bushels o,
corr, 1900 handles of fodder, valuable
Agricultural implements and farn
stores stores aeGS sGd 9 handsome horse, wortf
The origin Of the fire is unknown
though there were aigns pointing te
!acendinTasfn. These are baiug inyee
tigated. MIR. Hicks had been married
only q te==' months, anu Whiie ne owns
one or the most fertile plantations ir
the Bruehy Csesk section, near Siloam
TIE loss Will fall heavily upon him
given until the roof was falling in."
Tho coldest wave of the winte,
struck this section laet Fridsy. night
I the thermometer dropping % degrees
during the night, and reaching 1S de.
grees, above zero, which marks the
lowest record of the season. A change
In the temperature wac expected, fol
when the ground hog came out Of hit
ho'a on Friday, saw his shadow and
| chen scampered back into bis den, the
| weather prophets predicted a change
| in the temperature, though they did
not expect such freezing weat her as is
now Delng experienced. Inc cold
weather: has resulted In mnny broken
water pipes, for iargenumber Of citi.
IONS failed to cut off the water ON their
premises Friday night, as they did NOT
think 1t would turn sufficiently cold
during the night to freeze tho pipea.
Saturday morning, however, many
| pipes In the City were frozen and not q
few of them were broken and plumbers
had to be called into service. =
MRS. Amanda Brown died at her
home in this city last Saturday morn
ipg about O'clock, and the announce
ment OF her death was q great shock
to- her. many friends and relatives.
She had not been enjoying good health
For several r1onths, aud on Saturday
morning, after arising from her bed,
che was attacked with congestion OF
the l1nge and In an hours time death
relieved her of her sufferinRs. Mrs.
Brown was the widow OF tho late j. j.
Brown and in the 72nd year OF her age.
Before he marriage she was 6 Miss
,AcCown and was born and reared in
| this county. She was q most estima"
bis Christian woman and had long
been q devoted and active member of