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.Local News* WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22, 1899. Death of a Brilliant Young Journalist. Thaddeus E. Horton sleeps. No, ho is not dead. There is no death to the truly noble and the great. The beau tiful and delicate fabric o?' mortality may shrink and fall to sineds responsive to the finger-touch of insatiate disor ganization and decay, but the radiant splendor and the burnished halo sitting in triumph upon the brow of immortal ity assuages the tear-dimmed eye, brings solace to the stricken heart, and smoothes the rufiled brow of care. He only sleeps till the summons comes to live and live forever. As we go weep ing to the sunset, let ns not dream that the great orb of day sinking below our little horizon goes down in a sea of black and impenetrable gloom. While it leaves ns in the flickering shadows, in the dark gropings of despair, it go?s on to other worlds and shines through endless ages. Still it is a mysterious dispensation of Providence that the sublime beauty of an ascendent lumi nary, following in the track of its or bit, is lost from the gaze of men by slipping away like a falling meteor from its moorings on the great empy rean sea. ' We are made to wonder why so lavish in her gifts, if Nature's hand so soon must mar the picture she so fondly gave? But it is not for us to question. "Time willrevealthe calyx es of gold," and some day, it may be yonder past the sunset and the night, we shall'see His plans unfold and say that God knows best. Thad. Horton was a pure, noble and upright gentleman, great as any poten tate, for he was a ruler of men; high souled and patrician, he scorned to stoop below the ethics of his profession, but with, characteristic energy, being the architect of his own fortunes, forged rapidly to the front and claimed the prize, success. He was as modest as a woman, and wore with becoming dig nity the blushing honors heaped upon him, yetcourageous,brave and valorous, heroic, manly and resolute, persevering, hardy, and possessed of a heart of oak. He was cool, discreet and cautious; re liable, trustworthy and loyal, and fruin a youth the embodiment and the soul of honor. ' TUE i ST:'.;.!.!< rF.xcKu feels deeply the bereavement, because it was foi this paper that he ns a youth did his first newspaper work as its Williamston correspondent. It was then we saw in him the kindling spark of literary genius upon which we more than once Bad occasion to encourage and com mendhim. Perhaps, more than to aDy other attributes was due his strong, unconventional elementary common sense the credit of his splendid success in his chosen profession, and this was recognized in the very responsible as signments always given him wherever he has been employed. Through every line of his work breathed the high as ?orations of his lofty soul, and after his ong vigils and patient struggling, when he was about to realize the bright summit of his earthly ambition, the summons came and found him waiting with anxious eyes to take up an assign ment his holier aspirations had taught him to seek. Mr. Horton was born in Williamston, S. C., in the year 1865, and was the sec ond son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Horton, of that place. At an early age he man ifested a taste for literary work. Be ginning as local correspondent of this' paper, he rose steadily Dy merit till he became associated orominently with the daily papers of the State. At the age of 23, ne was appointed by the Governor to represent the State in the commercial and industrial congress in Paris, where he won distinction by his letters to the News and Courier and the Paris edition of the New York Baralil. In 1890, he went to Macon, Ga., and be came the news editor of tho Telegraph, whence he went to Atlar. ta and became managingeditorof the Atlanta Journal. Two years ago he went to Ne w York on the Times, and at his death was the po litical editor of that paper, his rapid advancement on the statt' being most phenomenal. His assignment within i two years to the most responsible po sition on the staff speaks eloquently of his tact and genius. He was liked by '. jail who came m contact with him, and '. vrherever he lived wielded a strong personal influence, by reason of his 1 magnetic graces and pleasing address. 1 He passed away at the Hahneman 1 hospital in New York on Wednesday last after a brief illness with typhoid ^ <ever, and the remains were brought to -\ Williamston and interred in the cerne- i itery there last Friday, Rev. W. T. Tate i conducting the funeral services in the presence of a large congregatian of i sorrowing friends and relatives. To 1 the bereaved widow and aged parents c pur hearts go ont in the loss of so lov- i mg a husband and dutiful son. May he i rest in peace ! i --m?.~*-m*- S Pendleton Items. * Mrs. E. G. Evans., of Anderson, is visiting her son, Mr. E. G. Evans, Jr., and other friends. Rev. J. F. Singleton and wife have rented Mrs. Allethia Gaillard's house p and gone to housekeeping. We hope t they will enjoy the change. fi Miss Pearl S. Norris nok charge of u the Melton Academy school Monday, n 13th inst. We hear that she has a very T fine school. She is boarding with Mr. c A. W. Pickens. She could bo at no h better place than at Mr. Pickens'. We learn that Mr. Edward Shanklin, f our former townsman, is quite sick at j Piedmont. His father. E. H.Shanklin, ?. Esq., has gone to see him. Mr. Buford Hopkins, who was taken a sick in Spartanburg, where he was at- -v tending college, is very low at his fat li- j -er's, Mr. Edward Hopkins, so we ure in- i formed. v Mr. W. J. Martin and his two sisters, \ Misses Catherine and Vica Martin, have gone to Georgia on a visit to relatives ^ in different portions of that State. i Miss Bessie Hankie went to Charles- s ton Monday on a visit. 1 Mr. J. T. Hunter is off to Greenville t on a visit. TELL TALK. Old-Fashioned Candy Pulling. * The public is cordially invited to at tend an Old-fashioned Candy Pulling at Carswell Institute, Thursday, Nov. 30th, at 3 o'clock p. m. Ten cents tick ets will be sold, entitling the owner to one plate of sugar candy. Theamount collected will go to repair school-build ing. Come and help us spend a pleas ant evening. Respectfully, ELLA STICKLAND, MAYME BAILEY, KITTIE JONES, Committee. Money to Loan-For Clients. Low in terest and long time, if security is first olass. B. F. Martin, Attorney-at-Law. A good Harrow should follow a good Plow. Follow the Oliver Plows with Sullivan Hardware Co.'s matchless Har rows and the work will count. It is now in order to select you a good Gun and 6upply yourself with Ammuni tion from Sullivan Hardware Co.'s big stock. Townville Items. ? A little negro boy of Lizzie Pickens' accidentally got shot last Friday. The "boy was in a potato patch, when two white boys, Bud Goley and Jeter I Campbell, .passed, and the Goley boy was carrying a shot gun on his arm, when, by some means, the gun went off and part of the shot struck the negro boy in'the face and stomach. Dr. W. T. Hunt is attending the boy and thinks he will pull through. The Goley boy was arrested and placed in jail, but his friends will bail him out. The Townville Baptist Church has elected Rev. R. J. Williams, of Green ville, to serve them another year, Kev. Hiott having resigned. Miss Juny Wyatt, of Greenville, and Miss Minnie Richie, of Fair Play, have been spending awhile with their cousin, Dr. W. T. Hunt, of this place. Mr. F. M. Bruce and your scribe and family have been spending a while with Mr. AV. AV. Hunnicutt, of High Falls, Oconee County. We certainly enjoyed one solid week eating birds, squirrels and rabbits. Mr. James Braxtou Hunnicutt, of St. Augustine, Fla., and conductor on the Florida East Coast Railroad, is spending a month's vacation with his mother, near High Falls. Mr. Hunnicutt is a great sportsman and a crack shot. Mr. J. O. B. Haley and family of Oak way, S. C., have been visiting Mr. F. M. Bruce at this place. It seems taut the burning of barns, horses and mules is getting very com mon. Mr. J. J. Haley, of Oakvray, lost his barn and forage and ti ve horses and mules aud two new buggies about two weeks ago, and last week Mr. Gignil liat, of Seneca, lost his stables and two goodmule8. It appears that fire-bugs are in the air. OLD ROSIN DE BOW. LowndesTille Items. Messrs. E. R. and Jeter R. Horton were called to AVilliamston Thursday to attend the funeral of their brother, Mr. Thad. E. Horton, who died at the Hohneman Hospital, New York City, on the 15th inst. Mr. Horton was at the time of his death political editor of the New York Times, and was steadily rising to the very top in the journalis tic profession. So much has already been said by the press of this State, Atlanta and New i ork of his magnifi cently poised character and sterling ability that I feel it quite unnecessary tc join my feeble voice in the grand choras of praise. Mr. James M. Baker, of AArashington, D. C.. was here a few days last week on business. The popular principal of the Lown desville High School, Mr. Jno. C. Allen, visited Mr. George Speer's family at Monterey Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Floyd, of Brevard, X. C., is vis iting her daughter, Mrs. D. K. Cooley. Mr. Ardra Pressley, of Elberton, Ga., and Misses Annie and Laura Clink scales drove over from Elberton Sun day to visit Mr. L. C. Clinkscales. Mr. Pressley and Miss Laura Clink scales returned to Elberton in the af ternoon. Mr. Mark Bushneil, representing the G. H. Bushnell Press Co., of Thomp sonville, Conn., came in this morning with some workmen to set up the ma chinery of the oil mill, which was sold by his company. MCDAVID HORTON. Antun Items. Autumn is here with all of its tints and colors, and with all the cotton gathered and the little folks going to school, it seems that all are waiting to welcome "Old Santy" and the New Year, which will be their last chance to live in the nineteenth century. Or have they decided that next year will bethe beginning of a century? This looks quite strange to us. AVe remen ber wnen we used to count eggs, or anything that required counting, we would say "ninety-nine and one is a hundred." That is, we always added one after we had put in ninety-nine, then we have a hnndred. So to com plete this century next year will have to be added to the ninety-nine that have passed. Qui tn a number of our young people enjoyed themselves very highly at a social singing which was'held at Mr. T. P. Hobson's last Friday night. Mr. R. A. Buchanan and sister, Miss Leila, visited friends and relatives at Portman Shoals last Snnday. Miss Celestine Patterson, one of An ton's young ladies, has accepted a posi tion as clerk with Miss Stroby Harpoldt, the milliner of Pendleton. Mr. Wade Patterson, the night watchman of the Antun cotton mills, ffhile on his round one night last week, icc i den tally fell, breaking two of his .ips. We wish him a speedy recovery. We are having some exceptionally ine weather for sowing grain. AVe lave heard, it said "dust m wheat," ste, and if there is any truth in the >roverb, we may predict an extraordi ?ary crop for next year. So, dear armer, it might be ? good idea to sow i few more acres, even if vou don't leed it; it would have a good effect in >roducing fat. BOB AMATEUR. Corner Creek Items. At this writing, Mr. Editor, our peo le are in good health, through sowing heir small grain, their cotton crop mished up, potatoes (Jug and banked, mst all of their cotton crop sold, and uost all debts paid. Ave are now raiting for the merry Christmas to oine, when, of course, we all expect to lave the "jolliest of jolly times. Several of our sportsu>en are looking orward with pleasure to Thanksgivi ng Dey, when they are anticipating a big" hunt. Watch out, rabbits? Miss May .Madden began her school 1 t tho McAdams Academy last Monday vi th a good attendance. Miss Madden s a graduate of Winthrop College, and ter servie?- io the patrons of this school viii doubtless be excellent. We wish ter much success with the school. Mr. Albert Crowther, one of Antre rillo's popular young men, accompan ed by his lovely sister, Miss Annie, pent Saturday night and Sunday very Pleasantly in our midst, the guests of he family of Mr. 15. F. Gassaway. Sam Butler, a negro tenant living on Ir. AV. C. Branyon's plantation, in this j lection, had the misfortune to lose his j louse and contents by fire last Friday , ifternoon. The loss is very great on ] in tier, as he has worked hard for what i ie possessed. AVe have been having some excellent arming weather for the past two reeks, and the farmers have Deen cer aiuly taking advantage of it, and have own an exceedingly large crop of ( vheat and oats. But this morning , Tuesday) it is cloudy and tho mdica ions are that we will have some im ilement weather ere long before the veek rolls by. May long live THE INTELLIGENCER s oar fervent wish. TYRO. Mei-d your own Harnea**! You can do t quickly and effectively with Sullivan hardware Co.'s Harness Riveter. It ia be simplest and most useful article for bis purpose we ever saw, and sells for a rifle. Call on them and see it tried. Iron King Stoves are considered the ?Kat. Buy one. Osborne <fe Osborne Sole Agents. Flat Rock Items. Kev. J. X. H. Suniniercll commenced his protracted meetiugat this place last Thursday night and closed last Sabbath afternoon. Considerable interest was manifested in the meeting. Four per sons,joined the church. Miss Carrie E. Thompson, one of our most charming young ladies, is visiting near Lowndesville. Mr. H embree, from Salem, worship ped at this place last Sunday. Mr. Sam Denn and Miss Annie Ar cher were visiting at tin's place Sun day. Misses R?sale and Laura Bohannon, two of Anderson's most charming young ladies,, attended church here last Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Nicholson wor shipped at this place Sunday afternoon. Mr.OliverBurriss, of Mountain Creek, visited here during the meeting. William-II. Newell, of Clemson Col lege, came home to visit his parents while thc Clemson boys were gone to the Fair. We are glad to say that Miss Mamie Norris has on her roll thirty S fe schol ars, and we hope it will continue to in crease. The Sunday-school at this place is on a boom, and hope it will continue. May (?od bless the INTELLIGENCER and its readers. LEGATUS. Trinity Shirtings. JThe school boy's whoop is heard again. He is done picking cotton and is in school once again. Say, you men who advertise top-bug gies, they will not do, for one of our young ladies got bit by her escort while riding in a top-buggy. Miss Pel; Finley has returned home from Pickens. Her many friends are glad to welcome her back. The young people enjoyed an oyster supper last Friday night at the resi dence of Mr. W. A. Finley. It was a most delightful occasion. Some of our farmers are fattening their hogs and cattle. So you'see we are going to live as long as weican. Plenty of turnips and 'taters up here. Our community was saddened by the announcement of the death of Mr. James Ashley. He had been sick for quite a while with heart disease. His remains were buried at Hopewell Church, the services being conducted by Kev. W. M. Brown. He leaves a wife and four children with a host of friends to mourn his death. SCHOOL BOY. A Tribute. Died, in the city, on November 1?, 1S00, Fannie, second (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Burton, aged 10 years, 1 month and 3 days. She had been ill six weeks with malarial fever. She had such a sweet disposition; every one loved her that met her. She joined the Baptist Church at Cooks, five years ago. On Sunday morning her remains were takeu down on the train to Cooks and buried, Rev. John B. Herron conducting the funeral ser vices, in the presence of a large circle of sorrowing friends and relatives. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that night, 'Twas an angel visited the green earth And took dear Fannie away. A FRIEND. If you want the fi nef t Texas Seed Oats cheap, get them at Vandlver Bros. The b'Ht and cheapest stock of Fall and Winter Dry Goods in the city at Vandi ver Bros. For Sale-Some desirable city property. Apply to C. C. Lanuston. Even with tbe poor crops thin year the Oliver PJOWP, Mold by Sullivan Hardware Co., gave results, visible to any ordinary observer, which no other Plow attained. IN DAMP WEATHER Collara and Coffs Laundered by us do not lose their gloss or stiffness. GOOD LAUNDRY WORK Ts our pride. We glory in it For La dles and Gentlemen, and the little folks, too, we do our best. PLEASED CUSTOMERS Are the kind of people we deal witb, and we want you to be one of them. Can you give us any good reason why you should not be? ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 20? East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. YOUR HOME PLE ASURES NO influence lends so muc:h tn home lite as music. No Stock offers greater attractions than ours, and we wif-h io help you to happiness. It's not ?Iou? that we say ii, but you know that we mean it, as we sell :ho best clat*? of PIANOS and ORGANS, AH well as small Musical Merchandise, and will give you full value for ev ery dollar. You are cordially invited to call in person and inspect our Stock, or write for catalogues and prices. We also represent the leading SEWING MACHINES Of the day, and are constantly receiving new additions to our Stock. We appeal to your judgment and will sell you the best in this line. We still handle thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can Bave you money by an investi gation. Look to quality first-then price. Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. MUST BE AT FROM NOW UNTIL THE HOLIDAYS. Proof of the pudding is eating it. That's just what we want you to do-put the matter to a practical test. It is very easy to talk in a high-sounding way over what you have to sell, but what do you care for the pedigree of the horse if it can't make the time on the track? Just so, what do the peo ple care about claims if you don't carry them out. JONES expects to sell Clothing from now until the Holidays. We have set our expectations on big sales and will make the offering to bring them. Put us to the test by coming to see us. MEN'S and YOUTHS' $5 00 SUITS Received this week another shipment . of- Men's and Youths' $5.00 Suits. Got them at closing out prices. You are sure to like them. $7.50 SUITS.? To make it a little more interesting we have put some $9 and $10 Suits on our $7.50 table. You may be the lucky man to stiike a fit in these special sizes. SEE OUR $10.00 SUITS. Don't think we make $10 Suits a hobby, but they seem such great values that we can't refrain from talking about them every time we mention Clothing. Look at them, you will be satisfied with them. Every Suit is worth a man's big ten dollars. $6.00 SUITS. Opened up one hundred Suits all wool Clay Worsteds that we sold the first of the season for $7.50. By a quick turn and the money down we are able- to offer them for $6.00. This is the opportunity to get a good Suit at this price. ODD SUIT TABLE. You may be a lucky size. If you are you can get a choice pick, one or two of a kind, for $10.00. OVERCOATS. Wa have a very special Coat at $7.50 and $10, both lead ers, and both good values and big leaders. Look at them-you will take them on the spot if you want an Overcoat. Will take them on the spot at the price. BOYS' KNEE PANT SUITS. We have added to this line time and again during the season, they have gone so fast at our popular prices. Stock almost complete now. Suits from $1 to $5, sizes 4 to 16. We have everything in good shape on our Clothing side. Have lots of Underwear, Negligee Shirts, Men's and Boys' Hats and Caps, prepared for a big rush, as our prices will be the kind that will attract business, as well as the right kind of stuff to please the people. You cannot go wrong to come to us. Yours truly, C. F. JONES 5 CO. NEW SHOES ! rOTV have jUpt opened up the nest and chpape'-t line of HEAVY SHOES v* that eeer was offered on t Iii - market There ia only one kind that we do not nor will not Handle, and that is the ch<-ap, shoddy stuff palmed off on unsus pecting buyers. If we sell you t?hoe* they must he solid leather or we didn't sell em. So if you want Shoes to wear buy only the best-they are always the cheapest. DEAR?? PATENT FLOUR, like Mrs. Cosar, is as pure as the Alpine snows, thrice bleached by the hyperborean blasts. If vou want anything purer than that we havn't got it. We have even innre pure TEXAS! RED RUST PROOF OATS than Car ter had, and want to get rid nf them-w:ll sell them cheap. Yours for the ? ? ? ?, DEAN & RATLIFFE. "\T T? -Partie* owinu UH on either Note or open Account are given notice m -Lf? that iheir Accounts are due, and that they are expected to settle the same AT ONCE, or bear the costs of ^ndiu}; a man for our money. When our Collector comes to see yon, you will save yourself a great deal of annoyance by settling with him at once. He will call to see those whose Accounts are still unpaid on and after November 15th. DAR Ten Dollars Prize To Wheat Growers. FOR the best five-acre yield of Wheat grown this season with our Wheat Fertilizers, and top-dressed with our Nitrate of Soda or other dressing, or not dressed at all, we will award as a prize the sum of TEN DOLLARS. The award will be made on JULY 15, 1900, upon the affidavits of each contestant for the prize and the several threshers. DEAN & RATLIFFE. NEW GOODS always on hand. Our specially prepared Wheat Manure makes the finest yield. WE HAVE MORE GOODS THAN DOLLARS, And must exchange with you T AT this season of the year we can't afford to carry 3uch a large stock, and to reduce our Shoe, Dry G oods and G-rocery Stocks We have made the LOWEST PRICES that Las ever been made on Staple Dry Goods since Anderion has been Anderson. Believe us, aud give us on- look if you want to SAVE MONEY. Very respectfully, O. C. BROWN & BRO. (NEXT TO POST OFFICE.) JOE TEOWBKIDGE & CO., HABERDASHERS, ANORR90N, S. C. VSS* WHY buy Old Styles when you can buy new ones for the same money ? The Haberdasher has NEW GOODS coming in every week. Hats and Gaps, Shoes and Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Cravats and Underwear. JOE TROWBRIDGE & CO. MPANY. FREE! THE above cuts are representations of a few pieces of handsomely decorated, hand painted CHINA, now on exhibition at our Store, which we intend Giving Away Free to our Customers ! We guarantee that our prices on Goods will remain the same. This Special Offer is made for the purpose ol' increasing our trade, and showing the people that we truly appreciate their patronage. This Ware is rapidly taking tho place of White Granite or Iron Stone China, ll has that soft, white, velvety finish ; is of the finest quality, and without doubt the best in the world. The shapes are the very latfst patterns, and have been designed to meet tbe taste of the most fastidious. It is only by our guaranteeing to use a large quan tity of this Ware that we have been able to get it at a price that puts it within the reach of all. Our assortment consists of Cups and Saucers, Pie Plates, Breakfast Plates, Dinner Plates, Platters, Cov ered Dishes, Cream Pitchers, Sugar Bowls, Tea Pots, and everything else which goes to make up a FINE SET OF DISHES. We eat neatly invite you to call and inspect it, when we will cheerfully give you full information. Very respectfully, LESSER & CO., UNDER MASONIC TBMPLE.