16 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1899
Page
1
Bill Arp denounces Mormon proselyting as religious disruption and polygamy, recalling Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. He compares Mormon history to northern abolitionist actions and criticizes John Brown, praising McKinley’s possible attendance at remembrances while condemning anti-southern sentiment.
The African Methodist Episcopal council session in Georgia and Alabama approved a resolution to appoint a committee to present to Congress the dire state of Black populations in several states and seek a $100 million appropriation to start a U S Africa steamship line. Bishop Turner said emigrants should not be funded but transported at reasonable cost, noting higher costs for European immigrants. The measure passed unanimously.
Cheap printing advertises law briefs at 60 cents a page with good work and paper, prompt delivery, and minutes cheaper than competitors. Catalogues offered in fine style by Abbeville Printing, urging readers to write for printing needs.
A Civil War reunion gathers 2500 in Hall Town ship for the surviving Company F of the 34th South Carolina. Speakers include Gen Bonham and Senator Tillman, with addresses on patriotism, expansion, and the Army of the West. A pavilion is planned by Martin Hall for next year, and a Philippine War talk follows after a long day of speeches and music.
An editorial attack on Black residents portrays them as lazy vagrants clogging sidewalks and streets. It calls for punishment and forced labor to improve public spaces, alleging violence and crime stem from idleness. It laments potential winter struggles and frames lynchings as consequences of unemployment.
Pendleton items note Mr w and Mrs Randall Melride of Chattanooga visiting relatives. John Richey of Fork township was killed Tuesday a week ago by a man named Powers over an old grudge. The corpse passed through en route to the family burying ground. Deceased was brother of the ex sheriff of Pickens County. A W J S and G A Martin from near Hopewell opened a mercantile business in Rochester building. Rev J F Singleton conducts two meeting series in the Baptist Church this week. Miss Mattie Eskew visits her brother S J Eaken at the meeting. Miss Pearl Norris visits her aunt Mrs W M Gibson. Mr Prue Norris made a pop visit to Pendleton folks Monday morning. Tet Tau.
The Abbeville County Singing Convention will convene at Buffalo Baptist Church near Troy on August 26 and 27. Singers from all sections are invited to attend, with each church entitled to a two member delegation and alternates.
In Winfield Courier a Pawnee T resident wed a Winfield woman. Lush unexpectedly, he slept in the bride's room two hours, she left angrily and sought a lawyer for divorce. A Georgetown County tale reports a wild hog eating a young negro child, mother arriving too late to prevent more harm in swamp habitat.
The readers learn of Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh at all stages. The ad promises a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and urges readers to send for testimonials. It touts the medicine and Hall's Family Pills as the best, asserting blood and mucous surface action to cure.
Reports indicate eastern farmers fetch good tobacco prices while the Wheat Growers' Convention in Greenwood proved fruitful. News notes fertilizer trusts eye large Charleston plants, Amy worms threaten Cherokee fields, and state hospital inmate count climbs to 1 015 in Columbia.
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