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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1901
Page
8
Local news recounts aging and the 20th century milestone, alongside quiet holidays. Social mentions include Miss Daisy Major’s wedding to Ben Pearman, Denver High School’s January start, family visits, and civic notes from Denver and nearby towns.
The Fork section details Christmas observances and visitors including H F Boleman and Misa Anni from Anderson, Grace and Maggia Thompson at Chicora College, and Mrs Martha Harrie from Texas. It notes moves, sickbeds, and gatherings, plus weather and community happenings. It mentions Anxin Gannon Dickson and a local ad for plumbing hot water pipes.
The Belton Masons held an initiation and installation ceremony for five officers serving a one year term, followed by a large dinner. Grand Master Drvver delivered a speech praising Ancient Free Masonry and commended local members for service. The town mourned the death of Jopy Moray son of Str. Pruit, interred at Mount Bethel, as visitors and locals arrived for gatherings. A railway accident injured Caleb of Anderson, whose left foot was crushed at the Station while visiting his parents at Belton Hotel.
Miss Annie Clinkscales and Mr 12 11 Warner of Elberton were married quietly Wednesday at the bride’s parents home with J J Daniels officiating. The couple left for Elberton to make their home as relatives and neighbors share holiday word of the ceremony. A long list of local residents and visitors is noted with travels, schooling, and visits across nearby towns. One obituary reports a 6 year old girl dying from choking on a peanut hull in McDayip Hotrox.
An Anderson County correspondent writes from Telfair County Georgia about life in a prohibition county, detailing farms with 15 to 25 bushels of corn and 700 to 1,000 pounds of cotton per acre, cattle grazing, mild winters, and the decline of turpentine and lumber industries. The piece compares local farming to Anderson County, notes cheap land prices, and ends with a New Year greeting and a local hardware and piano advertisement trail.
Visitors from Columbia and Williamston Female College graced Brushy Creek during holidays. S.A. Rosamond of Anna Texas visits his family. Dr. Rosamond and sister Maude travel to Atlanta. Families from Charlotte and Greenville join relatives. J. Laloon returns from Oklahoma planning South Carolina home. County convicts build two bridgelike paths across Brushy Creek aiding travelers. Christmas trees rise at churches. St Paul’s plans a modern church and new schoolhouse.
Pendleton items report Prof Ashton McWhorter of Clinton and family visiting home for Christmas and a sick daughter in Edgeford. Local churches secure Rev Strickland and Rev Lide as supply and pastor respectively. Several Pendleton residents, including J C Gantt and J W Hunter, visit relatives during holidays. A silver wedding of Mr and Mrs Harris attracted many Pendleton people last week.
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