31 May 1899
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1899
Page
1
In style fit or price, Oxfords and Spring Heels in Blacks and Tans are showcased. Customers are invited to view the perfect fitting, attractive, and elegant line of up-to-date footwear. The shop proclaims itself as headquarters for Shoes.
A detailed 1899 guide outlines using Paris Green with lime or flour to treat potato beetles, warns of poison handling, and provides mixing ratios and equipment. It compares Bordeaux Mixture and arsenicals, notes application methods, costs, and safety tips, with a local anecdote about Rev. Thomas Dawson at the end.
Mrs W J Bevan a local Academy graduate delivered the commencement address on The American Woman. She urged independence and personal development for women to complement men's aims, saying true equality comes from individual growth and mutual understanding. Also an ad notes a square practice piano available for twenty five dollars at Reed Music House, claiming intrinsic value higher.
May report notes the Penitentiary special committee will reconvene June 13 in Colombia to inspect farms and continue the investigation. The Penitentiary board plans to await the committee’s final report before pursuing actions on Col Neal and bondsmen. The Watson contract dispute with the state may proceed once the board’s position is clarified. A petition seeks to delay the July 13 meeting, arguing witnesses from the np-commntry cannot attend.
Mail advices report a May 25 fire on the Oestreicher farm near Hardeeville Georgia destroying a two story frame house occupied by Jacob Solomons his wife and seven children aged from 1 year to 11 years. The coroner's inquest faulted Solomons for culpable negligence for lacking a chimney for the family. The house was consumed with the bodies found among the ashes as neighbors heard agonizing shrieks before the blaze.
Brief ad notes cheap printing services with 0 60 cents and Fage God work good paper prompt delivery. Minutes cheaper than other houses. Catalogues in best style. If you have nothing to do it will be to your interest to write to the F'reas an annex Abbeville S C tf.
Kesville Ga May 24 two popular youths drowned at Rowland's Landing on the Choopee river as a canoe capsized. Pebley Hall 23 and Harvey Atkinson 18, engaged partners, died. Miss Lizzie Rowland, in the boat, was saved after a near drowning. Miss Atkinson home among county families. The scene drew a large crowd. the third passenger survived.
In Malinta near Toledo two brides exchange lovers just before a planned double wedding. Frances and Mary Dipcomb, daughters of a wealthy farmer, rearrange partners with Davis Benilice and Frank Benson. The licenses were altered after Mary confessed she preferred Benson, triggering a last minute change and a happy outcome.
State constables seized a wagon and two mules loaned by Stroud to two black men who were later acquitted of whiskey charges. The state kept the property until Stroud paid fifty dollars for its release. Senator Dean plans a bill to restore forfeited property to innocent owners on affidavit and limit state time to try guilt to five days.
We offer a reward for a case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The undersigned know F Chenay for 15 years and deem him honorable in business. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. Price 750 per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are best.
News notes discuss rights for Abbeville and local issues in Rock Hill and Chester with smallpox cases. The State pension list rises to 7,034 from 6,694, while a murder trial nears in Greenville and a Hampton County theft of $1,200 surfaces.
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