The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-05-24
State News.

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= The demand for cotton seed oil
from the mill here is now 80 heavy that
it capnot be supplied. The oil is highly
praised by ali who purchase it. A New
York man is heavy buyer GreenriNe
| Neus.
Mr.. J. +. IIightower of fMerrittv:llc,
GreeIville County, father Of o. +. High.
tower, who was severely wounded several
months since by moonshincrs, says his
son is gradually sinking, and he does not
expect him TO recover
= Three negro murdcrers have been
sentenced to he hanged together ut
Orangeburg on the 22d Of June-ltichard
| Jefcoat for the murder Of Louis Rumph,
William Trezevant for the murder Of
Frank Mitchell and Horace Hall for the
murder Of Daniel Glover.
= Daniel Whitley. three year old
sou of Mr. Addison Whitley, Of Lancas-
ter County, died last week. 1t is not
known certainly what caused the child's
death, but his mother thinks that he was
poisoned by sucking nicotine from an old
pipe stem that he had picked up some.
where about the house.
= The hamburg Chronicle says that
there is woman at Slcighton, Barnwell
County, who is the mother Of fourteen
children at six births three ut the first,
three al the second, three at the third,
two at the fourth. two at the fifth, and
ore at the sixth. The lady is not more
than thirty-fyc years Of age and is in
fine health.
= We hear that Mrs. Bennett .iich-
olson, who lives in the Cheohee section
OF our county, was bitten on the leg last
week by rattlesnake. The snake had
thirteen rattlcs, and the blood spoutcd
freely from the wounds made by its fangs.
At last accounts the lady was doing well
and will recover Krowcc Courier.
". s. Mcbride has bccn arrested in
Grecnville, charged with having commit
ted murder about three years ago in
opeiika, Ala, and being released on
bond for his appearance ut court there,
came to Greenville. lie had already
resolved to return and meet his trial, and
| bear mis- expenses to Opeiika before he
was arrested.
| = According to the Barnwell Sentinel
dlsgraceful row occurred at the Toby's
Creek Colored Baptist Church on last
Sunday morning, between Powell Nix
and Amos Jackson and their respective
friends and admirers. The four Mixes
secured clnbs, and advanced on Jackson !;
this drew in the friends of Jackson and
a general fight ensued, which lasted for
some minutes, and resulted in broken
heads and bruised limbs.
A correspondent Of the Barnwell
Sentinel suggests to the county commits
sioners of Barnwell the wisdom and i'm
portauce of asking the Governor of the
State or board of the Penitentiary for the
loan of sufficient number Of conyicts,
with guards, to open the road Of seven or
eight miles, between Georges Creek
Township and the county seat, now in ar
almost impossible condition from the
effects of the April cyclone.
- While Mr.. james was preaching in
the Presbyterian Church at Grindall
Shoals, Spartanburg, last week, the pill
lar supporting the middle sill suddenly
gave way, precipitatng the floor to the
ground. Several large pillars support
ing the ceiling fell over on the side occu.
pied mostly by ladies and three or four
were hurt. Mrs. r. d. Hammett was
very severely if not fatally injured. It
was communion occasion. 1t seemed
n miracle that more were not hurt.
= A negro Presbyterian preacher of
Abbevi!le is advising the women of his
congregation not to hire themselves as
nurses. Whereupon the Medium re-
mark: "1t is just such evil disposed me-
groes in our midst that keep their race
poor by advising them not to make an
honest living and keep up continual
strife. He had better preach the Gospel
and not interfere with the manner in
which his flock make living, provided
that manner be an honest one. It isno
disgrace to hire ones self rs nurse. If
they refuse to hire as nurses and cooks
and refuse to work in the field, as great
manv do, how can they possibly make an
honest living?"
- Collector Ensor and U. S. Deputy
Marshals Lee Fisher, John Fisher, W.
+. Gary and James Turner, made raid
in the mountains of this County on the
night Of the 7th instant, and in Eastatoe
township, near the North Carolina lire,
captured two Illicit distilleries. One of
the distilleries is supposed to have be.
longed to man named Robinson, and
the other to Will Chapman. At one of
the distilleries there were nine stands of
| oCCi, duu at tuc oICcT LneTe were twelve.
all Of which, With the still, we're de.
stroyed. There were several hogs at each
of the distileries, but no person was
found at either, and no arrests were
made.-Piokens Sentinel.
= The Laurensville Herald saws.
"For the first time in several years corn
was recently sold on our streets, from
wagons, the corn being raised in Laurens
County. 1t went off rather slowly at
IS cents per bushel. This is precisely as
it should be. Every farm in the County
ought to raise enough corn, and other
grain, for its own consumption. And
the hog as we'll as the heminy should
also be made at home. AS an evidence,
however, that matters are improving, as
to the system of farming in our County,
We are now eating home raised bread.
-four and meal. And what is better still,
at least for us Individually, it was pai!
to US in the way of subscriptions to the
Herald. Evidently, there's life in the
old land yet"