The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-01
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The Furman University students are now
boarding in their mess hall for Sc per
month.
1,OSG votes were cast in the Democratic
primary in Columbia on last Thursday
For mayor Jno. T. Rhett, present incum-
bent, received sos; J. @. Marshall 4o1.
Rhetts majority 104
There is q widow near State Line Chnrch,
Spartanburg County, who owns good old
fashioned rifle and q shotgun, and she
knows how to use them. She now and
then puts in her appearance at q neighbor-
hood shooting match and always takes the
prize. A hawk would stand bad chance
fooling around her spring chickens.
One of oul farming friends who knows
says if you want to raise fine watermelons
plant them and cotton together. He says
the bugs and worms, often destructive to
watermelon vines, will feed on the cotton
instead of the vines. The cotton may not
be so good, but the watcrmelons will be all
right. This plan is worth 4 trial. WaUdAa
Courier.
The following is taken from the Barnwell
People, 1.-THE administrators of the late j.
Addie All has entered suit against the
County for ten thousand dollars damages.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. All was
killed mile South of Blackv;lle last year
when his wagon ran into q washout in the
public road and his cotton gin fell upon his
head and shoulders, crushing him to death
Messrs. Robert Aldrich and Chas. Carroll
simms represent the plaintiff and Judge
Maher will appear for the County"
A letter to the NerS and Courier from
Beaufort yesterday announces the death at
that place of Tom Hamilton, who will be
remembered as member Of the General
Assembly. Hamilton, who was thirty
eight years OF age, died OF pneumonia, Of
which he had been sick fer several days.
He was elected TO the House of Icprcsen-
tatives in 1916, and was one of the first
colored members to give his allegiance to
t,.c Hampton Government by joining the
Wallace House, and thereby securing
quorum.
Mr.. T. II. Smith, of Liberty, spent one
day last week in laying off terraces on
Col. Hollingsworth' Twelve Mile River
Farms. Captain H. c. Grady did some of
the same kind of work for Mr.. j. c. Griffin.
When the land will admit of it, tcrracing
is on many accounts preferable to ditcling.
1t shows how to run tho rows, and holds
the water where it falls in place of letting
it run off with the fertility of the soil.
Terracing beats ditching about as far rs
ditching beats nothing. PicEcns Sentinel
A very dcplorablc case of suicide occurred
in the city on Thursday night, the victim
being Mr.. w. Loughton Campbell, who cut
his throat with razor at his residence, II
Trapman street. The deceased was 4S years
old and was well known and respected in
the community, being pleasant and good
natured and perfectly straightforward in
his conduct. He was known to have been
suffering from mental arrangement for
some time past, but gave no intimaton Of
having designs upon his own life,-Ncrs
and Courier, 9Th.
Mr.. w. ID. Mann, jailer, opened shis bank
of potatoes on his farm near Mountain
View one day last week. He found one
large potato in which a mouse or rat had
built bed. 1t had commenced at one end
and eaten out the heart with wonderful
nicely, and had put straw in the opening
thus made. Owing TO the cold weather all
potatoes which were near to this one had
been frozen and was rotten. The hull Of
this one was perfectly sound. 1t is sup
posed the heat of the occupants had pre-.
vented it from freezing. The potato, with
its bed Of straw nicely arranged, is a curl
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