The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-01-29
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


singular circumstances of James S. Ba-
ker's death on Friday night of last week
are just disclosed. The genial young
Bethlehemite was driving home from a
party with Miss Carrie Wismer, of Sole
bury. Mr.. Baker suddenly exclaimed:
"Carrie, dear, believe am going to
die" and in few minutes Mr.. Baker lay
dead in the arms of his lady friend. Car
rie seized the lines and drove with one
hand, while with her other arm she sup
ported the dead form of her lover. The
drive to the residence of Miss Wismer
occupied half an hour. Young Bakers
death was due to heart disease
COLUMBUS, IND, January 13.-Aqueer
story comes from williamsburg relative
to Frank Helms, of that place, and Dan
iel Smith, of Carlos City, agreeing to
swap wives. 1t is said that the Helms
were disconsolate because they had no
children and the Smiths because they
we're being favored with too many. BY
the swap Smiths wife, four children and
small farm were to go to Helms aud
Helms wife and small town property
to Smith. But Justice Rush Of Carlos
City, on whom they depended to satisfy
the law while they were satisfying them
selves, could not find any authority for
divorce and remarriage under such cir
cumstances, and hence the swap hangs
fire. The latest is that the contracting
parties have agreed that zach stall apply
for divorce at the coming term Of court
on the ground of cruel and iuhuman
treatment and then remarry according to
the.original agreement.
CHARLESTON, January 22.--Quite a
sensation was created in St. Matthews,
Orangeburg County, over the death of
Nimple Brown, prosperous coIored far
mer. 1t appears that some time ago
Brown had row with "b!ue gum" ne
gro named Tom. Simmons, and in the
fight which followed Brown was bitten on
the finger by Simmons. In little while
the bitten finger began to swell. Then it
got worse and it was not long before gan.
creme had set in. On Sunday Brown died.
Coroner Dukes was summoned and an
inquest was held to-day over the dead
body. The doctors who conducted the
post mortem examination say that Browns
death was caused by the bite, and that
the bite of "blue gum" negro in nearly
every case proves fatal The negroes here
are wild over the death of Brown, and
with the accustomed superstition peculiar
to the race, imagine all manner OF strange
things. A negro with "blue gum" is n
terror to them.
Rock HILL, January 22.-The Rev.
J. S. White, pastor of the Second Presby-
terian Church and assistant minister in
the First Presbyterian, committed suicide
this morning about 2 o'clock. He
climbed up his wind mill, distance of
sixty feet, where he was found floating on
the water in the tank, after every other
imaginable place had been searched. For
some time he has been troubled with dyy.
pepsis, which is the only cause assigned.
Mr.. White was president of the Graded
School ard of the Rock Hill library, a
director IN mills and banks here and in
terested in other enterprises. He was
foremost in educational and Christian
work. He was the most beloved citizen
of the town. All the stores and offices
are elaborately draped in mourning and
all the members of the graded school wear
Grape. The funeral takes place to NOR
row at O'Clock. The ministers of Beth
ell presbytery will attend, in addition to
others.