The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-08-16

men soon arrived and, despite the low
water pressure, soor had the flames ex-
tinguished. Indeed, We never saw them
do better work. The fire had caught
from the stove fue, and the damage to
the house is estimated at about $500,
which is covered by insurance. Ar. Will
hanson saved everything except his
cooking stove and furniture used in the
stove room.
Charleston College offers three very de-
sirable scholarships to young men in the
State which will give them an opportu-
nifty to eecure splendid education at little
cost. The following letter sent out by the
Superintendent of Education to the differ
ent School Commissioners explains the
offer: "The Charleston College offers three
scholarships to the young men of the
State. Each scholarship is worth 5000 per
aunum, and IL COOL for four years. or
graduation, if the holder graduates In less
than four years. These scholarships are
to be awarded on competitive examina-
tion, and are open TO the young men of
every. County ii we consent to hold the
examination free OF cost to the college for
our services. The college will furnish the
questions and bear the expense of adver-
tising. The examination will embrace
three days, FIVE hours per day. The
schedule will be thus: October 3rd, Eng.
lish and Mathematics October 4th, Latin
and Greek October 5th, French and Ger
RAN, from $50 a. nj. to 2 80 p. m. each
day. The examining board will not haye
to pass on the merits of the papers they
vii! be sent to the faculty, who will criti-
else all the papers and award the scholar
ships to the three who put up the best pa
pers Of all the applicants in the State"
The Piedmont correspondent of the
Greenville Mountaineer, of last week,
says: 1.-THE plantation. of Mr.. F. E. Nc.
Kenzie, of Grove Station, has been the
center off good deal of attraction for the
past week. It seems that an immense
swarm of grasshopperi', or rather ''locusts, !"
(for they answer every description Of the
last named) have settled on Mr.. Mo.
Kenzie's farm, and have made sad havoc
of his cornAeld. These locusts must num-
Der into the millions, and are 30 voracious
that they eat the blade Of the corn clean to
the stalk. Not only this, but they also
eat the leaves Of the trees aud briars, and
everything tender and green that comes
in their way. Mr.. Mckenzie, with a
large forcs of help, is doing his best to
destroy them, employing the method of
building fire in trench and then driv-
ing the noxious insects into the flames.
Bushels of them have been made way
with in this manner, and from last &C
counts IL is thought that the pest is being
diminished. One thing is certain, il the
locusts get scattered they will play the
mischief with this section next year.
The eggs laid by the present hordes are
more to be dreaded than the locusts them
selves. The farmers will do we'll to watch
for signs of these eggs snd destroy them at
sight. A fair aooruut of these insects and
the means usually employed in extermi-
mating them can be found in Chambers
Encyclopedias. also in Ency yclopedia Brit.
tanica. The department. at Washington
has in former times made full investiga-
ton of the subject. We would advise
those interested in tilling the soil to post
up on the subject. 1t will do you no
harm to obtain the Information; even If
you do not have to put it into practice"