The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-02-06
: Yesterday afternoon the police "did

- Yesterday afternoon the police "did
up" one of the boldest and most unique
tigers that has ever been run m the State
since the advent of the dispensary law.
It WAS located in the store of W. j. Swy-
CERT, on Main street, just above Wrights
Hotel. The place was searched by Ser
geant Morehead with Officers Waters and
Thackham. The first shelf as one enters
the store was loaded with cigar boxes,
supposed to contain cigars, as they were
displayed in the most prominent place in
the store, being visible from the street.
When the officers began to take the boxes
down, however, they found that each box
contained pint or half pint bottle OF
whiskey in flask. When man wanted
whiskey he was given cigar box. The
officers seized nineteen half pints and six
pipts of rye whiskey and twelve half pint
packages of corn. Mr.. Swygert was sum-
moned to appear before the Mayor to-
day.-Coluna6ia State, Jan. L.
Speaking Of lawyers and Jurors, a
case out Of the ordinary occurred In the
early legal experience Of Judge Buxton,
OF North Carolina. When he as . young
lawyer made his first appearance at the
bar, the solicitor, as is customary In that
State, asked him to take charge of q case
for him. The young lawyer did mis- best,
and tho jury found the defendant, who
was charged with some petty. misde-
meanor, guilty. Soon after one of the
jurors, coming round the bar, tapped
him on the shoulder. Buxton" said
be, "the Jury did not think that man was
guilty, but we did not like to discourage
a young lawyer"
The most remarkable instance Of
rapid growth is said to be recorded by the
French Academy in 1720. 1t was a boy
six years of age, 5 feet inches In height.
At the age Of five his voice changed, at
six his beard had grown, and he ap.,
peared a man Of thirty. He possessed
great physical strength, and could easily
lit to his shoulders and carry bags OF
grain weighing two hundred pounds.
His decline was as rapid as bis growth.
At eight his hair and beard were gray; at
ten he tottered in his walk, his teeth fell
out, and his hands became palsied at
twelve he died with every outward sign
Of extreme old age.
Prof Kennedy, of Due West, Abbe-
Vile County, writes as follows to the
Editor OF The News and Courier: "Allow
me to congratulate you on your editorials
on Hog and Hominy.' The longer you
play on this string the better for our peo-
pie. This is striking at the root Of the
matter. Give US corn a1d meat in abun-
dance, then let the price of cotton take
care OF itself. The very effort to raise
our own supplies will do more toward
raising the price Of cotton than all the
resolution Of the farmers, or financial
schemes Matched at Washington or else
where"
The Rev D. w. Key, statistical Sec
retary, reports for 1894 that the Bapttsts
OF South Carolina have 420 ordained min
listers, 1854 churches increase, by baptism
3,7s7, by letters 2,725; by restoration 466 !;
decrease, by letter 2,SO5, by exclusion
1,165, by death us; total mem bership
85,94l. Six hundred and sixty-fve Sun
day-schools with 4,307ofi GERS and teach
ers and 3S,455 pupils; contributions for
all church purposes Sl70, ,S75.l8; value OF
church property $975,S86.
The champion cotton raiser east of
the Mississippi river is said to be Mr..
Beauregard Wilson, who lives near Yazoo
City, Miss. He worked nine mules the
past year and made three hundred bales
of cotton, an average of thirty three and
one.third bales to the mule. After dis
posing of his crop at an average of
cents pound and paying his expenses
his net profit amounted to $3 $50.
Mayor Chaffee, of Aiken, has issued
q circular to the mayors of the various
towns in the State. suggesting that all
the city councils appropriate from goo
to $500 to carry the dispensary law before
the supreme court of the United States.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral is known by
its works. The experience of half q cen
tury proves that no other preparation OF
the kind stops coughing and allays irri-
tation of the throat and bronchial tubes
so promptly and efectually az this.
An Orangeburg, s. c., negro advanc-
ed an original plea in mitigation Of hog
ste .ling the other day. Hesaid he "took',
the hog, killed and ate it because it had
broken into bis field and eaten all OF his
corn.
- The State board of control has elected
Col. Frank L. Nixon as State liquor
com 10 issioner, to succeed D. H. Traxler
Col. Nixon has, for some time past, beer
superintendent of the dispensary.