The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-27
STATE NEWS.

= The hailstorm few days ago in
Greenwood county was more serious
than at first reported.
= Sumter has been left s25, 900 by
Mr.. Timothy J. Tourney, with which
to build a hospital for consump-
tives.
Prof. G. L. Todd President of
Due West Female College has about
200 students. The girls are hustling
for ap education.
: The first volume Of General
Edward McCrady's History of South
Carolina is in the hands of the Nc
MILAN Publishing Company and will
shortly be out.
= The Columbia Record thinks that
possibly Gov. Ellerbe will recommend
the enactment of a prohibition law,
and thus head off prohibition candi
date for Governor.
= Mr.. T.. NJ. Oates, of York County,
has gathered this year 81 bales of cot
ton off of 81 acres of land, and the
understanding is that the patch will
yield several bales yet.
= The three young women who
entered Wofford college at its opening,
are said to be particularly bright
young women. They have the cordial
esteem of all connected with the insti-
tuition and deserve it.
= The population of the State Hos
pital for the Insane is unprecedented.
There are now 916 patients in the in
stitution, % of whom have been re-
ceived this month. Unfortunately,
most of the patients are women.
= The great increase in the number
of cotton mills in this State of late
would certainly warrant Clemson Col
lege in establishing a textile school,
where our young men could be fitted
for positions in our mills.-Aiken
Journal and Revie1o.
= At Charleston, S. G., G. G..
Pinckney, Jr., who has been one Of
the wealthiest, most prominent mill
and mining operators in the South,
has suspended payment. His liabili-
ties are estimated at over two hundred
thousand dollars.
: Some slick person buncoed the
manager of the colored excursion which
ran from Orangeburg to Augusta last
week. This slick person had num-
Der of tickets printed very similar to
the genuine tickets and sold them all
along the road. There were over sixty
of these fraudulent and spurious tick
cts sold.
Mr.. Ira N. Clements, Lydia,
planted six acres of tobacco this year
which netted him s515.2O. He also
made on the same land 80 bushels of
speckled peas. s32 worth Of fertili-
zers was used to make the two crops.
Mr.. Clements says there are others
who have done even better than he
has. s.-Darlington Ne1cs.
At Prosperity a child of Mr..
Sheppard Lindler, aged about 3 years,
got hold of box of pills ir which
there were about 20, and unknown to
anyone, the child is supposed 10 have
eaten them all. It was taken violently
sick and died in couple of hours.
When will parents learn to keep such
things out of reach Of chill dren?
: Colonel Vance, dispensary com
missioner, says the shipments now are
very large and are almost up to the
usual amount. He thinks there is no
doubt about his ability to continue to
turn money into the treasury, and if
he does he has no doubts about the
permanency Of the institution. He
doesn't believe the Legislature has
any intention of abolishing the system.
Tile Register.
- The Superintendent of Education
has received a great many Of the
annual reports from the various coun-
ties of the State giving the statistics
for the present year as to the public
schools. All the reports so far re-
ceived indicate considerable increase
in the enrollmentin the public schools,
and handsome increase so far as the
length of the session is concerned.
This year the schools are getting the
income from three mill instead OF a
two mill tax.
Mr.. Isadore Wolfe, of Camden,
recently had singular experience.
About seven years ago he was shot in
the face with 32-calibre pistol ball.
His physician probed for the ball and
got the greater portion Of it out, but
at the time it was thought the entire
ball was extracted. Since the shoot
ing Mr.. Wolfe has experienced some
slightly unpleasant sensations in his
face and on one side of mis- nose, and
last week he sneezed out the remain
der of the bullet.
As a result of a very peculiar
accident, Mrs. Eta Williams lost her
life yesterday morning. Mrs. Will
liams had been spending the night at
the home of her cousin, Lucian Tate,
in the Paris Mountain neighborhood,
not far from her own home. Unknown
to herself and most of the family, a
pistol had the day before been secreted
in the bed in which she slept Thurs
day night, and on getting out of bed
the next morning the weapon was dis
placed, falling on the floor and being
discharged. The ball entered Mrs.