The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-24
STATE NEWS.

= Hon. j. n. King, who is we'll
known in this county, as we'll as many
other counties, will make the race for
Congress, for this district-Pich;cns
JOurnul
= Saluda now has only one admit
ted attorney, who is a resident of the
place. But other young men now
reading law intend to locate at the
growing little city.
Mr.. Sid NJ. Williford. of Rock
Hill, has citron or pie melon vine,
which covers q quarter Of an acre.
It has on it 80 melons, which will
average 50 pounds in weight.
= The gift of $4,000 from Mr..
Joseph Wylie to Erskine college is to
be applied to building a dormitory for
girls, and therefore involves co-educa-
tion. After little hesitancy it was
accepted.
= Bristow Sherrard, while in a
buggy driving mule across Boyd's
bridge on Saluda river the other day,
met another vehicle and the mule
backed off the bridge. Bristow had
time to Jump out and escaped unhurt
but the buggy was completely wrecked
and the mule killed.-Greenacood
Journal.
Judge Aldrich in recent charge
to the grand jury, advised them that
it was part of their duty to look into
matters pertaining to the public
schools, especially to the character
and qualifications of school teachers.
A good idea that of Judge Alerich:
May it become the practice Of all
grand juries to do this thing.
- At Mr.. Gonces's place, few
miles south of Johnston, last Friday
night, John Mays shot and instantly
killed his father, Griff Mays. Both
colored. fhey were gambling and the
dispute was about twenty cents. A
negro girl, the daughter of Grif Mays,
attempted to stop the row and received
a bullet through the hand. John is
at large.
Governor Ellerbe has granted the
petition submitted by residents of
Cokesbury Township in Abbeville
county, asking for an election to be
held looking to their joining Green
wood. December Is next, was the day
appointed for the election to be held.
The portion of the township wanting
to get into Greenwood county embraces
twelve square miles.
Some graceless sinner, having no
fear of the penitentiary or chain gang,
entered the rear upstairs lobby of the
court house between adjournment on
Saturday and opening on Monday with
duplicate key ard stole Judge Gary s
handsome gown. County pride leads
us to believe that such reckless
rogue must have been a black bird of
passage.-BarnreU People.
= While the whole State is more or
less of stir over the killing of Farmer
Turner by State Detective Newbold
and about the flight Of Newbold, Gov.
Ellerbe stepped in and granted a full
pardon to Liquor Constables j. H.
Buice and J. "A. May. who killed John
T.. Sims, in the Dark Corner section
Iof Spartanburr county: on December
IS, 1895, nearly two years ago.
Adolphus Coker, a man about
forty-fve, of Clarendon county, was
whipping young son ten years old,
when Bosey Coker, the oldest son, to
whom the child appealed, told his
father not to hit his brother another
cut. The elder Coker declared he
would whip the boy whenever he felt
like it, and struck him another blow,
whereupon Bosey sprang on his father
and inflicted six wounds with long
bladed knife, from the effects of which
Coker died. The son has been ar
rested
At a meeting of the faculty of
Erskine College Wednesday evening,
it was decided that there should be no
more football playing by the students.
1t was stated that this action had not
been sought by the faculty, but was
forced on them by growing conviction
of the danger connected with it. In
support of this the case of young Gam
mon was cited, also the case in Erskine
last year, where young man was so
badly injured as to have to leave col
lege and whose life was seriously i'm
periled.
= Henry Hayward, colorcd, a line
man in the employ Of the Charleston
Electric Light Company, was electro
cuted while at work last Friday after
noon. Hayward was adjusting wires
under instructions from foreman.
He was seated astride the cross arm
of a pole about forty feet from the
ground. BY mistake he took hold Of
a live wire. He was killed instantly,
but the body remained in natural
position on the bar. Hayward $ hands
were terribly burned, but the body
was disfigured in no other way.
-Rev. J. l.. Mulliniy was attacked
and badly mistreatcd by crowd Of
drunken rowdies last Saturday after
noon on the road leading from Wal
halla to Long Greek, over Stumphousc
Mountain. There were some six or
eight young men in the mob. They
seized his horse, stopped the buggy,
threw club at him, and cursed him.
They also seized his yalise, took it