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


than ut first reported
- Sumter has been left $50 900 bv
MIR. Timothy j. Tourney. with which
to build hospital for consump-
tivcs.
= Prof. G. Il. Todd President Of
Due West Female College has about
200 students. The girls are hustlinr
for aD education.
= The first volume Of General
Edward McCrady's History of south
Carolina is in the hands of the Me
MILAN Publishing Company and will
shortly be out.
The Columbia Record thinks that
possibly Gov. Ellerbc will recommend
the enactment of prohibition law
and thus head off prohibition candi.
date for Governor.
- Mr.. L. NJ. Oates, of York County
has gathered this year II bales of cot
ton off of - acres Of land, and the
understanding is that the patch will
yield several bales yet.
= The three young women who
entered Wotford college at it's 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 ara 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 textile school,
where our young men could be fitted
for positions in our mills. Aiken
Journal and Reuien.
- 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 nun
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 $h15.2G. He also
made on the same land 80 bushels of
speckled peas. $32 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.-Darlington News.
- At Prosperity child Of Mr..
Sheppard Lindler, aged about years,
got hold of box of pills in which
there were about 20, and unknown to
anyone, the child is supposed to 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 children?
- 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 sbout tiia
permanency Of the institution. He
doesn't believe the Legislature has
any intention Of abolishing the system.
The Register.
~ The Superintendent Of Education
has received q great many of che
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 30 Far re-
ceived indicate considerable increase
in the enrollmen.;l the public schools,
and handsome increase so far as the
length OF the session is concerned.
This year the schools ere getting the
income from three mill instead of q
two mill tax.
Mr.. IsadoTe Wolfe, OF Camden,
recently had singular experience.
About seven years ago he was shot in
the face with 32-oalibre pistol ball.
His physician probed for the ball and
got the greater portion Of it out, but
oo ouC uS1o ~ Wab GuOuBuC Cu0 cQGlf9
bali was extracted. Since the shoot
ing Mr. Wolfe has experienced some
slightly unpleasant sensations in his
face and on one side Of his'nose, and
last week he sneezed out the remain
der Of the bullet.
As result of very peculiar
accident, Mrs. Eta Williams lost her
life yesterday morning. Mrs.. Will
liams had heen spending tie night at
the home Of her cousin, Lucian Tate,
in the Paris Mountain neighborhood,
not faz 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 cut Of bed
the next morning the weapon was dis
placed, falling on the floor and being
discharged. The ball entered Mrs.
Williams breast and she died within
fifteen minutes. - GreenviWe Noun
tatneer, 22nd inst
- On Thursday nirht at somo t;,,o