The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-01

II. McGowan Hill, Of Abbeyillc,
recently shipped one hundred bales Of
cotton from that town direct to Rus
sia.
= It is said that Hon. w. c. Nc
Gowan has said he will not oppose
Governor Ellerbe for reelection next
year.
- A Florence county farmer is rails
ing pineapples and Marlboro farmers
are raising oranges, lemons and ba-
nanas.
- Mr.. George w. Tolbert has been
appointed postmaster at Seneca, S. c.,
in place Of Mrs. Emma Harper, re-
moved.
d. r. Crawford, of Goldville,
Laurens county, lost his barn and
twelve mules by fire on the night of
the 25th.
- the friends of Judge j. S. Goth
ran will be panied to know that he is
critically iii in New York where he
went to consult q specialist.
- Ncwbold has been safely placed
in the Spartanburg Jail. He refused
to talk to a reporter about his case,
but said he would have statement to
give the press soon.
- Mr.. A. G. Merrick, Of Walhalla,
has been appointed Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue for this District.
Mr.. Merrick held this position under
the Harrison administration.
No one has yet applied for the
$3.50 reward offered by Governor Ell
lerbe for Newbold. There is some
question whether anybody is entitled
to it. 1t was offered for the capture
of Newbold, but az matter Of fact
nobody did that-hc simply gave him
self up and took his time about doing
it.
= The home of G. A. Britt, Of
Sandover. was burned down last
Wednesday night. The house had
recently been remodeled and was con-
venient. The fire caught from spark
and everything was burned, the family
not saving even change of clothes.
There was no insurance. .-AJberiUc
Medium.
- The Register says there were
conferences and wire-pulling, without
end, and an allotment oe Offices, just
as if the people had nothing to do
with it., during E.;s week, aud the
following prominent gentlemen are
spoken Of as probable candidates FOR
Governor E. L. Archer, Spartanburg !;
Col. O. L. Schumpert, Leon j. vii.
liaMs, Judge Buchanan, l.. d. Childs,
". G. MoGowan, ''Uncle" George
Tillman, Senator Harrison, Of Green
vile Col. D. D. Tomrk;ns, Congress.
man Talbert, Judge Hudson and prob.
ably others.
= The comparative table of total
earnings and tonnage among the rail-
roads of she Stats, made public by the
railroad commissioner for the month
of July, 1896 and 1897, shows the
twerty-eight roade Of the State to be
doing a frstrate business. The total
earnings for shis month In 1897. was
sbe8; 59S. Il as against $5E5, ,GG0044 So Tor
the same month last year. The total
increase was $40, ,071.97, while the
decreases amounted to only Sc, ,O23. 81;
the net increase IVES therefore SAB
O4S.76, and the per cent. of net in
crease 7.89.
- We have heard report to the
effect that few days ago q white man
who lives down on the C. & w. g.
railroad, tied his, little boy to the
track to be run over by the train For
the purpose Of obtaining damages out
Of the road. The child was discovered
in time to stop freight train which
was the first to approach the place
where the little fellow was bound to
The track, aud when asked about how
ne came there, said his father had
lied him to the track. - Greenwood
Journal.
- Yesterday that gallant old warrior
Who bears the distinction of having
oeen the most daehing of all the
cavalry commanders of the late war,
zen. Wade Hampton, was in the CITY.
Zen. Hampton rode in from Millwood
IN horseback. He sat his saddle like
he true cavalrymap he is. He sn-
,eared upright and graceful on. his
Inir;ted eo-.el thoroughbred and i
eemed as much at home as if in
'Aoh LAuSo WIZ SdW ulID paSS mar
relied at che sight, for Gen. Hampton
las reached q ripe old age Columbia
State, Nou. 26.
- MIR. Charles Benham was burned
9 death at his home in Sumter on
thanksgiving Day. Mr. Benham was
n old man and had been sick for q
oDg time. he was in such a condition
hat he could hardly stir, but vet
onld sit up. His wife went out on
thursday morning and left him sitting
q chair by the fire. When she
eturned the house was full of smoke. |
nd the body Of her husband, burned |
lmost to q crisp, was lying on the
oor; the chair was partly burned, as
'as the bedciothing. How it happen
d is not known, but it lis supposed !
hat fire popped On his wsappings and /
e could not extirguish it.
DR.. s. + Killingsworsh is now
sing Abbeville county gold in his
entail practice We saw Monday a
iece of gold taken from the Little
fountain gold mine. This lump or
zther sheet for it had been rolled |,
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