The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-02

.hc liquor question is i,,c leading one
in our Stntc.' We showed this para
graph to Mr.. Prince, who said he
knew nothing nj III" nr,;,;";.,. debate,
and wondered how such II report could
have originated.
Tho knights of pythias will hold
their regular meeting to- morrow even
ing ut 7.30 o'clock. All the members
! are urged to attend promptly. us the
meeting will be an important one. At
the conclusion of the business of the
the session the members will in
dulge i'll an oyster supper, whiclr
is being arranged by n committee con-
slsting of Messrs. IT, l.. Scybt. NJ. NJ.
Mattison and G. w. Evans, who will
make il al enjoyable occasion. Those
members who have not been interview
cd by tho committee. and who desire
to attend the supper, sloulu hand their
names at once to them.
The attendance on the lecture by
Prof. w. w. WoOdson in the Court
House Friday night WAS not as large as
it should have been. While Prof.
WoOdsOn is not IN orator, Ills lecture
WAS pure i'll diction and style and en-
riched with those beauties and clcgan-
ces of composition which are 81 pleas
ing to the cultured mind. Ills por-
tluyal of the gallant conduct of the
army of Northern Virginia in the seven
days fight around Richmond. second
Manassas. Sharpsbnrg. Frederick Sburg
charlottesville. where the noble
Stoncwail jackson fell. and. indeed up
t., the close of the war. WAS graphic and
intensely interesting.
In Il short time "Bih. Il Comedy Of
Toys" will br given by fifty of Apdcr-
sons most talented young people url-
der the auspices of the Daughters of
the C"nfcdrracy, for the benefit of the
Monument fund. The aim Of this
novel and amusing comedy is to pre-
sent, i'll dramatic form, II story that
can he performed by Il number of
young people for the entertainment of
both young and old. The Sandman
gives Katy, the Toyman's daughter. Il
dream. a fairy visits her and leaves q,
bottle Of magic salts. by means of
which the principal dolls are brought
to life and enjoy themselves Just like
real folks
"Wednesday afternoon last, Yancy
Smith shot and mnrtully wounded
Eliza Gordon. Both PARTIES were ne
grocs and lived on the plantation of
Mrs. Lizzie McGcc, five miles west Of
Starr, i'll this County. where the shoot
ing occurred. She died Thursday night
and Coroner Nance Icld al inquest
Friday afternoon. There were no eve
witnesses to the shooting, but the
statements made by the woman after
/ the shooting arc decidedly against
Smith. The woman was married, but
SMITH WAS cnamOrcd with her. She
sent him word not to come to her house
again. On the day of the shooting,
and while her husband was absent in
the city, Smith went to the house and
the woman walked with him short
distance from tho house. The report
of Il pistol and screams Of the woman
were heard by negroes working near
who rushed to the scene. The couple
were sitting on the ground, Smith sup
porting the wounded woman with his
arm around her shoulders. She immc-
diately cried out, "Ynncy has shot
me" Yancy denied this, saying, "sho
shot herself" The woman replied,
s'NO, Yancy did it; have not had my
hand Oh the pistol The wOm;n also
stated that Yancy told her she might
have known he would kill her when
she sent him word not 10 come to her
house again. These statements were
not contrudictcd by the woman before
she died. Smith is lodged in Jail. lie
made no effort to escape.