The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-12
STATE NEWS.

- The Oconee Fair Association will
hold its annual fair at Seneca on Oc
tober 26 and q, 1898.
The Second South Carolina Regi-
me ut will go to Cuba with Gen. Lee
about the first of November.
- Henry Foster was found dead in
Il barn near Landrum. lie was only
II years old but the jury said that his
death was caused by YhisEey.
Josey Polite, little colorcd boy
aged 4 years, shot and dangerously
wounded his brother Leo, aged 6, in
Columbia, while playing with pistol
"A day or two ago Mr.. Hubert
Thames, Of St. Paul, Clarendon Co., !,
married his step-mother, Mrs Mary
Thames. The bride, Of course, was a
widow.
= The greatest damage around the
Charleston coast during the recent
storm is to the rice crop, which is al
most an entire loss, being estimated
at $500
- Anthony Carter, a negro, who
killed JAS. NJ. Long in Edgefield coun-
ty seven years ago, has been arrested
in Kentucky, and will be brought
back to this State for trial.
w. NJ. Corkill, auditor of Chester
county for sixteen years, died last
week and [. Med. Hood, who ran 81
votes behind him in the recent pri-
mary was appointed in his place.
At Cool Spring, Horny county,
last week 12yearold son of Morris
Tyler in attempting to get the seed
from under the belt was wound up in
the belt and shafting and killed almost
instantly.
A jury Of inquest in Laurens
finds that Barney Simpson, colored,
and family of four, we're poisoned by
Sim Shell, also colored. Barney is
dead and a woman may die. Shell has
been arrested.
= The people of Beaufort county
are more or less agitated over the fact
that the Republicans Of that county
intend putting out ticket which
they propose trying to get through
over the Democrats.
= The Prosperity Canncry had a
successful season this year at Pros
perity. While the tomato crop was
failure, the peach crop was bountiful.
About 9, 500 cans of tomatoes were put
up and IS, 900 cans Of peaches, besides
fruits and vegetables for private fami-
lies.
- President Montague reports that
there are 154 students enrolled at
Furman University. This is 26 more
than were on the roll at this time last
year and "a more than were ever be-
fore enrolled on the third day Of the
session. Among the students is Mr..
Chu Jung, native of China. There
are three young ladies enrolled
= The little 1O-year-old son Of Mr..
Il. T. Thompson. Of Dry Creek, S. G.,
picked 23o pounds of cotton one day
this week. His II year-old daughter
picked 1926 pounds the same day, and
three other children older than these
two picked 230, 240 and $50 pounds
respectively. They are certainly good
cotton pickers.-Lancdster Ledger.
- The U. S. Government has select
ed Greenville, Spartanburg and Co
lumbia as points for the establish
ment of winter camps for soldiers.
Greenville will get division which
means about nine regiments. Spar
tanburg and Columbia will each get
u brigade. Charleston will likely be
selected as the port Of embarkation.
"A little greeuish brown worm III
Sumter county has destroyed four
fifths Of crop of eighty bales Of cot
ton on one farm, by eating into the
bolls, and 'has been heard of else
where 1t might not be bad idea
to cultivate the stranger and scatter
his family throughout the Cotton
States next summer.-Ne,cs and C0u-
rier.
- On the 4th inst, Tugaloo river
was % feet above, low water mark,
sweeping everything before it. We
are Informed by gentleman, who re-
sides on the river, that the corn crop
is complete loss; that there is not q
sound ear of corn on the river bottoms
This is not only true, but the crops
on uplands are seriously damaged
Keo,0ee Courier.
= The South Carolina rice crop has
suffered greater loss this year than
since the great storm of 1893. 1t is
variously estimated by the planters
and rice brokers at from thirty to fifty
per sent. loss. The blow is severe
one and is entirely due to the excess
i've high tides and eastern winds that
have prevailed along the coas. during
this and the latter part of last week.
- Fur Sanders, a Walhalla colored
man, who was here yesterday, says
that stampede was created at o color
ed revival in Walhall1 few nights
ago by the turning loose among the
congregation Of people pint of yel-
low Jackets. He says he had no hand
in the disturbance, but adds that he
greatly enjoyed the fun Of "seeing
those niggers get away from that pray
er meeting" Sanders was carried to
the meetingIby Bud Jones, also color
ed, who stopped on the way aud
gathered pint bottle of yellow jackets.
He threw the bottle into the room
where the snrviceS were in DrOpresa