The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-12
STATE NEWS.

: There are now sixty three graded
schools in South Carolina.
= Three homicides occurred in
Greenwood County last week All
negroes.
Nellie Logan, colored, died at
her home near Westminster on the 1st
inst, aged 112 years.
A little negro child was killed at
Verdery Tuesday by being knocked in
the head with rock by another little
negro.
A mad dog created commotion
in Abbeville last Wednesday and bit
man in a crowded store before it was
killed.
= There are twenty-five cases of
small pox in the pest-housc in Green
vile. and eleven of them are conva-
lcscing rapidly.
: Father McManus, the Charleston
Catholic priest who was charged with
entering sanctuary and disturbing
religious worship, has been acquitted.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Campbell, living
near Seneca, killed recently two Bcrk-
shire hogs, eighteen month old, which
netted respectively 576 and 4O1
pounds.
: Col. William Aiken Kelly, for
sixteen years city assessor Of Charles
ton, and gallant Confederate soldier,
died at his home in Charleston last
Thursday.
= An unknown negro man was kill
ed by train on the South Carolina
and Georgia Railroad one night last
week near St. Georges. He was ap-
parently walking on the track, when a
night westbound freight struck him,
severing his head from his body.
= Richland county is now without
board of control. Chairman Robert
son and DR.. Hopkins had their resig-
nations before the State Board of con-
troll last Friday. 1t is understood
that these two gentlemen resigned on
account of the State Board Of Control
interfering with the management Of
the county .ispensaries.
A Greenwood man contributes
this story to current small pox litera-
ture. In 1861, his family lived in
Edgefcld District. A stray cat came
to his house, broken out with pustules
and in short while his family took
small pox. He is sure that the cat
brought them the disease, as they had
no other opportunity to contract 1t.
We had thought that Governor
Ellerbe could not surprise us any
more, but for white man, white
Democratic Governor of South Caro-
lima, to appoint a negro constable and
authorize him by commission to search
white peoples houses, we must con
fess we are surprised. Did Gov. w.
III. Ellerbe do that? Yes, he did that.
-Salutla Adcocatc.
= The statistical table in the min
utes of the South Carolina Baptist
convention shows total white mem
bership of 92,593; an increase during
the year of 5,304 by baptism, 7l2 by
restoration monies raised for all pur-
poses, s195, ,632.27; total value of
church property, 81 ,04S, ,057: number
of churches, 500; Sunday schools, 667
with I $40 teachers and officers. O,3333S
pupils, and contributions amounting
to 81. S.
= Mr.. John W. Berry and his
brother were in town last Saturday.
In the afternoon during that heavy
gale that was blowing, they were sit
ting in their buggy near the Blue
Front, when dead tree fell with a
crash across the buggy Strange to
say. while the buggy, hind wheel,
back and dash board were smashed to
smithereens the gentlemen escaped
unhurt except few bruises. The
escape from sudden death was mirac-
ulous.-.Solado .lolrocate.
= Mrs. Janey Moore, who went to
Nebraska IS years ago returned to
Seneca last Tuesday to visit relatives
and friends. Mrs. Moore is IS years
old. She travelled l,300 miles and
was four days on the road. She met
two brothers and one sister at Seneca.
Her brothers, A. j. Sanders and j. b.
Sanders. are respectively 81 and so
years old. Her sister, Mrs. Nicey
Burkett. is about 10 years old. They
were all together at Mr.. Tom Burkctt S
at Seneca on Friday, December 3lst.
-Return Correspondem Of hocmee
Courier.
= A special dispatch to the Colum-
bia Rcgistc, from Spartanburg. under
date of the 7th inst. says "Just as
has been expected we have developed
a case of small pox-not one of our
very own, but an escaped case from
Cireenville. \ negro confined in the
Grecnville pest-housc jumped out OF
one Of the windows last night and
boarded the early morning train. get
ting off here. He went to Il relative s
home. Thomas Bomar who lives on
the Howard Gap road. He was all
broken out, and DR.. Harvey, one OF
the colored physicians here. was sent
for He at once recognized the dis
ease and notified the city authorities.
The case was pronounced genuine
small pox and Immediately quaran-
tined. y
For some time mail has been
taken from the lock boxes ut the post
ot4;nn In Elnronnn Last Friday nirht