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

SliidI pun Is rcpofIeu Il: DcaU-
fort and Orangcburg
= There are now sixty three graded
schools in South Carolina.
= Three homicidcs occurred in
Greenwood County last week. All
negroes.
= Nellie Logan, colored, died at
her home near Westminster on the 1st
inst, aged l12 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
a man in 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
nctted respectively 576 and 4o1
pounds.
+ Col. William Aiken Kelly, for
sixteen years city assessor Of Charles
ton, and a 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 dispensaries.
A Greenwood man contributes
this story to current small pox litera-
ture. In 1867 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 it.
y We had thought that Governor
Ellerbc could not surprise us any
more, but for white man, a white
Democratic Governor Of South Caro-
lima, to appoint negro constable and
authorize him by commission to search
white peoples houses, we must con-
fess we are surprised. Did Gov. W.
II. Ellerbe dc that? Yes, he did that.
-.Saludo Adrocatc.
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, s1,04S,O51: number
Of churches, S96; Sunday schools, 667
with 4.670 teachers and officers, 10, ,33S
pupils, and contributions amounting
to 81. 604.S5.
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 a few bruises. The
escape from sudden death was mirac-
ulous. .-.Salu,lo .ldrocate.
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 ! 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 50
vnors old Uor sictcr Mrs \icev
Burkett, is about 20 years old They
were all together at Mr.. Tom Burkett S
at Seneca on Friday, December 3lst.
-Rcturn Correspondent Of koeuee
(On1'icr
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
case of small pox-not one Of our
very own, but an escaped case from
Grecnvillc. \ negro confined in the
Grecnville pcst-housc jumped out OF
one of the windows last night and
boarded the carly morning train. get
ting off here He went to a relative
home. Thomas Bomar. who lives on
the Howard Gap road. He was all
broken out, and DIR. Harvey, one of
the colored physicians here. was sent
for. He at once recognized the dis
case and notified the city authorities.
The case was pronounced genuine
small poy and Immediately quaran-