The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-13
STATE NEWS.

: COLUMBIA Oprlng FlOral anu
Horse Show will be held on the 21st.
= Kershaw county has already
eight candidates in the field for county
officers.
= Senator George Lamb Buist, Of
Charleston county, has retired from
politics.
"A section of the Standard Ware
house, with about 1900 bales Of cot
ton. was destroyed by fire last Monday
morning.
Chains of torpedoes are being
put down in Charleston har5or, SO as
to block the advance of any hostile
vessel in case of war.
The Governor has received orders
from the General Government to have
his militia in fighting trim ready to
move at moments notice.
= Another holocaust. -Four ne
gro children were burned to death in
Orangeburg last Wednesday. They
were left alone in room with fire.
= 1t is expected that the Pickens
Railroad will be fully completed and
turned over by the contractors to
President Roggs and his company on
next Friday, April 10Th.
A large meeting of the citizens
of Laurens held last Monday adopted
resolutions asking the Board Of visi-
tors of the Citadel Academy to rein
state the recently expelled cadets.,.a
= The annual convention Of the
societies of Christian Endeavor in our
State was held at Clinton, S. C. The
founder of the society, Rev. F. E.
Clark, was present. The convention
was success.
A Sumter negro who was told
the other day that he would have to
go into the army when the war began,
replied that he just couldn't do it as
he was under contract and would be
put in Jail if he broke it to join the
army.
: tits epidemic in Columbia. Some
of the physicians call it chickenpox
and some call it smallpox; but all
agree that there is absolutely no dan
ger, as there have as yet been no
fatalities from the disease in the
State.
y While carelessly handling Il
Winchester rifle last Monday night.
Drayton Nabors, who lives near
Hodges, accidentally shot and killed
his eight-year-old son. 1t is reported
that Mr.. Majors was intoxicated at
the time of the killing.
: Information comes from McCor-
mick that work on the Dorm gold mine
is progressing rapidly. A mining
company is operating the property
and new shaft is being sunk. There
is a good prospect that this old mine
will again yield fortunes in the yellow
stuff.
: On the 9th, 18th and 29th, at
Converse College. under the auspices
of the Choral society, there is to take
place what is conceded by all the
leading musical papers to be the lar
gest and most important music festival
ever arranged in this section of the
country
What promises to be one Of the
biggest sensational suits Orange
burg county has ever experienced, has
just started in that county. 1t ap-
pears that L. ID. Fielder charged his
neighbor, Lewis Jones, with larceny,
some months ago. and now Jones has
sued Fielder for s., 900 damages. Both
parties are prominent citizens.
= Mr.. VIM. Mccoy was caught in
the machinery of shinge mill, near
High Falls, Wednesday morning about
ten clock, and was so badly mangled
that he died in thirty minutes. His
clothing was caught by the rapidly
revolving wheels and he was dragged
into the machine. His feet were
crushed, one leg was broken, and hc
was otherwise terribly mangled. He
leaves wife and five children, who
have the sympathy of many friends
Folhalio Courier.
:" "Thc end of the world may come
before the middle Of the year 1888.
This is the statement of minister
now preaching in Greenwood county
He does not ma he the statement as Il
conviction Of his own. but as result
of the careful compution of others
based on the prophecies of Daniel and
Isaiah. So far the prediction has not