The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-31
STATE NEWS.

= One negro man quarreled with
and killed another at a funeral in
Charleston county, S. c., Aug. 20.
Excessive rains are reported from
every section Of the State, and in
some places crops have been badly
damaged.
The electric railway to connect
Augusta with Aiken, a distance Of II
miles, will be built, it is said, in the
near future.
The city Of Chester has the hon
or Of having two! companies in the
Volunteer army-onc in the First and
one in the Second.
On account Of the general cleo
tion coming during Fair week the time
for holding the next State Fair has
been changed to the week beginning
November IA.
= Converse College, Spartanburg,
is erecting a conservatory of music.
This new building will contain 80 prac-
tice rooms and an auditorium with
seating capacity of 1900.
The farmers around Darlington
and Timmonsville are just now market
ing their tobacco crop. The tobacco
crop in those sections brings as much
money now as the cotton crop.
= The twelfth annual display Of
the Fairview stock and mechanical
association will be held on the associ-
alton grounds, near Fairview church,
Greenville county, September 23rd.
The constitution of South Caro-
lima provides that jurors must be be-
tween the ages of 81 and IS, and a new
trial was recently granted in crimi
nal case because one Of the jurors was
66 years old.
: The Prosperity Canning Company
got in cars of cases Wednesday and
will be ready to ship out their product
within week. They have canned
this season $4,000 cans and would have
put up 100000 had the tomato crop
not been failure. They will not pack
100 cases Of tomatoes all told, much
to their regret.
The stockholders Of the CRANKY
Mills Of Columbia have decided to in
crease their capital stock from $780,
900 to s8OO,OOO. tits the intention
to have all the machinery in them
running by January. The capacity.
Of the mill is to be increased from
$4,000 spindles to $1,000 spindles,
and from 500 looms to 1900 looms.
Columbia responded in no mean
way to the call made by the ladies Of
the Wayside Hospital Relief Corps,
for contributions Of delicacies for the
hungry and sick soldiers passing
through the city on their way north
from Florida. The result was that the
800 or more volunteers who came
through Columbia we're feasted and
refreshed.
Mrs. Lula Hahn Of Hamburg was
severely gored by an angry COW on Sat-
urday afternoon in the lot on Mr..
Hahn's place. FromG Gwhat could be
learned Of the affair, it seems that Mrs.
Hahn had a most desperate battle with
the cow. Finally she was penned in
corner of the stall where"the COW
was confined, and but for timely aid
would have been gored to death where
she lay.
Between Grier's Station and Dun
can, just this side Of Yorkville, the
train going North killed three-year-
old colored child. The child was play
ing in the weeds near the railroad
track, and just as the train came up it
jumped out of the weeds on the track,
the engine striking it on the head and
knocking it 20 feet in the air. 1t fell
to the side Of the track dead.
A very sad accident occurred in
Chester last Sunday morning when the
baby girl Of Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Culp, Jr., aged % months, was drown
ed in a bath tub in which there was
about FIVE inches Of water Mr.. Culp
had been in the room, but went into
the yard for some purpose, and when
he returned was shocked to find his
dear little baby girl had fallen into the
tub, and upon gathering her into his
arms was Mortified that she did not
breathe and that life was extinct. DR..
Mcconnell was sent for, and every eff
fort made for three hours to restore
life, but to no purpose. When the
baby was found her face was in the
water, while her body was only halfin
the tub.