The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-02

.hc lionor question is Che leading one
in our State" We showed this para-
graph to Mr.. Prince, who said nc
knew nothing of the proposed debate,
and wondered how such q report could
have originated.
The knights of Pythias will hold
their regular meeting tomorrow even
ing at 7.3O o'clock. All the members
are urged to attend promptly, as the
meeting will be an important one. At
the conclusion of the business OF the
the session the members will in
dulge in an oyster supper, which
is being arranged by committee con-
slsting Of Messrs. U. E. Seybt, NJ. NJ.
Mattison and G.. w. Evans, who will
make it an enjoyable occasion. Those
members who have not been interview
ed by the committee, and who desire
to attend the supper, should hand their
names at once to them.
The attendance on the lecture by
Prof. w. w. Wo0dson in the Court
House Friday night was not as large as
it should have been. While Prof.
Woodson is not an orator. his lecture
was pure in diction and style and en-
riched with those beauties and clegan-
ces of composition which are so pleas
ing to the cultured mind. His por-
travail of the gallant conduct Of the
army of Northern Virginia in the seven
days fight around Richmond, second
Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg,
charlottesville, where the noble
Stonewall Jackson fell, and, indeed up
t., the close ofthe war, was graphic and
intensely interesting.
In short time "Bibi. IL Comedy of
Toys" will be given by fifty OF ADder-
sons most talented young people, un-
der the auspices of the Daughters of
the Confedcracy, for the benefit OF the
Monument fund. The aim of this
novel and amusing comedy is to pre-
sent, in dramatic form, story that
can be performed by q number Of
young people for the entertainment of
both young and old. The Sandman
gives Katy, the Toyman's daughter
dream. A fairy visits her and leaves q
bottle of magic salts, by means of
which the principal dolls are brought
to life and enjoy themselves just like
real folks.
Wednesday afternoon last, Yancy
Smith shot and mortally wounded
Eliza Gordon. Both parties were ne
grocs and lived on the plantation of
Mrs. Lizzie McGee, five miles west Of
Starr, in this County, where the shoot
ing occurred. She died Thursday night
and Coroner Nance held an inquest
Friday afternoon. There were no eye
witnesses to the shooting, but the
statements made by the woman after
the shooting are decidedly against
Smith. The woman was married, but
Smith was enamored with her. She
sent him word not to conc to her house
again. On the day Of the shooting,
and while her husband was absent i'll
the city, Smith went to the house and
the woman walked with him short
distance from the house. The report
of a pistol and screams OF the woman
were heard by negroes working near
who rushed to the scene. The couple
were sitting on the ground, Smith sup
porting the wounded woman with his
arm around her shoulders. She imme-
diately cried out, "Yancy has shot
met" Yancy denied this, saying, "she
shot hcrself.n The woman replied,
"No, Yancy did it; l have not had my
hand on the pistol The woman also
stated that Yancy told her she might
have known he would kill her when
she sent him word not to come to her
house again. These statements were
not contradicted by the woman before
she died. Smith is lodged in jail. He
made no effort to escape.