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


will be completed in few days.
= The Auditor of Kershaw County
committed suicide few days ago.
- The tax levy for State purposes
for this year will be, it is thought. 5
mills.
w. II. Bullock, Clerk OF Court
for Abbeville County, has been in
dicted for forgery.
- A. correspondent of the Colum-
bia Register suggests Colonel Willie
Jones as a candidate for Governor.
A carpet factory will be cstab-
lished at Gaffney. 1t will be the only
plant Of the kind South of Baltimore.
While attempting to arrest a
negro man at Camden, S c., Con-
stable Dick Cox was shot and killed.
- Mr.. John It. Bronson, of Den
mark, has announced himself candi-
date for the office Of Secretary Of
State.
= Gel. John NJ. Kinloch, Clerk of
Court for Charleston County, died at
his home ia Charleston last Wednes-
day night, aged "a years.
- The Aiken Bicycle Club will
have race meet on March 5. The
club proposes to have a grand meet
in fact, one of the biggest things ever
run off in the South
- DR.. Charles II. Taber, of Fort
Motto, died in Columbia last Thurs
day. Dr. Tabcr was President of the
State Board Of Health, and one of the
foremost physicians Of the State. He
was 60 years old.
- Two little negroes were playing
on Mr.. James L. Moss's plantation
near Yorkville last Monday about an
Old stump, and the other seeing nice,
easy place to cut, came down with an
axe and took off two fingers.
- It is announced by the friends of
Senator Irby that he will soon enter
into the practice &C law at Laurens.
He will turn over his farm to his son
and brother, and will devote all his
time to the practice Of the profession
Cor which he originally fitted himself.
= Thomas Mauldin, highly re.
spocted citizen of Pickcns County,
who lived one mile north of Easley,
died on the oath inst. He had been
sick for about three months aud his
death was not unexpected. He was
about rs years of age and leaves
wife and two children to cherish his
memory.
- Evangelist Mcconnell was visit
ing in Hodges recently, and during
his stay preached several interesting
sermons. Among them was one on
the second coming of Chgist, sRh;ch
event he says will take place some
time in March, as all the prophesies
have been fulfilled and the people
duly warned as were the antedeluvians.
Jack Littlejohn, living near
Webster +. o. in Cherokee County,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat one morning last week. He
was son of Wiley Littlcjohn aud
brother of J. Fl. Littlejohn, postmas-
ter at Gaffney. He was an industrious
man aud looked after his work up to
the time he took his life. He made
a fire and fed his stock last Tuesday
morning just before he killed himself.
- Sam Holmes, negro, met with
tragic death at Troy Monday. He
and another negro were playing about
the depot while a freight train was
switching some cars onto the side
track. Sam ran up the steps of the
caboose. and as he did so the other
negro caught hial and pulled HIN Of
on the ernnnd nc Eel. partly across
the track and the wheels Of the car
passed over his neck, sevcring it from
his body. It seems to have been,
purely accidental, and no blame is at
tached to the train crew. Grecnrooa
sInde.r.
- Recently B. L. Jones, principal
OF the Laurel street school, Columbia.
S. O., whipped a son Of w. T. Martin
quite scYere'y. The blue stripes
were quito visible for several days.
Mr.. Martin made complaint and the
matter was referred to the board of
trustees. They investigated the facts
and exhonorated Jones. Martin was
not satisfied with their action and he
went before Magistrate Crawford and
took out q warrant for Jones. the
charge being assault and battery.
The Magistrate bound him over to
court in the sum Of $500.
On Friday night last three ne
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