The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-05
STATE NEWS.

recovery.
= Dir. W. NJ. Grier, president Of
Erskine college, has been given a rest
for while on account Of his health.
His physicians say he needs complete
rest for awhile
-Spartanburg does not allow the
railroads to blow their whistles within
the corporate limits Of the city. Two
engineers have been fned $50 each
for violation of the act.
= Greenwood city bonds 20 the
amount of $1,000 have been taken by
Jones & Company, of New York. The
money will be used to erect water
works and an electric light plant.
j. G. Younger, Of Abbeville,
raised IS good hogs this year. He
raised two extra fine hogs at home
which weighed 1000 pounds net.
They were only eleven months old.
The cotton exchange in Spartan
burg has retired from business. The
city council placed on all the bucket
shops license of $500. and the ex-
change retired from the field in consc-
quence.
= One man was killed and two
others fatally injured by boiler ex-
plosion at Townsend's S woodward in
Charleston. Buildings in the vicinity
were badly shaken and valuable prop
erty destroyed.
Dravton ZONES the 13-year-old
son of Policeman Jones of Sumter,
had one Of his hands blown to pieces
by the explosion of cannon cracker
which he was holding in his hand.
The little fellow will have to carry
his arm in sling for several weeks.
The city council Of Charleston
has agreed to appropriate annually
the sum of 81 500 for the maintenance
of five scholarships in the South
Carolina Military academy: on con-
dition that the State Legislature con
tinues It's appropriation Of $4,000 a
year.
At Orangcburg negro boy met
death in a rather peculiar way. He
improvised Christmas cannon out OF
bicycle pump, and having filled it
with powder. he held it in his hand
and touched it off. The explosion Of
the powder drove the pump through
the boys body and produced instant
death.
: Mr.. B. L. Abney, who has for
several years beer assistant division
counsel for the Southern Railway, has
been promoted to division counsel
to succeed the late Judge Cothran.
He is still young man, but already
recognized as an able attorney. His
Jurisdiction extends over the State of
South Carolina.
Mr.. T.. P. Funderburk, who
lives several miles southwest of town,
has half Jersey COW from which he
has sold during the past twelve
months 80 pounds of butter, aver
aging 13a cents per pound, making a
total of $4262 he has realized from
the sale of butter during the year. In
addition Mr.. F. has supplied his own
table with butter. "-Lancastcr Ledger.
No arrests have been made yet
for the $40, 600 robbery of the express
Office at Columbia. Assistant Gen
eral Superintendent Lcvry says the
robbery was committed by one OF
seven employees in the Office but he
does not want any reflections cast on
the six innocent ones, but he expects
to have his hands on the thief before
he leaves Columbia.
= Isham Kirby, an operative at
Clifton No. 3 cotton mill, near Spar
tanburg, was run over by an engine
and killed Christmas day. He was
leading his COW out to craze and
, attempted to pass over the track Just
as a passenger train came BY. The
engine struck him and his remains
we're horribly mangled He leaves 4
widow and several children.
Joe jenkins, Negro who was
arrested in Columbia on Tuesday on
the charge Of being drunk and dis.
orderly, turned out to be regularly
commissioned dispcnsary constable,
whom. Governor Ellerbe explained
had been employed to do detective
: work in the country. jenkins has
since been dismissed from the service
= Henry Speed and Sam Wilbanks
two young white men of Ocone(
County, got into difficulty at ;
Christmas tree on Christmas Ev(
night and Speed was killed by Viii
banks. Speed received an ugly gasl
in the throat and was then shot il
the left side, from which he died i'm
mediately. The Coroncrs in1ues
failed to throw much light on the un
) fortunate affair Wilbanks surrender
ed to the sheriff.
= DR.. IIext Nj. Perry has in hi:
possession a very valuable and inter
esting antique which he has lately
added to his collection. 1t is ;
2 Stradivarus violin, said to have beel
: made in the year 100. DR.. Perry
secured the violin in Charleston some
time ago and he has been able to trace
its history back for nearly Il hundred
years. Among Dr. Perry relics, he
prizes very highly watch once owned
by his grandfather and which hat
been in the family for ninety elgh
years when it was bequeathcd to th'
4 present owner over thirty years ago
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