The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-26
STATE NEWS.

= The War Department has decided
to send two brigades of troops to
Greenville.
: There are 10 candidates in the
field for the Office of superintendent
of the penitentiary.
= Gov. Ellerbc has issued 1874 par
dons and commutations since he has
been in Office, and 5S since January
lst Of this year.
: Assistant Attorney General, G.
p. Townsend. will go to Washington
about November 1st to act as private
secretary to Senator NIcLaurin.
A man named Silas G. Read, Jr.,
about fifty years old, once a power in
politics in Augusta, has been publicly
banished from Saluda, S. c. The
cause Of the banishment was, it is
stated, an affront to girl.
All of the county superintendents
of education except twelve have fled
their annual reports with the State
superintendent Of education. The
others are expected in few days and
Superintendent Mayfeld will be ready
to begin the preparation Of his annual
report to the general assembly.
: The experiment Of; raising tea
has been successfully tried in South
Carolina. Tea raised at Summerville
has brought as high as s1.00 pound.
The cost of cultivation is considera-
bic item, but between $50 and $50
an acre can be cleared. The plants
do not have to be set out every year.
: Efforts are being made to have
the charges preferred against Lieut..
Col. Tillman withdrawn. Lieut.. Ligon,
who preferred them, refuses to with
draw and hence the case'will go before
the department.. Oneoor two officers
tried to effect reconciliation and have
the matter anicably settled but failed
in their efforts.
South Carolinians have] in the
past invented appliancesuwhich are in
daily use all over theu country. A
South Caroliniau has invented an i'm
provement on the running gear of
bicycle, which may yet revolutionize
the present style of running gear.
This gentleman is Mr.. E. A. Oakman,
of Chappell's-
= Gov. Ellerbe and Senator Tillman
are endeavoring to have the claims Of
citizens for services rendered the State
during the organization Of the First
Regiment paid direct by the War De-
partment as soon as possible. These
claims amount to several thousand
dollars. One claim for blankets
amounts to 900.
= The convicts in Darlington coun-
ty, while throwing up the embankment
on the Darlington side near ,Kelley's
bridge, founc Springfield rife sup
posed to have been left there by Sher-
mans army 80 years ago. The cap
was bright and the wood part was
sound, but the'iron had rusted so the
lock would not work.
= At Mullins, Marion county, with
a comparatively small warehouse, from
three to three"and one-half million
pounds of tobacco were sold this season
bringing, in round numbers, 1925, 600.
From one thousand to twelve hundred
pounds can b. made on an acre. An
experienced tobacco grower advises
beginners not to plant more than SIX
or eight acres.
The profits derived from contra
band whiskies for ithe last quarter
ending September 30, ares.s4, ,4O7.62.
During this past month, :cnding Octo-
Der Is, the constables have captured
2s5 packages of liquors, each. package
averaging about 5 gallons. This does
not include any original packages.
This is an increase ovcrssany previous
month in the amount of whiskey cap
tured.
= Another victim has, been added
to the list of those smothered in cot
ton seed. A seven-year-old daughter
of Perry Smith, living near Fairmount
mill, Spartauburg county, was missed
by her parents last Thursday evening.
After dilligent search they found her
buried in pile of cotton seed, Life
being extinct. She was playing in
the seed and it is supposed that she
scooped out hole and the seed fell
in on her.
: Superintendent Waddell, of the
Epworth orphanage, in Columbia, has
just been Informed by a gentleman in
this State that.he has:made bequest
of over $4,000 to the. institution.
The deyisor. whose name the trustees