The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-03
STATE NEWS.

lightning in Spartanburg county few
days ago.
South Carolina has nine Colleges
for men and nine for women, besides
ninety-nine academies for both sexes.
Col. R. W. Anderson, popular
and influential citizen Of Greenville
county. died last week, aged II years.
= Editor W. G.. Chaffee, Of the
Greenwood Inder, has accepted the ap-
pointment Of captain Of a company Of
colored soldiers.
1t is said by Barnwell paperthat
Lightning struck Hagood's pond in
that county. last week, killing many
fish, some being trout weighing 8 or 10
pounds.
The war fever has broken out in
Greenwood again, and this time the
feeling is such as to warrant the be-
lief that company will be organized
from that county.
The street hands of Camden while
digging ditch in the middle Of the
street for water main, dug up hu-
man skeleton which had been buried
for 100 years.
There were seven persons against
whom the. grand jury Of Laurens
county returned true bills for murder
last week. All were negroes and their
victims were negroes.
Charlie Mason, white, of Laurens,
is to be hanged on August 26th, for
killing Lewis Griffith, negro, about
a game of cards. John Johnson, col
ored, is to be hanged the same day.
Mr.. E. B. Price, Of Glover, is the
champion oats raiser of York county.
He has two acres of land that brought
him Sc bushels to the acre this year,
without the use af any fertilizer.
Wiley Tuten, who lives at Toby
Bluff. about five miles from Hampton,
while under the influence of strong
{ ink, last week, shot his son, aged
about21. in the side, seriously wound
ing him.
: The Rev. c. O. Hilder, who used
to reside on Sassafras Gap, while try
ing to cross small stream in the Cross
Roads section missed his footing, fell
in and was drowned last Saturday.
Pickens Sentinel.
The progressive farmers and gin
ners of Hampton county are likely to
adopt in the approaching season the
STANDARD square bale" which is con-
sidered decided improvement on the
old-fashioned method.
The morning passenger train from
Charleston to Columbia jumped the
track about four miles from Columbia,
resulting in the injury Of about doz-
en- passengers, some of whom had to
be taken to the hospital. The engi-
neer was also badly scalded.
Atlanta was full of pickpockets
during the reunion. Maj. B. F. Yoe,
of Greenwood, lost his pocketbook con-
tanning thirty dollars, and his railroad
ticket. Capt. John Lyon, Of Abbe-
vile, lost his gold watch and all the
money he had with him, some twenty
five dollars.
= Out of twenty-five of last year S
graduates from Clempson College four
teen have already secured remunera-
tive positions with the government.
Their compensation ranges from slO0
to $3.50 per month. This is the first
time in the history of South Carolina
that electricians have been employed
south of the Mason and Dixon line for
war ships.
Mrs. Sue Cobb, of Greenville,
was very severely injured recently by
a COW. Mrs. Cobb had just finished
milking and in attempting to rise she
tripped and fell, and before she could
regain her feet the enraged animal
jumped on her, bruising her severely.
She managed to get out of the way be-
fore the COW could gore her, but the
Injuries she suffered are internal and
may prove serious.
Jim and Emily Davis, colored,
who are confined in jail at Walhalla,
accused of killing their four-year-old
child, will probably have to answer to
the charge of killing another one OF
their children. After they were COM
mitted to Jail Coroner Boggs learned
that several weeks ago one of the small
er children had been buried very quiet
ly. and upon Investigation its skull
was found to be fractured and it's neck
broken. -OcOaec NcrS.
= Mr.. Featherstone got off good