The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-24
STATE NEWS.
= Newberry county has sent fifteen
insane negroes to the asylum since

was hanged in Spartanburg last Fri
day for killing Capt Blassingame two
years ago.
= Barnwell county leads in the
number of candidates for office; just
forty-sevcn of them seek the suffrage
of citizens.
: There are nine negroes in the
Bennettsville jail charged with the in
cendiarism of the postoffice and several
store buildings.
= Arch Her, who is master mechan-
ic at the Greenwood cotton mill, had
piece of hammer to fly off and pen
citrate his body.
= Greenwood will have an extra
term Of court. commencing the first
Monday in September, Judge R. c.
Watts to preside.
= AS result of the recent heavy
rains twenty-seven bridges have been
washed away in Greenville county dur
ing the past two weeks.
A bicycle meet with other at
tractive features will be held in York
Vile in September, under the auspices
Of the local wheelmen.
= The State Railroad Commission
has decided that the Southern Express
Co. must pay for the stamps on the
receipts which it issues to its custom
ere.
= Rev. Chas. Cotesworth Pinckney,
died at Flat Rock, N. c., last week,
aged 81 years. He was preacher Of
great power and at the time Of his
death was pastor of Grace Church in
Charleston, having served that charge
for half century.
= The Clemson college authorities
have been directed to swear out war
rants against agents of five fertilizer
companies. Samples Of the goods sold
are alleged to be below the standard
required by law. One company, the
Berkley; is of South Carolina.
= Mr.. w. R. Stokes, formerly Of
Carlisle, Union county, S. c., was
found dead on railroad track in Co.
lumbia on Monday night, August 10Th.
Whether he was killed by being run
over by train, or murdered and placed
on the track, is not known his body
was terribly mangled.
= German & Wright's new.tobacco
stemmery, at Florence, is preparing
about 10000 pounds of tobacco day
for export. German & Wright export
most of their tobacco to Japan, where
they haye large orders placed. The
stemmery is 'big thing and will
be a great factor in building up that
market.
Joseph L. Berrier, member OF
the Richland Volunteers, left Colum-
bia between two suns last week with
s75 of the company's money, which he
had collected to defray the expenses
of the annual barbecue of the company.
Berrier has been a hagman on the
Southern railway, but lately he has
been out of work, having for some
reason lost his position. Up toathis
time lie has borne a good reputation,
and his friends are greatly surprised
at his present conduct.
: Several young men from Rock
Hill who went to Columbia this year
to run truck and dairy farm, have
met with bad luck. They cultivated
five acres in what they took to be water
melons, the seeds they planted having
been bought from a local dealer. The
melons turned out to be citrons, for
which there is but scant sale in Co
lumbia, and the young men are conse-
quently much out Of humor and large
ly out of pocket. A suit for damages
may follow.
= Mr.. Jonathan C. Hanks, who
lives in the Sandy Flat neighborhood
was in town yesterday. Mr.. Hanks
came in to draw pension, and if all
pensioners were like him, the county
would be better off. He was born
with the nineteenth century and is
therefore SO years old. 1t was in the
Mexican war that he fought for his
country and for his services he draws
q pension. Mr.. Hanks is as;spry and
vigorous as if he were much younger,
and he looks hale and hearty. Il
would be remarkable coincidence il
he should round out the century
GrcenuiNe Mountainecr.
One Of Marlboros most promi
nent merchants and planters, Mr.. A
J. Matheson, has this year under eul