The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-31
STATE NEWS.

S""i icStou county, .. ", Aug. ~.
- Excessive rains are reported from
every section Of the State and in
some places crops have been badly
damaged
The electric railway ~ connect
Augusta with Aiken, distance of II
miles, will be built, it is said, in the
near future.
= The city of Chester has the hon
or of having twol companies in the
Volunteer army-onc in the First and
one in the Second
= On account Of the general clcc
ton coming during Fair week the time
for holding the next State Fair has
been changed to the week beciuninr
| November H.
- Converse College, Spartanburr.
is erecting conservatory Of music.
This new building will contain 30 prac
ticc rooms and an auditorium with a
seating capacity of 1000.
The farmers around Darlington
and Timmonsvillc are just now market.
ing their tobacco crop. The tobacco
crop in those sections brings as much
money now as the cotton crop.
= The twelfth annual display Of
the fairyicw stock and mechanical
association will be held on the associ-
alton grounds, near Fairview church,
Grccnville county, September 23rd.
= The constitution of South Caro-
lima provides that jurors must be be-
tween the ages of 81 and 65, and new
trial was recently granted in crimi-
nal case because one Of the jurors was
66 years old.
- The Prosperity Canning Company
got in B cars of cases Wednesday and
will be ready to ship out their product
within week. They have canned
this season 90, 900 cans and would have
put up 100000 had the tomato crop
not been failure. They will not pack
100 cases Of tomatoes all told, much
to their regret.
=. The stockholders of the CRANKY
Mills of Columbia have decided to in
crease their capital stock from $780,
600 to S8O0,00n 1t is the intention
to have all the machinery in them
running by January The capacity
of the mill is to be increased from
$4,000 spindlcs to $1,000 spindles,
and from 500 looms to 1.500 looms.
- Columbia responded in no mean
way to the call made by the ladies of
the Waysidc Hospital Relief Corps,
for contributions Of delicacies for the
hungry and sick soldiers passing
through the city On their way north
from Florida. r. result was that the
500 or more volunteers who came
through Columbia were feasted and
refreshed.
- Mrs. Lula Hahn Of Hamburg was
severely gored by an angry COW on Sat-
urday afternoon in the lot on Mr..
Hahn's place. From Iwhat could be
learned Of the affair, it seems that Mrs.
Hahn had most desperate battle with
the COW. Finally she was penned in
corner of the stall where. the cow
was confined, and but for timely cid
would have been gored to death where
she Icy.
Between Grier' Station and Dun
can, just this side of Yorkville, the
train going North killed three.year-
old colored child. The child was play
ing in the weeds near the railroad
track, and just as the train came up it
jumped out Of the weeds on the track,
the engine striking it on the head and
knocking it 20 feet in the air. II fell
&c che side Of the track dead.
A very sad accident occurred in
Chester last Sunday morning when the
baby girl Of Mr. and Mrs. John Il.
Culp, Jr., aged 22 months, was drowa-
ed in bath tub in which there was
about FIVE inches Of water Mr.. Culp
had been in the room, but went into
the yard for some purpose, and when
he returned was shocked to find his
dear little baby girl had fallen into the
tub, and upon gathering her into his
arms was Mortified that she did not
breathe and that life was extinct. DR..
Mcconnell was sent for, and every ef-
| Govt In fo,,
.;cc, 5.. &c Ho purpose. When TIC
baby was found her face was in the
water, while her body was only half in
the tub.
- An assault was made last We'd
nesday night upon Walter Moon, while