The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-14
STATE NEWS.

in every section of the State.
= The State dispensary has directed
the payment Of $4,000 to the school
fund, the second payment Of that
amount this year.
= Seventy thousand dollars
have boen subscribed toward the erec-
tion of the proposed Bennettsville, S.
c., Cotton Mills.
: Hon. John G. Sheppard was elect
ed to the State Senate from Edgefeld
county, defeating his opponent, 7. H.
Rainsford, by about 200 votes.
= Winthrop College will open on
the 18th of this month. The College
has the brightest outlook it has ever
had in the history of the institution.
- The secretary Of the State has
granted the directors of the CRANKY
cotton mills, Columbia, an increase in
their capital stock from $3.50, 600 to
$500, GOO
= The carpet mill at Gaffney isrun-
ming on full time now. 1t is the only
mandatory Of the kind south of
Baltimore, and is owned mainly by
home capitalists.
During the storm at Port Royal,
on the 31st ult.. 1882 inches Of rain
fell in twenty-four hours. An unpre-
cedented downpour-must have been
on the order Of cloud burst.
= Mormon missionaries have ar
ranged to make house to house can
vass of South Carolina homes, leaving
their literature at the same time and
urging acceptance of their religion" "
= In Newberry, S. c., September 8,
John Goggans, 13-year-old white
boy, accidentally shot and killed his
7-year-old brother, William. "Play-
ing with an unloaded gun, was the
cause.
= In the matter of rates for the
telegraph companies doing business in
this State. the railroad commission de-
cides that it will not reverse it's recent
action lowering the rates for the send
ing of messages.
= The identity Of the skeleton Of a
soldier recently found in the marsh Oft
Castle Pinckney is still unknown and
the probabilities are that who he was
and to what command he belonged will
never be known.
The Standard Cotton Mill Of Rock
Hill was sold at auction recently and
was bought by Mr.. johnson of the
Highland Park Manufacturing Com
pany, of Charlotte, n. c., the figures
being $4,000.
The News and Courier figures out
that the next general assembly of this
State will be one-third each for dis
pensary, prohibition and local option,
that the dispensary men are outnum-
bered two to one.
W. N. Graydon, Abbeville coun-
tvs newly elected senator, is close
blood relation of the gallant colonel of
the Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt.
The connection is through Mr.. Gray
dou's mother and for some time the
families have been in correspondence.
The next State Fair commences
November 18th and closes the 18th Of
the same month. Col. Holloway says
"there Is every evidence that the next
State Fair will be equal to any of the
past and the attendance perhaps even
larger than heretofore. The premi
um list will soon be out: and anyone
desiring copy can get it by writing
to Col. Thos. W. Holloway, Pomaria,
S. C.
Newberry has not real Klondike
within her borders, but gold dust does
exist in some sections. Monroe NJ.
Harris has prospected recently for
Newton R. Leslie in township No 9,
and found gold, but not in paying
quantities. Gold has been known to
exist there for fifty years. He secured
some specimen pieces of ore for gov
ernment essay, and will return later
and make a thorough search for the
precious ore.
A dangerous counterfeit has been
found in circulation in Charleston. 1t
is very fne imitation of the gold
eagle, and in every particular, except
sound, it seems to be similar to the
genuine ten-dollar gold piece. 1t is
dated 1892 and the stamping and mill
ing are perfect. 1t, however has a dull
sound when dropped upon table or
stone, and in this way can be readily
detected. The front of the coin bears
bust profile of the Goddess of Liber-
ty, and even the tiny check mark "W'
on the neck of the figure is reproduced
in the counterfeit. Bank experts say