The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-30
STATE NEWS.

Lexington county, that to remove
warts from cattle you have but to
name the animal Mike or Fanny and,
presto. the wart is gone.
Work on the jetties at George
town has been begun. An appropri-
alton of s2,0OO:OOO wss made for
deepening the bar in Winyah bay and
removing deposits or shoals at the
mouth of rivers entering into same.
The Florence correspondent Of
the Ncacs and Courier reports that he
was told the other day that arrests
would soon be made of parties who
took part in the Lake City assassina-
tion and that all of them are negroes.
The citizens of Greenwood have
had some delay and trouble in build
ing their Court House, and the con-
tractor, Mr.. Partee, has thrown up
the Job. The County Commissioners
will complete the work, It's supposed,
by the first Of May.
james P. Freeman and James
o. Bowen, son of Col. R. E. Bowen,
of Briggs, left last week for the Klon-
dixie gold regions. They will be
.hsent from this county about two
years. Good luck to you, boys
Pickens Journal.
The State Democratic Convention
will be called together in May. They
will reorganize then. 1t is probable
that the executive committee, when
elected. will ORDER the campaign t,
begin early in June. There are now
As counties, and it will require nine
weeks to make the rounds, provided
they lose one day in the week.
Magistrate D. Perry Davis was
shot and killed by james jackson
Wednesday afternoon at Windsor, i'll
Aiken county, as he got off the train
returning from Aiken. 1t is impossl-
ble to get particulars of the killing at
this time, other than what is above
stated. 1t is known that bad feeling
existed between the two men, the
result of difficulty about two weeks
ago.
1t is reported that Ben Tillmaa
will take hand in the interest OF
Col. R. B. Watson who is a candidate.
If Ben does take the stump to advo-
cate Colonel Watson we may look for
a hot time this summer. 'sYour
Uncle George does not relish the
idea of a combination trying to double
him and will doubtless make greater
efforts than ever before to get elected.
Darlington Nears.
= One of the most prominent
clergymen in the State called the
attention of the Columbia State to a
shameful spectacle witnessed on
train at Spartanburg few days since.
\ constable had two prisoners charged
with blockading. One was negro
man and the other was white woman;
the officer had them handcufed to-
gether. Many strong protests were
made by passengers, it is said, but
without avail.
= Saturday night some negroes had
lively, social time on the farm OF
H. Z. Gray about five miles from
Laurens. About midnight their joy
and hilarity reached a climax, when
lights were extinguishcd and pistols
brought forth. \ general firing began
and continued some time. When
lights were brought it was ascertained
that two were seriously aud perhaps
fatally wounded and six others dis
abled.
j In the matter Of the Lake City
murder the verdict Of the coroner's
jury is that Baker and his infant
came to their death by "gunshot
wounds from parties unknown to the
jury Though month has passed
since the tragedy. Solicitor j. S. Wiz
son. of that circuit. has been unable
to procure a single witness who will
testify that he knows or has any
reason to believe that any one person
whom he can name was in any way
connected with the cold -blooded mur-
der.
Luther, the little eleven-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McMahan,
who live near Fairview church, was
killed near his home last Thursday
evening by tree falling on him and
crushing his skull. The lad was out
with several companions, near the
same age. telling trees and cutting
them up. He attempted to get out OF
the way of falling tree, but ran in
the same direction that the tree was