The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-07-27
STATE NEWS.

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= The State Alliance meets in its
annual session in Columbia to-day.
= Columbia is considering $780,
600 water works and sewerage system.
The penitentiary is gaining re-
cruits faster than that End regiment.
= The Abbeville County Survivors S
Association will meet on August 10Th.
Judge W. G. Benet will leavei in
a few weeks for visit to his old home
in Scotland.
IS. NJ. Snipes was caught in re-
volving belt near Kershaw, on Friday,
and beaten to death.
= Good rains have fallen in every
section of the State and the farmers
are Dragging on their crops.
= Ed. King, a Negro, was killed
near Hodges few nights ago as re-
suit of row over game Of cards.
= At the State campaign meeting
at Hampton, twenty-three candidates
spoke to less than one hundred voters.
= Rev. Arthur Crane, the distin-
guished evangelist Of Plain6eld, n. j.,
will begin series of revival services
in Walhalla the lst Sunday in August.
Deputy Marshal Corbin, captured
three men and aswoman at Walhalla,
who were transporting illicit whiskey.
They had on board % gallons Of "moun-
tain dew" The teams were seized and
will be sold by the government. All
hands were committed to Jail, but gave
bond.
= In Chester County last week a
farmer named Hicklin and two negro
women who were working on his farm,
took shelter under a tree during a
shower of rain. Lightning struck the
tree and severely shocked all three
underneath it. The man was para
lyzed.
The State Fireman Association
will meet in Orangeburg on August 3.
The association was organized in
Greenville about three years ago, and
is composed Of delegates from many OF
the volunteer fire organizations Of the
State. q The attendance is expected to
be large.
= The congressional campaign in
the sixth district is even warmer than
the present extremely warm weather.
Candidates Ellerbe and Norton are as
sailing each others records, and, if the
afidavits brought out by Mr.. Ellerbe
count for anything, Mr.. Norton will
hardly retain his seat.
"Unclc Ranse" Thrift, who halls
from the Long Greek section, came
down to Walhalla to be examined and
to offer his services to his country
He is more than three score and ten
years of age, but says that he was ac-
cepted when young and now he is old
he should be allowed to do something
in his countrys defense.-KcoceC
Courier.
= The South Carolina regiment is
the only regiment in camp at Chicka-
mauga without regimental flag. Miss
Perrin, Of Abbeville, has begun q
movement to have this deficiency sup
piled and proposes that the people Of
the State furnish the men flag Of
which they may be justly proud :;
beautiful embroidered one which vii
cost $3.50.
Yorkville, according to the York
Vile Yeoman, has made wonderful
recordHwith her cotton mills. Speak
ing of the recent Injecting of the York
Cotton Mills Company, of that place
the Yeomon says: "a dividend of 81
per cent was declared. Is there cot
ton mill anywhere that can beat it ?
The Fcoman also adds that at simila!
meeting of the Glover Cotton Manufac
turing Company, another York County
mill, "a dividend of % per cent waS
dcclared-l2 per cent for improve
ments and II per cent in cash.
Millions Given Away.
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