The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-07
STATE NEWS.

ing for the race for Governor in 1900.
The corn crop Of South Carolina
this year is estimated at 1880 900
bushels, against l5,30S, 900 bushels
last year
= The United States Government
Will pay the widow of the late Col. }
Is Aston, OF the lst S. G. Regiment
pension Of s. per day for the re-
malndcr Of her natural life.
Woiiord College has adopted the
pian Of working ON Saturday and tax
ing Monday as holiday. Faculty and
students both thought it would work
better and they are willing to try it.
The question of establishing "a
County Court is being agitatcd ut
Iorkvillc. The mcmbcrs If the York.
vile bar interviewed IN the subject a
few days ago expressed themselves in
favor of il.
Governor l.llcrbc has appointed
Nl'ndc Sawyer, late Captain il ,hr
First Regiment, Solicitor for th,.
Second Circuit, made vacant, by ;ho
election Of Solicitor Hcllingrr .Atiuracy
General for the State.
All the work preliminary 10 riv
lug ont the contracts for Ne copy,rtc
ton Of the Sumter aud Watc.cc lslil
road has been completed. and The
chief engineer is expected in The next
few days 80 give out contracts for I'll e
work
The Planters Warehouse at Mall
Inns, Marion county, sold on Wcdncs
day Of last week $4,000 pounds of to
bacco at II cents pound. This sale
included common scrap and the usual
amount Of odds and ends usually found
in sales at this season.
= il. V. Lanford, near Woodruff,
killed Il pig last week which was III
months old and weighed, gross, 57;3
pounds. He got more than one hun
dred pounds Of lard from it. 1t is IL
good hog that will make lard enough
to last Il family year. The pig in
creased more than a pound a day
il From al over the Piedmont belt
comes the gratifying news that vast
quantities Of wheat (vast for this sea
sony arc being sown. King Cotton has
stuck many Of his victims under the
fifth rib. and many Of those who are
yet able to move will forsakc him at
last, and depend on something else for
subsistence
A colored woman living on Con
gresham Stokes place, few mile )
from Ornngcburg, left lcryoung baby
in the yard while she attended u call
at the dwelling and when she returned
only few minutes afterwards she
found that the baby had been killed
by a large hog which had the run Of
the yard. The body was horribly mu-
tilated and the child survived but a
short time. The hog is Il notorious
"chickcn cater" but no.one supposed
he would attack child.
- William Mackey, colorcd man,
who lives in the suburbs Of Lancaster.
hearing a noise last Thursday morn
ing before daylight out in his yard
where his pig was tied, went out to in-
vcstigatc. He found strange hog
fighting his, and as he approached. !lc
stranger turned and vigorously attack
cd Mackcy himself, cutting long and
ugly gashcs in his leg anl chasing
him back to his house He lost con
siderable blood from his wounds, which
had to be sowcd up. His own hog
was killed by the strange animal.
The State did not appropriate
sufficient money with which to pay
tho managers and commissioners Of
election. Legal and properEvouchcrs
have been presented, bnt there is no
money on hand with which to pay
81 ,lI4 OF the expenses OF the election
The State is liable for the money, and
Comptroller Dcrham urayors borrowing
tic money and having the General
Assembly refund it. IF this is not
done the unpaid commissioners and
managers of election will have to wait
patiently until the general :appropria-
tion bill may be passed.
- Dennis McLaurin, a colorcd man
died last week in Marlboro county in
his 101 year. He and his wife remain
ed on the old homestead Of ante c-bcllum
days until their former owner died a
few years ago. Dennis was life
time democrat, voted the democratic
ticket Immediately after'thc war and
continued to do so until his death.
He wore n red shirt in 1876, and was
color bearer Of the red shirt company
of b;c fnunc him uul ,oo;rt,;.ol ~ .