The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-26
STATE NEWS.

Grccnvillc.
There are |? candidates in the
Held Tor the office of superintendent
Of the pcnitcntiary.
= Gov. Ellcrbc has issued l21 par-
dons and communications since he has
been i'll office. aud 5S since January
lst Of this year
Assistant Attorney General, G.
i. Townsend. will 20 to WASHINGTON
abont November lst to act as private
secretary To Senator McI.aurn.
y man named SilaS G. Read. ,)r..
about fifty years old, oucr /, power in
politics in Augusta. ha, been publicly
banishei from Saluda, :. G. The
cause Of the punishment was. it. is
stated, an atlront to II girl
All Of the county supcrintcndcnts
OF education except twelve have filed
their annual reports with the State
superintendent Of education The
others are expected in few days and
Superintendent Mayiicld will be ready
to begin the preparation of his annual
report 7" the general assembly.
The experiment Of; raising tea
has been successfully tried III South
Carolna Tea raised at Summcrvillc
| !as brought a> hirh as 100 IA pound.
The cost Of cultivation is IL considcra-
h!c item, but between $50 and $50
an acre can he cleared. The plants
1t" not have IL hc sci ont every wear.
Efforts are being made to have
the charges preferred against Lieut..
Col. Tillman Withdrawn. Lieut.. l.igon,
who preferred them, refuses to with
draw aud hence the caSc'will 20 before
the department. Oncnor two officers
tried to effect Il reconciliation and have
the matter amicably settled bn. failed
in their efforts.
- South Carolinians have; in the
past invented appliancusu which are in
daily use all over thcu country. A
South Carolinian has invented an i'm
provemcnt on the running. gear of a
bicycle, which may yet rcvolutionixc
the present style Of running gear.
This gentleman is MIR. T.. A. Oakman,
Of Chappcll's.
= Gov. Ellcrbc and Senator Tillman
are cndeavoring to have the claims Of
citizens for services rendered the State
during the organization of the First
Regiment paid direct by the War De-
partment as soon as possible. These
claims amount to several thousand
dcllars. One claim for blankets
amounts to 1890.
- The convicts in Darlington coun-
ty, while throwing up the cmbankmcnt
on the Darlington side near Kellcy's
bridge. found Springfield rifle sup
posed to have been left there by Sher-
mans army 53 years ago The cap
was bright and the wood part was
sound, but thc'iron had rustcd so the
lock would not work
- At Mullins, Marion county, with
Il comparatively small warehouse, from
three to three and onc-half million
pounds Of tobacco were sold this season
bringing, in round numbers, $223 900.
From one thousand to twelve hundred
pounds can be made on an acre. An
experienced tobacco grower advises
beginners not to plant more than six
or eight acres
= The profits derived from contra
band whiskics for tthc last quarter
ending September 30, area I l07.62.
During this past month, ending Octo-
her 10, the constablcs have captured
2S3 packages of liquors, each package
averaging about . gallons. This does
not include any original packages.
This is an Increase ovcr'any previous
month in the amount of whiskey cap
turcd.
- Another victim has. been added
to the list of those smotkcred in cot
ton seed. scvcn-ycar-old daughter
OF Perry Smith, living near Fairmount
mill, Spartanburg county, was missed
by her parents last Thursday evening.
After dilligcnt search they found her
buried in pile Of cotton seed, life
being extinct. She was playing in
the seed and it is supposed that snc
scoopcd out hole and the seed fell
in on her.
= superintendent Waddcll, of tho
Epworth orphanagc, in Columbia, has
just been informed by gentleman in
this State that. he has:madc bcquest
of over $4,000 to e'.institution.
The devisor, whose name the trustees
will not divulgc, is 81 years of age
and has no children. Ills wife is still
living. At his death the entire prop
erty, both real and personal. masses