The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-18


ruary ? l.
- The new year found the penitcp-
tiary with Isl convicts. I'll more than
this time last year
IL is reported that Il blcachcry
enterprise is in process Of organixa.
ton AZ Spnrtanbu,g. :. c.
The farmers Of the eastern part
III the state are y"ing 70 increase their
Tobacco" acreage thi, scar.
The iaifncy cotton mills have
concluded To run day aud night. The
demand Tor their goods warrants this.
Iaurcns negro who had de-
serted his wife and five children was
mobbcd by negroes and severely han.
died.
The Newhclry diSpcnsary did u
big business the last quarter in 1893.
The total sales for the three months
were $40. s:S a.
T. c. R"binSon. Eau, of Pick
ems, and Cole l.. Blcasr, E,q., Of
Ncwbcrry, are candidates for members
Of the State Board Of Control.
= For the third time within few
weeks Dir. X. Il. Blair, Of Kidgcway.
:. G., suffered considerable loss by in
ccndiary fire on the night Of Jan. ).
President iiar!zng, iii mis- annual
report on Clemson College, asks the
Legislature for an appropriation Of
$40, 600 for the College for the current
year.
Spartanburs will soon enjoy tho
advantages Of thoroughly equipped
and modcrnly arranged sewerage sys-
TEN, covering about eighteen or twenty
miles Of territory
- The little S.ycar old daughter of
Mrs. Hancock who lives on Mai. j.
5 Floyd's farm in the suburbs of
Walhalla, was accidentally burned 80
seriously last Saturday afternoon that
she died during the night.
= The Charlotte Nrws reports that
STuires Bales, whose domicilc is lust
on the line between North and South
Carolina, married POI couples during
the year 1898 His home has been
named Gretna Green.
- The I'd South Carolina regiment
at Havana has been sent to Buens
Vista, . miles in the country. Their
tirst night was spent in the pouring
rain. Previously they had been en-
campcd st MORO Castle
= Thirtytivc negroes left Green
wood Sunday over the Southern for
Tallahassee, Fla, where they 20 to
work on turpcntinc farms. They were
for the most part town negroes" and
nobody regretted their departure.
= Sheriff J.. NJ. Clyhurn, Of Lar
caster, killed his pig Wednesday. It
was jus: IL months old and weighed
net 547 pounds. 1t was Poland Chins
breed, and every one who saw it says
it was the largest hog for its age they
ever saw.
A sad accident occurred near
Packsvillc which caused the death of
Hampton Cutter. He was working at
the saw mill Of his father, Ben CUT
ter, when piece Of plank was caught
in the rapidly revolving saw and hurl-
ed it in the direction Mr.. Cutter was
working aud struck him on the head,
crushing his skull
= The revenue officers have -ccens-
~ got hump on them and have made
things lively among the illicit dis
tillcrs along the line of Lexington and
Orangcburg counties. They recently
made raid and succeeded in captur-
ing and destroying eight or nine stills.
ID James 3. Williams, the slayer of
Major w. A. Williams and of Charlie
Potts, died suddenly Friday afternoon
in the Grccnvillc county Jail, where
he was confined pending the decision
of the State supreme court on his ap-
peal for new trial in the Potts case.
in which he was convicted OF rnurder
at the last term Of court and sentenced
to be hanged on the 9th Of this
month.
Gov. Ellerbe has had placed at
his disposal a scholarship in the Dread
Institute, at Worcester, Mass. The
scholarship includes board and tuition.
The school opens on January 25th.
Originally the Orcad Institute was Il q
New Era Cooking School Of Worcester.
The special work Of that school w,s
the teaching Of cookery, aud the fit-
ting Of girls for teachers, lecturers.
and demonstrators in copkiug alone.
- The Columbia Sute, few days
since, published report on the sub
jet Of the petrificd man exhibited 10
this State a few years ago. 1t was
claimed by the owners to have been