The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-12-13
STATE NEWS.
Charleston's cotton receipts are
12O 600 bales behind last year.

- SuDSCr1pClOnS are DoluS SOllClItU
for a new 10000 spindle mill for Gatf-
ney.
mined to build road from Charleston
to Augusta. j.. ..-.INE NA ENGs
-Greenville proposes to purchase
the water works that supply that city
and improve the service.
The South Carolina Industrial
Home for negro children was dedicated
in Columbia a few days ago.
is stated upon good authority
that Mr.. Featherstone will not be the
prohibition candidate for governornext
1t is reported in Charleston that
there is rival fertilizer company. in
the field against the Virginia Carolina
Chemical Co.
"A man who had been imbiding so
proof without providing boiler plate
armor for his insides, was found frozen
to death on public road in Laurcns
County.
Pickens County has right to give
a big shout for they are out OF the
woods. They will pay Oft the last OF
the Air Line bonds with this years
collection Of taxes.
United States Circuit Judge ST.
monton has granted the petition OF the
corporation commission for a. hearing
of the railroad tax case. The date fixed
for the hearing is Dec. 10 at Charles
ton.
Two Deputy Marshalls made a
raid in the Dark Corner section OF
Greenville County last week and de-
stroyeda big still and 1000 gallons OF
beer, and captured $40 gallons OF whls-
key.
man, has been arrested charged with
robbing the Southern Express car near
Branchville recently. The circumstan-
tial evidence against him is very
strong.
John Vinson has been arrested on
a warrant issued by Magistrate Kirby.
in Spartanburg, charging: him With sIa
passing q confederate bill on MT.
Thomas Taylor several days ago, near
Cherokee Springs.
The Postal Telegraph Co. has In
yaded South Carolina in dead earnest,
and if indications count for anything,
this rival of the Western Union will
soon have connection with all OF the
principal towns of the State.
= The Winthrop girls have hearty
appetites. For Thanksgiving dinner
theey consumed 80 turkeys, 225 pounds
of fruit cake, so mincepies, 100 pounds
of nuts. 12O pounds of raisins 3 boxes
of oranges, 3 punches of bananas and
million pickles.
The Columbia State publishes a
statement from Mr.. D. Cardwell, di-
vision freight agent of the Southern
Railway, showing that fourteen new
cotton mills are being built on its lines
in this State and that fourteen mills
are making additions practically doub-
ling their capacity.
Ray Jackson was killed by his
brother Jim, in Columbia. Both are
colored bows. Their mother had tried
to whip Ray for misconduct but ne
rebelled and attacked her, wheteupon
his brother Jim interfered; the result
was a fatal quarrel between the boys:
The slayer escaped, but was arrested
the next day.
"A. R. Fowler, the armless foTger
who created quite a sensation some
time ago by leaving his pulpit as q
Presbyterian preacher to forge notes
on his brother in law, has been pardon
ed by the governor. The authorities
at Grecnyille report that it is more eX-
pensive to keep him than to turn him
loose.
= A negro child was burned to death
at the home of it's parents in Columbia.
It's mother was doing some washing
and the child was in the house playing
about the fire. Its clothing became
ignited and before the mother could
extinguish the flames the child was so
badly burned that death soon followed.
= State Treasurer Zimmerman says
that County Treasures are very, slow
in turning in their collections ana ASKS
the newspapers to say 10 tnem tIlaC
.'they had better be in a hurry" pr.
Zimmerman says the interest on the
State debt is due january ], and ne
won't have money available to pay up
unless treaSurers cash up soon.
= The question of enacting a broad
tire law will come up again in the gen.
eral assembly of South Carolina at its
approaching session, and tests have
been made at the Agricultural Expert
ment Station at Clemson College with
broad and narrow tires. The results
showed that in all conditions of sand
roads the draft of the broad tire was
from 740 to 1916 less than the narrow
tire.
w. D. Evans, J. c. Wilborn and
G.. w. Garris. the State Railroad Com
mission, accompanied by Supcrlnteni-
dent p. L. Wclles and Il party OF rail
road officials and contractors, eXamln-
ed the recently completed link i'll the
Southern's new Florida line. The
commission reported officially, that
this was the best and most rapidly con-
structed piece OF new roatl built III
this State, and the new line was de-
clarcd open for traffic.
AS will be seen in a Washington
dispatch to-day, South Carolina is to
be made the experimental field for free
postal delivery on star rolts. 10 Con
gressman Stokes is due the credit
for persuading the postoilice depart
mcnt to put that system in operation
on all star routes in this State. If it
proves a success here the other States
will, of course, require the same facil-
tiles, and $4,000 free delivery country,
routes, exclusive of those where special
provision has been made for free
rural delivery" In the latter case
special men are employed and the eN-
pense to the department is consider
ably increased, but in the delivery on
star routes it is contemplated that the