The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-12-13
STATE NEWS.

lSUUUU Dulcb DclllllU last year.
- Spartanburg and Union have each
decided to build another cotton mill.
Subscriptions are being solicited
for new 10000 spindle mill for Gaff'-
ncy.
. The Seaboard Air Line has deter
mined to build Il road from Charleston
to Augusta. -. ,l.-A.ltt Ak Asia9
- Greenville proposes to purchase
the water works that supply TINT city
and improve the service.
The South Carolina Industrial
Home for negro children was dedicated
in Columbia Il few days ago.
1t is stated upon good authority
prohibition candidate for governor next
year.
- 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 80
pToOf without providing boiler plate
armOr for his insidcs, was found frozen
to death OH public road in Laurcns
County.
= Pickcns County has right to give
n big shout for they are out of the
woods. They will pay of the last Of
collection of taxes.
InOntOn 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 ut Charles
ton.
Two Deputy Marshalls made II
raid i'll the Dark Corner section Of
Greenville County last week and de-
strOyed a big still and 1000 gallons OF
beer, and captured $40 gallons of whis-
key.
y. Barton Warren, young white
rObbing the Southern Express car near
Branchville recently. The circumstan-
tial evidence against him is very
strong.
John Vinson has been arrested OH
q warrant issued by Magistrate Kirby.
in Spartanburg, charging him with
passing n confederate bill on Mr..
Thomas Taylor several days ago, near
Cherokee Springs.
- The Postal Telegraph Co. has In
vaded 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
they consumed 80 turkeys, 225 pounds
Of fruit cake, so minccpies, $50 pounds
of oranges, lunches of bananas and
II million pickles.
= The Columbia State publishes a
statement from Mr.. D. Cardvell, di-
vision freight agent Of the Southern
Railway, showing that fourteen new
cotton mills are being built on it's lines
in this State md that fourteen mills
are making additions practically doub-
ling their capacity.
Ray jackson was killed by his
brother Jim, in Columbia. Both are
colOred boys. Their mother had tried
to whip Ray for misconduct but he
rebelled and attacked her. whefeupOn
his brother Jim interfered; the result
The slayer escaped, but was arrested
the next day.
"A. r. Fowler, the armless forger
time ago by leaving his pulpit as a
Presbyterian preacher to forge notes
on his brother-i n-law, has been pardon
ed by the governor. The authorities
at Greenville report that it is more eX-
pensive to keep him than to turn him
loose.
"A negro child was burned to death
ut the home of its parents in Columbia.
Its mother was doing some washing
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 Trcasnrers are very slow
in turning in their collections and asks
the newspapers to say to them that
they had better be in hurry DR..
Zimmerman says the interest on the
State debt is due January J, and he
won't have money available to pay up
unless treasurers cash up soon.
= The question of enacting broad
tire law will come up again in the gen.
cral assembly Of South Carolina at its
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 TAO to 28.G less than the narrow
tire.
w. D. Evans, &c. Wilborn and
G. w. Garris. the State Railroad Com
mission, accompanied by Supcrintell
dent p L. Welles and party of rail
road officials and contractors, examin-
ed the recently completed link in the
Sonthern's new Florida line. The
commission reported officially that
this was the best and most rapidly con-
structed piece Of new road built in
this State, and the new line was de-
clarcd open for traffic.
- AS will be seen in Washington
dispatch to-day, South Carolina is to
be made the experimental field for free
postal delivery on star routs.. To Con
gressman Stokes is due the credit
for persnading the postoffice depart
mcnt to put that system in operation
on all star routes in this State. If it
proves n 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 tho latter case
special men are employed and the ex-
pense to the department is consider
ably increased, but in the delivery on
star routes it is contemplated that the