The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-26
STATE NEWS.

A negro preacher has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Florence.
: The penitentiary investigating
committee will meet in Greenville on
August lst.
= The Supreme Court Of this State
has decided that no constable or other
peace officer has right to carry con-
! cealed weapon.
1t has been determined to erect &
new $4,000 city hall building in Co.
lumbia.
Adjutant General Floyd calls at
tention to the fact that nearly all the
military companies are oficered by
Citadel graduates, and that this should
have wholesome influence.
&C. ". NJ. Williams, well-known
lawyer of Bamberg, lately practicing
law at Denmark, has been disbarred BY
Judge Benets decision from forever
hereafter practicing his profession IN
the courts of South Carolina.
:: Marshall Irby has been convicted
in Laurens County Of the murder Of
Abe Mckinney. He was sentenced
by Judge Townsend to imprisonment
in the penitentiary for ninety-nine
: years. Irby is strong, healthy man,
about thirty years Of age.
A white boy who demonstrated
with some negroes about robbing his
father watermelon patch in N Newberry
County was attacked by the negroes
and beaten so that he has died from
the effects Of it.
= Mr.. Pat Bowers, farmer, was
shot and killed from ambush in the
upper part Of Lexington County, S. c.,
on July Is. He had been on bad
terms with some Of his neighbors for
a long while, but there is no clue as to
the identity Of his murderers.
= The plans and specifications are
being prepared for the improvement
Of the Congaree River under the pro-
vision Of the last river and harbor bill.
Condemnation proceedings are in pro-
gress, and the chief Of engineers ex-
poets the contract for the work to be
let during the coming fall.
A poor widow, who had nothing
else to give, sent gold chain, which
was a gift from her husband, to be
sold for the benefit Of the Epworth
Orphanage. At the Rock Hill District
Conference Rev. G.. II. Waddell read
the letter which accompanied the
chain and $442.50 was raised on con-
dition that the chain be returned to
the donor.
The revised list Of the census
supervisors for this State is as follows:
j. W. Wheeler, of Charleston, who
wanted to be postmaster; S. A. Pearce,
Columbia. These two are Republicans.
The Democrats are: D. Fl. Russell,
Anderson; Capt. George W. Shell,
Laurens: T. J. Cunningham, Chester,
aud T. J. Breeder, Bennettsvjlle.
Mr.. ". F. Clayton, secretary Of
the Survivors Of the Confederate
States Navy, an organization which
was perfected at the Charleston Re-
union last May, has besun.to collect
data for non-partisan history Of the
Confederate naxy. Mr.. Clayton ex-
poets to prepare a, history, with two
sides to the story, North and South.
Governor McSweeney hasreceived
the offer Of an appointment Of a bene-
iciary to the School Of Industrial Art
and Technical Design for Women, an
Incorporated school in New York city.
It may be such an opportunity as
some poor woman wishes, and if any
cne wishes the appointment it would
be we'll to communicate with Governor
McSweency. The scholarship does
not include board or materials.
The Seaboard Air Line railroad
has purchased rails and other ma
terials for the branch line from Cheraw
to Columbia. This line will use 80
pound rails and will be completed by
December 18th. The Seaboard Air
Line system has made surveys for an
extension form Columbia to Augusta
and has under consideration plan to
reach Charleston.
There will be Il Sunday School Mass
Meeting of Starr and Iva Circuit held
at Smiths Chapel, August SO. Public
invited. The following is the pro-