The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-21

year. but has resigned his po:lll9Ti,
there. and has accepted the prlnclpars
Dlacc in the Anderson Graded ocIioo'o'
-Grccnm00d Imlcr.
Mr.. Munroe White, OF Fort w ortll'
Texas. accompanied by his sister, MISS
BERTHE. Of Greenville, spent last Frlday
and Saturday in the city visiting rela-
tiycs and friends. Mr.. White IS a
native of Anderson County, where ms
parents formerly resided, but Tor the
past nine years has been travelling
Texas and the Indian Territory as a
salesman for Messrs. Teaslee,. Gaulbert
g. Co, one of the largest wholesale
hohses in Louisville, Ky. Munroe is a
model, energetic young man, and his
visit to his old home was q source OF
much pleasure to his many old boyhood
companions.
Hon. r. C. Dickinson, European At
| torney and Financier OF the Black pa
mond Railway, arrived in New York r;
from London last Saturday, and Will
be in Anderson in few days. lie
comes at the suggestion OF the capital
| lists to perfect some necessary papers,
and to assist in pushing the surveys
now being made in South Carolina.
There are now three corps OF surveyors
at work in this State, and they have
been instructed to make the survey q
nermanent one, having been furnished
With the necessary blanks to secure all
the rights of way. 1t will take at least
two months more to complete the sur
vey.
Last Monday morning the Pioneer
Peel i'' Team left for Columbia to par
ticipate in the Firemens Tonrnament 14el t
now in progress IN that CITY; me
ytsr Gentlemen ". l.. Brissey, Assistant
Chief, S. Diver, Captain OF the
Team, Ernest Leveret, Wrenchman,
w. P. Nicholson, Nozzleman, +. +
Smith, p. c. FAINT. w. W. Norw0oa, IT? q,
". Il. Murphy, Tom; Davis, Cllf1'
Green, Jimmie Sharpe, Joe Mckinney, III !,
II. w. Caldwell, Hitler Ledford, W. \
Tribble, F. NJ. ManSleburg. Jr., Il; y y
NJ. Norwood. Policeman King chape-
roned the boys, and Dan. Burt accom-
nanied them as porter. 1t was tine
looking body of young men.
lin Johnson and Jim Benson, two
Young negroes. are in trouble, and they
arc likely to do service in the chair
Gang for long term. johnson ha
been in charge Of the delivery ,wagol
of Ligon g. Ledbetter for several years
; and While delivering goods to person
; who had bought them, he would als'
8 deliver some goods that had not pee pee
bought from the members Of the frn
$ or their statesmen. Benson is the man
ager of the "colored enterprise store
! on West Market street, and ther
4 Johnson would deliver goods that ha'
not been bought from his employers
, The police had worked the case up
and when they entered the "enterprls
. . store" they found a barrel OF sugar
! boxes of tobacco and other things tina
:, = had the private mark Of Ligon d Led
; better on them. 1t is difficult to estl
: mate how much goods johnson ma
= stolen. He was carried into the Mayor
Court under six charges OF petit !arcen
and he plead guilty in all OF then
4 Mayor Hood sentenced him to a tine
Y SIS or thirty days on the public work ;?;
e in each case. Benson had a .prellml
: nary hearing in Magistrates Coul
p and his case was sent to the Court {
p Sessions, where johnson will also 3
e tried when he finishes his term IN tn
p citv chain gang.