The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-22
STATE NEWS.


The State Conference of the Meth
odist Church, South, will be held this
year at Orangeburg, beginning Dec. 6.
R. w. Mitaham, Waterloo, is
making efforts to organize q company
to build a 100000 cotton mill in the
town.
In the Democratic primary in
Charleston last week Mayor Smyth
was renominatcd by handsome
majority.
= The handsome residence of Gen.
J. Walter Gray in Greenville was de-
stroyed by fire last Monday afternoon.
Partly covered by insurance.
Magistrate j. w. Peterson, of
Laurens, was found dead in his chair.
He had been in good health. and death
is said to have been caused by apo
plexy.
The new organization known as
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Workers ian offshoot Of the w. G. T.
W. held It's first annual State cOnven-
ton in Columbia, S. G., Nov. 0 and 10.
William Walker. colored boy
about twenty years old, fell from his
bicycle at Eta Jane while riding at Il
rapid rate, and broke his neck. Death
was instantaneous.
The Clemson foot ball team will
playthe Georgia archaeological Institute
at Greenville, S. c., Oh November 3c ih.
Both teams are in fine shape and an
interesting game is anticipated.
-Ibzan Bell, Of Due West, died
from the effects of an overdose of NOR
phine. He was a middle aged man,
SON of Mr.. Marion Bell, and leaves q
widow and several children.
The new Presbyterian Church at
Greenwood was dedicated at Green
wood last Sunday. The dedicatory
sermon was preached by Rev. W. w.
Moore, D. d., of Richmond, Va. The
building cost S1S,OOO.
Two negroes will be hanged in
Darlington county this week for rape.
The horrible crime cOmmltteda q month
or so ago near Dillon will be recalled.
This will be the first legal hanging for
that crime that has probably ever oc-
Cured in this State.
1t is expected that Admiral Dewey
and bride will spend Il part of the
winter in Aiken as guests OF Hon. w.
c.. Whitney. Mr.. Whitney is having
eight rooms added to his residence
and everything put into shape for his
occupancy.
w. p. Powell, of Oconce county,
who was convicted of n violation OF
the tlispensary law, will be pardoned
as soon cs the proper papers can reach
Governor McSweeney. Bad health IS
+he ransom for thn DartlOn
= There are over three and half
millions of acres of swamp land IN the
lower partof South Carolina. and some
entcrprising speculator sh0uldorganlze
company and drain these swamps.
Then South Carolina would become
the great corn State of the South.
Gov. McSweeney has received
commission from President Mckinley
appointing him n member of the COM
mittee ON the national celebration OF
the establishment of the seat OF gov
ernment i'm the District Of Columbia.
The first meeting of the committee
will be held in Washington on Dec. 21st
next.
AT Rock Hill last Friday an aged
negro woman was heard calling for
help from her cabin. Persons on going
into the house fonnd the woman sit
ting on the fire IN the chimney. She
had got out of bed to get some water
and had fallen into the fire and was
unable to extricate herself: The doc
| tors say the burns will be fatal.
= The milking contest at the State
fair was quite interesting. Mr.. J. H.
Wharton won the first prize with one
of his Jersey COWS, which milked 81
pounds of milk in day. The second
prize was won by Mr. A. p. Haskell,
whose cow MIXED 80 3-4 pounds. 1t
may be noted that eight pounds is
allowed to the gallon OF milk.
= Governor McSweehey has received
a letter from farmer ut Gaddy sug-
gestine that he recommend to the
Legislature to establish a State Kelley
institute for drunkards. He is great
believer in the treatment and thinks
if such an institution is conducted
something like the asylum great good
would be accomplished.
- Nelson Rogers, q bad negro, and
one who has made anumber OF enemies,
was found in a dying condition on
Main street ut Bennettsville. He had
been dubbed into insensibility and
his skull fractured in several places.
| The assault was made shortly after
dark in front of the Adams house,
where people are always stirring. The
affair is Il mystery.
-J.J. Tinsley, cx-clerk to the board
Of county commissioners OF Spartan
burg county, who was arrested IN
| Charleston last week, was brought TO
Spartanburg and taken before the
special committee of the grand jury.
before whom he made clean breast OF
everything. He was locked up in the
county Jail. The committee is very
reticent us to the number OF Irregular
| iticS or the amount involved.
The farcical enforcement of the in
come tax law is being emphasized
every day by the returns that arc
coming in from the settlements that
are being made. The Ncws. dnd Co"-
riey has been looking into the matter
and finds that there is no record OF the
moncv received from the income tax
other than that from the settlement
sheets and from that source the follow
inr figures have been derived: Able
Vile, nothing; Aiken, $l1S; Anderson,
Soo4 70: Cherokee, S14, Il: Chester, SAB,
SI; Darlington, $500; Horny, nothing;
Kcrshaw, nothing; Lancaster, S23, Il:
I1aurcns, nothing; Lexington, moth
inc: Marlboro, $32; Newberry. S24;
Oconcc, nothing; Orangeburg, S30,G6;
Pickcns,. nothing; Sumter, 1926;
Union, $40; Williamsburg, $16; York,
1856.
The committee that was appoin-
| tod at the Chester convention of Con-