The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
STATE NEWS.


Act last year was s79.75.
- Blackstock is model town in
the observance of the Sabbath. No
Sunday mails are sent off or received
at the post office there.
- Primary elections for city officers
were held in Spartanburg and Green
Vile last week. Spartanburg polled
1,146 votes to Greenville' $40.
York Holloway, colored, was
killed by lightning in Greenwood
County: Aug. p: two pistols and a
pair Of knucks were found ,on his
body.
: The South Carolina Telephone
Company have about got things in
readiness to begin building their new
telephone line which will connect
Columbia with the Pee Dee and Pied
mont sections of the State.
: Lewis Smith, the seventeen year
old son Of DR.. J. NJ. Smith, of Willis
ton, in trying to remove pistol from
his pocket, dropped the weapon which
was discharged, morta)'y wounding
his mother, who died within few
hours.
Nesbitt G. Son, proprietors Of the
Fork Shoals mills in Greenville coun-
ty, are contemplating enlarging their
plant and forming a stock company so
as to develop the property to the full
est extent. This Fork Shoals plant
is an ideal one.
Clarence Anderson, a Spartan,
burg farmer, has done all his plowing
this year under the shade Of an UNI
brella. He carried common um-
brella stretched over him, the staff
being placed behind on his back fast
ened with strap.
= The body of Ed Hayes, who dis
appeared several weeks ago, was found
last Wednesday in Tiger river, Green
vile county, partly eaten by dogs. He
had been shot and the coroner's jury
finds that James Suddeth did the kill
ing. Suddeth has been arrested.
Gov. McSweeney las removed
Magistrates Ray and Kennedy Of Bam
berg county, who some time ago by
failing to do their duty, aided G. W.
NJ. Williams, the disbarred lawyer. to
escape. Williams was wanted in Geor-
gia as we'll as South Carolina, but the
Magistrates allowed him to escape the
officers Of the law.
AT Latta, Marion County. the
6-year-old daughter Of DR.. R. A. Bass
accidentally shot and killed her little
brother, four months old, with parlor
rife, carrying a 22-cal;bre ball. While
the child was handling the gun it was
accidentally discharged, the ball
striking the infant in the forehead,
coming out at the back Of the head.
= Rev. J. R. Riley, who has been
faithful pastor Of the Presbyterian
church at Pickens, has rendered his
resignation and will ask the Presbytery
at it's next session to put him on the
retired list, on account of old age.
DR.. Riley has been pastor of the Pres
byterian church for the past sixteen
years.
: Attorney General Bellinger has
notified ex-Superintcndent of the
Penitentiary Meals bondsmcn that
they must pay up his shortage at once
or he will enter suit. He has asked
whether Tillman, Evans and the
others have paid their bills. Other
wise he will, under the resolution Of
the board, enter suit for collection.
Jim Dickson, colored, was killed
by lightning while picking cotton in
his father field near Sumter. Four
others who were in the field with him
were stunned at the same time, but
they soon recovered. A heavy storm
of wind, rain and lightning came up
suddenly and the hands in the fields
were caught before they could reach
shelter.
E. D. Free, who was appointed
treasurer Of Barnwell county on the
death of his father, the former treas
urer, reports to the governor that he
finds shortage in his father account
Of $500. The shortage vas over
$4,000, but there we're funds to his
fathers credit TO reduce it. The son
tells the governor that his father left
him property enough to wipe out the
shortage which will be done.
- William Strait, relative of ex-