The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-11
STATE NEWS.

age, was drowned in Il creek near
Greeville last Monday.
= The City Council of Grcenville
has adopted an ordinance to prevent
splitting on the sidewalks.
A negro, who stole several hun
dred chickens in the city of Greenyille
and suburbs, was arrested there Mon
day.
Charleston is preparing to enter
tain the executive committee Of the Ma
tionl Educational Association i'll royal
style.
= DR.. Lewis Griffin, who was sur
geon of the End South Carolina in
Cuba, will be appointed surgeon in new
PHILIPPINE regiment.
Secretary of State Cooper has
granted the Charleston Air Line rail
road, which is to connect Charleston
and Augusta, a charter.
An unknown white man commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through
the head with a pistol at the depot at
Denmark last Thursday.
= Charleston has now three candi
dates for mayor-J. Adger Smyth and
James NJ. Seignous. democrats, and L.
Barker Jones, republican.
The Rosemary knitting mills at
Barnwell are now turning out about
1000 pairs of half hose weekly and be-
hind with their orders, too.
The South Carolina delegation to
the Dewey celebration had royal
time in New York, being accorded
marked distinction at many points.
Master John Dover, the 14-,year-
old son of Mr. Jack Dover, of York
county, was accidentally killed few
days ago by having his head crushed
in a mOlaSscs mill.
Dir. a. p. Fike, of Enorce, Spar
tanburg county, has written the GOV
crnor that there is n suspicious bodily
eruption prevalent in the community
and he thinks it is smallpox.
The number and value OF the
premiums offered by the State t'alr
surpass those of previous years, as the
success OF the Fair of '99 promises to
surpass all previous records.
At Chester the store of d. Z.
Calvin g. Co. was broken into, the safe
successfully drilled and blown open.
The burglars got about 5000 in cash.
Nothing else was taken from the store.
There is no clue.
An 1S-morths- old child Of Mr.. Joe
Wright, in Ab5cyillc County, was
drowned in a spring. A barrel is sunk
around the spring and it is supposed
the little child leaned over to drink
and tnmblcd into the barrel.
Last Friday night, John Green
shot and Instantly killed Bud Lnrke,
both colored, at Mr.. CoX's place about
two miles from Woodruff. This is the
third negro to be killed in that COM
munity within the last six weeks.
Congressman Latimer has sent Il
check for SIP for payment for the
book case lie got from the penitentiay.
He said he never had been able to get
bill. The money will be divided
among. the bondsmen who had PAID 1t.
The farmers Of South Carolina
seem to be more interested in tobacco
planting than those in any adjacent
State and the annual output this year
will be over2j ,000,0 900 pounds: Florence
and vicinity alone contributed 100000
pounds.
The Southern railway has finally
determined to build its new passenger
depot at the foot of Main and Assembly
streets in Columbia and will invest
about 100000 there in erecting mae-
niticent depot, facing on a park about
800 feet square.
Gen. Wade Hampton paid Il bust
ness trip to Washington last week;
He says that the democratic party Will
win in tie great national contest next
year. He believes that Bryan will be
renominatcd and that the Southern
States will all send solid Bryan del
cgations to the next national collNcn-
ton.
A horrible crime was committed
in Darlington County last Sunday
afternoon, in which Il young lady was
fcarfullys mangled by three black
brutcs. Two OF the assailantS were
caught and after an all night and dcs-
peratc flight the officers finally landed
the negroes in Jail. There may be Il
lynching.
We care informed that Senator I'LL
man has been urged, in order TO save
the dispcnsaly." to resign the senator
ship next year, get himself elected
governor, Straightcn ont the tangled
skcin OF the great moral Institution
and ut the close of his term return to
the senate in Mcl.aurins placc.-Co-
lumbid State.
The citizens of Easlcy and of the
surrounding county are wild with Joy
over the assured fact that they are
soon to have % 600 cotton factory,
The people there feel under many OBJ,
legations to Mr.. John NJ. Gccr and
other spirited gentlemen OF the town
for their untring efforts in securing
this enterprise.
= Mr.. Walter IIudgcns, manager OF
:; ginncry ten miles from Laurcns. WAS
caught in the shaftin@ and .ierked and
manglcd in Il horrible manner before
the machinery could be stoppcd. lie
fingered in great agony for several
hours. Mr.. lludgcnS was twcnty-cl%lt
years old and leaves Il widow and three
children. This is the fourth fatal ac-
cilcnt in cotton gins in this State
since the season opened Il few weeks
ago.
superintendent Griffith. of the
penitcntiary. states that the State
prison is Il little short on convlctS ut
present. The prisoners are not coming
in very rapidly just now and the dis
charges outnumbcr the receipts. This
does not Indicate any increase Ill mo-
,,,l;t,, ,nJ ,1nnrn,Sn in crime hut the